"Halo" topped the singles charts of Brazil, Norway, and Slovakia, and reached the top five on the singles chart of Australia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the US. It won Best Song at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards. "Halo" was nominated for Record of the Year and won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. The song faced a controversy when Kelly Clarkson claimed that Tedder had reused the musical arrangement in her own 2009 song "Already Gone." "Halo" received positive reviews from music critics, who made comparisons with Lewis's 2007 song "Bleeding Love." Its production and Beyoncé's emotional vocals also received critical praise.
It features drum, piano, keyboard, string, synthesizer, and percussion instrumentation. "Halo" is a pop power ballad, the lyrics of which describe a sublime love. It was conceived by Tedder and Nealante specifically for Beyoncé, although there was media speculation that it had been intended for Leona Lewis. Inspired by Ray LaMontagne's 2004 song "Shelter," "Halo" was written and composed by Ryan Tedder, Evan Bogart, Eric Nealante Phillips. I amsasha fierce would have worked so much better as an ep, instead of the double disc lp it is now.
It was released on november 12, 2008, by columbia records and music world entertainment. In its original release, the album was formatted as a double album, intending to market Beyonc's dichotomous artistic persona. The theme of the album i amsasha fierce revolves around the duality between the godly beyonce and the evil sasha fierce. Beyonc is one of the few performers who can swiftly shift from a song like Ave Maria to the booty-shaking uproar. On the opposite end, her larger-than-life voice is perfectly suited to the sonic enormity and melodrama of Halo. It was released on November 12, 2008, by Columbia Records and Music World Entertainment. From the first set, If I Were a Boy and Disappear are acoustic downtempo tunes. Columbia Records released the song, the album's fourth single, to mainstream radio in the United States on January 20, 2009, and to international markets from February 20. Sasha Fierce is the third solo studio album by American singer Beyonc. disc, it was intended to give a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Beyoncé's life, stripped of her make-up and celebrity trappings. "Halo" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé for her third studio album, I Am.