Dangerously in Love is a work of music.
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD , record , audio tape or another medium . Dangerously in Love . As executive producer of the album , Beyoncé took a wider role in its production , co-writing a majority of the songs , choosing which ones to produce and sharing ideas on the mixing and mastering of tracks . 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 . Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies .