Beyoncé’s debut solo album Dangerously In Love has now sold more than 5 million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music. The effort, released in 2003, sold just over 2,000 copies in the week ending Dec. 24, bringing its cumulative total across the 5 million mark. It remains Beyoncé’s best-selling solo effort. Dangerously In […]

The “Beyonce” cut is the latest hit fueled by choreographers’ popular online videos. Two months after Beyoncé dropped her surprise self-titled album, it’s still shaking up the music industry. Two weeks ago, album cut “Partition” reached No. 49 on the Streaming Songs chart with over 1.4 million streams in the U.S, despite the fact that […]

The Billboard Hot 100 is officially “Drunk in Love.” Fueled by significant gains in streams, on-demand plays and digital sales, the Beyonce single (which features husband Jay-Z) catapults eleven places to number two on the definitive weekly singles chart. Only Katy Perry’s smash “Dark Horse (featuring Juicy J),” which began its reign atop the chart […]

In just its sixth week on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Beyoncé’s “Drunk in Love” (featuring Jay Z) jumps 5-1 to mark her sixth leader on the list. She last topped the chart in 2012 when “Love on Top” reigned for seven weeks. In terms of most No. 1s by a female, Mrs. Knowles-Carter moves closer to leader […]

What is power? At its base, it’s the ability to reshape the world around you according to your vision. And who in the music industry did so better in the last year than this power couple? Leveraging their star power to release new albums in unprecedented ways—Jay Z through Samsung and Beyoncé through iTunes—they instantly […]

After a one-week vacation from the top slot on the Billboard 200 chart, Beyonce is heading back to No. 1. The diva’s self-titled set could sell around 85,000 to 90,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, Jan. 12, according to industry forecasters. If it returns to No. 1, it will mark […]

Beyoncé’s self-titled album racks up a third week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200—the longest run at No. 1 for any album since last April. “Beyoncé” sold another 310,000 copies during the week ending Dec. 29, according to Nielsen SoundScan, down 17% compared with the previous week. The album has now sold 1.3 million […]