:B'Day

Between March 2002 and March 2003, Beyoncé had productive studio sessions while recording her debut solo studio album Dangerously in Love, recording up to 45 songs.{{Cite news |last=Patel |first=Joseph |title=Beyonce Puts Off Second Solo LP To Reunite Destiny's Child |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1484202/20040107/Beyonc%C3%A9_beyonce.jhtml |publisher=MTV News |date=January 7, 2004 |access-date=January 5, 2008 |archive-date=May 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505071632/http://www.mtv.com/news/1484202/beyonce-puts-off-second-solo-lp-to-reunite-destinys-child/ |url-status=dead }} After the release of Dangerously in Love in June 2003, Beyoncé had planned to produce a follow-up album using several of the leftover tracks. However, on January 7, 2004, a spokesperson for her record label Columbia Records announced that Beyoncé had put her plans on hold in order to concentrate on the recording of Destiny Fulfilled, the final studio album by Destiny's Child, and to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston, Texas, which was a childhood dream of hers. Furthermore, she starred as Xania in the 2006 comedy-mystery film The Pink Panther, which was filmed in 2004.{{cite press release |url=https://www.sony.com/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2004/columbia-music-video-set-to-release-new-beyonce-dvdcd-live-at-wembley.html |title=Columbia Music Video Set to Release New Beyonce DVD/CD: Live at Wembley |publisher=Sony Music Entertainment |date=April 23, 2004 |access-date=December 19, 2022 |archive-date=December 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219183837/https://www.sony.com/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2004/columbia-music-video-set-to-release-new-beyonce-dvdcd-live-at-wembley.html |url-status=live }} She also spent the following two years promoting Destiny Fulfilled and Destiny's Child's first greatest hits album #1's (2005), embarking on their final world tour Destiny Fulfilled... and Lovin' It; the group would disband in 2006.

Beyoncé originally recorded "Check on It" for The Pink Panther soundtrack; although its soundtrack inclusion was cancelled, it was released as the second single from #1's in December 2005 and became Beyoncé's third solo US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, later appearing as a bonus track on the international editions of B'Day. In late 2005, Beyoncé decided to postpone the recording of her second studio album because she had landed the lead role in Dreamgirls, a film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name (1981).{{Cite news |last=Tecson |first=Brandee J. |title=Beyonce Slimming Down And 'Completely Becoming Deena' |url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1523138/20060203/story.jhtml |publisher=MTV News |date=January 2, 2006 |access-date=January 5, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080120141003/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1523138/20060203/story.jhtml| archive-date= January 20, 2008 | url-status= dead}} As she wanted to focus on one project at a time, Beyoncé decided to wait until the film was completed before returning to the recording studio.{{Cite news|last=Reid |first=Shaheem |title=Be All You Can, B. |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/beyonce/news_feature_081406/index2.jhtml |publisher=MTV News |access-date=January 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103122416/http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/beyonce/news_feature_081406/index2.jhtml |archive-date=January 3, 2008 |url-status=dead }} Beyoncé later told Billboard: "I'm not going to write for the album until I finish doing the movie."{{Cite magazine |last=Hope |first=Clover |title=Beyoncé To Celebrate 'B'Day' In September |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58285/beyonce-to-celebrate-bday-in-september |magazine=Billboard |date=May 30, 2004 |access-date=January 11, 2008 |archive-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921182523/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58285/beyonce-to-celebrate-bday-in-september |url-status=live }}

File:Solange Knowles, Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 2019 (cropped).jpg (pictured) co-wrote "Get Me Bodied", "Upgrade U" and "Flaws and All".]]

While having a month-long vacation after filming Dreamgirls, Beyoncé went to the studio to start working on B'Day. She said: "[When filming ended] I had so many things bottled up, so many emotions, so many ideas", prompting her to begin working without telling her father and then-manager Mathew Knowles.{{Cite magazine |last=Conniff |first=Tamara |title=Beyoncé Builds Buzz For 'B-Day' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58107/beyonce-builds-buzz-for-b-day |magazine=Billboard |date=June 16, 2004 |access-date=January 5, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071212013526/http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002689847| archive-date= December 12, 2007 | url-status= live}} Beyoncé kept the recording somewhat quiet, telling only her artists and repertoire executive Max Gousse, and the team of producers they contacted to collaborate with on the album.{{Cite news |last=Moss |first=Corey |title=Want To Wake Up With Beyonce? Revealing Photo Spread Takes You Inside Her Morning |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1536180/20060712/Beyoncé_beyonce.jhtml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140228201351/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1536180/20060712/Beyonc%C3%A9_beyonce.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 28, 2014 |publisher=MTV News |date=July 12, 2004 |access-date=January 11, 2008}} She began working with songwriters and producers Rich Harrison, Rodney Jerkins, Sean Garrett,{{Cite news |last=Friedman |first=Roger |title=First Look: Beyonce's New Album 'B'Day' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/first-look-beyonces-new-album-bday |publisher=Fox News |date=August 17, 2004 |access-date=January 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109160921/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C208884%2C00.html |archive-date=January 9, 2008 |url-status=live }} Cameron Wallace, the Neptunes, Norwegian production duo Stargate, and American hip hop producer and rapper Swizz Beatz. Two female songwriters, who helped structure the album, were also a part of the team–Beyoncé's cousin Angela Beyincé, who had previously contributed to Dangerously in Love, and up-and-coming songwriter Makeba Riddick, who made her way onto the team after writing "Déjà Vu", the lead single off the album.

Beyoncé rented the Sony Music Studios in New York City, and was influenced by her now-husband Jay-Z's method of collaborating with multiple record producers;{{Cite news |title=For The Record: Quick News On Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Mel Gibson, DMX, Audioslave, Fantasia, Britney Spears & More |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1537577/20060801/Beyoncé_beyonce.jhtml |publisher=MTV News |date=August 1, 2006 |access-date=January 5, 2008}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} she used four recording studios simultaneously.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vetwOz3_OF4C&pg=PA46 |title=Beyoncé's Albums by the Numbers |volume=121|issue=40 |magazine=Billboard |date=October 10, 2009 |page=46}} She booked Harrison, Jerkins and Garrett, each with a room to work in. During the sessions, Beyoncé would move from studio to studio to check her producers' progress, later claiming this fostered "healthy competition" among producers. When Beyoncé conceived a potential song, she would tell the group who would deliberate, and after three hours the song would be created. While Beyoncé and the team brainstormed the lyrics, other collaborators such as the Neptunes, Jerkins and Swizz Beatz would simultaneously produce the tracks. They would sometimes spend up to 14 hours a day in the studios during the recording process. Beyoncé arranged, co-wrote and co-produced all of the songs on the album. Riddick, in an interview with MTV News, recounted her experience in the production:

[Beyoncé] had multiple producers in Sony Studios. She booked out the whole studio and she had the biggest and best producers in there. She would have us in one room, we would start collaborating with one producer, then she would go and start something else with another producer. We would bounce around to the different rooms and work with the different producers. It was definitely a factory type of process.

B'Day was completed within three weeks, ahead of the originally scheduled six weeks.{{Cite news |last=Vineyard |first=Jennifer |title=Beyonce's Triple Threat: New Album, Film, Fashion Line Before Year's End |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1533201/20060530/Beyoncé_beyonce.jhtml |publisher=MTV News |date=May 31, 2006 |access-date=January 5, 2008}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Swizz Beatz co-produced four songs for the album, the most from a single producer in the team. Beyoncé recorded three songs a day, finishing recording within two weeks in April 2006. Aside from the Sony Music Studios, additional recording locations included Great Divide Studios in Aspen, Colorado, where "Freakum Dress" was recorded, and Los Angeles recording studios Lair Studios, where "Irreplaceable" was recorded, Henson Recording Studios, where bonus track "Check on It" was recorded, and Record Plant, where "Kitty Kat" and "Green Light were recorded and "Déjà Vu" was assisted.{{cite web|last=Kellman|first=Andy|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bday-mw0000542181|title=B'day – Beyoncé|website=AllMusic|date=September 5, 2006|access-date=July 18, 2017|archive-date=July 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713033330/http://www.allmusic.com/album/bday-mw0000542181|url-status=live}} 25 songs were produced for the album; ten of the tracks were selected for the standard edition track listing, and were mastered in early July by Brian "Big Bass" Gardner at the Bernie Grundman Mastering in Los Angeles.{{cite web |title=Beyonce – Biography |url=http://www.musicworldentertainment.com/beyonce.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015051436/http://musicworldentertainment.com/beyonce.php |archive-date=October 15, 2007 |publisher=Music World Entertainment |access-date=February 11, 2008}}

Many of the themes and musical styles of B'Day were inspired by Beyoncé's role in Dreamgirls. The plot of the film revolves around "The Dreams", a fictional 1960s group of three female singers who attempt success in the mainstream music industry with the help of their manager Curtis Taylor Jr. (portrayed by Jamie Foxx). Beyoncé portrays Deena Jones, the lead singer of the group and the wife of Taylor, and is emotionally abused by him. Because of her role, Beyoncé was inspired to produce an album with an overriding theme of feminism and female empowerment. On the track "Encore for the Fans", Beyoncé said: "Because I was so inspired by Deena, I wrote songs that were saying all the things I wish she would have said in the film."{{cite AV media|author=Beyoncé|date=2006|title=B'Day|type=CD|chapter=Encore for the Fans|publisher=Columbia Records, Music World Entertainment, Sony Urban Music}} B'Day was influenced by a variety of American genres,{{Cite news |title=The Weekend Fix: Celebrity Birthdays, the latest news, The 'American Gangster' Movie Minute and more. |url=http://www.mtv.ca/news/article.jhtml?id=4967 |work=MTV News Canada |date=November 2, 2007 |access-date=January 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217064019/http://www.mtv.ca/news/article.jhtml?id=4967 |archive-date=February 17, 2012 |url-status=dead }} and, like Dangerously in Love (2003), incorporated urban contemporary elements such as contemporary R&B and hip hop. Some songs showcase 1970s and 1980s styles, achieved through record sampling. "Suga Mama", which employs blues-guitar samples from Jake Wade and the Soul Searchers' "Searching for Soul",{{cite magazine |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |title=Beyonce: B'Day |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/bday-20060921 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 21, 2006 |access-date=January 5, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090505214009/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/beyonce/albums/album/11463836/review/11736807/bday |archive-date = May 5, 2009 |url-status=live}} contains a 1970s funk and 1980s go-go-influenced melody.{{Cite news |last=Reid |first=Shaheem |title=Beyonce Album Preview: Harder Sound, Aggressive Songs Among B'Day's Gifts |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1539691/20060829/Beyoncé_beyonce.jhtml?headlines=true |publisher=MTV News |date=August 30, 2006 |access-date=January 5, 2008}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} "Upgrade U" uses a sample from Betty Wright's 1968 song "Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do". "Resentment" used Curtis Mayfield's "Think" from the 1972 Super Fly soundtrack. "Déjà Vu" has 1970s influence, "Green Light" has a classic groove,{{cite web|last=Haynes |first=Eb |title=Album Review: B'Day |url=http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviews/archive/2006/09/20/18134780.aspx |publisher=Allhiphop |date=September 20, 2006 |access-date=January 5, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081209023209/http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviews/archive/2006/09/20/18134780.aspx |archive-date=December 9, 2008 }} and "Get Me Bodied" features twang, a musical style that originated from Texas.{{cite magazine |last=Joseph |first=Mike |title=Beyoncé: B-Day |url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/beyonce-b-day/ |magazine=PopMatters |date=September 11, 2006 |access-date=January 5, 2008 |archive-date=December 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210195725/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/beyonce-b-day |url-status=live }}

File:Beyonce Freakum Dress Live (2).jpg" during The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour in 2013]]

Beyoncé crafted most songs on B'Day through live instrumentation and diverse techniques. This is evident on "Déjà Vu", which utilizes bass guitar, conga, hi-hat, horns and the 808 drum; it also features rap vocals by Jay-Z.{{cite web |last=Lamb |first=Bill |title=Beyonce featuring Jay-Z – Déjà vu |url=https://www.liveabout.com/beyonce-biography-3244680 |publisher=Dotdash Meredith |access-date=January 5, 2008 |archive-date=May 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530153929/https://www.liveabout.com/beyonce-biography-3244680 |url-status=live }} In an interview with MTV, Beyoncé said: "When I recorded 'Déjà Vu' [...] I knew that even before I started working on my album, I wanted to add live instruments to all of my songs..."{{Cite news |last=Reid |first=Shaheem |title=Beyonce Asks Women To Battle Over Her For Backing-Band Roles |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1534575/20060619/Beyoncé_beyonce.jhtml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140228201338/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1534575/20060619/Beyonc%C3%A9_beyonce.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 28, 2014 |publisher=MTV News |date=July 19, 2006 |access-date=January 5, 2008}} Lyrically, the song details a woman being constantly reminded of a past lover,{{cite web |last=Jisi |first=Chris |title=Jon Jon Webb's Complete Bass Line: Beyoncé's Déjà Vu |url=http://www.bassplayer.com/article/beyonces-deja-vu/dec-06/24360 |work=Bass Player |date=December 2006 |access-date=January 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110072702/http://www.bassplayer.com/article/beyonces-deja-vu/dec-06/24360 |archive-date=November 10, 2007}} shown in the lines: "Is it because I'm missing you that I'm having déjà vu?"{{cite magazine |last=Frere-Jones |first=Sasha |title=Crazy from Love |url=https://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/09/25/060925gore_GOAT_recordings |magazine=The New Yorker |date=September 25, 2006 |access-date=January 22, 2011 |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606141114/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/09/25/060925gore_GOAT_recordings |url-status=live }} "Get Me Bodied" is a moderate R&B and bounce track,{{cite web|title=Beyoncé – 'Get Me Bodied' – Digital Sheet|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0075651&|first1=Beyoncé|last1=Knowles|first2=Kasseem|last2=Dean|first3=Sean|last3=Garrett|first4=Makeba|last4=Riddick|first5=Angela|last5=Beyincé|first6=Solange|last6=Knowles|website=Musicnotes.com|publisher=EMI Music Publishing|year=2006|id=MN0075651|access-date=2018-03-27|archive-date=2023-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116054246/https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0075651&|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Serwer |first=Jesse |title=What is it? Bounce |url=http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2007/11/what-it-bounce |work=XLR8R |date=November 28, 2007 |access-date=February 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224173546/http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2007/11/what-it-bounce |archive-date=December 24, 2011}} which displays influences of dance-pop,{{cite web |last=Rodman |first=Sarah |title=Beyonce shows rage and range on new release |url=https://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/09/04/beyonce_shows_rage_and_range_on_new_release/ |work=The Boston Globe |date=September 4, 2006 |access-date=February 1, 2011 |archive-date=April 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430052606/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/09/04/beyonce_shows_rage_and_range_on_new_release/ |url-status=live }} dancehall, and funk. Lyrically, it speaks about a female protagonist going out and dressing up suitably to leave a lasting impression and get what she's looking for. The third track "Suga Mama" is a moderate R&B and soul track displaying influences of the 1960s, as well as 1970s funk and rock, also containing limited elements of the 1980s go-go,{{Cite web|access-date=August 31, 2008|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/5216/beyonce-b-day/|title=Beyoncé |work=PopMatters |author=Joseph, Mike}} while more closely resembling live music than Beyoncé's previous recordings.{{cite web|access-date=January 9, 2011|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/beyonce/b-day/15442/|title=Beyonce|work=Prefix Magazine|author=Mayers, Norman|date=September 5, 2006|archive-date=May 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516063443/http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/beyonce/b-day/15442/|url-status=dead}} Lyrically, it features the female protagonist offering up the keys to her house and car, and her credit card just to keep her love interest and his "good loving" at home, presumably so that he can listen to her collection of old soul records.{{cite news |url=http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2006/09/beyonce_sets_a_.html |title=Beyonce sets a torrid pace on new CD |work=USA Today |date=September 4, 2006 |access-date=January 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601033225/http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2006/09/beyonce_sets_a_.html |archive-date=June 1, 2008}} Those interpretations are shown in the lines: "It's so good to the point that I'll do anything just to keep you home ... Tell me what you want me to buy, my accountant's waiting on the phone ..."{{cite web|access-date=September 11, 2008|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1539691/20060829/knowles_beyonce.jhtml|title=Beyonce Album Preview: Harder Sound, Aggressive Songs Among B'Day's Gifts|first=Shaheem|last=Reid|publisher=MTV News|date=August 30, 2006|archive-date=December 23, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223212109/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1539691/20060829/knowles_beyonce.jhtml|url-status=dead}} The protagonist also sees the man as a sexual object, asking him to sit on her lap and "take it off while I watch you perform".{{Cite web|access-date=September 11, 2008 |url=http://media.www.blackvoicesonline.com/media/storage/paper1067/news/2006/10/06/Entertainment/Bday-2319563.shtml |title=Beyonce's Back with her Second Solo Album |publisher=Black Voices |date=October 6, 2006 |author=Springer, Sarah |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313093234/http://media.www.blackvoicesonline.com/media/storage/paper1067/news/2006/10/06/Entertainment/Bday-2319563.shtml |archive-date=March 13, 2008}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/sep/01/popandrock.urban1|title=Review: Beyonce – B'day|author=Sullivan, Caroline|work=The Guardian|date=September 1, 2006|access-date=January 9, 2011|archive-date=November 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105012924/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/sep/01/popandrock.urban1|url-status=live}}

"Upgrade U", which features Jay-Z, speaks about a woman offering luxuries to a man in order to upgrade his lifestyle and reputation, similar to the concept of "Suga Mama".{{cite web |last=Pareles |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Pareles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/04/arts/04choi.html |title=All That Success Is Hard on a Girl (or Sounds That Way) |work=The New York Times |date=September 4, 2006 |access-date=January 8, 2011 |archive-date=October 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030094448/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/04/arts/04choi.html |url-status=live }} Musically, it's a hip hop track with influences of pop, soul and R&B.{{Cite web |title=Beyonce – Biography |url=http://www.musicworldentertainment.com/beyonce.php |website=Music World Entertainment |access-date=January 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015051436/http://musicworldentertainment.com/beyonce.php |archive-date=October 15, 2007}} The album's fifth track and second single "Ring the Alarm", which is an R&B song incorporating elements of punk rock,{{cite magazine|access-date=January 9, 2011|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/beyonce/albums/album/11463836/review/11736807/bday |title=Beyonce – B'Day |date=September 20, 2006|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Brian |last=Hiatt |url-status=dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071223104612/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/beyonce/albums/album/11463836/review/11736807/bday |archive-date = December 23, 2007}} is noted for the use of a siren in its melody and "shows a harder edge to Beyoncé's sound". Lyrically, it features Beyoncé as the female protagonist impersonating a threatened woman involved in a love triangle and is unwilling to allow another woman to profit from all the efforts she put on to make her lover a better man.{{cite magazine |last=Rosen |first=Jody |author-link=Jody Rosen |title=Music Review: B'Day (2006) – Beyoncé Knowles |url=https://ew.com/article/2006/09/04/bday/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 1, 2006 |access-date=January 9, 2011 |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607121853/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1516025,00.html |url-status=live }} "Kitty Kat" is a hip hop-influenced smooth R&B track speaking about the female protagonist who feels that her love interest has underestimated her. "Freakum Dress" features a crescendo using a two-note riff and galloping beats.{{cite web |last=Harrison |first=Phil |title=Beyoncé – B-Day |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/music/review/audio/426/beyonce_b-day.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212004230/http://www.timeout.com/london/music/review/audio/426/beyonce_b-day.html |archive-date=February 12, 2008 |work=Time Out |date=August 25, 2006|access-date=January 6, 2008}} The song "advises women who have partners with straying eyes to put on sexy dresses and grind on other guys in the club to regain their affections". Meanwhile, the use of the "uh-huh huh huh" vocals and brassy stabs in the R&B-funk break-up song "Green Light" is a direct echo to Beyoncé's single "Crazy in Love" (2003), according to Peter Robinson of The Guardian.{{cite news|title=Beyonce, B'Day |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/10bestcds/story/0,,1871710,00.html |work=The Guardian |date=September 17, 2006 |access-date=January 5, 2008 |location=London |first=Peter |last=Robinson |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231115253/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/10bestcds/story/0%2C%2C1871710%2C00.html |archive-date=December 31, 2007 |url-status=live }} "Irreplaceable" is a midtempo ballad with pop and R&B influences,{{cite news |last=Zuel |first=Bernard |title=B'Day |url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/cd-reviews/bday/2006/09/08/1157222307561.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=September 8, 2006 |access-date=January 8, 2011 |archive-date=June 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623071558/http://www.smh.com.au/news/cd-reviews/bday/2006/09/08/1157222307561.html |url-status=live }} and speaks of a breakdown of a woman's relationship with a man after she discovers his infidelity.{{cite web |last=Reynolds |first=Star Jones |title=CNN Larry King Live: Interview With Beyoncé |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0704/02/lkl.01.html |publisher=CNN |date=April 2, 2007 |access-date=January 4, 2011 |archive-date=May 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522043347/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0704/02/lkl.01.html |url-status=live }} The standard edition's closing track "Resentment" is a soul and soft rock ballad about a gritty, agitated goodbye, which adds a "different kind of overwrought drama".{{cite web|last=Jones |first=Steve |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025040418/http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2006/09/beyonce_sets_a_.html |title=Beyonce sets a torrid pace on new CD |work=USA Today |page=1 |date=September 5, 2006 |url=http://blogs.usatoday.com/listenup/2006/09/beyonce_sets_a_.html |archive-date=October 25, 2006 |access-date=July 26, 2010 |url-status=dead}}

"Beautiful Liar", the opening track of the Deluxe Edition reissue of B'Day, is an R&B-pop duet with Shakira. Lyrically, it speaks about two women who chose not to end a friendship because of a man who had cheated both of them; its main theme is female independence.{{Cite web |last=Lamb |first=Bill |title=Beyonce featuring Shakira – Beautiful Liar |url=https://www.liveabout.com/top-best-shakira-songs-3247215 |publisher=Dotdash Meredith |access-date=January 29, 2011 |archive-date=March 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321105350/https://www.liveabout.com/top-best-shakira-songs-3247215 |url-status=live }} "Welcome to Hollywood" is Beyoncé's solo version of Jay-Z's song "Hollywood", on which she was featured. It's a disco-influenced R&B track which lyrically details tiredness celebrities sometimes feel.{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Beyonce-welcome-to-hollywood-lyrics|title=Beyoncé – Welcome to Hollywood Lyrics|website=Genius|access-date=April 4, 2018|archive-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405025223/https://genius.com/Beyonce-welcome-to-hollywood-lyrics|url-status=live}} "Flaws and All" is an R&B and trip hop track on which Beyoncé shows appreciation for her love interest, who sees through all of her flaws and loves her unconditionally.{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Beyonce-flaws-and-all-lyrics|title=Beyoncé – Flaws and All Lyrics|website=Genius|access-date=April 4, 2018|archive-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405025129/https://genius.com/Beyonce-flaws-and-all-lyrics|url-status=live}} "Still in Love (Kissing You)", which was later replaced by "If", is a cover of Des'ree's pop ballad "Kissing You". "If" is a ballad on which a female protagonist expresses disappointment with her love interest's mistreatment of her.{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Beyonce-if-lyrics|title=Beyoncé – If Lyrics|website=Genius|access-date=April 4, 2018|archive-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405090259/https://genius.com/Beyonce-if-lyrics|url-status=live}} "World Wide Woman" is an uptempo R&B track on which Beyoncé calls herself "a worldwide woman", a play on term World Wide Web.{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Beyonce-world-wide-woman-lyrics|title=Beyoncé – World Wide Woman Lyrics|website=Genius|access-date=April 4, 2018|archive-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405025021/https://genius.com/Beyonce-world-wide-woman-lyrics|url-status=live}} The Deluxe Edition also includes "Listen", which previously appeared in Dreamgirls and its accompanying soundtrack. A soul-R&B ballad,Beyoncé – "Listen" Sheet Music (Digital Download). Musicnotes.com. it was declared a song on which Deena Jones is exclaiming: "You don't know who I am, and I know I do" by its co-writer Anne Preven.{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |title=In the mix: The Oscar song race rocks a who's who list of top stars |url=https://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117956539.html?nav=news&categoryid=1983&cs=1 |work=Variety |date=January 2, 2006 |access-date=February 4, 2011 |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020073022/http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117956539.html?nav=news&categoryid=1983&cs=1 |url-status=live }}

B'Day was titled as a reference to Beyoncé's birthday.{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Daniel |title=Beyonce kicks of Japan promo for sophomore solo album B Day |url=http://www.accesseonline.com/backstage_pass/story.php?id=68 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115140112/http://www.accesseonline.com/backstage_pass/story.php?id=68 |archive-date=January 15, 2008 |publisher=Access Television |access-date=January 5, 2008}} The album's cover artwork was revealed on July 18, 2006, and features Beyoncé looking into the distance, wearing a golden low-cut dress and small golden hoop earrings, with a dark eye liner and her hair piled high on her head.{{cite web|url=https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/Beyonce-B-Day-11839|title=Beyonce's B-Day|website=PopSugar|date=July 18, 2006|access-date=March 27, 2018|archive-date=March 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328041221/https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/Beyonce-B-Day-11839|url-status=live |author1=Celebrity }} The cover artwork for the Deluxe Edition is the same as the cover artwork used for single "Déjà Vu" and B'Day Anthology Video Album, and features Beyoncé with a 1960s-inspired hairstyle and similar makeup as on the standard edition cover artwork, wearing a white and black top and golden hoop earrings.{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/album_cover_arts/37128|title=Beyoncé – B'Day (Deluxe Edition) Lyrics and Tracklist|website=Genius|access-date=March 27, 2018|archive-date=January 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116054249/https://ads.assemblyexchange.com/doh/ingest?partner=adkernel&uid=dd3287c1-a624-4509-b378-f10976abb9e8&property_id=genius.com&app_version=web_0.0.1&lib_version=web_2.1.3&partner_uid=A8800496740538399912|url-status=live}} The booklet of the Deluxe Edition is highly similar to the standard edition one, also featuring some new images.{{cite web|url=http://discospopymas.blogspot.hr/2014/06/beyonce-bday-deluxe-edition-booklet.html|title=Discos Pop & Mas: Beyoncé – B'Day (Deluxe Edition)|website=Discos Pop & Mas|first=Alee|last=Azoctaa|language=es|date=June 25, 2014|access-date=March 27, 2018|archive-date=March 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328102646/http://discospopymas.blogspot.hr/2014/06/beyonce-bday-deluxe-edition-booklet.html|url-status=live}} Images for both covers and booklets were photographed by Max Vadukul.

