Beyonce performed and did an interview on Japan’s Music Station! She even gave Japan the first performance of If I Were A Boy. I must say it was amazing and flawless. I’m so glad to see Suga Mama (Bee’s band) back! I can’t explain how much I love the re compositions of Beyonce’s music for her live performances and this doesn’t disappoint!

Rapper T.I. claimed the top two spots on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart for a second week on Thursday, while R&B singer Beyonce surged to No. 3 with her 10th top 10 solo single as a solo artist.

Beyonce’s “If I Were a Boy” bounced 65 places to No. 3. She was last in the chart’s upper tier with “Beautiful Liar,” her duet with Shakira, in the spring of 2007.

Lil Wayne, Jay-Z and Ne-Yo brought major star power to Power 105’s Powerhouse concert last night (Oct. 29) at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J., but it was a surprise appearance by Beyonce that stole the show.

The singer entered the stage during Jay-Z’s set and performed the choreography from her new single, “Single Ladies,” flanked by two background dancers. Though she didn’t say or sing a word, Beyonce, clad in black stretch pants and a black turtleneck, drove the crowd wild when she flashed her extraordinarily large wedding ring at the end of her performance.

Check out the video of Beyonce’s performance. Amazing!

As we reported earlier this week, Beyoncé’s camp had been working to get Kanye West to appear on her next single “Ego.” It makes sense, right? Well, we can exclusively confirm that the mission has been accomplished. Kanye went into a studio in Brazil this week to record his verse for “Ego.” The rap wasn’t completed in time to make B’s new album, but it will be released as a remix in the near future.

“Ego” is slated to be the second urban single off Beyoncé’s highly anticipated third album I Am… Sasha Fierce (Nov. 1Cool. The superstar gets cocky on the club-friendly R&B jam, which was written and produced by Elvis “BlacElvis” Williams and Harold Lilly.

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Also, you can buy the Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) music video on iTunes too! Click here to download it!

Rap-Up.com attended an exclusive press listening for Beyoncé’s third album I Am… last week at CineSpace in Los Angeles where Mathew Knowles played the double-disc LP and hinted at the follow-up singles to “If I Were a Boy” and “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It).”

On the Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic) and Beyoncé-produced second pop single “Halo,” the 27-year-old sings about her knight in shining armor (Hov?): “Baby I can see your halo / You know you’re my saving grace / You’re everything I need and more / It’s written all over your face.”

The ballad features heavy drums, claps, piano, and strong vocals from B. “Halo” was written by Beyoncé, Tedder, and E. Kidd Bogart. The entire first disc, I Am… Beyoncé, contains acoustic ballads in the same vein as “Halo.”

While pop radio will be serviced with “Halo,” urban radio will get “Ego.” Beyoncé kicks it old school on the uptempo throwback R&B jam off I Am… Sasha Fierce produced and written by the singer, Elvis “BlacElvis” Williams, and Harold Lilly (Alicia Keys’ “You Don’t Know My Name”). Loud trumpets and organs infiltrate the funky track, which was a favorite among the media present.

The hook goes something like this: “You got a big ego, such a huge ego / I love his big ego / It’s too big, it’s too wide, it’s too strong, it won’t fit, it’s too much / He walk like this because he can back it up.”

B even shows her cocky side: “I talk like this because I can back it up / I got a big ego.”

Mathew disclosed that they reached out to Kanye West about appearing on “Ego,” but he wasn’t available at the time. However, a remix is not out of the question.

Here’s part 2 right now…part 1 has Beyonce for a minute in the beginning of the show and announcing Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) as well as If I Were A Boy music videos. This part 2 has her interviews/games! Tomorrow will be the part 1 with the videos in HQ!

Beyonce was on TRL today! Sorry it took so long to get up! Unfortunately, I can’t upload photos to the gallery at the moment so hopefully tomorrow it’ll be fixed because I have lots of photos to add! 106 & Park coming up!

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Honestly, one of the hottest and best simple videos I’ve ever seen. I love it. Beyonce’s back, watch out. Time for a new layout.

I’ve added the high quality album art for If I Were A Boy and the promo shot used for the single cover to Beyonce Gallery! Enjoy!

If I Were A Boy [HQ]

I Am… Promoshoot