Poll: Should group receipts be counted? - Page 7

Timber

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Originally posted by swissman

Isn't it clear that Beyonce changed her stage name from Destiny's Child to Beyonce in 2003?

That's essentially what she did...she just made a few changes, like removing people.

bijonse

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Originally posted by liberalmusiclover

That makes it Destiny's Child's work, and not just Beyonce's then. But then again, when Billboard listed the best-selling digital artists of all time, features weren't included in the featured artist's sales, so Rihanna would've probably had an even bigger lead than what she had.

beyoncé was pretty much the only member of DC involved in the behind the scenes work though

csybeyking

Yes. Its everyone's success who was in the group. Beyonce's grammys and other awards count DC. She was the lead singer and the only member to match or even come close to matching the success of the group. Beyonce is undoubtedly bigger than DC. And I think the reason most media sources and people online dont add DC sums to Kelly and Michelle's totals is because it is so lopsided that it takes away from their achievements. I dont think all of the DC members combined have sold 10 million records. Much like putting the Jackson 5 numbers with anybody besides Michael...how bad will that make their solo career look??

With JT...idk it really depends on his sales vs NSYNC's...but I'm sure publications recognize his overall sales

prunejuicemontes

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Originally posted by Jberg

I agree with you a 101%. It's the group that = the success. It's quite funny actually, for instance, people are going to say.. oh "this person did all the work." If so, why did the person need a group?

Groups are important, if you don't agree look at the former Pussycat Doll leader let me know how she's doing now compare to when she was in a group...

But she's still relevant compared to the other girls. It was a golden opportunity for Nicole. She's (somewhat) accomplished a lot as a soloist compared to the other members. Calm me back when any of the other PCD members have a solo video that has 90M+ views on VEVO or a song that sells 500k in the US, or sell 2M+ records in the UK within 3 years. It may not be a lot but it's something the others won't accomplish.

Maleficent

Ascension

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Originally posted by Callisto.

What do you mean they don't add it to Kelly & Michelle's careers?
When they appear somewhere do you think they just announce them with their solo careers?

Right. Destiny's Child accomplishments and stats are always listed when you see Kelly and Michelle -- even LeToya and Letavia to a lesser scale (they're always noted as founding members etc). You don't see Kelly or Michelle talked about as often, but no one ignores that part of their career when talking about them. No one. Another ATRL fairy tale.

jax.

Well I don't think that people were buying Destiny's Child's records so they could bop to Latavia so yes

Sazare

Divide the Destiny's Child receipts by three so that the numbers get evenly distributed among Bey, Kelly, and Michelle. Problem solved.

jax.

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Originally posted by Sazare

Divide the Destiny's Child receipts by three so that the numbers get evenly distributed among Bey, Kelly, and Michelle. Problem solved.

What about LeToya, LaTavia, and Farrah?

Just make it all about Bey because like I said, no one cared about the others. When people dress up as Destiny's Child for Halloween, there's always an argument on who gets to be Beyoncé because she's the only one that matters.

ManDown

No. Going by this logic, one could argue that LaTavia has sold more albums than Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Rihanna, etc.

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