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In collaboration with Sony Urban Music and Music World Entertainment, B'Day was internationally released by Columbia Records on September 4, 2006, Beyoncé's 25th birthday, and in the United States the following day. Exclusively at Walmart, B'Day was packaged with a bonus DVD titled BET Presents Beyoncé (2006), which featured BET and performance highlights, and music videos from her solo career.{{cite web|title=BET Presents Beyoncé Bonus DVD|work=Walmart|url=https://www.walmart.com/ip/B-Day-with-Exclusive-BET-DVD/5142804|access-date=September 3, 2006|archive-date=December 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230607/https://www.walmart.com/ip/B-Day-with-Exclusive-BET-DVD/5142804|url-status=live}} To promote B'Day, Beyoncé appeared on various television and award shows from mid-2006 until mid-2007. She performed the album's lead single "Déjà Vu" with Jay-Z at the BET Awards 2006 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on June 27, 2006.{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-06-27-bet-awards_x.htm|title=BET Awards bring the heat|work=USA Today|first=William|last=Keck|date=June 28, 2006|access-date=May 15, 2013|archive-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023073208/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-06-27-bet-awards_x.htm|url-status=live}} At the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards on August 31, she performed "Ring the Alarm" wearing a flowing trench coat, a corset and hotpants; the performance referenced Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation" routine.{{cite magazine|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2006/09/01/vmas/|title=VMAs: Who had the best performance?|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Slezak, Michael|date=September 1, 2006|access-date=January 4, 2014|archive-date=January 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109015015/http://popwatch.ew.com/2006/09/01/vmas/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Briehan|first=Tom|url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/2006/09/the_mtv_video_m.php|title=The MTV Video Music Awards: A Running Diary|work=The Village Voice|date=September 1, 2006|access-date=January 4, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109011652/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/2006/09/the_mtv_video_m.php|archive-date=January 9, 2014}} On September 5, Beyoncé made an appearance on Total Request Live. In an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show which aired the same day, Beyoncé performed "Déjà Vu" and "Irreplaceable".{{Cite episode |title=Ellen in Central Park |series=The Ellen DeGeneres Show |series-link=The Ellen DeGeneres Show |network=NBCUniversal |airdate=September 9, 2006 |season=4 |number=2}} She performed "Déjà Vu" at the Fashion Rocks on September 8,{{Cite news |first=Farrah |last=Weinstein |title=Beyonce, Jay-Z, Christina Put The Rock in Fashion Rocks Concert |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1540510/beyonce-jayz-christina-rock-fashion-rocks-concert.jhtml?headlines=true |publisher=MTV News |date=September 8, 2006 |access-date=January 20, 2011 |archive-date=June 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623191004/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1540510/beyonce-jayz-christina-rock-fashion-rocks-concert.jhtml?headlines=true |url-status=dead }} and, along with "Crazy in Love", "Green Light", "Ring the Alarm" and "Irreplaceable", during an episode of Good Morning America which aired the same day.{{cite web |title=Beyoncé Performs on Good Morning America |date=September 9, 2006 |url=http://www.rap-up.com/2006/09/08/beyonce-performs-on-good-morning-america/ |work=Rap-Up |publisher=Devin Lazerine |access-date=May 15, 2013 |archive-date=January 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102234736/http://www.rap-up.com/2006/09/08/beyonce-performs-on-good-morning-america/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite episode |title=Beyoncé |series=Good Morning America|series-link=Good Morning America |network=American Broadcasting Company |airdate=September 8, 2006 |season=32}} She also performed "Déjà Vu" on The Tyra Banks Show on September 15.{{cite episode |title=Beyoncé Bares All |series=The Tyra Banks Show |series-link=The Tyra Banks Show |network=The CW Television Network |airdate=September 15, 2006 |season=2 |number=5}} Promoting B'Day in the United Kingdom, Beyoncé performed "Irreplaceable", "Ring the Alarm" and "Crazy in Love" on Popworld on October 27.{{cite web|url=http://rvm.pm/tv-today-beyonce-live-popworld-t4-special-2006/|title=On TV today, Beyonce live at 'Popworld T4 Special' (2006)|website=RVM|date=October 27, 2006|access-date=March 26, 2018|archive-date=March 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327023537/http://rvm.pm/tv-today-beyonce-live-popworld-t4-special-2006/|url-status=live}} Beyoncé opened the 2006 World Music Awards on November 15 with the performance of "Déjà Vu" and "Ring the Alarm", performing "Irreplaceable" later during the show.{{cite news|title=Blunt wins two World Music awards|publisher=BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6153004.stm|date=November 16, 2006|access-date=May 14, 2013|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407154848/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6153004.stm|url-status=live}} She performed "Irreplaceable" at the American Music Awards of 2006 on November 21,{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Black Eyed Peas Top American Music Awards With 3 Wins |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/black-eyed-peas-top-american-music-awards-with-3-wins |publisher=Fox News Channel |date=November 22, 2006 |access-date=January 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070305082127/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,231141,00.html |archive-date=March 5, 2007 |url-status=live }} and, along with "Listen", on Today on December 4.{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/event/beyonce-performs-on-nbcs-the-today-show-december-4-2006-75231708#/beyonce-during-beyonce-performs-on-nbcs-the-today-show-december-4-at-picture-id106296905|title=Beyonce Performs on NBC's|work=Getty Images |publisher=Getty Images|access-date=March 26, 2018|archive-date=March 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327023840/https://www.gettyimages.com/event/beyonce-performs-on-nbcs-the-today-show-december-4-2006-75231708#/beyonce-during-beyonce-performs-on-nbcs-the-today-show-december-4-at-picture-id106296905|url-status=live}}

Seven months after the release of B'Day, an expanded double-disc reissue, subtitled Deluxe Edition, was released in the US on April 3, 2007.{{cite news |title=For The Record: Quick News On Mariah, Notorious B.I.G., Paul Wall, Beyonce, Shakira, Fall Out Boy & More |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1552323/20070213/carey_mariah.jhtml |publisher=MTV News |date=February 13, 2007 |access-date=January 5, 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224091959/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1552323/20070213/carey_mariah.jhtml |archive-date= December 24, 2007 | url-status=dead}} In addition to the original track listing, the Deluxe Edition featured five new songs, including "Beautiful Liar", a duet with Colombian singer Shakira. "Amor Gitano", a Spanish-language flamenco-pop duet with Mexican singer Alejandro Fernández, served as a soundtrack for Telemundo's telenovela

El Zorro,{{Cite news |title=For The Record: Quick News On Beyonce, Chris Brown, Shakira, Wyclef, Harry Potter, Justin, Rick Rubin, NIN & More |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1551671/20070206/Beyoncé_beyonce.jhtml |publisher=MTV News |date=February 6, 2007 |access-date=January 5, 2008}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} and was included in the Deluxe Edition bonus disc alongside Spanish re-recordings of "Listen" ("Oye"), "Irreplaceable" ("Irreemplazable") and "Beautiful Liar" ("Bello Embustero"). The idea of recording songs in a foreign language emanated from her experience when Destiny's Child performed "Quisiera Ser" with Alejandro Sanz at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards (2002). Beyoncé worked with producer Rudy Pérez for the recordings in order to retain the same feeling of the English versions of the songs into the Spanish translation.Cobo, Leila. 2007. "Latin – the "Billboard" Q&A: Translation Tricks – Rudy Perez Teaches Beyoncé Spanish." Billboard – the International Newsweekly of Music, Video and Home Entertainment, January 20, 12. The bonus disc was later released as the standalone extended play (EP) Irreemplazable.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/genre/news/e3i590ca1c25f7cbb36795c3cdbea3208ee |title=Beyonce To Release 'Irreemplazable' As Wal-Mart Exclusive |first=Ayala |last=Ben-Yehuda |location=Los Angeles |magazine=Billboard |date=July 31, 2007 |access-date=April 14, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110521204425/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/genre/news/e3i590ca1c25f7cbb36795c3cdbea3208ee| archive-date= May 21, 2011 | url-status= live}}

B'Day Anthology Video Album was released simultaneously with the Deluxe Edition and featured 13 music videos, including the director's cut of the performance version of "Listen" and the extended mix of "Get Me Bodied". Most of the videos were accompaniments for the uptempo songs on B'Day;{{cite web

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}} which featured retro stylization, use of color and black hair styles, as Beyoncé thought it would create a resemblance between herself and the character she played in Dreamgirls, Deena Jones.{{cite web|last=Vineyard |first=Jennifer |title=Beyonce: Behind The B'Day Videos 2 |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/beyonce/videos_07/news_feature_040207/index.jhtml |publisher=MTV News |access-date=January 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118030404/http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/beyonce/videos_07/news_feature_040207/index.jhtml |archive-date=January 18, 2008 |url-status=dead }} The shooting of the videos was completed in two weeks;{{cite web|last=Vineyard |first=Jennifer |title=Beyonce: Behind The B'Day Videos 3 |url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/beyonce/videos_07/news_feature_040207/index3.jhtml |publisher=MTV News |access-date=January 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218115242/http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/beyonce/videos_07/news_feature_040207/index3.jhtml |archive-date=December 18, 2007 |url-status=dead }} they were directed by Jake Nava, Anthony Mandler, Melina Matsoukas, Cliff Watts, Ray Kay, Sophie Muller, Diane Martel and Beyoncé herself.{{cite video |people=Beyoncé |title=B'Day Anthology Video Album |date=April 3, 2007 |medium=DVD |publisher=Sony BMG}} Initially, the DVD was available exclusively at Walmart, but was later released to other retailers. The Spanish songs were not included on international editions of the Deluxe Edition and were replaced by B'Day Anthology Video Album as the bonus DVD.{{cite web |title=B'Day Deluxe Edition |url=http://www.sonybmg.com.au/cd/releaseDetails.do?catalogueNo=88697083922 |publisher=Sony BMG Music Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116085623/http://www.sonybmg.com.au/cd/releaseDetails.do?catalogueNo=88697083922 |archive-date=January 16, 2009}} Beyoncé promoted the Deluxe Edition of B'Day in April 2007 by performing the Spanglish version of "Irreplaceable" and "Green Light" on Today on April 2,{{cite web |url=http://thatgrapejuice.net/2007/04/beyonce-live-on-today-show/ |title=Beyonce Live On Today Show |website=That Grape Juice |date=2 April 2007 |access-date=September 20, 2011 |archive-date=November 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117152332/http://thatgrapejuice.net/2007/04/beyonce-live-on-today-show/ |url-status=live }} and "Beautiful Liar" on an episode of The Early Show which aired on April 6.{{cite video|people=Beyoncé Knowles|title=The Early Show|date=April 6, 2007|publisher=CBS. CBS Corporation}} She performed "Get Me Bodied" at the BET Awards 2007 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on June 26, wearing a gold robot gear, which she wittled down to sleek lamé gold pants and a matching bra top.{{Cite news |first=Sandy |last=Cohen |title=Stars Welcome MTV's 2006 Video Music Awards Back To New York City |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/2007-06-27-575071944_x.htm |agency=Associated Press |date=June 27, 2007 |access-date=January 31, 2011 |via=USA Today |archive-date=October 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111023125930/http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/2007-06-27-575071944_x.htm |url-status=live }} As she continued singing, her younger sister Solange and former Destiny's Child bandmate Michelle Williams appeared onstage as her backup dancers; a few moments later, Beyoncé introduced her former Destiny's Child bandmate Kelly Rowland, who performed her song "Like This" with Eve. After Rowland's performance, Beyoncé, Solange and Williams appeared onstage with Rowland to complete the Destiny's Child reunion.{{cite news |last=Jessen |first=Monique |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20043874,00.html |title=Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson Top BET Awards |work=People |date=June 27, 2007 |access-date=February 9, 2011 |archive-date=April 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420000603/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20043874,00.html |url-status=dead }}

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In mid-2006, Beyoncé looked for an all-female band for her tour The Beyoncé Experience (2007) to promote the album. She held an audition for keyboard players, bassists, guitarists, horn players, percussionists and drummers around the world.{{Cite news |title=For The Record: Quick News On Beyonce, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Taylor Hicks, JC Chasez, Beth Orton, Slayer & More |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1533901/20060608/Beyoncé_beyonce.jhtml |publisher=MTV News |date=June 8, 2006 |access-date=January 5, 2008}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Beyoncé named the band Suga Mama, after the album track "Suga Mama". Although the band only consisted of women, both male and female backup dancers performed onstage.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/07/13/beyonce-experience/ |title=The Beyonce Experience |first=Chris |last=Willman |date=July 13, 2007 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=April 14, 2011 |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020165147/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20046320,00.html |url-status=live }} As well as singing songs from B'Day, Beyoncé also performed songs from Dangerously in Love,{{cite AV media notes|title=The Beyoncé Experience Live |title-link=The Beyoncé Experience Live |others=Beyoncé |year=2007 |type=DVD |publisher=Columbia Records}} and gave a medley of Destiny's Child songs.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23399248-what-an-experience-a-night-with-bold-beyonc.do |title=What an experience... a night with bold Beyoncé |first=John |last=Aizlewood |date=June 4, 2007 |work=Evening Standard |access-date=April 14, 2011 |archive-date=November 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124155448/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23399248-what-an-experience-a-night-with-bold-beyonc.do |url-status=live }} She embarked on the tour in Japan on April 10, 2007 and concluded it in Tapei, Taiwan on November 12.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1572429/celebs-evacuated-from-malibu-fires.jhtml |title=Celebs Evacuated From Malibu Fires; Plus Fall Out Boy, Beyonce, Tool, Don Vito, Ozzy Osbourne, Korn, Gorillaz & More, In For The Record |publisher=MTV News |date=October 22, 2007 |access-date=April 16, 2011 |archive-date=June 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618045646/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1572429/celebs-evacuated-from-malibu-fires.jhtml |url-status=dead }} During the Los Angeles show on September 2, Jay-Z and Destiny's Child bandmates Rowland and Williams made guest appearances. Footage from this show was filmed and released on November 20 as a live album titled The Beyoncé Experience Live.

On October 11, 2007, phone manufacturer Samsung unveiled a new variant of its popular Upstage handset inspired by the album. Officially named Beyoncé Special Edition B'Phone,{{Cite magazine |last=Bruno |first=Antony |date=2007-10-11 |title=Beyonce Reveals New Samsung B-Phone |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beyonce-reveals-new-samsung-b-phone-1048245/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=2025-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119070148/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beyonce-reveals-new-samsung-b-phone-1048245/ |url-status=live }} it was available in a gold-and-burgundy color palette with a "Beyoncé logo" on top of its front-facing screen. Knowles designed the casing herself. The phone also included photos, videos and wallpapers of the singer, as well as an exclusive song called "632-5792" which she recorded when she was 10 years old.{{Cite web |last=Peter |title=Flashback: the phones styled after Beyonce, American Idol, X-Factor and Fender |url=https://www.gsmarena.com/flashback_the_phones_styled_after_beyonce_american_idol_xfactor_and_fender-news-49759.php |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=GSMArena.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2025-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119070149/https://www.gsmarena.com/flashback_the_phones_styled_after_beyonce_american_idol_xfactor_and_fender-news-49759.php |url-status=live }} The device was released to consumers on November 4, 2007 and sold for $99 at Walmart, requiring a Sprint service contract.{{Cite web |title=Beyonce Launches Phone |url=https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/beyonce-launches-her-own-phone |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=TrendHunter.com |language=en}}

"Déjà Vu", featuring Jay-Z, was released as the lead single from B'Day on June 24, 2006, to mixed critical reception.{{cite magazine |title=Déjà Vu |url=https://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp?tp=singles&pid=317670&aid=791330 |magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 22, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080104031951/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp?tp=singles&pid=317670&aid=791330| archive-date = January 4, 2008}} A commercial success, it peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and atop US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs,{{cite magazine |last=Hope |first=Clover |title=Hicks Dethrones Shakira On Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58044/hicks-dethrones-shakira-on-hot-100 |magazine=Billboard |date=June 22, 2006 |access-date=January 23, 2011 |archive-date=September 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140919110630/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58044/hicks-dethrones-shakira-on-hot-100 |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last=Hope |first=Clover |title=Furtado Still No. 1 But Beyoncé, Fergie Heat Up |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57644/furtado-still-no-1-but-beyonce-fergie-heat-up |magazine=Billboard |date=August 3, 2006 |access-date=January 23, 2011 |archive-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810085306/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57644/furtado-still-no-1-but-beyonce-fergie-heat-up |url-status=live }} being certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Internationally, it peaked atop the UK Singles Chart,{{cite magazine |last=Sexton |first=Paul |title=Beyoncé, Snow Patrol Rule U.K. Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57407/beyonce-snow-patrol-rule-uk-charts |magazine=Billboard |date=August 28, 2006 |access-date=January 23, 2011 |archive-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921143136/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57407/beyonce-snow-patrol-rule-uk-charts |url-status=live }} while reaching the top ten in 11 countries. The song and its Freemasons club mix received three nominations at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards (2007).{{cite web |title=49th GRAMMY Nominees Announced |url=http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/News/Default.aspx?newsID=2294 |publisher=Grammy.com |date=December 7, 2006 |access-date=January 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209042721/http://grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/News/Default.aspx?newsID=2294 |archive-date=December 9, 2007}} The accompanying music video for "Déjà Vu", directed by Sophie Muller, was a subject of controversy due to its sexually suggestive content.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/07/26/scandal-of-the-day-beyonces-too-skanky-for-her-fans|title=Scandal of the Day: Beyoncé Too Skanky For Her Fans? |last=Goodman|first=Elizabeth|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 26, 2006|access-date=February 24, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525090803/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2006/07/26/scandal-of-the-day-beyonces-too-skanky-for-her-fans |archive-date=May 25, 2009}}

