Beyoncé (album)

Beyoncé
Beyoncé
Studio album by Beyoncé
Released	December 13, 2013
Recorded	2012–2013
Studio	Various Kings Landing, Fetalmaus, MSR, Oven and Jungle City Studios; (New York, United States); Westlake and Mirrorball Studios; (California, United States); Russell's of Clapton; (London, United Kingdom); Tritonus Studios; (Berlin, Germany); Trackdown Studios; (Sydney, Australia); ;
Genre	Electronic; hip hop; R&B;
Length	66:35
Label	Parkwood; Columbia;
Producer	Beyoncé Knowles (exec.); Ammo; Boots; Detail; Jerome Harmon; Hit-Boy; HazeBanga; Key Wane; Terius Nash; Caroline Polachek; Rey Reel; Noah "40" Shebib; Ryan Tedder; Timbaland; Justin Timberlake; Pharrell Williams;
Beyoncé chronology
Singles from Beyoncé
	"XO"; Released: December 16, 2013; "Drunk in Love"; Released: December 17, 2013; "Partition"; Released: February 25, 2014; "Pretty Hurts"; Released: June 10, 2014; "Flawless"; Released: August 12, 2014;

Beyoncé is an eponymous fifth studio album by American singer Beyoncé, released on iTunes on December 13, 2013.^[1] The release of the album made the iTunes website stop working. This happened because there were so many people on the website at once for the album. Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, and Pharrell Williams are producers of songs on the album. The album got good reviews. "XO" was released as the first single from the album. On December 21, 2013 the album will be released on CD and DVD in the United States. Billboard chose the album as the best of 2013.^[2]

Songs

Beyoncé starts with "Pretty Hurts". The third track "Drunk in Love" was released as one of the album's two lead singles. Jay-Z, Knowles' husband, raps in it. The song is about how much Knowles likes having sex with Jay-Z. "Partition" is about having sex in a limousine. In "Mine", Drake raps. The song "Superpower" has Frank Ocean singing in it. "XO" was released as a lead single to the album.

Feminism

The album has a feminist theme. "Flawless", the eleventh song on the album, samples "Why We Should All Be Feminists", a TED talk by the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In New Statesman Laurie Penny described "Blow" as being about how Knowles likes being given cunnilingus. She compared it to Prince.^[3] In the song "Drunk in Love" Jay-Z raps about domestic violence. The lyric was criticized for making violence against women seem like a good thing.

Sales

The album sold 80,000 copies in the first three hours after it was released.^[4] In slightly under a day it sold 430,000 copies.^[5] In its first three days the album sold 828,773 copies.^[6] It sold over a million copies in less than a week. The album sold more quickly than any other album on iTunes ever.^[7] It went straight to number one in the Billboard 200. This made it her fifth number one album.^[8] It also entered the Canadian Albums Chart at number one.^[9] and the UK Albums Chart at number five^[10]

Track listing

Beyoncé – Disc 1 (Audio)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Pretty Hurts"	Sia Furler Joshua Coleman Beyoncé Knowles	Ammo Knowles	4:17
2.	"Haunted"	Jordan Asher Knowles	Boots Knowles	6:09
3.	"Drunk in Love" (featuring Jay Z)	Knowles Noel Fisher Shawn Carter Andre Eric Proctor Rasool Diaz Asher Brian Soko Timothy Mosley Jerome Harmon	Detail Knowles Timbaland^[b] Harmon^[b] Boots^[b] Soko^[b]	5:23
4.	"Blow"	Pharrell Williams Knowles James Fauntleroy Mosley Harmon Justin Timberlake	Williams Knowles Timbaland^[a] Harmon^[a]	5:09
5.	"No Angel"	Caroline Polachek Knowles Fauntleroy	Polachek Knowles Boots^[b]	3:48
6.	"Partition"	Terius Nash Knowles Timberlake Asher Mosley Harmon Dwane Weir	Timbaland Harmon Timberlake Knowles Key Wane Mike Dean^[b] Boots^[b]	5:19
7.	"Jealous"	Fisher Knowles Proctor Diaz Soko Asher	Detail Knowles Boots^[b] Hit-Boy^[b] Proctor^[b]	3:04
8.	"Rocket"	Miguel Pimentel Knowles Timberlake Mosley Harmon	Timbaland Knowles Harmon^[a]	6:31
9.	"Mine" (featuring Drake)	Noah Shebib Aubrey Graham Knowles Jordan Ullman Sidney "Omen" Brown Weir	Noah "40" Shebib Majid Jordan^[b] Brown^[b] Knowles^[c]	6:18
10.	"XO"	Ryan Tedder Nash Knowles	Tedder Nash Knowles Hit-Boy^[b] HazeBanga Music^[b]	3:35
11.	"Flawless" (featuring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)	Knowles Nash Chauncey Hollis Asher Carter	Hit-Boy Knowles Rey Reel Music^[a] Boots^[b]	4:10
12.	"Superpower" (featuring Frank Ocean)	Williams Frank Ocean Asher Knowles	Williams Boots^[b] Knowles^[c]	4:36
13.	"Heaven"	Asher Knowles	Boots Knowles	3:50
14.	"Blue" (featuring Blue Ivy)	Asher Knowles	Boots Knowles	4:26
Total length:				66:35

