Beyoncé Expands B'Day to 27 Tracks for 20th-Anniversary Deluxe Reissue
Beyoncé will release a 20th-anniversary deluxe edition of her album B'Day on 4 September, expanding the original 13-track record to 27 songs across vinyl and CD formats, according to Billboard.
The reissue comes in three tiers. A 4LP set pressed on 180-gram bayou blue vinyl, priced at $149.98, includes a 60-page commemorative booklet and two collectible prints. A limited 2LP vinyl edition at $44.98 adds a 16-page booklet, while a CD version retails for $14.98 with the same booklet count. All three are listed on Beyoncé's official webstore at beyonce.com/shop, with the European store at eu.shop.beyonce.com carrying the vinyl as well.
The 27-track listing pulls together the full original album, B-sides, and a run of Spanish-language versions: 'Irreemplazable' (the Spanish take on 'Irreplaceable'), 'Amor Gitano', 'Listen (Oye)', 'Beautiful Liar (Bello Embustero)' and 'Get Me Bodied (Mueve el Cuerpo)'. An extended mix of 'Get Me Bodied' and the single 'Morning Dew (Donk)' round out the package. The full tracklist: Déjà Vu, Get Me Bodied, Suga Mama, Upgrade U, Ring the Alarm, Kitty Kat, Freakum Dress, Green Light, Irreplaceable, Check on It, Beautiful Liar, Flaws and All, Resentment, Listen, Morning Dew (Donk), My First Time, Can I Watch You, Welcome to Hollywood, Lost Yo Mind, Creole, Back Up, Get Me Bodied (Extended Mix), Irreplaceable (Irreemplazable), Amor Gitano, Listen (Oye), Beautiful Liar (Bello Embustero), and Get Me Bodied (Mueve el Cuerpo).
The original B'Day arrived in September 2006 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the chart that ranks the highest-selling albums in the US each week. It won a Grammy and featured production from Beyoncé alongside Ne-Yo, the Neptunes, Stargate, Swizz Beatz, Darkchild and Nellee Hooper. Its singles charted high on the Billboard Hot 100 — the US singles chart — including 'Déjà Vu' with Jay-Z at No. 4, 'Ring the Alarm' at No. 11 and 'Beautiful Liar' at No. 3.
Less than eight months after the original release, an expanded two-disc deluxe version arrived, adding duets with Shakira on 'Beautiful Liar' and with Alejandro Fernández on 'Amor Gitano'. That 2007 deluxe set laid some of the groundwork for what the 20th-anniversary edition now compiles in full.
Earlier this month, Beyoncé surprise-released the four-song 'Morning Dew (Donk) Remix Pack', featuring new verses from Jay-Z alongside an acoustic version and an additional remix. The track 'Morning Dew (Donk)' now appears on the anniversary deluxe as well.
For fans, the appeal is partly archival. Several of the Spanish-language cuts and B-sides have been scattered across region-specific releases and bonus discs for two decades. This edition collects them in one package, with the 4LP vinyl pressing aimed at collectors willing to pay a premium for the format and the booklet.
