When it comes to a Halloween costume, no one can compete with Beyoncé. One only needs look so far as last year, when Queen Bey channeled the original Queen Bee, Lil’ Kim with not only one but five of the female rapper’s most iconic looks. Suffice it to say, Queen Bey reigns supreme on this spooky holiday and Halloween 2018 is no exception. Beyoncé brought the heat in a leather jacket, white tank top, and gold chain-belted high-waisted denim, which she paired with a dark brown pixie-style wig to transform into soulful R&B legend, Toni Braxton as she appeared on her eponymous 1993 album. To finish off the look, Beyoncé accessorized with a red lip and gold jewelry. The Lemonade singer showed off her clever costume in a trio of Instagram posts that riffed on the graphics of Braxton’s album, including the design of the album’s first single, “Another Sad Love Song.” Bust she wasn’t done. Early Thursday morning, Beyonce channeled Olympians for a second costume. She dressed as superstar sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner, a.k.a. Flo-Jo, while Jay Z appeared to pay tribute to track and field wonder, Tommie Smith, number 307 and his historic political moment. See Beyoncé’s 2018 Halloween costumes, and take a look back at her best looks from past years below. Get The Brief. Sign up to receive the top stories you need to know right now. Please enter a valid email address. * The request timed out and you did not successfully sign up. Please attempt to sign up again. Sign Up Now An unexpected error has occurred with your sign up. Please try again later. Check the box if you do not wish to receive promotional offers via email from TIME. You can unsubscribe at any time. By signing up you are agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Thank you! For your security, we've sent a confirmation email to the address you entered. Click the link to confirm your subscription and begin receiving our newsletters. If you don't get the confirmation within 10 minutes, please check your spam folder. Write to Cady Lang at cady.lang@timemagazine.com.<doc-sep>Bey recreated the cover art for Braxton’s debut solo album, complete with costume – skin-tight, high-rise jeans, a white vest, chain belt and leather jacket – and jet-black pixie crop. The only difference between the 1993-released album and the All Hallows' Eve tribute? The tag “Phoni” instead of the “Toni” scrawled across the portrait. Read more: 30 Of Beyoncé's Most Spectacular Stage Costumes Instagram: @beyonce Of course, the Beyhive (the legions of loyal fans who follow the popstar’s every move) knew that Beyoncé would pull out all the stops for the holiday. Over the years, she has paid tribute to Janet Jackson, Salt-N-Pepa, and Lil’ Kim via her costumes and has done an innumerable amount of stellar couples' ensembles with her husband, Jay-Z. Remember the Barbie and Ken dolls? A Vogue team favourite. Instagram: @beyonce Beyoncé captioned the first of the three pictorial nods to Braxton with a personal message from singer to singer. "Sending love and adoration to one of our talented legends," she said. "Thank you for the countless bops. Your tone, your beauty, your range, and your God-given talent is treasured. Loving you always. Have a happy Halloween my kings and queens." When modern-day popstars make headlines for the feuds they are supposedly having - Cardi B and Nicki Minaj, we're looking at you – it's refreshing to see one superstar celebrate another. Even if a Hallmark holiday had to be in the diary in order for it to happen.<doc-sep>Every Halloween presents an exciting opportunity to dress up as our favorite celebrities and characters, and for celebrities, it's no different. Beyoncé is the reigning champ of Halloween costumes every single year, and this year her take on Olympian Florence Griffith Joyner, or Flo-Jo, doesn't disappoint. By her side, Jay-Z dressed as fellow Olympian Tommie Smith, recreating his historic raised fist during the 1968 Summer Olympics. The gold-medal looks follow Bey's costume from earlier this week, where she paid homage to the one and only Toni Braxton. But other celebs definitely stepped up to the plate this year. Kylie Jenner took on not one, not two, but five different costumes this week—dressing up as a butterfly and a storm cloud with her daughter Stormi, a Barbie doll, a Victoria Secret Angel with her sisters, and a Fanta girl with a group of her friends. And what Halloween is complete without couples costumes? Bella Hadid and The Weeknd went all out for their Beetlejuice interpretation, Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner transformed into Gomez and Morticia Addams, and Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel didn’t cut corners when turning into a blocky pair of Lego people. Check out some of the best celeb Halloween costumes below.<doc-sep>All three of these lovely ladies are talented musicians — but how do they stack up when it comes to costumes? See how Beyonce, Rihanna and Nicki have slayed Halloween over the years and decide for yourself! Some stars pull out all the stops on Halloween and Rihanna, 30, Beyonce, 37, and Nicki Minaj, 35, are no different! These artists have more in common than just making great music — all three of these singers also have a tendency to crank up the sex appeal on Halloween. Take Nicki, for instance. While the “Barbie Dreams” singer hasn’t made a big deal out of very many Halloween costumes, who could forget the time she dressed up as a police officer and asked who wanted to be “cuffed?” Nicki left very little to the imagination in that ‘fit, which featured black pasties, fishnet tights and thigh high boots. And her fairy princess costume? It was definitely just as sexy. So how do RiRi and Queen B stack up? Both of the artists seem to put a ton of thought into their crazy complex costumes. While Beyonce has dressed up with Jay-Z, 48, and Blue Ivy, 6, as a Barbie doll and Salt-N-Pepa, she isn’t afraid to go out on her own. She once wore not one, but FIVE, outfits inspired by Lil Kim. Her tribute to the singer included looks from magazine covers, music videos and tours. And while Rihanna hasn’t publicly dressed up nearly as many times, she can be just as epic. From green body paint as a Ninja Turtle to a marijuana bouquet as the bride of Mary Jane, she isn’t afraid to accessorize. That’s how she brings her costumes to the next level! Picking a Halloween queen between these three ladies is like trying to choose between their albums. No thanks! We’ll take them all, please. But you don’t have to be a musician to make an impression in Hollywood on Halloween. Stars like Vanessa Hudgens, 29, and Kim Kardashian, 38, have both proved that to be true with their long line-ups of sexy Halloween looks. We can’t wait to see the costumes all of these stunners debut this year!<doc-sep>
Beyoncé has returned to remind us she's the Queen of Halloween. Although the superstar kept quiet as celebrities flaunted their costumes over the weekend, Bey made her outfit reveal on a Tuesday afternoon and still made us stop everything we're doing. Introducing, "Phoni Braxton": Yup. Beyoncé dressed up as Toni Braxton for Halloween this year. As usual, the singer completely nailed her costume, emulating the exact look from Braxton's debut album, Another Sad Love Song. She had the wig, the leather jacket, the tank top, and even the makeup and nails down. Another Sad Love Song amazon.com Shop Now "Sending love and adoration to one of our talented legends," Beyoncé wrote in her caption. "Thank you for the countless bops. Your tone, your beauty, your range, and your God-given talent is treasured. Loving you always. Have a Happy Halloween my Kings and Queens." And because Beyoncé doesn't stick to just one Instagram post as a time, the Queen shared two more slideshows of her Halloween photoshoot. One pair of images reveals she even had the jeans and chain-link belt down. This is the second year in a row that Beyoncé has emulated a music legend for Halloween. Last year, she went all out as Lil' Kim with not one, but five iconic looks inspired by the rapper's expansive career. JAY-Z even joined in on the old-school hip-hop tribute with a Biggie Smalls costume. And four years ago, she channeled another music icon, Janet Jackson, for Halloween, while her daughter Blue Ivy dressed up as Michael Jackson. We wonder what the eldest Carter daughter is doing for Halloween, and if her twin siblings will be in costume, too.