She is a singer, dancer, songwriter and all-round entertainer. Without a doubt, Beyonce is one of the most dominant forces in popular music today. Ranked as Billboard’s Female Artist of the Decade, she has accumulated more #1 songs and top 10 singles in the US than any other female act during the last 10 years, creating nothing short of an empire. However, her extensive string of timely hits prove to be her greatest strength as well as her most prominent downfall.
With each new album, Beyonce has become progressively more mainstream; slowly replacing the classic R&B sound of her solo debut, ‘Dangerously In Love’, with catchy, club-ready tracks. Despite her immense growth as both a vocalist and performer, many argue that her music has become increasingly diluted to appeal to a more mainstream audience. In fact, some critics wonder if her most recent material such as ‘Ego’ and ‘Diva‘ would stand the test of time or be quickly forgotten like some of her past hits including ‘Check On It’.
Indeed, unlike artists such as Alicia Keys who have consistently provided timeless songs, the majority of Beyonce’s material is carded as ‘flavour of the moment’. For instance, while ‘Beautiful Liar (Ft. Shakira)’ was a major success, the question can be asked: how many casual listeners beyond her fanbase will remember that song in 10 years? On the other hand, Keys’ ‘Fallin’, ‘No One’ and ‘You Don’t Know My Name’ basically have a cult following of their own.
Hence, whilst Beyonce is certainly one of the most talented and versatile artists of her generation, many wonder if her music can be considered classic material or just radio hits. The challenge is now being put forward for people to list her timeless pieces as a solo artist. With the exception of ‘Crazy In Love’, ‘Irreplaceable’ and ‘Single Ladies’, I myself find that task quite difficult indeed.
trent his hating ass . funny but cil irr baby boy . are all still world wide still getting more spins and airplay then any of those songs you mentioned .
lets not forget adultery keys is the one that needed beyonce on her album to get a hit
Beyonce creates hits not classics. She is extremely talented and I am often disappointed with her choice to lower herself to the music of today. Most of the music on the radio is what I call disposable music and Beyonce’s music fits right in.
She creates hits not classics… i.e crazy in love is a hit not a classic.
1st off f*** alicia keys. 2nd its dumb how you guys always bring up beyonce for views. this is NOT news.
a mess at the aaliyah stan saying that cil is not a hit when its bigger sold more and is still being played more then anything aaliyah released stay mad
hit* classic
yasssssss @ MovieMan go off
wow good post Trent..I can understand what you are saying and as a Beyonce fan i try to look at things objectively. Beyonce is classic herself and so yes she does cater to the radio whereas Alicia doesnt I mean her songs are classic yes but she can get a little boring with no true club bangers (other than empire state of mind) which is a classic also. But I dont think Beyonce is trying to make every song a classic song she is a diverse artist who tries to reach every spectrum in the music industry…so basically she has catchy songs of the moment but she also has her classic songs ( pls dont exclude DC3) once again good article!!
I stan for Queen B but I can see Trent’s point. Nowadays, it seems like she makes more hits than classics..
However, after her six month break, I’m holding out for her to have recharged both mentally and physically and come back with more classics than hits…
I don’t think the comparison between Alicia Keys and Beyonce is right. Alicia does her thing, Beyonce does hers. they’re not the same type of pop star. Beyonce is clearly a better vocalist, dancer, actress while Alicia is a better song writer, composer.
That aside, those 3 Beyonce songs you mentioned (though there are more i can think of) are not only hits but pop culture staples, something Alicia Keys didn’t achieve so far (as awesome as her songs are, and i love her).
Yes. Some of B’s hits are flavor of the moment, but that’s just pop music for you. anyone remembers Superwoman? doesn’t mean it’s not a good song. anyone remembers Me Myself and I? doesn’t mean it’s not a good song. and it’s not like that for those two it’s like that for every artist. Beyonce needs to prove absolutely nothing right now. she earned her place in music history, even if from now on each and every single she’ll ever put out will fail. Your question comes way too late to be taken seriously.
I STRONGLY DISAGREE BEYONCE HAS MADE A LOT OF CLASSIC MATERIAL THAT WILL BE REMEMBER BY FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME.. ND I SEE HOW U HAPPEN TO MENTION ALL THE BEY SONGS THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED HITS AND NOT TIMELESS BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WHOLE “I AM..” SIDE OF I AM SASHA FIERCE.. “SCARED OF LONELY” “HELLO” SONGS THAT HAVE MORE MEANING TO THEM TRUST THERE ISN’T ANY WORRY THERE ABOUT HER MUSIC BEING KNOWN BY FUTURE GENERATIONS.. N BEYONCE IS IN MY OPINION A LEGEND IN THE MAKING AND IS SOMEONE THAT PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE TALKING ABOUT AND HER NAME WILL NEVER FADE AWAY… PEOPLE ALWAYS QUESTION SUCCESS PEOPLE WHY CAN’T SHE JUST HAVE HER SUCCESS N NOT BE QUESTIONED FOR IT!!!
HOW THE HELL YOU START AN ARTICLE WITH INACCURATE FACTS
THIS BLOG IS PURE TRASH AND NOT CREDIBLE
BEYONCE IS TIED WITH RIHANNA FOR TOP 10S AND #1 SINGLES
THANKS BOO
@movieman
Whats aaliyah got to do with anything?? i never mentioned her name…
Let’s get real. Without the vocals and “CIL dance,” Beyonce’s debut cd Dangerously In Love was no better or different from Ashanti’s debut. Very similar sampling, hip-hop influenced r&b, a few mid-tempo slow groove jams.
Thank you… somebody finally said it! People are so convinced that Ashanti can sing and that she’s this phenomenal artist when she’s not.
Oh and learn how to READ i NEVER said crazy in love wasn’t a hit i said its not a classic!!!!
see… this is what they wanted: us all arguing, and commenting on this B.S. post! Mention Beyonce… throw some shade in there… its for sure to get hits
Who is Trent and when did he start writing for this blog?
FIRST OFF I MAD YA’LL POSTED THIS S*** AS IF THIS S*** WAS A BREAKING NEWS STORY OR SOMETHING. DID YOU B****** NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT THIS MORNING? YA’LL WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET HITS! THAT RIGHT THERE SHOWS THAT BEYONCE IS THE BADDEST B****. SHE MAKES YOUR BLOG WHAT IT IS.
LAST TIME I CHECKED ALICIA KEYS DIDN’T HAVE ANY SONGS ON ROLLINGSTONES LIST OF 100 SONGS OF THE DECADE. BEYONCE HAD 3 OF THEM. CRAZY IN LOVE, SINGLE LADIES, AND IRREPLACEABLE.
CRAZY IN LOVE CAME IN AT #3. THAT SONG IS STILL PLAYED TODAY. THAT SONG CHANGED THE FACE OF THE MUSIC GAME. HALO & SINGLE LADIES HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED CLASSICS AS WELL. JUST BECAUSE IT’S NOT R&B DOES NOT MEAN IT ISN’T A CLASSIC SONG. THAT’S WHAT’S WRONG WITH PEOPLE. YA’LL ARE SO F****** CLOSED MINDED. HOMEWRECKER KEYS IS BORING AS S*** AND HER REVIEWS FOR HER LATEST FLOP ALBUM CO-SIGN WITH THAT. SHE’S BEEN RE-WRITING THE SAME BORING ASS MUSIC SINCE 2001 AND HAS SHOWN NO GROWTH WHATSOEVER. HOWEVER BEYONCE’S MUSIC ALWAYS CHANGES, SHE’S ALWAYS GOT A NEW SOUND ON EACH ALBUM. SHE SHOWS GROWTH AS A ARTIST AND A VOCALIST. HOMEWRECKERS VOICE HAS ACTUALLY GOTTEN WORSE OVER THE YEARS. SHE SOUNDS A F***** STRAINED OUT OF BREATH MESS ON THE MAJORITY OF THOSE SONGS.
IN THE END IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU F***** HATERS THINK BECAUSE AS LONG AS BEYONCE’S SONGS RESIGNATE WITH HER FANS, YOUR OPINION WILL NEVER MATTER. SHE’S GOING ON HER 13TH YEAR IN THE INDUSTRY AND STILL SHITTIN ON YOUR FAVORITE ARTIST. POOR YOU. I’D BE MAD TOO. SLAYING HO’S SINCE 1997. STAY MAD F***!
rihanna and beyonce are tied for number one singles since 2000 (5) and top ten singles (13), unless you included destiny child but you couldn’t if your talking about her as a solo artist. so technically she doesn’t lead the pack trent if shes tied with rihanna as a solo artist
@Keasy
All i said was Bey makes hits not classics and then i got attacked by movieman… all i did was answer trent’s question
What’s more sad than anything is she released 8 singles from this current album and only 1 is actually relevant. She goes f****** overboard on the singles tip, and focuses on quantity instead of quality. Such a waste. Although with the string of s***** music videos that have accompanied all these “hits”, I guess she hasn’t lost out too much financially.
On another note, the word “Drag Queen” couldn’t pop up fast enough in my head after seeing this pic. SMH…LOL
another stupid post
@LOL at the one that said “crazy in love” changed the music game, ye, thats why you turn on the radio and you just want to kill yourself
i co-sign this all the way.
it’s not a knock against her (i’ve liked material on all three records, though none of ’em as a whole), it’s just the type of artist that she is. *kanye shrug*
she’s produced a whole lot of forgettable singles (“deja vu”, “ring the alarm”, “diva”, etc) and not very cohesive albums in favor of the “irreplaceable” type success.
that’s one of the main reasons i don’t buy her records; it’s too this-is-the-single-y’all and surrounded by filler.
@WhereMyRingAt – you say Beyonce’s songs resignate with her fans, which is true. But the point of this post is to ask the question do they resignate with those who are NOT her fans, those of us who are the typical listeners. And the answer to that question, for the most part, is no. Trent is absolutely right when he lists the three songs he did as her biggest hits, and as the average listener who is not necessarily a fan her Beyonce (and therefore can’t be biased by giving her more credit than what is due), I have to say that the majority of her stuff is indeed hits and not classics.
However to be fair, isn’t it the same way with every artist?
BEYONCE DOES CROSSOVER MUSIC THEY STILL PLAY HER MUSIC. IM GLAD BEYONCE DOES DO ALL SLOW SONGS LIKE A.KEYS IT GETS BORING!
BEYONCE MUSIC WILL ALWAYS LIVE ON. SHE KNOWS WHAT WORKS. AND THE LAST TIME I CHECKED ALICIA KEYS IS TRYING TO DO BEYONCE’S SOUND .
WITH THE UP BEAT SONGS WITH RAPPERS, S*** OUTFITS ETC. BEYONCE HAS CHANGED THIS GAME AND EVERYONE IS TRYIN TO KEEP UP.
A.KEYS IS MORE R&B BEYONCE IS POP! HER MUSIC IS CROSSOVER. HALO IS AMAZING SONG! THAT SONG WOULD LIFE ON FOREVER.
ALL CLASSIC SONGS DON’T GOTTA BE BALLDS .
BEYONCE MUSIC MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD AND THATS WHY SHE IS STILL HERE BREAKING THESE H*** NECKS.
THIS WHY BEYONCE IS THE ONLY ARTIST OF ARTIST IN HER DAY HAS WON LEGEND AWARDS AT 26- 28 NAME ONE ARTIST TODAY THAT HAS WON AN LEGEND AWARD?
BEYONCE won The International Artist Award, she was the first female winner of this award and the youngest recipient. Micheal Jackson won this award Beyonce makes timeless music.
YOU MAD F** THAT’S WHY ROLLING STONE, BILLBOARD, AND MANY OTHER CREDIBLE PUBLICATIONS HAVE CO-SIGNED WITH THAT. I POST THE FACTS HUN. DEAL WITH IT.
she doesn’t sound very soulful when singing ballads. her best ballads, imo, were the covers of etta james’ classics. she at least showed some vulnerability in those songs.
YALL SPEAKIN ON ALL THIS B******* MEANWHILE BEYONCE IS STILL THE BADDEST B**** IN THE GAME! THE REASON U CAME TO COMMENT, THE REASON U CAME TO HATE. CLASSIC OR NOT BEYONCE SLAYS THE GIRLS. WHO CAN ROCK A STAGE LIKE HER?! FOR DAMN SURE NOT ALICIA KEYS PIANO BENCH SITTIN ASS. AND WHO ARE YALL TO DECIDE WHEN A SONG IS CLASSIC OR WHEN IS IT JUST A HIT? BEYONCE’S ALBUMS ALL SHOW PROGRESSION SHE’S A BETTER SINGER ON EACH ONE. SO IF U LIKE DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE… I SUGGEST U LISTEN TO IT CUZ THAT BEYONCE IS GONE. NOW SIT YOUR ASS DOWN.
She made one classic, ok, its called “Crazy In Love” … all other songs are flavour of the moment…
@Blasian, what exactly is a “legend award”? Are you talking about the Grammy Legend Awards? Because if you are, I have no idea why you’re bringing Beyonce’s name into the picture – she has not won a Grammy Legend Award at all.
I wonder where Sammy is… I mean Beyonce is not as good as Cassie. haaahaa
@YOUPUTTHELIMEINTHECOCONUT- WHY SHOULD IT MATTER IF IT RESIGNATES WITH THE TYPICAL LISTENER OR NOT? IF YOU NOT A FAN AND YOU NOT BUYING HER S*** THEN IT SHOULDN’T MATTER.
Beyonce had 3 songs on Rolling Stones Decade list. A.Keys Music doesn’t crossover like Beyonce’s does.
Halo was #1 for 19 weeks in brazil! Beyonce has had 4 #1 Worldwide Singles.
A.Keys with this album still didn’t have not 1 Hit off this album all her singles flopped.
Beyonce will always be a bigger star than Alicia Keys. Beyonce is a crossover artist.