"Ring the Alarm" was released as the second single from B'Day exclusively in the United States on September 10, 2006.{{cite web |url=http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=09/10/2006&Format=5 |title=Urban: Week Of: September 10, 2006 |work=R&R. VNU Media |access-date=September 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331021749/http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=09%2F10%2F2006&Format=5 |archive-date=March 31, 2012 }} The song received mixed reviews from the music critics, who noticed it was different from Beyoncé's earlier works; while some commended her willingness to take risks, others were polarized about her aggressive vocals. Commercially, it became her highest-debuting single, opening at number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100.{{cite magazine |last=Hope |first=Clover |title=Timberlake's 'Sexy' Fends Off Fergie For No. 1 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57249/timberlakes-sexy-fends-off-fergie-for-no-1 |magazine=Billboard |date=September 14, 2006 |access-date=February 3, 2008 |archive-date=July 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708002742/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57249/timberlakes-sexy-fends-off-fergie-for-no-1 |url-status=live }} However, it peaked at number 11, becoming Beyoncé's first solo single not to peak within the top ten.{{cite magazine |title=Hot 100 – Week of September 30, 2006 |url=http://acharts.us/billboard_hot_100/2006/39 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 20, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071215114235/http://acharts.us/billboard_hot_100/2006/39 |archive-date=December 15, 2007}} The song was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. Its accompanying music video, Beyoncé's second consecutive to be directed by Muller, remakes a scene from the 1992 film Basic Instinct, and was choreographed by then-16-year-old Teyana Taylor.{{Cite web|url = http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/news/a63416/teyana-taylor-facts-kanye-west-fade-music-video/|title = 13 Things to Know About Teyana Taylor, the Star of Kanye West's New Music Video for "Fade"|work = Cosmopolitan|date = August 29, 2016|accessdate = February 11, 2023|archive-date = September 16, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160916201136/http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/news/a63416/teyana-taylor-facts-kanye-west-fade-music-video/|url-status = live}}

"Irreplaceable" was released as the second international and third overall single from B'Day on October 23, 2006.{{Cite news|last=Concepcion |first=Mariel |title=Beyoncé Rings The Alarm on Vibe.com |url=http://www.vibe.com/news/news_headlines/2006/08/beyonce_rings_the_alarm_on_vibe_com/ |work=Vibe |date=August 16, 2006 |access-date=February 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123151832/http://www.vibe.com/news/news_headlines/2006/08/beyonce_rings_the_alarm_on_vibe_com/ |archive-date=January 23, 2008 |url-status=dead }} It received widespread critical acclaim, with some critics calling it the best track on the album. It was a commercial success, peaking atop the US Billboard Hot 100 and spending ten weeks atop the chart.{{cite magazine |last=Hasty |first=Katie |title=Beyoncé Makes It Ten Weeks At No. 1 With 'Irreplaceable' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1055207/beyonce-makes-it-ten-weeks-at-no-1-with-irreplaceable |magazine=Billboard |date=February 8, 2007 |access-date=January 4, 2011 |archive-date=July 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711005525/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1055207/beyonce-makes-it-ten-weeks-at-no-1-with-irreplaceable |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last=Hasty |first=Katie |title=Beyoncé's 'Irreplaceable' Secures Second Week At No. 1 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56446/beyonces-irreplaceable-secures-second-week-at-no-1 |magazine=Billboard |date=December 14, 2006 |access-date=January 4, 2011 |archive-date=April 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414011826/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56446/beyonces-irreplaceable-secures-second-week-at-no-1 |url-status=live }} Internationally, it reached the summit in Australia, Hungary, Ireland and New Zealand.{{cite web|title=Irreplaceable|url=http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Beyonc%E9&titel=Irreplaceable&cat=s|website=italiancharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=January 4, 2011|archive-date=January 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118012633/http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Beyonc%E9&titel=Irreplaceable&cat=s|url-status=live}} It was ranked atop the 2007 year-end Billboard Hot 100,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2007/hot-100-songs |title=The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks – 2007 Year End Charts |magazine=Billboard |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003172544/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2007/hot-100-songs |archive-date=October 3, 2012}} and was the tenth best-selling digital single of 2007 worldwide, having sold over four million copies worldwide by the end of the year.{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR208.pdf |title=Digital Music Sales Around The World |date=January 21, 2010 |publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry |page=6 |access-date=March 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326004911/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR208.pdf |archive-date=March 26, 2013}} At the 50th Annual Grammy Awards (2008), "Irreplaceable" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.{{cite web|title=Grammy 2008 Winners List|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1581272/grammy-2008-winners-list/|publisher=MTV|access-date=February 8, 2015|date=February 10, 2008|archive-date=June 29, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140629170401/http://www.mtv.com/news/1581272/grammy-2008-winners-list/|url-status=dead}} The song was ranked at number 25 on the 2000s decade-end Billboard Hot 100.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts-decade-end/hot-100-songs?year=2009&begin=21&order=position |title=Best of the 2000s – Hot 100 Decade Songs |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 6, 2011 |archive-date=November 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110134010/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts-decade-end/hot-100-songs?year=2009&begin=21&order=position |url-status=dead }} Its Anthony Mandler-directed accompanying music video features the debut performance of the Suga Mamas, Beyoncé's all-female band.

After leaking onto the Internet in early February 2007,{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/Leaked-e-mails-reveal-MediaDefenders-antipiracy-woes/2100-1027_3-6209084.html|title=Leaked e-mails reveal MediaDefender's antipiracy woes|last=Sandoval|first=Greg|date=September 20, 2007|work=CNET|access-date=January 29, 2011|archive-date=August 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828032016/http://news.cnet.com/Leaked-e-mails-reveal-MediaDefenders-antipiracy-woes/2100-1027_3-6209084.html|url-status=live}} "Beautiful Liar", a duet with Shakira, was released as the sole single from the Deluxe Edition and the fourth single from B'Day on February 12.{{cite web |url=http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=2/12/2007&Format=1 |title=Top 40 – Week Of: February 12, 2007 |work=Radio & Records |date=February 12, 2007 |access-date=January 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316092223/http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=2%2F12%2F2007&Format=1 |archive-date=March 16, 2012}}[http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=2/12/2007&Format=9 Rhythmic – Week Of: February 12, 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316091633/http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=2%2F12%2F2007&Format=9 |date=March 16, 2012 }} Radio & Records. February 12, 2007. Retrieved January 29, 2011.{{cite web |url=http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=2/12/2007&Format=5 |title=Urban – Week Of: February 12, 2007 |work=Radio & Records |date=February 12, 2007 |access-date=January 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316092234/http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/publishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=2%2F12%2F2007&Format=5 |archive-date=March 16, 2012}} The song registered the largest ever upward movement on the US Billboard Hot 100 at the time, when it leaped 91 places from number 94 to number three in its second week, which became its peak position.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1053368/akon-scores-second-no-1-hit-from-konvicted|title=Akon Scores Second No. 1 Hit From 'Konvicted'|last=Cohen|first=Jonathan|date=March 29, 2007|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 29, 2011|archive-date=April 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414030835/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1053368/akon-scores-second-no-1-hit-from-konvicted|url-status=live}} Internationally, it peaked atop the European Hot 100 Singles and on charts in Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052620/beyonce-shakira-and-avril-overtake-uk-charts|title=Beyoncé, Shakira And Avril Overtake UK Charts|last=Sexton|first=Paul|date=April 23, 2007|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 29, 2011|archive-date=September 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914063750/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052620/beyonce-shakira-and-avril-overtake-uk-charts|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/music-britain-charts-dc-idUKL2270512120070424|title=Pop queens defeat Arctic Monkeys in UK charts|date=April 22, 2007|work=Reuters|access-date=January 29, 2011|archive-date=January 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116054242/https://www.reuters.com/?edition-redirect=uk|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Beyonc%E9+%26+Shakira&titel=Beautiful+Liar&cat=s|title=Beyoncé and Shakira – Beautiful Liar|publisher=Tracklisten (Denmark). Hung Medien|access-date=January 29, 2011|archive-date=December 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211055822/https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Beyonc%E9+%26+Shakira&titel=Beautiful+Liar&cat=s|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a45531/beyonce-and-shakira-top-in-ireland.html|title=Beyonce and Shakira top in Ireland|first=Daniel|last=Kilkelly|date=April 21, 2007|access-date=January 29, 2011|publisher=Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd|archive-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023175322/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a45531/beyonce-and-shakira-top-in-ireland.html|url-status=live}} Critically acclaimed, it was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. Its accompanying music video, directed by Jake Nava, features Beyoncé and Shakira dancing against different backgrounds, either together or separately.{{cite AV media|author=Beyoncé|year=2007|title=B'Day Anthology Video Album|chapter=Beautiful Liar|type=DVD|publisher=Columbia Records, Music World Entertainment}}

"Get Me Bodied" was released as the fifth single from B'Day on July 10, 2007, exclusively in the US.{{cite magazine |title=Get Me Bodied |url=https://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp?tp=singles&pid=317670&aid=984115 |magazine=Billboard |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090205185505/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp?tp=singles&pid=317670&aid=984115 |archive-date = February 5, 2009}} It originally peaked at number 68 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in August, becoming Beyoncé's lowest-peaking single on the chart at the time.{{cite magazine |title=Billboard Hot 100 |url=http://acharts.us/billboard_hot_100/2007/31 |magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 31, 2011 |date=August 4, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080622153005/http://acharts.us/billboard_hot_100/2007/31 |archive-date = June 22, 2008|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine |title=Beyoncé: Artist Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=317670&model.vnuAlbumId=1089064 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430082836/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=317670&model.vnuAlbumId=1089064 |archive-date=April 30, 2008 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 22, 2008}} However, as a video of a woman named Deborah Cohen and her doctors dancing to "Get Me Bodied" before she underwent a double mastectomy was posted onto YouTube and went viral in 2013, the song found a new peak position at number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite web|url=http://www.wsfa.com/story/23905961/breast-cancer-patients-pre-surgery-flash-mob-goes-viral|title=Breast cancer patient's pre-surgery "flash mob" goes viral|work=WSFA|date=November 7, 2013|access-date=November 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111230914/http://www.wsfa.com/story/23905961/breast-cancer-patients-pre-surgery-flash-mob-goes-viral|archive-date=November 11, 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5785670/double-mastectomy-patient-has-dance-party-to-beyonces-get-me|title=Double Mastectomy Patient Has Dance Party to Beyonce's 'Get Me Bodied' in Operating Room|magazine=Billboard|first=Brad|last=Wete|date=November 8, 2013|access-date=November 14, 2013|archive-date=November 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111185140/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5785670/double-mastectomy-patient-has-dance-party-to-beyonces-get-me|url-status=live}} The song's 1960s-influenced accompanying music video was directed by Mandler and features Beyoncé's sister Solange and former Destiny's Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.

"Green Light" was released as the fourth and final international single from B'Day on July 27, 2007.{{cite web |title=Green Light the next single |url=http://www.sonybmgmusic.co.uk/artists/Beyonce/6091/25/ |publisher=Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) |date=July 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116021619/http://www.sonybmgmusic.co.uk/artists/Beyonce/6091/25/ |archive-date=January 16, 2009}} It was originally planned to be released as the second single for the international markets, but Columbia Records opted for "Irreplaceable" instead. The remix extended play (EP) titled Green Light: Freemasons EP was released for digital download simultaneously with the single.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/green-light-freemasons-ep/260422427|title=Green Light Freemasons – EP|date=July 27, 2007|publisher=iTunes Store (US)|access-date=July 11, 2011|archive-date=September 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929050752/http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/green-light-freemasons-ep/id260422427|url-status=live}} The single was also planned to be released physically in the United Kingdom, but the plans were cancelled last-minute, which resulted with it not obtaining a higher peak than number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=Beyoncé Knowles Singles Peak Positions |access-date=February 2, 2011 |publisher=ChartsPlus. The Official Charts Company |archive-date=May 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508182655/https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |url-status=live }} Beyoncé co-directed the song's accompanying music video with Melina Matsoukas; the video features the second appearance by the Suga Mamas.{{cite AV media|author=Beyoncé|year=2007|title=B'Day Anthology Video Album|type=DVD|chapter=Green Light|publisher=Columbia Records, Music World Entertainment}}

Although they were not released as singles, "Upgrade U", "Kitty Kat" and "Freakum Dress" appeared on several Billboard charts. "Upgrade U", featuring Jay-Z, was released as a promotional single in the United States on November 27, 2006,{{cite web |url=http://www.juno.co.uk/products/246850-01.htm |title=Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z – Upgrade U |publisher=Juno Records |access-date=January 8, 2011 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927212559/http://www.juno.co.uk/products/246850-01.htm |url-status=live }} and reached numbers 59 and 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, respectively.{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=beyoncé|chart=all}} |title=Upgrade U – Jay-Z |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 11, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110710174729/http://www.billboard.com/| archive-date= July 10, 2011 | url-status= live}} "Kitty Kat" peaked at number 66 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/beyonc%E9/chart-history/|title=Beyonce Album & Song Chart History|work=Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Beyonce|access-date=March 6, 2011|archive-date=January 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116054307/https://www.billboard.com/c/music/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=beyoncé|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Songs}}|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: Week Ending July 2, 2011|date=July 2, 2011|access-date=June 25, 2011|magazine=Billboard}} "Freakum Dress", which was cited as a possible second single from B'Day in June 2006,{{Cite magazine|title=Beyonce's little secret|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QxYEAAAAMBAJ&q=Ring+the+alarm+beyonce&pg=PA23|magazine=Billboard|page=69|volume=118|issue=25|issn=0006-2510|access-date=January 20, 2011|date=June 19, 2006|first=Tamara|last=Coniff|archive-date=January 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116054241/https://books.google.com/books?id=QxYEAAAAMBAJ&q=Ring+the+alarm+beyonce&pg=PA23|url-status=live}} peaked at number 25 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/3086602 |title=Chart Search |magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-date=October 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007103314/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/3086602 |url-status=live }} Note: Billboard.biz subscription is required to access the source. and at number 16 on the US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/3086602|title=Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: Week Ending November 29, 2007|date=September 29, 2007|access-date=June 5, 2011|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=October 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007103314/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/3086602|url-status=live}} In 2020, "Freakum Dress" went viral on TikTok and Instagram as part of the "Freakum Dress Challenge", appearing on many videos created by users of the platforms.{{cite web|url=https://yen.com.gh/entertainment/celebrities/200558-diana-asamoah-beats-nana-ama-mcbrown-beyonces-frekakum-dress-tiktok-trend-video-drops/|title=Diana Asamoah beats Nana Ama Mcbrown to Beyonce's 'Freakum Dress' Tiktok challenge; Video Drops|last=Nti|first=Daniel|date=January 12, 2022|location=Ghana|publisher=Yen.com.gh|accessdate=December 19, 2022|archive-date=December 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219175926/https://yen.com.gh/entertainment/celebrities/200558-diana-asamoah-beats-nana-ama-mcbrown-beyonces-frekakum-dress-tiktok-trend-video-drops/|url-status=live}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 70/100

