Yes obviously. She's on a different level to every other artist and the proof is clear to see. Everything she touches turns to gold;

Sales; who else could do 3.38 million in the US alone first week? Drake isnt even gonna do a quarter of that and Beyonce a 6th. She's leagues above everybody else in sales.

Her clips on YouTube (Carpool karaoke, Jimmy Fallon, Adele impersonator etc) get ridiculous viewing figures.

Her TV concert was most watched concert in 20 years in an age where people dont watch TV especially not for music.

Hello is yet another monster global smash to add to her other global smashes. When was Beyonces last huge smash? 8 years ago.

She has the widest demographic fanbase of any artist. Both Beyonce and Drake have a much narrower market they appeal to.

You can talk about performing and video visuals but they are not a measure of success. They are subjective artforms. And the visuals were created by a huge team of talent. How much credit can Beyonce take for it?

As artists they are very different but in terms of success Adele is way ahead. Of Beyonce, of everybody.

i agree actually with the argument that Adele's extreme humbleness shows how great she is.
as i've said, i saw her live yesterday and she took a couple of minutes, out of the blue, to praise Bey and call her "jesus ****ing christ".
you really don't see others do this, but does it exactly like she would in 2006 when she was still in school.

only facts posted.
in no way shading Bey. it is what it is

Hmm, what would Adele say?

probably that she isn't. she'd say the same about Britney, Lana, Rihanna, Amy, Maccabees and Alabama Shakes etc etc aswell.
it's her personality

Yes she is

Basically for now.

In America, no.

WW definitely yes. Adele had far more success WW than Bey has ever had. Or impact.

Beyonce is famous, as famous as Adele (WW) also people know she is talented, hence why her tours do well outside the USA, but as far as success and impact goes outside the USA, then Adele is far ahead (as are some others).

but in North America I guess Bey is a bigger icon. It's hard to tell tho really.... Why do we always compare thoose pop girls when they are so different, their music is different, their success is different and so on

Beyonce is just really famous. She's been around for more than 10 years nad has had big moments throughout her whole career. But Adele is way too big for anyone. Adele is already top tier. Beyonce is also top tier. So no reason to compare really.

Beyonce is the bigger artist and celebrity

She's always been.

Statistically, yes.

Yes. Numbers don't lie
56 million with 3 albums > 33 million with 6 albums

Obviously The 21 era alone was bigger, more global and impactful than Beyonce's entire career (sales agree)

Adele will have two diamond albums while Beyonce doesn't even have one despite debuting in the 90s. It's embarrassing to even compare someone like Beyonce to a legend like Adele

Exactly, Beyoncé has double her material and still sold less than her.

Beyonce > Adele impact wise..

The majority of the music industry are exactly the same though.