In Pursuit of Sensation: Was Beyoncé’s Singing Cost Truly a $10 Billion Loss!

In the realm of the fast-paced contemporary world, where social media trends can trigger stock market swings and celebrities’ actions are meticulously analyzed, magnified, and often distorted, we probe into an astounding claim: Global musical sensation Beyoncé allegedly facing a tremendous $10 billion loss due to her rendition of the “Black National Anthem” at an NFL game.

As per an article published on SpaceXMania.com on September 12, 2023, Beyoncé is reputedly incurring this immense financial fallout following her performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” popularly known as the Black national anthem, at an NFL game. Interestingly, the report did not provide specifics about the supposed performance or the game.

Given the ubiquity of the narrative, it appears other websites published the same article verbatim, attributing the purported financial setback to dwindling merchandise sales, retreat of “Beyhive membership” fees, and a decrease in song streams among other factors.

Set in stone, the entire narrative, including Beyoncé’s financial loss and singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at an NFL game, is entirely fictitious. SpaceXMania clearly identifies most of its content as satirical, featuring a ‘satire’ label over the article headline, which further clarifies the humorous and fabricated nature of its content.

This fictitious tale gained traction when SpaceXMania’s Facebook page, SpaceX Lovers, shared the article on Nov. 3, 2023, garnering over 16,000 likes and almost 4,000 comments. It appears the satirical intent was lost on some readers, with comments expressing both support and criticism for the fabrication.

Co-written by James Weldon Johnson and his brother John Rosamond Johnson in 1900, the NAACP adopted “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as their official song in 1919. The NFL has periodically featured performances of the song before kickoff since 2020. While Beyoncé has performed the song during her 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival set, there is no record of her performing it at an NFL game.

This fictional story aligns with a similar satirical piece by SpaceXMania that falsely asserted that the NFL issued a “lifetime ban” on Beyoncé after she sang the same song at a game. The satirical nature of these pieces serves as a reminder for readers to approach such reports with careful scrutiny.