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Irreemplazable (English:Irreplaceable) is the secondextended play (EP) by American singer and songwriterBeyoncé. It was released on August 27, 2007, byColumbia Records andMusic World Entertainment. Comprising Spanish re-recordings and remixes of songs from her second studio albumB'Day (2006), it was initially featured as a bonus disc for the North American deluxe edition ofB'Day in April 2007. The EP was produced by Cuban-American musicianRudy Pérez, who also helped with writing the songs in Spanish.
Irreemplazable received mixed reviews frommusic critics, who criticized its lack of content and the fact that it was released several months after the deluxe edition ofB'Day. The EP peaked at number 105 on the USBillboard 200, and has sold 57,000 copies in the United States. "Bello Embustero", the Spanish version of "Beautiful Liar", was nominated forRecord of the Year at the8th Annual Latin Grammy Awards (2007).
Growing up inHouston,Texas, Beyoncé was surrounded by theSpanish language, and learned some Spanish as a child, which she later forgot. When re-recording songs forIrreemplazable, Beyoncé's vocal coach provided the Spanish lyrics phonetically, and each line was recorded up to four times for the EP. Beyoncé has stated that she intends to take up Spanish lessons in the future.[1] She said of the EP's recording, "This is such an honor for me to be able to connect with all my fans. I had so much fun singing in Spanish. It reminded me of growing up in Houston".[2]The Denver Post's John Wenzel interpreted the release ofIrreemplazable as "an effort to meet the exploding market for Spanish language music".[3]
Irreemplazable was released as the bonus disc on the deluxe edition ofB'Day in the United States on April 3, 2007,[4] before being released separately throughColumbia Records andMusic World Entertainment on August 28, 2007.[5]iTunes Store began selling the EP on August 27, 2007.[6][7] However, a remix of "Get Me Bodied" was available only on the individual release ofIrreemplazable. Beyoncé appeared onTr3s' television showMi TRL on August 2, 2007, and showed a behind-the-scenes special, "Making of the Spanish EP".[5] An exclusiveDVD accompanied the EP inWalmart stores, containing behind-the-scenes footage and taped performances fromThe Beyoncé Experience and Beyoncé's appearance onThe Early Show, as well as adocumentary named "La Evolución Latina de Beyoncé" ("The Latin Evolution of Beyoncé").[3][8]
Irreemplazable is primarily anR&B andLatin pop album. The Spanish-language songs from the EP were written by Cuban American composerRudy Pérez and he wrote the lyrics phonetically to help Beyoncé perform the songs in Spanish. "We spent hours and hours working on it. She wanted to make it perfect. She worked hard. That's why people are saying it sounds like she's fluent in Spanish", Perez added.[9] Pérez changed some of the words in Spanish as he felt it they "didn't fit the music" and "doesn't make sense". He assisted with Beyoncé on pronouncing her r's in Spanish.[10]Irreemplazable opens with "Amor Gitano", a duet withAlejandro Fernández originally from Fernández' fifteenth studio album,Viento a Favor. "Listen", a theme song fromDreamgirls, in which Beyoncé appears, was re-recorded under the title "Oye". The EP's title track is a Spanish version of "Irreplaceable", a song that was highly successful in its English recording.[11][12] Three recordings of "Beautiful Liar" appear onIrreemplazable: a Spanish version (titled "Bello Embustero"), a remixed English version and aSpanglish version. Anorteña remix of "Irreemplazable" is the EP's seventh track, whileTimbaland's remix of "Get Me Bodied", which featuresvocals fromJulio Voltio, closesIrreemplazable.
Giving it two and a half stars, Andy Kellman ofAllMusic said that "there's not that much to the disc," and alleged that it was unnecessary, concluding "if you're a die-hard Beyoncé fan, you'll probably feel jerked around a bit — especially if you boughtB'Day when it came out in September 2006 and bought the deluxe edition seven months later, only to find out that the bonus material would later come out on its own (with a track not on the second disc of the deluxe edition!)." Kellman selected "Amor Gitano", "Irreemplazable" and the "Get Me Bodied" remix as the highlights of the EP.[13] The EP led to Beyoncé receiving a nomination forPop New Artist of the Year at the2008Lo Nuestro Awards,[14] and "Bello Embustero" was nominated forRecord of the Year at the8th AnnualLatin Grammy Awards.[15]
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2007 | Latin Grammy Award | Record of the Year ("Bello Embustero") | Nominated | [15] |
| 2008 | Lo Nuestro Award | Pop New Artist of the Year | Nominated | [14] |
Irreemplazable debuted on the USBillboard 200 at number 105,[16][17] selling over 6,000 copies.[18] It remained on the chart for three weeks.[19] On theTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, the EP made its entry at number forty-one the same week,[20] and spent five weeks on the chart.[19]Irreemplazable performed better on the Latin charts, debuting at number three on theTop Latin Albums[21] and number two on theLatin Pop Albums.[22] The EP stayed on the charts for twelve and thirteen weeks, respectively.[19] As of 2010,Irreemplazable has sold 57,000 copies in the United States.[23]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Amor Gitano" (withAlejandro Fernández) |
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| 2. | "Oye" |
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| 3:41 |
| 3. | "Irreemplazable" | 3:48 | ||
| 4. | "Bello Embustero" |
| 3:20 | |
| 5. | "Beautiful Liar" (Remix) (with Shakira) |
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| 3:01 |
| 6. | "Beautiful Liar" (Spanglish version) (featuringSasha Fierce) |
| 3:21 | |
| 7. | "Irreemplazable" (Norteña Remix) |
| 3:51 | |
| 8. | "Get Me Bodied" (Timbaland Remix) (featuring Voltio) |
| 6:14 | |
| Total length: | 31:04 | |||
Credits adapted fromAllMusic andIrreemplazable's liner notes.[24][25]
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| Italy (FIMI)[26] | 3 |
| USBillboard 200[27] | 105 |
| USTop Latin Albums (Billboard)[28] | 3 |
| USTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[29] | 41 |
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