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Originally posted by swissman
1. The Pepsi campaign you speak of was released 8 months prior to the album. People were not still hyped from it.
2. Grown Woman is not on the album. It is a bonus video.
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The commercial ran for 10 months prior to the album's release. How could there be better promo?
Track 31(?) is on every version of the album. There's not a single album released without it on there. Try again.
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Originally posted by Alvajay
Beyonce didn't announce her album, she didnt release a buzz single, she didnt do interviews, she didnt do **** all she did was work on her album & drop it
She toured, she did the Superbowl in January her album came out in December how the hell was that "promo" for her album? like 11 months later, shoo she slayed without an announcement yall mad your fav can barely push 100k
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"I Been On/Bow Down" and snippet after snippet of "Grown Woman" and "Standing in the Sun" in an H&M commercial.
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Originally posted by Tennis Court
The song isn't even available for download as a single  And the music video, that comes with the album, came 11 months after the commercial |
So 10 months of a commercial running is no promo? Interesting.
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Originally posted by swissman
Here are the facts. Beyonce as a brand had a lot of big things going on for her in 2013. That is not to say that she promoted her album in anyway, but she promoted herself as an artist. This undoubtedly lead to people being more interested in her album. However, none of the things she did would have had the effect if they did not get a generally positive reaction.
Among other things people PRAISED the Superbowl, they watched her documentary in record numbers, they loved the songs in her commercials, went to her concerts giving it rave reviews, they talked about her haircut making it world news, etc. etc.
However, her album which was released as a surprise and only came with an iTunes banner and some behind-the-scenes videos was not promoted in any of these instances. It is a testament to the publics love for her and desire for new music that gave it the initial success it had, and that success was furthered by how great the album turned out to be. Just because Beyonce is well liked as a sort of a fierce America's Sweetheart does not mean that her album was promoted. There is a huge different between being great and having people notice and going from interview to award show to talk show to magazines promoting your album.
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I agree Beyoncé is a huge brand. This post is entirely arbitrary to the point, though. She had a 10 month commercial, so how is it possible that she proved you don't need promo when she had such heavy promo? To top it all of, the Beyoncé stans always get pressed you remind them their fave had a heavy promo schedule for anyone not named Taylor Swift or Katy Perry and then want to tell you radio interviews are bigger promo than a 10 month long commercial deal, the Superbowl, etc.
