Black Girl Songbook

Beyoncé’s 40th B’Day Party | Chapter 16

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About the episode

This week, Danyel celebrates the 40th birthday of Thee Beyoncé Knowles Carter. To celebrate Beyoncé’s B’Day, Danyel reveals her four favorite Beyoncé songs and even crowns her best album. Grammy-award-winning producer Swizz Beatz and producer-songwriter extraordinaire Sean Garrett also stop by to share their personal stories behind making some of Beyoncé’s most popular songs and what it’s like to create with her in the studio.

Host: Danyel Smith

Producers: Trudy Joseph, Donnie Beacham 

Sound Design: DJ Steve Porter

Talent Booker: Allyson Turner 

Additional Production Support: Stefan Anderson 

Additional Production Supervision: Juliet Litman, Tunde St. Matthew-Daniel