Live at Roseland: Elements of 4
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{{Infobox album
| name = Live at Roseland: Elements of 4
| type = video
| artist = Beyoncé
| cover = Live at Roseland Elements of 4.png
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2011|11|21}}
| recorded = August 14–19, 2011
| venue = Roseland Ballroom
(New York City)
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Pop
- R&B{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-roseland-elements-of-4-r2342068|title=allmusic ((( Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 > Overview )))|publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation|access-date=February 14, 2012|archive-date=February 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224020852/http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-roseland-elements-of-4-r2342068|url-status=live}}}}
| length = 150 minutes
| language = English
| label = {{flatlist|
| director = {{flatlist|
- Beyoncé Knowles
- Ed Burke{{cite web|url=http://www.beyonce.com/music|title=Beyoncé > Music > Live at Roseland: Elements of 4|publisher=Beyonce.com. Parkwood Entertainment|access-date=April 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328101544/http://www.beyonce.com/music|archive-date=March 28, 2014|url-status=dead}}
- Anthony Green}}
| prev_title = I Am... World Tour
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Live in Atlantic City
| next_year = 2013
}}
Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 is a video album by American singer Beyoncé. It was released on November 21, 2011, through Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records. The album features a concert film which was filmed during Beyoncé's 4 Intimate Nights with Beyoncé revue, held at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City between August 14–19, 2011.
Sony Music Entertainment and Columbia Records promoted Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 by holding screenings of the film. The album was also promoted by posting teasers and live performances of some songs. Seven music videos which were placed on the album were also released prior to its official release. The complete concert film premiered exclusively on Vevo on November 20, the day prior to album's release. The same day, Beyoncé held a screening of the film at the Paris Theater in New York City, which was attended by fans. Live at Roseland received positive response from music critics who praised Beyoncé's live performances during the revue, the album's documentary style and the intimate footage from Beyoncé's personal life. The album was also included on several year-end lists of best DVDs of 2011.
Upon its release, the album charted on several international charts, topping the Dutch Music DVD chart and peaking at number two on the US Top Music Videos, charting within the top ten in almost every European country upon its release. The standard edition of the album was certified gold, and the deluxe edition was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was also certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and gold by the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry (ZPAV).
Background and development
File:Roseland-front.jpg in New York City to a standing audience.]]
Live at Roseland was directed by Beyoncé, Ed Burke and Anthony Green, and was executively produced by Beyoncé. The film features performances from Beyoncé's 4 Intimate Nights with Beyoncé revue, which was held at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City in August 2011.{{cite press release|url=http://www.beyonceonline.com/us/news/beyonc%C3%A9-release-live-roseland-dvd-next-month |title=Beyoncé To Release "Live At Roseland" DVD Next Month |publisher=Beyonceonline.com |date=October 26, 2011 |access-date=October 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314111631/http://www.beyonceonline.com/us/news/beyonc%C3%A9-release-live-roseland-dvd-next-month |archive-date=March 14, 2013 }}{{cite journal|url=http://www.vibe.com/article/watch-beyonces-live-roseland-elements-4-trailer|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130911134908/http://www.vibe.com/article/watch-beyonces-live-roseland-elements-4-trailer|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 11, 2013|title=Watch Beyonce's 'Live At Roseland: Elements Of 4' Trailer|journal=Vibe|first=Damn|last=Anthony|issn=1070-4701|date=November 10, 2011|access-date=March 13, 2012}} The concert was held on four non-consecutive nights, where Beyoncé performed songs from her fourth studio album 4 (2011), as well as her previous hits in prior albums and with former girl group Destiny's Child.
Backed by her all-female band, the performances included stories detailing Beyoncé's journey before the album 4, including her years before and with Destiny's Child. Live at Roseland also includes never before seen personal footage from Beyoncé, including her times with Destiny's Child, traveling and partying with family, Beyoncé's rehearsal of "1+1" backstage at American Idol which was filmed by her husband Jay-Z, other live performances and a sneak peek at Beyoncé's wedding dress.{{cite magazine|last=Ramirez|first=Erika|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/backbeat/backbeat-beyonce-to-debut-one-more-4-video-1005485562.story|title=Backbeat: Beyonce To Debut One More '4' Video Before DVD Release; Just Ask Piers Morgan ...|magazine=Billboard|date=November 8, 2011|access-date=November 14, 2011|archive-date=November 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111110226/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/backbeat/backbeat-beyonce-to-debut-one-more-4-video-1005485562.story|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jay-z-turns-42-his-sexy-romance-with-beyonce-2011412|title=Jay-Z Turns 42: His Sexy Romance with Beyonce|work=Us Weekly|first=Ariana|last=Finlayson|date=December 4, 2011|access-date=March 8, 2012|archive-date=March 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315131837/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jay-z-turns-42-his-sexy-romance-with-beyonce-2011412|url-status=live}} Some of the behind-the-scenes footage in the album was previously placed on Beyoncé's live album I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas (2009).
