This week, Beyoncé announced a summer tour, which she will embark on beginning in June and end in early August. She will coheadline the tour called the On the Run Tour along with her husband and rap mogul, Jay-Z. They will be performing in stadiums all over the country and are sure to sell out each one. On Tuesday, the presales began for the tour and quickly sold out.
Last December, Beyoncé shocked the world when she released a full-length album on iTunes without any promotion or advertisement. The album, rightfully titled Beyoncé, shot to number one in a matter of minutes and was the talk of the town for weeks. Her single “Drunk in Love” off the album continues to dominate radio and the performance of the song on the 56th annual Grammy Awards is one of the best performances of the year so far.
The tour’s 20 dates are sure to be a massive success. Take a look at ten of Beyoncé’s best songs over the course of her solo career.
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10. “Naughty Girl” was a single released off Beyoncé’s first studio album, Dangerously in Love. The video featured a cameo from Usher who was B’s dance partner. The song features an R&B tempo along with a sexy beat and sultry dance moves in the video.
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9. The video for “Best Thing I Never Had” was one of Beyoncé’s most simle, but it turned out to be one of the most genuine. The songs message of realizing that a person would have been a bad partner for a relationship along with the musical composition brought about one of the best singles from 4.
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8. A song off 4, “End of Time” was never released as a single, but it was performed on Beyoncé’s majorly successful tour The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. It features a strong up-beat tempo and a power vocal provided by Queen B herself.
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7. In December of 2013, Beyoncé surprised the world by dropping an album on iTunes with no promotion or advertising whatsoever. The world went into complete chaos as excitement overtook every fan. “Drunk in Love” was released as one of the first two singles off her fifth studio album and featured her husband, Jay-Z. The duo performed the song at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in January of this year.
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6. The first single off 4, “Run the World (Girls)” rivaled the success of “Single Ladies.” Though the song was not as successful as “Single Ladies,” it still became one of Beyoncé’s strongest singles. The song showed her female empowerment stance in life with lyrics like “This goes out to all my girls/That's in the club rocking the latest/ Who will buy it for themselves and get more money later.”
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5. One of Beyoncé’s most emotional songs also became one of her biggest. “Halo” is an empowering, beautiful and moving song that is full of emotion and power, which makes it so iconic. The single was released in early 2009 though it was featured on her 2008 album I Am… Sasha Fierce.
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4. “If I Were a Boy” gives an inside look into the mind of a man who doesn’t appreciate the special woman in his life. Beyoncé’s strong vocals give this power ballad a strong sense of her style in music and her talents.
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3. Beyoncé’s first single established her talents in the music industry. “Crazy in Love” featured Jay-Z and lead the way for a career that would be untouchable by anyone else in music. This would be the first of many songs the duo would collaborate on in their everlasting relationship.
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2. The Ne-Yo written “Irreplaceable” shined the year it came out. Still to this day when Beyoncé performs the song, the entire crowd sings along as if they were her. The song was originally supposed to be for Ne-Yo, but he felt the song would be stronger sung from a woman’s point of view.
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1. The iconic song that is “Single Ladies” takes the top spot on the Beyoncé countdown. Apart from the choreography that everybody knows, the song itself is an empowerment to single women and has become an anthem that is still being sung all over the world. Countless fans have recreated the music video for the song on the Internet as it takes its rightful place as Beyoncé’s best song.