Exactly, so she stays relevant without music, which means that she's more of a celebrity than a musician.

I am probably the biggest Taylor hater on this site, but at least Taylor's selling music.

Exactly, BEYONCÉ only sold good because of her celeb status and the surprise release hype, I'm ok with that because people would've ignored the whole album if it wasn't for this 2 strategies they did, and the album was a masterpiece, it would've been sad that it flopped....

The local Beyonce is forever a discussion. They are mad.

The same ATRL deemed Beyonce a has been, irrelevant and a flop who could not come back after 4. Some were sure she would not scan 2 million albums worldwide or have a successful tour again because she was over i.e, the public was over her, so I am not too surprised of the responses and delusions in this thread. Bey made them eat crow with the success of her tour, when BEYONCE dropped and her overall power as a entertainer and celebrity in the media. She's not an irrelevant flop and has been anymore. Now they are stuck with only the singles bs although Bey proved that she doesn't need it to remain relevant and a powerhouse. I like how they are still underestimating her because there are still more crows for them to eat, B6 can't come fast enough.

No, people brought the album because the know Beyonce the Musician. The album had impact outside of billboard. And that's why the music was Universal Acclaim, and now AOTY nod.

Is your source the same one that adds features and ringtones that cost 0.01$
She hasn't sold 145M records
Furthermore she has the lowest album sales average out of the pop girls this decade, therefore I don't understand why y'all are acting like she's been selling a lot of records this decade when none of her albums have sold over 4M or when none of her songs have moved 3X plat even in her biggest market this decade
It's not like i lied

That was subjective.

Numbers are numbers.

No. They bought the album because they had trust and faith in her as an artist and believed they would enjoy the album. (And most people did) Releasing music without warning wouldn't have mattered if people weren't here for an artist because according you, that's *last* thing people are interested in when it comes to her. People didn't spend their $15.99 on the album because of her "celebrity'. That logic makes absolutely no sense from a consumer standpoint. Jennifer Lopez is a HUGE celebrity, do you think she could have released a surprise album and had success with it? Of course not. Because she's not respected and the public does not have any faith in her an artist.

The album was the most critically acclaimed work of her career is considered her best work, THAT is what says a lot. The surprise release is just the cherry on top.

I'm still waiting on you to prove she hasn't sold over 200 million records ....

Bey has sold 120 million records, 30 million of those being album sales and the rest singles sales as well as the rest. Now prove to me that she's sold 200 million

Before the album dropped, why were there countless headlines asking where Beyonce's Music was?

It's quite amusing how chill and calm supposed trolls are and how hot and bothered the Beyhive. All those emotional responses makes you such an easy target for trolls.
Lighten up guys

To answer the question 'celebrity' isn't even a shade. All big artists are celebrities, celebrity status comes with fame.

Again, where is your proof. Do you know what proof means? Let's use our brain here

Doesn't that prove that she's a celebrity, more about headlines than record sales nowadays?

Isn't that like what we are discussing in the whole entire thread? How headlines have sold her album?

did a Rihanna fan just say Beyonce has the lowest album average out of all the girls this era?

This is the funny since Rihanna is actually the one with the lowest average per album out of all the top girls. Navy know your facts before you talk.

Didn't Paris and Kim release music? Why haven't they sold 220M+ records?