Irreemplazable

Growing up in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé was surrounded by the Spanish language, and learned some Spanish as a child, which she later forgot. When re-recording songs for Irreemplazable, Beyoncé's vocal coach provided the Spanish lyrics phonetically, and each line was recorded up to four times for the EP. Beyoncé has stated that she intends to take up Spanish lessons in the future.{{cite web |url=http://spanish.about.com/b/2007/04/05/beyonc-adds-spanish-tracks-to-hit-album.htm |title=Beyoncé adds Spanish tracks to hit album |first=Gerald |last=Erichsen |publisher=About.com. The New York Times Company |date=April 5, 2007 |access-date=April 14, 2011 |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707075138/http://spanish.about.com/b/2007/04/05/beyonc-adds-spanish-tracks-to-hit-album.htm |url-status=dead }} She said of the EP's recording, "This is such an honor for me to be able to connect with all my fans. I had so much fun singing in Spanish. It reminded me of growing up in Houston".{{cite press release |url=http://www.hispanicprwire.com/news.php?l=in&id=9164 |title=Beyoncé has a Special Gift for MTV Tr3s Fans |publisher=Music World Entertainment |date=August 1, 2007 |location=New York |access-date=April 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070829002716/http://www.hispanicprwire.com/news.php?l=in&id=9164 |archive-date=August 29, 2007 }} The Denver Post{{'s}} John Wenzel interpreted the release of Irreemplazable as "an effort to meet the exploding market for Spanish language music".

Irreemplazable was released as the bonus disc on the deluxe edition of B'Day in the United States on April 3, 2007,{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Bday-Deluxe-Beyonce/dp/B000NDIAWO/ref=dp_return_1?ie=UTF8&n=5174&s=music |title=B'day [Deluxe Edition] |website=Amazon |access-date=April 14, 2011}} before being released separately through Columbia Records and Music World Entertainment on August 28, 2007.{{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 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |date=July 31, 2007 |access-date=April 14, 2011}} iTunes Store began selling the EP on August 27, 2007.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/irreemplazable/262047753|title=Irremplazable – EP by Beyoncé|date=28 August 2007 |publisher=iTunes Store. (US) Apple Inc|access-date=March 16, 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/irreemplazable-ep/262047753|title=Irremplazable – EP by Beyoncé|date=28 August 2007 |publisher=iTunes Store. (Canada) Apple Inc|access-date=March 16, 2012}} However, a remix of "Get Me Bodied" was available only on the individual release of Irreemplazable. Beyoncé appeared on Tr3s' television show Mi TRL on August 2, 2007, and showed a behind-the-scenes special, "Making of the Spanish EP". An exclusive DVD accompanied the EP in Walmart stores, containing behind-the-scenes footage and taped performances from The Beyoncé Experience and Beyoncé's appearance on The Early Show, as well as a documentary named "La Evolución Latina de Beyoncé" ("The Latin Evolution of Beyoncé").{{cite web|url=http://www.denverpost.com/ci_6641812 |title=Marketing's child: Beyoncé |first=John |last=Wenzel |work=The Denver Post |publisher=MediaNews Group |date=August 19, 2007 |access-date=April 14, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.walmart.com/ip/6486785 |title=Irreemplazable (with Exclusive Bonus DVD) |publisher=Wal-mart |access-date=April 14, 2011}}

