"Formation" – Beyoncé

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music video single song

"Formation" is a politically charged, critically acclaimed music video by Beyoncé that celebrates Black identity and Southern culture while confronting racism and police brutality.

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Beyoncé "Formation" 2
Beyoncé song "Formation" (intro sample) 1
Beyoncé's "Formation" (excerpt) 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf music video ⓘ
single ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumArtist Beyoncé NERFINISHED ⓘ
artist Beyoncé ⓘ
award Grammy Award for Best Music Video NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Music Video 2017 NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critical acclaim ⓘ
director Melina Matsoukas NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresArtist Big Freedia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Messy Mya NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresPerformer Beyoncé NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstLivePerformance Super Bowl 50 halftime show NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
bounce ⓘ
trap ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Formation (music video) NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme Black pride ⓘ
Southern heritage ⓘ
self-empowerment ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Record of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grammy Award for Song of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRanking included in many best music videos of all time lists ⓘ
included in many best songs of the 2010s lists ⓘ
originalNetwork Tidal NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfAlbum Lemonade NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Beyoncé ⓘ
politicalContent Black Lives Matter NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Beyoncé NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mike WiLL Made-It NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pluss NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear 2016 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Parkwood Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ
releasedAsSingle 2016-02-06 ⓘ
releaseDate 2016-02-06 ⓘ
2016-02-06 ⓘ
theme Black identity ⓘ
Hurricane Katrina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern United States culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
racism ⓘ
tour The Formation World Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ
vocalist Beyoncé NERFINISHED ⓘ
writer Anthony White NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ashton Hogan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beyoncé NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brittany Coney NERFINISHED ⓘ
Denisia Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jordan Frost NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khalif Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael L. Williams II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mike WiLL Made-It NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rafael Ishman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swae Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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Grammy Award for Best Music Video → notableWinnerExample → "Formation" – Beyoncé ⓘ
Big Freedia → featuredOn → "Formation" – Beyoncé ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beyoncé song "Formation" (intro sample)
Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show → performedSong → "Formation" – Beyoncé ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beyoncé's "Formation" (excerpt)
2016 MTV Video Music Awards → videoOfTheYearWinner → "Formation" – Beyoncé ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beyoncé "Formation"
2016 MTV Video Music Awards → bestPopVideoWinner → "Formation" – Beyoncé ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beyoncé "Formation"