Beyonce was named female artist of the decade not A.Keys she came behind her. Beyonce has only had 3 solo albums been a solo artist since 2003 and killed the h*** thats been doing it for 10 years. Beyonce has changed this game she’s s***, talent Beautiful! Can sing her Face Off.
IT’S SO FUNNY HOW PEOPLE COMMENT ON HOW MANY SINGLES BEYONCE RELEASES FROM HER ALBUMS YET EVERYBODY AND THEY MAMA DID THAT S*** BACK IN THE DAY. MICHAEL JACKSON RELEASED ABOUT 8 SINGLES FROM EACH ALBUM. SO DID JANET. RHYTHM NATION HAD SONGS CHART ON BILLBOARD IN 3 SEPERATE CALENDAR YEARS. SO HOW COME IT’S A PROBLEM WHEN BEYONCE DOES THAT S***. KERI HILSON RELEASED ABOUT 7 FAILED SINGLES FROM IN A PERFECT WORLD. SO DID RIHANNA. FERGIE AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE RELEASED AN ASS OF SINGLES FROM THEIR LAST ALBUMS. BUT IT’S ONLY AN ISSUE WHEN BEYONCE DOES SOMETHING. YOU B****** STAY PRESSED.
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
No AMA Award http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi87hRD-b3Y
Beyonce has made and impact like it or not and Made A HUGE one Might I add
I myself is a bey stan but I do think she has created both hits and classics, but I have to agree with TRENT on this one. It seems like since Dangerously In Love, she’s been making more hits more than classics. She has gone mainstream and especially with this sasha fierce era, I think she showed that. I think she’s gotten comfortable as far as her career. I think she believes she’s gotten to a level where she thinks no matter what she puts out, it will become a hit just b/c she’s beyonce. Yes, she can sing, but it’s time for her to start caring about the material she puts out and less about sales.
SMFH AT ALL THIS SHADE! NUMBER 1 JUST CUZ AKEYS SING A TYPE A MUSIC DIFFERENT FROM BEYONCE DONT MAKE HER S*** CLASSIC! SO YOU SAYING POP MUSIC OR FAST R&B SONG CANT BE A CLASSIC? B****** HAVE A SEAT! M** AND THE GRAPEJUICE WOULD BE A FLOP SITE IF IT WASNT FOR BEYONCE! IF THATS THE CASE WHAT ABOUT JILL SCOTT ??? YALL SEEM MAD CUZ BEYONCE POPS THAT PUSS BOX AND STILL TOPS THE CHARTS WHILE AKEYS SLEEPING WITH A BROKEN HEART AND NOT MAKING THE BILLBOARDS..NUMBER 2 F*** AALIYAH! SHES GONE! RIP WHY YOU AALIYAH STAN BRINGER HER UP…NO HADE BUT AALIYAH WASNT ALL THAT! GET OFF BEYONCE PUSS BOX
@ movieman
you’re rants did nothing, but prove trent’s point. he didn’t ask whether or not beyonce could or could not sell records, he asked if beyonce creates classics or “flavour of the moment hits”… you bring up aaliyah & alicia keys, meanwhile all of their songs are remembered today. It’s close to 10 years later & aaliyah’s albums are still being talked about. critics never criticized her music & throughout all that she still made hits as well as classics. alicia keys, no matter what you say is still being helmed as one of the greatest artist of all time. while her record sales haven’t been so well over the years, ppl have still appreciated her music. beyonce’s artistry is debateable, alicia keys’ is not, you do the logic.
anyway, i have always been a fan of beyonce, her first album was good as hell, but over the years i feel as if her albums have completely fell off the map. I didnt really like b’day, & sasha fierce was okay. but neither album has struck me the way dangerously in love did. and truthfully its sad that these are the times we live in now. artist are going for a more club-banger/pop sound in order to adapt to a younger audience. an audience who only looks at the glitz & the glamour of the music industry & not the hardwork. an audience, in which majority of the consumers are either in grade school, middle school or in high school, times when most of the audience is trying to figure out who they are. they don’t know right from wrong or what’s real & what’s fake & its sad that artist feel like they have to appeal to that kind of audience.
oh & @ messymyles
you’re a jackass too.
AND ANOTHER THING GOT DAMIT! …CRAZY IN LOVE IS A CLASSIC SINGLE LADIES IS A CLASSIC IRREPLACEABLE THESE SONGS WILL BE AROUND 10 YEARS FROM NOW!!! STAY MAD
Beyonce always been mainstream she comes from Destiny’s Child. What the hell Beyonce doesn’t need to do another album like DIL. Beyonce doesn’t need to stay in the Box like A.Keys. This is why Beyonce wins Legends Awards Because her Music cross over it doesn’t stop to wear A.Keys Music does.
Chill Out People… You are all turning into Sammy.
@PUCCI F*** YOU AND TRENT..BOTH OF YALL CAN LICK BEYONCE’S 90 MILLION DOLLAR P****!!!! POW!
LIKE JAY Z SAID “IF YOU WANT MY OLD S***, BUY MY OLD ALBUMS” IF YOU WANT DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE GO BUY THAT S***, HELL I NEED COLUMBIA TO HURRY UP AND CERTIFY THAT S*** 5 TIMES PLATINUM ANYWAYS.,
You guys are ADORABLE!
CLEARLY this was posted to boost ratings because it is an absolutely pointless and random topic..THAT BEING SAID..It honestly does NOT matter if Beyonce makes HITS or CLASSICS. Why you all care..I’m not really sure.
Fact is, Beyonce is THE baddest b*tch in the game THUS far. Period. Point Blank. I am a LADY GAGA FANATIC but there is NO denying when an artist effortlessly slays everyone who is claimed as competition. We haven’t seen Beyonce out and about for WEEKS now, she has not been doing anything really. Just like you NON LIKERS want from her. YET, you still find a way to drag her name in EVERYTHING EVERY DAY of the week. So let’s stop with that OVEREXPOSED bullsh*t because I’m pretty darn sure Beyonce doesn’t email the blogsites to discuss her longevity in music. Or to discuss her nose sizes in 2003, 2005 and 2009.
I just would like for people to STOP trying to drag her down. All of you look desperate as hell. Yes Beyonce has MANY songs that will be on the “back in the day buffet” on radios that I will jam to in the car with my children..when I have them. And if she doesn’t? OH WELL! Beyonce has broken NUMEROUS records..she is already slapped down in history books. And you can’t do a damn thing about it. Get over it.
Every up in coming entertainer look at people like her and say “that is what i want to be” and we all know it. So stop lying to yourselves getting your OPINION confused with the FACTS.
Yeah Like Jay-Z said” if You want my old s*** buy my old albums” Buy Beyonce old stuff
@WhereMyRingAt – it matters if her songs resignate to the typical listener because it’s the songs that the typical listener hears and automatically recognizes that determines it a classic. Trent is saying that most of her music does not fit that category. And as somebody who is not a beyonce fan and therefore is looking at the situation in an unbiased point of view, I have to agree 100%. But the thing is this, it’s the same way with most artists. Not every single an artist releases will become a classic.
My thing is this, Beyonce tries too hard when it comes to releasing singles. As far as I’m concerned, only 1 (maybe two, MAYBE) of the 8 singles released from IASF will be remembered for years to come.
I LOVE HOW THESE GIRLS TRY TO KEEP BEYONCE’S ASS IN A BOX. BEYONCE AIN’T STAYING IN THE BOX. EVERYTIME SHE PUT OUT A CD SHE CONTINOUSLY SAYS F*** U H***, I’LL PUT OUT WHAT I WANT TOO. HER LABEL DIDN’T BELIEVE IN DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE, THEY DIDN’T BELIEVE IN B’DAY EITHER, AND SHE SAID F*** EVERYBODY ON SASHA FIERCE I’M IN LOVE, I’M SASHA, AND I DON’T GIVE A F*** ABOUT YOU OR YOUR OPINION. SHE CONTINUES TO PROVE YOU H*** WRONG WHO PRAY ON HER DOWNFALL. HER ONLY DOWNFALL IS NOT CUSSING SOME OF YOU PRESSED ASS B****** OUT IN AN INTERVIEW ONE DAY. I PRAY SHE DOES. CUZ SOMETIMES SHE NEEDS TO CLOCK THE TEA ON SOME OF THESE B******.
NO I DNT THINK .B. HAVE MADE CLASSIC MUSIC…I ASK A FRIEND OF MINE TO NAME SUM CLASSIC CDS THERE YOUNGER THAN ME …OF COURSE THEY NAME .B. CD THE FIRST ONE…I CNT SEE IT…A CLASSIC CD TO ME IS ONE LIKE CARL THOMAS U CAN START AND FINISH MARY J BLIGE, WHAT THE 411 ,MY LIFE ,SHARE MY WORLD, MARY, …AALIYAH HAS CLASSIC CD THOSE ARE JUST SUM PEOPLE CDS I REMEMBER THAT ARE CLASSICS TO ME…BUT THAT WHEN MUSIC WAS REAL AND R&B WAS R&B…BUT ILL GIVE DESTINY FULLIFIED A CLASSIC CD THAT WAS AN REAL R&B CD BUT THAT WHEN SHE WAS WITH DESTINY CHILD ON HER ON I DNT THINK NOTHIN WILL BE A CLASSIC…BUT MUSIC IS GOING TO CHANGE…ON AALIYAH LAST CD SHE WAS BEFORE HER TIME…I SEE MUSIC GOING THAT WAY
Solo Classics
Halo
Listen
if i were a boy
sweet dreams
DC classics
Survivor
Independent women
say my name
bootylicous
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
well thats how you feel but facts don’t lie. Beyonce has made more of an imapct than any artist in the pass 10 years. A.Keys doesn’t comes close to Beyonce’s Success
All the Beyonce stans: You can be a beyonce stan but please don’t attack the ones who are just fans of her music. You can scream and kick and cry but please just let the “normal” fans have their opinions…that’s why we have our own brains.
Regarding the post:
Beyonce makes Hits, the only classic album she had was Dangerously in Love. She’s awesome all around, but def. A HITMAKER, and good at the hits she puts out, to some those hits are classic, it all depends on the person
. Alicia Keys You don’t know my name is a classic..one of those songs you love to hear after you haven’t heard it for a while. ..
That’s all I have to say about this post.
YALL REALLY UNDERESTIMATE BEYONCE AS A ARTIST … SHE SINGS AND DANCES LIVE IN HEELS, SHE CAN SING SOUL, POP, R&B, FOLK, SHE CAN SCAT, SHE CAN SING IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, LIKE WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK FOR IN A ARTIST? I DONT GIVE A DAMN WHAT YALL SAY AFTER MICHALE JACKSON DIED BEYONCE BECAME THE GREATEST ENTERTAINER ALIVE! #FACT! WHO IS DOING HALF OF WHAT BEYONCE DOING? WHO? *WAITING*
i don’t understand if you not a fan why do you care if you recognize the song or not? it matters not. her fans won’t forget them. THAT’s a fact. classic music is different for different people. so you can’t determine what the typical listener considers classic, especially if ALL typical listeners don’t listen to the type of music beyonce makes in the first place.
I think she makes Hits not classics. I also think she never makes a personal album. I will never know who’s the real Beyonce is. For example Single Ladies why make a song like that when you are married make something about how you feel whats going on in your life.
But thats just my type of artist I like more personal.
Beyonce will be releasing a double album this fall partly titled “You Mad?” and the second part “Stay Mad”.
COMON EVERY IDIOT KNOWS BEY ONLY MAKES FLAVOR OF THE ALBUM HITS. SHE DOESNT MAKE CLASSIC VOCAL STANDARDS. ASK ANYONE ON THE STREET TO NAME 5 HITS AND THEY CANT. IT’S LIKE MARIAH. SUPPOSED TO HAVE 19 #1 HITS YET NO ONE KNOWS OR CARES TO REMEMBER. JUST SAYIN. 10YRS FROM NOW, NO ONE WILL KNOW BEY AND HER STUPID FORGETTABLE SONGS. THEY REMEMBER WHITNEY BUT NOT THIS BOOTY SHAKER.
I think the whole issue with Beyonce and why debates like this happen in the first place is based on her place in music right now. She’s not one of music’s legends yet, but she’s nowhere near a newcomer either. She’s right in the middle, and because of that her haters try to downplay her success, while her stans try to make her out to be what she is not.
Every New Artist that comes out male and Female they always say I look uo to Beyonce.
Beyonce has made an IMPACT! Like no other.
They use to say the samething about Michael Jackson and Luther Vandross oh and Prince
dead at beyonce only making one classic Lmfaooo the critics don’t seem to think so. IMO dangerously in love is OVERRATED. It’s not her best album. Ya’ll just love that s*** cuz it’s a safe R&B album. It’s a great album however it’s not beyonce’s best work. Dead @ B’day getting more critical acclaim than DIL….you people kill me. like i said if you love dil so much go buy that s*** again.
@Don’t Know
Are you kidding? I Am… was her personal album.
She said she did SASHA FIERCE because she KNOWS her FANS like songs that you can dance too and have a good time.
How can you say that she hasn’t made timeless music since DIL but then list a timeless/classic song from each album? And do exactly the same for Alicia, name a “timeless” song from each album, minus the latest. You’re entitled to an opinion, but your opinion is flawed.
I guess it all comes down to your opinion on what a “classic” is, because to me Check On It will be remembered a lot more than No One ever will.
idk what kinda beyonce stans yall claim to be talking bout her music is goin down the drain since Dangerously in Love, OBVIOUSLY the consumers dont think so. cuz each album released is multi platinum. if u dont like Sasha Fierce, Bday… den DONT LISTEN TO THE S***. us TRUE fans see the growth in Beyonce. Watch Wembley and then watch I am Yours and tell me you like the Wembley Beyonce better. Maybe yall should BUY alicia’s album instead of praising her online, then yall would have some facts to back it up. Like i said who are yall to say when a song is classic, and when a song is just a hit? Beyonce is doing what she loves to do, she cant help that shes doing it better than the other artists that are out right now. the media has put beyonce on an EXTREME footstool to where she cant do S*** to make yall happy. Maybe she should cut all her hair off and have kids and than get divorced for some respect/recognition — or maybe she’ll have to just DIE damn!