Irreemplazable is primarily an R&B and Latin pop album. The Spanish-language songs from the EP were written by Cuban American composer Rudy Pérez and he wrote the lyrics phonetically to help Beyoncé perform the songs in Spanish. "We spent hours and hours working on it. She wanted to make it perfect. She worked hard. That's why people are saying it sounds like she's fluent in Spanish", Perez added.{{cite web|last=du Lac|first=J. Freedom|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/08/31/rudy-perezs-two-romance-languages-spanish-music/|title=Rudy Perez's two romance languages: Spanish, music|work=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Tribune Publishing|date=August 31, 2007|access-date=August 12, 2015}} Pérez changed some of the words in Spanish as he felt it they "didn't fit the music" and "doesn't make sense". He assisted with Beyoncé on pronouncing her r's in Spanish.{{cite magazine|last1=Cobo|first1=Leila|author-link1=Leila Cobo|title=Translation Tricks Rudy Teaches Beyoncé Spanish|magazine=Billboard|date=January 20, 2007|volume=119|issue=3|page=12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kBIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12|access-date=August 12, 2015|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|issn=0006-2510}} Irreemplazable opens with "Amor Gitano", a duet with Alejandro Fernández originally from Fernández' fifteenth studio album, Viento a Favor. "Listen", a theme song from Dreamgirls, in which Beyoncé appears, was re-recorded under the title "Oye". The EP's title track is a Spanish version of "Irreplaceable", a song that was highly successful in its English recording.{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=beyoncé|chart=all}} |title=Irreplaceable – Beyoncé |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |access-date=April 14, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Beyonc%E9&titel=Irreplaceable&cat=s |title=Beyoncé – Irreplaceable |publisher=Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien |access-date=April 14, 2011}} Three recordings of "Beautiful Liar" appear on Irreemplazable: a Spanish version (titled "Bello Embustero"), a remixed English version and a Spanglish version. A norteña remix of "Irreemplazable" is the EP's seventh track, while Timbaland's remix of "Get Me Bodied", which features vocals from Voltio, closes Irreemplazable.

Giving it two and a half stars, Andy Kellman of AllMusic said that "there's not that much to the disc," and alleged that it was unnecessary, concluding "if you're a die-hard Beyoncé fan, you'll probably feel jerked around a bit — especially if you bought B'Day when it came out in September 2006 and bought the deluxe edition seven months later, only to find out that the bonus material would later come out on its own (with a track not on the second disc of the deluxe edition!)." Kellman selected "Amor Gitano", "Irreemplazable" and the "Get Me Bodied" remix as the highlights of the EP.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1087822 |tab=review|access-date=April 14, 2011|first=Andy|last=Kellman}} The EP led to Beyoncé receiving a nomination for Pop New Artist of the Year at the 2008 Lo Nuestro Awards,{{cite news|url=http://m.peopleenespanol.com/article/nominees-premio-lo-nuestro-2008-announced|title=Nominees for Premio Lo Nuestro 2008 Announced|work=People|publisher=Time, Inc|date=December 13, 2007|access-date=September 27, 2013|archive-date=October 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013071837/http://m.peopleenespanol.com/article/nominees-premio-lo-nuestro-2008-announced|url-status=dead}} and "Bello Embustero" was nominated for Record of the Year at the 8th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.{{cite news|title=Beyonce, Fergie Get Latin Grammy Nods|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/beyonce-fergie-get-latin-grammy-nods/|access-date=August 12, 2015|work=CBS News|publisher=CBS|date=August 29, 2007}}

Irreemplazable debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number 105,{{cite magazine| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2w4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA111 |title=The Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |page=111 |date=September 15, 2007 |volume=119 |issue=37|issn=0006-2510}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1087822 |tab=charts-awards|access-date=April 14, 2011}} selling over 6,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1568910/high-school-musical-2-tops-billboard-chart-third-week.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107014757/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1568910/high-school-musical-2-tops-billboard-chart-third-week.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |title='High School Musical 2': Head Of Billboard Class; Hustlenomics Fails Yung Joc |publisher=MTV News |first=Gil |last=Kaufman |date=September 5, 2007 |access-date=April 14, 2011}} It remained on the chart for three weeks.{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=beyoncé|chart=all}} |title=Irremplazable – Beyoncé |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |access-date=April 14, 2011}} On the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, the EP made its entry at number forty-one the same week,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2007-09-15/r-b-hip-hop-albums?order=gainer |title=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums |date=September 15, 2007 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |access-date=April 14, 2011}} and spent five weeks on the chart. Irreemplazable performed better on the Latin charts, debuting at number three on the Top Latin Albums{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2007-09-15/latin-albums |title=Latin Albums |date=September 15, 2007 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |access-date=April 14, 2011}} and number two on the Latin Pop Albums.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2007-09-15/latin-pop-albums |title=Latin Pop Albums |date=September 15, 2007 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |access-date=April 14, 2011}} The EP stayed on the charts for twelve and thirteen weeks, respectively. As of 2010, Irreemplazable has sold 57,000 copies in the United States.{{cite web|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/66598/week-ending-oct-3-2010-americas-most-popular-inmate |title=Week Ending Oct. 3, 2010: America's Most Popular Inmate |first=Paul |last=Grein |publisher=Yahoo! Music. Yahoo! |date=October 6, 2010 |access-date= April 1, 2011}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 31:04

