Which singer is featured on Beyoncé’s 2003 hit single “Baby Boy”?

Sean Paul is featured on Beyoncé’s 2003 hit single “Baby Boy.”

The song appeared on Beyoncé’s debut solo album, Dangerously in Love, and was written by Beyoncé, Scott Storch, Robert Waller, and Sean Paul, among others. Its production combines contemporary R&B with dancehall influences, reflecting Sean Paul’s Jamaican musical background and international reggae-pop success.

“Baby Boy” followed “Crazy in Love” as a single and became one of Beyoncé’s earliest major solo chart successes. In the United States, it spent nine weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The song’s rhythmic style helped distinguish it from the more straightforward pop and R&B sound of some other tracks on the album.

A frequent mix-up is naming Jay-Z, who appears on “Crazy in Love,” as the featured artist. Jay-Z is not the guest vocalist on “Baby Boy”; Sean Paul is. The collaboration also helped connect Beyoncé’s emerging solo sound with dancehall audiences.