I THINK THAT BEYONCE DOESN’T NEED TO HAVE HITS OR CLASSICS FOR BEING RECOGNIZE AS THE BEST FEMALE SINGER AND ENTERTAINER OF THE WORLD!!!
Anyway i think that ” crazy in love and single ladies” are classics…
TRUTH
Well it’s been 13 years now so when are you talking and still here killing h*** and males lol
Sorry but Beyonce doesn’t have any classic hit.She makes good music for the moment.But nothing that will stick with you for years and years to come.Like the greats of Patti,Aretha,Chaka and Sade.
BEYONCE IS THE BEST ENTERTAINER OF THE WORLD!!!
@Blasian, it has nothing to do with how I “feel”. The fact don’t lie? Umm…the FACT is that with all the songs Beyonce has released as a single, only 3 or 4 of them are timeless classics that will be remembered for years to come. THAT’S the whole point of this post, THAT’S what Trent is saying. Only a Beyonce stan actually thinks otherwise, and like I said before, as somebody who is not a Beyonce stan, I’m able to see it for what it really is and not be deluded or in denial about it.
@WHEREMYRINGAT, sorry but I tried with you. I can’t explain it any clearer. Yall Bey stans can be so difficult at times, lol.
Dangerously in Love is ONLY a classic because its her FIRST solo project. the music on there, the vocals on there… are NO where near wat they are today
Blasian, Britney Spears has made a bigger impact in music and pop culture than Beyonce technically, sorry. Listen Beyonce is good, don’t get me wrong. But don’t try to make it seem as though she has no competition, because that’s not the case at all.
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
LIKE I SAID FACTS DON’T LIE
BILLBOARD FEMALE ARTIST OF THE DECADE WITH 3 ALBUMS
ROLLING STONE CROWNED HER QUEEN OF POP
@YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
Sit down!
How are we fans trying to make Beyonce seem like something shes not?
– Do we lie about the records she has broken? No.
– Do we lie about the amount of money she makes? No. Go argue with FORBES.
– Do we lie about how many albums she has sold? No.
– Do we lie about the fact that she runs every blogsite she’s featured on? No.
I’m confused as to why you feel like we try to make her something that she’s not. ALL THE FACTS ARE THERE. I know it is just SO UNBELIEVABLE it’s amazing at the same time. Don’t get mad at us because we claim her the hottest chick in the game when she ends up #1 on the list like every damn year.
i agree with KEASSY I’VE TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH A COUPLE OF MY FRIENDS I DEFINITELY THINK BEYONCE WILL HAVE TO DIE FIRST(GOD FORBID) BEFORE SHE GETS HER JUST DUE.
@wheremyringat
Are u high?? lol Dangeroulsy in love is Beyonce’s best album to date…
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
NO SHE HASN’T BRITNEY THAT IS
LIKE I SAID BILLBOARD FEMALE ARTIST OF THE DECADE TAKE IT HOW YOU WNAT PPL LIE NUMBERS DON’T
IF U DONT HAVE I AM..SASHA FIERCE AND LISTENED TO THE I AM..SIDE AND HAVEN’T HEARD THE VOCALS,,,THE RANGE AND THE FEELING IN THEM SONGS STFU! MOST OF YALL KNO BEYONCE FROM THE RADIO NOT THE ALBUM..WE KNO WHAT SHE CAN DO..YALL ONLY RECOGNIZE BEY WHEN SHE DANCING GO ON YOU TUBE AND WATCH SOME OF HER LIVE VIDEO WERE SHES SINGING BALLADS FORM THE I AM TOUR!!!
If you wanted to use someone to promote your product who would you chose? Beyonce or Alicia Keys.
Enough said.
YASS.I.STAN.4.GAGA. ~ YOU MAD?
DEAD!!
BEYONCE!! WHICH THIS IS HOW IT IS.
A.KEYS IS BORING SHE’S IS THE THE TRYING CHANGE HER STYLE OF MUSIC NOW *COUGH* LIKE BEYONCE
@YASS.I.STAN.4.GAGA. ~ YOU MAD? – lol, are you kidding me sweetheart? You’re bringing up BLOGS?? You’re bringing up the amount of MONEY she makes?? Both of those things have nothing to do with an artists success, so those two issues are totally irrelevant.
When it comes to album sales, what? 25 million? Okay, that’s good, but yall are acting like she’s the biggest selling female artist worldwide. Absolutely not, hun. And don’t bring up DC’s album sales either, because this whole post is about Beyonce as a SOLO artist, not Destiny’s Child. And even with Destiny’s Child, Britney Spears has her beat by a good 20 million.
When it comes to records broken, okay fine. She’s broken records. So have many other artists – more than her, in fact. Again, when I say her stans make her out to be more than what she really is – I mean it. You guys act like she’s the greatest, most successful artist on the face of this earth, and the fact of the matter is she is not. I don’t say this as a hater. I say this as somebody who views the situation in an UNBIASED perspective.
keasyy
PLZ BEYONCE VOCALS ARE BEST ON I AM IF YOU DON’T HAVE IT HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?
I LOVE ALL BEYONCE’S ALBUM BEYONCE GROWS WITH EACH ALBUM THATS WHAY I LOVE ABOUT HER SHE’S NOT LIKE BORING A.KEYS
*CRAZY IN LOVE
*ME, MYSELF, & I
*BABY BOY
*DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE
*IRREPLACEABLE
*RING THE ALARM
*SINGLE LADIES
*HALO
*IF I WERE A BOY
*SWEET DREAMS
HAVE ALL BEEN CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FOR THE PRODUCTION, THE VOCALS, AND THE LYRICAL CONTENT. THEY’VE BEEN HAILED BY MANY CREDIBLE PUBLICATIONS. THEY EMPOWER PEOPLE. AND MANY PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO THOSE SONGS AND SITUATIONS SHE’S TALKED ABOUT IN THOSE SONGS REGARDLESS OF HOW YOU FEEL.
HER SONGS ARE MENTIONED WHEN CRITCS GIVE REVIEWS ON OTHER ARTISTS ALBUM. THAT MEANS SHE’S SETTING THE STANDARD RIGHT NOW. SO HOWEVER YOU FEEL YOU CAN CAN IT.
Just to put it out there…alot of you are saying that this song and that song is not relevant and or classic…yet you know the names of the songs…they must have left a mark on you in some way…
Anyway, a lot of Beyonce’s more “classic” material was never released and/or included on an album…
Blasian, who really cares? Britney Spears is the biggest selling female artist of 2000 – 2010. Do you really think Billboard’s “artist of the decade” tops that? At the end of the way, the “most successful artist of the decade award” should be based on how successful you are in your trade – in this case, music – not what Billboard Magazine has to say.
Please…
DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE IS NOT BEYONCE’S BEST ALBUM. THE I AM SIDE ALONE S***’S ON THAT.
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
HUMMM BEYONCE HAS SOLD OVER 67 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE DVDS, EP ALBUMS AND SINGLES
AND ONCE AGAIN BEYONCE WAS NAMED FEAMLE ARTIST OF THE DECADE. BEYONCE IS THE BIGGEST ARTIST ALIVE YOU JUST CAN’T FACE IT.
*at the end of the Day, I meant.
@Blasian
um DUH i said that beyonce’s vocals get better with each album. i personally dont give a f*** for Dangerously in love besides the singles. I Am…Sasha Fierce slays.
and a fan would think that all her music was unforgettable – and so would a hater ^_^
i bet all yall know single ladies.
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
LIKE I SAID BILLBOARD FEMALE ARTIST OF THE DECADE BRITNEY WASN’T NAMED IT BEYONCE WAS SORRY LOL
A lot of artist have had their time in the as the baddest in the game right now is Beyonce time.Janet,Mariah,Madonna all have known as the BEST at once upon a time in their career.So what Beyonce is doing is nothing new.Will Beyonce stay on top? NO she will eventually become a has been just like many other artist who were once known as the BEST.
@YOUPUTTHELIMEINTHECOCONUT OR WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS….YOU WILL NO LONGER BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BECAUSE THE 2000-2010 IS NOT A DECADE DEAR.
A DECADE IS A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS.
COUNT THEM WITH ME:
1. 2000
2. 2001
3. 2002
4. 2003
5. 2004
6. 2005
7. 2006
8. 2007
9. 2008
10. 2009
INSTEAD OF WORRY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT BEYONCE MAKES CLASSICS FOR THE TYPICAL LISTENER YOU NEED TO TAKE YOUR ASS BACK TO SCHOOL AND LEARN WHAT A DECADE IS. DUMB ASS.
@KOLE_ZION
girl shut that s*** up.
Blasian sweetheart…stop it, lol. Don’t LIE about her numbers to try and boost her up. And were talking about FULL LENGTH STUDIO ALBUMS here. When somebody says “this artist sold [X] amount of albums”, they’re not talking about DVD’s, EP’s and Singles, so please let’s not even go there.
When it comes to ALBUM sales:
Beyonce: 25 million.
Britney Spears: 90 million.
Do the math folks. I’m not trying to put Beyonce and Britney against eachother, but some of you are getting a little overboard here. Therefore I’m compelled to put a few of you in check when it comes to the real “baddest b**** in the game”. And again, I’m not bringing this up in a “hater” perspective. It’s not “hate” if it’s the truth.
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
DO YOU KNOW WHAT RECORDS MINE?
BRITNEY DIDN’T SALE 90 MILLION ALBUMS SHE SOLD 90 MILLION RECORDS LEARN THE 2
Real recognize real Trent good post. No one is taking anything away from her talented @ss. She is hot. She knows how to make hits. But as far as timless music NO! Her songs are for the moment! Anybody can see that. Where is here “Hero” or “I Will Always Love You”, or her “Un-break My Heart”. Songs that will stay in the heart of people and mean something.
Saying if he likes it put a ring on it! Please first of all if you only like someone a ring is not needed. Next, this tramp has peaked already. Again a very talented woman, but as far as timeless music there is none in my opinion!
CRAZY IN LOVE, SAY MY NAME, SURVIVOR, INDEPENDENT WOMEN, BILLS BILLS BILLS, ME, MYSELF, AND I, DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE, SINGLE LADIES, HALO, IF I WERE A BOY, IRREPLACEABLE, ARE STILL SITTING ON MILLIONS OF PLAYLISTS YEARS LATER. SHE AIN’T GOT TO MAKE A POWER BALLAD TO MAKE A CLASSIC.
B**** SHUT YOUR ASS!
How are WE boosting Beyonce? I would say YOU and all your other hater adherents are boosting her ratings.
I’m glad you care for her so much to spend this afternoon discussing the person you..*coug*..DONT like. The power of Beyonce.
NO MATTER OF FACT BRIT HAS SOLD 83 MILLION RECORDS..
@Blasian if you want to go by album sales
Madonna-Over 200 million World Wide
Britney Spears-over 85 million
Janet Jackson -Over 100 million
Celine Dion-Over 200 million
*cough*
@WHEREMYRINGAT – you’re a real piece of work, aren’t you? Lol, why are you getting personal with me, hun? Did I say something that made you mad? Are you upset at the fact that I’m exposing the truth on Beyonce, and discrediting the garbage her stans are trying to bring up as “success”?
Sigh…anyhow, I’m done here. There’s more important things to do than to try and make deluded, in denial Beyonce stans realize their “baddest b**** in the game” is anything but that. Trent sweetheart, I agree with your post 100% and only her stans think otherwise. Some things you just leave alone and let be, as is the case here. XD
@Miss Queen Keasy ..No girl you shut it up…I can’t help because your “God” Miss Beyonce will be a has been in another 5 years.Girl don’t get mad miss thing.Being 50 years old and booty popping will not be cute for her or you chile..Miss thing
@YOUPUTTHELIMEINTHECOCONUT
Britney spears was the baddest b**** in the game… BACK in her day. luckily, for her sake her fans are loyal, unlike Mariah’s who let her album flop
not making this a beyonce vs. britney thing cuz we alllll know beyonce slays the 2010 britney spears. Britney has 6 studio albums and 4 Compilation Albums and EPs. while beyonce has 3 – Britney has also had about 6 tours, and beyonce is on her 3rd… so lets NOT.
http://images.fox.com.au/2008/08/11/47360/600×400-ent-pink-10-600×400.jpg
YASS.I.STAN.4.GAGA. ~ YOU MAD? – I think you’re the one who’s made, lol. Why are YOU getting personal with me? Lmao, you people are nuts, for real! All we’re doing here is having a discussion about Beyonce. Ain’t nobody on my side getting mad and throwing insults the way you guys are. You folks need to chill, I see Beyonce’s stans get real uptight and wanna start namecalling like children when somebody proves them wrong. That’s not good at all.
Because her ass already 40 with those tired ass no-fronts.Girl making millions of dollars and head still look a mess.
Kole_Zion
BRITNEY HAS NOT SOLD 83 MILLION ALBUMS SHE HAS SOLD THAT IN RECORDS. YOU LEARN THE 2
MADONNA HAS SOLD OVER 200 MILLION RECORDS NOT ALBUMS
@khalil
well ur opinion sucks
@KOLE_ZION
stay mad
Alicia Keys plays it safe and HAS BEEN playing it safe for years now. She CLEARLY doesn’t want to be seen as “the hottest” or the “top dog”. She wants be known as a very good artist and that is all. It’s obvious. Don’t get me wrong Alicia Keys has great music (although it’s getting tired as hell) and she has sold millions and broke many records as well, I’m sure. She could easily be Beyonce’s main rival if she wanted. EASILY. She just doesn’t put herself in those categories. Which is why you hardly see her stans arguing for her like the Rihanna, Keri, Beyonce and Ciara fans do.
