Serious question, ladies and gentlemen.
If Bey is really a global artist and legend/iconic like the HIVE always says, why can't she make her solo effort chart in the all-time list? Even Crazy In Love, which they hail as the best song of the 2000s didn't make it.
Moreover, when her songs are released on iTunes, they do not shoot up to number 1 like Gaga, Brit and Rihanna. They always need to be promoted to fare well on the charts.
In addition, unlike Brit and Gaga, despite her humongous earnings and media presence, she hasn't been hailed as the most powerful
Celebrity on the planet yet -- she just leads the musician section.
Do these things indicate that Bey does not have a strong following? That she's not as global as her stans make it seem to be?
Kindly discuss.