Beyoncé – Disc 2 (Visual)
No.	Title	Director(s)	Length
1.	"Pretty Hurts"	Melina Matsoukas	7:04
2.	"Ghost"	Pierre Debusschere	2:31
3.	"Haunted"	Jonas Åkerlund	5:21
4.	"Drunk in Love" (featuring Jay Z)	Hype Williams	6:21
5.	"Blow"	Williams	5:25
6.	"~~Angel~~"	@lilinternet	3:53
7.	"Yoncé"	Ricky Saiz	2:02
8.	"Partition"	Jake Nava	3:49
9.	"Jealous"	Knowles, Francesco Carrozzini, Todd Tourso	3:26
10.	"Rocket"	Knowles, Ed Burke, Bill Kirstein	4:30
11.	"Mine" (featuring Drake)	Dubusschere	4:59
12.	"XO"	Terry Richardson	3:35
13.	"***Flawless" (featuring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)	Nava	4:12
14.	"Superpower" (featuring Frank Ocean)	Åkerlund	5:24
15.	"Heaven"	Knowles, Tourso	3:55
16.	"Blue" (featuring Blue Ivy)	Knowles, Burke, Kirstein	4:35
17.	"Credits"		2:34
18.	"Grown Woman" (bonus video)	Nava	4:24
Total length:			78:00

References

↑ "Beyonce guerrilla releases entire new album worldwide on iTunes". The Independent. 13 December 2013.
↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/5840321/15-best-albums-of-2013-critics-picks?
↑ "Laurie Penny on Beyoncé: Five reasons Beyoncé's new album is a multi-faceted thing of awe and wonder". www.newstatesman.com. 10 June 2021.
↑ "Beyonce's Surprise Album Trending Towards No. 1 on Billboard 200". Billboard.
↑ Subramanian, Courtney (15 December 2013). "Beyoncé's Surprise Album Sells More Than 430,000 in Just Over a Day". Time – via entertainment.time.com.
↑ Dredge, Stuart (16 December 2013). "Beyoncé's surprise iTunes album sells 829k copies in first three days". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
↑ Greenburg, Zack O'Malley. "Breaking Down Beyonce's Record-Breaking Album Launch". Forbes.
↑ "It's Official: Beyonce Makes History With Fifth No. 1 Album". Billboard.
↑ "Weekly Music Sales Report: 18 December 2013". 18 December 2013.
↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.

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[1] "Beyonce guerrilla releases entire new album worldwide on iTunes". The Independent. 13 December 2013.

[2] ttp://www.billboard.com/articles/list/5840321/15-best-albums-of-2013-critics-picks?

[3] "Laurie Penny on Beyoncé: Five reasons Beyoncé's new album is a multi-faceted thing of awe and wonder". www.newstatesman.com. 10 June 2021.

[4] "Beyonce's Surprise Album Trending Towards No. 1 on Billboard 200". Billboard.

[5] Subramanian, Courtney (15 December 2013). "Beyoncé's Surprise Album Sells More Than 430,000 in Just Over a Day". Time – via entertainment.time.com.

[6] Dredge, Stuart (16 December 2013). "Beyoncé's surprise iTunes album sells 829k copies in first three days". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.

[7] Greenburg, Zack O'Malley. "Breaking Down Beyonce's Record-Breaking Album Launch". Forbes.

[8] "It's Official: Beyonce Makes History With Fifth No. 1 Album". Billboard.

[9] "Weekly Music Sales Report: 18 December 2013". 18 December 2013.

[10] "Official Singles Chart Top 100 - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.

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