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and fourth

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by American singer and songwriter

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. It was released through

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and

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on November 16, 2007. It was filmed at the

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, on September 2, 2007 during her world tour The Beyoncé Experience. It features guest appearances from rapper

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on " Upgrade U" and former

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bandmates

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and

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on "

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". The show featured on the album was broadcast on different channels; for one night only on November 19, 2007, the film was shown in ninety-six theaters across the United States, while

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(BET) aired an edited version of the concert on

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, with AEG Network and

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also airing the concert. The album features performances of songs from Beyoncé's first two solo studio albums '' Dangerously in Love'' (2003) and '' B'Day'' (2006) as well as songs which she recorded with Destiny's Child. Upon its release, ''The Beyoncé Experience Live'' received mostly positive reviews from

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who praised Beyoncé's live performances of the songs. The album was also commercially successful, peaking at number two on the US Top Music Videos, and being certified triple platinum by the

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(RIAA). The live version of " Me, Myself and I" (2003) from the album gained a nomination for

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for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the

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(2009). The show was re-enacted by American performer Neal Medlyn during his performance at the New Museum in

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in April 2008.

Background and development

''The Beyoncé Experience Live'' was filmed at the

, on September 2, 2007, during Beyoncé's world tour The Beyoncé Experience, in promotion of her second studio album '' B'Day'' (2006). The film features guest appearances from rapper

on " Upgrade U" and former

bandmates

and

on "

". At the end of the show Rowland and Williams led the audience in singing "

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" to Beyoncé, to mark her birthday two days later. The film also features a twenty-seven-song jukebox feature which was achieved by the use of advanced "

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" programming. The DVD was authored by Neil Matthews at Ascent Media in New York City.

Film synopsis

Onstage, Beyoncé had an all-female band Suga Mama, and the show used men only as dancers for the female audience as noted by Pareles of ''The New York Times''. The show included many references such as to

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as well as routines inspired by ''

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'' and

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. It opened in darkness with Beyoncé emerging through a hole in the stage amidst smoke, sparkles and

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to perform " Crazy in Love" and a snippet of

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's " Crazy" in a sparkling silver gown and walked to the front of the stage, as fifteen disco balls hung from the ceiling. Her background band started playing the music to the

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song and while singing, Beyoncé walked up a huge staircase which moved forward in two places where her all-female band and three backup singers were positioned. At the top of the staircase/mini-stage, she tore off the bottom of her dress and walked back down to the main stage. Her three backup singers came down as well and did the "uh-oh" dance from the song with her. Beyonce 3

During " Freakum Dress" Beyoncé played an air guitar, while the stage's stairs were lit green during "

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" which she performed with six female dancers. She wore a belly-dancing outfit, including harem pants, while singing " Baby Boy". She descended the staircase holding an umbrella and was met by three guys wearing fatigues. A short section of the

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classic "Murder She Wrote" was incorporated into "Baby Boy". During " Beautiful Liar", Beyoncé sang into a microphone that fell from the ceiling and performed a

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-styled dance similar to the song's music video; Shakira appeared on the video screen throughout the song. " Naughty Girl" was also sung with

's " Love to Love You Baby" being incorporated and while performing she belly-danced on the song's beat. " Me, Myself and I" was performed at a slower

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than the original recording, after which Beyoncé sang " Dangerously in Love 2" with a snippet of "He Loves Me". She cried during " Flaws and All" and showed her "imperfections" before being embraced by a dancer dressed as an angel. During the performance of the song, she sang wide-eyed in a video close-up. Beyoncé sang "Speechless" while seated on a sofa designed like a pair of lips. The intro to "Ring the Alarm" paid homage to the " Cell Block Tango" from the film ''

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'', as women told of how they had been hurt by men and the performance saw Beyoncé wearing a red overcoat. During the performance of "

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", Beyoncé performed a

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. Afterwards Beyoncé's duets with

– "Upgrade U" and " '03 Bonnie & Clyde" were performed. During " Get Me Bodied" she removed her robot costume to reveal black and yellow dress to emulate a bee and further led the crowd in a dance routine. "

