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.
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 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. " 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.
" 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. To further promote the album, Beyoncé made several award show and televised appearances across Europe and America, and embarking on the worldwide I Am. The recording of the album took place over an eight-month period. She collaborated with several record producers and songwriters, including Babyface, Stargate (production duo composed of Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel Storleer Eriksen), Tricky Stewart, The-Dream, Darkchild, Sean Garrett, Solange Knowles, Jim Jonsin, Rico Love, Ryan Tedder, Bangladesh, Ian Dench, Dave McCracken, Wayne Wilkins and Blac Elvis.īeyoncé either co-wrote or co-produced all material on I Am.īeyoncé 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. Beyoncé also collaborated with some musicians she had never worked with in the past, such as Toby Gad and BC Jean on " If I Were a Boy" she also worked again with Amanda Ghost on "Disappear".
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