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev2 = Blender

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = B+{{cite magazine |last=Rosen |first=Jody |url=https://ew.com/article/2006/09/04/bday/ |title=B'Day (2006) |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 4, 2006 |access-date=April 14, 2011 |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607121853/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1516025,00.html |url-status=live }}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev5 = MSN Music (Consumer Guide)

| rev5Score = A−

| rev6 = NME

| rev6Score = 5/10{{cite journal|last=Elan|first=Priya|title=Review: B'Day|journal=NME|location=London|page=21|date=September 21, 2006}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7Score = 7.2/10{{cite web |last=Finney |first=Tim |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9378-bday/ |title=Beyoncé: B'Day |work=Pitchfork |date=September 7, 2006 |access-date=April 14, 2011 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629034836/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9378-bday/ |url-status=live }}

| rev8 = Q

| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite journal|title=Review: B'Day|journal=Q|location=London|page=149|date=November 2006}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9Score = {{Rating|3|5}}

| rev10 = Slant Magazine

| rev10Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Cinquemani |first=Sal |title=Beyoncé: B'Day |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/beyonce-bday/939 |work=Slant Magazine |date=29 August 2006 |access-date=January 6, 2008 |archive-date=April 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424030824/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/beyonce-bday/939 |url-status=live }}

}}

B'Day received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on 23 reviews.{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/bday |title=B'Day – Beyonce |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=April 14, 2011 |archive-date=February 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225032643/http://www.metacritic.com/music/bday |url-status=live }} Jody Rosen, writing for Entertainment Weekly, commented that the album's songs "arrive in huge gusts of rhythm and emotion, with Beyoncé's voice rippling over clattery beats". Jonah Weiner of Blender commented that "sweaty up-tempo numbers prove the best platform for Beyoncé's rapperly phrasing and pipe-flaunting fireballs".{{cite journal|last=Weiner|first=Jonah|title=Review: B'Day|journal=Blender|date=September 2006|page=138}} Andy Kellman of AllMusic felt that, despite "no songs with the smooth elegance" of "Me, Myself and I" or "Be with You", the album is "lean in a beneficial way". The Boston Globe{{'}}s Sarah Rodman commented that the production team helped Beyoncé "focus on edgier, up-tempo tracks that take her sweet soprano to new places". Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian felt that, "apart from a few pop-R&B space-fillers, there's not much to dislike about B'Day".{{cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/sep/01/popandrock.urban1 |title=Beyoncé, B'Day |work=The Guardian |access-date=March 29, 2010 |location=London |date=September 1, 2006 |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105012924/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/sep/01/popandrock.urban1 |url-status=live }} Robert Christgau from MSN Music said "on most of [the songs] she's wronged yet still in control because she's got so much money" and felt that Beyoncé "earns her props" if "opulence can signify liberation in this grotesquely materialistic time, as in hip-hop it can".{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=February–March 2007|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cg2007-02.php|title=Consumer Guide|work=MSN Music|access-date=March 12, 2013|archive-date=August 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815142743/http://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cg2007-02.php|url-status=live}}

In a mixed review, Jon Pareles of The New York Times found the album "tense, high-strung and obsessive", and said that it was neither "ingratiating or seductive". Richard Cromelin of the Los Angeles Times observed that Beyoncé "heads into a new, more challenging terrain", but "some of the experiments don't click".{{cite news|last=Cromelin|first=Richard|date=September 3, 2006|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-sep-03-ca-beyoncealbum3-story.html|title=A little gift for herself|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=March 12, 2013|archive-date=December 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218212454/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/sep/03/entertainment/ca-beyoncealbum3|url-status=live}} Although he found the album "solid", Mike Joseph of PopMatters said that "aside from its relatively short running time, it sounds suspiciously under produced".{{cite magazine |last=Joseph |first=Mike |url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/beyonce-b-day |title=Beyonce: B-Day |magazine=PopMatters |access-date=November 11, 2009 |archive-date=August 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802224022/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/beyonce-b-day |url-status=live }} Brian Hiatt of Rolling Stone felt that "while the mostly up-tempo disc never lacks for energy, some of the more beat-driven tracks feel harmonically and melodically undercooked, with hooks that don't live up to 'Crazy in Love' or the best Destiny's Child hits". Priya Elan of NME named only "Freakum Dress" and "Ring the Alarm" as highlights and criticized that "too many tracks sound like updated versions of former glories", with no song on-par with "Crazy in Love".

{{For|the complete list of awards won by Beyoncé, her albums and singles|List of awards and nominations received by Beyoncé}}

{{Awards table|5|caption=Awards and nominations for B'Day}}

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! scope="row"| 2007

| Grammy Award

| Best Contemporary R&B Album

| rowspan="4"| B'Day

| {{won}}

| {{center|{{cite web |title=49th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List |url=http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20061220160454/http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 20, 2006 |publisher=Grammy Awards |access-date=December 19, 2022}}}}

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! scope="row"| 2007

| NAACP Image Award

| Outstanding Album

| {{nom}}

| {{center|{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/biz/awards/naacp-announces-nominees-1117957008/|title=NAACP announces nominees|last=Sneider|first=Jeff|date=January 9, 2007|magazine=Variety|accessdate=December 19, 2022|archive-date=December 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219225813/https://variety.com/2007/biz/awards/naacp-announces-nominees-1117957008/|url-status=live}}}}

|-

! scope="row"| 2007

| Soul Train Music Award

| Best R&B/Soul Album – Female

| {{nom}}

| {{center|{{cite magazine|title=Hudson, Beyonce Star At Soul Train Awards|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1054026/hudson-beyonce-star-at-soul-train-awards |last=Mitchell |first=Gail |magazine=Billboard |date=April 12, 2007 |access-date=December 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028230038/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1054026/hudson-beyonce-star-at-soul-train-awards |url-status=dead|archive-date=October 28, 2020 }}}}

|-

! scope="row"| 2007

| American Music Award

| Favorite Soul/R&B Album

| {{nom}}

| {{center|{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/env-ama-nom9oct09-htmlstory.html |title=2007 American Music Awards Nominees and Winners |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 9, 2007 |access-date=December 19, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011071539/http://www.latimes.com/env-ama-nom9oct09-htmlstory.html |archive-date=October 11, 2014 }}}}

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B'Day debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 on September 23, 2006, selling over 541,000 units in its first week.{{Cite magazine |last=Hasty |first=Katie |title=Beyonce's 'B-Day' Makes Big Bow At No. 1 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57265/beyonces-b-day-makes-big-bow-at-no-1 |magazine=Billboard |date=September 13, 2006 |access-date=January 5, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071212133829/http://billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003121337| archive-date= December 12, 2007 | url-status= live}} B'Day scored Beyoncé's highest debut-week album sales,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/469358/beyonce-notches-4th-billboard-200-no-1-with-4 |title=Beyonce Notches 4th Billboard 200 No. 1 with '4' |first=Keith |last=Caulfield |location=Los Angeles |magazine=Billboard |date=July 6, 2011 |access-date=July 11, 2011 |archive-date=May 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528154845/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/469358/beyonce-notches-4th-billboard-200-no-1-with-4 |url-status=live }} until it was surpassed by her self-titled fifth studio album (2013), which sold 617,213 digital copies in its first three days.{{cite web|last=Ramsay|first=Jennifer|title=BEYONCÉ Shatters iTunes Store Records With 828,773 Albums Sold in Just Three Days|url=https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2013/12/16BEYONC-Shatters-iTunes-Store-Records-With-Over-828-773-Albums-Sold-in-Just-Three-Days.html|publisher=Apple|access-date=December 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216210459/http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2013/12/16BEYONC-Shatters-iTunes-Store-Records-With-Over-828-773-Albums-Sold-in-Just-Three-Days.html|archive-date=December 16, 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|title=Beyoncé Breaks U.S. iTunes Sales Record, Sells 617,000 in Three Days|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5839818/beyonce-breaks-us-itunes-sales-record-sells-617000-in-three-days|access-date=December 16, 2013|magazine=Billboard|date=December 16, 2013|archive-date=December 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218220057/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5839818/beyonce-breaks-us-itunes-sales-record-sells-617000-in-three-days|url-status=live}} The album gave Beyoncé her second number-one debut on the chart following Dangerously in Love (2003), which was noted by Keith Caulfield of Billboard, surmising that perhaps "its handsome debut was generated by goodwill earned from the performance of her smash first album Dangerously in Love".{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |title=Lady Gaga and Beyonce: Do New Singles' Soft Numbers Spell Trouble for Their Albums? |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/genre/rock-and-pop/lady-gaga-and-beyonce-do-new-singles-soft-1005173762.story |magazine=Billboard |date=May 6, 2011 |access-date=June 18, 2011 |archive-date=May 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509170137/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/genre/rock-and-pop/lady-gaga-and-beyonce-do-new-singles-soft-1005173762.story |url-status=dead}} B'Day fell to number three in its second week,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-09-30|title=Top 200 Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=September 30, 2006|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=June 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609024144/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-09-30|url-status=live}} and to number six the following week,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-10-07|title=Top 200 Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=October 7, 2006|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=November 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129174345/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-10-07|url-status=live}} falling out of the top ten in its fourth week at number 11.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-10-14|title=Top 200 Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=October 14, 2006|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=February 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220041043/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-10-14|url-status=live}} After seven weeks of being outside the top ten, B'Day reached number nine on the chart dated December 2,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-12-02|title=Top 200 Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=December 2, 2006|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219215404/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-12-02|url-status=live}} due to the success of its single "Irreplaceable", which helped the album regain its strength. It climbed to number six the following week, becoming the week's "greatest gainer",{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-12-09|title=Top 200 Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=December 9, 2006|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219215406/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-12-09|url-status=live}} before exiting the top ten again.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-12-16|title=Top 200 Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=December 16, 2006|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219215404/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2006-12-16|url-status=live}} By the end of 2006, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&title=Day&artist=Beyonce&format=ALBUM&perPage=25 |title=RIAA – Gold & Platinum |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |date=April 16, 2007 |access-date=April 22, 2010 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924160907/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&title=Day&artist=Beyonce&format=ALBUM&perPage=25 |url-status=live }} and became the 38th best-selling album of that year in the United States.

B'Day re-entered the top ten again at number six on the chart dated January 27, 2007, while Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture was at the top.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2007-01-27|title=Top 200 Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=January 27, 2007|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=February 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220043848/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2007-01-27|url-status=live}} It remained within the top ten the following week at number ten,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2007-02-03|title=Top 200 Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=February 3, 2007|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219215421/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2007-02-03|url-status=live}} before falling to number 13 on the chart dated February 10.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2007-02-10|title=Top 200 Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=February 10, 2007|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219215423/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2007-02-10|url-status=live}} The RIAA re-certified B'Day triple platinum on April 16, combining the sales from the standard and Deluxe Edition releases. On the Billboard 200 chart dated April 21, B'Day jumped from number 69 to number six due to the release of its Deluxe Edition, gaining 903% in sales and becoming the week's "greatest gainer".{{Cite magazine |last=Hasty |first=Katie |title='NOW 24' Trumps Duff, McBride, Timbaland At No. 1 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052919/now-24-trumps-duff-mcbride-timbaland-at-no-1 |magazine=Billboard |date=April 11, 2007 |access-date=January 5, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071211151144/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052919/now-24-trumps-duff-mcbride-timbaland-at-no-1| archive-date= December 11, 2007 | url-status= live}} It remained within the top ten the following week at number seven,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2007-04-28|title=Top 200 Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=April 28, 2007|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=February 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219215609/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2007-04-28|url-status=live}} before falling to number 13 on the chart dated May 5.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2007-05-05|title=Top 200 Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=May 5, 2007|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=February 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203064653/https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2007-05-05|url-status=live}} The album has spent a total of 74 weeks on the Billboard 200.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/beyonce/chart-history/tlp/|title=Beyoncé B'Day Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2021-12-02|archive-date=2021-11-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117183025/https://www.billboard.com/artist/beyonce/chart-history/tlp/|url-status=live}} It became the 11th best-selling album of 2007 in the US.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228075828/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-billboard-200-albums|url-status=live}} As of August 2022, the album has sold 5 million copies in the country.{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=2014-07-03 |title=Chart Moves: 'Beyonce' Hits 2 Million in Sales, 'Purple Rain's 30th Anniversary on the Charts and a 5 Seconds of Summer Sales Update |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/6150230/chart-moves-beyonce-hits-2-million-in-sales-purple-rains-30th |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619041738/https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/6150230/chart-moves-beyonce-hits-2-million-in-sales-purple-rains-30th |archive-date=2016-06-19 |access-date=2024-02-10 |magazine=Billboard }}{{Cite web |title=Gold & Platinum |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=RIAA |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322120617/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ |url-status=live }}

