Dangerously in Love

Dangerously in Love is the debut studio album by American recording artist Beyonce, 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
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"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" (Beyonce Knowles, Mario Winans, Sean Combs, V. Smith, T. Shropshire, S. Jordan, Angela Beyince)
"Ice Cream" (Beyonce Knowles, Soul Diggaz)
"My Man" (Beyonce Knowles, Angela Beyince, Waller Robert, Scott Storch) (later appeared on the Wal-Mart edition of Destiny Fulfilled)
"Settle 4 U" (Beyonce Knowles, Shawn Carter, Makeda Davis, Bryce Wilson)
"Sexuality" (Beyonce Knowles, LL Cool J)
Personnel
Beyonce 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
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Chart precession and succession
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Singles
Certifications
Awards
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! style="text-align:center;"|Awards ceremony
! style="text-align:center; width:30px;"|Year
! style="text-align:center;"|Nominated Work
! style="text-align:center;"|Award
! style="text-align:center;"|Results
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| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|BET Awards
|rowspan="3"| 2004
| rowspan="2"|"Crazy in Love" (Jay-Z) || Best Female R&B Artist ||
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|| Best Collaboration ||
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| style="text-align:left;"|BRIT Awards
| Dangerously in Love || Best International Female Solo Artist ||
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| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="6"|Grammy Awards
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|rowspan="5"| 2004
| rowspan="2"|"Crazy in Love" (with Jay-Z) || Best R&B Song ||
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|| Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ||
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|| "Dangerously in Love 2" || Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ||
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|| Dangerously in Love || Best Contemporary R&B Album ||
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||"The Closer I Get to You"|| Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ||
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| style="text-align:left;"|International Dance Music Awards
|rowspan="4"|2003
|rowspan="4"|"Crazy in Love" (with Jay-Z) || Best R&B/Urban Dance Track||
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| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4"|MTV Music Video Awards
|| Video Music AwardsBest Female Video ||
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|| Video Music AwardsBest R&B Video ||
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|| Video Music AwardsBest Choreography ||
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|| 2004 || "Naughty Girl" ||Video Music AwardsBest Female Video ||
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| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|MTV Europe Music Awards
|rowspan="2"|2003
|rowspan="3"| "Crazy in Love" (with Jay-Z) || Europe Music AwardsBest R&B Song ||
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|| Europe Music AwardsBest Song of the year||
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| style="text-align:left;"|MTV Video Music Awards Japan
|| 2004 || Best Collaboration ||
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| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="6"|POP Music Awards
|rowspan="2"|2003 ||"03 Bonnie & Clyde" (with Jay-Z) || Most Performed Song ||
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|| "Crazy in Love" (with Jay-Z) ||Most performed song ||
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|rowspan="4"| 2005 ||"Baby Boy" (with Sean Paul)|| Most performed song ||
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|| "Me, Myself and I" ||Most performed song ||
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|rowspan="2"|"Naughty Girl" ||Most performed song ||
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|| Songwriter of the year ||
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| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|New Musical Express, UK (NME)
|rowspan="2"|2003
|rowspan="2"| "Crazy in Love" (with Jay-Z) || NME Rocklist (End-of-Year Review) ||
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||NME Record of the Year (Singles) ||
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| style="text-align:left;"|Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
|rowspan="2"|2004
||"Crazy in Love" (with Jay-Z) || Favorite Female Performer ||
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| style="text-align:left;"|Soul Train Music Awards, USA
|| Dangerously in Love|| Best R&B/Soul Album ||
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| style="text-align:left;|Vibe Awards, USA
||2003 || "Crazy in Love" (with Jay-Z) || Coolest Collaboration ||
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References
2003 albums
Beyonce albums
Hip hop albums
Neo soul albums
R&B albums
Columbia Records albums