She has devoted just as much of her time in the past year to preparing and delivering her first child, Blue Ivy, as she has to her career.
And it has clearly paid off for Beyonce Knowles, who proved she hasn't lost any star power as she scooped up the Best Female R&B Artist gong at this evening's 2012 BET Awards.
Knowles beamed as she took to the stage in a lime green slashed dress to collect her star-shaped trophy.
She was also acknowledged for Video Director of the Year and had been seated in the audience throughout the evening next to her showbiz pals including Kim Kardashian and sister Solange.
Kanye West kicked off the show with his G.O.O.D Music group members.
The ever-changing group whose current acts include Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz took to the stage in front of a star studded crowd to perform their tune titled Mercy.
But of course, West was the star of the show despite being joined by his fellow Getting Out Our Dreams band mates, later spilling out his track Way Too Cold and collecting Best Group gong with his The Throne partner Jay-Z.
As they accepted the accolade, Kanye made a joke referring to his Taylor Swift controversy at the 2009 MTV VMAs, where he interrupted her speech to say Beyoncé should have scooped up the Best Female Video award.
This time he joked that he never says the right thing in these situations and that only music partner Jay-Z could say something politically correct.
Culled from DAILYMAIL
