Beyonce was the "top female artist" because of the way Billboard counted radio play Are you really bragging about Beyonce's spot when her label bought that for her (which isn't shade but verifiable fact, just check Sony's payola scandal of 2005).
What else shall she do? Britney is having her Vegas venue for 6 months now. This time she actually bothered to promote. Can't say the same about Bey but you apparently refer to her as an artist who "does something".
2013 was filled with Bey doing things, and this year she's embarking on stadium tour where I will actually get to see her. That's doing something. Even something as small as the RUN video Filming a visual album is doing something I don't even necessarily mean promo wise, give me something to stan for. Not just a mediocre collab album and youtube clips of a vegas residency.
Beyonce was the "top female artist" because of the way Billboard counted radio play Are you really bragging about Beyonce's spot when her label bought that for her (which isn't shade but verifiable fact, just check Sony's payola scandal of 2005).
This is true tbh
Radio used to be the main factor
But it's still an accomplishment
The biggest pop culture moment of 2013, despite Beyonce releasing a surprise visual album, Beyonce doing the Superbowl and Beyonce partnering with Pepsi for a $50 million commercial deal, was Miley Cyrus paying homage to Britney Spears at the VMAs Beyonce has a long way to go before reaching Britney's level.