The former topped the charts in over eight countries and reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100, with the latter becoming her fifth number-one single on the Hot 100 chart. The album was marketed with the release of several singles, including " If I Were a Boy" and " Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", both of which charted highly internationally. The album garnered seven Grammy Award nominations at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony (2010), including a nomination for Album of the Year, winning five and eventually collecting a record setting six wins-the most awards won in one night by a female artist. Sasha Fierce has sold eight million copies worldwide. The album has earned one diamond and over thirty platinum certifications in separate worldwide markets, being certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on January 16, 2009, selling over three million copies in the United States. Sasha Fierce received mixed reviews from music critics, but was a commercial success nonetheless, debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 482,000 units, earning Beyoncé her third consecutive US number-one solo album.
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Sasha Fierce boasted production from Darkchild and Sean Garrett.
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drew inspiration from folk and alternative rock, while blending acoustic guitar elements into contemporary ballads, and its tracks were written and produced by Beyoncé, during collaborative efforts with Babyface, Tricky Stewart, The-Dream and Ryan Tedder. In composing the songs' lyrics, Beyoncé worked with writers, with each session accompanied by live orchestration.īeyoncé credited both her husband-rapper Shawn Carter (Jay-Z) -and jazz singer Etta James for inspiring her to push the limits of her songwriting and artistry. contains slow and midtempo pop and R&B ballads, while the second, Sasha Fierce (named after Beyoncé's on-stage alter ego), focuses on more uptempo beats that blend electropop and Europop elements. In its original release, the album was formatted as a double album, intending to market Beyoncé's dichotomous artistic persona. It was released on November 12, 2008, by Columbia Records and Music World Entertainment. Sasha Fierce is the third studio album by American singer Beyoncé. As to whether it warranted a double disc release. Sasha Fierce does what it sets out to do, demonstrating both of the sides of Beyonce that we know and love - her ability to belt out a beautiful ballad and to get us on the dancefloor. However, Diva with its irritating computerised vocals and pointless lyrics about being 'the female version of a hustler' is a complete waste of space.Īll in all, I Am. On the Sasha Fierce disc, edgy electro track, Radio is well worth checking out as is Sweet Dreams, a demo version of which has been circulating on the internet for some time under the name Beautiful Nitemare - we dare you to find a dirtier bassline.
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It's very rare that a double album works or is indeed necessary.Ĭhristina Aguilera tried it with Back To Basics and, while it wasn't short of decent tunes, ultimately it would have benefited from being a single disc by losing some of its weaker, more self-indulgent moments.īeyonce's at least has a concept behind it - the first disc, I Am is intended to show her more personal side and consists predominantly of ballads, while disc two, Sasha Fierce is intended to demonstrate her on stage alter-ego and is bursting at the seams with the kind of booty-shakers she's made her name with.Īvailable in either eleven or sixteen track versions, it's not short of stand-out moments: from the Ryan 'Bleeding Love' Tedder-produced, Halo which blends her gorgeous vocal with a pounding drum beat and synths to an original new take on the hymn, Ave Maria.