these people usually ask the singers to sing the song, beyonce is doing a lot anyway, so i doubt it hurted her in anyway. COngrats to Alicia, and congrats to beyonce on her success. People need to stop the compare game BS cuz it's getting old. I think people just love gossiping about stupid things like "omg beyonce didn't get it WTF" or "haha a REAL artist got it instead" they are both powerful and inspiring artists on different levels, and help show how diverse the black world can be.