Editing Beyoncé (section)

=== Songwriting ===
Beyoncé has received co-writing credits for most of her songs.<ref name="Fallon">{{cite news|last=Fallon|first=Kevin|date=April 13, 2017|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/does-beyonce-write-her-own-music-and-does-it-really-matter| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.thedailybeast.com/does-beyonce-write-her-own-music-and-does-it-really-matter| archive-date=October 27, 2021|title=Does Beyoncé Write Her Own Music? And Does It Really Matter?|newspaper=[[The Daily Beast]]|access-date=August 21, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Her early songs with Destiny's Child were personally driven and female-empowerment themed compositions like "Independent Women" and "Survivor", but after the start of her relationship with Jay-Z, she transitioned to more man-tending anthems such as "[[Cater 2 U]]".<ref name="Vineyard">{{cite news|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|title=Beyoncé Shoots Down Jay-Z Marriage Rumors in Vanity Fair Interview|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1510890/beyonce-shoots-down-marriage-rumors-mag.jhtml|publisher=MTV News|date=October 4, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624083943/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1510890/beyonce-shoots-down-marriage-rumors-mag.jhtml|archive-date=June 24, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Beyoncé's songwriting process is also known for combining parts of different tracks, resulting in alteration of song structures. [[Sia]], who co-wrote "[[Pretty Hurts]]", called Beyoncé "very [[Victor Frankenstein|Frankenstein]] when she comes to songs";<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sias-reject-opus-songwriter-on-reclaiming-adele-rihannas-unwanted-hits-36006/6/ |title=Sia's Reject Opus: Songwriter on Reclaiming Adele, Rihanna's Unwanted Hits |first=Brittany |last=Spanos |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=December 3, 2015 |access-date=January 17, 2023 |archive-date=January 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117200105/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sias-reject-opus-songwriter-on-reclaiming-adele-rihannas-unwanted-hits-36006/6/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Diana Gordon (singer)|Diana Gordon]], who co-wrote "[[Don't Hurt Yourself (Beyoncé song)|Don't Hurt Yourself]]" called her a "scientist of songs";<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/08/02/diana-gordon-interview/ |title=Diana Gordon interview: The 'Becky with the good hair' scribe opens up about new music |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=August 2, 2016 |access-date=January 17, 2023 |first=Jessica |last=Goodman |archive-date=January 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117200058/https://ew.com/article/2016/08/02/diana-gordon-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Caroline Polachek]] who co-wrote "[[No Angel (Beyoncé song)|No Angel]]", called her a "genius writer and producer for this reason. She's so good at seeing connections."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a31944377/caroline-polachek-interview/ |title=It's Caroline Polacheck's Dream World; We Just Live in It |magazine=[[Harper's Bazaar]] |first=Natalie |last=Maher |date=March 27, 2020 |access-date=January 17, 2023 |archive-date=January 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117023311/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a31944377/caroline-polachek-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2001, she became the first Black woman and second female lyricist to win the Pop Songwriter of the Year award at the [[American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers|ASCAP]] Pop Music Awards.<ref name="FOX">{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,204978,00.html?sPage=fnc/entertainment/beyonce|title=Beyoncé Knowles' Biography|publisher=[[Fox News Channel]]|date=April 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307175108/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,204978,00.html?sPage=fnc%2Fentertainment%2Fbeyonce|archive-date=March 7, 2008 |access-date=November 6, 2018}}</ref><ref name="CBS">{{cite news|last=Neal|first=Rome|title=Beyoncé Tries For Timeless|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/beyonce-tries-for-timeless/|agency=CBS News|date=February 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030814230342/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/08/earlyshow/leisure/music/main562232.shtml|archive-date=August 14, 2003|url-status=live}}</ref> Beyoncé was the third woman to have writing credits on three number-one songs ("Irreplaceable", "[[Grillz]]" and "Check on It") in the same year, after [[Carole King]] in 1971 and Mariah Carey in 1991. She is tied with American lyricist [[Diane Warren]] at third with nine songwriting credits on number-one singles.