Release
The standard edition of the album, titled Live at Roseland, was released exclusively through Walmart in the United States on November 21, 2011; it includes the concert film. The deluxe edition, titled Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 was released as a two-disc DVD on November 25, 2011,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/videos/new-and-hot/beyonce-party-20111027|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028091819/http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/new-and-hot/beyonce-party-20111027|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 28, 2011|title=Video: 'Party'|first=Matthew|last=Perpetua|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=October 27, 2011|access-date=October 31, 2011}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/465476/beyonce-premieres-party-video-preps-live-at-roseland-dvd|title=Beyonce Premieres 'Party' Video, Preps 'Live at Roseland' DVD|magazine=Billboard|location=Los Angeles|first=David|last=Greenwald|date=October 26, 2011|access-date=October 31, 2011|archive-date=January 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130104217/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/465476/beyonce-premieres-party-video-preps-live-at-roseland-dvd|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/10/beyonc%C3%A9-to-release-live-at-roseland-dvd-video-anthology.html|title=Beyoncé to release 'Live At Roseland' DVD, video anthology|first=Gerrick|last=D. Kennedy|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 26, 2011|access-date=October 31, 2011|archive-date=October 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028121548/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/10/beyonc%C3%A9-to-release-live-at-roseland-dvd-video-anthology.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1673278/beyonce-live-at-roseland-dvd.jhtml|title=Beyonce Delivers 'Live At Roseland' DVD Next Month|publisher=MTV News. MTV Networks|first=Jocelyn|last=Vena|date=October 27, 2011|access-date=October 31, 2011|archive-date=October 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029124100/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1673278/beyonce-live-at-roseland-dvd.jhtml|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a347744/beyonce-announces-new-dvd-live-at-roseland.html|title=Beyoncé announces new DVD 'Live At Roseland'|publisher=Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi Médias|first=Lewis|last=Corner|date=October 27, 2011|access-date=October 31, 2011|archive-date=October 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029222058/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a347744/beyonce-announces-new-dvd-live-at-roseland.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.spin.com/2011/10/watch-beyonce-show-j-cole-how-she-likes-party/|title=Watch Beyonce Show J. Cole How She Likes to 'Party'|work=Spin|publisher=Spin Media LLC|first=Marc|last=Hogan|date=October 27, 2011|access-date=October 27, 2011|archive-date=September 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913062059/http://www.spin.com/2011/10/watch-beyonce-show-j-cole-how-she-likes-party/|url-status=live}} which additionally includes: "Roseland: Behind the Stage" - behind the scenes footage of the concert, Elements of 4 - music videos of seven tracks from 4, and a twenty-page booklet. It includes videos for "1+1", "Best Thing I Never Had", "Party", "Love on Top", "Countdown", "Run the World (Girls)" and "Dance for You". Beyoncé partnered with Treemo Labs to create the Beyoncé: Live at Roseland app, which was made available on January 5, 2012, for iPhones and iPads.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/appsblog/2012/jan/06/apps-rush-zynga-beyonce-dinosaurs|title=Apps Rush: Scramble With Friends, Beyoncé Live at Roseland, DK Dinosaur Stickers, Angry Birds and more|work=The Guardian|first=Stuart|last=Dredge|date=January 6, 2012|access-date=January 6, 2012|archive-date=December 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131223185635/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/appsblog/2012/jan/06/apps-rush-zynga-beyonce-dinosaurs|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1048038&c=1|title=Sony releases Beyonce Live at Roseland app|work=Music Week|date=January 6, 2012|access-date=January 6, 2012|archive-date=January 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111035409/http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1048038&c=1|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/beyonce-live-at-roseland/id491160139|title=Beyoncé Live at Roseland – By Sony Music Entertainment|publisher=iTunes Store (United Kingdom). Apple Inc|access-date=January 6, 2012|archive-date=March 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316043242/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/beyonce-live-at-roseland/id491160139|url-status=dead}} The app features the entire concert and photo gallery of the performances during the 4 Intimate Nights with Beyoncé revue as well as the bonus contents "Behind the Stage" from the Roseland Ballroom and a "Behind the Camera" from Beyoncé's music videos.{{cite web|url=http://www.beyonceonline.com/us/news/beyonc%C3%A9-releases-live-roseland-app-today|title=Beyoncé Releases "Live At Roseland" App Today|publisher=Beyonceonline.com|date=January 5, 2012|access-date=January 6, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113081424/http://www.beyonceonline.com/us/news/beyonc%C3%A9-releases-live-roseland-app-today|archive-date=January 13, 2012}} On March 22, 2012, Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 was made available worldwide.{{cite web|url=http://www.beyonce.com/news/live-at-roseland-the-elements-of-4-is-now-available|title=Live at Roseland: The Elements of 4 Is Now Available|publisher=Beyonce.com. Parkwood Entertainment|date=March 22, 2012|access-date=April 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423211419/http://www.beyonce.com/news/live-at-roseland-the-elements-of-4-is-now-available|archive-date=April 23, 2012|url-status=dead}}
Promotion
File:Roseland2.jpg and at the secret gig at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire in London Beyoncé had in June 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a351409/beyonce-merges-glasto-roseland-london-end-of-time-plays-video.html|title=Beyoncé merges Glasto, Roseland, London 'End Of Time' plays – video|publisher=Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi Médias|first=Lewis|last=Corner|date=November 17, 2011|access-date=March 9, 2012|archive-date=November 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118153903/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a351409/beyonce-merges-glasto-roseland-london-end-of-time-plays-video.html|url-status=live}}]]
