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American singer Beyoncé has released various music videos. Her films have grossed over $2 billion worldwide at the box office. She first appeared in the 1999 music video for Case's " Happily Ever After", after which she made her film debut as the lead in the
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musical '' Carmen: A Hip Hopera'' (2001). Beyoncé's first solo music video was the soundtrack single " Work It Out" for the
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James Bond parody film ''
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'', which is also her debut theatrical feature film. After Destiny's Child—a girl group of which Beyoncé was a member—went on hiatus, she released in 2003 her first music video as a solo artist for "
Crazy in Love "Crazy in Love" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé, featuring a rap verse and ad-libs from her future husband Jay-Z from her debut solo studio album ''Dangerously in Love'' (2003). The song was released as her official debut single a ...
" (featuring Jay-Z) from '' Dangerously in Love''. It won three awards at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Female Video. Other videos from the album included for the singles " Baby Boy", " Me, Myself and I" and " Naughty Girl" in 2003 and 2004. In 2006, Beyoncé starred in two films: ''
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'', which spawned the single " Check on It" and its pink-themed video, and the musical drama ''
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'', which earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress nomination. From her second solo album ''
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'' (2006), she released the music videos for "
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", which proved controversial, "
Irreplaceable "Irreplaceable" is a song by American singer Beyoncé for her second studio album, '' B'Day'' (2006). The song was written by Shaffer "Ne-Yo" Smith, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Espen Lind, Amund Bjørklund, Beyoncé and produced b ...
", which garnered her an
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nomination, and "
Beautiful Liar "Beautiful Liar" is a song by American singer Beyoncé and Colombian singer Shakira. It was written by Beyoncé, Amanda Ghost, Ian Dench, and Stargate members Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen, and produced by Stargate and Beyoncé for th ...
" with Colombian singer
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. Beyoncé created a video anthology for the album, with music videos for all songs. The year 2008 saw the release of her third album, '' I Am... Sasha Fierce'', which spawned music videos for nearly all of its songs, including "
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", "
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé, from her third studio album, ''I Am... Sasha Fierce'' (2008). Columbia Records released "Single Ladies" as a Single (music), single on October 13, 2008, as a A-side ...
" and " Ego". The
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video for "Single Ladies" inspired a
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and many imitations worldwide, winning several accolades, including the
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. Beyoncé ended the decade with the lead role in the thriller film '' Obsessed'' (2009) and a collaboration with
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on the video for " Video Phone"; they later worked on Gaga's "
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" in 2010, which was shot as a
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. The release of Beyoncé's fourth album '' 4'' (2011) was preceded by the music videos for its singles "
Run the World (Girls) "Run the World (Girls)" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé, from her fourth studio album '' 4'' (2011), released as the lead single from the album on April 21, 2011. It was written and produced by R&B singer The-Dream and Beyoncé, w ...
" and "
Best Thing I Never Had "Best Thing I Never Had" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé for her fourth studio album, '' 4'' (2011). It was released by Columbia Records on June 1, 2011, as the second single from the album. "Best Thing I Never Had" was com ...
". The latter won the
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and was followed by a number of other videos from ''4''. In 2013, Beyoncé voiced the role of Queen Tara in the animated film '' Epic'' and released her self-titled fifth effort, a "visual album", whose every track was accompanied by non-linear short films, including the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year-nominated "
Drunk in Love "Drunk in Love" is a song by American singer Beyoncé featuring American rapper Jay-Z. The duo composed the song along with credited production and writing by Future, Detail, Andre Eric Proctor, Rasool Diaz, Brian Soko, Timbaland, J-Roc and ...
" and two extra videos to accompany the two-part tracks " Haunted" and " Partition", as well as a bonus video for "Grown Woman". She reissued the album in 2014 as part of a platinum edition, which spawned videos for the new tracks, such as " 7/11" and " Ring Off". "7/11" was nominated for five awards at the
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, winning for Best Editing. Other videos during this period include " Feeling Myself" with
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and " Hymn for the Weekend" with
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in 2015 and 2016, respectively. In 2016, Beyoncé released her sixth studio album, ''
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'', accompanied by a one-hour film of same name aired on HBO. The visual earned Beyoncé nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Variety Special and Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special and a
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. She was nominated for 11 awards at the
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, winning eight, six for " Formation"—which also won the
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Best Female Video for " Hold Up" and Best Long Form Video for the film. She has won a total of 24 MTV Video Music Awards, more than any other artist. Beyoncé has appeared in television shows, including in guest judging roles in ''
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'', as well the autobiographical television film '' Life Is But a Dream'' (2013). She has also featured in several commercials, including for
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, with which she signed a $50 million deal in 2013. She received some criticism for endorsing a sugary product. Among her several video albums, her 2014 concert special '' On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-Z'' was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program and Grammy Award for Best Music Film. After her 2018
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, Beyoncé released a documentary film of the performances on
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named ''
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'' on April 17, 2019.


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