Mfarhanonline Social Media News: Each week, Mfarhanonline picks a popular song, finds 10 covers of it and asks you to vote for your favorite. Beyonce entered the world on Sept. 4, 1981. Now it’s 30 years later, and she’s one of the most recognizable faces on the planet — so much so that her onstage baby bump reveal at the MTV Video Music Awards last Sunday shattered Twitter's tweets-per-second record . To help ring in her birthday this weekend, we’ve assembled some of her fans’ “Best Thing I Never Had” covers, which have collectively attracted more than 3.2 million views on YouTube . Vote for your favorite rendition in the poll below. Alex Pelzer The Boom Boom J Rice Heather Traska Luke Conard & Jimmy Wong Lisa Lavie Fynn Farrell CIMORELLI Cheryl K Drew Chambers Beyonce Which “Best Thing I Never Had” Cover Is Your Favorite? Last Week’s Face-Off Winner The beatbox cover of Katy Perry’s “Firework” from Peter Hollens snagged 60% of the votes in last week’s face-off . Hollens covered “Firework” because of the song’s inspirational message and uptempo beat. It “really highlights the message that we are all unique and special,” he told Mfarhanonline . Hollens — who appeared on season 2 of NBC’s The Sing-Off and has strong fan bases on Facebook , Google+ , Twitter and YouTube — recently released his first music video for an original song called “ Sleepwalking ” (see video #2 below). “I just want to be able to make a living making music and inspiring others,” said Hollens, who wants to perform a duet with fellow YouTube cover artist/producer Kurt Schneider as well as celebrities Adele and Sara Bareilles. “I also hope to bring a cappella music to the forefront of popular music today … and to teach! everyon e how to actually spell a cappella ." “Firework” Cover by Peter Hollens “Sleepwalking” Original by Peter Hollens BONUS: “Born This Way Cover” by Peter Hollens BONUS: “Pray” Cover by Peter Hollens, Therry Thomas & Courtney Jensen BONUS: “What’s My Name/Only Girl” Mashup by Peter Hollens BONUS: “Need You Now” Cover by Peter Hollens, Evynne Hollens & Jake Moulton To listen to more covers used in past YouTube Cover Song Face-Offs, click here . What popular song should we pick next week for the YouTube Cover Song Face-Off? More About: beyonce , music , music videos , viral videos , youtube , YouTube Cover Song Face-Off For more Video coverage: Follow Mfarhanonline Video on Twitter Become a Fan on Facebook Subscribe to the Video channel Download our free apps for Android , Mac , iPhone and iPad Social Media reviews series maintain by Mayya
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