In September 2011, Beyoncé posted several previews of the behind-the-scenes footage of the concert online.{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a340358/beyonce-previews-new-live-concert-dvd-video.html|title=Beyoncé previews new live concert DVD – video|date=September 13, 2011|publisher=Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi Médias|first=Lewis|last=Corner|access-date=October 31, 2011|archive-date=April 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419182104/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a340358/beyonce-previews-new-live-concert-dvd-video.html|url-status=live}} On November 7, 2011, Sony Music held two screenings of the film at their New York City offices, in presence of staff from Rolling Stone magazine, Essence, Reuters, Billboard, British journalist Piers Morgan, Angel Laws of Concrete Loop and Kierna Mayo of Ebony. A one-minute promo trailer of Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 was released online on November 9, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/11/09/trailer-beyonce-live-at-roseland-elements-of-4/|title=Trailer: Beyoncé – 'Live at Roseland: Elements of 4'|work=Rap-Up|date=November 9, 2011|access-date=November 12, 2011|archive-date=November 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112054051/http://www.rap-up.com/2011/11/09/trailer-beyonce-live-at-roseland-elements-of-4/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a350414/beyonce-debuts-live-at-roseland-elements-of-4-trailer-video.html|title=Beyoncé debuts 'Live at Roseland: Elements of 4' trailer – video|publisher=Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi Médias|first=Lewis|last=Corner|date=November 11, 2011|access-date=March 9, 2012|archive-date=January 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115191341/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a350414/beyonce-debuts-live-at-roseland-elements-of-4-trailer-video.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hitfix.com/articles/watch-beyonce-rocks-in-live-at-roseland-trailer|title=Watch: Beyonce rocks in 'Live at Roseland' trailer|work=HitFix|author=Hasty, Katie|date=November 10, 2011|access-date=March 13, 2012|archive-date=March 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328021842/http://www.hitfix.com/articles/watch-beyonce-rocks-in-live-at-roseland-trailer|url-status=live}} The live performances for "End of Time" and "I Was Here", which were added on the DVD, premiered online on November 16, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/11/16/video-beyonce-end-of-time-live-at-roseland/|title=Video: Beyoncé – 'End of Time' + 'I Was Here' (Live at Roseland)|work=Rap-Up|date=November 16, 2011|access-date=November 17, 2011|archive-date=November 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120011313/http://www.rap-up.com/2011/11/16/video-beyonce-end-of-time-live-at-roseland/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1674585/beyonce-video-roseland-wedding-dress.jhtml|title=Beyonce Debuts New Videos – And Her Wedding Dress!|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|publisher=MTV News. MTV Networks|date=November 17, 2011|access-date=November 18, 2011|archive-date=December 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220201521/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1674585/beyonce-video-roseland-wedding-dress.jhtml|url-status=dead}} The performances for "I Miss You" and "Independent Women Part I", premiered online the next day via BET.com.{{cite web|url=http://www.bet.com/video/musicnews/2011/beyonce-imy.html |title=Beyoncé & Jay-Z Intimate Moments |publisher=Black Entertainment Television |date=November 17, 2011 |access-date=November 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120174230/http://www.bet.com/video/musicnews/2011/beyonce-imy.html |archive-date=November 20, 2011 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.bet.com/video/musicnews/2011/beyonce-independent.html |title=Beyoncé — Independent Women |publisher=Black Entertainment Television |date=November 17, 2011 |access-date=November 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120175834/http://www.bet.com/video/musicnews/2011/beyonce-independent.html |archive-date=November 20, 2011 }} The complete concert film premiered exclusively on Vevo on November 20 at 5:00 pm.
{{cite web|url=http://www.beyonceonline.com/us/news/live-roseland-online-premiere-sunday-1120-vevocom|title='Live At Roseland' Online Premiere This Sunday, 11/20, on VEVO.com|publisher=Beyonceonline.com|date=November 18, 2011|access-date=November 19, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728111611/http://www.beyonceonline.com/us/news/live-roseland-online-premiere-sunday-1120-vevocom|archive-date=July 28, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/articles/watch-beyonces-full-live-roseland-special-now|title=Watch Beyonce's Full 'Live at Roseland' Special Now|work=Spin|publisher=Spin Media LLC|first=Marc|last=Hogan|date=November 21, 2011|access-date=November 29, 2011|archive-date=November 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124020121/http://www.spin.com/articles/watch-beyonces-full-live-roseland-special-now|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2011/11/watch-beyonces-live-at-roseland-elements-of-4-dvd|title=Watch Beyoncé's "Live At Roseland: Elements of 4" DVD|work=Complex|first=Anthony|last=Osei|date=November 20, 2011|access-date=December 29, 2011|archive-date=August 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810145003/http://www.complex.com/music/2011/11/watch-beyonces-live-at-roseland-elements-of-4-dvd|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/11/20/watch-the-premiere-of-beyonces-live-at-roseland-dvd/|title=Watch the Premiere of Beyoncé's 'Live at Roseland' DVD!|work=Rap-Up|date=November 20, 2011|access-date=March 7, 2012|archive-date=January 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125053950/http://www.rap-up.com/2011/11/20/watch-the-premiere-of-beyonces-live-at-roseland-dvd/|url-status=live}} The same day, Beyoncé held a screening of the film at The Paris Theater in New York City, which was attended by fans.{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/11/20/beyonce-shows-off-baby-bump-at-live-at-roseland-screening/|title=Beyonce Shows Off Baby Bump at 'Live At Roseland' Screening|work=Rap-Up|date=November 20, 2011|access-date=November 21, 2011|archive-date=November 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124002859/http://www.rap-up.com/2011/11/20/beyonce-shows-off-baby-bump-at-live-at-roseland-screening/|url-status=live}} On November 16 and 17, 2011 respectively, Rap-Up and The Village Voice collaborated with Columbia Records and organized a contest on their official website where six readers of the magazines could win tickets for the screening of the film.{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/11/16/win-tickets-to-beyonces-live-at-roseland-dvd-premiere/|title=Win Tickets to Beyoncé's 'Live at Roseland' DVD Premiere!|work=Rap-Up|date=November 16, 2011|access-date=March 7, 2012|archive-date=January 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120125832/http://www.rap-up.com/2011/11/16/win-tickets-to-beyonces-live-at-roseland-dvd-premiere/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/11/beyonce_live_at_roseland_dvd_premiere_giveaway.php|title=Win Tickets To The Premiere Screening Of Beyoncé's Live At Roseland: Elements Of 4 DVD|work=The Village Voice|publisher=Village Voice Media|first=Maura|last=Johnston|author-link=Maura Johnston |date=November 17, 2011|access-date=March 13, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121204659/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/11/beyonce_live_at_roseland_dvd_premiere_giveaway.php|archive-date=January 21, 2012}} At the screening, Knowles talked about her 4 Intimate Nights with Beyoncé revue with the Associated Press, saying:
"The whole time I definitely was thinking, 'Everyone knows, everyone can see.'... I just wanted to give everything I could ... When you're pregnant, it's a little bit harder to breathe, so it was hard doing all the choreography and singing at the same time. I just got my strength from all the love from the fans. I can see all of my super fans in the audience when I'm performing because they're doing the choreography harder than me. Some of the fans were like, 'B[eyoncé], you better put me in this DVD.' So I made sure I did."{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/465044/beyonce-feared-everyone-knew-she-was-pregnant|title=Beyonce Feared Everyone Knew She Was Pregnant|magazine=Billboard|first=Nicole|last=Evatt|date=November 20, 2011|access-date=November 30, 2011|archive-date=March 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331145907/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/465044/beyonce-feared-everyone-knew-she-was-pregnant|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/11/21/beyonce-speaks-on-pregnancy-devoted-fans-at-roseland-screening/#more-105087|title=Beyoncé Speaks on Pregnancy, Devoted Fans at 'Roseland' Screening|work=Rap-Up|access-date=November 30, 2011|archive-date=November 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124002924/http://www.rap-up.com/2011/11/21/beyonce-speaks-on-pregnancy-devoted-fans-at-roseland-screening/#more-105087|url-status=live}}
She further explained the inclusion of videos in the DVD, stating: "I've always done video diaries. I don't Tweet, but it's still important people get a sense of who I am."{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/story/2011-11-20/beyonce-premiere/51326204/1|title=Beyonce (and baby bump) debut new concert film|work=USA Today|first=Elysa|last=Gardner|date=November 21, 2011|access-date=March 7, 2012|archive-date=December 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228200038/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/story/2011-11-20/beyonce-premiere/51326204/1|url-status=live}} The seventh music video from the video anthology, "Dance for You", premiered online on November 25, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/11/25/video-beyonce-dance-for-you/|title=Video: Beyonce – 'Dance for You'|work=Rap-Up|date=November 25, 2011|access-date=November 26, 2011|archive-date=November 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129051236/http://www.rap-up.com/2011/11/25/video-beyonce-dance-for-you/|url-status=live}} The live performance of "I Care" from the DVD was posted online on December 21, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/21/beyonce-i-care-at-roseland-ballroom_n_1163039.html?ref=entertainment|title=Beyonce Performs 'I Care' Live At Roseland Ballroom|work=The Huffington Post|date=December 21, 2011|access-date=December 21, 2011|archive-date=January 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110074241/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/21/beyonce-i-care-at-roseland-ballroom_n_1163039.html?ref=entertainment|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theboombox.com/2011/12/21/beyonce-i-care-video/|title=Beyonce 'I Care' Video Off 'Roseland' Debuts – Exclusive|work=The Boombox|publisher=AOL|first=Kenneth|last=Partridge|date=December 21, 2011|access-date=December 21, 2011|archive-date=January 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107164927/http://www.theboombox.com/2011/12/21/beyonce-i-care-video|url-status=live}} As part of the promotion, the concert was also aired on network televisions, being broadcast on December 25, 2011, on British television channel 4Music and on December 30 on Channel 4.{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/beyonce-live-at-roseland/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1|title=Beyonce: Live at Roseland|publisher=Channel 4|access-date=January 7, 2012|archive-date=January 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109102004/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/beyonce-live-at-roseland/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1|url-status=live}} The live video for "Love on Top" premiered online in January 2012 and was released on the iTunes Store on January 11, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.theboombox.com/2012/01/13/beyonce-love-on-top-video-live-from-roseland/|title=Beyonce 'Love on Top': New Video Shows No Pregnancy|work=The Boombox|publisher=AOL|first=Georgette|last=Cline|date=January 13, 2012|access-date=January 20, 2012|archive-date=January 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115075041/http://www.theboombox.com/2012/01/13/beyonce-love-on-top-video-live-from-roseland/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/music-video/love-on-top-live-at-roseland/494631466|title=Love On Top (Live At Roseland) – Beyoncé|publisher=iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc|date=January 11, 2012|access-date=March 9, 2012|archive-date=June 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140619133920/https://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/love-on-top-live-at-roseland/id494631466|url-status=live}}
Film synopsis
{{Main|4 Intimate Nights with Beyoncé}}
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The show begins with Beyoncé stating: "This is going to be a little different, y'all. It'll be more intimate"{{cite magazine|first=Jody|last=Rosen|author-link=Jody Rosen|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beyonce-gets-intimate-in-first-of-4-roseland-ballroom-shows-20110815|title=Beyonce Gets Intimate in First of '4' Roseland Ballroom Shows|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=August 15, 2011|access-date=December 26, 2011|archive-date=September 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919084423/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beyonce-gets-intimate-in-first-of-4-roseland-ballroom-shows-20110815|url-status=dead}} before she begins revealing multiple stories from her musical history including before—auditions with Destiny's Child starting at the age of nine, her father's early and frequent involvement managing his daughter's career and getting dropped by Elektra Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/08/15/concert-review-beyonce-reigns-at-roseland-ballroom/|title=Concert Review: Beyoncé Reigns at Roseland Ballroom|work=Rap-Up|access-date=December 27, 2011|archive-date=March 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308203909/http://www.rap-up.com/2011/08/15/concert-review-beyonce-reigns-at-roseland-ballroom/|url-status=live}} After delving into her musical history, Beyoncé says "I just want to have a good time with y'all" before beginning the revue's set list with her rendition of Michael Jackson's "I Wanna Be Where You Are" (1972).{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/467919/beyonce-owns-nyc-in-4-concert-debut|title=Beyonce Owns NYC in '4' Concert Debut|first=Erika|last=Ramirez|magazine=Billboard|date=August 15, 2011|access-date=December 27, 2011|archive-date=April 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425031307/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/467919/beyonce-owns-nyc-in-4-concert-debut|url-status=live}}
Following her rendition of "I Wanna Be Where You Are", Beyoncé begins a medley of past Destiny's Child hits, stopping each track to discuss her life and mindset during each stage of her career. During her performance of "Independent Women" she reveals how her father, Matthew Knowles, submitted the track to the Charlie's Angels soundtrack (2000) without permission, revealing that she wanted to write a song "that celebrates a woman's curves" inspired by Stevie Nicks' guitar riff in "Edge of Seventeen" (1982) for "Bootylicious" and states "With a lot of success comes a lot of negativity ... they were being nasty but it inspired me" before performing "Survivor".
