Ms. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, aged 43, has attained a significant milestone toward the highly coveted EGOT designation—an honorific reserved for individuals who have secured Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards—following her receipt of her first Emmy Award.
Over a career spanning nearly three decades, Ms. Knowles-Carter has earned a record-setting thirty-five Grammy Awards, the highest number awarded to any individual recording artist or group. On Tuesday, it was announced that she, along with the creative team behind the Beyoncé Bowl special, secured the Emmy Award for “Outstanding Costumes for Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming.” The program aired on Netflix in December 2024.
The accolade also recognizes the contributions of costume designer Ms. Shiona Turini, costume supervisor Ms. Chelsea Staebell, head of workroom Mr. Timothy White, and assistant costume designers Ms. Erica Rice and Ms. Molly Peters.
This award will be formally presented during the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, scheduled for Sunday, 7 September 2025, in Los Angeles, one week prior to the Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony. Ms. Knowles-Carter remains eligible for two additional Emmy Awards for the same production, which is also nominated in the categories of “Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special” and “Outstanding Variety Special.”
Beyoncé Bowl—formally billed as the NFL 2024 Christmas Day Halftime Show—was performed live on 25 December 2024 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, during the NFL game between the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans. The thirteen-minute production was presented by Ms. Knowles-Carter’s company, Parkwood Entertainment, and featured selections from her Grammy Award-winning country music album Cowboy Carter, released in April 2024.
The performance included 500 supporting artists, among them rappers Shaboozey and Post Malone, as well as Ms. Knowles-Carter’s eldest daughter, Ms. Blue Ivy Carter, aged 13. Netflix reports that the special attracted an audience exceeding 27 million viewers within the United States.
Ms. Knowles-Carter’s stage attire was designed in alignment with the Cowboy Carter thematic aesthetic, drawing inspiration from her Texas heritage, Black Southern history, and rodeo culture. She wore a bespoke white cowboy hat accompanied by a coordinated white bodysuit and chaps adorned with ornate embellishments.
According to costume designer Ms. Shiona Turini, the Beyoncé Bowl production featured “over 400 carefully curated costumes” created for the Netflix special. In a social media statement issued in the preceding year, Ms. Turini characterised the event as a “historic moment” and expressed that she was “forever grateful to be a part of this iconic performance.”
Since 2013, Ms. Knowles-Carter has received thirteen Emmy Award nominations in recognition of her work in visual media. Her first nomination was for the Super Bowl XLVII Halftime Show at the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards, followed by nominations for On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Lemonade, and Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé.
In 2022, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of “Outstanding Original Song for a Series” for her contribution to Talks with Mama Tina, a talk show hosted by her mother, Ms. Tina Knowles. Earlier in 2025, Ms. Knowles-Carter also earned her first Sports Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Opening/Tease” for the segment Beyoncé: Meet Team USA.
Despite her established acting credentials—including roles in the Austin Powers film series and the Academy Award-winning 2006 musical Dreamgirls—Ms. Knowles-Carter did not receive her first Academy Award nomination until 2022. That year, she was nominated in the “Best Original Song” category for the track “Be Alive,” featured in the biographical motion picture King Richard starring Mr. Will Smith. The award was ultimately conferred upon Ms. Billie Eilish for the James Bond theme No Time to Die.#newsafro_