Internationally, B'Day was met with similar success. In Canada, it reached number two on the Canadian Albums Chart, staying at the position for two weeks. It was certified platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA).{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/beyonc%E9/chart-history/canadian-albums |title=Beyoncé – Chart history: Canadian Albums |magazine=Billboard |access-date=November 21, 2013 |archive-date=January 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116054244/https://www.billboard.com/c/music/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.cria.ca/gold/0906_g.php |title=CRIA: Gold & Platinum – September 2006 |publisher=Canadian Recording Industry Association |date=September 6, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202153940/http://www.cria.ca/gold/0906_g.php |archivedate=February 2, 2009}} On Oricon Albums Chart in Japan, the standard edition of the album debuted and peaked at number four, selling 72,921 copies in its first week, while the Deluxe Edition debuted at number nine with first-week sales of 17,519 copies, and peaked at number five in its second week on the chart, selling 23,153 copies that week.{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/666711/1/ |title=B'Day – Beyoncé |language=ja |publisher=Oricon |access-date=April 22, 2010 |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021171944/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/666711/1/ |url-status=live }} The standard edition was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of 250,000 copies in Japan, while the Deluxe Edition was certified gold for shipments of 100,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html|title=Japanese album certifications|language=ja|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=January 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119180239/http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html|url-status=live}} The album's standard edition peaked at number six on Top 100 Mexico, while its Deluxe Edition peaked at number nine.{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/145f8/Beyonce-B%27Day-Deluxe-Edition|title=ultratop.be – Beyoncé – B'Day – Deluxe Edition|language=nl|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=May 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522111330/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/145f8/Beyonce-B%27Day-Deluxe-Edition|url-status=live}} It was certified gold by the Mexican Association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms (AMPROFON) for shipments of 50,000 copies in Mexico. Across Oceania, it had the same reception, debuting at number eight in both Australia and New Zealand the same week, on September 11, 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=Beyonc%E9&titel=B%27Day&cat=a |title=Beyoncé – B'Day |publisher=Ultratop. Hung Medien |access-date=April 22, 2010 |archive-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813080852/http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=Beyonc%E9&titel=B%27Day&cat=a |url-status=live }} B'Day remained on the charts for 20 and 25 weeks, respectively, and was certified platinum by both the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ).{{cite web |url=http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=61 |title=Latest Gold / Platinum Albums |publisher=RadioScope New Zealand |date=April 29, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724195845/http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=61 |archivedate=July 24, 2011 |accessdate=April 22, 2010}}

In the United Kingdom, B'Day debuted at numbers three and one on the UK Albums Charts and UK R&B Albums Chart, respectively, on September 11, 2006, selling 35,012 copies in its first week.{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20060910/7502/ |title=Archive Chart |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=September 16, 2006 |access-date=April 14, 2011 |archive-date=October 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012183252/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20060910/7502/ |url-status=live }} Its Deluxe Edition peaked at numbers eight and three on the UK Albums Chart and UK R&B Albums Chart, respectively, on April 29, 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20070429/7502/|title=Official Albums Chart Top 100|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=April 29, 2007|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=February 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220100542/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20070429/7502/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/r-and-b-albums-chart/20070429/115/|title=Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=April 29, 2007|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=March 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317233109/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/r-and-b-albums-chart/20070429/115/|url-status=live}} The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified the standard edition platinum for shipping 300,000 units, and the Deluxe Edition gold for shipping 100,000 units. As of July 3, 2011, B'Day has sold 385,078 copies in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Alan|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1045814&c=1|title=Beyonce's 4 wins the album chart numbers game|work=Music Week|date=July 3, 2011|access-date=July 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814064030/http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1045814&c=1|archive-date=August 14, 2011}} Throughout Europe, the album peaked at number three on the European Top 100 Albums, while reaching the top ten in Denmark, Flanders, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland.{{cite web |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Beyonce/B%2527day/longplay |title=Chartverfolgung – Beyonce – B'day |language=de |publisher=Musicline.de. PhonoNet GmbH |access-date=November 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010180909/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Beyonce/B%27day/longplay |archive-date=October 10, 2012 |url-status=dead }} It was certified platinum in Europe by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for sales of one million copies within the continent.{{cite web|url=http://ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2007.html|title=IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2007|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127154333/http://ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2007.html |archive-date=November 27, 2013|access-date=March 30, 2018}} As of 2013, B'Day has sold eight million copies worldwide.{{cite web|last=Book|first=Ryan|url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/1225/20130902/best-selling-labor-day-albums-beyonce-jay-z-more.htm|title=The Best-Selling Labor Day Albums: Beyoncé, Jay-Z and More|work=Music Times|date=September 2, 2013|access-date=November 28, 2013|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010702/http://www.musictimes.com/articles/1225/20130902/best-selling-labor-day-albums-beyonce-jay-z-more.htm|url-status=live}}

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B'Day was a subject of various controversies. The music video for its lead single "Déjà Vu" caused controversy due to its sexually suggestive content. A news article published by Hindustan Times reported that a particular scene in the video is suggestive of oral sex. Natalie Y. Moore of In These Times echoed the latter's commentary, writing that the video showcases Beyoncé "strutting her sexuality", and that in Jay-Z's scenes it "looks as if any minute now she'll give him fellatio".{{cite web|url=http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/2902/beyoncs_bootyful_bay/|title=Beyoncé's Bootyful B'Day|last=Moore|first=Natalie Y.|date=November 17, 2006|work=In These Times|publisher=Institute for Public Affairs|access-date=February 24, 2011|archive-date=May 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507055642/http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/2902/beyoncs_bootyful_bay/|url-status=dead}} The video later appeared on Yahoo! Music News' list "Real Turkeys: The Worst Videos of All Time", which pointed to the negative fan reaction and stated: "It's probably the least horrific video listed ... but as far as Beyoncé videos go, it is a stinker." According to an MTV News staff report, as of July 2006, over two thousand people had signed an online petition addressed to Beyoncé's record label Columbia Records, demanding a reshoot for the video. By the end of August 2006, over five thousand additional fans had signed it.{{cite web |first=Sal |last=Cinquemani |title=Beyoncé B'Day' |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/beyonce-bday/939 |work=Slant Magazine |date=August 29, 2006 |access-date=January 9, 2011 |archive-date=April 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424030824/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/beyonce-bday/939 |url-status=live }} The petition requested the video to be taped again because it was considered to be "an underwhelming representation of the talent and quality of previous music-video projects of Ms. Beyoncé". Included in the list of offenses towards the video were "a lack of theme, dizzying editing, over-the-top wardrobe choices, and unacceptable interactions" between Beyoncé and Jay-Z. Beyoncé's dance moves were also called into question by the petition, qualifying them as "erratic, confusing and alarming at times".{{cite web |title=For The Record: Quick News On Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake, Haylie Duff, Jet, Metallica, Nick Lachey & More |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1536961/20060724/knowles_beyonce.jhtml |publisher=MTV News |date=July 24, 2006 |access-date=February 24, 2011 |archive-date=August 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813085614/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1536961/20060724/knowles_beyonce.jhtml |url-status=dead }} Additionally, fans complained about sexual theme depicted in the video, describing that some scenes as "unacceptable interactions [between Beyoncé and Jay-Z]" while also complaining of a "non-existent sexual chemistry" between the two.{{Cite news |last=Parker |first=Lyndsey |title=Real Turkeys: The Worst Videos Of All Time |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/videogaga/64353/real-turkeys-the-worst-videos-of-all-time |publisher=Yahoo! Music. Yahoo! |date=November 23, 2010 |access-date=February 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206014500/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/videogaga/64353/real-turkeys-the-worst-videos-of-all-time/ |archive-date=February 6, 2011}}

The lyrics of "Ring the Alarm" were rumored to be about Barbadian singer Rihanna's relationship with rapper and Beyoncé's now-husband Jay-Z.{{cite news |last=Sanneh |first=Kelefa |title=Beyoncé Bounces Back: Film, Album and Warning |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/23/arts/music/23sann.html |work=The New York Times |date=November 23, 2006 |access-date=January 20, 2011 |archive-date=May 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513153406/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/23/arts/music/23sann.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Hashem |first=Warren |title=Beyoncé's Dad: Someone is Trying to Sabotage the B'Day Album |url=http://www.vibe.com/news/news_headlines/2006/08/matthew-knowles-sabotage-bday/ |work=Vibe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522102358/http://www.vibe.com/news/news_headlines/2006/08/matthew-knowles-sabotage-bday/ |date=August 24, 2006 |access-date=January 20, 2011 |archive-date=May 22, 2011 |url-status=dead }} According to a media speculation, Beyoncé, Rihanna and Jay-Z were part of a love triangle in 2006. It was rumored that Jay-Z had always been faithful to Beyoncé until he met Rihanna, whose popularity grew considerably during that year, who tempted Jay-Z to be in a romantic relationship with her while he was still with Beyoncé.{{Cite news |last=Breihan |first=Tom |title=Beyoncé's "Ring the Alarm": Conspiracy Theories |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/2006/08/beyonces_ring_t.php |work=The Village Voice |publisher=Village Voice Media |date=August 17, 2006 |access-date=January 21, 2011 |archive-date=August 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813094732/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/statusainthood/2006/08/beyonces_ring_t.php |url-status=dead}} As commented by Tom Breihan of The Village Voice, Beyoncé took advantage of "[people's] sympathy and unleash[ed] a burst of public rage in the form of ['Ring the Alarm']". In an interview for Seventeen, she, however, clarified that the lyrics had no connection with Rihanna, before adding that she was unaware of the rumors that had been circulating.{{cite magazine |first=Holly |last=Eagleson |title=Beyoncé has tackled music and fashion (Annual 2008) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-VsKWvPFnE0C&q=Ring+The+Alarm+Beyonce&pg=PA11 |magazine=Seventeen |date=December 31, 2008 |page=10 |publisher=Oshun |isbn=978-1-77020-019-7 |access-date=January 21, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} Concerned that someone was trying to sabotage the release of B'Day, her father and manager Mathew Knowles released an official statement:

It is apparent that there is a consistent plan by some to create chaos around Beyoncé's B'Day album release on September 4 in the US. First, it was a petition against the single, 'Déjà Vu', then a rumor regarding conflict between Beyoncé and Rihanna, seizures caused by the 'Ring the Alarm' video, putting out a single to compete with LeToya's album and now to add to all the ridiculous rumors, is my plan to postpone the release of her 'B'Day' album. What will be next? Beyoncé's cut off all her hair? Dyed it green? Maybe she's singing the songs in reverse with some hidden subliminal message!{{Cite web |last=Scott |title=Beyonce's Dad Responds To Online Petition |url=https://stereogum.com/3195/beyonces_dad_responds_to_online_petition/news/#more |publisher=Stereogum. Buzz Media |date=August 26, 2006 |access-date=January 21, 2011 |archive-date=October 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005175943/http://stereogum.com/3195/beyonces_dad_responds_to_online_petition/news/#more |url-status=live }}

The cover artwork for the single "Ring the Alarm" fueled controversy after Beyoncé used alligators during the photo shoot. Beyoncé revealed that using the alligators and taping their mouths shut was her idea. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), an animal rights organization which had previously confronted her after she had used furs for her fashion line's clothing design, contacted a biologist who later wrote a letter to her, stating: "As a specialist in reptile biology and welfare, I'm concerned about your posing with a terrified baby alligator for your new album cover. Humans and alligators are not natural bedfellows, and the two should not mix at events such as photo shoots. In my view, doing so is arguably abusive to an animal."{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14485290 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923133226/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/14485290/ns/today-today_entertainment/ |url-status=live |archive-date=September 23, 2012 |title=Paris steaming about Blue comments |first=Jeannette |last=Walls |publisher=msnbc.com. NBC Universal / Microsoft |date=September 6, 2006 |access-date=December 9, 2010}}

Controversy also arose over the writing credits on "Irreplaceable". Ne-Yo, who co-wrote the song, told MTV: "Apparently Beyoncé was at a show somewhere and right before the song came on she said, 'I wrote this for all my ladies' and then the song came on ... The song is a co-write. I wrote the lyrics, I wrote all the lyrics. Beyoncé helped me with the melodies and the harmonies and the vocal arrangement and that makes it a co-write. Meaning my contribution and her contribution made that song what it is."{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/rush_molloy/2007/05/02/2007-05-02_beyonces_dad_denies_neyo_is_a_big_nono_.html|title=Beyonce's dad denies Ne-Yo is a big no-no |work=Daily News|first1=George |last1=Rushe |first2=Joanna Rush |last2=Molloy|date=May 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110190518/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/rush_molloy/2007/05/02/2007-05-02_beyonces_dad_denies_neyo_is_a_big_nono_.html |archive-date=January 10, 2008}} In 2011, Ne-Yo said that he wrote the song for himself, but thought that it would suit Beyoncé better, and later regretted giving the song to her.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a308287/ne-yo-regrets-giving-beyonce-track.html |title=Ne-Yo 'regrets giving Beyoncé track' |first=Kirsty |last=Kelly |work=Digital Spy |date=March 10, 2011 |access-date=March 11, 2011 |archive-date=March 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311212216/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a308287/ne-yo-regrets-giving-beyonce-track.html |url-status=live }} Some of Beyoncé's fans read Ne-Yo's remark as disrespectful towards her.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1659894/ne-yo-defends-beyonce-statement.jhtml |title=Ne-Yo Defends Beyonce 'Dis' Statements |publisher=MTV News |first=Jocelyn |last=Vena |date=March 15, 2011 |access-date=March 26, 2011 |archive-date=March 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317232808/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1659894/ne-yo-defends-beyonce-statement.jhtml |url-status=dead }} However, he clarified his comment later through Twitter, writing: "I said I originally wrote the song for me. ... Once I realized how the song comes across if sung by a guy, that's when I decided to give it away."

