With the release of her debut single " Goodies " , Ciara was referred to as the Princess of Crunk & B. Allison Stewart of '' The Washington Post '' commented that she has a " reedy , agile voice , capable of conveying the only three emotions ( sexy , sassy , sad ) an R&B singer needs . Randall Roberts of '' Los Angeles Times '' commented that " Ciara has been the most synthetic of the R&B divas over the past decade , an electro-leaning vocalist whose instrumental palate has heavily favored stark 808 beats , sassy and seductive vocal lines . " In the early to mid-2000s , some crunk music hits like " Get Low " , " Goodies " , " Yeah ! " and " Freek-a-Leek " produced by Lil Jon climbed to the Top 10 of the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 charts . Both " Yeah ! " and " Goodies " were the first tracks to introduce the substyle of crunk music and contemporary R&B , called crunk & B , to the public . Both of those tracks ( performed by Usher and Ciara , respectively ) were the main mainstream hits of 2004 . Since then , crunk & B has been one of the most popular genres of sung African-American music , along with electropop , the genre that replaced crunk and crunk & B in the charts in 2008 . After the album 's lead single reached the summit of the US Billboard Hot 100 , it spent seven weeks at number one , becoming the longest-running number-one debut single by a female artist since 1977 The album 's lead singles success exemplified urban music 's commercial dominance during the early 2000s , which featured massive crossover success on the '' Billboard '' charts by R&B and hip hop artists . In 2004 , all 12 songs that topped the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 were African-American recording artists and accounted for 80 % of the number-one R&B hits that year . Along with Usher 's streak of singles , Top 40 radio and both pop and R&B charts were topped by OutKast 's " Hey Ya ! " , Snoop Dogg 's " Drop It Like It 's Hot " , Terror Squad 's " Lean Back " , and Ciara 's " Goodies " . Chris Molanphy of '' The Village Voice '' later remarked that " by the early 2000s , urban music '' was '' pop music . " The work helped Ciara earn several nominations , including Best New Artist at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards . Several '' Goodies '' singles received several nominations at different ceremonies , which included " 1 , 2 Step " being nominated at the 48th Grammy Awards for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration . The song " 1 , 2 Step " from the album Goodies has received numerous awards , including both " Best Performed Songs in the ASCAP Repertory " and " Most Performed Songs " from the American Society of Composers , Authors and Publishers , " Best Collaboration " from the BET Awards , and " Best Dance Cut " from the Soul Train Lady of Soul Music Awards , and " Choice Music R&B / Hip Hop Track " from the Teen Choice Awards . Ciara has received nine nominations from the BET Awards , winning one of them
48th Annual Grammy Awards
48th Annual Grammy Awards
Goodies (Ciara album)