Artist like Rihanna, Keri and Ciara CLEARLY want that hottest female title. It’s as clear as day. They are all struggling for that main title. Which is why their fans tend not to be fond of Beyonce fans. This is so true.
beyonce is tryna be a commercial success…to be remembered as an ‘idol’, an icon of her generation. so obviously sales matters to her a lot. if u dont get on the radio you wont sell records and beyonce knows this, so she makes hits, not classics.
Since we wanna talk about Britney VS Beyonce lets talk about how DIL outsold ITZ. Or about how B’Day outsold Blackout and how IASF is outselling the f*** out of Carnival, oop I mean Circus. How about this is only Beyonce’s SECOND world tour and it’s doing better than any of S******’s have done minus this piece of s*** Circus tour. What about Britney’s p*** poor performance on the Hot 100? Beyonce’s been dragging Britney since she went solo and if they were solo at the same time she would’ve been doing the same. Lets NOT.
WELL END OF STORY BEYONCE STILL COMES OUT OF TOP
BILLBOARD FEMALE ARTIST OF THE DECADE HATERS !!!! LMAO
NOW WE ON OUR WAY TO THE GRAMMYS 10 NOMS
HOW MANY DOES BRIT HAVE? LMAO!
Susan Boyle is slaying all these h*** if you want to really talk numbers..Over 8 million world wide and her cd hasn’t been out 3 months…WHO Madd????..lol
@YOUPUTTHELIMEINTHECOCONUT SWEETHEART THE ONLY THING TRUE IS THAT YOU DON’T KNOW WTF A DECADE IS. I CALLED UR DUMBASS OUT CUZ YES YOU ARE RIGHT THERE ARE BETTER THINGS THAT “YOU” NEED TO BE DOING. LIKE GOING TO SCHOOL AND LEARNING WTF A DECADE IS HUN. DON’T GET MAD AT ME BECAUSE YOUR SCHOOL SYSTEM FAILED YOU. HOW ARE YOU EXPOSING THE TRUTH? WHEN THE S*** YOUR FONTING IS NOTHING MORE THAN AN OPINION. LAST TIME I CHECKED AN OPINION DID NOT EQUATE TO FACTS, OR DID THEY NOT TEACH YOUR ASS THAT IN SCHOOL EITHER? THE ONLY SAD, DELUSIONAL F*** IS YOU. NOW DEAL WITH IT F**.
@Blasian you better look again Miss thing..Those are album sales to date
she makes hits not classics, although some of her hits will eventually become classics such as single ladies, irreplaceable, and more hits from upcoming albums.
yes a majority of her hits r forgettable, but i think at least 1 track from each album will be remembered and go down in history 🙂
Kole_Zion
NO YOU BETTER LOOK AGIN NOT ALBUM SALES THOSE ARE RECORDS LEARN THE 2
The Beyonce stans are delusional..How you going to bragg about another person coins?You h*** be trying to fight over someone who doesn’t even know you alive.That’s a damn shame if I ever seen one.
And it’s too early in Beyonce’s career to try and give her classics. Were any of Mariah’s songs classics as soon as they were released? Give it time, her songs will be classics, don’t worry.
Beyonce is beyonce lame and tired and aliar so she jus good for the club anybody inspired by her is trash like her jus bieng 4real how could u take a person who run around the stage with they pu**y out all day serious no clas at all……………………smh
AT THE END OF THE DAY BEYONCE STILL SHITS ON YO FAVE!!!! ”GIVE IT UP…BEYONCE WINS..YOU LOOSE”’ HAHHHHA IM OUT
Beyonce sales goes down every album she’s becoming boring. GOOD DAY
LET’S GET ON MISS S****** SPEARS. SIMON COWELL SAID IT BEST “BRITNEY WAS DONE WHEN BEYONCE DROPPED “CRAZY IN LOVE”.” BEYONCE HAS LEGENDS LIKE PAUL MCCARTNEY, MICHAEL JACKSON, TINA TURNER, PRINCE, WHITNEY HOUSTON, MARIAH CAREY, JANET JACKSON, ETC CALLING HER THE STUFF LEGENDS ARE MADE OF. THEY DON’T JUST SAY S*** LIKE THAT ABOUT ANYONE. BRITNEY WILL ONLY BE REMEMBERED AS A TRAINWRECK AND BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH SHE SOLD, NOT BECAUSE OF HER TALENT. UNLIKE S****** STANS, BEYONCE STANS DON’T HAVE TO RELY ON SALES TO BACK HER UP. SALES IS ALL BRITNEY HAS TO FALL BACK ON. BEYONCE HAS TALENT. RAW TALENT. SOMETHING THAT BRITNEY STANS NEVER KNEW.
Beyonce > the rest of them h***.
good day
@WhereMyRingAt, nobody on here remotely cares whether I know how many years are in a decade or not, except you. Choose to get personal if you want, however I don’t fight over the internet. I may not be educated, but I’m smart enough to know not to fight over the internet, This ain’t about me, it’s about Bey. *muah* 😉
BEYONCE HATERS ALWAYS MAKES THIER WAY TO A BEYONCE POST LOL!!! WHAT LAMES. BEYONCE STILL ON TOP JUST ASK BILLLBOARD AND IF THEY DON’T PICK UP THEN CALL ROLLING STONE LMAO STAY MAD IT WORKS FOR YOU LMAO!
AND SINCE WE TALKING ABOUT CLASSICS? WHERE ARE BRITNEY’S CLASSICS?
Beez wrote:
****”lets talk about how DIL outsold ITZ. Or about how B’Day outsold Blackout and how IASF is outselling the f*** out of Carnival, oop I mean Circus.”****
Why are you bringing up past albums? Baby One More Time sold 25 million, the same amount of albums Beyonce sold in her entire career. And what?
****”How about this is only Beyonce’s SECOND world tour and it’s doing better than any of S******’s have done minus this piece of s*** Circus tour.”****
ROFLMFAO, I’m not even gonna respond to that. I just had to point it out though because I nearly spit out my milk reading that. Even Beyonce’s BIGGEST stans know that’s not anywhere near true. XD
****”What about Britney’s p*** poor performance on the Hot 100?”****
Umm…last time I checked, Britney’s latest single “3” debuted on the Hot 100. When was Beyonce’s last Hot 100 number 1? Single Ladies, exactly. Let’s NOT! Lol…
Beyoncé > you. Mad?
When Beyonce push 1 milly in first week sales then she will s*** on fave.Until she need to stay in her lane.Which is keep you delusional queens broke trying to purchase her cds.
And Beez, is “Vision Of Love” not a classic? That’s Mariah’s first single, if you didn’t know. Is “Emotions” not a classic? That’s Mariah’s first single from her second studio album, if you didn’t know.
Let’s not even bring up Mariah in this, lol.
YOU TALKING ABOUT 3 DEBUTING AT #1 ON THE HOT 100, YET SHE ONLY HAS 3 NUMBER 1 SINGLES, AND HALF OF HER SONGS THAT WERE POPULAR ON TRL BACK IN THE DAY BARELY CRACKED THE TOP 40 ON THE HOT 100. LMFAOOOO!!!!! DEAD @ BRITNEY TAKING 11 YEARS TO GET 3 #1’S. EPIC FAIL!
@KOLE_ZION
b**** ur name is Kole —> ZION <— ur most def. a queen too. shut that s*** up once again .
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
LAST TIME I CHECKED BEYONCE HAS MORE #1’S THAN BRIT LOL
AND LAST TIME I CHECKED SICE YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT BILLBOARD BEYONCE WAS NAMED BILLBOARD FEMALE ARTIST OF THE DECADE.
4TH OVERALL
BRIT CAME IN I THINK 8 OOOPS BEYONCE DOES IT AGAIN LMAO
DEAD @ BRITNEY NOT BEING ABLE TO STAY @ #1 FOR MORE THAN A WEEK! EVEN RIHANNA CAN DO THAT. LMFAOOO!
And Beyonce aint even in the top 200 of all time sellin albums so hows she a strong forse in music like some one said eailer learn the diffrence between albums meaning they boght ur whole album and records mean singles certin song on that album which beyonce havent even supass the 10million mark yet brandy and artist that havent been doing music in years still outsells her album wise kidsss get a clue…………..
Darrell H-Town
BEYONCE WAS NAMED FEMALE ARTIST OF THE DECADE WAS BRANDY NAMED THAT IN HER DECADE? LOL
@YOUPUTTHELIMEINTHECOCONUT
You clearly failed reading comprehension. The point I made with Mariah is that they weren’t considered classics immediately. No one said they weren’t. Don’t try me with Mariah. And 1,2,FLEA debuted at #1 and fell right off.
@KOLE_ZION
NOBODY is pushing a milly in a week anymore you dumb queen. It’s not 1999 anymore.
DEAD AT BRIT CAN ONLY STAY #1 FOR 1 WEEK LOL!!!
@DARELL-H-TOWN U FAILED F** ACCORDING TO NIELSON SOUNDSCAN BEYONCE HAS SOLD 11.5 MILLION ALBUMS IN THE UNITED STATES AS A SOLO ARTIST. BRANDY ONLY SOLD 8.4 MILLION ALBUMS IN THE U.S. AND SHE’S CERTIFIED FOR SHIPPING 10.5 MILLION. ACTUAL SALES>>>>SHIPMENTS F**. KNOW UR FACTS F**!
@Miss Keasy you chipmunk looking ass h**..Zion is my name..I’m not a ball girl like you Miss Thing..Girl yes you ia a queen a flaming queen at that. I have seen that jacked up mug on youtube and twitter.It is not cute at all.So you would want to improve before you come for me girl.OK ..Your face is a failur and a flop just like your girl new cologne “COLD”
Now you shut it up..Who Madd?????
People i dont like britteny but she beyonce beat by millions and millions when it comes to albums sales britteney have dimaond albums beyonce have and will never c that srry b fann …………………….
LAST TIME I CHECKED BRANDY LAST 3 ALBUM WAS FLOPS AND LAST TIME I CHECKED HER RECORD LABEL DROPPED HER LOL I MEAN TELL ME IF IM WRONG LOL!
@Miss Beez girl Boo..Lil Wayne just did not long ago..Who Madd???
Bey stans came out the works….lmao I prefer Alicia’s music. Beyonce gets too repetitive. I like her music, she’s great but Alicia’s music touches me and that’s what music suppose to do.
CRAZY IN LOVE 8 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS @ #1
BABY BOY 9 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS @ #1
CHECK ON IT 5 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS @ #1
IRREPLACEABLE 10 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS @ #1
SINGLE LADIES 4 WEEKS @ #1
BEYONCE STILL HOLDS THE RECORD FOR SPENDING THE MOST WEEKS @ #1 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 IN A CALENDAR YEAR.
I GOT STATS FOR DAYS SO WE CAN DO THIS.
and truth b told 1 of britteny album have all of beyonces albums an albums sales wise check it for your self…………
@wheremyringat…Are those stats putting coins in your pocket?..If not girl stop
@ wheremyringat u talkin about singles wow album wise she sucks
@KEASYY PLEASE STOP USING MY PHASE.
GOOD DAY!!!!
TRUTH BE TOLD BEYONCE IS THE BEST PERFORMER ALIVE SHE WILL OUT PERFORM ANY ARTIST TODAY!
@KOLE_ZION THE SAME CAN BE ASKED OF YOU? B**** WEREN’T YOU JUST FONTING HOW MUCH ANOTHER ARTIST SOLD IN 1 WEEK? OK THEN B**** DON’T GET CUTE WITH ME CUZ I WILL RIP UR HOLE SO BAD YOU WON’T EVER BE ABLE TO S*** RIGHT. SO HAVE A F****** SEAT B****.
@Kole_Zion
b**** yo name aint no f***** zion. you’re in a house, so what do you walk? secondly… b**** boom. im glad you’re a fan and you know of me. cuz u are STILL a stranger b****. 3rd the carter III came out early 2008. and his LATEST album hasnt even sold a 3rd of that. and fourth http://twitpic.com/yw0sh
@MessyMyles..You need to be out running around the track instead of defending Beyonce.Fat Ass Queen
@DRE WHERE CUZ SHE’S OUTSELLING BRITNEY RIGHT NOW LMFAOO. SLAYING S****** ON THE CHARTS AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW. WHERE IS CIRCUS ON THE CHARTS? LMFAOOOO!!!! *I’LL WAIT*
Beyonce can’t be the huge impact and force people say she is if her stans feel so compelled to pull her stats.
Certain artists’ stats speak for themselves…
Dre
BEYONCE HAS OUTSOLD BRIT SINCE 2003 IN ALBUM SALES. LAST TIME I CHECKED BRIT LAST ALBUM SOLD HUMMM 3 MILLION WORLDWIDE THAT SHOULD A HUGE DOWNFALL FROM AN ARTIST THAT USE TO SAKE 2O MILLION ALBUMS PLUS RITE?? LMAO!
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
HER MPACT HAS WORLDWIDE THIS CHICK IS EVERYWHERE! NO ARTIST TODAY IN THIS TIME HAS WON AN LEGEND AWARD NOT ONE NOT ONE BEYONCE HAS MADE A HUGE IMAPCT WORLDWIDE. AND STILL MAKING HISTORY FROM MUSIC TO VIDEOS TO MOVIES
@Miss keasy ..Girl Boom a fan girl please…No Ma’am Miss Chipmunk face..Yes B**** I’m in my own house.I don’t get into that walking s***. I leave that for you Ball queens.It doesn’t matter when Lil wayne sold a milly that other queen said since 1999.The fat is he done it..Who Madd????..Seems like you are Mis Chipmunk
I MEAN *SALE**
UoStats don’t give you classics. Rihanna has 10 number 1’s but no classics. Flo-rida always gets number one with a single, is that a classic? Ppl obviously don’t know what classic is nowadays. It has nothing to do with numbers or who is number one. anyone can get number one.
Beyoncelite, who cares about albums sales since 2003? Ain’t nobody trying to hear that foolishness because in OVERALL album sales, Britney has left Beyonce eating her dust.
