I Am... Yours

I Am... Yours was the first <a href="/facts/Concert_residency/TVhKqPHp">concert residency</a> by American singer <a href="/facts/Beyonc%25C3%25A9/7FhLdAaS">Beyoncé</a>. It was held four consecutive nights in July and August 2009 in support of her third studio album, <a href="/facts/I_Am..._Sasha_Fierce/Cv5V2txL">I Am... Sasha Fierce</a> (2008). The residency was held at the Encore Theater in the <a href="/facts/Wynn_Las_Vegas/NfpJmeQ6">Wynn Las Vegas</a> in <a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas</a>, <a href="/facts/Nevada/HNWhCrQv">Nevada</a>. Beyoncé performed over thirty songs backed by an orchestra and her all-female band, <a href="/facts/Suga_Mama_(band)/gNNTHsC7">the Suga Mamas</a>, to an audience of 1,500. The residency was deemed "an intimate encounter" as Beyoncé portrayed a more raw and uninhibited show versus her previous concert performances. The concept of the shows revolves around Beyoncé's recording career.
I Am... Yours received positive response from music critics who praised the intimate performances and Beyoncé's vocals as well as the <a href="/facts/Jazz/lmUzXGq8">jazz</a>, <a href="/facts/Funk/NVuzVek1">funk</a> and orchestral arrangements of the songs. The success of I Am... Yours has led <a href="/facts/Wynn_Resorts/ssJ2eqPm">Wynn Resorts</a> to ask Beyoncé to return as a residency act. A double disc CD and DVD, <a href="/facts/I_Am..._Yours%3a_An_Intimate_Performance_at_Wynn_Las_Vegas/knoUng61">I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas</a>, was released in November 2009, featuring the performance recorded on August 2, 2009. It contained the full concert, a behind-the-scenes feature, along with an audio CD of the concert. I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas was aired on several TV Networks as a special.

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I Am... Yours