first of all they are two totally different artist and have the upmost respect for each other. And while people are bashing Beyonce, that girl works very hard and so does Alicia. Don't sleep on the fact that Alicia had to up her game a little bit, it is no suprise that she is not behind the piano an much and has even added some dance moves to her performances, I am not saying she is trying to be Beyonce, but it is clear she had to do more. Just like when Beyonce comes out next summer expect some changes. I have seen both ladies in concert several times and they each give something different. In my opinion Beyonce has a slight edge over alicia vocally and performance wise. And for people to say Beyonce comes out every year thats not true its just her album and song plays last longer, B'Day came out in September of last year!Hell we will probabaly be hearing Alicia's album for the next year also, they are two powerful,positive, DIFFERENT, successful black women doing their respective things, Stop with the hate and more power to them both!