A lot of people say, "Beyonce/Taylor Swift are only successful because of the image their PR and management portray to the media."

First is this true?

And if you believe it's true, which artist is more reliant on their management?

Taylor Swift.

Beyonce doesn't say anything at all so

Taylor

Not you basically stealing my thread

Taylor.

Beyoncé, she has this larger than life image and you would think she is the biggest artist on the world but her sales are pretty low in comparison to her status.

Taylor has the numbers to back up her image.

Beyoncé

Taylor. That's how she manages to sell her mediocre performances, mediocre music and overall mediocrity.

I love the way Bey manages herself. Always paying absolute dust to trash that doesn't deserve her attention or tries to shade her

Beyonce has sold over 200 million records in 17 years. "low" .

Partly true. But this goes for everyone who's successful. Part of it is in the image portrayed to the media. But Bey and Taylor both make critically acclaimed music and make music that are likable to the GP so there you go.


Also your poll does not match the question you asked in this post

Bey.

Taylor. Beyoncé has better results through amazing performances and showcase of talent, not PR.

Bey's team is far more subtle and more effective, although honestly she doesn't need all that much PR because her music and talent is enough to drive her career.

Taylors PR and management are a well-oiled team that seem to work alongside her, whereas with Bey it seems like she's the one making all the decisions

Beys team is more subtle which makes it more effective, like out of nowhere she got this messiah like image, it's crazy the praise she gets

Whereas with Taylor it's a lot more obvious and over the top to the point where it's become a joke and is actually starting to have a negative impact on her image, ironically

tbh

Taylor.

Taylor. Beyonces PR has had some highly-publicized snafus happen of recent (the Superbowl, the Photoshop IG, the elevator incident, baby bump flop). Taylor literally has never gotten any media outrage, despite being the only popgirl to actually admit to dissing a peer in a song, and being the only one writing letters begging companies to look out for her own corporate interest.

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This.