Beyonce Knowles is "over being a pop star." The "Crazy in Love" singer - who shot to fame in hit R'n'B group Destiny's Child - admits she now feels it is time she is considered an "icon" in the music industry.

She said: "I'm over being a pop star. I don't want to be a hot girl. I want to be iconic. And I feel like I've accomplished a lot. I feel like I'm highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough."

The singer - the younger sister of former Destiny's Child singer Beyonce - says her energy levels and sporadic speech patterns make people think she is on drugs.

She said: "People think I'm high even when I'm sober."

Kelly Rowland spent almost $400,000 on a night out.

The former Destiny's Child singer racked up a $372,680 bar bill on guests - including U2 frontman Bono - at Amika's Weekend Takeover in St. Tropez, France, on Friday.

Jay-Z says being poor motivated him to succeed.

The rapper - who is married to former Destiny's Child singer Beyonce Knowles - revealed his rise to stardom stems from a desire to escape from his hometown of Brooklyn, New York.

Timbaland got married on Tuesday.

The record producer and long-term partner Monique Idlett, who works as a music publicist, opted for a low key ceremony and wore sweat pants as they secretly tied the knot in front of a family pastor in a church in Virginia.

Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z have reportedly splashed out on a new house.

The newlyweds have purchased a home in Scarsdale, a quiet New York suburb close to where they got married last month.