What this honestly shows is that promo appearances / performances / stupid radio interviews mean absolutely NOTHING for album sales, and honestly the best way to sell albums is to be well-liked by the GP, not alienate them in any way and just all-around make the kinda music people wanna bop to without thinking too much about it. May the other girls + their labels learn this lesson!!!!!
It's so weird because I was sure this would flop because of the way she released and now she's better than she would have if she did the whole campaign.
Exactly
Congrats Beyonce.
Even if this end up in the 500K region, a HUGE accomplishment in itself.