I love how Mary's only #1 hit is the total opposite of what she's known for All of those years of singing about heartbreak and struggle, and the song that makes it to #1 is a song about "hateration" in a "dancery"
Let's look back at how Ja Rule/Ashanti/JLO ruled the industry in 2002.
Massive.
The ****ing NEW YORK TIMES even dragged Beyonce for her.
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Upon the album's release, however, the New York Times was less than impressed. The newspaper of record compared Knowles to a female competitor at the time, R&B singer Ashanti. "The Solo Beyoncé: She's No Ashanti," The New York Times wrote when reviewing "Dangerously in Love" in comparison to Ashanti's Murder Inc. release "Chapter II."
The review named Ashanti as Beyoncé's "mirror-image rival," noting that while Ashanti's album exceeded expectations, Beyonce's album could not live up to the hype. The Times claimed that Beyoncé's early success was due in large part to being a part of the girl group Destiny's Child, writing, "Maybe this album is merely a misstep, and maybe Beyoncé has yet to record the brilliant solo album that people expected. Or maybe it's proof that she isn't quite as versatile as she seemed. She's a strong and independent singer, no doubt, but maybe she seems strongest and most independent when she's got a posse behind her."
All of those years of singing about heartbreak and struggle, and the song that makes it to #1 is a song about "hateration" in a "dancery" 
@ the Asian dude