Beyoncé celebrates 10-year anniversary of her record breaking self-titled album and fans go wild: 'She changed the game in so many ways'

Beyoncé celebrated 10 years since the release of her self-titled album as she took to Instagram with a compilation of content from her fifth record on Wednesday.

The Grammy-award winning star shocked the world back in 2013 when she dropped her album Beyoncé without any warning and accompanied each track with it’s own short film.

Fans were sent into a frenzy after the star’s fifth album came as a complete surprise and generated 1.2 million tweets in the 12 hours following its release.

The record soon became the fastest selling album in iTunes history and soared to the top of the Billboard music charts within just three days of sales.

Marking the 10 year milestone, Beyoncé shared footage of the making of the record, clips from the music videos and fan reactions.

Beyonc, 42, celebrated the 10 year anniversary of her record breaking self-titled album as she took to Instagram with a compilation of content from her fifth record on Wednesday

The Grammy-award winning star shocked the world back in 2013 when she dropped her album Beyoncé without any warning and accompanied each track with it’s own short film

Featuring the hit tracks Drunk In Love and Pretty Hurts, the album was a pivotal moment in her career and was released just under a year after she gave birth to her first child, Blue Ivy in January 2012.

Speaking in the video the star said: ‘I still get scared of every album release. I am constantly searching for the deeper purpose of my art.’

She continued: ‘Thoughts about life, my dreams, or my fantasies’.

Sharing a clip of her carrying her daughter, she adds: ‘Just because you become a mother doesn’t mean you lose who you are.’

Discussing her decision to release the album without any build up, she said: ‘I don’t want anyone to give the message of when this record is coming out.

‘I just want it to come out when it’s ready from me to my fans.’

Sharing clips of her fans reacting to the album, one exclaimed: ‘Wait a minute. I think Beyonce just released an album on iTunes’.

While another added: ‘What OMG;.

Concluding the video, Beyoncé adds: ‘This album is the anti-perfection. Happy 10 year anniversary.’

Fans were sent into a frenzy after the star’s fifth album came as a complete surprise and generated 1.2 million tweets in the 12 hours following its release

The record soon became the fastest selling album in iTunes history and soared to the top of the Billboard music charts within just three days of sales

Speaking in the video the star said: ‘I still get scared of every album release. I am constantly searching for the deeper purpose of my art’

Sharing a clip of her carrying her daughter Blue Ivy, she added: ‘Just because you become a mother doesn’t mean you lose who you are’

Speaking in the video the star said: ‘I still get scared of every album release. I am constantly searching for the deeper purpose of my art’

Marking the 10 year milestone, Beyoncé shared footage of the making of the record, the clips from the music videos and fans reactions

The album featured hits such as Drunk In Love (pictured) and Pretty Hurts

Discussing her decision to release the album without any build up, she said: ‘I don’t want anyone to give the message of when this record is coming out’

Reacting to the video, the singer’s sister Solange replied with: ‘HISTORY’ while fans also rushed to the comment section.

‘Time literally stopped soon as this dropped. You had to be there.’

‘Happy “changed the game with that digital drop” Day Mother’.

’10 years?? What made you decide to make us feel old like this in the middle of the night??’

‘Changed the world when that digital DROPPED!!!’

‘They don’t make surprise drops like this anymore,’ and another added: ‘Real ones remember EXACTLY where they were when this dropped, TY for this insane project’.

‘I still remember this day!! My sister @cathymukora and I were in the living room floored by how casually she changed the musical world one of one.’

One of the fans, Franchesca Ramsey, whose reaction was featured in the video also commented after her phone blew up with fans alerting her that Beyoncé had included her in the clip.

She wrote: ‘Being included in this iconic retrospective feels like reliving the self titled drop all over again! Thank you for blessing us with self titled, truly a moment to remember’.

Beyonce said of releasing her music without warning: ‘I just want it to come out when it’s ready from me to my fans’

The record was released just under a year after she gave birth to her first child, Blue Ivy in January 2012

Beyoncé is known for her epic music videos and performances

The star shared behind the scene footage from the making of her videos

Reacting to the video, the singer’s sister Solange replied with: ‘HISTORY’ while fans also rushed to the comments section saying she ‘changed the game’

Meanwhile Beyoncé took to Instagram last week to express her profound gratitude to fans for supporting her concert film and documentary, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé.

While reacting to the news that her much-anticipated movie took over the box office last weekend, the superstar gushed that she is ‘so deeply thankful to AMC and every team member who worked so hard on this film.’

‘I just can’t thank all of you enough for your support. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done because of the short turn around time,’ she captioned a video, featuring footage from the film’s multiple premieres, attended by Taylor Swift, Blake Lively, Lizzo Kris Jenner and various other A-listers.

In order to get the movie to the public on such a tight deadline, the Destiny’s Child alum confessed that she ‘practically slept in the edit, color, and mix sessions.’

Despite feeling that she was racing against the clock to ‘get this film out so quickly,’ the mother-of-three raved that ‘it was so worth all the grind.’

‘I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of love from my Hive. And WOW! I am so touched and encouraged by the incredible reviews!!!,’ she raved, nodding to the Renaissance movie debuting with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating.

The 32-time Grammy winner also gushed that she loves ‘seeing everyone all dressed up in their most opulent lewks in the theaters.’

‘The mute challenges still happening, even in the theater!! Y’all are cracking me up. Please keep that energy going. I can’t wait to see what else yall do 🙂 I also love seeing the positive take aways from people who were not my fans or didn’t yet know my story,’ the Halo hitmaker continued. ‘The people who had no interest in seeing my shows who have now gained a deeper understanding and respect for all it takes to be a RENAISSANCE woman.’