Poll: Bigger Era: Circus vs. Lemonade - Page 6

Marla Singer

The Circus era was the last time Britney was even remotely relevant outside the US so I can understand why the Army are desperate to convince themselves and everyone else that it was even half as big as LEMONADE.

*No Angel*

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Originally posted by Eternium

And those artists in 2008 weren't doing anything compared to what Adele did and she released in 2015. I fail to see how it's Britney's fault that she focused on the stronger metrics of 2008 whereas Beyonce purposefully avoided single sales and streams to push a smaller metric (album sales) that seemed more profitable. How is it Britney's fault Bey picked profit over availability?

Today's leading metric is streaming and Britney's album sales were more impressive than Lemonade's streaming. Singular songs like "Work From Home," "Ain't Your Mama," "I Took A Pill In Ibiza," "El Perdedor," etc. all outstreamed Lemonade even with TIDAL inflating streaming figures for its artists.

When you convert to SPS, there is no contest.

Wait are you saying Tidal inflated Lemonades streams?

the same Lemonade that sold 1.5 million full priced $18 copies in the US. By an artist that is one of the top streamed females on Spotify with only 5 albums, the newest not even available yet

Never change Army, never change

cancer

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Originally posted by Marla Singer

The Circus era was the last time Britney was even remotely relevant outside the US so I can understand why the Army are desperate to convince themselves and everyone else that it was even half as big as LEMONADE.

So now we're gonna pretend that Lemonade is the massively global era?

cancer

Welp.
Looks like Circus is the more successful era, according to the majority of ATRL.

Eternium

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Originally posted by *No Angel*

Wait are you saying Tidal inflated Lemonades streams?

the same Lemonade that sold 1.5 million full priced $18 copies in the US. By an artist that is one of the top streamed females on Spotify with only 5 albums, the newest not even available yet

Never change Army, never change

No? I've even got posts saying that I believed her first week streams.

I was just pointing out that she's heavily invested in a streaming platform that regularly inflates its artists' streams yet she's still got less streams from her album than some individual songs that weren't even big hits worldwide and I was using that to point out that Britney's 2008 album's sales were more impressive for its time than Beyonce's 2016's album's streaming stats.

Do you actually have a rebuttal?

Superpower

Cying @ comparing 2008 albums sales with Tidal streams

Alexz

Circus was bigger.

GreasyBruce

Circus sold more, got muuuch bigger hits, also had a big tour (at the time it was the highest-grossing non-Madonna pop girl tour ever).

It certainly "felt" much bigger too. Having huge hits the GP knows and loves, that are played on the radio, in clubs, restaurants, malls, house parties, etc, having the music actually be part of pop culture and the world helps a lot I guess.

idkher

Circus was an underperformance at the time. It was treated as a huge comeback but only did 3.5-4m which was not good for 2008/2009. Like... those are Rated R numbers

So yeah, Lemonade

GreasyBruce

Also it's worth noting that yes, while Lemonade came out in a worse market for music, it's not just an album, you're also buying an entire MOVIE for only marginally more $$$. So take that into account when comparing sales as well.

skyandground

Circus

cancer

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Originally posted by GreasyBruce

Also it's worth noting that yes, while Lemonade came out in a worse market for music, it's not just an album, you're also buying an entire MOVIE for only marginally more $$$. So take that into account when comparing sales as well.

True.
$18 For an entire album + music videos is more than generous.

Musicislove

the one known by GP for music, not some (fake?) celebrity marriage problems

cancer

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Originally posted by Musicislove

the one known by GP for music, not some (fake?) celebrity marriage problems

I hate to say it but I kinda agree.
The GP for sure knows Beyonce has songs out and they most likely know the content of the songs but I really don'y think they KNOW the songs tbh.

PopNStuff

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Originally posted by Hazard

Album sales: Lemonade
Singles: Circus
Tour: Lemonade
Acclaim: Lemonade
Awards: Lemonade

Lemonade by far.

All of this.

cancer

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Originally posted by PopNStuff

All of this.

How are album sales in Lemonade's favor when it hasn't even outsold Circus yet?

Erreur2 La Nature

Judging by the comments, the Hive is fuming at Circus being way more successful than the critically acclaimed album Lemonade

cancer

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Originally posted by Erreur2 La Nature

Judging by the comments, the Hive is fuming at Circus being way more successful than the critically acclaimed album Lemonade

I mean I didn't want to put it out but ALL OF THIS.

Notice which fanbase is fuming and dragging the others fave.

OT: I think both are big eras but Circus seems to be bigger because of the singles + I think it'll be more remembered.

Alexz

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Originally posted by Timber

Circus more critically acclaimed than Lemonade? Lamo, NO. Wtf is this delusion?

Read that post again.

Trent W

Both were about the same. But Circus wins.

Britney was 10x bigger in 2008 than Beyonce is in 2016 fame-wise and relevant wise.