Yes they don't care, but Taylor sold more bc she had physical+digital sales whereas Beyoncé only had digital. If you want we can compare their 3rd week where Beyoncé sold +300k with both digital and physical copies.
that was christmas week
Don't do this to yourself
we all know taylor will sell in 2 months more than beyonce in 13
For me, Beyonce. She's how many years into her career? 4 was a "flop" and she was "over" yet she did what she did with absolutely no promo. When comparing a 24 yr old white girl who makes generic pop music to a 33 yr old black woman who's music isnt as "popular", I think its more impressive for Beyonce
Beyonce didn't even hit 1 Million sales in 10 day
why do you think it would have done it in 7?
It sold that much with no physical sales. Only iTunes. If she was in stores at the same time she would've sold even more. Possibly reaching or passing the 1M mark. It's not far fetched to think this.
And you keep trying to undermine her sales when in comparison Beyoncč is doing damn well. She makes R&B music. She's been in the business since she was 15. She's a mother in her thirties and is being compared to a 25 year old former country star who just released her first full pop album in the height of her career. That speaks volumes.
Beyonce didn't even hit 1 Million sales in 10 day
why do you think it would have done it in 7?
Digital (like taylor) + physicals (like Taylor) + the hype of the prediction improvements (like Taylor) + INSANE MASSIVE promo on release week (like Taylor) would have done the trick
Digital (like taylor) + physicals (like Taylor) + the hype of the prediction improvements (like Taylor) + INSANE MASSIVE promo on release week (like Taylor) would have done the trick
She had the physical numbers on the second week and the INSANE MASSIVE promo of every publication and TV network talking about the surprise release, yet couldn't reach 1M in 10 days though
She had the physical numbers on the second week and the INSANE MASSIVE promo of every publication and TV network talking about the surprise release, yet couldn't reach 1M in 10 days though
She had 3 days of physical release the 2nd week with Target AND Amazon NOT selling it - an explicit CD at that.
You guy's don't even try to be reasonable on ATRL.
She had the physical numbers on the second week and the INSANE MASSIVE promo of every publication and TV network talking about the surprise release, yet couldn't reach 1M in 10 days though
She didn't have and still doesn't have full physical support. Wtf are you talking about!?
Insane Massive promo in media when she didn't do one interview? So I guess people reviewing album is also promo People talking in their homes/school/offices is also promo
It is only called promo when you talk Beyncé and you know this damn well. Taylor has bigger presence in TV, RADIO and on the streets that Beyoncé had, deal.
Y'all know Beyonce's surprise release and visual album was ALL OVER THE INTERNET and probably on the news too. Plus everyone irl probably talked about the album when it came out.
More people knew she had an album out in comparison with Taylor imo.
1989 since it didn't use any gimmicks to inflate sales. People are buying because they listened to the first singles and liked them, not because they got caught up in internet hype.
I mean, Shake It Off essentially did the same thing BEYONCÉ did but with a single then the album was immediately available for pre-order, meaning people bought the album based on hype as well.
In regards to the OP, it says it sold 600,000 in one day is that all the months of pre-orders + one day of sales or just the first day alone?
What's impressive about Taylor is that she's crossing the million mark on the debut week. BEYONCÉ on the other didn't have a traditional release or any promo spot during the first week, it was more impressive cause of the media frenzy. It came out of nowhere and shocked everyone. Do take into account BEYONCÉ was only available on iTunes, which makes that accomplishment even more impressive.
YMore people knew she had an album out in comparison with Taylor imo.
You must be kidding, Taylor had song all over the radio, interview about the album in magazines, video on youtube, huge billboards weeks before, commercials in TV on prime time TV how people didn't know the album is coming?
What kind of demographic Taylor has not covered that Beyonce had?
She had the physical numbers on the second week and the INSANE MASSIVE promo of every publication and TV network talking about the surprise release, yet couldn't reach 1M in 10 days though
BEYONCÉ arrived in stores physically on December 21th, meaning she had only 1 day of physical sales within that 10-day frame.