An alternative music video, which shows Ealy's character being chased by police officers through a forest at night, was posted on the Internet in May 2010. Critics complimented Beyoncé's looks in the clip. It portrays a romantic relationship between Beyoncé's and Ealy's characters. Philip Andelman directed "Halo"'s accompanying music video, which features American actor Michael Ealy. The song has received numerous certifications, including a twelvefold-platinum certification from Australia, making it one of the highest-certified songs in the country, ninefold-platinum certifications from Canada and the US, triple-platinum certifications from Italy and the United Kingdom, and a double-platinum from Spain. "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 United States. 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. Its production and Beyoncé's vocals also received critical praise.
"Halo" received positive reviews from music critics, who made comparisons with Lewis's 2007 song " Bleeding Love".
The song faced a controversy when Kelly Clarkson claimed that Tedder had reused the musical arrangement in her own 2009 song " Already Gone". It features drum, piano, keyboard, string, synthesizer, and percussion instrumentation. "Halo" is a pop and R&B power ballad, the lyrics of which describe a sublime love. It was originally conceived by Tedder and Bogart 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 and Evan Bogart, with additional minor songwriting by Beyoncé. 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. 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.
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