Beyoncé recorded the album in sessions at Bangladesh Studios, PatchWerk Recording Studios, Silent Sound Studios and Tree Sound Studios in Atlanta, Georgia Chung King Studios, Electric Lady Studios, Roc the Mic Studios and Strawberrybee Productions in New York City, New York GAD Studios in Ibiza, Spain Mansfield Studios and The Campground in Los Angeles, California South Beat Studios in Miami Beach, Florida and The Boom Boom Room in Burbank, California. The recording of the album took place over an eight-month period. To further promote the album, Beyoncé made several award show and televised appearances across Europe and America, and embarking on the worldwide I Am. " Broken-Hearted Girl" was released internationally as the fifth single, while " Video Phone" was released in September 2009 as the overall eighth, and " Why Don't You Love Me" was released in July 2010 as the ninth and final single. " Diva" and " Ego" were released exclusively in the United States, while " Halo" and " Sweet Dreams" were promoted internationally as the third and fourth singles, respectively. 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 over 8 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. Sasha Fierce boasted production from Darkchild and Sean Garrett. 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.
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