Beyonce is SERIOUSLY overrated. She is very talented but several R&B artists (Mariah, Whitney, Rihanna, Janet) are equally if not more talented and have sold more albums than she has as a solo artist (in fact, Whitney and Mariah sold more albums than her solo AND as a member of DC combined!) . The above four artists have also produced more number 1 hits as well. People need to get their facts straight and check the Billboard Bestsellers and greatest hits charts and you will see. Even Kelly's "Delimma" scored a spot on Billboard's greatest Hot 100 Singles in Billboard's 50 year history. Beyonce can sing and dance, but there are others who are just as talented, they just don't get the hype and shine of being in the most popular couple in R&B/Hip Hop right now (I'm talking about her relationship with Jay Z). You cannot say that that didn't help catapult her to the level it did. Just look at what it did for Rihanna's career and she has half the talent of Beyonce but because Jay Z is her manager, she actually has garnered more hits in a shorter time frame than Beyonce. Out of her 8 number one hits in the US, two were with a Rapper (one of them being Jay Z and the other with Slim Thug) and 4 were with Destiny's Child. For whatever talent she does have (which I am not denying her talent) she has usually had to collaborate to produce number one hits (Baby Boy with Sean Paul, Beautiful Liar with Shakira, Telephone with Lady Gaga). Irreplaceable (a song written entirely by NEYO) and Single Ladies are the only two number ones she had on her own (and we all know that the video made single ladies a hit). Sge's talented, but she needed assistance just like others (ALOT of it apparently). That why she couldn't get a record deal as a solo artist from jump street (unlike Whitney, Mariah, Mary, Alicia, Brandy, Monica, or even Rihanna). The labels apparently told her she NEEDED a group in order to be fully DEVELOPED ENOUGH to actually become a solo artist. So her FATHER, the manager of the group, created some BS group, made the other girls work their butts off for years alongside Beyonce, just to be treated unfairly when they actually got the record deal. They got next to NO singing parts, little camera time and press, and less money than Beyonce even though they contributed years of blood and sweat with Beyonce to get the group a record deal in the first place because Beyonce COULD NOT GET A DEAL ON HER OWN. Then when it was time to go solo, Beyonce got the BEST writers, stylist, producers, choreographers and hooked with Jay Z to give her the street cred she needed cash in on the then popular hip hop/r&b callabo trend and PRESTO you got a new R&B sensation. Not the most talented but the most promoted and hyped and hooked up. It''s not fair to compare these girls to Beyonce when they weren't even given the chance to fairly compete with her from jump street.