--- title: Beyoncé: Everyone Is Excited About Singer's 35th Birthday description: Fans, admirers, celebrities and family members took to social media Sunday to celebrate Beyoncé's birthday canonical: https://time.com/4478880/beyonce-birthday-celebrate/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-04T17:55:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:10.665Z og:title: Everyone Is Excited About Beyoncé's Birthday og:description: It should be a national holiday, according to Simone Biles og:url: https://time.com/4478880/beyonce-birthday-celebrate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0561da35f57ae095/6988a4cd428a9e5fe6cd4224/beyonce-birthday.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2016 US Open Celebrity Sightings - Day 4 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Everyone Is Excited About Beyoncé's Birthday twitter:description: It should be a national holiday, according to Simone Biles twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0561da35f57ae095/6988a4cd428a9e5fe6cd4224/beyonce-birthday.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Everyone Is Excited About Beyoncé's Birthday by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Sep 4, 2016 5:55 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 1: Beyonce attends Serena Williams second round victory over Vania King from Serena's player box at Arthur Ashe Stadium on day 4 of the 2016 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 1, 2016 in the Queens borough of New York City. NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 1: Beyonce attends Serena Williams second round victory over Vania King from Serena's player box at Arthur Ashe Stadium on day 4 of the 2016 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 1, 2016 in the Queens borough of New York City.Jean Catuffe—GC Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Sep 4, 2016 5:55 PM UTC Fans, admirers, celebrities and family members took to social media Sunday to celebrate what many see as the best day of the year: Beyoncé Knowles Carter’s birthday. The _Lemonade_ singer turned 35 on Sunday, prompting many to send their best wishes on Twitter and Instagram. Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles-Lawson, jumped to it early with an [Instagram post](https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ6bXM8D9Vl/?taken-by=mstinalawson) Saturday night. Olympic gymnastic champion Simone Biles tweeted that “[Beyoncé’s birthday should be a national holiday](https://twitter.com/Simone%5FBiles/status/772412694519439360),” following up later with a photo of the singer hugging Biles at the 2016 VMAs. > [](https://twitter.com/Simone%5FBiles/status/772481782595788800) The hashtag #HappyBirthdayBeyonce trended well into Sunday afternoon, with fans sharing their favorite videos and photos of the singer. > [](https://twitter.com/Nettaaaaaaaa/status/772302003431026688) > [](https://twitter.com/janetmock/status/639650037589524480) > [](https://twitter.com/JasmynBeKnowing/status/772440230444011520) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4478880/beyonce-birthday-celebrate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4478880/beyonce-birthday-celebrate/"},"headline":"Everyone Is Excited About Beyoncé's Birthday","datePublished":"2016-09-04T17:55:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:10.665Z","description":"It should be a national holiday, according to Simone Biles","url":"https://time.com/4478880/beyonce-birthday-celebrate/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0561da35f57ae095/6988a4cd428a9e5fe6cd4224/beyonce-birthday.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0561da35f57ae095/6988a4cd428a9e5fe6cd4224/beyonce-birthday.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 US Open Celebrity Sightings - Day 4","caption":"2016 US Open Celebrity Sightings - Day 4","creditText":"Jean Catuffe—GC Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4478880/beyonce-birthday-celebrate/","name":"Everyone Is Excited About Beyoncé's Birthday"}}]}] ```