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Poll: Would you sacrifice BEYONCÉ sales for a top ten hit?
View Poll Results: Would you sacrifice some sales from "BEYONCÉ" for a Top 10?
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Honestly, I would. Not seeing Beyoncé in the Top 10 never really feels right.
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Not a chance. "BEYONCÉ" is platinum and critically-acclaimed. Who cares about a Top 10?
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
Posts: 23,412
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Originally posted by BabyCantYouSee
You don't stan for one because of success. But you were once a monster, right?
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Member Since: 11/24/2006
Posts: 24,963
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Originally posted by ianBK4
She already outsold PRISM (an album that had hits), so your logic is FLAWED
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But PRISM will remain selling due the hits, will Beyonce? Probably no.
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Originally posted by MrDeeds
But PRISM will remain selling due the hits, will Beyonce? Probably no.
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Even if BEYONCÉ stop shifting copies, the gap would still be big
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Member Since: 6/17/2011
Posts: 6,613
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Originally posted by Lord Blackout
She'll get hits with her next album. She won't have a choice. But hey at least she's not getting hits only through features.
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3 out of her #1s had features lol and whats so bad about features. Only when Rih is smashing ppl want to discard features
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Member Since: 5/25/2010
Posts: 23,013
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Originally posted by RudeBoy93
She dosnt need quick little singles tho
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Originally posted by Glam
Who wouldn't sacrifice respect and money for a quick little hit?
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Since when is having a hit single immediately associated with being "quick" and "little?" No one
is here for those type of passive agressive comments. Hit singles can not only be massive,
but can also compete on the longevity scale right up there next to album longevity.
...Vin
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Member Since: 8/29/2011
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Maybe a little bit of sales?
It would be nice for her to have another song turn into a classic.
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Member Since: 8/30/2012
Posts: 5,537
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It's more fun to follow an artist releasing singles and basically following an era the usual way but you are delusional if you think any singles' artist (and their labels) wouldn't sell their mother to have Beyonce's current album sales.
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Member Since: 4/29/2012
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Originally posted by Vin
I'm saying, having "BEYONCÉ" open between 500K - 600K with a hit single or
two is better than going platinum with no hits from an album, yes.
It's not really an outrageous statement to make.
...Vin
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Im surprisingly agreeing with Vin but anyways Beyonce is still doing amazing on the charts.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Vin
I'm saying, having "BEYONCÉ" open between 500K - 600K with a hit single or
two is better than going platinum with no hits from an album, yes.
It's not really an outrageous statement to make.
...Vin
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1,000,000 x $15.99 > [(500,000 x $15.99) + (5,000,000 x $1.29)]
Even if she had the biggest hit single in the world, she'd bank a lot less.
So no, it would not be better. She'd have to sell 7,000,000 copies of the single to exceed the total from the album going platinum.
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Member Since: 8/29/2011
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Originally posted by ianBK4
Even if BEYONCÉ stop shifting copies, the gap would still be big
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PRISM will pass it again in 6-12 months.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
Posts: 28,773
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Originally posted by Istan4R
3 out of her #1s had features lol and whats so bad about features. Only when Rih is smashing ppl want to discard features
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Oh sweetie I was totally not talking about her.
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Originally posted by MikeFenty
Im surprisingly agreeing with Vin but anyways Beyonce is still doing amazing on the charts.
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Ofcourse she is.
So you're actually disagreeing with him.
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Member Since: 8/29/2011
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Originally posted by J. YONCÉ
1,000,000 x $15.99 > [(500,000 x $15.99 + 5,000,000 x $1.29)]
Even if she had the biggest hit single in the world, she'd bank a lot less.
So no, it would not be better.
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To be fair, singles also make money from YouTube, Spotify, Pandora etc. Grant it album tracks make money that way too, but a hit single on the radio is bound to get more views/plays.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by ianBK4
LOT is platinum and I don't even think GMAYL is gold
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Originally posted by Yarotska
Love on Top sold DOUBLE. Last time I checked, GMAYL wasn't even past 600k.
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Stop making up ****. LOT is gold, GMAYL is gold too. GMAYL destroyed it on a WW scale, and more than likely outsold it. There was no need to bring up GMAYL, at least get your facts straight.
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No I wouldn't trade the massive album sales and critical acclaim for a top ten hit, but she's going to get top ten hit anyway. I'm here for both. I definitely wanna see her singles smash this era not gonna lie, but I don't want that over what she already has.
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Originally posted by Lord Blackout
Stop making up ****. LOT is gold, GMAYL is gold too. GMAYL destroyed it on a WW scale, and more than likely outsold it. There was no need to bring up GMAYL, at least get your facts straight.
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LOT sold 1,164,798 in the US and 3,200,000 WW. You are the only one that needs to get your facts straight
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by ianBK4
LOT sold 1,164,798 in the US and 3,200,000 WW. You are the only one that needs to get your facts straight
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lol OK I guess.
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Originally posted by Ramcoro
To be fair, singles also make money from YouTube, Spotify, Pandora etc. Grant it album tracks make money that way too, but a hit single on the radio is bound to get more views/plays.
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But what Bey's done hasn't stopped her from obtaining a hit single, that's still very possible for the era. DIL and XO are still climbing on radio despite the Christmas freeze, DIL is holding on well on iTunes, and I still think XO will increase gradually once it receives more radio play and traditional promotion. They're both getting a good amount of views on YouTube, and I'm sure the streaming on Spotify is nothing to scoff at either.
At the end of the day, it's much more beneficial to sell a million albums, especially at $15.99, then to sell 500,000 and have a "top 10 single," especially when you keep in mind that Applause was a top 10 single for weeks and hasn't even gone double platinum. There's just no way to make the numbers say that having a top 10 single would be better for Beyonce than her current situation.
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Why would ANYONE say yes?
When is taking less money ever a good thing?
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Originally posted by Lose My Breath
Why would ANYONE say yes?
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I'm guessing they don't like math
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