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" was preceded by an instrumental of "

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", during which the stairs were colored pink. A ''

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'' segment was performed, incorporating the title song and "Listen" from the 2006 musical film in which Beyoncé starred in. The final song on the tour's set list was "

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"; it began with the audience singing the first verse to Beyoncé after she announced "I've been singing my heart out for over two hours. Now it's time for you to sing for me." Between segments of the show, Suga Mama performed periodic instrumental interludes, with every member giving a solo so Beyoncé could change her costumes seven times. The show included a ten-song Destiny's Child Medley which contained female solidarity-themed songs. As the concert ended, Beyoncé was walking on the stage and pointing to individual fans saying "I see you!" and describing their clothes or the signs they held.

Release

''The Beyoncé Experience Live'' was released in the United States on November 20, 2007, and in the United Kingdom on November 26. The album was also released on the iTunes Store on November 19, 2007, in an audio edition titled ''The Beyoncé Experience: Live Audio''. The

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was released on November 18, 2008 simultaneously with Beyoncé's third studio album, '' I Am... Sasha Fierce''. In some countries, the live DVD was packed with '' Irreemplazable'' as a bonus disc. Some of the concerts live version instrumentations were made available for digital download on March 25, 2008, and included the songs from "Speechless" onward. Although it is credited as

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, technically the album is performed by Beyoncé's tour band Suga Mama. ''The Beyoncé Experience Live'' was shown at ninety-six cinemas across the United States on November 19, 2007, one day before its DVD release.

(BET) broadcast the show on

on November 22, 2007 and later on December 18 the same year. On December 31, 2007 ''The Beyoncé Experience Live'' was broadcast to members of the

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serving in the

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through AEG Network. On December 31, 2008, European network

aired the concert in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Critical reception

Mark Deming of the website

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commented that the album "captures her dazzling live act as she shines in a performance." A writer of

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commented that the album contained "more than two hours' worth of content in total". Kurt Orzeck of the same publication commented that the DVD showcases a "huge" tour. Scott Kara of '' Time Out'' also praised the "thrilling, booty-shaking pizzazz" of the DVD adding that fans would feel "just like being there n the concert. An editor of the website

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graded the album with four out of five stars, calling it a spectacle. The editor further noted: " thas the giant stage, the massive lights, the troupe of dancers, the kickass all-girl band, the costume changes, the VIPs and more. But all of it can't pull focus from the incredible Ms. Knowles, who works it for two-plus hours, wailing and gyrating through a sweat-soaked show with nary a hair out of place." Grading the album with three out of four stars, Chuck Arnold and Ivory Jeff Clinton from ''

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'' magazine wrote: "The elaborate production gets a bit overblown at times, but in this concert... the tireless diva is a veritable force of nature on high-energy numbers such as 'Crazy in Love' and 'Déjà Vu.'"

Accolades

The live version of "Me, Myself and I" (2003) from ''The Beyoncé Experience Live'' gained a nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the

in 2009.

Commercial performance

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's '' Live in Las Vegas: A New Day...'' at number one. On December 8, 2007, the album debuted and peaked at number twenty-three on the US Digital Albums. It has been certified triple platinum by the

(RIAA). The album appeared at numbers four, eight and thirty-one on the US Top Music Videos year-end chart for 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively. For the week ending November 26, 2007, ''The Beyoncé Experience Live'' peaked at number two on the Spanish Music DVD Chart. On December 1, 2007 the album debuted and peaked at number six on the Belgian Music DVD Chart, and stayed at that position for the following two weeks, and its last position was at number nine on December 22, 2007 before it fell out of the chart. On the Dutch Music DVD Chart, ''The Beyoncé Experience Live'' debuted at number three on December 1, 2007 and after almost a year of ascending and descending the chart, it became its peak position. It appeared on the Dutch Music DVD year-end charts in 2008 and 2009 at numbers twenty-two and forty-eight, respectively. On November 14, 2009, ''The Beyoncé Experience Live'' peaked at number twenty-five on the UK Music DVD Chart. On September 21, 2009, the album peaked at number eight on the Australian Music DVD Chart and was later certified

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by the

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(ARIA).

