answers: Beyoncé
context: series of the British televised music competition "The X Factor", girl band Little Mix covered the "If I Were a Boy". Digital Spy's Daniel Sperling noted that the cover contained "a little Amelia Lily-esque shouting". On September 26, 2012, during the second season of "The X Factor" in the United States, Dinah Jane Hansen covered "If I Were a Boy". Annie Barrett of "Entertainment Weekly" praised Hansen's singing, writing that she "stunned the crowd with a vocal so powerful" and "made the song her own". Bruna Nessif of E! Online praised her "powerful" rendition, and Peter Larsen of "The Orange </s> Kelly Clarkson's "Because of You". Jon Caramanica of "The New York Times" noted that McEntire "sounds as if she's already inhabiting the role" in the song. Allmusic critic Thom Jurek was less favorable, writing that it was unrecognizable to the original, before adding, "It contains none of the original's drama; in its place is a failed attempt at a soft rock power ballad." Following McEntire's live performance at the CMA awards, the song debuted at number 60 on the Hot Country Songs charts as an album cut dated for the week ending November 27, 2010. It re-entered at number 60 </s> BC Jean Brittany Jean Carlson (born circa 1987), better known by her stage name BC Jean, is an American singer-songwriter and actress, perhaps best known for writing the song "If I Were a Boy" which was later sung by Beyoncé and achieved worldwide commercial success. Jean was born in Mercy Hospital, San Diego, California to Lori Carlson, a talent manager, and a trumpet- and piano-playing stockbroker father. She lived in Ramona, Valley Center and Carmel Valley. A piano player, Jean began songwriting at 14, gaining inspiration from the works of performers including Queen, Rod Stewart and Aerosmith. Jean later became
question: who sang the song if i were a boy