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The Beyoncé Experience Live (2007)

Where the lyrics of The Beyoncé Experience Live take you, and where it was really made.

The concert film was not only sold on DVD. It was also broadcast to members of the United States Army serving in the Iraq War.

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Filmed at the Staples Center, Los Angeles (2007)

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Album story

Overview

• The Beyoncé Experience Live is the third live and fourth video album by American singer and songwriter Beyoncé
• Released through Columbia Records and Music World Entertainment on November 16, 2007
• Features songs from Dangerously in Love (2003) and B'Day (2006)
• Also includes songs Beyoncé recorded with Destiny's Child
• Rapper Jay-Z guests on "Upgrade U"
• Former Destiny's Child members Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland guest on "Survivor"
• Credited to various artists, but technically performed by Beyoncé's tour band Suga Mama

Background

• Filmed during The Beyoncé Experience world tour, promoting B'Day (2006), her second studio album
• The film includes a twenty-seven-song jukebox feature achieved through advanced "bitwise" programming
• The DVD was authored by Neil Matthews at Ascent Media in New York City
• At the end of the show, Rowland and Williams led the audience in singing "Happy Birthday to You" to Beyoncé, two days before her birthday

Recording

• Filmed at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, on September 2, 2007
• The stage featured an all-female band, Suga Mama, while men appeared only as dancers for the female audience
• The show opened in darkness, with Beyoncé emerging through a hole in the stage amid smoke and pyrotechnics to perform "Crazy in Love"
• The show included a ten-song Destiny's Child Medley with female solidarity themes

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

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Artist

Formation

• Rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups in history.
• Solo debut album Dangerously in Love (2003) became one of the best-selling albums of the 21st century.
• Destiny's Child disbanded in 2005 after the Destiny Fulfilled... and Lovin' It tour.

Career

• Released B'Day (2006), I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008), 4 (2011), Beyoncé (2013), Lemonade (2016), Renaissance (2022), and Cowboy Carter (2024).
• Renaissance and Cowboy Carter form a trilogy highlighting the overlooked contributions of Black pioneers to dance music and country music.
• Estimated sales of over 200 million records; the most-certified female artist by the RIAA.
• Holds a record 35 Grammy Awards, 30 MTV Video Music Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
• Headlined Super Bowl XLVII halftime show (2013) and the Coachella festival (2018).
• Acted in films including Dreamgirls (2006), Cadillac Records (2008), and The Lion King (2019).

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Mark Deming of AllMusic said the album captures her dazzling live act as she shines in a performance
• Scott Kara of Time Out praised the "thrilling, booty-shaking pizzazz" of the DVD
• An editor of the website Jam! graded the album four out of five stars, calling it a spectacle
• A writer of MTV News said the album contained more than two hours' worth of content in total
• Chuck Arnold and Ivory Jeff Clinton of People magazine graded it three out of four stars, saying the elaborate production sometimes became overblown while Beyoncé was a force of nature on high-energy numbers

Records

• US Top Music Videos: peaked at number two, on the chart issue dated March 1, 2008
• US Digital Albums: debuted and peaked at number twenty-three on December 8, 2007
• RIAA: certified triple platinum
• Spanish Music DVD Chart: peaked at number two
• Belgian Music DVD Chart: peaked at number six
• Dutch Music DVD Chart: debuted at number three
• UK Music DVD Chart: peaked at number twenty-five on November 14, 2009
• Australian Music DVD Chart: peaked at number eight, later certified double platinum by ARIA
• The live version of "Me, Myself and I" received a nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards in 2009
• US Top Music Videos year-end: number four (2008), number eight (2009), number thirty-one (2010)

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The film was shown in ninety-six theaters across the United States for one night only on November 19, 2007, one day before its DVD release
• Black Entertainment Television (BET) broadcast an edited version of the concert on Thanksgiving Day
• The show was re-enacted by American performer Neal Medlyn during his performance at the New Museum in New York City in April 2008, with dancers Will Rawls and Erick Montes
• The Blu-ray was released on November 18, 2008, at the same time as Beyoncé's third studio album, I Am... Sasha Fierce
• In some countries, the live DVD came packed with Irreemplazable as a bonus disc

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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