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I Am … Sasha Fierce
Studioalbum von Beyoncé

Published
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14. November 2008

Label(s) AR-Express (Sony BMG)

Format (e)

CD

Genre(s)

Contemporary R&B, Pop

Title (number)

11

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Long

41:46

Production

Beyoncé, Amanda Ghost, The Bama Boyz, Bangladesch (Produzent), Dave McCracken, Darkchild, The-Dream, Ian Dench, Jim Jonsin, Toby Gad, Rico Love, Ryan Tedder, Sean Garrett, Stargate, Tricky Stewart

Chronology von Beyoncé
B’Day
(2006) 		I Am … Sasha Fierce 4
(2011)
Single release
October 8. 2008 If I Were a Boy
October 8. 2008 Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
January 20, 2009 Diva
January 20, 2009 Halo
19. May 2009 Ego
2. June 2009 Sweet Dreams
24. August 2009 Broken-Hearted Girl
17. November 2009 Video Phone

I Am … Sasha Fierce is the third studio album of the American R&B singer Beyoncé. The release date in Germany was November 14, 2008. By the end of 2009, the album was sold over 2.5 million times in the United States alone. [first] At the same time, a deluxe edition of the album appeared, on which five more pieces can be heard. The album brought Beyoncé five Grammys at the Grammy Awards 2010.

Between 2007 and 2008, Beyoncé recorded a total of 70 songs for this album, which is supposed to show two sides of it. The plate is therefore a double CD, CD number one is I Am …, contains the calm and very emotional songs. The plate is supposed to represent the quiet side of the singer. Sasha Fierce shows the rocky side of the singer, Sasha Fierce is the alter ego of Beyoncé Knowles. Only Beyoncé can be heard on both plates. In the United States, the album was released on November 18, 2008 at Columbia Records. [2]

According to the singer, one CD songs contains main stream music, but the other represents traditional R&B. [3] For this album she cultivated her Alter Ego Sasha, which was created in 2003, gave him the surname Fierce (in German about wild ), and devoted a complete half of the new work to her second. As she tells in interviews, Fierce is the person she turns into when she is on tour, has photo shoots or gives shows. Only privately is Beyoncé herself.

CD 1

  1. If I Were a Boy – 4:09
  2. Halo – 4:21
  3. Disappear – 4:27
  4. Broken-Hearted Girl – 4:37
  5. Ave Maria – 3:41
  6. Smash into You – 4:31
  7. Satellites – 3:06
  8. That’s Why You’re Beautiful – 3:41
  9. Save the Hero – 4:43 (digital Bonustrack)

CD 2

  1. Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) – 3:13
  2. Radio – 3:38
  3. Diva – 3:20
  4. Sweet Dreams – 3:28
  5. Video Phone – 3:35
  6. Hello – 4:16
  7. Ego – 3:56
  8. Scared of Lonely – 3:42
  9. Why Don’t You Love Me – 3:37 (pre-order Bonustrack)

The album sold 495,000 times in the USA in the first week. It rose from zero to first place on the American Billboard Charts, so it is I Am … Sasha Fierce The singer’s third album, which made it directly first. Success was limited in Europe. In Germany the album made it into the Top 20 . Already in the second week the record fell to 27th place in the German hit parades. This is the singer’s first album, which could not be placed in the top ten of the German album charts.

The two outlets If I Were a Boy and Single Ladies were internationally successful. With If I Were a Boy Beyoncé placed so high with third place that only Beautiful Liar Greater in Germany. Single Ladies is the fifth number one hit by the singer in the United States. Already after the first week, the album in the USA fell to fourth place with 277,000 units sold. In the next week the album rose to third place with 157,000 CDs sold. The next single release Diva and Halo announced, both of which were published in January 2009. [4] [5]

If I Were a Boy [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

The album lead was published on November 7, 2008 If I Were a Boy , who are already 100th place due to high downloads and high airplay Billboard Hot 100 reached. In the next few weeks the song rose to 68th place.
After the CD was released, the song rose to third place on the US charts. This makes the song of Knowles’ ninth top 10 hit in the USA. In addition, the song rose to first place on the hit parades in Denmark, Holland, Israel, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden and England. Likewise If I Were a Boy In first place in the European Hot 100 Singles. The song was awarded gold.

Promotion [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

In order to advertise the single, Beyoncé presented the song in several shows. Among others in The Oprah Winfrey Show, at the World Music Awards 2008, on Saturnday Night Live, the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008, Strictly Come Dancing, Total Request Live, Bet’s 106 & Park, The Ellen Degeneres Show, The Today Show, The X Factor, Star Academy (France) and The Tyra Banks Show.