Period.
@YOUPUTTHELIMEINTHECOCONUT WELL THEN I GUESS THAT MEANS BRITNEY’S NOT THAT BIG OF A FORCE EITHER SINCE YOU WERE THE FIRST ONE TO POST HER STATS AS WELL. I TOLD YOUR ASS YOU WERE DUMB, WHY YOU REFUSE TO BELIEVE ME I WILL NEVER KNOW. LOL!
P.S. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU LEAVING AND HAVING BETTER THINGS TO DO? RIGHT.
@Miss wheremyringat…Yes I do get paid for girl.I stack chips for looking up facts and stats on the daily..Who Madd???
@wheremyringat For a pop artist or someone who pose to b a force in music suppose to b way beyond that point fail fail fail get over it u lamer than her……and at this stage of her game she should b at 25million at least she way behind no catch up she sucks lol lol lol and u mad lol lol
Beyoncelite, Beyonce making an impact with her MOVIES???
Bye boo.
I’M STILL WAITING ON A BRITNEY STAN TO TELL ME WHAT CLASSICS HAS BRITNEY MADE? ALL OF A SUDDEN NUMBER 1’S AND SALES DON’T MATTER, WELL WHERE ARE BRITNEY’S CLASSICS?
Darrell H-Town
BEYONCE HAS SOLD OVER 67 MILLION RECORDS AS A SOLO ARTIST PUT DC TO IT IT’S WAY OVER 130 MILLION
well im done. im sure u all follow me on twitter
tootles.
beyonce > humanity
Trent,
Baby in my opinion, she makes classical hits. HeHeHe….
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
YEAH WHAT ARTIST IN THIS TIME HAS HAD A GOLDEN GLOBE NOD ? I’LL WAIT???
ok then!!
WhereMyRingAt, I didn’t post Britney’s stats. I her album sales. You’re up in here wilding out on this “8/9/10 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS @#1” b*******, as if anybody is really interested, lol.
*I POSTED her album sales, I mean. Either way, you get the point. :-p
@DARRELL_H-TOWN CLEARLY YOU’RE A DUMBASS B**** THAT KNOWS NO BETTER. YOU CAN’T EVEN FONT A COHERENT SENTENCE. BEYONCE’S SOLD OVER 25 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE WITH JUST 3 ALBUMS. WITH ALBUM SALES DECLINING 45% EACH YEAR HOW ON EARTH DO YOU COMPARE AN ALBUM THAT CAME OUT IN THE 90’S TO AN ALBUM THAT CAME OUT IN 2003? OR ANY YEAR AFTER THAT. IT’S JUST NOT LOGICAL F**.
BEYONCE STILL HOLD THE MOST WEEKS AT #1 BY AND FEMALE ARTOST OF THE 2000’s
@KOLE_ZION SWEETHEART DON’T GET UR JOB DESCRIPTION CONFUSED WITH OLD WHITE MEN PAYING .25 CENTS A DAY TO VIEW YOUR ASS GETTING PULLMELED BY RAW SICK PEEN ON XTUBE TOOTS MMKAY. HAVE A SEAT. YOU DON’T GET PAID FOR S***.
Beyoncelite, you’re giving her too much credit hun. A Golden Globe nomination is not a Golden Globe WIN. I’m not discrediting her on that, but don’t use words like “making an impact” to describe it.
And Beyonce has not sold 67 million as a solo artist, what are you smoking hun? Lol XD
@putaringonit and beyoncelite Beyonce will never catch britteny in album sales sorry beyonce would have to put 10 more albums out or sell close 25 more millons albums to catch home girl …britteny can retire rite now and have beyonce whole career around her finger yll two are stuck on stupid to believe beyonce runnin sh** shame on yll can i say LOSERS LOSERS………………………..
Bye Stans I enjoy making you girls mad about your 40 year old Diva.
Bye Miss keasy girl..I don’t follow because I don’t even know you.I just like seeing you girls fight over someone who doesn’t even know you exist on earth.
lol…So funny to see you queens do that.My work here is done..TTYL ladies
@YOUPUTITINTHELIMELIGHT POSTING HER ALBUM SALES IS APART OF HER STATS YOU DUMB ASS B****. DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT HER STATS ARE? AND FURTHERMORE BEYONCE’S 8/9/10 CONSCUTIVE WEEKS ETC, OBVIOUSLY HAD YOU PRESSED TO FONT A STATEMENT ABOUT IT. IF YOU WEREN’T INTERESTED YOU WOULDN’T BE HERE. LOGIC FAIL YET AGAIN. AND LAST TIME I CHECKED YOU BROUGHT UP BRITNEY AND HER STATS IN THE FIRST PLACE WHEN THIS HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH HER. SO HAVE A SEAT.
At the end of the day. Beyonce >>> S****** Shears. In terms of talent, sales and material. Y’all can’t defend her without going back 10 years. That should tell you something.
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
BEYONCE HAS SOLD OVER 67 MILLION RECORDS I DIDN’T SAY ALBUMS I SAID (RECORDS) RECORDS ARE EP ALBUMS SINGLE SALES, MUSIC DVD’S THATS RECORDS !!
There’s enough room for two or three great artists and I definitely think Alicia and Beyonce share the spot. They are both our best artists right no and both have major stats. Rollingstones is just a magazine of opinions, they also said Rihanna had the best pop album of the decade. Do you agree?
SWEETHEART BEYONCE HAS SOLD 67 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE F** DEAL WITH IT.
SHE’S SOLD NEAR 30 MILLION WITH ALBUMS, SINGLES, AND DVD SALES INCLUDED ALONE OF I AM SASHA FIERCE NOT TO MENTION THE RINGTONES SHE’S SOLD AS WELL. ALL OF THOSE ACCOUNT FOR RECORD SALES F**.
OVER 6 MILLION ALBUMS SOLD WORLDWIDE
OVER 21 SINGLES SOLD OFF OF THIS ALBUM ALONE
THAT’S 27 MILLION RIGHT THERE YOU MAD F**?
WhereMyRingAt, it really doesn’t matter anyway.
When it comes to overall success (which obviously equals to who’s the REAL baddest b**** in the game), it will always be Britney Sears > Beyonce Knowles. Period.
Don’ t be mad, stans. ♥♥♥
Darrell H-Town
END OF THE THEY BEYONCE STILL MAKES MORE MONEY . AND BEYONCE WAS NAMED BILLBOARD FEMALE ARTIST OF THE DECADE NO FEMALE ARTOST RULED THE CHARTS LIKE BEYONCE AND SALES, AIRPLAY, WEEKS AT #1 TOP5 ‘ TOP 10’S TOP 40’S PONITS BEYONCE WINS. SORRY FACTS ARE FACTS
BILLBOARD FEMALE ARTIST OF THE DECADE= BEYONCE!
And why are you referring to us as “f***”? I hope you’re gay because if you’re not and you’re saying that, that’s pretty ignorant. There’s other ways to get your point across without looking ignorant.
And I can’t be a “f**”, I’m a girl. ;-p
Beyonce sucks at least I think so.
TINA TURNER WANNABE
GOOD DAY 🙂
BRITNEY LAST ALBUM = 3 MILLION WORLDWIDE
BEYONCE’S = OVER 6 MILLION PUSHING 7 AND NOT TO ADD 10 GRAMMY NOMS INCLUDING ALBUM OF THE YEAR !
@YOUPUTTHELIMEINTHECOCONUT IF IT DOESN’T MATTER THEN WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE?
THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE INDUSTRY ALIKE SEEM TO THING BEYONCE>>>>S****** DEAL WITH IT.
AND WHERE ARE S******’S CLASSICS? NO ONE HAS YET TO ANSWER THAT FOR ME. SINCE SHE SUPPOSED TO BE THE BADDEST B****. WHAT CLASSIC ALBUM AND SONGS DOES BRITNEY HAVE.
I MEAN **DAY**
WHAT CLASSIC ALBUM DOES BRITNEY HAVE??? I’LL WAIT!
BEYONCE’S ALBUM IS STILL IN THE TOP 40 IN 2010 AND WAS RELEASED IN 2008. S******’S ALBUM IS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND. I GUESS SHE’S STILL SEEKING AMY ON HER RADAR.
I MEAN FOR BRITNEY TO SALE 20 MILLION BACK IN THE DAY NOW SELLING 3 MILLION SMDH EPIC FAIL
Bey makes plently of classic music who says that r&b slow songs is only classic material i wish ppl would hop off dil dik! back in the day artist evolved each album sounded different and thats what bey’s doin stop tryna put her in a damn box
Losers ha ha ha ha ha
Darrell H-Town
HATER STAY MAD HAHAHAHA!
Lmao what does a golden globe have to do with a classic song or album? Lmao
Britney’s classics:
Baby One More Time
Oops I Did It Again
S**** 4 U
Toxic
Gimme More
Let me guess, you stans are gonna try and tell me these aren’t her classics…yall are so predictable. XD
LMAO @ you calling Alicia classic. you are dumb as S***. You just posted this to boost Alicia’s s*** by using Beyonce’s name.
WHEREMYRINGAT
DEAD! LMAO
Beyoncelite, Baby One More Time is Britney’s classic album. 25 million copies sold worldwide – the same amount of copies sold of Beyonce’s THREE albums.
That’s a classic if you ask me..
DEAD @ GIMME MORE BEING A CLASSIC (EVEN THO THAT’S MY S*** LMFAOO) BUT DEAD!!!!!
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
AND YOU SAY BEYONCE SONGS ARE NOT CLASSIC AND YOU NAMED THOSE WACK A** SONGS LMAO!!!
PLZ BEYONCE MUSIC KILLS BRITNEYS ANYDAY
YOU KNOW WHEN BEYONCE DROPPED IN 2003 BRITNEY COULDN’T OUT SALE HER LMAO!
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
IT’S CLASSIC CUZ IT SOLD 25 MILLION? LOL I HEARD IT ALL LMAO!
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
DAMN BRITNEY WENT FROM SELLING 25 MILION ON ONE ALBUM TO SALE 3 MILLION DAMN WHAT HAPPEN? LMAO!!!
NO ONE TALKS ABOUT BABY ONE MORE TIME THE ALBUM NOW….7 YEARS LATER THEY ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE? SO BASICALLY YOU’RE SAYING BABY ONE MORE TIME IS A CLASSIC BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH IT SOLD? LMFAOOOO SO THAT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE AND DISCUSSION. LAST TIME I CHECKED I THOUGHT THE AUTHOR OF THIS WAS TALKING ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE SONGS AND YOU AGREED TO IT….THEREFORE YOUR OPINION MATTERS NOT.
This post is hilarious. You know what cracks me up though? You can throw shade at Beyonce until the wheels fall off, its still not going to shorten her accomplishments.
I SAID NAME AN ARTIST TODAY FEMALE OR MALE THAT HAS A GOLDEN GLOBE NOD?
BEYONCE HAS MADE AN IMPACT IN MUSIC VIDEOS, MOVIES ETC. SHE IS THE THE THE IT FACTOR
PUT BEYONCE AND BRITNEY ON THE SAME STAGE BEYONCE WOULD EAT HER ALIVE! LOL
@MUSHY_LOVE92 OKAY HUN!!! CLOCK THAT TEA SWEETY!!!!!
WhereMyRingAt, who’s talking about Dangerously In Love? Can you post a link to a recent article (from a published magazine or the like, not a b*******.com site) that’s talking about that album?
*waiting*
Beyoncelite, yeah yeah you already mentioned Britney’s album sales falling. They have. What’s your point? She still sold more than Beyonce, which is the main premise of this discussion. Got anything else, dear? Oh, Britney’s “wack a**” songs…well they’re wack to you, but they’re classics nevertheless. You can’t take that away. 😉
@Beyoncelite and Putaring or whatever ull must b the same people im convinced but anway ull obsessed and mad fake stats of the phoney wannab Queen lol u queens r sumthing serious lol im done ull mad lol lol lol
dead @ give me more being a classic….JUST DEAD
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
BRITNEY ABLUMS HASN’T OUTSOLD BEYONCE SINCE 2003 LOL
DAMN 25 MILLION TO 3 MILLION WOW!! THATS A HUGE DROP BUT THANK BEYONCE FOR THAT
HOW MANY GRAMMYS DOES BRITNEY HAVE? LOL!
Beyonce work very hard at what she does but I would not say her music is classic. I would
only remember the leotards and the grinding years from now. It’s time for her to change
her tune and her style of dancing. She has on a bathing suit in every video and I would
not want my daughter to be influenced by the dancing. She has earned her place in the
entertainment industry but her style is getting a little tired. She is a little too sexual with
everything. Classic is about Mary J. Blige and Alisha Keyes.
Gimme More isn’t number 1, but it is indeed one of her classics. It was HUGE when it came out, everybody took notice to that song back in 07. “It’s Britney B****” alone had folks talking, whether it was positive or negative – nevertheless. I don’t know how one could think it’s ‘not’ one of Britney’s classics.
Dangerously in Love
Artist: Beyoncé
Song: Crazy in Love
Once upon a time in 2003, three young women from the successful pop group Destiny’s Child were exploring their separate musical paths. Michele Williams released a successful gospel album, Kelly Rowland was at the top of the charts with “Dilemma” (a duet with Nelly) and Beyonce Knowles… well, everyone knows what happens next in this story: an explosive Chi-Lites horn sample and a commandingly coquettish vocal spouting, “Uh oh uh oh uh oh.” The introduction to “Crazy in Love,” the lead single from Dangerously in Love, provides one of the greatest 30-second bites of music this decade, and announces a standout artist. Whereas Destiny’s Child’s songs were about poised and sensible women, this was Beyonce’s opportunity to explore emotional messiness. Dangerously in Love doesn’t go too far; Beyonce is simultaneously transgressive and traditional in her sound and lyrics. But it was a hell of a start, and she didn’t stop there. — Amy Schriefer
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120410038
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO JUST NAMED DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE THE #5 MOST IMPORTANT RECORDING OF THE DECADE. THEY ALSO NAMED CRAZY IN LOVE AS ONE OF IT’S SONGS AS WELL.
