Beyonce’s second solo album, B’Day, closed out 2006 as one of the year’s most successful albums. With release-to- date (as of December 31, 2006) SoundScanned sales of 2,010,311, B’Day came in at #7 on Billboard’s U.S. Top 10 Best-Selling Albums chart. Certified RIAA double platinum in the U.S., B’Day has sold more than 3.5 million copies around the world.

Released in the US on September 4, 2006 (and around the world on September 5 to coincide with the artist’s 25th birthday), Beyonce’s B’Day entered the Billboard Top 200 at #1, with first week’s sales of more than 541,000 pieces, achieving 2006’s highest first week’s sales of any female recording act, group or solo. B’Day had the fifth highest chart debut of the year of any artist, male of female. (The pop superstar’s first solo album, 2003’s Grammy-winning Dangerously In Love, also debuted in the #1 slot, with first week’s sales of 316,846.)

B’Day peaked at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and U.S. Internet album charts and remains a constant on the upper reaches of the Top 200 (it’s currently #12). “Deja Vu” (featuring Jay-Z), the first single from B’Day, reached #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart and #1 on the Hot Dance Singles Sales chart while its follow-up, “Ring The Alarm,” hit #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and #3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart. The album’s current single, “Irreplaceable,” is currently #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles chart (five weeks in a row) and #1 on the R&B Singles chart (seven weeks in a row).