Essay

Beyonce’s albums are the most popular at the moment! Her first album Dangerously in Love was released on June 22th, 2003 and was really successful as well as her latest album I Am…Sasha Fierce which was published on November 8th, 2008. Even though both albums are Beyonce’s, I find them different and alike in several ways. Their, theme, type of music, and popularity can be compared.

Dangerously in Love and I Am...Sasha Fierce have different themes. In Dangerously in Love, the songs explain love and honesty. There are some songs that focus more on the beauty of love, Dangrously in love for instance, while others explore the other side of love: break up,Yes, for example. On the other side, I Am...Sasha Fierce’s theme is really unusual. It is the difference between the old godly Beyonce and the new evil Sasha Fierce. In this album, this spiritual duality is shown in her songs, pictures, videos, etc. Songs like Ave Maria and Halo are obvious examples for this theme. I personaly prefer I Am...Sasha Fierce’s theme because I find it really special and original. I think that love is a common theme that every artist uses so it isn’t really unique and cannot show the artist’s personality. Since her albums have different themes, her songs also have different styles.

Dangerously in Love and I Am…Sasha Fierce have different style of music. In Dangerously in Love, the type of music is really varied. It is mostly R&B and soul/pop, but in order to show her talents in composing, Beyonce made some up-tempo club songs like Crazy in Love, some mid tempo ballads (Dangerously in Love), and some emotional songs (The Closer I Get to You). The album even contains some Arabic style songs, Baby Boy for example. On the other hand, the musical style of I Am…Sasha Fierce is also based on R&B and pop, but it doesn’t have as many ballads. In that album, she developed a kind of electro music which is displayed in Sweet Dreams and Radio. I think both albums are great. I particulary like Beyonce’s up beat songs and her ballads. Although she composed different kinds of music, all of her songs are still really successful.

Dangerously in Love and I Am...Sasha Fierce are two extremely popular albums. Both albums were rated first on the U.S Billboard 200 chart and received positive reviews from music critics. 317 000 copies of Dangerously in Love were sold out in its first week while 482 000 copies of I Am...Sasha Fierce were sold (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am..._Sasha_Fierce and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerously_in_Love) . Through these two albums, Beyonce won a lot of prizes, for example, many Grammy Awards and BRIT Awards. Her two albums are now worldwilde commercial successes and have a lot of number one singles such as Crazy in Love, Baby Boy, Single Women (Put a Ring on It). To date, Dangerously in Love has sold more than 10 million of copies while I Am...Sasha Fierce has sold more than 6 million! I find that Beyonce’s albums are fantastic. I think she deserves all her popularity and prizes since she works really hard on composing songs and singing.

Beyonce is an extraordinary artist and has a lot of success. Even though she changed some musical styles, she stays really popular and all her work is always appreciated by her fans. I prefer her latest album because I like the up beat songs and her new musical style.ut overall, I find both really good.