Dangerously in Love

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Dangerously in Love
Studio album by Beyoncé
Released	June 23, 2003 June 24, 2003 July 14, 2003
Recorded	2002–April 2003
Genre	R&B/Soul
Length	69:44
Label	Columbia
Producer(s)	Beyoncé Knowles (also executive), Scott Storch, Missy Elliott, Craig Brockman, Rich Harrison, Sherrod Barnes, Nat Adderley, Jr., Errol "Poppi" McCalla, Andreao "Fanatic" Heard, Mister B, Bryce Wilson, Mark Batson
Professional reviews
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Beyoncé chronology
	Dangerously in Love (2003)	B’Day (2006)

Dangerously in Love is the debut album by American R&B singer Beyoncé, released on June 24, 2003 in the United States and June 23, 2003 in the United Kingdom via Columbia Records (see 2003 in music). It features the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "Crazy in Love" (featuring Jay-Z) and "Baby Boy" (featuring Sean Paul), as well as the top five hits "Naughty Girl" and "Me, Myself and I".

Contents 1 History 1.1 Production 1.2 Chart performance 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Production 5 Others 6 Charts and certifications 7 Awards 8 References

[edit] History

[edit] Production

Dangerously in Love was basically named after "all of the steps in a relationship from when you first meet a guy to ... breaking up to having to love yourself after the breakup. All of that. A celebration of love".^[1] Although most of the album's production had been partly finished and Dangerously in Love was widely expected to be released in October 2002,^[2] Columbia Records, Knowles, and her management decided to push her solo debut back to 2003 so that Destiny's Child bandmate Kelly Rowland could capitalize off of the success of her chart-topping duet with rapper Nelly, "Dilemma", in the autumn of 2002. While Knowles expressed that she felt "kind of disappointed" about the album's delay at the time,^[3] she eventually agreed to return to the recording studios to team up with a couple of other songwriters, including Rich Harrison. The producer helped adding a retro edge to the album, a sound Knowles promoted to be different from anything she had previously recorded with the band: "All of the songs I wrote for Destiny's Child were usually so strong and that's a good thing — but sometimes people lose touch with you being a human", she said. "I wanted people to know that I'm strong, but I can fall in love, I can get hurt, I can feel like I need someone and everything every other woman goes through".^[3]

[edit] Chart performance

The album debuted and peaked at number-one for one week on the U.S. Billboard 200. It spent fifty-one weeks on the top fifty and seventy-two weeks on the top one hundred. In the UK, it also debuted (selling over 113,000 copies in its first week) and peaked at number-one for five weeks, resulting to have the most consecutive weeks to reach the top position on the albums chart for 2003. It spent fifty-four weeks on the UK Albums Chart. Knowles is the first female artist (and the fifth artist ever) to top both singles (with "Crazy in Love") and albums chart simultaneously for both the U.S. and the UK, following The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Rod Stewart, and Men at Work. The album earned her five Grammy Awards in 2004. Also, she received over thirty winnings and more than twenty further nominations from other industry awards for the album and its accolades achievements.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Crazy in Love" ¹ (featuring Jay-Z) (Beyoncé Knowles, Rich Harrison, Shawn Carter, Eugene Record) – 3:56
2. "Naughty Girl" ² (Beyoncé Knowles, Scott Storch, Robert Waller, Angela Beyince, Pete Belotte, Giorgio Moroder, Donna Summer) – 3:29
3. "Baby Boy" (featuring Sean Paul) (Beyoncé Knowles, Scott Storch, Sean Paul Henriques, Robert Waller, Shawn Carter) – 4:04
4. "Hip Hop Star" (featuring Big Boi and Sleepy Brown) (Beyoncé Knowles, Bryce Wilson, Makeda Davis, Antwan Patton, Shawn Carter) – 3:43
5. "Be with You" ³ (Beyoncé Knowles, Rich Harrison, Angela Beyince, Shuggie Otis, George Clinton, Jr., William Collins, Gary Cooper) – 4:20
6. "Me, Myself and I" (Beyoncé Knowles, Scott Storch, Robert Waller) – 5:01
7. "Yes" (Beyoncé Knowles, Bernard Edwards, Jr., Shawn Carter) – 4:19
8. "Signs" (featuring Missy Elliott) (Missy Elliott, Nisan Stewart, Craig Brockman) – 4:59
9. "Speechless" (Beyoncé Knowles, Andreao Heard, Sherrod Barnes, Angela Beyince) – 6:00
10. "That's How You Like It" ⁴ (featuring Jay-Z) (Delroy Andrews, Brian Bridgeman, Shawn Carter, Randy DeBarge, Eldra DeBarge, Etterlene Jordan) – 3:40
11. "The Closer I Get to You" (duet with Luther Vandross) (James Mtume, Reggie Lucas) – 4:57
12. "Dangerously in Love 2" (Beyoncé Knowles, Errol McCalla, Jr.) – 4:54
13. "Beyoncé Interlude" (Beyoncé Knowles) – 0:16
14. "Gift from Virgo" ⁵ (Beyoncé Knowles, Shuggie Otis) – 2:46
15. "Daddy" (hidden track) ⁶ (Beyoncé Knowles, Mark Batson) – 4:57

