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Discussion: Was Britney Bigger than Bey during Blackout, Circus & FF?
Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by Soda Pop Queen
And now that there's not "tons" of competition her age and she's still standing strong in spite of everything y'all are trying to discredit and minimize the success of her early solo years to make it look like her popularity is a "new and trendy" thing  Bye. |
i don't think what i said was wrong? her music wasn't doing much better than her contemporaries at the time. avril, britney, p!nk, shakira, mariah, etc. were all either selling more or on par with DIL and B'day and they'd started their solo careers before her.
Britney's personal troubles, Xtina and Avril's long breaks, etc. all helped Bey's star shine because her competition was nowhere to be found.
I didn't say her early solo years weren't impressive, but i don't think she was treated like the BEYONCE she is today.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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I would say yes for Blackout, but by Circus Beyonce was ahead of Britney.
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Member Since: 6/15/2012
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Originally posted by swissman
But in the IASF era Beyoncé sold way more albums,
had 4 hits, (3 huge ones)
a hit tour,
won a record making 6 Grammys,
got her a #1 DVD for I Am… Yours which also spent eight weeks at #1 on the music video chart,
and a nine week #1 DVD for the I Am World Tour which was the best selling music DVD in the year it was released and 3rd best for the following year and which didn’t chart lower than top ten in any country it was released,
two back-to-back years of ABC Thanksgiving live Specials…
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Womanizer and Circus are bigger than any Beyonce song released after Single Ladies
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by Eternium
As far as celebrity goes, yes. Britney was still more searched than Bey till 2012 and didn't have to result to gimmicks (Beyonce had payola for 8 years, gave singles away for free in Korea until 2012 because it counted for Gaon, released multiple editions for every album, heavily promoted, etc.).
Beyonce has been more commercially successful, but she had to rebrand her career to do it.
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None of this makes sense. You're actually trying to downplay Bey's success because she actually put in effort, not to mention most of the mess you use as excuses are either myths or are totally irrelevant.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Britney felt bigger because her celebrity was bigger but I believe Bey ended up selling a little bit more for each era.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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no.
perviously Bri was bigger , but by the time of B.O. her and bey were on the same level of fame . Then you know the rest ....
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by Havoc
Britney hasn't been bigger than Bey since 2000.
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Now you know that this is a damn lie 
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Member Since: 5/2/2012
Posts: 15,418
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Originally posted by antoine_
Womanizer and Circus are bigger than any Beyonce song released after Single Ladies
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Womanizer:
Sales: 7,000,000
Spotify: 37,445,895
YouTube:148,180,505 views
Circus:
Sales: 6,500,000
Spotify: 22,215,561
YouTube: 126,069,522 views
vs.
Halo:
Sales: 10,000,000
Spotify: 208,943,888
YouTube: 434,716,141 views
If I Were a Boy:
Sales: 6,800,000
Spotify: 89,071,255
YouTube: 256,097,884 views
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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You could be petty and include Telephone as well. 
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by Soda Pop Queen
Cut the ********. She has sold 34 million albums ( + 123M singles) and counting since 2003 between her 6 solo albums. Name someone who's sold way more than that in albums since 2003 (the start of the digital age) besides Adele. And don't say Taylor because 40 million ain't that big of a difference.
Beyoncé's album sales are comparable to her peers and she's even doing better than most of them this decade but you did try.
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So name the pop star who sold more, but not the one who sold more ?
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Member Since: 4/8/2012
Posts: 8,210
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Originally posted by FantasyRide
i don't think what i said was wrong? her music wasn't doing much better than her contemporaries at the time. avril, britney, p!nk, shakira, mariah, etc. were all either selling more or on par with DIL and B'day and they'd started their solo careers before her.
Britney's personal troubles, Xtina and Avril's long breaks, etc. all helped Bey's star shine because her competition was nowhere to be found.
I didn't say her early solo years weren't impressive, but i don't think she was treated like the BEYONCE she is today.
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That's more or less what I was saying in an earlier post to that Taylor stan. And all those women (except Avril) started solo in the soundscan era where album sales were much bigger, especially for solo acts.
Sorry to have jumped down your throat but there is a general tone of "she's only popular now because there aren't many others still slaying" from detractors and it drives me up the wall because it's just not true. She was far from a flop last decade. She was everywhere, doing everything like her peers were. I think too many people are confusing her "it girl" status, which she's been past for some time now, with her newfound pop icon status, which she just came into. To drag or try to discredit her for still being successful and still striving for better is petty.
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Member Since: 4/8/2012
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Originally posted by FBF
So name the pop star who sold more, but not the one who sold more ? |
I should've asked how many artists have sold much more than that since 2003 but you get the gist of what I was saying. The answer is very very few.
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Member Since: 5/2/2012
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Originally posted by 6_INCH_HEELS
You could be petty and include Telephone as well. |
No need!
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by sadnews
2003  angerously In Love 10m VS In the Zone 7.5m
(B'day 6.5m - Blackout 2.5m)
2008: I am...Sasha Fierce 8m VS Circus 4m
2011: 4 3.5m VS Femme Fatale 1.7m
2013: BEYONCÉ 4m VS Britney Jean 0.6m
2016: Lemonade 2.5m VS Glory 0.25m
Irreplaceable and Gimme more
Single ladies, Halo, If I were a boy vs Womanizer, Circus |
Clock a bit
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Member Since: 12/5/2009
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Originally posted by Ascension
Womanizer:
Sales: 7,000,000
Spotify: 37,445,895
YouTube:148,180,505 views
Circus:
Sales: 6,500,000
Spotify: 22,215,561
YouTube: 126,069,522 views
vs.
Halo:
Sales: 10,000,000
Spotify: 208,943,888
YouTube: 434,716,141 views
If I Were a Boy:
Sales: 6,800,000
Spotify: 89,071,255
YouTube: 256,097,884 views
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i mean it's too much delusion to insist womanizer or circus is bigger than halo, in 2016
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Member Since: 5/20/2012
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Originally posted by FBF
So name the pop star who sold more, but not the one who sold more ? |
OT: Not really. Beyonce is EVERYWHERE and liked by EVERYONE. There were still many people who jumped ship after Blackout I feel like
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Yes, but not for her music.
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Member Since: 10/18/2003
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Britney fans AGAIN trying it ?  they ll never learn....
Beyoncé is bigger than the other one since she launched her solo career.... She had more iconic hits, more album sales, more tour grossing, y all have to deal with it and stop living in denial for your own sanity... 
I cant at people saying CIRCUS was bigger than IASF when the latter sold more than the double,had more hits, more impact, more everything.... the ultimate delusion 
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by Mystic Boy
Britney fans AGAIN trying it ? they ll never learn....
Beyoncé is bigger than the other one since she launched her solo career.... She had more iconic hits, more album sales, more tour grossing, y all have to deal with it and stop living in denial for your own sanity...
I cant at people saying CIRCUS was bigger than IASF when the latter sold more than the double,had more hits, more impact, more everything.... the ultimate delusion |
Nope. 
Nobody is denying IASF is bigger than Circus 
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