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Live at Wembley (2004)

Where the lyrics of Live at Wembley take you, and where it was really made.

Most songs on this live video album come from Beyoncé's solo debut, yet the show also brings back her former group's hits in a medley.

Key places

Dangerously in Love Tour show at Wembley Arena (2003)

Recording site Wembley Arena — The Dangerously in Love Tour show at Wembley Arena in London was filmed on November 10, 2003. The concert audio was later mixed by the same engineer who mixed at the concert venues. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Live at Wembley: video album by American singer-songwriter Beyoncé
• Concert filmed at Wembley Arena, London, on November 10, 2003
• Released April 26, 2004 by Sony Urban Music and Columbia Music Video
• Available in CD and DVD formats
• Part of the Dangerously in Love Tour, her first international solo tour
• Tour supported her debut solo studio album Dangerously in Love (2003)

Background

• Most songs come from Dangerously in Love
• Also includes a medley of past Destiny's Child songs
• Two soundtrack singles included: 'Work It Out' and 'Summertime'
• Second disc holds three previously unreleased studio songs, including a cover of Rose Royce's 'Wishing on a Star'
• Second disc also has one remix each of 'Crazy in Love', 'Baby Boy' and 'Naughty Girl'
• Behind-the-scenes footage can be seen on the DVD
• Premiered at Regal Entertainment Group cinemas around the United States on April 26, 2004
• Tickets for the theater premieres were sold to the public
• Released in Europe the same day by Sony Music Entertainment and RCA Records, and in the United States the following day by Columbia Music Video

Recording

• Concert audio mixed by Rick Camp, the same engineer who mixed at the concert venues
• Camp describes the project as about 95 percent live, with hardly any overdubs
• Camp praised Beyoncé's vocals and her ability to run a show

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups in history.
• Solo debut album Dangerously in Love (2003) became one of the best-selling albums of the 21st century.
• Destiny's Child disbanded in 2005 after the Destiny Fulfilled... and Lovin' It tour.

Career

• Released B'Day (2006), I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008), 4 (2011), Beyoncé (2013), Lemonade (2016), Renaissance (2022), and Cowboy Carter (2024).
• Renaissance and Cowboy Carter form a trilogy highlighting the overlooked contributions of Black pioneers to dance music and country music.
• Estimated sales of over 200 million records; the most-certified female artist by the RIAA.
• Holds a record 35 Grammy Awards, 30 MTV Video Music Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
• Headlined Super Bowl XLVII halftime show (2013) and the Coachella festival (2018).
• Acted in films including Dreamgirls (2006), Cadillac Records (2008), and The Lion King (2019).

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• AllMusic graded the album 3.5 out of 5 stars
• The AllMusic writer praised the CD, saying a fun late-1970s and early-1980s vibe runs through the record
• The writer singled out the opening cover of 'Wishing on a Star' and 'What's It Gonna Be', which has honeyed harmonies over a funky beat
• The writer described 'My First Time' as falling between Rufus and Shalamar, with dreamy 1980s funk-fueled R&B
• Vibe magazine included the DVD in its 'Get in Tune With New Music' list in June 2004

Reappraisal

• In a 2007 interview with The New York Times, singer Miranda Lambert said she admired Beyoncé's performance on the album
• Lambert called the charisma and confidence on display the ultimate diva
• Lambert said the album inspired her to take little bits from that performance for her own live shows
• The writer praised the soulful, slow-tempo remix of 'Crazy in Love' and the high-powered techno reworking of 'Baby Boy'

Records

• US Billboard 200 debut: number 17, selling 45,000 copies in the first week
• US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: number 8
• Billboard Top Music Video chart: number 1 in May 2004
• Topped the DVD charts in the United States, Australia and Spain
• Peaked within the top 10 in Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and the United Kingdom
• Switzerland: debuted at number 73 on May 16, 2004
• Australia: debuted atop the ARIA DVD Chart and stayed 32 weeks
• Japan: 20 weeks on the Oricon Albums Chart, peak number 8
• Italy: number 5 on the FIMI DVD Chart
• ARIA certified double platinum for selling 30,000 copies
• RIAA certified double platinum for shipping 200,000 copies to US retailers
• RIAJ certified gold on July 22, 2004, denoting 100,000 units
• Nielsen SoundScan: 264,000 copies sold in the United States by October 2007
• Third-best-selling music DVD in the world in 2004
• 48th Grammy Awards nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, for 'Wishing on a Star'

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The show opened with 'Baby Boy': Beyoncé appeared in red clothes hanging upside down, harnessed and carried to a sofa on stage
• During 'Naughty Girl' she performed a short portion of Vanity 6's 'Nasty Girl' as a dance break
• For 'Gift from Virgo' she hung in the air on a yellow curtain wearing a yellow dress
• DJ Diamond served as the DJ during the performances, alongside a backing band
• Confetti was dropped on stage at the end of 'Crazy in Love'
• Live at Wembley became the third-best-selling music DVD in the world in 2004.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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