As her career has gone on, Beyonce has assuredly become more popular and achieved growing acclaim for her albums. That said, I think that if people are listening to Beyonce in 50 years that her most enduring songs will be from early in her career. If you look at her top 10 songs on Spotify, 7 came from her first four solo records, which, though well received, did not receive the universal praise that her four most recent records did.

1. Halo (I am…Sasha Fierce - 2008)

2. Crazy in Love (Dangerously in Love - 2003)

3. CUFF IT (RENAISSANCE - 2022)

4. Single Ladies (I am…Sasha Fierce - 2008)

5. Irreplaceable (B’Day - 2006)

6. TEXAS HOLD EM (COWBOY CARTER - 2024)

7. Love On Top (4 - 2011)

8. If I Were a Boy (I am…Sasha Fierce - 2008)

9. Drunk In Love (BEYONCE - 2014)

10. Run the World (4 - 2011)