Dangerously in Love

Dangerously in Love is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Beyoncé, released on June 20, 2003 by Columbia Records. During the recording of Destiny's Child's third studio album, Survivor (2001), the group announced that they would produce solo albums to be released. Recording sessions for the album took place from March 2002 to March 2003 at several studios, whilst Destiny's Child were on a break.

Track listing

Notes
 signifies a co-producer
 signifies a vocal producer
 "Crazy in Love" samples "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)" (1970) by the Chi-Lites
 "Naughty Girl" contains interpolations from "Love to Love You Baby" (1975) by Donna Summer
 "Baby Boy" contains interpolations from "Hot Stepper" (1990) by Ini Kamoze
 "Be with You" samples "Ain't Nothing I Can Do" (1979) Tyrone Davis and contains interpolations from "I'd Rather Be with You" (1976) by Bootsy's Rubber Band and "Strawberry Letter 23" (1977) by the Brothers Johnson
 "That's How You Like It" contains interpolations from "I Like It" (1982) by DeBarge
 "Gift from Virgo" samples "Rainy Day" (1974) by Shuggie Otis
 "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" contains interpolations from "If I Was Your Girlfriend" (1987) by Prince and samples of "Me and My Girlfriend" (1996) by 2Pac
 "What's It Gonna Be" samples "Do It Roger" (1981) by Roger Troutman

Unreleased Tracks
 "I 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) (later appeared on the Wal-Mart edition of Destiny Fulfilled)
 "Settle 4 U" (Beyoncé Knowles, Shawn Carter, Makeda Davis, Bryce Wilson)
 "Sexuality" (Beyoncé Knowles, LL Cool J)

Personnel

 Beyoncé Knowles – lead vocals, producer, executive producer, vocal producer, songwriter
 Nat Adderley, Jr. – producer, arranger, electric piano, string arrangements
 Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
 Vincent Alexander – engineer
 Sanford Allen – concertmaster
 Chuckie Amos – hair stylist
 Skip Anderson – arranger, programming, additional keyboards
 Ray Bardani – string engineer, mixing
 Sherrod Barnes – producer
 Mark Batson – producer, arranger, instrumentation, conductor
 Carlos Bedoya – engineer, vocal engineer
 Big Boi – rap, additional vocal production
 Kevin Bird – prop stylist
 Craig Brockman – co-producer
 John "Jab" Broussard – additional guitar
 Al Brown – string contractor
 Dan Bucchi – assistant mix engineer
 Chris Carmouche – additional engineer
 Jim Caruana – engineer
 Demacio "Demo" Castellon – assistant mix engineer
 Tom Coyne – mastering
 Ian Cuttler – art director
 Dahlen – photography
 Jason Dale – assistant mix engineer
 Makeda Davis – backing vocals
 Delroy "D-Roy" Andrews – producer
 Missy Elliott – rap, producer
 Focus... – producer, engineer, instrumentation
 Guru – engineer
 Phil Hamilton – guitar
 Ivan Hampden – drums
 Rich Harrison – producer, instrumentation

 Andreao "Fanatic" Heard – producer
 Cissy Houston – backing vocals
 James Hunter – graphic artist
 Jay-Z – rap
 Bashiri Johnson – percussion
 Scott Kieklak – mixing
 Markus Klinko and Indrani – photography
 Mathew Knowles – executive producer
 Tina Knowles – stylist
 Brendan Kurtz – assistant mix engineer
 Tony Maserati – mixing
 Errol "Poppi" McCalla, Jr. – producer
 Byron Miller – bass
 Mr. B – producer
 Sean Paul – vocals
 Greg Price – assistant engineer
 Mally Roncal – make-up
 Dexter Simmons – mixing
 Sleepy Brown – vocals
 Matt Snedecor – assistant mix engineer
 Brian Springer – engineer
 Nisan Stewart – co-producer
 Scott Storch – producer
 Candace Thomas – backing vocals
 Pat Thrall – engineer
 Luther Vandross – vocals, vocal arrangement
 Luz Vasquez – assistant mix engineer
 Stan Wallace – engineer
 Brenda White-King – backing vocals
 Theresa LaBarbera Whites – A&R
 Bryce Wilson – producer
 Pat Woodward – assistant mix engineer
 Dan Workman – guitar, engineer