After "'03 Bonnie & Clyde", the final song in the medley, Beyoncé began to tell the story of how her first album came to be, stating "[The label] told me I didn't have one hit song on my album. I guess they were kinda right. I had five!" Beyoncé than continued with a slowed-down, jazzier version of "Crazy in Love," allowing the orchestra to augment rather than transform the tracks. During "Irreplaceable", Beyoncé has the crowd assist her in her performance. After stating "On April 4, 2008, somebody put a ring on it", Beyoncé has the audience, which contained both men and women ranging from ages eight to thirty-eight, flip their hands to the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)".{{cite web|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1669179/beyonce-roseland-ballroom-concert-new-york.jhtml|title=Beyonce Serves Up Intimate Performance In NYC|publisher=MTV News. MTV Networks|date=August 17, 2011|access-date=December 27, 2011|archive-date=October 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021143607/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1669179/beyonce-roseland-ballroom-concert-new-york.jhtml|url-status=dead}}
Beyoncé then begins to perform virtually all of 4, starting with "1+1", where she is found kneeling atop a piano wrapped up in smoke and red hued lights, reminiscent to her performance on the American Idol season ten finale. Beyoncé than continues down the original track listing of 4, following "1+1" with a rendition of "I Care" where she whipped her hair to the brooding brass and ominous beat of the song, while bringing the song to life with immaculate vocals.{{cite web|url=http://idolator.com/5975932/beyonce-roseland-ballroom-review|title=Beyonce's Intimate Night At Roseland Ballroom: Idolator Review|publisher=Idolator. Buzz Media|first=Mike|last=Wass|date=August 15, 2011|access-date=December 27, 2011|archive-date=March 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304075510/https://www.idolator.com/5975932/beyonce-roseland-ballroom-review|url-status=live}} "I Miss You" begins with Beyoncé performing while seated, only to later be brought to her feet while altering the song's ending with additional vocals and instrumentation. "Best Thing I Never Had" follows afterwards, with a slight alteration in the song's melody. Beyoncé then slow-winds to "Party" as the crowd swayed their arms back and forth and stretched out the "y" to every other verse. Beyoncé then began harmonizing with the back-up singers for "Rather Die Young", before following a heavily choreographed version of "Love On Top" which gave the song an uptempo overhaul.
Beyoncé would begin the countdown of "Countdown" later allowing the audience to finish the countdown from nine to one. "End of Time" and "Run the World (Girls)" had Beyoncé using flamboyant light displays bringing elaborate routines to a smaller stage. The show ends with the last song—the self-empowering ballad "I Was Here"—with Beyoncé rephrasing the song's final chorus to say "Roseland, we were here."
Critical reception
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Live at Roseland received positive reviews by music critics, who praised the performances of the songs, Beyoncé's vocal abilities and its documentary style. Nate Chinen of The New York Times compared the DVD with the album Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2011) by British singer Adele which was also released on November 25, 2011. He noted that the albums "share some intriguing affinities", commenting: "Naturally there's the valorization of powerful, agile singing; there are explicit expressions of gratitude, amid an implicit air of conquest.
