Beyoncé had the best promo possible: the surprise release got people talking about it and created a **** ton of hype. Britney's comeback was anticipated but not as talked about as Beyoncé's album during the week when it dropped.

Yas at Bey's album release being more anticipated Brit's. The real Queen B tbh.

Beyonce.

Keep in mind that album sales are not the only things to define which one is bigger era

All these excuses by Beyonce fans proof that Circus is bigger.

Circus

Beyonce. Bigger and better.

Superbowl + Grammys = 130M audience + Tour dates. No promo

Circus..if u ignore the surprise release what's left on Beyonce? XO? the 1.5M copies sold by DIL? Partition? Pretty Hurts?

Still Bey is a way better album

BEYONCE. It will probably outsell Circus in the long run, has had more acclaim and is much bigger moment in music and pop culture.

Now that's a lie. Circus had great comeback buzz, it sold 2 million in 2 months because of it.

Circus is the bigger era since it has album and single sales while BEYONCE only has album sales.

the landside

BEYONCE is probably the stronger album, but Circus was far bigger. It's singles didn't flop and the era itself wasn't frontloaded

Circus, duh