It’s been 10 years since Beyoncé dropped her self-titled visible album, and even the notoriously quiet Queen Bey needed to acknowledge the momentous event. When the clock struck midnight on Dec. 13, Beyoncé took to her official Instagram web page to share a short video montage commemorating her critically acclaimed, career-shifting fifth studio album.
“I nonetheless get scared with each album launch,” Beyoncé says within the background of the reel. “I’m continuously looking for the deeper function of my artwork.” The “Cuff It” singer’s reel is a compilation of behind-the-scenes footage beforehand seen in her five-part Self-Titled documentary, efficiency clips, items of the album’s 17 music movies, media clips and classic fan reactions on that fateful evening of Dec. 13, 2013.
With the discharge of Beyoncé, Queen Bey unleashed a 14-track visible album in the midst of the monitoring week with completely no pre-release announcement or promotion. The album proved to be a industrial smash, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with simply three days of gross sales. On the time, Beyoncé was the quickest promoting album in iTunes historical past.
The file — which spawned the Billboard Sizzling 100 No. 2 hit “Drunk in Love” (with Jay-Z), in addition to “7/11” (No. 13), “Partition” (No. 23), “Flawless” (No. 41) and “XO” (No. 45) — additionally received three Grammys and landed on a number of year-end and decade-end album lists. The record-breaking LP discovered Beyoncé at her most experimental and political on the time, proudly sporting the “feminist” label on the MTV VMAs stage and closely incorporating entice into her R&B base for the primary time.
Many of the reel’s narration is taken from the primary episode of the album’s accompanying Self-Titled documentary, however Beyoncé did file a brand new message. On the very finish of the clip, she sweetly says, “Completely satisfied tenth anniversary.”
Now, 10 years after her iconic visible album, followers await the elusive visuals for Queen Bey’s Renaissance album — which is at the moment blasting in film theaters around the globe due to her field office-topping Renaissance: A Movie by Beyoncé live performance documentary movie.
Have fun 10 years of Queen Bey’s industry-revolutionizing self-titled album by watching Beyoncé’s commemoration reel beneath:
