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Originally posted by jose168
youtube and spotify have exponentially larger user bases than tidal. Why do you all continue to ignore this
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No one is ignoring anything. Chances are a high % of Tidal users would want to check out a Beyoncé album (taking into account the releases by Rihanna and TLOP which most likely contributed in a rise of R&B/HipHop Tidal crowd).
Yes, Tidal might have fewer subscription but the chances are very high that a high percentage of those users would be inclined to listen to a Beyoncé album. Spotify's listeners are a more diverse group with their streams spread over different genres and artists.
To simplify it even more:
Spotify 100 users (5 black, 80 white, 5 latino, 5 asian, 5 other). Beyoncé listeners: 10
Tidal: 15 users: Beyonce listeners: 13.
Imagine if a high percentage of that urban Tidal crowd gave Lemonade a couple of spins.
The above is what makes it atleast
possible that she did indeed have her album streamed 100m times.