Happy 4th Wedding Anniversary Jay and Beyoncé!
A look back at the couple's romantic adventure.
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Crazy in Love - Everyone knows that Jay-Z and Beyoncé have a thing for the number four. Since today marks their fourth wedding anniversary, we honor this dynamic duo's long road to happiness, wealth, success, marriage and a baby carriage with a timeline of their love.(Photo: James Devaney/WireImage/Getty Images)
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B and Her Girlfriends - In the summer of 2001, just about the time the rumor mill began to churn with sightings of Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s love, the R&B diva made a cameo in Jay’s “Izzo (H.O.V.A)” video with her Destiny’s Child group members.(Photo: Columbia Records)
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Me & My Girlfriend - Still not claiming their couple status, the duo’s onscreen chemistry was undeniable in the video for their first of many collaborations, “Bonnie & Clyde ’03.” (Photo: Roc Nation)
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Making Beautiful Music - Beyoncé's debut solo album, Dangerously in Love, was bound to be a smashing success, but when she added Jay to the mix for her first single, "Crazy in Love," the energy between them made for their biggest hit together. Jay-Z and Beyonce in Crazy in Love Video (Photo: Columbia Records)
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A-List Target\r - Still no red carpet arrivals together, the two kept their personal lives very private and their working lives very professional, making the paparazzi all the more hungry for a peek into their world. Try as they might to avert media attention, pics of their globetrotting luxury vacations surfaced on the web and in the weekly tabloids.\r \r (Photo: Brian Hineline/Retna Ltd.)
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Hot Stuff - By the time Jay dropped The Black Album, his love for Bey was undeniable — though the two would rarely if ever be photographed together. But then Jigga released the video for his hit single “Dirt Off Your Shoulders,” which included a verse from another track, “PSA,” where he rapped: “I got the hottest chick in the game, wearing my chain,” and flashed a visibly giddy Beyoncé wearing his beloved Rockafella pendant.(Photo: Roc Nation)
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Repeat Performance\r - Beyoncé always gave a wink and nod to her love with hip hop mogul Sean Carter, but in the first music video for the single “Déjà Vu” off her sophomore LP, B’Day, she was very direct with a racy scene with her beau, where she does a half-back bend while grabbing hold of Jay-Z’s belt.\r\r\r \r(Photo: Columbia Records)
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Is That Your Chick? - During a 2006 performance of the hit single "Déjà Vu" at the BET Awards, Jay lets everyone know that B is his girl. Just as he raps the line, “You gon’ need help tryna study my bounce,” Jigga gives Bey a light smack on the bum and the crowd goes wild.(Photo: Getty Images)
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Carter Ink - The number four has great significance for the duo, as Beyoncé explains her birthday is September 4, Jay’s December 4 and her mom, Miss Tina, January 4. So the duo not only wed on 4/4/08, they tattooed the Roman numeral IV on their ring finger marking a bond more permanent than wedding bans. (Photos from left: by Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup, Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage)
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Girl Talk\r - Six months after her marriage to Jay-Z, Beyoncé talks about the importance of keeping her private life separate from her performance life on a 2008 episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah commends her on the success of keeping the ogling eyes of the media out of her big day. \r\r\r(Photo: George Burns/Harpo)
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