Rice – engineering (track 2) Michele Richards – violin (track 15) Makeba Riddick – songwriting (tracks 4, 6, 9–12 and 16) Jared Robbins – engineering assistance (track 15) Jamie Rosenberg – engineering assistance (track 10) Kareem Roustom – additional string arrangement (track 1), violin arrangement (track 1) Shakira – arrangement (track 1), production (tracks 1 and 19), violin arrangement (track 1), remix production (track 19), vocal production (track 1), vocals (tracks 1 and 19) Haim Shtrum – violin (track 15) Dexter Simmons – mixing (track 17) Slim Thug – songwriting (track 17), vocals (track 17) Daniel Smith – cello (track 15) Chris Spilfogel – engineering (track 15) Stargate – arrangement (track 1), engineering (track 1), instrumentation (tracks 1, 2 and 8), production (tracks 1, 2, 8 and 19), programming (track 1), songwriting (tracks 1, 2, 8 and 19), strings (track 8), string arrangement (track 8) David Stearns – engineering assistance (track 1) Swizz Beatz – additional production (track 6), mixing (tracks 9 and 13), production (tracks 9, 13 and 17), songwriting (tracks 9, 13 and 17) Shaffer "Ne-Yo" Smith – production (tracks 2, 7 and 8), songwriting (tracks 2, 5, 7 and 8) Chris Spilfogel – engineering (track 15) Syience – production (track 5), songwriting (track 5) Shea Taylor – production (track 7), songwriting (track 7) Delisha Thomas – songwriting (track 12) Michael Tocci – engineering (track 7) Rene Luis Toledo – Spanish guitar (track 18) Steve Tolle – mixing assistance (tracks 2–4, 6, 9–11, 13 and 14) Francesca Tolot – make-up The Underdogs – production (track 15) Max Vadukul – photography Jeff Villanueva – engineering (tracks 12 and 16) Rommel Nino Villanueva – engineering (track 15) Cameron Wallace – production (track 6) Bruce Weeden – mixing (track 18) John Weston – engineering (track 1), string digital editing (track 1) Pharrell Williams – songwriting (tracks 3 and 4) John Wittenburg – violin (track 15) Shane Woodley – engineering (track 7), engineering assistance (track 18) Kenneth Yerke – violin (track 15) Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Decade-end charts All-time charts Certifications |- ! scope="row"| Romania (UPFR) | Gold | |- Release history See also B'Day Anthology Video Album Beyoncé discography List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2006 List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 2006 List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 2007 List of number-one albums of 2006 (Canada) List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2006