In 2007, Beyoncé appeared on billboards and newspapers across Australia holding an antiquated cigarette holder. Taken from the back cover artwork of B'Day, the image provoked response from an anti-smoking group, stating that she did not need to add the cigarette holder "to make herself appear more sophisticated".{{Cite news |last=Dennehy |first=Luke |title=Beyonce's ad fires up critics |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,21255564-10388,00.html |work=Herald Sun |publisher=News Limited |date=February 20, 2007 |access-date=April 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512061230/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,21255564-10388,00.html |archive-date=May 12, 2008 }} The same year, three weeks after their release,{{Cite news |last=Vineyard |first=Jennifer |title=Beyonce's B'Day Over? Singer Pulls Deluxe Editions Due To Lawsuit |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1557909/20070424/Beyoncé_beyonce.jhtml |publisher=MTV News |date=April 24, 2007 |access-date=January 11, 2008}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} the Deluxe Edition of B'Day and the B'Day Anthology Video Album were temporarily ceased for retail in stores. A copyright infringement lawsuit was filed due to breach of contract of using "Still in Love (Kissing You)", a cover version of British singer Des'ree's original song "Kissing You".{{Cite magazine |last=Garrity |first=Brian |title=Beyonce's 'B-Day' Hits Copyright Snag |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052503/beyonces-b-day-hits-copyright-snag |magazine=Billboard |date=April 27, 2007 |access-date=January 11, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080106104802/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052503/beyonces-b-day-hits-copyright-snag| archive-date= January 6, 2008 | url-status= live}} Not intended for the album's inclusion, Des'ree's deal also stipulated that the title of the song was not to be altered, and a music video was not to be made. After the infringement case, the song was removed from the reissue of the Deluxe Edition, and was replaced by "If". The lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice in October 2007.{{cite court |litigants=The Royalty Network Inc. v. Columbia Recording Corporation et al |date=October 12, 2007 |url=https://ecf.nysd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/ShowIndex.pl}}

According to an editor of web publication The Boombox in an article published on September 4, 2016, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the release of B'Day, the album was a "monumental moment for music fans worldwide and would elevate Beyoncé from princess-in-waiting to a full-fledged queen in the musical landscape". The editor also called the album Beyoncé's "most liberating body of work and its impact still echoes ten years later".{{cite web|url=http://theboombox.com/beyonces-bday-an-album-of-evolution-and-liberation/|title=Beyonce's 'B'Day': an Album of Evolution and Liberation|author=Preezy|date=September 4, 2016|work=The Boombox|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=March 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330143656/http://theboombox.com/beyonces-bday-an-album-of-evolution-and-liberation/|url-status=live}} In an article published by Revolt on the same day, B'Day was called Beyoncé's "first REAL visual album", as she would later release two "visual albums" Beyoncé (2013) and Lemonade (2016), and as almost every song from B'Day had an accompanying music video, which was "something we hadn't seen before".{{cite web|url=https://revolt.tv/stories/2016/09/04/beyonce-bday-album-playlist-070001174f|title=Never Forget: "B'Day" was Beyoncé's first REAL visual album|date=September 4, 2016|publisher=Revolt|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=March 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330143612/https://revolt.tv/stories/2016/09/04/beyonce-bday-album-playlist-070001174f|url-status=live}} The same day, website EST. 1997 published an article about B'Day as well, and wrote that the album's singles became "essential parts" of pop culture, also writing that "Get Me Bodied" is "now cemented as one of those songs that gets played by a DJ to get the crowd dancing at a wedding".{{cite web|url=http://est1997.com/music/happy-10th-bday-celebrating-beyonces-sophomore-album/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330143439/http://est1997.com/music/happy-10th-bday-celebrating-beyonces-sophomore-album/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 30, 2018|title=Happy 10th B'Day: Celebrating Beyoncé's sophomore album|author=Vincent|date=September 4, 2016|website=EST. 1997|access-date=March 30, 2018}}

The website also wrote an article about B'Day Anthology Video Album on April 3, 2017, the tenth anniversary of its release, also calling it Beyoncé's first "visual album" and stating that it "laid the groundwork for Beyoncé to become the pioneering visual artist she is revered to as today."{{cite web|url=http://est1997.com/music/bday-anthology-beyonce-first-visual-album-10-years/|title=Celebrating the B'Day Anthology, Beyoncé's FIRST visual album, at 10|author=Vincent|date=September 4, 2016|website=EST. 1997|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-date=March 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330080028/http://est1997.com/music/bday-anthology-beyonce-first-visual-album-10-years/|url-status=live}} Billboard published "Beyoncé's Best Fashion Moments from Her Decade-Old 'B'Day Anthology Video Album'" on the same day, the list in which editor Da'Shan Smith commented on ten best outfits Beyoncé wore in the music videos, stating: "The project has delivered audiences some of the singer's most iconic looks. In every frame she appears in, Beyoncé oozes a radiant confidence, wearing stunning outfits and costumes to match."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/7743515/beyonce-top-fashion-moments-from-bday|title=Beyoncé's Best Fashion Moments From Her Decade-Old 'B'Day Anthology Video Album'|last=Smith|first=Da'Shan|date=April 3, 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 22, 2017|archive-date=July 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718231027/http://www.billboard.com/photos/7743515/beyonce-top-fashion-moments-from-bday|url-status=live}} Vibe published a list in which Smith ranked all thirteen music videos from the worst to the best, stating: "B'Day Video Anthology Album must be heralded as an important pop culture artifact. As expressed before, it's the birther of Beyoncé's passion for providing fans visual sequences they need to tell an album's story. Imagine a B'Day without its Anthology—although the go-go and funk infused tracks already made an impression upon audio listens only, the visuals made the record pop to life."{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/2017/04/beyonce-bday-video-anthology-album-10-year-anniversary/|title=A Ranking Of Beyonce's 'B' Day Anthology Video Album' – Vibe|last=Smith|first=Da'Shan|date=April 3, 2017|work=Vibe|access-date=July 22, 2017|archive-date=August 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806224144/https://www.vibe.com/2017/04/beyonce-bday-video-anthology-album-10-year-anniversary/|url-status=live}}

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| headline = International edition{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/BDay-Deluxe-CD-DVD-Beyonce/dp/B000NY1EJE|title=B'Day Deluxe Edition (CD & DVD): Amazon.co.uk: Music|website=Amazon.co.uk|date=April 23, 2007|access-date=March 28, 2018|archive-date=March 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329232558/https://www.amazon.co.uk/BDay-Deluxe-CD-DVD-Beyonce/dp/B000NY1EJE|url-status=live}}

| total_length = 72:45

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title8 = If{{ref|a|[a]}}

| writer8 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Smith
• Eriksen
• Hermansen

}}

| extra8 = {{flat list|

• Stargate
• B. Knowles

}}

| length8 = 3:18

| title9 = Get Me Bodied

| note9 = Extended Mix

| writer9 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Dean
• Garrett
• Riddick
• Beyincé
• S. Knowles

}}

| extra9 = {{flat list|

• Garrett
• Beatz
• B. Knowles

}}

| length9 = 6:19

| title10 = Freakum Dress

| writer10 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Harrison
• Riddick

}}

| extra10 = {{flat list|

• Harrison
• B. Knowles

}}

| length10 = 3:20

| title11 = Suga Mama

| writer11 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Harrison
• Riddick
• Middleton

}}

| extra11 = {{flat list|

• Harrison
• B. Knowles

}}

| length11 = 3:24

| title12 = Déjà Vu

| note12 = featuring Jay-Z

| writer12 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Jerkins
• Thomas
• Riddick
• Price
• Carter

}}

| extra12 = {{flat list|

• Darkchild
• Knowles}}

| length12 = 4:00

| title13 = Ring the Alarm

| writer13 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Dean
• Garrett

}}

| extra13 = Swizz Beatz

| length13 = 3:23

| title14 = Resentment

| writer14 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Millsap III
• Nelson
• Mayfield

}}

| extra14 = {{flat list|

• Millsap III
• B. Knowles
• Nelson

}}

| length14 = 4:40

| title15 = Listen

| note15 = from the Motion Picture Dreamgirls

| writer15 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Krieger
• Cutler
• Preven

}}

| extra15 = The Underdogs

| length15 = 3:38

| title16 = World Wide Woman

| writer16 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Riddick
• Beyincé
• Daniels
• Garrett

}}

| extra16 = {{flat list|

• Darkchild
• B. Knowles

}}

| length16 = 3:41

| title17 = Check on It

| note17 = featuring Bun B and Slim Thug

| writer17 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Dean
• Garrett
• Beyincé
• Thomas

}}

| extra17 = {{flat list|

• Swizz Beatz
• B. Knowles

}}

| length17 = 3:30

| title18 = Amor Gitano

| note18 = with Alejandro Fernández

| writer18 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Jaime Flores
• Reyli Barba

}}

| extra18 = {{flat list|

• Rudy Pérez
• B. Knowles

}}

| length18 = 3:48

| title19 = Beautiful Liar

| note19 = Radio Edit) (with Shakira

| writer19 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Eriksen
• Hermansen
• Ghost
• Dech

}}

| extra19 = {{flat list|

• Stargate
• B. Knowles
• Shakira{{ref|b|[b]}}
• Cabra{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length19 = 3:00

}}

{{track listing

| headline = International digital bonus track{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bday-Deluxe-Beyonc%C3%A9/dp/B000O78GNM|title=B'day (Deluxe Edition): Amazon.co.uk: Music|website=Amazon.co.uk|date=April 23, 2007|access-date=March 28, 2018|archive-date=March 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329232601/https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bday-Deluxe-Beyonc%C3%A9/dp/B000O78GNM|url-status=live}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 77:00

| title20 = Creole

| writer20 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Riddick
• Harrison}}

| extra20 = Harrison

| length20 = 3:53

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Japanese edition{{cite web|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/SICP-1400|title=CDJapan : B'Day Deluxe Edition [Regular Edition] Beyonce CD Album|work=CDJapan|access-date=2014-05-20|archive-date=2014-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521032220/http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/SICP-1400|url-status=live}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 66:14

| title16 = Check on It

| note16 = featuring Bun B and Slim Thug

| writer16 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Dean
• Garrett
• Beyincé
• Thomas

}}

| extra16 = {{flat list|

• Swizz Beatz
• B. Knowles

}}

| length16 = 3:30

| title17 = Creole

| writer17 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Riddick
• Harrison}}

| extra17 = Harrison

| length17 = 3:52

| title18 = World Wide Woman

| writer18 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Riddick
• Beyincé
• Daniels
• Jerkins
• Garrett

}}

| extra18 = {{flat list|

• Darkchild
• B. Knowles

}}

| length18 = 3:41

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Latin American edition{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaladdiction.com.br/#!product/zoom12yn/1449268181/b%2527day-(deluxe-edition%2C-cd---dvd)|title=Musical Addiction| url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521032059/http://www.musicaladdiction.com.br/ |website=Musical Addiction |archive-date=May 21, 2014 |access-date=March 28, 2018}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 77:09

| title17 = Amor Gitano

| note17 = with Alejandro Fernández

| writer17 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Flores
• Barba

}}

| extra17 = {{flat list|

• Pérez
• B. Knowles

}}

| length17 = 3:48

| title18 = Irreemplazable

| writer18 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Eriksen
• Hermansen
• Lind
• Bjørklund
• Smith
• Pérez

}}

| extra18 = {{flat list|

• Stargate
• B. Knowles
• Ne-Yo{{ref|c|[c]}}
• Pérez{{ref|d|[d]}}

}}

| length18 = 3:48

| title19 = Oye

| writer19 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Krieger
• Cutler
• Preven
• Pérez

}}

| extra19 = {{flat list|

• The Underdogs
• B. Knowles
• Pérez{{ref|d|[d]}}

}}

| length19 = 3:41

| title20 = Bello Embustero

| writer20 = {{flat list|

• Eriksen
• Hermansen
• B. Knowles
• Ghost
• Dench
• Pérez

}}

| extra20 = {{flat list|

• Stargate
• B. Knowles
• Shakira{{ref|b|[b]}}{{ref|d|[d]}}
• Cabra{{ref|b|[b]}}
• Olgui Chirino{{ref|d|[d]}}
• Pérez{{ref|b|[b]}}{{ref|d|[d]}}

}}

| length20 = 3:20

}}

{{track listing

| headline = North American edition bonus disc (Irreemplazable)

| total_length = 24:48

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Amor Gitano

| note1 = with Alejandro Fernández

| writer1 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Flores
• Barba

}}

| extra1 = {{flat list|

• Pérez
• B. Knowles

}}

| length1 = 3:48

| title2 = Oye

| writer2 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Krieger
• Cutler
• Preven
• Rudy Pérez

}}

| extra2 = {{flat list|

• The Underdogs
• B. Knowles
• Pérez{{ref|d|[d]}}

}}

| length2 = 3:41

| title3 = Irreemplazable

| writer3 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Eriksen
• Hermansen
• Lind
• Bjørklund
• Smith
• Pérez

}}

| extra3 = {{flat list|

• Stargate
• B. Knowles
• Ne-Yo{{ref|c|[c]}}
• Pérez{{ref|d|[d]}}

}}

| length3 = 3:48

| title4 = Bello Embustero

| writer4 = {{flat list|

• Eriksen
• Hermansen
• B. Knowles
• Ghost
• Dench
• Pérez

}}

| extra4 = {{flat list|

• Stargate
• B. Knowles
• Shakira{{ref|b|[b]}}{{ref|d|[d]}}
• Cabra{{ref|b|[b]}}
• Olgui Chirino{{ref|d|[d]}}
• Pérez{{ref|b|[b]}}{{ref|d|[d]}}

}}

| length4 = 3:20

| title5 = Beautiful Liar

| note5 = Radio Edit) (with Shakira

| writer5 = {{flat list|

• Eriksen
• Hermansen
• B. Knowles
• Ghost
• Dench
• Pérez

}}

| extra5 = {{flat list|

• Stargate
• B. Knowles
• Shakira{{ref|b|[b]}}{{ref|d|[d]}}
• Cabra{{ref|b|[b]}}

}}

| length5 = 3:01

| title6 = Beautiful Liar

| note6 = Spanglish version) (featuring Sasha Fierce

| writer6 = {{flat list|

• Eriksen
• Hermansen
• B. Knowles
• Ghost
• Dench
• Pérez

}}

| extra6 = {{flat list|

• Stargate
• B. Knowles
• Shakira{{ref|b|[b]}}{{ref|d|[d]}}
• Cabra{{ref|b|[b]}}
• Pérez{{ref|b|[b]}}{{ref|d|[d]}}

}}

| length6 = 3:21

| title7 = Irreemplazable

| note7 = Norteña Remix

| writer7 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Eriksen
• Hermansen
• Lind
• Bjørklund
• Smith
• Pérez

