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In January 2013, Destiny's Child released Love Songs, a compilation album of romance-themed songs from their previous albums and newly recorded "Nuclear". Knowles performed the American national anthem singing along with a pre-recorded track at President Obama's second inauguration in Washington, D.C.The following month, Knowles performed at the Super Bowl XLVII halftime show, held at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, winning an Emmy Award for Best Outstanding Light Design. The performance stands as the second most tweeted about moment in history at 268,000 tweets per minute. At the 55th Grammy Awards, Knowles won for Best Traditional R&B Performance for "Love on Top". Her feature-length documentary film, Life Is But a Dream first aired on HBO on February 16, 2013.The film, which she directed and produced herself, featured footage from her childhood, her as mother and businesswoman, recording, rehearsing for live performances, and her return to the spotlight following Blue Ivy's birth. Its DVD release in November 2013 was accompanied by footage from the Revel Presents: Beyoncé Live concerts and a new song, "God Made You Beautiful". In February 2013, Knowles signed a global publishing agreement with Warner/Chappell Music, which would cover her future songwriting and then-upcoming studio album.
In April, Knowles and Jay-Z visited Cuba for their fifth wedding anniversary, their visit came under scrutiny from three Republican members of Congress for potentially breaching the US embargo against Cuba. Another Republican Congressman expressed, "So, Beyoncé and Jay-Z are in Cuba? Fine by me. Every American should have the right to travel there"; the trip was later confirmed to be licensed as a "cultural exchange". Knowles' The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour began on April 15 in Belgrade, Serbia and features 123 dates worldwide that will run until March 2014. In May, Knowles' cover of Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black" with André 3000 on the The Great Gatsby soundtrack was released. She was also honorary chair of the 2013 Met Gala. Knowles voiced Queen Tara in the 3D CGI animated film, Epic, released by 20th Century Fox on May 24, and recorded an original song for the film, "Rise Up", co-written with Sia.
Knowles appeared on "You Changed" with Michelle Williams for Kelly Rowland's album Talk a Good Game and "Turnt" alongside 2 Chainz for The-Dream's IV Play. She also appeared on husband Jay-Z's twelfth studio album, Magna Carta... Holy Grail, on a track titled "Part II (On the Run)", and provided additional vocals on the songs "Tom Ford" and "BBC", where she was credited under the moniker "Third Ward Trill". On December 13, 2013, Knowles unexpectedly released her fifth and self-titled studio album at the iTunes Store; it was described as a "visual album" due to every track having a music video. The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart, with three-day sales of 617,213 digital copies, giving Knowles her fifth consecutive number-one album in the US. This made her the first female artist in the chart's history to have her first five studio albums debut at number one. "XO" and "Drunk in Love" featuring Jay-Z were simultaneously released as the album's dual lead singles on December 16 and December 17, respectively.
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