'' 4 '' was promoted in mid-2011 by television performances and festival appearances , such as Beyoncé 's headlining Glastonbury Festival set . The album received generally positive reviews by music critics ; several publications included it on their year-end lists . It was her fourth consecutive album to debut at number one on the US '' Billboard '' 200 , and it also reached number one in Brazil , France , Ireland , South Korea , Spain , Switzerland and the United Kingdom . '' 4 '' spawned the international singles " Run the World ( Girls ) " , " Best Thing I Never Had " , " Party " , " Love on Top " and " Countdown " . " Love on Top " won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance at the 55th annual ceremony . As of December 2015 , '' 4 '' has sold 1.5 million copies in the United States . Following the release of her third album '' I Am ... Sasha Fierce '' ( 2008 ) and a world tour , Beyoncé took a career hiatus in 2010 " to live life and to be inspired by things again " . During her hiatus , she " killed " Sasha Fierce , the alter-ego used in her previous studio album , as she felt she could now merge her two personalities . She severed professional ties with father and manager Mathew Knowles , who had guided her career since the 1990s with Destiny 's Child , noting that the decision made her feel vulnerable
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55th Annual Grammy Awards
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