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
OH YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THAT SONG SHE SUNG AT THE MTV AWARD WITH THAT SAD PERFORMANCE LOL OH HOW UCH DID THAT ALBUM SALE? LOL
Beyoncelite, lmfao – you already said that! You’re saying the same thing you already said 4 or 5 different times in this post already, come on dear. Just stop. If you have nothing else to say, just say so. But you’re gettin’ real repetitive right now, and it’s not looking cute. lol!
And she has 1 grammy. Which is better than none. So it is what it is on that front, so what?
VIBE MAGAZINE ALSO WROTE AN ARTICLE CELEBRATING THE 6TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE LAST SUMMER. THEY NOT DOING S*** LIKE THAT FOR BABY ONE MORE TIME.
I never understood why all these people get so upset when someone has a difference in opinion, especially about Beyonce! Its a shame. I feel bad for the kids who grew up in this generation. They missed out on good quality music like we had in the 90’s. These songs being released have no substance. F*ck BEYONCE and all her fans! Shade that……..
WHEREMYRINGAT, your link is irrelevant and void. The article isn’t talking directly about Beyonce’s album, it lists the 50 most important albums of the decade.
By the way, did you not notice Britney’s “In The Zone” in that list? So I guess that means In The Zone is still being talked about after 6 years? Please boo, find something else. Lol!
@Makeba i totally agree I like Mjb shes my fav
Her debut album (DIL) was listed as one of the top 200 Definitive albums in music history by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. She was one of a few artist of her generation to be mentioned on that list
http://www.rockhall.com/pressroom/definitive-200
BRITNEY NOT ON THE LIST
@YOUPUTTHELIMEINTHECOCONUT THE FACT IS THEY WERE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT. THEY WERE NOT TALKING ABOUT BABY ONE MORE TIME. IN THE ZONE LAST TIME I CHECKED WAS NOT BABY ONE MORE TIME F**.
@KHALIL YOU MAD BOO? STAY MAD HO!
Beyoncelite, how old are you? We’re not talking about whether their albums are on a list or not, were talking about whether DIL is still being talked about to this day, after being released 7 years ago.
Your link is also void, try again honey.
WHEN S****** GON DEW IT?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhoxBvg-1hM
@YOUPUTTHELIMEINTHECOCONUT IT DON’T MATTER WHEN THE ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME THINKS YOUR ALBUM IS GREAT ENOUGH TO MAKE THEIR LIST OF 200 DEFINITIVE ALBUMS THAT SHITS ON ANY AMOUNT OF ALBUM SALES BRITNEY SOLD WITH “LICK MY BABY BACK BEHIND”. SO HAVE A SEAT DEAR. YOU MAD CUZ BRITNEY’S ASS AIN’T ON THAT S***. BEYONCE TECHNICALLY HAS TWO ALBUMS ON THAT LIST “THE WRITING’S ON THE WALL” IS ON THERE AS WELL. LMFAOOO S****** AIN’T BEING THOUGHT OF. SHE AIN’T RESPECTED BY THE INDUSTRY. LIKE I SAID BEFORE SHE WILL ONLY BE REMEMBERED BECAUSE SHE SOLD A LOT.
AGAIN I ASK WHEN S****** GON DEW IT?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi87hRD-b3Y
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
ARE ARE YOU CRAZY HER ALBUM WAS LISTED ON ROCK N ROLL OF FAME LIST??
YEAH THATS A TRUE HATER FOR YA LMAO! SORRY BRIT WASN’T ON THERE LOL!!
THATS HUGE!!
WhereMyRingAt, you’re such an idiot. Lmao seriously, I don’t mean to name call but you guys totally fail. I’m done with this entire conversation, you guys ran out of gas ages ago.
I’m going to say this one more time, and then I’m over and out. The fact remains: Britney Spears is a bigger success and a bigger icon than Beyonce. Beyonce is great, don’t get me wrong. But Britney is better. And it’s going to take her at least 10 more years to get on Britney’s level, and that’s only if Britney retires tomorrow (which she’s not). So with that said, I will leave you sad Bey fans and your YouTube links and I will move on to more productive things today. We got this post over 230 replies in under 3 hours, and at the end of the say we’re ALL a damn shame for arguing over two b****** who will never know who the hell we are, lmfao!
Hugs & kisses yall *muah* xox ♥♥♥ and all that other b*******, lol! 😉
TIME WILL TELL. yall needa shut up!
*at the end of the DAY, I mean. Either way, yall get the point.
Bye boos.
SHE AIN’T RESPECTED BY THE INDUSTRY LIKE BEYONCE IS 10 GRAMMYS 5 IN ONE NITE 10 GRAMMYS NODS BRITNEY 1 AND 1 GRAMMY NOD THIS YEAR. AND THIS WAS HER COMEBACK ALBUM AND ONCE AGAIN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY OVER LOOKED IT JUST LIKE THE AMA AWARDS WHERE SHE DIDN’T GET ANY NOMS. LOL
YouPutTheLimeInTheCoconut
PLZ..
BEYONCE HAS PERFORMED IN FRONT OF OBAMA SUNG THAT OSCARS BRITNEY COULD NEVER SHE TRIED TO MAKE IT IN THE MOVIE WORLD BUT FALIED.
BEYONCE HAS THE MOST VIEWED MUSIC VIDEO ON THE INTERNET SINGLE LADIES OVER 400 MILLION VIEWS SORRY YOU FAILED AGAIN..
BEYONCE BILLBOARD FEMALE ARTIST OF THE DECADE 4TH ARTIST OVER ALL BRITNEY CAME IN AT #8 LMAO!
BRITNEY WILL NEVER BE BETTER THAN BEYONCE AT ANYTHING PERIOD. THE ONLY THING SHE’S PROBABLY BETTER AT IS DROPPING HER KIDS ON SIDEWALKS, FLASHING HER DECREPID POON, AND SHAVING HER HEAD. OTHER THAN THAT S****** FAILS. SHE IS THE EPITOME OF A PRODUCT. HER HANDLERS MAKE MORE MONEY OFF OF HER THAN SHE MAKES. LMFAOOO!!!!
LIKE I SAID PUT BRITNEY ON THE SAME STAGE AS BEYONCE , BEY WOULD EAT HER ALIVE IN PERFORMING AND SINGING AND YOU KNOW IT LMAO!
No need to be mad boo… @WHEREMY PAWNSHOP RING AT
F HER lol
WHOA..WAIT A MINUTE…
How is beyonce okay with the success she has gained knowing deep down inside the music she put out was never original. It’s to the point where she now admits that she actually likes re-doing things that has already been done, b.c for one, people are catching on to her game. It’s okay if she steals the song b/c the little people she steals it from, by the time they get the money up to afford a lawyer, she has already made millions off of it, so when they sue her for stealing, she can pay them..like the man who she stole Cater 2 u from, the big case was settled out of court, he was suing her for 500 million YA’LL..but guess what…your favorite God Beyonce’s image would be tarnished if the world found out who she really is.
I bet she would feel even more better with herself if she just takes time to actually create a record that she REALLY wrote. No co-writing, No stealing, No buying, just Raw Beyonce Knowles. Do the stans think she can do that?
I Hate 2 Bust Your Bubble but…
FIRST OF ALL HATER. THE MA THAT SUED DESTINY’S CHILD NOT JUST BEYONCE SHE DIDN’T SUE THEM OVER THE WORDS TO CATER 2 U HE SUED THEM OVER THE SPELLING OF THE TITLE (CATER 2 U) KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THX!
I really hope Beyonce knows about this site. These comments are too funny.
Beyonce knows what she is doing. She makes music for her fans. I see where Trent is coming from but a lot of the songs she didnt release can be considered timeless. Think about that.
I love Beyonce to pieces, but she is so much better than the disposable bubble gum she serves us. She’s a great performer, but I can only think of a few “Classic” songs in her solo career:
Crazy in Love
Single Ladies
Dangerously in Love
Irreplaceable
No one will remember B for “Video Phone” or “Ego” or “Check on It”. Hell, “Check on It” sounds dated today, and it dropped just FIVE YEARS AGO…
I LOVE YOU B, but you can come harder than what you have been lately…
All ya’ll need to shut the hell up!
dangerously in love was a complete classic record!
but after that, she just a few songs that are classic
and personally, i dont believe that single ladies is classic material, first, it sounds like get me bodied, second, it was total hype
halo is maybe a classic
love that song to death…
BABY BOY, ME MYSELF & I, NAUGHTY GIRL, DANGEROUDLY IN LOVE, HALO, GET ME BODIED, BROKENHEARTED GIRL, DISSAPEAR, SATELLITES. I understand what you are saying, BUT I love the fact that she changes wit heach album, its fun, entertaining & produces classics…A KEYS is STRICTLY R & B, her music is always good, BUT NUTHIN NEW/FRESH, just really good R & B music, she had to get who? — BEYONCE on her cd to make it fun, & I LOVE THE NEW A KEYS ALBUM & THAT SHE TOOK A CHANCE with sumthin different-FINALLY!….BUT yeah, BEYONCE LIVE CAN SING A KEYS SONGS, MARYS SONGS, & HERS !!! they can’t do the same, she is WORLDWIDE-INTERNATIONAL-AWESUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think it is very wrong to compare Beyonce and Alicia Keys..its like comparing apples to oranges. Yes they both occassionally crossover to the mainstream with some pop songs but thats the only extent to which they should ever be compared. Alicia Keys is a genius musician, talented songwriter and vocalist, amazing composer, and a phenomenal pianist. Beyonce is an amazing vocalist and a world reknown performer/dancer. Both have released some big radio hits but if we were to categorize as to what would be considered classics…I think Alicia Keys will have that impact. With Keys, her biggest hits are “Fallin”, “My Boo with Usher”, “If I ain’t got you”, “No One”, and “Empire state of mind.” Now if we are to name off songs that would be timeless classics are “A woman’s worth”, “You dont know my name”, “How come you dont call me anymore”, “Butterflyz” , “Diary”, “Karma”, “Unbreakable”, “Superwoman” , “Like you’ll never see me again”, “Tell you something”, “Try sleeping with a broken heart”, “Unthinkable”, and “Through it all.” Beyonce’s Biggest hits are “Crazy in Love”, “Baby Boy”, “Check up on it”, “Irreplaceable”, “Bonnie & Clyde with Jay-Z”, and “Single Ladies”. Now songs by her that could be classics are “work it out”, “Flaws and all”, “resentment” , “Halo”, “If I were a boy”, “Broken Hearted Girl”, and “Scared and Lonely”.
BOTH, She has a Slew of both…
Hits: Sweet Dreams, Naughty girl, baby boy, Diva
Classics: Halo, SL, CIL, Dangerously in love, Listen, Irreplacabl3
im a fan of beyonce music but y do her fans have to get upset very time someone tries 2 express their opionion. In my opinion crazy n love is a classic hit! Most of her music in my opinion is radio friendly matter of fact 2 radio friendly. I think that she is an exceptional artist with a great voice! to compare her to alicia keys is unfair! they are on 2 diff lvls. I will say though alicia has a edge on beyonce because she is a singer songwriter and she plays instruments! beyonce will undoubt become a legend one day but not rite now! give her 20 years before u start calling her a legend! 97 was not that long ago! luv u b!
Infact, Her whole I Am… Disc is centered around Classic Sounds like Ave Marie & Flaws & All Disappear, & Kissing You.
Alicia Could Never, Your favs( Whitney, Mariah, MJ, Prince, India Irie, jill scott, Lauren Hill, Jasmine sulliven, Chrisette Michelle, Tina Turner, Your Favs) could never…
ohh no trent dont try to come for my Bey!
Beyonce and Alicia Keys have the same amount of “classic” songs, despite B having more hits.
And Alicia, close your legs to married men.
Infact, Her whole I Am… Disc is centered around Classic Sounds like Ave Marie & Flaws & All Disappear, & Kissing You.
Alicia Could Never, Your favs( Whitney, Mariah, MJ, Prince, India Irie, jill scott, Lauren Hill, Jasmine sulliven, Chrisette Michelle, Tina Turner, Your Favs) could never…
_—
& along with that, her Group probably has more Classics: Say my name, Bills, bootylicious, all the survivor singles, & Soldier…
@ s*** WAT DO U MEAN BY THESES ARTIST COULD NEVER….
Alicia Could Never, Your favs( Whitney, Mariah, MJ, Prince, India Irie, jill scott, Lauren Hill, Jasmine sulliven, Chrisette Michelle, Tina Turner, Your Favs) could never…
i THINK IT IS COOL TO HAVE A FAVORITE ARTIST THAT U LIKE BUT U SHOULD ALWAYS REMAIN REALISTIC. PPL PLEASE DO NOT LET UR FANATIC FANSHIP COULD YOUR THINKING!…… B IS A GREAT ARTIST SHE DEF HAS MADE AN IMPACT BUT U DEF CAN NOT TAKE WAT OTHERS HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AS WELL! SOME OF B FANS MUST THINK THAT MUSIC BEGINS AND ENDS WITH HER WHICH IS NOT THE TRUTH! HER MUSIC WILL BE ADDED ALONG THE GREATS THAT EVERY DONE IT BUT PPL PLEASE STOP ACTING LIKE SHE DID EVERYTHING FIRST? JUST MY OPINION! LUV U BEYONCE
I’m a Bee stan for life, I’m sold on this girl until the end, I’m in love with her voice no matter what beat is playing, and that can be the problem
I’m gonna be honest, DIL was something iconic, a GREAT KILLER RNB album, really urban and smooth, B’Day was different, you can’t really say if it’s pop, dance or rnb or urban pop, B’Day is a messy record to have a good party, I Am Sasha Fierce … oh God, I did not like that album (except from Single Ladies, Diva, Scared of Lonely & Sweet Dreams) I don’t know how she got into recording those songs, but I hated it, she just wanted to build something that people want and will buy, and that’s kinda sad because she’s not free in her art, you can sense that Beyonce is not THAT Pop music, she fits into urban hot joints, she and her label are just affraid to take risks and not sale, and that’s not good for her and that’s why people HATE, because they think Beyonce can only do one thing : SHAKE HER THING ON A POP-COMMERCIAL SONG, but you know I got hope for the next album, she needs to drop the Sasha concept (that idea was at first just for her fans, she didn’t need to share it with the World, I know what I mean) drop the teenage girl lyrics, get on the collaborations with great singers (the featuring with Lady GaGa on ‘Telephone’ and with Alicia on ‘Put it in a love song’ are good exemples) and establish herself as a ‘Classic maker’, she just needs that touch.
