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Originally posted by Alexey
she's rarely played in Europe and Asia, that's a fact. She's doing a bit better in South America though. But that's nothing spectacular. They only places where she gets a good radio play is the USA, UK, Canada and maybe Australia. I'm not denying she's a big star WW. But she's not even ICONIC in the whole world, you know? There are many WW charts that the ATRL users post. And Beyonce is always in the bottom of the WW charts.
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and u realize that Bey is far above charts at this point in her career? She's still selling with regards to anything but singles, yet u try to make it seem that selling single is the only factor contributing to iconicity.
Let me tell you what makes artists iconic or even legendary:
20 Grammys and 53 nominations.
Performing 4 times on the SB in total.
Being basically an inspiration to ALL performers and entertainer in the music industry.
Being deemed as the ultimate performer of her generation.
Being honored with multiple legendary awards in her 30s.
Being remembered for evergreens like Say My Name, Independent Woman, Survivor, Crazy In Love, Single Ladies, Halo
Being part of one of the most successful girlgroups of all time and also slaying one's solo career.
Being refered to as Queen B (cause even if it sounds ridiculous, people are going to remember her for this).
I could go on, but I think that's more than enough to make ur post, which is based on some recent irrelevant single charts where people purchase songs for $1,29, look completely stupid. Especially regarding the fact that this would mean that ur fav hasn't been an icon since 2005.