Beyonce Scores Third Straight No. 1 Album With ‘I Am … Sasha Fierce’
Beyonce and her new alter-ego Sasha Fierce helps grabs her third straight No. 1 debut on the pop album chart with the double-disc “I Am … Sasha Fierce” (Music World/Columbia) on the Billboard 200. The album sold 482,000 copies in the US during the week ended November 23, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The album includes her hit singles “If I Were a Boy” and “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”. Beyonce describes the double-disc album as one side as more mainstream and another as more traditional R&B.