BTW, this is the first topic by Trent that I find interesting, way 2 go Boi !
funny enuff i was just thinkin this the other day. DIL is a classic and nearly all DC songs.
beyonce has done much more than created classics,she created a music genre!!!every time she write something new,or create something new with a producer it’s a new step into writing the history of music
when u hear the energie of a ring the alarm,the funk of suga mama,the passion in through with love or dangerously in love,when u remember the destiny’s child hit,i’m sorry but say my name,independent woman.survivor,no no no,booootylicious,when u listen to those song now its style so good and so avant garde in a very classic way
BEYONCE IS QUUEN AND THE HATERS CAN’T DEAL WITH IT!
ROLLING STONES CALL HER THE “REIGNING QUEEN OF POP” AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT SHE IS! BRITNEY HAD HER TIME AND NOW IT’S BEYONCE’S!!!!!!
BEYONCE IS QUEEN AND THE HATERS CAN’T DEAL WITH IT!
ROLLING STONES CALL HER THE “REIGNING QUEEN OF POP” AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT SHE IS! BRITNEY HAD HER TIME AND NOW IT’S BEYONCE’S!!!!!!
and for alicia,her last album is just one song!same beat,same way to scream on every song
Beyonce has invented or on genre for her music called
TRASHCLASTIC
Beyonce has invented her own genre for her music called
TRASHCLASTIC
You named 3 Alicia songs as classics then asked people to name Beyonce’s classics but can’t name ”Crazy In Love”, ”Single Ladies” or ”Irreplaceable”… How is that fair? This article was very biased IMO because I do not consider ”Why don”t You Call Me” nor ”No One” Classics. ”Crazy In Love” and ”Single Ladies” had a way bigger impact on pop culture than those songs, that’s probably the reason you didn’t want anybody to use those songs as examples.
LMFAO @ you hating on Bey, but using one of the most boring female artists ever — Alicia Keys — to make your point. It’s clear you’re just an Alicia Keys fan (or a fan of some other artist) with an agenda. “Crazy In Love”, “Baby Boy”, “Naughty Girl”, “Me, Myself and I”, “Dangerously In Love”, “Irreplaceable”, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”, “Halo”….That’s 8 classics. Your average person on the street will likely know all of those songs. Not to mention, she has a catalog full of classics with Destiny’s Child — from “No, No, No”, “Say My Name”, “Independent Women”, “Survivor” to “Bills, Bills, Bills”. Are you forgetting that she is only 28? Her career is still young. Only 3 albums deep. She’s got another 10 years to craft more albums, hits, and classics. In this digital era, where music is bootlegged/not paid for, and the attention spans of consumers seem to be lacking, Beyonce is showing how to transition and adapt with a changing industry. Please tell me the classics on Alicia Keys current album? Both lead singles have flopped, and guess who she’s running to for her 3rd single? BEYONCE! You make it too easy. She’s been here for 13 years, and she’ll be here another 13 more. Stay mad.
I think this is critics main problem with Beyonce and I have to agree on some level. I have bought every one of her albums, but I don’t think she’s living up to her true potential.
I just know in my heart one day she is going to let go of releasing mostly trendy music as singles and do something classic, like “If I Were A Boy”. That was so unexpected!
Dead @ gimmi more being a classis.
Beyonces equivilent to unbreak my heart is DIL.
Classics include:
Halo
CIL
SL
IRR
Bonnie & Clyde
Listen
Baby Boy
MM&I
If I Were A Boy
DIL
As for DC- how can u deny beyonce those classics? She was practically the star with back ups. 10 years and SAY MY NAME still a CLASSIC!
@ S***
Dont even try and come for Whitney… when ur fav can go 17x PLATINUM with one album alone then you can talk!!!
@Beyoncelite
You wish someone would hate on you…LMAO. Learn another word besides hater. Learn your facts, it was settled out of court for dumb people like you wouldn’t hate her stealing ass.
Beyonce is bigger than her music…..she will never be forgotten…
*so*
How the hell do you call someone a b*tch, etc. For their opinion? If they don’t like Beyonce and You, why the hell should it bother you? Damn..Ya’ll stans are so retarded yo. Grow the hell up. Beyonce don’t give a s*** if your defending her…is she up here defending herself? Dumb kids. Beyonce stans are Childish little ass kids.
wow beyonce stans/haters are plenty wow at the traffic in this post.
That should shut ya’ll asses up.
Beyonce don’t give a damn about none of ya’ll retards..”Im a beyonce stan” Look and sound dumb as hell screaming for another woman…That’s just crazy. That woman is human with MEGA money..but does that mean worship her? Dumb ass stans..and YES IM TALKING TO EVERY BEYONCE RETARDED ASS STAN!
I love Beyonce., I’m a Bey stan, but I have to agree with Shelly-Chelle
that it’s time for her to start caring about the material she puts out and less about sales. Some of her lyrics have become very raunchy (I can’t play Ego or VideoPhone at the family cookout ). I would love for her next album to have more classic songs and be an album that you can play infront of your grandma. (Music for everyone sells a lot look at Susan Boyle’s CD and Andrea Bocelli ‘s CDs). I also want her to present herself in a more classy way similar to or even better than Celine, Barbara, Gladys, and Jennifer Hudson (People are starting to talk about Bey really bad for her recent clothing choices, lyrics, and performances and I know her people are probably not liking the feedback). I get the Sasha-Fierce thing, it’s more successful than what Alicia Keys does, but I don’t want Beyonce to turn into a joke. There are only so many African American singers that have made it as far as she has, she needs to always stand for something or she’ll endup falling for anything and making a lot of noise which isn’t music.
I LOVE ME SOME BEYONCE AND HER MUSIC BUT HER VIDEOS HAVE BEEN CRAPPY AND TRULY RECESSION PROOF! BUT I DO THINK SOME OF HER SINGLES HAVE BEEN FLAVOUR OF THE MOMENT SINGLES!!!!
She makes BOTH. In 20 years, when people think back to the music of the previous decade (2000-2009 for the idiots), they will point to her, and “Crazy in Love”, and “Irreplaceable”, and “Get Me Bodied”, and “Dangerously in Love”, and “Halo”, and “Single Ladies”, and her albums, period, as representative of the music of the era. Meanwhile a lot of other starlets will go straight by the wayside, including some of Alicia Keys’s s*** that’s basically rewrites of old soul hits and sometimes, rewrites of her own material.
Short version: Shut the f*** up and have a damn seat.
Oh, FYI? The Recording Academy’s opinion > yours. That’s the folk that run the Grammy Awards – again, for the ignorant.
Each and every popular artist from the beginning of time has had hits that became classics but it took time classic artists are built and they last throughout time and Bee is no different she is a great performer no doubt her talent and work ethic go without say. At this point in her career majority are created to be hits not classics they are made to fit the moment. Songs become classics over time. No song is deemed a classic right away it takes time and it has to grow and in due time after about a 10 yr period if a song has crossed mainstream inspired others and made an impact then that is what a classic is in my opinion. For now Bee is about hits as time passes she will be a classic. All mainstream players from our kings and queens of R&B to our pop pop divos and divas have all created hits as well as classics. At the same time I respect Bee”s hustle.
Beyonce is the most decorated musician of our generation. This girl can go to the Grammys to BET to the Oscars and still present herself with grace, style and class. He accolades are head and shoulders above the rest, please understand. Britney had her shine, Riri had her shing, Gaga is having hers……but Beyonce is still running neck and neck with these b!tches with no signs of stopping. Some of you reall need to check her I am….Yours DVD to see this chick totally switch up these “Radio Hits” into pure classics if they were released the way she performs them. Beyonce is AMAZING, my favorite and always will and he music and legacy will definitely out live her. All hail to the Queen Bey.
@HJNJ
You have the best comment up here! lol. That was very nice of you to say that about her, You sound like a MATURE FAN. lol..NOT a stan..stans are crazy..lol.
I don’t agree with any of her music being classics at all , when she goes to the next song ,people forget about the one before it ,that’s why i think she won’t stop making songs cause if she goes away she will be forgotten , although she will always have songs that people consider classics with DC . but I know the stans are gonna say different because of obession but it’s all in who you ask .Im not a fan post-DC so she is easy for me to forget ,but if somebody is a die hard fan than her music will forever live inside of them . In 10 years some will say “Beyonce Who?” and some will say ” Oh yea ,That was my girl ,I still got her records on play !”
OMG!!! I actually agree with STELLY CHELLE, can you believe it?
Wow Trent, I’ve got to say that you are one of the most opinionated people ever, these Beyonce and Rihanna posts are through the roof. I would have to say, at least as of right now, she has made a string of hits more-so than classics. If she would have stayed on the same flow as she did with her first album, she would have more classics. Her music has become more for “spur-of-the-moment,” because when you think about it, out of all singles she released last year, the only 2 stood out and became successful-“Single Ladies” and “Halo.” The rest like “Ego,” and “Diva,” became moderate urban hits, but became more popular as a ringtone than a timeless record. And she seemed like she was rushing this whole album down our throats with all the constant lame videos, a re-release, and promotions, it really has been quantity over quality. On the flip side, Beyonce is the 80s Whitney of our day, the Mariah that once was, a Diana Ross replica. She is one of the few successful crossovers that have had staying power within the last 20 years. She has a great voice and is very talented. But I kinda feel what you are saying, she could turn it down a bit with the “Beyonce Overdrive,” cause the quality has subsided a bit.
I think Halo is a timeless song as well Hello.
Dangerously In Love is definitely a classic now.
Some of you take stuff alittle to personal on this site, he didn’t talk BAD about Beyonce he just asked a question. You all went off the deep end like he just blasted Beyonce as a bad artist. Some of you should really read carefully before you post your comments, it just makes you look like the bigger ass in the end. Some of you are throwing in artist names that he hasn’t he said anything about.
Then you have the Rihanna stalkers that roam around this damn blog just looking for something or some way to bring her name into a situation. Hop off Rihanna d*** real quick and go calm yourself down. If fthe guys want to talk about Rihanna they have that right, this is the blog they own. You dont have to read or respond to anything they post. If you dont like it leave, they aren’t asking you to stay!!
Its ashame that Sam and Trent can’t post anything on this blog without someone getting overly pissed about it, if you dont like what they have to say then click the little “X” at the top of your screen. You dont have to continue to come this site and read, your taking the enjoyment out of visiting the site. Complaining about the littlest things as if they matter. Act like the adult that most of you are and stop acting like a 10 year old kid not getting his or her way!
Just had to say something because I am tried of coming on here to read about stuff just to have some damn baby having a fit, to bad they can’t just block the trouble makers.
This is interesting…
Beyonce to Alicia Keys is like Janet to Mariah…
We don’t compare them bec they have diff style…
Although i like beyonce but i see her as a better dancer than a singer. Her songs may not be a classic but her videos will be (i.e single ladies)
Alicia on the other hand is a great singer… she don’t need all the body twisting choreography to sell her music… she just stand there and people will listen… she writes great songs that can stand time…
Wow the level of immaturity on this blog sight is extremely severe. I mean seriously how old are the majority of you guys on here 12? Calling each other b****** and f*** just because someone does not agree with your opinion,it really is not that serious. I love to give props when due and beyonce is definitely holding her own. She is not only talented but she carries herself very well and you don’t ever see or hear about her getting caught up in a bunch of foolishness. She is a lady and other celebs not just artist need to take notes. Beyonce with out a doubt can sing but I can understand where trent is coming from musically and lyrically she has not shown that much growth people. If it were not for the fact that she is a good entertainer I would never pay to see her in concert because her music is starting to get kinda wack. And like others have said she is becoming a little predictable and people need to get over that. Brittney spears is no where near as good of a singer but let’s keep it real this chick was owning even when beyonce’s first solo album dropped. Brittney is not where she could have been because she f***** up her career this teeny bopper pop music will always be a strong force in the industry because she can not sing for s*** and she was huge. Fans yes it is true when it comes to album sales brittney has sold way more than beyonce but I still feel bee deserved the award because she has been consistent when it came to making pretty good hits. Do I feel she makes classic music sorry kiddos she doesn’t if beyonce had gone solo back when mariah and whitney were huge she would not survive. Back then music had substance and music now adays does not. People in this generation admire people like nicki minaj and her music is b*******. Same thing with soulja boy his first single went straight to the top and had everyone doing the dance but that doesn’t make his music classic. People are so quick to throw that word around just because their fave artist is popular. And who ever said she is the closest thing to michael jackson needs to go find jesus and repent for that b******* ass lie. Michael created majic his music not only had substance and meaning, it made you feel good. You all are talking about bee inspiring artist like rihanna and ciara .michael jackson inspired artist all over. He has been doing solo for over 30 years and is still considered to be the greatest entertainer that ever lived. Do you honestly think beyonce can do the same?? Lmao please and I find it funny how some of you are so quick to jump on those who share their opinions on beyonce yet you fire back by name calling and bashing other artist. Stop being a hypocrite
Oh excuse some of my mispelled words I noticed I said sight instead of site and I might have a few more in there
hmmmm I think Beyonce has made some hits that will stand the test of time like : crazy in love, irreplacable, DIL(urban classic),
I think Beyonce will be more remembered for her persona: great entertainer, pretty girl,hot dance moves, hot videos ,”it factor”, etc. than just particular songs. Because i do agree that the song quality has gone down.
