The Year of 4
After an extended break the queen of pop/r&b returned to stomp these basics into the ground.
How did she go about this?
By sacrificing any hit potential and focusing on quality
The
dated diplo assisted track was decided as the lead single and nothing would ever be the same after
Beyonce cemented her status as a feminist legend when she spent the next months promoting wherever they would let her, the world wasn't ready as evidenced by letting her Magnum Opus Run The World flop

Despite valiant efforts and performing feats bey eventually
was forced let go of the single to focus on her other top 20 smash single
Irreplaceable Best Thing That Didn't Go Top Ten
Anyways the point is this era was amazing and beats the others and you will deal
Now you're probably left wondering what did bey get out of this era besides being radio blacklisted. Well sure she only received 1 grammy, and the critical acclaim was average, and it made people question her career, and there was controversy regarding her inspired by countdown video, as well as the visuals for ha Billboard performance. But only negative people would focus on stuff like that
-She received Blue Ivy
-She received the artist of the millennium award

-She sang* the national anthem for the president
-She booked the super bowl
-It also gave ha the drive to clapback with her second best album BEYONCÉ
Some might call it a flop but it has some of her best music and vocals
Countdown

Love On Top

Dance For You

1+1

I Care


(don't @ me)
She truly became a legend after releasing this album to the world
Here's to the 3,500,000 selling 4