EW: Beyonce is the #2 Entertainer of the 2000s

Looking back over the past decade — a span in which she’s stepped away from Destiny’s Child to become a megasuccessful solo artist, landed her first leading film roles, married the planet’s biggest hip-hop star — Beyoncé, 28, cherishes one memory above all others: the night she sang the Etta James classic ”At Last” at the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C., last January. ”I don’t usually watch my performances, but I have looked at this one over and over,” the 10-time Grammy winner tells EW. ”I just want to relive that moment. It was history and it was really magical.” For millions of fans around the world, those words could describe practically any time Beyoncé enters the spotlight. She’s the ultimate diva: a superhuman force of nature, casting powerful spells with her high notes and hip shakes. —Simon Vozick-Levinson