The surprise release was helpful for her critically and initial success-wise because of its quick release, but otherwise failed to do much outside of its first month or two.
Yes. Didn't it only sell 3.7 million??? Unapologetic was dragged for selling 4 million albums and over 8 million copies apiece of the first two singles, Diamonds and Stay. If that's underwhelming and overrated, so is self-titled.
To a degree. I mean, the surprise release was definitely a credit to her but overall, the success is a tad overrated. But for an R&B artist, tis not bad at all.