you have britney spears selling 1.3 million copies of oops i did it again. in the first week. oops i did it again i played with your heart got lost in the game oh baby baby everyone s falling in love with boy bands and girl groups. but then justin timberlake leaves n sync. i want to rock your body with his debut album j.t. established what his sound would be and it s instantly appealing to a pop audience and also an r&b audience. cry me a river cry me a river you know, justin timberlake leaving n sync becomes the model for what can be done. yes it s your girl you talk about people who are always going to be bigger than their group, that was beyonce. you ready? she puts out a solo album in 2003. first single is crazy in love. it s got this incredible sample.
burn we had trey songz and chris brown, usher. but the superstars of r&b are the women. absolutely. i keep on falling in and out of love with you alicia keys, uber talent. oh my god. sings, composes, and plays. she s the total package. no one no one no one can get in the way of what i m feeling later r&b becomes much more rhythmic, not written as flowing as the traditional r&b song. all the single ladies all the single ladies and beyonce understood better than anybody how to make r&b for a hip-hop generation. put your hands up up in the club i feel like everyone remembers where they were when they first saw the single ladies video.
now it s your turn to cry cry me a river cry me a river you know, justin timberlake leaving nsync becomes the model for what can be done. yes it s your girl you talk about people who are always going to be bigger than their group, that was beyonce. you ready? she puts out a solo album in 2003. first single is crazy in love. it s got this incredible sample. that catches your ear. beyonce hasn t opened her mouth yet, and you re already hooked on that song. i looked so deep in your eyes i remember being asked once, what do you think, christina or britney? i said, beyonce. got me looking so crazy right now crazy in love. that s how it begins. it seemed like almost overnight she game a kind of icon. she became a deeply respected figure. beyonce! naughty girl! in the early 2000s the industry was so dominated by pop
later, r&b becomes much more rhythmic, not written as flowing as the traditional r&b song. all the single ladies all the single ladies and beyonce understood better than anybody how to make r&b for a hip-hop generation. put your hands up up in the club i feel like everyone remembers where they were when they first saw the single ladies video. it was like, oh my god, how do i learn the dance? i can t learn it fast enough. pop it a little bit. pop it. okay. like stick it. if you like it then you should have put a ring on it oh oh oh oh oh oh she was a woman speaking for other women. and that was so welcome. one by one even two by two everybody in the club let me show you how we do rihanna comes along, and she s much more r&b than she is pop. she s got the sort of caribbean feel in her music. and there s something really fresh about her. a thief in the night come and
cry me a river you know, justin timberlake nsync becomes the model for what can be done. yes it s your girl you talk about people who are always going to be bigger than their group, that was beyonce. you ready? she puts out a solo album in 2003. first single is crazy in love. it s got this incredible sample. that catches your ear. beyonce hasn t opened her mouth yet, and you re already hooked on that song. i looked so deep in your eyes i remember being asked once, christina or britney? i said, beyonce. got me looking so crazy right now crazy in love. that s how it begins. it seemed like almost overnight she game a kind of icon. she became a deeply respected figure. beyonce! in the early 2000s the industry was so dominated by pop sensations and booming cd sales