| title1 = Amor Gitano

| note1 = with Alejandro Fernández

| writer1 = {{flat list|

• Beyoncé Knowles
• Jaime Flores
• Reyli Barber

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| extra1 = {{flat list|

• Rudy Pérez
• B. Knowles

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| length1 = 3:48

| title2 = Oye

| writer2 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Henry Krieger
• Scott Cutler
• Anne Preven
• Pérez

}}

| extra2 = {{flat list|

• The Underdogs
• B. Knowles
• Perez{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length2 = 3:41

| title3 = Irreemplazable

| writer3 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Mikkel S. Eriksen
• Tor Erik Hermansen
• Espen Lind
• Amund Bjørklund
• Shaffer Smith
• Pérez

}}

| extra3 = {{flat list|

• Stargate
• B. Knowles
• Smith{{ref|b|[b]}}
• Perez{{ref|c|[c]}}

}}

| length3 = 3:48

| title4 = Bello Embustero

| writer4 = {{flat list|

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

}}

| extra4 = {{flat list|

• Stargate
• B. Knowles{{ref|d|[d]}}
• Perez{{ref|e|[e]}}{{ref|c|[c]}}
• Shakira{{ref|e|[e]}}{{ref|a|[a]}}
• Olgui Chirino{{ref|a|[a]}}

}}

| length4 = 3:20

| title5 = Beautiful Liar

| note5 = Remix) (with Shakira

| writer5 = {{flat list|

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

}}

| extra5 = {{flat list|

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

}}

| 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
• Pérez{{ref|e|[e]}}{{ref|c|[c]}}
• Shakira{{ref|e|[e]}}
• Cabra{{ref|e|[e]}}

}}

| length6 = 3:21

| title7 = Irreemplazable

| note7 = Norteña Remix

| writer7 =

{{flat list|

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

}}

| extra7 = {{flat list|

• Stargate
• B. Knowles
• Smith{{ref|b|[b]}}
• Pérez{{ref|z|[z]}}

}}

| length7 = 3:51

| title8 = Get Me Bodied

| note8 = Timbaland Remix) (featuring Voltio

| writer8 = {{flat list|

• B. Knowles
• Solange Knowles
• Kassem Dean
• Sean Garrett
• Makeba
• Angela Beyincé

}}

| extra8 = {{flat list|

• Swizz Beatz
• B. Knowles
• Garrett
• Timbaland{{ref|f|[f]}}{{ref|e|[e]}}

}}

| length8 = 6:14

}}

Notes

• {{sup|{{note|a|a}}}} vocal producer
• {{sup|{{note|b|b}}}} co-producer
• {{sup|{{note|c|c}}}} Spanish-language vocal producer
• {{sup|{{note|d|d}}}} producer and vocal producer
• {{sup|{{note|e|e}}}} additional producer
• {{sup|{{note|f|f}}}} remixer

Credits adapted from AllMusic and Irreemplazable{{'}}s liner notes.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1087822 |tab=credits|access-date=April 14, 2011}}{{cite AV media notes |title=Irreemplazable|others=Beyoncé|year=2007|type=EP|publisher=Columbia Records}}

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{{col-2}}

• April Baldwin – artists and repertoire
• Aaron Brougher – artists and repertoire
• Eduardo Cabra – production
• Olgui Chirino – vocal production
• Max Gousse – artists and repertoire
• Juli Knapp – artists and repertoire

{{col-2}}

• Beyoncé – executive production, production, vocal production
• Mathew Knowles – artists and repertoire, executive production, management
• Ne-Yo – production
• Rudy Pérez – production, remix production, vocal production
• Timbaland – production, remixing
• The Underdogs – production

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