¹ Samples "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)" written by Eugene Record and performed by The Chi-Lites.
² Samples "Love to Love You Baby" written by Pete Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder, and Donna Summer and performed by Donna Summer.
³ Interpolates Bootsy's Rubber Band's "I'd Rather Be with You" written by George Clinton, Jr., William Collins, and Gary Cooper, and contains excerpts from "Strawberry Letter 23" written and performed by Shuggie Otis.
⁴ Contains resung lyrics from "I Like It" written by Randy DeBarge, Eldra DeBarge, and Etterlene Jordan and performed by DeBarge.
⁵ Inspired by the original musical composition "Rainy Day" written by Shuggie Otis.
⁶ Contains an uncredited interpolation of "So Emotional" written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly and performed by Whitney Houston.

• European/Latin American edition

Released July 1, 2003

15. "Work It Out" (Beyoncé Knowles, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo) – 4:06

16. "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" ¹ (Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé) (Shawn Carter, Kanye West, Prince, Darrell Harper, Rick Rouse, Tupac Shakur, Tyrone Wrice) – 3:26

17. "Daddy" (hidden track) (Beyoncé Knowles, Mark Batson) – 4:57

¹ Interpolates "If I Was Your Girlfriend" written and performed by Prince, and samples "Me and My Girlfriend" written by Darrell Harper, Rick Rouse, Tupac Shakur, and Tyrone Wrice and performed by 2Pac.

• French/Belgian edition

Released July 7, 2003

13. "Bienvenue" (IAM featuring Beyoncé) (Akhenaton, Shurik'n, Deni Hines) – 4:05

14. "Beyoncé Interlude" – 0:17

15. "Work It Out" – 4:06

16. "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" (Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé) – 3:27

17. "Daddy" (hidden track) – 4:57

• Australian edition

Released July 14, 2003

15. "Work It Out" – 4:06

16. "'03 Bonnie & Clyde (Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé) – 3:26

17. "Crazy in Love" (Remix featuring Vanness Wu) (Beyoncé Knowles, Rich Harrison, Shawn Carter, Eugene Record) – 3:56

18. "Daddy" (hidden track) - 4:57

• Japanese edition

Released July 22, 2003

15. "What's It Gonna Be" (Beyoncé Knowles, Lashaun Owens, Karrim Mack, Corte Ellis, Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman, Kandice Love) – 3:37

16. "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" – 3:26

17. "Work It Out" – 4:06

18. "Daddy" (hidden track) – 4:57

[edit] Personnel

• Sanford Allen — concert master
• Skip Anderson — keyboard
• John Broussard — bass guitar
• Al Brown — strings
• Phil Hamilton — guitar
• Ivan Hampden — drums
• Bashiri Johnson — percussion
• Byron Miller — bass guitar
• Dan Workman — guitar

