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Poll: Was Beyonce ever the ''it'' girl?
View Poll Results: Did she?
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Yes
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No, never was and never will be
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Member Since: 4/9/2011
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Originally posted by PrettyHurts
this thread should be closed tbh
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agreed, the op is clearly mad and disputing every response that isn't negative or in agreement with his delusion so this thread is going nowhere
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Member Since: 1/3/2014
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For me, Beyoncé was always well respected and in her own lane. To me she isn't an "it" girl because unlike other "it" girls she never lost popularity and has always had consistent success, and even with flop songs and an under performing album, the GP soaked up her next release, which ironically, has outsold all of the current "it" girls with minimum promotion.
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Member Since: 1/2/2014
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Originally posted by pink.hearts
agreed, the op is clearly mad and disputing every response that isn't negative or in agreement with his delusion so this thread is going nowhere
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I'm not mad at all, it's been 3 days of non-stop clocking the hive and I've been laughing so hard each time, just pointing out ''it'' status here
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Member Since: 1/2/2014
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Originally posted by MichaelPhillipz
For me, Beyoncé was always well respected and in her own lane. To me she isn't an "it" girl because unlike other "it" girls she never lost popularity and has always had consistent success, and even with flop songs and an under performing album, the GP soaked up her next release, which ironically, has outsold all of the current "it" girls with minimum promotion.
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she's sold 3 million, she has not passed pink, nor taylor and Im not sure about rihanna's last one, since her album has nothing more to promote I doubt she will. And she did receive more buzz and promo than anyone except katy perry album last year, just she didn't do the promo by herself.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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no she wasnt and i dont think she will ever be....but she doesnt need that she is a legend
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Member Since: 2/4/2014
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Originally posted by Trent W
I never saw someone imitating her, I know a lot of people say rihanna is a clone, but all I saw were cute black girls trying to make their own careers, honestly all this so called Beyonce clones are just black girls making their own careers.
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Rih didn't imitate her and that is what made her different--first coming out, they wanted her too but she carved her own lane. . .Ashanti, Ciara, Amiri, even Toni Braxton and I could go on but they all seemed to imitate Beyonce at some point and that's when they all started to fade into obscurity. . . .that's just my opinion.. . .I saw it.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by Trent W
she's sold 3 million, she has not passed pink, nor taylor and Im not sure about rihanna's last one, since her album has nothing more to promote I doubt she will. And she did receive more buzz and promo than anyone except katy perry album last year, just she didn't do the promo by herself.
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What the hell are you talking about? Both Pink and Taylor Swift last album releases both came out in 2012. Both already logged in a year and some months before Beyoncé's latest release (3 months old). She's already outsold Rihanna's last release domestically and matched her internationally(and probably will outsell her)
Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Miley all had tons of promo and a good head start. However, Beyoncé released her album within the Last 3 weeks of 2013, with no promo, and outsold all those ladies.
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Member Since: 1/2/2014
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Originally posted by Drayb
Rih didn't imitate her and that is what made her different--first coming out, they wanted her too but she carved her own lane. . .Ashanti, Ciara, Amiri, even Toni Braxton and I could go on but they all seemed to imitate Beyonce at some point and that's when they all started to fade into obscurity. . . .that's just my opinion.. . .I saw it.
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Ashanti was already big in the US before beyonce went solo, I honestly don't see how the other ladies you mention imitated Beyonce. Imitating is dressing like them, Beyonce was very unique, but never distinguished for a specific style, or specific sound at that time. I really think that a black woman dancing, singing r&b, or going urban is not imitating beyonce at all, its just the style of a black woman, Beyonce was the biggest black woman in the industry, but that doesn't mean the rest were imitating her.
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Member Since: 3/4/2011
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Sh was IT girl from end of 2013 until February 2014 during Beyonce era
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Member Since: 1/2/2014
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Originally posted by JustActinUP
What the hell are you talking about? Both Pink and Taylor Swift last album releases both came out in 2012. Both already logged in a year and some months before Beyoncé's latest release (3 months old). She's already outsold Rihanna's last release domestically and matched her internationally(and probably will outsell her)
Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Miley all had tons of promo and a good head start. However, Beyoncé released her album within the Last 3 weeks of 2013, with no promo, and outsold all those ladies.
