- Hello, Miss B.
- Happy birthday, B.
- Hi, B!
- Happy birthday, Beyonce.
- Hi, Queen.
- Hi, B.
- Happy birthday, Beyonce.
- Happy BJ.
- Happy birthday, Beyonce.
- Hi, B, it's Chris here, from Coldplay.
- Happy birthday, Beyonce, it's Taylor.
- Happy birthday, Beyonce.
- Happy 40th birthday, Beyonce.
- Happy 40th birthday, beautiful Beyonce.
- B, happy birthday from moi to vous,
and so happy to see you on the cover of Harper's Bazaar
after I turned it down.
- Beyonce!
♪ Happy birthday to ya ♪
(drums beating)
(upbeat music)
- Welcome to your forties.
This is the best decade.
- Let me tell you, the forties are everything
you have been waiting for.
- I hope your forties are filled
with the love that you seek and the love that you deserve.
- You deserve all of the best and the most happiness,
especially today on your birthday.
I can't believe how much you've accomplished in 40 years.
- You've given me and so many others permission to be free,
to embrace all that we are.
You've given us a blueprint for excellence,
that when we think you can't surpass yourself, you do.
No pressure.
- And on behalf of the Native Sun community,
we thank you for 40 years of slayage.
- You are such a gift to the world.
Thank you for being an inspiration to me, to my kids,
to brown skinned girls all over the world,
to non-brown-skinned girls all over the world.
You are magic.
- You are an endless inspiration,
every time I step on the track.
- You are an incredible force of nature, of art,
of light, of beauty in this world,
and I'm so happy to celebrate you today.
- Yeah, my favorite Beyonce song
would be a song called "Smash Into You"
on Sasha Fierce, that,
♪ I wanna run, smash into you ♪
That one.
♪ If I was a boy ♪
(gentle piano music)
♪ Even just for a day ♪
(drums beating)
♪ You, you're the only one I love ♪
♪ You're the only one I need ♪
- [Cheerleaders] Happy birthday, Beyonce!
- [All] Happy birthday.
- Happy 40th birthday to the queen and-
- Happy birthday to the icon herself, Miss Beyonce-
- [All] Happy birthday, Beyonce!
- Thank you so much
for investing in another young black woman from the South,
truly trying to make her dreams come true.
- Thank you for being vulnerable enough
to show the many facets of an evolving woman in your work.
- Thank you so much
for sharing just a small bit of your purpose with us.
- Thank you for your grace, your humanity, your bravery.
The world is a better place with you in it.
- Thank you for being such a inspiration.
I'm forever grateful for you.
- And the fact that you have paved the road
that every female artist is walking down now.
Then the fact that you've done so with such kindness
and such grace, I just...
To say I admire you is like, there's just not a word for it.
- Thanks for keeping us so inspired
and entertained and joyful.
I'm happy to be your fan and your friend, too,
and I send you all my love.
Happy birthday. (kiss blowing)
- We love you, I love you, the world loves you.
We are all nothing without you,
so happy birthday, you beautiful creature.
- Happy birthday to a woman who supports other women.
Happy birthday to a sister
who dares to challenge the status quo.
Happy birthday, Beyonce.
- Happy 40th birthday, Queen Beyonce.
I love you so very much.
We love you so very much.
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
(gentle piano music)
- Happy birthday from Wyclef Jean. (kiss blowing)
(transmission beeping)
- Can I throw a party on y'all's boat?
Just a little yacht party?
You know, it's too soon, it's your birthday.
(chuckles) I'm sorry.
Think about it.
I love you so much, happy birthday, Beyonce.