What is I Am... Sasha Fierce?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox Album | name = I Am… Sasha Fierce | type = studio | artist = [[Beyoncé]] | cover = | caption = | released = November 12, 2008 | recorded = 2007–2008 | length = 41:46 (standard edition) | genre = {{flat list| *[[Pop music|Pop]] *[[Dance music|dance]] *[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] }} | label = {{flat list| *[[Columbia Records]] *Music World Entertainment}} | producer = {{flat list| *Beyoncé Knowles *Amanda Ghost *[[The Bama Boyz]] *Bangladesh *Dave McCracken *Rodney Jerkins *The-Dream *Ian Dench *Jim Jonsin *Toby Gad *[[Rico Love]] *Ryan Tedder *Sean Garrett *Stargate *Christopher Stewart}} | prev_title = [[Love Letters]]<br />(2008) | next_title = [[Above and Beyoncé (Video Collection & Dance Remixes)]] <br /> (2009) | misc = {{Singles | name = '''I Am…''' | type = Studio | single1 = [[If I Were a Boy]] | single1date = October 8, 2008 | single2 = [[Halo (Beyoncé Knowles)|Halo]] | single2date = 2009 }} {{Singles | name = '''Sasha Fierce''' | type = Studio | single1 = [[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]] | single1date = October 8, 2008 | single2 = [[Diva (Beyoncé Knowles)|Diva]] | single2date = 2009 }} }} '''''I Am... Sasha Fierce''''' is the third [[studio album]] by American singer [[Beyoncé]]. It was released on November 12, 2008 by [[Columbia Records]]. It featured a more of a [[Pop music|pop]] and [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] sound with heavy usage of [[dance music]] and ballads in its musical direction. == Background == Knowles worked on the album for almost one year. This is longer than she had spent on her previous solo albums and records with her old group [[Destiny's Child]]. She said that she has co-written and co-produced over 70 songs. In a statement released on Knowles official website, she wrote: <blockquote> I am in a different place right now and I wanted people to see the many sides of me. The music is upbeat for the dance, fun side and it is reflective, passionate and serious for the personal side. I have taken risks here. I am not afraid and my music will explain it a