Music video [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

The music video too If I Were a Boy , which was shot by Jake Nava, is completely in black and white. In the video, the roles of Beyoncé and that of her husband are exchanged. Beyoncé gets up in the morning and sits down at the covered breakfast table. The behavior of her husband can be seen that he probably prepared breakfast and wanted to have breakfast with her. She does not do this and then works as a policewoman. Your colleague is a good -looking man. Meanwhile, Beyoncé’s man sits at home and in the office. He calls his wife on her cell phone, but she does not take off because she drinks a beer with male colleagues in a bar. The same night the husband Beyoncé gives a few earrings that she wears with the handsome police officer during dancing. The man is very disappointed and jealous.
When he confronts his wife at home, the roles exchange again at the point when Beyoncé says: “Why’re you so jealous? It’s not like I’m Sleeping with the Guy! “The reaction of her husband (and at the same time hers):” What? “Now your husband says:” I Said: Why are you so jealous? It’s not like I’m Sleeping with the Girl! ”; You now learn that gender roles were exchanged throughout the video and that the pretty colleague is actually a pretty colleague. From this “exchanging” at Beyoncé you are again.

Single Ladies [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

At the same time with If I Were a Boy became Single Ladies Published, the fifth number 1 hit by the singer, who could only place himself through downloads. It was named the best single of the year 2008 by the Rolling-Stone magazine. Along with If I Were a Boy Warned Beyoncé for her singles in the Tyra Banks Show and the Oprah Winfrey Show .

Music video [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

The video too Single Ladies was shot by Jake Nava, the choreography comes from Jaquel Knight. The video is – how If I Were a Boy Also-kept in black and white. It shows Knowles as her alter ego Sasha Fierce and two dancers. At the end of the video you can see Knowles ’cyborg arm. Many fans have imitated the video and published on YouTube.

Chart (2008) Best placement
Austria [11] 22
United Kingdom [twelfth] 7
United States first

Diva [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

Diva was only published in the USA as the third single, the song made up for 96th place in the US charts and later reached 198th place, so the song Beyoncés became twelfth top 20 single in the USA. It was awarded gold for 1,000,000 digitally sold units.

Halo [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

Halo was published as the fourth single in the USA and the third worldwide, the song reached fifth place in the USA and was awarded twice with platinum for over 2,000,000 digital units. Internationally, the song reached the top ten in twenty states. The success was as large as with Single Ladies .

Ego [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

Ego was published as fifth single in the USA. The song is a duet with the rapper Kanye West. The song reached 39th in the US charts and became the fifth single of the album that made it into the top 40. It was awarded gold for over 500,000 digitally sold units.

Sweet Dreams [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

Sweet Dreams was released as the sixth single of the album. The song reached first in New Zealand, second place in Australia, [19] Fifth place in Great Britain and tenth in the USA.

Broken-Hearted Girl [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

Broken-Hearted Girl was published as seventh single. She achieved 14th place in Australia, 20 in Ireland and 27 in Great Britain. It was not published in the USA.

Video Phone [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

Video Phone was published as a CD single in the USA. [24] [25] The video contains a remix version with Lady Gaga. It achieved 65th place in the US charts.

Knowles’ I Am … Tour started on March 26, 2009 in Edmonton, Canada to promote the album. The European part of the worldwide I Am … Tour started on April 26, 2009 in Zagreb, Croatia and ended on June 9, 2009 in London, Great Britain. On June 21, Beyoncé began the third part of her tour in the USA and ended this with four appearances in a row in the Encore Las Vegas, Las Vegas Strip. The fourth part of the tour started on September 15, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia and ended on September 24th in Perth, Australia. Knowles then traveled to Asia, to the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Great Britain, before ending the tour in Belfast, Ireland on November 24, 2009. The last part of the tour led Beyoncé to Central America in spring 2010, where the tour finally ended in Trinidad on February 18, 2010.

  1. ↑ Beyonce announces album plans for 2010 from November 24, 2009; Retrieved on March 4, 2010
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  3. ↑ Beyonce: Worker B ( Memento from July 10, 2010 in Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ [2]
  5. ↑ Beyonce’s New Single Halo ( Memento from February 7, 2009 in Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Beyoncé in the Austrian charts
  7. ↑ German Singles Chart ( Memento of the Originals from March 15, 2012 on Webcite ) Info: The archive link has been used automatically and not yet checked. Please check original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. @first @2 Template: Webachiv/Iabot/www.musicload.de
  8. ↑ Swiss Singles Chart
  9. ↑ UK Singles Chart
  10. ↑ Beyoncé in the US single charts
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  13. ↑ a b c d It is f g h “Halo” Chart Position Acharts.us , accessed on March 15, 2009.
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  18. ↑ Billboard Hot 100
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