Beyonc�
General Motors Place
March 31, 2009



One of 2008's most anticipated new album releases, I AM... SASHA FIERCE is Beyonc�'s first new studio collection since her Grammy-winning multi-platinum-selling B'DAY debuted at #1 on charts around the world shortly after its international release on September 4, 2006 (in celebration of Beyonc�'s 25th birthday).

Each of the discs on Beyonc�'s new double album reveals a distinctly different side of her personality, character and sensibility, a forum for the yin-and-yang of her developing artistry. One of the discs, titled I AM..., provides Beyonc� with a musical showcase for a group of intimate heartfelt ballads while the SASHA FIERCE disc gives voice to Beyonc�'s uptempo dance-oriented other side.

"SASHA FIERCE is my alter ego," says Beyonc�, "and now she has a last name. I have someone else that takes over when it's time for me to work and when I'm on stage, this alter ego that I've created that kind of protects me and who I really am. That's why half the record, I AM..., is about who I am underneath all the makeup, underneath the lights, and underneath all the exciting star drama. And SASHA FIERCE is the fun, more sensual, more aggressive, more outspoken side and more glamorous side that comes out when I'm working and when I'm on the stage. The double album allows me to take more risks and really step out of myself, or shall I say, step more into myself, and reveal a side of me that people only know me see."

With I AM..., Beyonc� reveals a variety of musical aspects and interests that may take her fans by surprise. Citing a range of influences including "folk songs and alternative songs and acoustic guitar...stuff that's different from what I sing," Beyonc� has produced, written, recorded and performed a finely crafted selection of contemporary ballads that combine the best elements of pop and soul music while expanding the possibilities of both genres.

Congratulations to our unofficial winners:

  • Don Reid, Coquitlam

  • Lance Soriano, Vancouver

  • Bill Walker, Surrey

  • Andrew Omura, Burnaby

  • Suki Gill, Port Alberni

  • Helen Connolly, Delta

  • Saghar Ahmadi, Coquitlam

  • Karen Glen, Langley

  • Nahid Abedi, West Vancouver

  • Robin Bal, Coquitlam