Dangerously in Love is a work of music.
Album . Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century , first as books of individual 78rpm records , then from 1948 as vinyl LP records played at rpm . Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( [ biːˈjɒnseɪ ] born September 4 , 1981 ) is an American singer , songwriter and actress . Dangerously in Love is the debut studio album by American singer Beyoncé . A Grammy Award ( originally called Gramophone Award ) , or Grammy , is an honor awarded by The Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the mainly English-language music industry .