At the 49th Annual Grammy Awards ( 2007 ) , '' B'Day '' was nominated for five Grammy Awards , including Best Contemporary R&B Album , Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for " Ring the Alarm " and Best R&B Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration " for " Déjà Vu " ; the Freemasons club mix of " Déjà Vu " without the rap was put forward in the Best Remixed Recording , Non-Classical category . '' B'Day '' won the award for Best Contemporary R&B Album . The following year , '' B'Day '' received two nominations – for Record of the Year for " Irreplaceable " and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for " Beautiful Liar " ( with Shakira ) , also receiving a nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Pictures , Television or Other Visual Media for her appearance on '' Dreamgirls : Music from the Motion Picture '' ( 2006 ) . In April 2013 , '' Vibe '' named '' B'Day '' the forty-first best album since 1993 , as well as the greatest party album of the last twenty years . In 2006 , AllMusic ranked '' B'Day '' at number three on their list " Albums of the Year " , while '' Q '' ranked it at number seventy-two on their list of the same title . '' Village Voice '' ranked the album at number seventy-nine on their list " Pazz & Jop 2006 " . British daily broadsheet newspaper '' The Daily Telegraph '' listed '' B'Day '' on their accolade " 120 Essential Pop Albums " in 2008 . In 2013 , '' Entertainment Weekly '' ranked it at number ninety-four on their list " '' Entertainment Weekly '' s 100 Greatest Albums Ever " . '' Spin '' ranked it at number one-hundred-and-nine on their list " The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years " in 2015
49th Annual Grammy Awards
49th Annual Grammy Awards
B'Day (Beyoncé album)