Beyonce’s baby makes pop history

R&B star Beyonce Knowles and rapper Jay Z’s baby girl is making pop chart history after becoming the youngest ever to be credited on a Billboard Hot 100 hit.

Little Blue Ivy Carter was just hours old when father Jay Z recorded her crying and added it to the end of his new tune ‘Glory’,which he released on the internet Jan 9 and the song is already a hit,reported Billboard.

The track is the week’s highest new entry on the chart with 1.7 million audience impressions on 54 radio stations.

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Jay-Z,whose real name is Shawn Carter,recorded the song less than 48 hours after his wife Beyonce Knowles gave birth to Blue Ivy on January 7.

In the track,which was posted on his website Life and Times,he describes the new arrival as his greatest creation.