The internet has noticed a trend of singers receiving awards, and thanking Beyoncé, even when she had no absolutely no involvement in why they were winning the award.

Adele thanked her in her 2017 Album of the Year Grammy acceptance speech by saying she felt that Beyoncé deserved the award more for her album ‘Lemonade.’ At the 2023 Grammys, Lizzo thanked Beyoncé when accepting her Record of the Year award. Lady Gaga, Megan Thee Stallion and Britney Spears have also mentioned her after winning awards over the years.

At the 2023 Grammys, Harry Styles won the Album of the Year for his album Harry’s House. While giving his acceptance speech, someone yelled from the crowd that Beyoncé deserved to win.

People have even theorized that in 2009 when Taylor Swift won Best Female Video, she was interrupted by Kanye West in an attempt to save her by saying Beyoncé should have won.

Why this obsession with crediting Beyoncé? Why are so many people convinced Beyoncé deserves every award?

The public — and by “public,” I mean the internet — consensus is that these celebrities fear Beyoncé might perceive them as a threat to her fame and have them eliminated.

These rumors had origin with the three people mentioned in “She Knows,” by J. Cole; Aaliyah, Lisa Left Eye Lopes, and Micheal Jackson. All three were incredibly famous, and died in tragic accidents that seemed suspicious and preventable, all on the 25th of the month. Fans have theorized that Beyoncé had something to do with these accidents.

After these rumors became popular, other artists tried to hop on the bandwagon.

Singer and dancer JoJo Siwa made a comment about this in her speech at the Industry Dance Awards.

“I also have to say thank you to Beyoncé, just so that we can keep the dancing community safe,” Siwa said.

After this comment, Siwa was not publicly seen from the awards in early October up until she gave a talk at Brown University on Nov. 11.

Is there any truth to these rumors? We may never know for sure, but just in case, thank you Beyoncé for inspiring me to write this opinion article.