People kill me with this 'queen' mess. In the nineties, people weren't going around squawking about who was the queen of whatever. Cut that petty silly ish out.

Beyoncé's success has nothing to do with any of the above mentioned. It has to do with luck and her work ethic. Why is Beyoncé successful? She oversaturates the market. She along with Destiny's Child have had an album out nearly every year since 1998; and if not an album a single. She never stopped.

Aaliyah, Monica, and Brandy were the reigning 'pop/r&B' divas of the late 90s and early 2000's. No one was checking for Beyoncé until Aaliyah died -- if you notice, right around this time is when Matthew Knowles began to push Beyoncé to the forefront of that group and the other members became back up singers. Then he had Bey featured on 03 Bonnie & Clyde which put her out more and HER name began to get more clout. Add on to the fact that Britney Spears -- the reigning queen of pop -- flew on over the cukoo's nest and he slapped a blond wig on Beyonce and had her shimmy her way into the pop world.

And after that, she never stopped gyrating for a dollar. Has nothing to do with other artists... Has to do with her overexposure. Ashanti would have been fine if she actually did not wait 2.5 years to bring back another album when R&B as a genre is on the decline as far as being able to generate sales.