When was dangerously in love released

I had five. Her solo effort not only debuted at No. Which of "Dangerously In Love's" 16 tracks resonates the loudest 10 years later? Read on for our classic track-by-track review. Missy Elliott The singer maps her romantic history on the astrological ode, majorily shouting out a Sagittarius love which coincidentally is Jay-Z's sign.

If the album collaborations with her beau wasn't enough of a hint of their relationship This come-hither "Speechless" finds Bey' in a daze over slinky funk soundscapes. Jay-Z The album's second Jay-Z collaboration, which lyrically samples DeBarge's "I Like It," finds you in the middle of a back and forth between the couple; telling each other what they love of one another.

Hov closes his verse with confirmation: "Young Hov and the letter B, how you like that, huh? Luther Vandross Bey' recruits the late Luther Vandross for the remake of the classic. While the singer holds her on alongside the legend, the quiet storm duet feels out of place considering the electrifying feel of majority of the album.

In Australia, it reached number two; the album was certified triple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for sales of , copies. In , Dangerously in Love was the 51st best-selling album in Australia, and the 74th the following year. As of , the album has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide.

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Be With You 6. Yes 8. In a mixed review, Vibe magazine's Jason King said that the album occasionally " sounds desperate to reach every demographic. Kelefa sanneh, writing in The New York Times, felt that it missed the harmonies Beyonce had in Destiny's Child records and that she is more effective " when she's got a posse behind her.

Rob Fitzpatrick of NME called it " a cruel glimpse of a talent that occasionally blazes but is frustratingly inconsistent. Los Angeles Times writer Natalie Nichols expressed that it " demonstrates vocal finesse [ The Guardian's Adam Sweeting wrote that " the desperate urge to cover every musical base from dancefloor to soul-ballad means that there is barely a track here with any distinctive identity or even a tune.

He gave the album a one-star honorable mention indicating " a worthy effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well like. The th issue of the Entertainment Weekly which celebrates " the new classics: the best movies, TV shows, albums, books, etc.

The album is ranked at number on the definitive albums that shaped rock and roll according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. With the release of "Dangerously in Love" and the combined commercial success of its singles, Beyonce had established herself a viable solo artist.

Rebecca Louie of the New York Daily News wrote that the success of Dangerously in Love brought Beyonce into a " sultry solo star " who "blossomed from a girly group", referring to Destiny's Child.

She appeared on the cover of numerous magazines, guested TV for promotions and has signed lucrative commercial deals. Beyonce signed to PepsiCo, a conglomerate beverage manufacturer in and appeared on several TV commercials for its products. The creative output of the sessions for "Dangerously in Love" left several tracks ready for another album pressing.

In late , Beyonce planned to release a follow-up album that would comprise left-over songs from "Dangerously in Love. The move was prompted when a P. Diddy-collaboration called " Summertime ," a left-over track from the album was sent to radio stations and had received Favorable response. Meanwhile, the success of the album incited the public to infer that it signals Destiny's Child to finally part ways, as had pop singer Justin Timberlake " could not go back to 'N Sync after tasting solo success.

However, Beyonce said that their side projects were only " a brief diversion in the juggernaut that has become Destiny's Child. As time did not permit, Beyonce's musical aspirations were put on hiatus for her to concentrate on her Super Bowl performance wherein she was slated to sing the U.

After the group's formal disbandment, Beyonce recorded and released her second album "B 'Day " on September 4, The album gave Beyonce her second number one in the United States and its debut week sales exceeded that of "Dangerously in Love" the former having sold , units.

Despite the album's first two singles' average commercial performance—neither of which reached the peak of the Billboard Hot —its " handsome debut " was noted by Keith Caulfield of Billboard as having generated " by goodwill earned from the performance of [Beyonce,S] smash first album Dangerously in Love.

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