The most successful pop or r&b song worldwide of 2003 was released.
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Beyonce bounded to her first solo No. 1s on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200.
The singer jumped 3-1 on the Hot 100 dated July 12, 2003, with "Crazy in Love," featuring then-future husband Jay-Z. On the Billboard 200 the same week, Beyonce's debut solo album, "Dangerously in Love," bowed at the summit.
While celebrating her first Hot 100 leader on her own, Beyonce had already banked four leaders with Destiny's Child: "Bills, Bills, Bills" (1999), "Say My Name," "Independent Women Part I" (2000) and "Bootylicious" (2001). On the Billboard 200, the trio had reigned with one title, "Survivor" (2001).
Seven years after her maiden solo coronations, Beyonce has bested the No. 1 sums of Destiny's Child on the Hot 100 (5-3) and Billboard 200 (3-2). The superstar earned the honor of Billboard's top female artist of the 2000s. "Crazy in Love" was a commercial success in the United States. Although not yet served to retail stores, the single was already gaining massive attention. The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the official US singles chart, based on heavy rotation alone. The same week it reached number one, Dangerously in Love debuted on the Billboard 200 at number one as well. The substantial airplay, and later in retail, gains of "Crazy in Love" facilitated it to dominate the chart, subsequently spending eight straight weeks atop the Hot 100, making it Knowles' first #1 single in her solo career. Beyoncé quickly outdid herself with the release of the album's second single, "Baby Boy", which topped the chart one week longer than "Crazy in Love." The single charted for twenty-seven weeks on the Hot 100, spending fifteen of those weeks in the top ten, and twenty-six of those weeks in the top fifty. The song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 2004 for 500,000 digital downloads. In 2006 its Mobile Mastertone was also certified gold. "Crazy in Love" eventually became the fourth biggest hit of 2003 in the United States.
In international markets, "Crazy in Love" fared as well. Knowles made history being the second female artist to have a number-one single and a number-one album simultaneously in the UK. The first was Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue in 2001 with her album Fever and its single "Can't Get You out of My Head". Counting her career with former group Destiny's Child, this became her third number-one single in the UK and it was the only song to top the charts in both the UK and US in 2003. The single spent three weeks at number one in the UK, spending a total of 15 weeks in the Top 100, and reached the top ten in many European countries. It reached number two in Australia; "Crazy in Love" was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association with sales in excess of 70,000 units, and emerged as the twenty-eighth best-selling single in Australia.
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Below is the top 10 on the Hot 100 dated this week in 2003, when Beyonce dethroned Clay Aiken after two weeks in the chart's top spot. (Ruben Studdard, who defeated Aiken for the 2003 "American Idol" crown, dipped 2-13 with "Flying Without Wings").
Position, Title, Artist(s)
No. 1, "Crazy in Love," Beyonce featuring Jay-Z
No. 2, "Magic Stick," Lil' Kim featuring 50 Cent
No. 3, "This Is the Night," Clay Aiken
No. 4, "Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)," Ashanti
No. 5, "21 Questions," 50 Cent featuring Nate Dogg
No. 6, "Get Busy," Sean Paul
No. 7, "Unwell," matchbox twenty
No. 8, "Bring Me to Life," Evanescence featuring Paul McCoy
No. 9, "Right Thurr," Chingy
No. 10, "So Gone," Monica
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Released on July 8, 2003 as the album's lead single, "Crazy in Love" has reached number one on the charts of United States and the United Kingdom, and the top ten of many charts worldwide. "Crazy in Love" was critically acclaimed and has earned Knowles several awards. In 2009, British magazine NME voted the song as the best song of the decade. The song was also ranked at number three on Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs of the Decade, number four on Pitchfork Media's list of The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s, number seven on a list produced by The Daily Telegraph and number six on Slant Magazine's list of the 100 Best Singles of the Decade. The song won Best R&B Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 46th Grammy Awards. "Crazy in Love" was ranked as the 118th greatest song of all time on Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
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