Top 5: Beyonce songs through the years

Only a few people to ever grace the mic will probably accomplish what American singer Beyonce has accomplished in her 3-decade-long career. As well as being the most awarded woman in the history of the Grammys, Bey has also triumphed at the Oscars and Emmys. She is to the RNB and Pop what her husband Jay Z is to Rap and Hip Hop.

As difficult as it was to pick from Bey’s collection of 7 solo albums, one collaborative album, and numerous singles, we’ve painstakingly come up with a list of our top 5 Beyonce songs.

Irreplaceable (2006)

Irreplaceable is an all-time Bey anthem. It played a huge part in the success of her second solo album B’Day in 2006, as Beyonce’s vocal delivers a lesson of how-to-boss hurt and heartbreak.

#4 Get Me Bodied (2006)

Is B’Day the best Bey album ever? The Beyhive will probably say yes. On Get Me Bodied, Bey and Swizzbeatz combine to devastating effect, delivering a club banger that has outlived many of its peers.

#3 Best Thing I Never I Had (2011)

“What goes around, comes back around, my baby!” To all the exes we never had, to all our dodged bullets, and missed opportunities! this one’s for you. This is probably Beyonce at her classic best, and if you’re going to celebrate eventually realizing that the path you chose was indeed the one meant for you, and the best for you, Best Thing I Never Had is the way to do it.

#2 Crazy In Love ft Jay Z

This, arguably was the beginning of Beyonce’s superstardom. Alongside lover Jay Z, Crazy In Love is really that unsurmountable Pop, RNB, Hip Hop mashup that not even time can dilute its hit status.

#1 XO

The intoxicating XO is our best Bey song and, although you’re probably not giving us any thanks now because you think there’s a better Bey song out there. Well, you’re still right. Any song from Bey’s catalogue is fit enough to sit on this number one spot. That goes to show how decorated the American singer’s discography through the years. Xo Xo, especially the Beyhive.