# Beyoncé’s Single Ladies dance

> A fan’s copy of Beyoncé’s Single Ladies dance passed 1.5 million YouTube views.

- Owner: Beyoncé / Music World / Columbia Records
- Kind: Activity
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: 2008-10-13
- Peak proxy date: Dec 2008
- Date basis: Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak. Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 47 (Notable, provisional), v1.3
- Mechanics: Response chain, Challenge, Platform jump, Press loop

## Summary

Beyoncé premiered the dance video on MTV in October 2008, and fans copied it on YouTube. SNL parodied it and Glee reused the routine. Columbia later invited exact copies in a dance-video contest.

## Timeline

- 2008-09-09 — Music World / Columbia Records (Open web) — Columbia announced Single Ladies and If I Were a Boy as the forthcoming radio singles.
- 2008-10-13 — Beyoncé / MTV Total Request Live (TV) — Beyoncé premiered the black-and-white Single Ladies video on MTV.
- 2008-10-18 — Shane Mercado (Dancer554) (YouTube) — Mercado posted his copy of the Single Ladies choreography on YouTube.

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Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/single-ladies-dance

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Beyoncé’s Single Ladies dance.” Case HIS-01556. Spread Score v1.3: 47/100. Updated 2026-10-23. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01556