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Originally posted by SashaFierce
This is 100% true. People tend to think that Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and Adele sell a lot because their singles are doing well. That's absolutely fake tea. Singles help but not a lot. Having X number of number one singles does not transition into X,000,000 copies of albums sold. Should I cite the examples? I think I better not. 
All this to say that we already know Beyonce sell decently without promo but imagine how her sales will increase with some promotion. There is nothing wrong in wanting to see a singer in a certain country other than her home country. Lady GaGa, Rihanna and Katy Perry are the living examples that overseas visits and of course performances of latest material (not just sitting to talk about home, etc) help albums.  |
I can't at this lie. Having the #1 song of the country is the best promotion you can get. Being played on every radio station around the world is the best promotion. Radio is massive promotion. Just because some artists have hit songs but don't sell enough copies of their album doesn't mean that it's like that for every artist.
I mean look at Adele, Rolling In The Deep was a massive song and it helped the album selling more than 200k every week. When Someone Like You was released, her sales sky-rocketed in the US again. If you don't have a hit song but promote a lot, it will help you sell the album but not in the long-run.
Just look at the IASF era, Sweet Dreams had one single performance at the EMA's when the song was actually already done on iTunes yet the radio still played it and it helped to get the sales up. I remember when Sweet Dreams blew a little bit up in Europe, the sales went from 30k to 50k a week.
Beyoncé had enough promotion but radio just didn't play her songs enough. If Run The World (Girls) was a worldwide hit, her album would've sold much more in the first week and this applies for every single after RTW.
