Prism sold only a few hundred thousand less than BEYONCE & had a 10m selling single, an 8m selling single + two music videos with over 750m youtube videos.
All of PRISM's singles charted in the top 25 whereas one of BEYONCE's singles failed to chart on the Hot 100 & the rest underperformed (apart from Drunk In Love).
Surprise release, little to no promo and zero radio "support" and it STILL outsold PRISM which was extremely promoted and hyped as the followup to her smash album "Teenage Dream".
Prism sold only a few hundred thousand less than BEYONCE & had a 10m selling single, an 8m selling single + two music videos with over 750m youtube videos.
Prism sold only a few hundred thousand less than BEYONCE & had a 10m selling single, an 8m selling single + two music videos with over 750m youtube videos.
All of PRISM's singles charted in the top 25 whereas one of BEYONCE's singles failed to chart on the Hot 100 & the rest underperformed (apart from Drunk In Love).
PRISM had 18 million records alone between two singles (Roar and Dark Horse), 3.5 million album sales that will only increase after she does the Super Bowl, and was a much more prolific album in regard to success on streaming services.
Performances promoting Prism: 20 at least
Performances promoting self-titled: 3
Yet Beyoncé sold more albums and had the most acclaimed mainstream album of recent memory. Prism definitely felt bigger as an era though, because of the accessible singles and worldwide promotion.
Less Performances, Less Promotion and still sold more albums and garnered more Impact. Katy sold more singles though.
Success in terms of Sales of course that goes to Katy, Success in terms of OVERALL impact of the album itself, that goes to BEYONCE, even Katy would tell you that.