}}

| extra7 = {{flat list|

• Pérez

}}

}}

{{track listing

| headline = International edition bonus DVD{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Beyonc%C3%A9-BDay-Anthology-Video-Album/dp/B000QEIO2Q|title=Amazon – B'Day Anthology Video Album|website=Amazon|date=19 June 2007 |access-date=November 26, 2020|archive-date=October 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011105428/https://www.amazon.com/Beyonc%C3%A9-BDay-Anthology-Video-Album/dp/B000QEIO2Q|url-status=live}}

| extra_column = Director(s)

| total_length = 66:56

| title1 = Beautiful Liar

| note1 = with Shakira

| extra1 = {{flat list|

• Jake Nava
• B. Knowles

}}

| length1 = 3:34

| title2 = Irreplaceable

| extra2 = Anthony Mandler

| length2 = 4:17

| title3 = Kitty Kat

| extra3 = {{flat list|

• Melina Matsoukas
• B. Knowles}}

| length3 = 1:03

| title4 = Green Light

| extra4 = Matsoukas

| length4 = 3:31

| title5 = Upgrade U

| note5 = featuring Jay-Z

| extra5 = {{flat list|

• Matsoukas
• B. Knowles}}

| length5 = 4:38

| title6 = Flaws and All

| extra6 = {{flat list|

• Cliff Watts
• B. Knowles

}}

| length6 = 4:14

| title7 = Get Me Bodied

| note7 = Extended Mix

| extra7 = {{flat list|

• Mandler
• B. Knowles

}}

| length7 = 6:42

| title8 = Freakum Dress

| extra8 = {{flat list|

• Ray Kay
• B. Knowles

}}

| length8 = 3:21

| title9 = Suga Mama

| extra9 = {{flat list|

• Matsoukas
• B. Knowles}}

| length9 = 3:37

| title10 = Déjà Vu

| note10 = featuring Jay-Z

| extra10 = Muller

| length10 = 4:06

| title11 = Ring the Alarm

| extra11 = Muller

| length11 = 3:33

| title12 = Listen

| note12 = Performance version

| extra12 = Diane Martel

| length12 = 3:49

| title13 = Still in Love (Kissing You){{ref|a|[a]}}

| extra13 = {{flat list|

• Watts
• B. Knowles

}}

| length13 = 4:41

| title14 = Credits

| extra14 =

| length14 = 0:51

| title15 = Behind the Scenes

| note15 =

| extra15 = Burke

| length15 = 17:39

}}

Retailer-exclusive bonus tracks

• Digital standard Walmart edition includes "Déjà Vu (The Remix)" (featuring Jay-Z).{{cite web |last=Orzeck |first=Kurt |date=September 5, 2006 |title=New Releases: Beyonce, Audioslave, Iron Maiden, Alice In Chains, Kinky, Sebadoh, Black Ice, Hem & More |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1539838/new-releases-beyonce-audioslave-amp-more.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130025652/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1539838/new-releases-beyonce-audioslave-amp-more.jhtml |archive-date=January 30, 2013 |access-date=February 10, 2023 |work=MTV News}}
• Standard Circuit City edition includes "Back Up".{{cite AV media |title=B'Day |author=Beyoncé |type=CD |publisher=Columbia Records, Music World Entertainment |year=2006 |location=Circuit City}} "Back Up" is written by B. Knowles, Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Delisha Thomas, Fred Jerkins III, Anesha Birchett, Antea Birchett and Beyincé, and produced by Darkchild and B. Knowles.
• International standard iTunes Store pre-order and New Zealand iTunes Store editions include "Lost Yo Mind".{{cite web|last=Orzeck|first=Kurt|date=September 5, 2006|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1539838/new-releases-beyonce-audioslave-amp-more.jhtml|title=New Releases: Beyonce, Audioslave, Iron Maiden, Alice In Chains, Kinky, Sebadoh, Black Ice, Hem & More|work=MTV News|access-date=February 10, 2023|archive-date=January 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130025652/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1539838/new-releases-beyonce-audioslave-amp-more.jhtml|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/bday/id187282301|title=B'Day – Album by Beyoncé|publisher=iTunes Store (New Zealand)|access-date=July 4, 2016|archive-date=March 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330132856/https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/bday/id187282301|url-status=dead}} "Lost Yo Mind" is written by B. Knowles, Dean and Garrett, and produced by Swizz Beatz, B. Knowles and Garrett.
• Best Buy exclusive Deluxe Edition includes "First Time" as a hidden track.{{cite AV media |title=B'Day |author=Beyoncé |type=Deluxe Edition) (double CD |publisher=Columbia Records, Music World Entertainment |year=2007 |location=Best Buy}} "First Time" is written by B. Knowles, Williams and Chad Hugo, and produced by The Neptunes and B. Knowles.

Notes

• "Encore for the Fans", "Listen" and "Get Me Bodied" (Extended Mix)" appear as hidden tracks in "Check on It", for physical releases of international standard editions.{{cite AV media notes|title=B'Day|author=Beyoncé|date=2006|type=CD album liner notes|publisher=Sony Urban Music|id=82876 88132 2}}
• {{sup|{{note|a|a}}}} "If" replaced "Still in Love (Kissing You)" on all Deluxe Edition releases, following a copyright infringement lawsuit. "Still in Love (Kissing You)" was removed entirely from DVD releases. "Still in Love (Kissing You)" is written by B. Knowles, Desree Weekes and Timothy Atack, and produced by Knowles and Nellee Hooper.
• {{sup|{{note|b|b}}}} signifies an additional producer
• {{sup|{{note|c|c}}}} signifies a co-producer
• {{sup|{{note|d|d}}}} signifies a vocal producer

Sample credits

• "Suga Mama" contains a sample from "Searching for Soul" by Jake Wade and the Soul Searchers.
• "Upgrade U" contains a sample from "Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do" by Betty Wright.
• "Resentment" contains a sample from "Think" by Curtis Mayfield.

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of B'Day: Deluxe Edition.{{cite AV media notes |title=B'Day |author=Beyoncé |year=2007 |type=Deluxe Edition) (CD+DVD |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Columbia Records}}

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• Jason Agel – engineering assistance (track 5)
• Omar Al-Musfi – Arabic percussion (track 1)
• Roberto Almodovar – engineering (track 1)
• Allen "Al Geez" Arthur – horns (track 12)
• April Baldwin – A&R administration
• Aureo Baqueiro – vocal direction{{efn|name="alejandro"|for Alejandro Fernández}} (track 18)
• Reyli Barba – songwriting (track 18)
• Robert Becker – viola (track 15)
• Andres Bermudez – engineering (track 18), engineering assistance (track 5)
• Angela Beyince – songwriting (tracks 6, 9, 10, 16 and 17)
• Beyoncé – executive production, mixing (track 12), production (all tracks), songwriting (all tracks), vocal production (tracks 14 and 17), vocals (all tracks)
• Amund Bjørklund – songwriting (track 2)
• Tim Blacksmith – management{{efn|name="stargate"|for Stargate}}
• Aaron Brougher – A&R coordination
• Denyse Buffum – viola (track 15)
• Bun B – songwriting (track 17), vocals (track 17)
• Eduardo "Visitante" Cabra – additional production (tracks 1 and 19), programming (track 1), remix production (track 19)
• David Campbell – string arrangement (track 15), string conducting (track 15)
• Roberto Cani – violin (track 15)
• Tim Carmon – keyboards (track 15)
• Sean Carrington – guitar (track 16)
• Jim Caruana – engineering (tracks 1–4, 6–14 and 17)
• Gustavo Celis – engineering (track 1), mixing (track 1)
• Olgui Chirino – vocal production (track 1)
• Fusako Chubachi – art direction, design
• Willie Clarke – songwriting (track 6)
• Andrew Coleman – engineering assistance (tracks 3 and 4)
• Larry Corbett – cello (track 15)
• Tom Coyne – mastering (tracks 1, 5, 7, 8 and 19)
• Jasmin Cruz – backing vocals (track 18)
• Scott Cutler – songwriting (track 15)
• Danny D. – management{{efn|name="stargate"}}
• LaShawn Daniels – songwriting (track 16)
• Mario Deleon – violin (track 15)
• Ian Dench – songwriting (tracks 1 and 19)
• Robert "LB" Dorsey – engineering assistance (tracks 5, 7 and 8)
• Andrew Duckles – viola (track 15)
• Bruce Dukov – violin concertmastering (track 15)
• Nathan East – bass (track 15)
• Paco "El Sevillano" – gypsy chanting (track 18)
• Alejandro Fernández – vocals (track 18)
• Jaime Flores – songwriting (track 18)
• Paul Forat – A&R{{efn|name="alejandro"}}
• Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering (tracks 2–4, 6 and 9–17)
• Sean Garrett – production (tracks 9, 13), songwriting (tracks 3, 6, 9, 13, 16 and 17)
• Amanda Ghost – songwriting (tracks 1 and 19)
• Jason Goldstein – mixing (tracks 2–4, 6 and 9–14)
• Aaron "Goody" Goode – horns (track 12)
• Erwin Gorostiza – art direction
• Max Gousse – A&R
• Alan Grunfeld – violin (track 15)
• Rich Harrison – mixing (tracks 10 and 11), production (tracks 10 and 11), songwriting (tracks 10 and 11)
• Geraldo Hilera – violin (track 15)
• Jean-Marie Horvat – mixing (tracks 1, 5, 7, 8 and 16)
• Dabling "Hobby Boy" Howard – engineering (track 15)
• Ty Hunter – styling
• ILoveDust – logo design
• Jun Ishizeki – engineering (track 12)
• Eric Jackson – guitars (track 15)
• Quincy S. Jackson – marketing
• Jay-Z – songwriting (tracks 4–6 and 12), vocals (tracks 5, 6 and 12)
• Nathan Jenkins – engineering (track 17)
• Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins – horn arrangement (track 12), instrumentation (track 12), mixing (track 12), production (tracks 12 and 16), songwriting (track 12)
• James Johnson – bass (track 15)
• Jon Jon – bass (track 12), production assistance (track 12)
• Ronald Judge – horns (track 12)
• Suzie Katayama – cello (track 15)
• Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton – engineering (track 5)
• Hannah Khoury – viola (track 1), violin (track 1)
• Kimberly Kimble – hair styling
• Rob Kinelski – engineering assistance (tracks 1–4, 6 and 9–14)
• Julia Knapp – A&R operation
• Mathew Knowles – A&R, executive production, management
• Solange Knowles – songwriting (tracks 6, 7 and 9)
• Tina Knowles – styling
• Henry Krieger – songwriting (track 15)
• Ricky Lawson – drums (track 15)
• Jolie Levine – music contracting (track 15)
• Espen Lind – guitar (track 2), songwriting (track 2)
• Dave "D-Lo" Lopez – engineering assistance (tracks 14 and 18), mixing assistance (track 18), Pro Tools editing (track 14)
• Riley Mackin – engineering assistance (track 15)
• Manny Marroquin – mixing (track 15)
• Harvey Mason Jr. – percussion (track 15)
• Curtis Mayfield – songwriting (track 14)
• Vlado Meller – mastering (track 18)
• Chuck Middleton – songwriting (track 11)
• Colin Miller – digital prep engineering (tracks 7 and 8), mixing assistance (track 1), Pro Tools prep (track 16)
• Walter W. "Lil Walt" Millsap III – engineering (track 14), instrumentation (track 14), Pro Tools editing (track 14), production (track 14), songwriting (track 14)
• MK – songwriting (track 6)
• Mo Horns – horns (track 16)
• Naser Musa – oud (track 1)
• Candice "G.G." Nelson – instrumentation (track 14), production (track 14), songwriting (track 14)
• The Neptunes – production (tracks 3 and 4)
• Sara Parkins – violin (track 15)
• Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado – mixing (track 17)
• Rudy Pérez – arrangement (track 18), backing vocals (track 18), keyboards (track 18), production (track 18), programming (track 18), Spanish guitar (track 18), vocal direction{{efn|name="alejandro"}} (track 18), vocal production (track 1)
• Clay Perry – engineering (track 18), keyboards (track 18), Pro Tools editing (track 18), programming (track 18)
• Denaun Porter – programming (track 1)
• Anne Preven – songwriting (track 15)
• Keli Nicole Price – songwriting (track 12)
• Boujemaa Razgui – ney (track 1)
• Clarence Reid – songwriting (track 6)
• Aaron Renner – engineering (track 15)
• Geoff Rice – engineering (track 2)
• Michele Richards – violin (track 15)
• Makeba Riddick – songwriting (tracks 4, 6, 9–12 and 16)
• Jared Robbins – engineering assistance (track 15)
• Jamie Rosenberg – engineering assistance (track 10)
• Kareem Roustom – additional string arrangement (track 1), violin arrangement (track 1)
• Shakira – arrangement (track 1), production (tracks 1 and 19), violin arrangement (track 1), remix production (track 19), vocal production (track 1), vocals (tracks 1 and 19)
• Haim Shtrum – violin (track 15)
• Dexter Simmons – mixing (track 17)
• Slim Thug – songwriting (track 17), vocals (track 17)
• Daniel Smith – cello (track 15)
• Chris Spilfogel – engineering (track 15)
• Stargate – arrangement (track 1), engineering (track 1), instrumentation (tracks 1, 2 and 8), production (tracks 1, 2, 8 and 19), programming (track 1), songwriting (tracks 1, 2, 8 and 19), strings (track 8), string arrangement (track 8)
• David Stearns – engineering assistance (track 1)
• Swizz Beatz – additional production (track 6), mixing (tracks 9 and 13), production (tracks 9, 13 and 17), songwriting (tracks 9, 13 and 17)
• Shaffer "Ne-Yo" Smith – production (tracks 2, 7 and 8), songwriting (tracks 2, 5, 7 and 8)
• Chris Spilfogel – engineering (track 15)
• Syience – production (track 5), songwriting (track 5)
• Shea Taylor – production (track 7), songwriting (track 7)
• Delisha Thomas – songwriting (track 12)
• Michael Tocci – engineering (track 7)
• Rene Luis Toledo – Spanish guitar (track 18)
• Steve Tolle – mixing assistance (tracks 2–4, 6, 9–11, 13 and 14)
• Francesca Tolot – make-up
• The Underdogs – production (track 15)
• Max Vadukul – photography
• Jeff Villanueva – engineering (tracks 12 and 16)
• Rommel Nino Villanueva – engineering (track 15)
• Cameron Wallace – production (track 6)
• Bruce Weeden – mixing (track 18)
• John Weston – engineering (track 1), string digital editing (track 1)
• Pharrell Williams – songwriting (tracks 3 and 4)
• John Wittenburg – violin (track 15)
• Shane Woodley – engineering (track 7), engineering assistance (track 18)
• Kenneth Yerke – violin (track 15)

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{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for B'Day}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Beyonce|title=B'Day|award=Platinum|certyear=2007|relyear=2006|refname="ARIAcert"|access-date=April 22, 2010}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Belgium|artist=Beyonce|title=B'Day|award=Gold|certyear=2007|relyear=2006|relmonth=9|certmonth=3|access-date=April 22, 2010}}

{{Certification Table Entry|title=B'Day|artist=Beyonce|type=album|region=Brazil|award=Platinum|access-date=July 4, 2023|certyear=2023|relyear=2006}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Beyonce|title=B'Day|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2021|relyear=2006|access-date=August 10, 2022|refname=canada}}

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• B'Day Anthology Video Album
• Beyoncé discography
• List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2006
• List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 2006
• List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 2007
• List of number-one albums of 2006 (Canada)
• List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2006
• List of certified albums in Romania

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• {{Cite book

|last = Arenofsky

|first = Janice

|title = Beyoncé Knowles: A Biography

|publisher = ABC-Clio

|year = 2009

|isbn = 978-0-313-35914-9}}

{{refend}}

• [https://beyonce.com/ Official website]
• {{Discogs master|41244}}
• [https://www.metacritic.com/music/bday B'Day] at Metacritic

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