Isn’t it obvious how beyoncé got all these awards? Daddy knowles is always in the comission 😉
on the board I mean :p
Sigh,….
I love Beyonce more than almost any other artist. But, Stans I sort of agree with Trent. I mean look at some of her music. There are no CLASSICS on bday except irreplaceable.. This album I’d say single ladies.. but honestly, most of her music makes her a HITMAKER.. aka pop.. Think of britney spears sort of. She is a legend, but most of her music was hits and not classics. SOme sure.. like 3 or 4 songs.. but it’s hard to say which of her songs will be considered classics in the future. DO you think our children would be enjoying ring the alarm? no. Dejavu? no.
I don’t even think Halo will be considered a classic.. IDk.. it’s all SUBJECTIVE!!!
but in a way, its too early to tell how many of her songs will be considered Classics..
Think this is a bit of a double edged sword – ‘I am’ has quite a few classics on it:
Smash into you (for example) has classic written all over it, however a ‘classic sound’ does not fare very well in the current charts.
Therefore you have to ask, whats more important? Putting out a classic that doesnt chart or a ‘disposable’ track which is going to bring commercial success?
WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE OLD AS HELL OR EVEN DEAD TO BE CONSIDERED A LEGEND? BEYONCE HAS WON JUST AS WON LEGENDS AWARDS THAT SOME OF OUR GREATESET LEGENDS HAVENT EVEN ONE…SO IF WINNING LEGEND AWARDS DOESNT MAKE HER A LEGEND THEN I GUESS MJ, ARETHA, WHITNEY, JANET, AND ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE WE MAY CONSIDER LEGENDS ARE NOT LEGENDS EITHER…..BEYONCE WINNING AWARDS AND BREAKING RECORDS AT 23 YEARS OF AGE IS LEGENDARY….AND IF THERE WAS NO DC OR BEYONCE THEN THERE WOULD BE NO CIARA NO RIHANNA NO MILEY NO JORDIN SPARKS OR ANY OTHER THESE YOU BROADS WHO ARE FLOPPING ACROSS THE CHARTS…. BEYONCE IS A LEGEND SO I WILL NEVER DISRESPECT HER…..YOU DONT HAVE TO SELL BILLIONS TO BE CONSIDERED A LEGEND…
@Steve, smash into is orginally called SMACK INTO YOU, the only writting credit beyoncé has is changing the word ‘smack’ into ‘smash’ so if it would ever reach ‘ classic ‘ status it wouldn’t be her classic 😉 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yP3JGWVzFo this is the orginal one, and don’t come talkin s*** saying that he coverd it cause this song hit the net before sasha fierce even dropped!
damn u crazy stans make me throw away my Iamyours dvd!
@TMM09 IT DOESNT CHANGE THAT FACT THAT BEYONCE WAS THE 2ND WOMAN AND 1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO WIN A ASCAP AWARD FOR SONG WRITING…SO SHE DOESNT HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING…THAT AWARD ALONE PROVES AND SAYS ALOT….
You know it’s a damn shame how some of yall Beyonce Stan, Obessed Follower and just plain idiots see this woman. Granted, she is talented, I will give her that. She can sing, dance, beautiful and all that BUT SHE IS NOT A CLASSIC…she will be remembered for all her HITS, stage performances, and outfits but beyond that…yeah, she’s done. But this is what you expect from a bunch of mindless drones, which yall are. Have a brain and think for yourselfs ppl, when will we be liberated, damn! Alicia Keys is a classic, personal issues, ain’t mine. But the woman can sing, write and make you feel her music. Alicia Keys music will be played even after Alicia Keys…Beyonce, probably not.
Classic Bey songs are definitley, DIL, Irreplaceable, SL, Resentment, and Halo…..IMO Although, DIL was a classic I think I am….Sasha Fierce will be an album to be remembered as well. Beyonce songs may be more hits than classics, but as of right now she has both.
Bottom line, Beyonce is a classic in itself and her artistry and dedication to the craft will only get better with time.
A comparison between Beyonce and Alicia Keys is irrelevant because they both are two different artists at two different states in their career. The name Beyonce alone will carry out as being ‘classic’ over anything Alicia Keys will ever do. She is epic and a worldwide threat to the music game. People considered Elvis to create hits and party anthems to make people move, but yet look at his name. Beyonce tends to her fans. She wants to keep her music up to date and not slack off or become boring i.e. The Element of Freedom. There can be no classics if they first aren’t hits. (Single Ladies, Crazy in Love, Irreplaceable..etc.)
Beyonce makes History! You want DIL sound buy her old albums. A.keys is boring thats why she got Beyonce on her album which Beyonce kills her on the track NEXT!
Honestly, Beyonce will NEVER reach Legend status because she doesn’t do this stuff herself. I can understand why they call prince, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, James Brown etc. Legends because the stuff they created was actually their art. Beyonce is my girl, and some of her songs have helped me thru a tough relationship, but even as a beyonce Fan, I will never say SHE puts out classics. I feel SHE FINDS hits, people write HITS for her, but She mentally isn’t capable of creating her own art. The art she has created in the past was: Bootylicious….survivor, but the lyrics were very simple. Such as her leaked song: Black Culture. Those are the songs Im convinced she actually wrote. When Beyonce puts out work, if I could use an example, it’s like she takes a picture that someone has already painted their masterpiece on, and adds more paint to it. That makes sense right??
Stans, Im a fan, but ya’ll have to be honest. Be for real. This girl can sanggggggggggggggggg, and dance, but When Beyonce writes her own stuff for real, then she would be considered a Legend with Classic Music!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRtRwLf2ROU
The more and more I listen to songs that encourage me by her, the more I find out…they aint hers…
Resentment: Even tho’ this one doesn’t touch beyonce’s version–It’s not something she wrote again….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6KrKJ6lWbA
F*** ya’all
Whew! That’s a lot of posts (irrelevant arguments)
Anywho, Beyonce makes both classics and hits (Most of the time they are one in the same. Examples: Crazy In Love, Irreplaceble, Single Ladies, Dangerously In Love). Beyonce is also a classic artist. (That’s what I’m concerned with. There are alot of artists with 1 or 2 classic songs but they are irrelevant as artists) She is now the standard to which everyone else is measured.
classic my ass…..
To whomever made the comment about Alicia Keyss recycling old hits (she does cover for some of those songs and she writes everything else)…ummmnn, yeah maybe you should check nearly half of the songs that Beyonce has “claimed” to have written. She adds one word here and there and thinks it garners a “Songwriting credit”..point in case Irreplaceable, Resentment, Listen, and Halo.
This is one of the best pieces I have read today.. I wholeheartedly agree with this post.. Beyonce who is very talented, doesNOT create classics.. She is a here right now artist. SHe will not stand the test of time and trust me there are artists gunning for her spot. If you look at a Patti Labelle a Sade or even a Jill Scott, their music isnt made up of gimmick and the hottest beat.. Their music rest alone on pure talent. I had a conversation with some one not long ago and I made mention of this one fact. Whitney Houston didnt have to dance in her show she paid dancers for that her gift was singing and she stood there and sang.. The only reason Beyonce is claimed as a “triple threat” (yes the quotes because they girl cant act her way out of a wet paper bag in a rain storm) is because the mass consumer of today has an attention span of a fruit fly.. Here today gone today.. So I hope for her sake she saves her money.. Because the way the economy is going she’s gonna need it…
And for the record Im not a fan of Beyonce however I do recognize someone who is talented and I would never take that from them
Some of these comments are a trip. The only reason why people are even debating this is because of one reason: Beyonce is contemporary R&B. If Bey was doing traditional R&B, this convo would not exist. That’s why people mention Jill Scott, Toni Braxton and etc. But SHE’S NOT THEM.
The people that debating against Bey’s work aren’t gettting is this: Her “hits” have longer shelf-life than majority of her peers. For example, and this is not to attack Rihanna but to make a point, yes Rihanna has many #1s as Bey, but Bey’s #1 stays on the charts much longer than Rihanna’s. All of her #1s have stayed on the charts for at least 4 weeks. That’s basically a month. That’s strong.
Another example, Halo went into the top 5 but it is the longer charting song Bey has ever had, even longer than Irreplaceable which was #1 for 10 weeks. Look at the all the other artists in her genre especially, who are put out album year after year. Kerri Hilson is putting out another album and she dropped her first album after Bey put out IASF. They are of the same genre. That right there should tell people the longevity of Bey’s work. Contemporary R&B, especially today’s contemporary R&B is here today and gone tomorrow but not with Bey. So that’s your answer.
Yes, Bey is a brand. She will tell people that herself, but she’s an artist too. She knows how to balance both well and that’s why she gets the accolades she gets. And deservedly so….
And another thing, the fact that you name those 3 songs from Bey actually defeats your argument. Not to mention, AK has more albums than Bey. Another thing, I personally hate Check on It, but I can admit that this song will be remembered from Bey. As I said, the only reason why people even debate this because everyone wants her to be traditional R&B and Alicia being more traditional R&B is the one some use as what Bey should be in their minds.
But imagine if Beyonce wasn’t doing Contemporary R&B, Hip-pop Soul? Who else would step up be the standard bearer for that genre? These are the questions that these bloggers should ask themselves when making topics like these.
LOOL at you beyonce stans.
1) Alicia Keys has evolved musically, her music isn’t generic and she actually writes and produces her s***. Alicia Keys last album outsold Bday and it came out a year later.
2) Britney’s first album beats Beyonce’s sales and BEYONCE WAS OUT AT THE TIME so don’t give me that b*******. Two Diamond Albums and 6 platinum albums (including her greatest hits) 83 million albums worldwide (100 mill with singles etc) you haters are MAD?
btw Circus sold 1.8 mill and 4 mill worldwide without promotion.
BE MAD
Britney> Beyonce
Oh BY the way
Baby One More Time and Oops are still getting press and they are classics that have influenced pop culture for over 11 and 10 years respectively. Even Britney’s performances good or bad are remembered! Her 2007 trainwreck performance garnered more attention than ANY of beyonce’s
so nuff said
Britney could fart on stage and still get talked about.
BTW, has she (Bey) performed with Michael Jackson? I Don’t think so
Beyonce is talented but she’s also a liar and a phony
STEPH SIT DOWN WITH THAT S***!!!….WHERE IS S****** ON THE CHARTS NOW? IS DOES SHE HAVE MORE NUMBER ONES THEN BEYONCE? DOES SHE HAVE 10 GRAMMYS? IS SHE NOMNATIED FOR 10? IS SHE MAKING 90 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR? IS SHE FEMALE ARTIST OF THE DECADE? DID CIRCUS OUTSELL IAM? WHEN YOU GET THOSE ANSWERS THEN YOU REPLY!
BEYONCE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>S******
now you see when ppl start getting nasty & defensive & star bringing up other artist to prove a stupid point, that’s where i get disgusted @.
Jay2010
I agree with you whole heartedly about beyonce’s next album & about where she could & should take artistry to.
Messymiles
I think you’re still a jackass & you have can that “F*** U” comment right back.
O & for the person who staid that the Keri, Ciara, rihanna & beyonce stans get into it with each other. I think you need to check your facts. the only STANS that get into the most that i’ve seen are the beyonce & rihanna STANS, why? because they are both very successful & powerful women in the music biz today. the ciara & keri fans, not so much!
LOL at sitdown
Beyonce wasn’t even on the top 10 list of tours of 09
Britney was
Britney spears is the only artist of her generation to be on the top touring artists of the decade
Britney’s gotten a #1 while Bey overexposes herself.
and
sitdown?
where are beys classics?
im sorry
Diana Ross has no grammys yet she is a f****** HBIC
“S******” will always overshadow Beyonce
btw
whoever says Bey has outsold Britney in 03
well obv someone’s fourth album and someone’s first album are gonna have different sales
BRITNEY>
Dangerously in Love, Gift From Virgo, Speechless, Resentment, Halo, Thats Why You’re Beautiful, Smash Into You.
What you talking bout Trent?!!! lol
@moviefag
Aaliyah>> Beyonce
stay mad. Aaliyah wouldnt wanna make no DUMB s*** like crazy in love anyway.
We wre tlaking about this topic isonically at work today…Single ladies and to the left to the left, well surely enough all the people there said that mess is annoying it was played to much and none of her material has lasting substance. She makes music to make money and tha t she has dne but NONe of her material is anything like Marvin Gaye, Tina Turener, Sade, hell not even R Kelly and he is a Fruit Loop but even churches sing I Beleive I can fly . She has made the money and will be known as a talented artist, that struggled toact and never made any songs that we can say WOW that’s it, her music is candy pop and salted down R an B and nothing smells like long lasting music just puff here today and gone tomorrow!!!!!
Beyonce is not timeless. She’s a great entertainer and an okay artist. I don’t like Alicia Keys as an artist (as a vocalist she’s just loud and an album worth of her songs are boring to ME) but when I hear “Fallin” for example, I sing all the words. I have a moment of nostalgia and it’s a good thing. With Beyonce she’s spreading herself to thin to be widestream. She’s losing the essence of beng an ARTIST. For timeless entertainers even if your’re not a fan of them you can recognize and deeply appreciate a few of there songs. to be CLASSICS. Beyonce just doesn’t have that. Brandy’s “Have You Ever”, Toni Braxton’s “Unbreak My Heart” , Usher, Christina, Whitney, Mariah,etc they all have songs that will LAST beyond them.
“Crazy in Love” is not a classic. It’s a hit.Someone said “Scared of Lonely”..um a classic has to be known to people outside of fans.
And this “stan” thing is disgusting. No false idols. I.e. no CELEB idols. Disgusting. Beyonce does not LIVE for you.