Celebrating 20 years of "Dangerously in Love"

 

In the summer of 2003 on June 24, 2003 Beyonce’s solo album debuted selling 317,000 albums the very first week. The excited, hardworking singer who was already apart of the multiplatinum group, “Destiny’s Child” took a challenge against her group mates on going solo. They each wanted to challenge themselves to see what it would look like if they each went solo in their musical careers. The mega superstar chart topping group all separated after their Survivor, Destiny Fulfilled albums together. Kelly Rowland went on to create monster hit number one singles, along with Michelle Williams creating number one hit songs in the R&B and gospel genre. Along with all three members tapping into the acting field of movies and Broadway. Each of the artists all went their separate ways collaborating with different producers, musicians, and going on to different projects. 

 So for Beyonce's first solo project, "Dangerously in Love" which featured the album’s titled track, along with “Crazy in Love”ft. Jay-Z, “Me, Myself, and I”, “Speechless”, and “Baby Boy” ft. Sean Paul

                                                        

"B'Day" (September 4, 2006) featuring "Deja Vu", "Get Me Bodied", "Irreplaceable"

I am..Sasha Fierce (Platinum Edition)debuted November 12, 2008 featuring "Single Ladies (Put A Ring on It), "If I were a Boy",  "Telephone" ft,Lady Gaga", "Sweet Dreams"

"4" debuted June 24, 2011 featuring "Love On Top", "Countdown", "Dance For You", "Party"

Beyonce self titled album debuted with a surprise drop album, December 2013 featuring  "XO", "Partition", "Pretty Hurts", "Grown Woman", "Flawless" ft. Nicki Minaj

"Lemonade" debuted April 23, 2016 featuring "Formation", "Six Inch Heels" ft The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye), "Freedom" ft. Kendrick Lamar , "Don't Hurt Yourself"  

Everything is Love ft both Beyonce & Jay-Z featuring "Top Off", "Shining", "Apeshit" (2018)

 

Homecoming Live Album featured with her live performances at Coachella in 2019 is on Netflix.

Renaissance album covers (2022)

This was her first album that was an instant hit taking Beyonce out of her R&B genre and taking her straight into crossover success with collaborations of other artists featured on her album widened her music appeal to audiences. 

It was the beginning of Beyonce tapping into different genres of music and showing her abilities as an artist. She became a crossover queen collaborating later with Latin, Country, Jazz, R&B, Rock, House, Disco, and Oldies using samples from other artists she loved in her other 7 albums in “B’Day” (2006), “I am…Sasha Fierce”(2008), “4”(2011), “Beyonce”, “Lemonade”, “The Carters” and “Renaissance”(2022). When you hear songs like “Deja Vu”ft. Jay-Z, “Mi Gente”, “Dancing on the Sun”, “Single Ladies”, “If I were a boy”, “XO”, “Partition”, “Six inch heels” ft. The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye), “Irreplaceable”, “Alien Superstar”, “Cuff It”, and “I am that girl” you hear the influences of different genres of artists.

 So in honor of her 20th anniversary of Dangerously in Love the album that led to an artist’s dream and stepping out of their comfort zone, their shell, and going solo to prove something not only to themselves, their record industry, their label, and even anyone else who may have been deep in the shadows or doubted her. She proved as a solo artist believe in yourself, your talent, trust your instincts, trust the moments where you learned to love your craft, people or moments may have inspired you. Congrats on 20 years as a solo recording artist, 27 years as a international artist along with your accomplishments with Destiny’s Child, with your husband, Jay-Z, and achievements as an entertainer in general.