They care enough about the entire lemonade experience to keep it #1 on iTunes and to keep it outselling newly released album with hit singles.

nnn.

It wasn't for sale until the album came out

Regardless of what the focus is to you, it's striking enough of a chord with the GP for them to actually buy the album. If it's so short lived the album would have slipped down the charts and in sales quickly. It's still here. Selling.

you're bored babe

Yes, which is very impressive but this won't last forever, and in a couple of years when it's not atop the charts it will be much less memorable than her previous album.

Not to mention the fact that a single in the streaming era will largely propel album sales also, like with Work which kept ANTI so high on the charts. With Beyonce the sales could increase massively with one smash hit.

It's the same with 4. There wasn't any smash hit, and it's Bey's most forgotten album, but there were massively impactful songs like Run the World, and the performances and pushing singles made the era more memorable. All Lemonade has is a 1 hour movie which was only shown on TV once and can now only be streamed on Tidal (?)

But with only 1 smash, especially Freedom which really symbolises the album as a whole, and a new video and one big promo spot, the entire era could prove to be as big as ST.

You already tried with XO which was a huge bomb. Should have gave it to Rihanna.

I agree with him. Her legacy has already been cemented as a cultural force and more hits wouldn't change this.

Well of course, Bey doesn't need to prove anything anymore, especially that she can't get a hit. All she would need was to add a couple more scenes to one of the Lemonade videos, and put it on vevo and it would peak top 5. But she's had 1 huge smash per era (aside from 4 which was memorable enough with the performances, dvd concerts, pregnancy and run the world) so we really can't say if Lemonade will sustain for as long as her previous albums. It's still only been 1 month after all.

Rihanna can't even make Kiss It Better a hit and it's on Itunes, Spotify and VEVO, why do you think she could with XO?

Would a Ryan lie?

Slay

Leave the good sis KIB alone. Let this generation's Purple Rain rest in peace

Ryan Murphy says hi.

SL is the 1st viral music video evr and 5x platinum in US alone. Believe me when I say, it doesnt matter one bit what you dont know about it. The song's stats speaks for itself.

I don't think they were trying to discredit the success of the song, just that the song was so huge with just a video and a couple of promo spots that it became bigger than the IASF album itself, showing how important single success is for a legacy.

I understand what he's saying, and I agree, but it doesn't hurt to keep having hits. Like with streaming she could have a potential 4/5 hits off this album.