Pointedly, too, there's the suggestion of performance as testimony, the set list as personal narrative. In both cases the theme of female self-empowerment plays out, sometimes a bit awkwardly, against the fact of an unnamed but specific male partner."{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/arts/music/new-concert-dvds-from-beyonce-and-adele.html|title=New Concert DVDs from Beyoncé and Adele – A Pair of Pop Queens Flaunt Winning Hands|first=Nate|last=Chinen|work=The New York Times|page=1|date=November 25, 2011|access-date=November 25, 2011|archive-date=December 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201200208/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/arts/music/new-concert-dvds-from-beyonce-and-adele.html|url-status=live}} However, Chien commented that Live at Roseland "makes an airtight spectacle out of movement." USA Today{{'}}s Elysa Gardner mentioned the DVD along with Adele's Live at the Royal Albert Hall as the leading DVDs for December 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/story/2011-12-01/take-5-adele-beyonce-buddy-holly-rolling-stone/51548924/1|title=Take 5: Jackson Fan Fest, Adele, Beyonce, more|work=USA Today|first=Elysa|last=Gardner|date=December 2, 2011|access-date=February 14, 2012|archive-date=February 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229185450/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/story/2011-12-01/take-5-adele-beyonce-buddy-holly-rolling-stone/51548924/1|url-status=live}}
Kat George of VH1 gave a positive review for the album, describing the scenes as "moving, inspirational and infectious" while also calling them "immaculately produced."{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2011-11-21/beyonce-premieres-her-live-at-roseland-elements-of-4-dvd-in-new-york/|title=Beyonce Premieres Her Live At Roseland: Elements Of 4 DVD In New York|first=Kat|last=George|publisher=VH1. Viacom|date=November 21, 2011|access-date=November 30, 2011|archive-date=November 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127152333/http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2011-11-21/beyonce-premieres-her-live-at-roseland-elements-of-4-dvd-in-new-york/|url-status=dead}} She further wrote that "Tight and succinct, there's no filler in the Live At Roseland DVD — it's high energy from the beginning to the end, and doesn't give you a chance to lag or lose interest." George went on to describe the album as "intimate", which according to her gives "the magic of Beyoncé — even when she's speaking to the masses, she's really speaking to you, and you alone." She finished her review saying that the album gives a personal evening with Beyoncé along with "absolute grace and ultimate humility." Sian-Pierre Regis of MTV described the album as a "glitzy doc-style flick" and noted that Beyoncé shows her "softer" side while also calling her a "gift that keeps on giving."{{cite web|url=http://act.mtv.com/posts/beyonce-live-at-roseland-dvd-shows-the-divas-softer-side/|title=Beyoncé 'Live At Roseland' DVD Shows The Diva's Softer Side|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks|first=Sian-Pierre|last=Regis|date=November 21, 2011|access-date=December 10, 2011|archive-date=April 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406085156/http://act.mtv.com/posts/beyonce-live-at-roseland-dvd-shows-the-divas-softer-side/|url-status=dead}} Entertainment Weekly{{'}}s Melissa Maerz wrote that "According to ... DVD Live at Roseland... [which] finds Beyoncé telling her life story through her songs ... [she] has done a whole lot of amazing things in her life."{{cite magazine|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/11/17/beyonce-video-i-was-here-live-at-roseland/|title=Beyonce releases nostalgic video for 'I Was Here': Watch it here|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Melissa|last=Maerz|date=November 17, 2011|access-date=February 14, 2012|archive-date=December 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214071627/http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/11/17/beyonce-video-i-was-here-live-at-roseland/|url-status=live}}
Andrew Martin of Prefix Magazine noted, "It's [Live at Roseland] being called her most personal work to date, and from the looks of it, that assessment isn't too far off."{{cite web|url=http://www.prefixmag.com/news/watch-beyonces-live-at-roseland-dvd-video/58847/|title=Watch Beyonce's 'Live At Roseland' DVD (Video)|work=Prefix Magazine|first=Andrew|last=Martin|date=November 21, 2011|access-date=December 11, 2011|archive-date=November 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126214330/http://www.prefixmag.com/news/watch-beyonces-live-at-roseland-dvd-video/58847/|url-status=dead}} Writing for The Wrap, Chris Willman compared the album with the American documentary show This Is Your Life. Willman also commented that the album was "highly impressive, and almost all a little annoying, if solipsism isn't your thing" and that "even at her most egotistical, she's [Beyoncé] strangely never less than utterly likeable. She might actually be the world's most good-natured megalomaniac." He also called Beyoncé "fairly glorious" and noted that "the live versions of the '4' material are more invigorating than the studio equivalents, with Beyoncé's eight-piece all-female band making everything sound like the great cross-pollination of contemporary urban and '70s soul you'd hope for."{{cite web|url=http://www.thewrap.com/music/column-post/review-beyonces-live-roseland-dvd-almost-worth-self-worship-33131|title=Review: Beyonce's 'Live at Roseland' DVD is Almost Worth the Self-Worship|work=The Wrap|first=Chris|last=Willman|date=November 29, 2011|access-date=December 11, 2011|archive-date=December 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228064030/http://www.thewrap.com/music/column-post/review-beyonces-live-roseland-dvd-almost-worth-self-worship-33131|url-status=live}}
Praising Beyoncé's "animal magnetism" during the performances of the songs, Simon Gage of Daily Express said that "Beyoncé shines when it comes to performing".{{cite news|url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/287234/CD-review-Beyonc-Live-at-Roseland-Elements-of-4-DVD-RCA|title=CD Review – Beyoncé: Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 (DVD) (RCA)|work=Daily Express|publisher=Northern & Shell|first=Simon|last=Gage|date=December 2, 2011|access-date=December 21, 2011|archive-date=October 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004033303/http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/287234/CD-review-Beyonc-Live-at-Roseland-Elements-of-4-DVD-RCA|url-status=live}} Chuck Arnold of People magazine commented that the songs from 4 sound "even better" performed on the live album.{{cite journal|last=Arnold|first=Chuck|date=January 14, 2011|title=5 Mega Pop Stars on DVD|journal=People|issue=2|pages=45|issn=0093-7673}} Darryl Sterdan of the website Jam! said in his review, "With her usual blend of divatastic majesty, girl-next-door intimacy and boundless energy, B[eyoncé] ... rewinds her career and performs her latest CD at a NYC ballroom."{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2011/12/06/19074931.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101020247/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2011/12/06/19074931.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 1, 2013|title=12 music DVDs of Xmas 2012|publisher=Jam!. Sun Media|first=Darryl|last=Sterdan|date=December 6, 2011|access-date=January 4, 2012}}
Accolades
