Impact
With the release of Dangerously in Love and the combined commercial success of its singles, Knowles had established herself a viable solo artist. Rebecca Louie of the New York Daily News wrote that the success of Dangerously in Love brought Knowles into a "sultry solo star" who "blossomed from a girly group", referring to Destiny's Child. Knowles won five Grammy Awards at the 46th Grammy Awards in 2004, tying with Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, and Lauryn Hill for most Grammys won by a single female artist. The album has also facilitated her to become one of the marketable artists in the industry. She appeared on the cover of numerous magazines, guested TV for promotions, and has signed lucrative commercial deals. Knowles signed to PepsiCo, a conglomerate beverage manufacturer, in 2003, and appeared on several TV commercials for its products.
The creative output of the sessions for Dangerously in Love left several tracks ready for another album pressing. In late 2003, Knowles planned to release a follow-up album that would comprise left-over songs from Dangerously in Love. The move was prompted when a P. Diddy-collaboration called "Summertime", a left-over track from the album, was sent to radio stations and had received favorable response.
Meanwhile, the success of the album incited the public to infer that it signals Destiny's Child to finally part ways, as had pop singer Justin Timberlake "could not go back to 'N Sync after tasting solo success". However, Knowles said that their side projects were only "a brief diversion in the juggernaut that has become Destiny's Child". As time did not permit, Knowles' musical aspirations were put on hiatus for her to concentrate on her Super Bowl performance, wherein she was slated to sing the U.S. national anthem, and the recording of Destiny's Child's fourth album, Destiny Fulfilled; the group finally disbanded in 2005.
After the group's formal disbandment, Knowles recorded and released her second album, B'Day, on September 4, 2006. The album gave Knowles her second number one in the United States, and its debut week sales exceeded that of Dangerously in Love, the former having sold 541,000 units. Despite the album's first two singles' average commercial performance—neither of which reached the peak of the Billboard Hot 100—its "handsome debut" was noted by Keith Caulfield of Billboard as having generated "by goodwill earned from the performance of smash first album Dangerously in Love."
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