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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 eight million copies worldwide. The album earned over thirty platinum and one diamond 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 debuted 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.
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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 Jay-Z-and jazz singer Etta James for inspiring her to push the limits of her songwriting and artistry.
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The first disc, I Am., 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 genres. 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 solo studio album by American singer Beyoncé.