In all honesty, stanning aside, Lemonade was. Lemonade has been referenced and been a point of discussion consistently since its release. 25 was big for the first two months and then the excitement tapered off when WWWY was released and soprt of came back with the SML video debut. Between the tour and the music Lemonade will be remembered more than 25 in the future and it was bigger this year.
In all honesty, stanning aside, Lemonade was. Lemonade has been referenced and been a point of discussion consistently since its release. 25 was big for the first two months and then the excitement tapered off when WWWY was released and soprt of came back with the SML video debut. Between the tour and the music Lemonade will be remembered more than 25 in the future and it was bigger this year.
The entire 25 era can be simmered down to two lines "Hello, it' me" and "Hello from the other side". There was nothing else culturally relevant or memorable from the era. Just a one song era.
No, I already forgot about Lemonade. The only song I know off of the album is Formation. I think most people that didn't purchase the album or stream it on Tidal are in the same boat.
Whenever it's Lemonade vs Anti the sales are always the be all end all just to deem Lemonade as bigger. Suddenly it's irrelevant when pit against 25 lol.