A writer of The Boston Globe put the album on the list of "Best DVDs for gifting this season" for 2011 saying: "For better or worse, Beyoncé's videos for her latest album, '4', have been buzzed about this year, and the double-disc deluxe edition gathers them all on one DVD."{{cite web|url=http://bostonglobe.com/arts/2011/11/25/best-dvds-for-gifting-this-season/mWIy6aa8MmHlfhqSFt5ycI/story.html#share-nav|title=Best DVDs for gifting this season|work=Boston Globe|date=November 25, 2011|access-date=November 25, 2011|archive-date=April 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415015425/http://bostonglobe.com/arts/2011/11/25/best-dvds-for-gifting-this-season/mWIy6aa8MmHlfhqSFt5ycI/story.html#share-nav|url-status=live}} The writers of Billboard also put the album on their list of "Best Documentary & Live DVDs" for gifting in 2011. The writers commented that the DVD was "a chance to experience [her] recent sold-out concerts with a virtual front row courtesy". They further added that it contained "the best of her four night stand".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/464977/35-pop-gifts-a-rockin-holiday-gift-guide|title=35 Pop Gifts: A Rockin' Holiday Gift Guide – Documentary & Live DVDs|magazine=Billboard|first1=M.|last1=Tye Comer|first2=Jessica|last2=Letkemann|first3=Jason|last3=Lipshutz|first4=Jillian|last4=Mapes|first5=Erika|last5=Ramirez|page=5|date=November 25, 2011|access-date=December 21, 2011|archive-date=May 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523142351/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/464977/35-pop-gifts-a-rockin-holiday-gift-guide|url-status=live}} Sasha Frere-Jones of The New Yorker mentioned the album on his list of "The Best Music of 2011: The American Singers" praising the "tightly corralled ecstasies" of the revue further commenting: "It was thrilling to watch [the album] not because the show was unusually clever—Beyoncé was simply born to be on stage, wear shiny clothes, and work a room—but because Beyoncé means it, wants it, has the voice, and knows whom to hire to flesh out her ideas."{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2011/12/the-best-music-of-2011-the-american-singers.html|title=Culture Desk: The Best Music of 2011: The American Singers|magazine=The New Yorker|first=Sasha|last=Frere-Jones|author-link=Sasha Frere-Jones|date=December 9, 2011|access-date=December 11, 2011|archive-date=December 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226171415/http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2011/12/the-best-music-of-2011-the-american-singers.html|url-status=live}} He added: "And this vision does seem to be hers, as it's too idiosyncratic a mesh of tastes and textures to reflect some timid P.R. plan." The live video of "I Was Here" from Live at Roseland received a nomination at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards presented on February 17, 2012, in the category for Outstanding Music Video.{{cite web|url=http://www.naacpimageawards.net/43/nominees-and-honorees/recording/ |title=The 43rd NAACP Image Awards – Recording |publisher=National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |access-date=March 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121183928/http://www.naacpimageawards.net/43/nominees-and-honorees/recording/ |archive-date=January 21, 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1677595/beyonce-chris-brown-naacp-nods.jhtml|title=Beyonce, Chris Brown, Emma Stone Nab NAACP Nods|publisher=MTV News. MTV Networks|first=Jocelyn|last=Vena|date=January 20, 2012|access-date=March 14, 2012|archive-date=January 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124111244/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1677595/beyonce-chris-brown-naacp-nods.jhtml|url-status=dead}}
Commercial performance
Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 debuted at number three on the US Top Music Videos on December 10, 2011.{{cite magazine|title=Music Video Sales : Dec 10, 2011 {{!}} Billboard Chart Archive|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2011-12-10/music-video|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 11, 2013|date=December 10, 2011|archive-date=October 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023074928/http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2011-12-10/music-video|url-status=live}} The following week it climbed to number two, which also became its peak position, behind Adele's Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2011).{{cite magazine|title=Music Video Sales : Dec 17, 2011 {{!}} Billboard Chart Archive|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2011-12-17/music-video|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 11, 2013|date=December 17, 2011|archive-date=November 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119055331/http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2011-12-17/music-video|url-status=live}} It further spent various weeks on the chart. The standard edition of the album was certified gold while the deluxe edition was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=Beyonce |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907202842/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=Beyonce |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 7, 2012 |title=Gold and Platinum > Searchable Database > Beyoncé |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) |access-date=February 17, 2012 }} It became the second best-selling DVD of 2011 in the United States,{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-jan-1-2012-albums-she-back-153256993.html|title=Week Ending Jan. 1, 2012. Albums: She's Back|publisher=Yahoo! Music. Yahoo! Inc|first=Paul|last=Grein|date=January 4, 2012|access-date=January 6, 2012|archive-date=April 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403023410/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-jan-1-2012-albums-she-back-153256993.html|url-status=live}} and the third in 2012.
In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number eight on the UK Music Videos on December 7, 2011. In Australia, the album peaked at number three on the Australian Music DVD Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_music.asp?chart=1V40DVD |title=Top 40 DVD Chart |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106043703/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_music.asp?chart=1V40DVD |archive-date=January 6, 2012 |url-status=dead }} It was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for selling over 15,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesDVDaccreds2011.htm|title=ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2011 DVDs|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=March 7, 2012|archive-date=January 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121101635/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupagesDVDaccreds2011.htm|url-status=live}} In Poland, the album was certified gold by the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry (ZPAV) in its first week, selling more than 5,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/newsy/pop/beyonce-i-shakira-ozlocone-w-polsce,1,4957178,wiadomosc.html|title=Beyonce i Shakira ozłocone w Polsce|publisher=Onet.pl|language=pl|date=December 5, 2011|access-date=December 10, 2011|archive-date=March 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321195206/http://muzyka.onet.pl/newsy/pop/beyonce-i-shakira-ozlocone-w-polsce,1,4957178,wiadomosc.html|url-status=live}} On the German Music DVD Chart, Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 debuted at number ten on December 15, 2011. Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 debuted at number four on the Dutch DVD Chart on December 3, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=d&year=2011&date=20111203|title=Dutch DVD Music Top 30 – 03/12/2011|publisher=MegaCharts. Hung Medien|language=nl|access-date=March 7, 2012|archive-date=February 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209153159/http://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=d|url-status=live}}
On February 11, 2012, in its eleventh week on the chart, the album reached number one. It became the twenty-third and eleventh best-selling album in the country in 2011 and 2012, respectively. On the Oricon DVD chart in Japan, the album peaked at number sixty-two on January 1, 2012. It became the second best-selling music DVD of 2011 in the world.{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-jan-1-2012-albums-she-back-153256993.html|title=Week Ending Jan. 1, 2012. Albums: She's Back|date=January 4, 2012 |publisher=Yahoo|access-date=October 3, 2013|archive-date=April 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403023410/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-jan-1-2012-albums-she-back-153256993.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-77555.html|title=Les 10 DVD musicaux les plus vendus dans le monde en 2011|publisher=Charts in France|language=fr|access-date=January 11, 2012|archive-date=January 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112030823/http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-77555.html|url-status=live}}
Track listing
= Standard edition =
{{Track listing
| headline = Live at Roseland - The Journey B 4...
