Beyoncé, the first black woman to ever headline at the Coachella Festival, blew the place wide open in April with a jaw-dropping performance that had headline writers reaching for superlatives. Entertainment Weekly’s Alex Suskind went with “Beyoncé’s historic Coachella performance may be the best of all time.” The YouTube live stream was watched by 41 million viewers in 232 countries, a new record for the platform. By all accounts, Beyoncé’s show set a new standard for epic, and she’s unquestionably the biggest star in the world these days. The “all time” claim is a big one, though, and makes you wonder about history’s other stars, and who might’ve been the biggest of all time.
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