Beyonce

of commercially successful releases with the group Destiny s Child, Beyonc e released her debut solo album Dangerously in Love in 2003. The album became one of the biggest commercial successes of the year, topping the album charts in the U.S.

and the UK. It also spawned the number-one singles Crazy in five Grammy Awards in a single night in 2004. Beyonc e s sophomore album, B Day, which was released worldwide on September 4, 2006 (her twenty-fifth birthday) continued her success.

The album spawned the UK number-one single Deja The album is nominated for five 2007 Grammy Awards.
During the autumn of 2002, Beyonc e was the featured vocalist on rapper Jay-Z s hit single, 03 Bonnie Clyde . In the spring of 2003, Beyonc e remade a duet with the late Luther Vandross, The Closer I Get to You , originally made famous by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway.

In this version, the vocal parts are switched, with Vandross taking Flack s part and Knowles taking Hathaway s. The song was included on both her solo debut album and on Vandross s Dance with My Father album, and the two shared the Grammy same year. She recently collaborated with her beau, Jay-Z, on his latest album, Kingdom Come, providing the vocals and the hook for the track entitled Hollywood .

In 2003, Beyonc e released her debut solo album, Dangerously in Love. The album entered the Billboard 200 at number one selling 317,000 copies in its first week. It was certified Platinum just three weeks later on June 22, 2003.

Its first single, the funky Crazy in Love , featured a propulsive riff and a guest rap from Jay-Z, rapidly becoming one of the biggest hits of that summer, staying at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks. Dangerously in Love went to the top of the album charts in the UK, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, Greece, and the Philippines, and peaked on both the U.S.

Billboard 200 and R B charts. The album has sold over four million copies in the U.S.

and over eleven million copies worldwide. When her single and album simultaneously topped the main singles chart in both the U.S.

and the UK, she became the first act to achieve this feat since Men at Work in 1983, The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and Rod Stewart in the 1960s and 1970s thus becoming the first and so far the only female artist to do so. Beyonc e was consequently one of the biggest-selling artists of 2003. Together with single and album sales they equal to a whopping thirty-three million in sales.

of the summer, Baby Boy , Dangerously in Love s second single, which featured dancehall artist Sean Paul, began to climb the charts. It went on to become one of the biggest hits of 2003, dominating radio airplay in the autumn of 2003, and spending nine weeks at number one one week longer than single, Me, Myself and I ; Dangerously in Love s fourth single, Naughty Girl , came out in mid-2004.
ceremony, Beyonc e won a record-tying five Grammy Awards for her solo Female Solo Artist in the United Kingdom.

remix) Bun B. The song was from the Destiny s Child s greatest hits compilation, sixth top five hit and third number one in the U.S.

Tribute to Luther Vandross.
album B Day was released worldwide on September 4, 2006 and on September 5, 2006 in the U.S.

to coincide with the celebration of Beyonc e s twenty-fifth birthday. In its first week, the album sold more than 541,000 copies in the U.S.

, immediately coming in at number one, making it her highest first-week sales as a solo artist. This is also the highest first-week sales of any solo female artist in 2006, a record which used to be held by pop singer Christina Aguilera whose album Back to Basics sold 346,000 copies in its first week. In the UK, it debuted at number three with sales of 35,000 copies, and has sold in excess of 300,000 copies, making the album Platinum.

Deja Vu , the album s first single, features Jay-Z. Also with the co-production by Rodney Jerkins. Other co-producers on B Day included Rich Harrison, The Neptunes, and Swizz Beatz.

The album was Platinum in a month of its initial release. Currently, the album is certified 2x Platinum and has sold two million copies in the U.S.

States and a number-one hit on the U.S. R B chart and the UK chart, making it Beyonc e s second UK number-one single, when it climbed twenty spots in the week of August 27, 2006.

the Alarm , was leaked to the Internet on August 8, 2006. The video for Ring the Alarm was released on August 16, 2006 on Yahoo.com and peaked at number one on the site s video chart.

Ring the Alarm became Beyonc e s highest-charting single debut, when it debuted at number twelve on the singles chart. However, it was her first single to miss the top ten in the U.S.

Outside North America, Irreplaceable was released as the album s second international single in October 2006. It debuted at number fourteen on the official chart and is a number-one on the Irish chart. The single debuted Songs chart.

The song peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart. The single has also been taking over on the Irish charts, peaking at number one in its second week. Irreplaceable is her fourth number-one as solo artist on Billboard Hot 100 chart.

It is Beyonc e s eighth top ten hit in the U.S. as a solo artist and fourth number-one hit on the Billboard Hot R B/Hip-Hop Songs.

In December 2006, a Spanish-language version of Irreplaceable , called Imprescindible , was released. Irreplaceable is now in its fifth consecutive week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
on It at the 2006 ceremony in August 31.

She also performed her hit single Ring the Alarm at the awards ceremony. In September 2006, Beyonc e won three awards at the UK s MOBO Awards ceremony. In November 2006, she took home an award for World s Best-Selling R B Artist at the 2006 World Music Awards.

for the 2007 Grammy Awards were announced, and Beyonc e received five: R B Album for B Day, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for Deja Vu , and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for Deja on the re-issue of B Day, which will also include Spanish-language versions and the T.I.-featured version of Upgrade U .

Year of 2006 and she was ranked the highest musician on the list. Beyonc e will release her third studio album in mid-2007.
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