The past seven days have comprised a triple crown week for the pop music superstar Beyonce.
The performer took home her ninth Grammy Award on Feb. 7; watched her latest single -- "Check On It" -- top the Billboard Hot 100 for the third week in a row; and, over the weekend, saw her latest film, "The Pink Panther" starring Steve Martin and Beyonce, become the nation's number one box office sensation as it took in $20,220,412 in movie theatres across the country.
Beyonce's new single, "Check On It," featuring Slim Thug and co-produced by Beyonce and Swizz Beatz, is the artist's third single to hit the number one slot on the Hot 100. "Check On It" originally appeared on the Destiny's Child album, “#1's,” released in October 2005, and may be heard in the end credits of "The Pink Panther." A new video remix of the song, directed by Hype Williams, includes a rap by Bun B and clips from "The Pink Panther." With three consecutive weeks at number one on the Hot 100, "Check On It" is 2006's most successful single to-date.
On Feb. 7, "So Amazing," Beyonce's duet with Stevie Wonder took home the Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group with Vocals trophy, bringing Beyonce's lifetime Grammy total up to nine. She'd previously won five Grammys as a solo artist in 2003 and three as for her work as a founding member of Destiny's Child.
Beyonce's latest film project, currently in production, is the movie version of the hit musical "Dreamgirls,” slated for release on Dec. 22, 2006.
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