NEW YORK, NY. (Music World Music/Columbia Records) - Beyonce's second solo album, B'Day, closed out 2006 as one of the year's most successful albums. With release-to- date (as of December 31, 2006) SoundScanned sales of 2,010,311, B'Day came in at No 7 on Billboard's U.S. Top 10 Best-Selling Albums chart. Certified RIAA double platinum in the U.S., B'Day has sold more than 3.5 million copies around the world.
Released in the US on September 4, 2006 (and around the world on September 5 to coincide with the artist's 25th birthday), Beyonce's B'Day entered the Billboard Top 200 at No 1, with first week's sales of more than 541,000 pieces, achieving 2006's highest first week's sales of any female recording act, group or solo. B'Day had the fifth highest chart debut of the year of any artist, male of female. (The pop superstar's first solo album, 2003's Grammy-winning Dangerously In Love, also debuted in the No 1 slot, with first week's sales of 316,846.)
B'Day peaked at No 1 on Billboard's Top 200, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and U.S. Internet album charts and remains a constant on the upper reaches of the Top 200 (it's currently No 12).
"Deja Vu" (featuring Jay-Z), the first single from B'Day, reached No 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart and No 1 on the Hot Dance Singles Sales chart while its follow-up, "Ring The Alarm," hit No 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and No 3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart. The album's current single, "Irreplaceable," is currently No 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles chart (five weeks in a row) and No 1 on the R&B Singles chart (seven weeks in a row).
B'Day has been nominated for five Grammy Awards including Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (for "Ring The Alarm"), Best R&B Song (for "Deja Vu"), Best Contemporary R&B Album, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (for "Deja Vu"), and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical (for "Deja Vu" - Freemasons Club Mix - No Rap).
Beyonce may currently be seen starring with Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy in the hit Dreamworks and Paramount Pictures film "Dreamgirls," which earned a whopping $8.7 million on Christmas Day - the best single day ever for a musical - and racked up $41.349 million in its first 8 days of wide release. "Dreamgirls" has been honored with numerous award nominations and critical accolades including three Screen Actors Guild nominations, a Producers Guild "Best Picture" nomination, seven Broadcast Film Critics Association nominations and including five Golden Globe nominations, three Screen Actors Guild nominations, a Producers Guild "Best Picture" nomination and five Golden Globes nominations including Best Musical or Comedy Picture.
Beyonce Knowles has been nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Actress, Comedy or Musical category while the first single from the film soundtrack, "Listen," co-written by Beyonce with "Dreamgirls" composer Henry Krieger, Anne Preven and Scott Cutler, has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award as Best Song.
DREAMGIRLS - Music From the Motion Picture is currently the No 1 Top Soundtrack on the Billboard charts and No 3 on the Billboard Top 200. (A deluxe collector's edition of the album is the nation's No 5 Top Soundtrack and No 60 on the Top 200.)
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