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The ladies releasing in 2012 were still capable to break into the 5 million WW range.
Hope she can do 5 million with all the hype and buzz the release did on December, and don't count Katy her sales are more consistent and she has a few singles to release, Beyonce is done putting material out, unless she wants a re-release, which we both know she wont.
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Member Since: 9/5/2011
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Maybe when she went solo you can say she was an "It" girl. Even then, it's used loosely because she was part of Destiny's Child and was successful.
Personally I wouldn't say she was ever an IT girl. She was successful with a few hiccups in her career(The beginning of B'day until Irreplaceable and 4)..but other than that she's remained consistent with success.
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I really don't get why you all love to discredit beyonce pretending like she isn't the BEST of her generations. Her receipts prove she's always been on top cut it out
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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For a couple of minutes when Crazy In Love was released.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by cancer
She was overshadowed by other girls during her first four eras but it's safe to say 2014 belongs to her. She's finally an it girl for a year.
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By who?????
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Member Since: 2/2/2014
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Originally posted by Trent W
I think that in 2013 was the closest thing to the it girl she's been, but Miley overshadowed her with her antics
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isnt it supposed to be the opposite nobody talks about miley anymore and Adore You did moderately
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Member Since: 3/27/2012
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Originally posted by Trent W
I'm not mad at all, it's been 3 days of non-stop clocking the hive and I've been laughing so hard each time, just pointing out ''it'' status here
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I thought it was the other way around though. The Hive was clocking you.
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Member Since: 2/2/2014
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Originally posted by MichaelPhillipz
For me, Beyoncé was always well respected and in her own lane. To me she isn't an "it" girl because unlike other "it" girls she never lost popularity and has always had consistent success, and even with flop songs and an under performing album, the GP soaked up her next release, which ironically, has outsold all of the current "it" girls with minimum promotion.
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this! one of the best answer I ever seen on ATRL
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Member Since: 12/26/2011
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Originally posted by Trent W
I'm not mad at all, it's been 3 days of non-stop clocking the hive and I've been laughing so hard each time, just pointing out ''it'' status here
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i'm not too fond of Beyonce and i can already see from a couple of pages that you made a fool of yourself in this entire thread.
you've argued day in and day out that she's never been the it-girl - fine let's say she never was. what is your point now? what is it about being the 'it girl' that's so important when most of these "it" girls faded out a couple of years after their "it" prime? a career that extends over a long period time > quick heightened success.
but if it makes you feel better "hahaha Bey was never it-girl. she lose! xDDD"
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Member Since: 3/27/2012
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Originally posted by Trent W
Ashanti was already big in the US before beyonce went solo, I honestly don't see how the other ladies you mention imitated Beyonce. Imitating is dressing like them, Beyonce was very unique, but never distinguished for a specific style, or specific sound at that time. I really think that a black woman dancing, singing r&b, or going urban is not imitating beyonce at all, its just the style of a black woman, Beyonce was the biggest black woman in the industry, but that doesn't mean the rest were imitating her.
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Imitations of Beyonce:
2004
-1 Thing by Amerie employed a very similar Go-Go style and overall sound as Crazy in Love (and subsequent Amerie singles also went for this style even up to 2006)
2005
-The debut of Rihanna
-The debut of Christina Milian
-Get Right by Jennifer Lopez utilized the same producer as Crazy in Love with a very obvious horn-driven sample.
-The Emancipation of Mimi cover at the time was accused of trying to be like Beyonce.
2007
-Love Story by Katharine McPhee used not only very Beyonce-esque visuals but a Beyonce-esque sound.
-With You by Chris Brown is released. It's very much in in the same vein as Irreplaceable.
-Rihanna releases 3 Irreplaceable inspired songs (Take a Bow, Good Girl Gone Bad, Hate That I Love You)
I'm sure there are lots more. This is just from the top of my head. Feel free to help me out anyone .
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Member Since: 12/4/2008
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Originally posted by XtinaFansBePoor
shes always kind of had consistant success but shes never reached Britney or Gaga peaks. Heck, even mileys peaked higher
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Originally posted by Bey_Rihstan
When?
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Some of you are so dumb
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