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 1:54
| title2 = I Wanna Be Where You Are
| length2 = 2:37
| title3 = No, No, No Part 1
| length3 = 1:30
| title4 = No, No, No Part 2
| length4 = 1:19
| title5 = Bug a Boo
| length5 = 0:32
| title6 = Bills, Bills, Bills
| length6 = 0:45
| title7 = Say My Name
| length7 = 0:46
| title8 = Jumpin', Jumpin'
| length8 = 0:30
| title9 = Independent Women Part I
| length9 = 2:27
| title10 = Bootylicious
| length10 = 1:50
| title11 = Survivor
| length11 = 2:16
| title12 = '03 Bonnie & Clyde
| length12 = 1:01
| title13 = Crazy in Love
| length13 = 6:01
| title14 = Dreamgirls
| length14 = 1:02
| title15 = Irreplaceable
| length15 = 2:02
| title16 = Single Ladies
| length16 = 3:34
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Live at Roseland - 4
| title17 = I Care
| length17 = 4:05
| title18 = I Miss You
| length18 = 3:23
| title19 = Run the World
| length19 = 2:55
| title20 = 1+1
| length20 = 5:37
| title21 = Party
| length21 = 3:09
| title22 = Love on Top
| length22 = 4:22
| title23 = Best Thing I Never Had
| length23 = 5:12
| title24 = Countdown
| length24 = 3:10
| title25 = Rather Die Young
| length25 = 3:44
| title26 = End of Time
| length26 = 3:45
| title27 = I Was Here
| length27 = 8:46
}}
= Deluxe edition =
{{Track listing
| headline = Live at Roseland
| title28 = Roseland: Behind the Stage
| length28 = 6:29
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Elements of 4
| extra_column = Director(s)
| title1 = 1+1
| note1 =
| extra1 = {{flatlist|
- Beyoncé
- Lauren Briet
- Ed Burke}}
| length1 = 4:27
| title2 = Best Thing I Never Had
| extra2 = Diane Martel
| length2 = 4:13
| title3 = Party
| note3 = featuring J. Cole
| extra3 = {{flatlist|
- Beyoncé
- Alan Ferguson}}
| length3 = 3:40
| title4 = Love on Top
| extra4 = {{flatlist|
- Beyoncé
- Burke}}
| length4 = 3:15
| title5 = Countdown
| extra5 = {{flatlist|
- Beyoncé
- Adria Petty}}
| length5 = 3:33
| title6 = Run the World (Girls)
| extra6 = Francis Lawrence
| length6 = 4:55
| title7 = Dance for You
| extra7 = {{flatlist|
- Beyoncé
- Ferguson}}
| length7 = 5:11
| title8 = Beyoncé: Behind the Camera
| length8 = 20:00
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from album's liner notes.{{cite web|url=http://www.beyonceonline.com/us/roselandcredits|title=DVD Credits|publisher=Beyonceonline.com|access-date=December 2, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305032448/http://www.beyonceonline.com/us/roselandcredits|archive-date=March 5, 2013}}Music World Entertainment (2011) Beyoncé – Live at Roseland: Elements of 4 (Liner Notes) Columbia Records.
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- Mathieu Asselin – contributing photographer
- Susannah Benjamin – contributing photographer
- Ed Burke – director
- Francesco Carrozzini – contributing photographer
- Patrick Demarchelier – contributing photographer
- Tony Duran – contributing photographer
- Greg Gex – contributing photographer
- Anthony Green – director
- Sharif Hamza – contributing photographer
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- Ty Hunter – stylist
- Beyoncé – director, executive producer
- Adam Larson – art director
- Alexi Lubomirski – contributing photographer
- Julie Platner – contributing photographer
- Shaul Schwarz – contributing photographer
- Raquel Smith – stylist assistant
- Myrna Suárez – contributing photographer
- Jenke-Ahmed Tailly – creative director
- Ellen von Unwerth – contributing photographer
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Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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=Year-end charts=
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! scope="col"| Chart (2013) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| US Music Videos (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/year-end/2013/music-video-sales|title=Music Video Sales – Year-end chart|magazine=Billboard|year=2012|access-date=December 16, 2013|archive-date=April 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410081515/http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/year-end/2013/music-video-sales|url-status=live}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 26 |
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Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|type=video|region=United States|note=(Standard)|artist=Beyoncé|title=Live at Roseland: Elements of 4|award=Gold|certyear=2011}}
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Release history
References
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External links
- [http://www.beyonce.com/ Beyoncé's official website]
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