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2003–04)PeakpositionAustralian Albums Chart2Austrian Albums Chart3Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)3Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)13Canadian Albums Chart1Danish Albums Chart5Dutch Albums Chart4European Top 100 Albums1Finnish Albums Chart6French Albums Chart14German Albums Chart1Greek Albums Chart1Hungarian Albums Chart18Irish Albums Chart1Italian Albums Chart16Japanese Albums Chart12New Zealand Albums Chart8Norwegian Albums Chart1Polish Albums Chart18Scottish Albums Chart1Portuguese Albums Chart16Swedish Albums Chart11Swiss Albums Chart2UK Albums Chart1U.S. Billboard 2001U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums1

Year-end charts
Chart (2003)PositionAustralian Albums Chart51Australian Urban Albums Chart7Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)39Dutch Albums Chart31Finnish Albums Chart38French Albums Chart73German Albums Chart37Hungarian Albums Chart87Irish Albums Chart10New Zealand Albums Chart Note: The reader must select "2003" → "Albums".36Swedish Albums Chart66Swiss Albums Chart13UK Albums Chart15U.S. Billboard 20019U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums12Worldwide5Chart (2004)PositionAustralian Albums Chart74Australian Albums Urban Chart9Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)78Dutch Albums Chart79French Albums Chart128UK Albums Chart96U.S. Billboard 20029U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums12Chart (2005)PositionU.S. Billboard 200195U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums98

Decade-end charts
Chart (2000–09)PositionU.S. Billboard 20059U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums67

Chart precession and succession

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Singles
 Year Single Peak chart positionsCertificationsUSU.S. ClubAUSAUTCANFRAGERNZSWIUK2003"Crazy in Love"11282216231AUS: Platinum
BPI: Platinum
NZ: Gold
US: Gold"Baby Boy"12318284252AUS: Platinum
US: Gold"Me, Myself and I"4311517 —351841112004"Naughty Girl"319292181661810AUS: Gold
NZ: Platinum
US: Gold "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Certifications
 Country Certification Argentina Gold Australia 3× Platinum Austria Gold Belgium Gold Canada Platinum Europe Platinum France 2× Gold Germany Platinum Greece Gold Hong Kong Gold Japan Gold Netherlands Gold  New Zealand Platinum Note: The reader must select "Chart #1370 – Sunday 10 August 2003". Norway Gold Russia Platinum Sweden Gold Switzerland Platinum United Kingdom 4× Platinum United States 4× Platinum

Awards
Awards ceremonyYearNominated WorkAwardResultsBET Awards 2004"Crazy in Love" (Jay-Z)  Best Female R&B Artist   Best Collaboration  BRIT Awards Dangerously in Love  Best International Female Solo Artist  Grammy Awards 2004"Crazy in Love" (with Jay-Z)  Best R&B Song   Best Rap/Sung Collaboration   "Dangerously in Love 2"  Best Female R&B Vocal Performance   Dangerously in Love  Best Contemporary R&B Album  "The Closer I Get to You" Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal  International Dance Music Awards2003"Crazy in Love" (with Jay-Z)  Best R&B/Urban Dance Track MTV Music Video Awards Video Music AwardsBest Female Video   Video Music AwardsBest R&B Video    Video Music AwardsBest Choreography   2004  "Naughty Girl" Video Music AwardsBest Female Video  MTV Europe Music Awards2003 "Crazy in Love" (with Jay-Z)  Europe Music AwardsBest R&B Song   Europe Music AwardsBest Song of the year MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2004  Best Collaboration  POP Music Awards2003 "03 Bonnie & Clyde" (with Jay-Z)  Most Performed Song   "Crazy in Love" (with Jay-Z) Most performed song   2005 "Baby Boy" (with Sean Paul) Most performed song    "Me, Myself and I" Most performed song   "Naughty Girl" Most performed song    Songwriter of the year  New Musical Express, UK (NME)2003 "Crazy in Love" (with Jay-Z)  NME Rocklist (End-of-Year Review)  NME Record of the Year (Singles)  Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards2004"Crazy in Love" (with Jay-Z)  Favorite Female Performer  Soul Train Music Awards, USA Dangerously in Love Best R&B/Soul Album   Vibe Awards, USA2003  "Crazy in Love" (with Jay-Z)  Coolest Collaboration  

Notes

References

Category:2003 albums
Category:Beyoncé albums
Category:Hip hop albums
Category:Neo soul albums
Category:R&B albums
Category:Columbia Records albums