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Bronson|first=Fred|title=Chart Beat Chat|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56489/chart-beat-chat| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56489/chart-beat-chat| archive-date=October 27, 2021|magazine=Billboard|date=December 6, 2006|access-date=March 29, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The latter wrote her song "[[I Was Here (song)|I Was Here]]" for ''4'', which was motivated by the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref>{{cite magazine|first1=Brian|last1=Hiatt|access-date=June 7, 2021|title=Diane Warren: Wild Stories Behind Hits for Beyoncé, Cher, Aerosmith and More|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/diane-warren-beyonce-cher-aerosmith-lady-gaga-1121141/| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/diane-warren-beyonce-cher-aerosmith-lady-gaga-1121141/| archive-date=October 27, 2021|date=February 6, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In May 2011, ''Billboard'' magazine listed Beyoncé at number 17 on their list of the Top 20 Hot 100 Songwriters for having co-written eight singles that hit number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. She was one of only three women on that list, along with [[Alicia Keys]] and [[Taylor Swift]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Caulfield|first1=Keith|last2=Trust|first2=Gary|url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/426946/top-20-hot-100-songwriters-2000-present| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.billboard.com/photos/426946/top-20-hot-100-songwriters-2000-present| archive-date=October 27, 2021|title=Top 20 Hot 100 Songwriters Performance|magazine=Billboard|date=May 23, 2011|access-date=September 13, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Beyoncé has received criticism, including from journalists and musicians, for the extensive writing credits on her songs.<ref name="Fallon"/> The controversy surrounding her songwriting credits began with interviews in which she attributed herself as the songwriter for songs in which she was a co-writer<ref name="Kritselis"/> or for which her contributions were marginal.<ref name="Fallon"/> In a cover story for ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' in 2005, she claimed to have "written" several number-one songs for Destiny's Child, contrary to the credits, which list her as a co-writer among others.<ref name="Kritselis">{{cite news|last=Kritselis|first=Alex|date=May 4, 2014|url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-sunday-independent/20140504/282235188670231| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-sunday-independent/20140504/282235188670231| archive-date=October 27, 2021|title=Beyonce is great, but... she steals from other artists|newspaper=[[Sunday Independent (Ireland)|Sunday Independent]]|access-date=August 24, 2020|via=PressReader.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> During a 2007 interview with [[Barbara Walters]], she claimed to have conceived the musical idea for the Destiny's Child song "Bootylicious",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theboombox.com/beyonce-bootylicious/| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://theboombox.com/beyonce-bootylicious/| archive-date=October 27, 2021|title=Beyonce Accused of Stealing Credit for 'Bootylicious'|website=[[The Boombox]]| date=March 4, 2010 |access-date=August 27, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> which provoked the song's producer [[Rob Fusari]] to call her father and then-manager Mathew Knowles in protest over the claim. In 2010, Fusari told ''Billboard'': "[Knowles] explained to me, in a nice way, he said, 'People don't want to hear about Rob Fusari, producer from Livingston, N.J. No offense, but that's not what sells records. What sells records is people believing that the artist is everything.{{' "}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Marks|first=Craig|date=February 24, 2010|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/959293/producer-rob-fusari-dishes-on-lady-gaga-beyonce| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/959293/producer-rob-fusari-dishes-on-lady-gaga-beyonce| archive-date=October 27, 2021|title=Producer Rob Fusari Dishes on Lady Gaga, Beyoncé|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 21, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> However, in an interview for ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' in 2016, Fusari said Beyoncé "had the 'Bootylicious' concept in her head. That was totally her. She knew what she wanted to say. It was very urban pop angle that they were taking on the record."<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Inside the making of Destiny's Child's 'Bootylicious' 15 years later|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/05/20/destinys-child-bootylicious-15th-anniversary/| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211027/https://ew.com/article/2016/05/20/destinys-child-bootylicious-15th-anniversary/| archive-date=October 27, 2021|access-date=August 24, 2020|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}{{cbignore}}</ref>