Back when Christina Aguilera was a “Genie in a Bottle,” and Britney Spears was begging the world to “Hit Me Baby One More Time,” the best of the best were showing off a little extra adornment on their toned stomach areas: a belly button ring.
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All the young girls wanted it, some committed to it, and like any other trend, most were kind of over it as soon as they crossed into their mid-twenties and Britney shaved her head.
But most people aren’t Beyonce.
As far as we can document, Beyonce adorned her belly button in her early Destiny’s Child days when she was about 16 years old, and now a Blue Ivy and innumerable hip thrusts later, Beyonce has returned to her belly button ring glory with zero apologies.
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The once crop-top loving Beyonce let go of her belly ring for a bit in 2007, but if her recent sexy shoots with Shape and H&M are any indication of her relationship with the piercing, it isn’t going any damn place.
Check out the relationship between Beyonce and her belly ring in the photos below; that thing has been down before Jigga!
Bey’s belly ring walked a red carpet before the big fame when she was just 15 years old.
But there was one time in her “Gold Finger” stage that she ditched senorita belly ring.
But brought it back for a parachute pants shimmy.
The body jewelry performed alongside Jay-Z & upstaged Beyonce’s weave.
And got to match these blinged out pants…
Only before heading to perform for Vogue.
But always made sure it was the only belly ring in the crew.
Because nobody has time to share their belly shine.
Sometimes it was small…
And sometimes it got to be large and in charge during a booty pop.
But sometimes Beyonce didn’t want to share her shine with the belly ring.
Especially not when she has a body chain to do the job in her first post-pregnancy pics.
And if this Shape Magazine left us unsure of what is to come in belly ring’s future…
This H&M spread assured us that Beyonce is indeed bringing the belly button ring back. And we aren’t mad at it!
Are you still rocking your belly ring like Beyonce?