[edit] Production

• Executive producers: Beyoncé Knowles, Mathew Knowles
• Producer: Nat Adderley Jr., Sherrod Barnes, Mark Batson, Craig Brockman, Missy Elliott, Rich Harrison, Andreao "Fanatic" Heard, Beyoncé Knowles, Errol "Poppi" McCalla, Mister B, Nisan Stweart, Scott Storch, Bryce Wilson
• Vocal producer: Beyoncé Knowles
• Vocal assistance: Tawatha Agee, Cissy Houston, Candace Thomas, Brenda White-King
• Engineers: Vincent Alexander, Carlos Bedoya, Chris Carmouche, Jim Caruana, Guru, Brian Springer, Pat Thrall, Stan Wallace, Dan Workman
• Assistant engineers: Dan Bucchi, Jason Dale, Greg Price, Matt Snedecor, Luz Vasquez, Patrick Woodward
• Mixing: Ray Bardani, Scott Kieklak, Tony Maserati, Dexter Simmons
• Mastering: Tom Coyne
• A&R: Theresa LaBarbera Whites
• Art direction: Ian Cuttler
• Photography: Markus Klinko and Indrani

[edit] Others

• "Cables Cues" (Beyoncé Knowles, Shawn Carter, Nasir Jones)^[4]
• "Can't Take No More" (Beyoncé Knowles, Mario Winans, Sean Combs, V. Smith, T. Shropshire, S. Jordan, Angela Beyince)
• "Ice Cream" (Beyoncé Knowles, Soul Diggaz)
• "My Man" (Beyoncé Knowles, Angela Beyince, Waller Robert, Scott Storch)^[5]
• "Scent of You" (Beyoncé Knowles, Bryce Wilson)^[6]
• "Settle for U" (Beyoncé Knowles, Shawn Carter, Makeda Davis, Bryce Wilson)^[7]
• "Sexuality" (Beyoncé Knowles, LL Cool J)
• "Vulnerable" (Beyoncé Knowles, Chad Hugo, Pharrell Williams)^[8]
• "Wrapped Around Me" (Beyoncé Knowles, Missy Elliott, Timbaland)

[edit] Charts and certifications

• These are the peak positions and certifications from chart providers.

Chart (2003)	Provider	Peak position	Certification
The Billboard 200 (U.S.)	Billboard	1	4x Platinum
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (U.S.)		1
Billboard U.S. Top Internet Albums (U.S.)		1
The Official UK Albums Chart	BPI/The Official UK Charts Company	1	2x Platinum
Australian Albums Chart	ARIA	2	Platinum
Australian Urban Albums Chart		1
Austrian Albums Chart	Media Control Europe	3	Gold
Canadian Albums Chart	CRIA/Nielsen SoundScan	1	Platinum
Chinese Albums Chart	CTA	1	Platinum
Dutch Albums Chart	Mega Charts BV	1	Gold
Finnish Albums Chart	GLF	6	Platinum
French Albums Chart	SNEP/IFOP	14	Platinum
German Albums Chart	Media Control	1	Platinum
Greek Albums Chart	IFPI	1	Gold
Mexican Albums Chart	AMPROFON	2	Gold
New Zealand Albums Chart	RIANZ	8	Platinum
Philippine Pop Albums Chart	PRIMA	1	Platinum
Swedish Albums Chart	GLF	11	Gold
Swiss Albums Chart	Media Control Europe	2	Platinum

• This company only provides certification(s) based on sales throughout Europe and is therefore, not ranked.

Year	Title	Provider	Certification
2003	Europe Album Sales Data	International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)	Platinum

[edit] Awards

Grammy Awards:

• "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" for "Dangerously in Love 2"
• "Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals" for "The Closer I Get to You" (shared with Luther Vandross)
• "Best R&B Song" for "Crazy in Love" (shared with Jay-Z)
• "Best Contemporary R&B Album"
• "Best Rap/Sung Collaboration" for "Crazy in Love" (shared with Jay-Z)

[edit] References

v • d • e Beyoncé Knowles
Discography
Studio albums: Dangerously in Love (2003) • B’Day (2006)
DVDs: Live at Wembley (2004) • B’Day Anthology Video Album (2007)
Singles: "Work It Out" • "Crazy in Love" • "Baby Boy" • "Fighting Temptation" • "Me, Myself and I" • "Naughty Girl" • "Dangerously in Love" • "Check on It" • "Deja Vu" • "Ring the Alarm" • "Irreplaceable" • "Listen" • "Beautiful Liar"
Other songs: "I Got That" • "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" • "Hollywood" • "Upgrade U"
Related articles
Filmography • Awards and nominations • Destiny's Child • Solange Knowles • Jay-Z • Columbia • House of Deréon • B'Day World Tour

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