''The Neal Medlyn Experience''

American performer Neal Medlyn re-enacted the film during his performance at the New Museum in April 2008 together with dancers Will Rawls and Erick Montes. His performance was an hour long and titled ''The Neal Medlyn Experience Live''. He sang along to the DVD audio track, complete with word-for-word between-song patter and band introductions.

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' Roger LeLeivre reviewed the re-enactment positively writing: "The event... was a hoot, and the audience loved every second of it. Medlyn has Beyoncé's signature, often spastic, moves down pat, down to each minute hand gesture and facial expression... Unlike a

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, Medlyn does not try to convince anyone they are seeing Beyoncé. There wasn't much in the way of costumes (well, he did enter in a black wig, tube top and hot pants, but those bit the dust rather quickly), and why bother?". He concluded that the length of the show was "perfect" as it "ended before the shtick wore out its welcome". LeLeivre finished his review by writing, "It was a delicious pop-culture skewering, right down to the back-up dancers, with their over-the-top moves and expressions... Clearly it enhanced the 'experience,' if you had a passing acquaintance with Beyoncé's songs... but such knowledge was not a prerequisite to enjoying this homage". Claudia La Rocco of ''

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'' described his re-enactment as "absurdly faithful" and added that it wouldn't have been nearly as "smart or touching" without the dancing of Rawls and Montes. She further put the performance in her list of the "richest" moments of 2008 and noted: "These astounding performers slipped between genders and among genres, enveloping Mr. Medlyn in utter fabulousness and proving just how sophisticated pop culture can be. Backup dancers everywhere should feel proud."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from ''The Beyoncé Experience Live''s

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and

. *Mike Abbott –

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*Glenn Ables – stage technician *Richard J. Alcock –

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*Calvin Aurand – executive producer * Angela Beyincé – art assistant, assistant *

– primary artist, choreographer, concept, direction, executive producer, staging *Jason Bridges –

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*Ed Burke – archivist *Anthony Burrell –

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, dance director, dancer *Kim Burse – concept,

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*Thom Cadley – mixing *Jim Caruana – mixing *Anthony Catalano – assistant engineer, digital editing * Marcie Chapa –

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*Guy Charbonneau – engineer *Quincy S. Jackson

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*Fusako Chubachi – art direction *Justin Collie – lighting design,

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*Justin Cook –

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*Terry Cooley –

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* Montina Cooper –

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(background) *Milan Dillard – dance director, dancer *James Fahlgren – setup *Michael Fellner – technical manager *Charlie Fernández – unspecified contributor role * Tia Fuller – sax (

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) *Jennifer García – layout design *Max Gousse – A&R *Todd Green –

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*Georgette Harvey – gaffer *Ty Hunter – assistant hair stylist *

– guest artist, primary artist *Mark Johnson –

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*Harold Jones – production coordination *Chris Keating – video director *Chris Keene – lighting technician *

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– executive producer,

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* Tina Knowles – stylist *Dave Levisohn – camera operator *Yanira Marin – dancer * Divinity Roxx -bass, musical director * Bibi McGill – guitar, musical direction, musical director *James "McGoo" McGregor – drum technician *Steve Miles – camera operator *Ramon Morales – monitor engineer * Heather Morris – dancer *Doug Neal – stage manager *Emer Patten – producer * Danielle Polanco – choreographer *Matt Powers –

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*Justin Purser – production coordination *Dan Ricci – audio post-production *Jerry Rogers – camera operator, projection *

– guest artist *Todd Sams – choreographer *Jamie Silk – production assistant *Kate Sinden – production coordination *Ryan Smith – mastering *

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–

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*Francesca Tolot – make-up * Crystal Torres –

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*Benny Trickett – editing *Jennifer Turner – coordination *Cristina Villarreal – wardrobe *Horace Ward – engineer *Nick Wickham – director *

– guest artist *Mike "Hitman" Wilson – unknown contributor role *Travis Wilson – unspecified contributor role *Nyle Wood – sound technician *John Zweifel – stage technician

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

Beyoncé's official website
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