28 million is on a surprise drop with no promotion. Dunno what her older videos have to do with this - it's not that surprising that old megahits will be consistently racking up views over the years.
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JayZ/Beyonce album outsold by Aussie boyband 5 Seconds of Summer
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28 million is on a surprise drop with no promotion. Dunno what her older videos have to do with this - it's not that surprising that old megahits will be consistently racking up views over the years.
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Beyonce, coming off of her album Lemonade which sold 653,000 (485,000 pure sales) album-equivalent units in its first week, and Jay-Z, coming off his album 4:44 which sold 262,000 (174,000 pure sales) album-equivalent units in its first week, were bested by Australian boyband/KINGS OF POP 5 Seconds of Summer, selling only 124k album-equivalent units, of which only 70k units were pure sales.
And this is just the States - the album did much worse worldwide, barely making the top 10 in many countries.
What is to be said about this shocking development concerning the "most powerful couple in music"?
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Yes. And they missed 2 days of tracking compared to 5SOS so this thread is pretty irrelevant
But last time I heard Jay Z was 99 Problems and Bey, Single Ladies. They're fucking irrelevant.
My dude, What we're not going to do is argue a top 5 Jay list that has Vol. 3 on it and not Blueprint.
It's a couple of things.
1) JayZ is just unappealing next to Beyonce. She largely carries this album
2) Yeah yeah yeah, they are rich but like...that doesn't matter when it comes to releasing your music. The holding the shit hostage on TidaL and then releasing it a bit later on JUST Spotify premium...is whack.
Like how about being more accessible to your fans than walking around cocky? I still live for Bey and I am a residential Stan, but I'm not really mad it's losing. Maybe start releasing it everywhere instead of forcing people to use tidal that nobody wants.
1) JayZ is just unappealing next to Beyonce. She largely carries this album
2) Yeah yeah yeah, they are rich but like...that doesn't matter when it comes to releasing your music. The holding the shit hostage on TidaL and then releasing it a bit later on JUST Spotify premium...is whack.
Like how about being more accessible to your fans than walking around cocky? I still live for Bey and I am a residential Stan, but I'm not really mad it's losing. Maybe start releasing it everywhere instead of forcing people to use tidal that nobody wants.
Shhhh why u do dat....
commendable mentions I understand though Vol 3 felt so clean the Serena Altschul feature was a classic amongst other tracks. Blueprint is a bonafide classic. As pure as that white from Iceberg Slim himself. Just not in my Top 5 consistent spins/favs.
All this bitching about relevance and citing Lemonade and 4:44 as examples.
Those albums were good and people wanted to listen to them.
This album is garbage and nobody wants to listen to it. No Jay fan is going to buy it just to hear him grunt and ad-lib and no Beyoncé fan is going to buy it just to hear her "rap" loudly.
Fucking simples.
Those albums were good and people wanted to listen to them.
This album is garbage and nobody wants to listen to it. No Jay fan is going to buy it just to hear him grunt and ad-lib and no Beyoncé fan is going to buy it just to hear her "rap" loudly.
Fucking simples.
Beyonce's "rapping" and all that hard talk from her is just embarrassing to listen to
Her Migos impersonation was particularly humorous on the second track
Her Migos impersonation was particularly humorous on the second track
Vol 3 is actually where I became a Jay fan. I ignored vol 2 and just wasn't paying attention to music in middle school.
Or people are finally tired of Jayz's mediocre verses hes been releasing since he unretired. Dude needs Kanye.
I never got the love for Beyonce's solo stuff. Put a ring on it was the only song I ever really liked. She ruined the song shes on on Watch the Throne, and I always thought she was better with Destiny's Child.
It just wasn't a good album. I was a big fan of Beyoncé's self-titled and Lemonade. Jay Z's 4:44 was a crafted little album as well. This has some of the most meh tracks I've heard from them. They can do better.
To be fair, the album is pretty mediocre. They do not mesh well sonically at all (except for Crazy in Love + Upgrade You)
Beyonce and Jay Z got that Metallica shit going on where we know their names but then no one really cares.
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https://www.billboard.com/articles/...f-summer-third-no-1-album-billboard-200-chart
Officially #2 on Billboard with 123k sales. This is so shocking.....
Officially #2 on Billboard with 123k sales. This is so shocking.....
They specially don't intersect after Lemonade.
And Beyoncé has casual appeal with her songs being more lyrical and occasionally doing pop, ect.
Anyway, people still havent figured out, Jay -Z and Beyonce are not here for your 0.99 cents single purchase or even your $9.99 album purchase.
They want your $99.00 and up concert ticket purchase.
How many artist can launch stadium tours? That's the judge of relevancy in 2018.
They both have a ton of #1 albums. They do not care.
They want your $99.00 and up concert ticket purchase.
How many artist can launch stadium tours? That's the judge of relevancy in 2018.
They both have a ton of #1 albums. They do not care.
Im getting a little tired of artists trying to release albums without any singles or push prior because it's becoming like asking your fans to support you blindly.
Arctic Monkeys just pulled that with their album and its a pretty crummy album. You lose credibility with that bs unless you pull off a legit album.
Arctic Monkeys just pulled that with their album and its a pretty crummy album. You lose credibility with that bs unless you pull off a legit album.
Just do us all a favor and don't stand up too quick.
I get that people get very excited over their hate for celebs but these "they're deleting negative comments" rumors almost always turn out to be bullshit.
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You're a fucking idiot. More than half of her top 20 charting singles were released after Single Ladies.
The "problem" is that Jay Z was the voice of the street. Once you become a billionaire living a very private life you're disconnected from the street and you lose your clout and your voice fades in the minds of your audience.