Beyonce Explains Why She “Borrowed” Another Singer’s Concept for Her Billboard Awards Performance

Wednesday, May 25th 2011 | Leave a Comment

Like with almost anything she does, Beyonce is receiving heat again from critics for not being completely original. This time, over her 2011 Billboard Awards performance, which was inspired by Italian singer Lorella Cuccarini.

In an interview with AOL Music, Bey explained why she borrowed Cuccarini’s concept for her performance.

“My makeup artist showed me the performance of Lorella Cuccarini a year ago, and it inspired me so much. I then met with the talented people who worked on it. The technology and concept were so genius. Thank God for YouTube or I would have never been exposed to something so inspiring. I never worked so hard on anything in my life as that performance for the Billboard Awards.”

Check out both performances (side-by-side) below:

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  • Diamond

    oh please, that’s her excuse, i mean reason, every time she copies someone. Instead of being “so inspired” by everyone else how about she be original since she is soooo talented and then she can be the inspiration for others. Sorry but i’m now seeing why people say she is over rated.

  • Landon ‘Whiteboy’

    Similarities are only with the screen graphics behind her;Other than that Beyonce’s performance was different. So who cares about the screen vs the actual performance? No one but Haters! Beyonce was in this performance and is fabulous as an artist. Congrats Beyonce for shutting people up on this non-sense.

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  • Jude Nzewi

    what is d meaning of this nonsense haters will always be so stupid n jealous. For someone to do anything you must b inspired by something, i think this haters are like this because i trust my Queen B with performance she must have done it for more better than the original concept

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