Upon announcing her pregnancy back in the summer of 2011, many would have been right to think Beyonce‘s ‘4‘- the album she was pushing at the time- would suffer on a commercial tip as a result.
However, in what cements the entertainer’s position as an album seller, the LP is currently experiencing a global sales rebirth as a result of her ‘Mrs.Carter Show’- pushing the release even nearer to the 3 million units sold worldwide mark.
Details below…
After watching sales of the project soar during the European leg of the tour, Sunday saw Beyonce receive news that the album has flown back into the UK Top 40- rising to #26 on the overall chart- outselling albums released two years after its own birthday.
Prompted by the show’s UK outing, the renewed interest in the album saw her sell enough units to snap at the heels of Rihanna‘s ‘Unapologetic’ on the Urban chart, claiming the #4 spot while the former sat at #3.
This, despite being released 73 weeks after the Symbolyc One assisted release.
As if that wasn’t enough, the ‘Obsessed‘ star’s 2008 smash ‘Single Ladies’ sold enough copies in the last week to re-enter the Top 40 at #34- 223 weeks after dropping in the nation.
A Queen indeed.
Blue Ivy has a few more coins to go shopping with
SHE’S A GODDESS!!! CONGRATS BEY!! Now to Laryn Hill honey. She goes to jail over taxes but that funky b**** ICKI is allowed to run free with horse teeth, squid eyes and a brick booty scaring the f*** out everyone and rapn badly. not to mention that fish p**** smelling perfume she has in that ‘c3p0′ in pink drag with a tacky wig lookn ass bottle and putn out PFRR. Hell she should go to jail for that RR ALONE honey. It so unfair what they doin to laryn when u c what they’re letn icki get away with. (sheds tear for laryn chile)
Okay.
Well… Rihanna’s “LOUD” is at #83 on the U.K charts – THREE YEARS after its release with SIX MILLION + units sold worldwide. Oh @Samantha’
But, congratulations Beyonce. 🙂
ELSEWHERE! is where you need to be
But HERE is where I am!!!
GGOD DAY.
🙂
Its a big thing because so many people said 4 was flopage.
it is a flop , if you know anything about business,
A flop that still is charting and has sold 3 million? B**** please this aint about business.
Yasssss motha, that Star Power tho!!
YAAAAASSSSSSS SAM NOWW TELL THE ICKI FUCKN STORY!! AI REPORT CHIPD, DICE AND SERVED ICKI ON A DIRTY PLATER!! LOLOLOLKLOLOLOLOL!! POST THAT SAM GOWRL HAHAHAHAHA IM GETN LIFE HONEY!! SHE DRUG THE FUUUUUUUCK OUT ICKI!! IT’S ON B***** . COM HONEY! SAM WONT POST THAT!! SHE DRUG ICKI BY HER TACKY P**** HAIRS AND ICKI BEEN ALL OVER TWITTER CRYN ABOUT IT LOLPLOLOLOL OMGOMGOMG DYN LAUGHN!! THEY DRAG HER OVER THE NET!!
When the diamonds hit the europe and riri’s albums return to the top half of the chart as they regularly chart at the lower half years later, lets hope tgj being the fair and unbias site they claim to be post about that too.
Shut up u whinning b****
777 Tour Hell Yeah!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dMjoF7i_xrI
I gave it 5mins. Girl I just can’t with that boring Doc!!
Boring
DEAD @ it going straight to DVD, While my girl broke HBO viewing records with ‘Life Is But A Dream’
#STAYMAD
Chile that thing was A MESS
Does anybody even care about this?
Loooool @ these comments. I didn’t watch and definitely am not going to now!
I HONESTLY LIKE BEYONCE AND RIHANNA, THEREFORE I SEE NO POINT IN SHADING EITHER ONE OF THEM; THEY’RE BOTHE TALENTED AND SUCCESSFUL.
its kind of obvious since she is touring that some albums or songs will chart again because new fans maybe want to buy it.
Seriously Samantha?
Grats . . I guess
erm Mariahs been doing the same since 1994 :/ All I Want For Xmas is you?
Good for Bey! Ironic since people said it was such a flop.
who run the world BEYONCE
that’s all she wanted with her big ass promo tour…
guess her big ego couldn’t stand the flop that was 4…with that being said, it isn’t even a bad album – just a horrible first single
but to be honest, I want the new album… I really like “grown woman” and “standing on the sun”, sounds promising
B**** please. I am from London and glad she did what she did with 4 many FANS actually wanted to see that albun performed live, who didnt get a chance to since she couldnt do a proper tour originally.
4, her most underrated album for me it was her best along with DIL.
Congrats …I Knew she was going to milk 4 some way some how.
The only thing I have to comment is that I’m tired of this war created by Rihanna and Beyoncé fans…
I don’t like Rihanna and I love Beyoncé, but I don’t see a reason to their fans fight. I tired of this for real…
shud up
You should shut up!
Go to hell. I won’t fidht with you stupide h**!
Nicee
Mariah Carey´s new single is #4 on itunes USA at the moment and has been #1 in 10-13 countries.
If you want to make a post about charts those are the f****** news since we are talking about an important comeback with all eyes in Mariah (many waiting for her to flop). She is slaying with just one day, when the woman debuted in 1990 and has done it all. No other b**** has ever got a hit on singles charts while being over 35 years old except for Madonna and Cher (that time with Believe era)
She´s slaying these lessers despite being 10-15 years older. It was obvious yesterday at first listen, but a few people tried to deny it saying it was another “generic R&B song that will be forgotten in a few days”. LOL These people don´t even know what generic or R&B mean. The crossover appeal is infinite, like I said yesterday at first listen
Congrats to Beyonce though. To each its own I guess…
Mooriah isn’t slaying anyone. She won’t go top 10 like Queens RiRi, Ke$ha, Katy and Nicki, she won’t sell 1 mill first week like Taylor, her video won’t be watched on YouTube like Rebecca and Justin.
No one in my school is talking about Mooriah. She’s as tired as Daddy GayGay’s hips.
shud up you phaggot, she is slaying the chart as usual something she and rihanna have in common, now sit yo pretentious ass down
F*** HAGyonce
F*** HAGyonce, Mooriah Hairy and Daddy GayGay. They won’t get top 10s like Katy, Riri, Nicki, Ke$ha and Taylor.
“No one in my school is talking about Mooriah. She’s as tired as Daddy GayGay’s hips.”
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Keyword ————>> SCHOOL.
How’re you gonna expect people to even take you seriously AFTER saying a word like this?
And BEYONCE sold more albums in her career than all these basic EIGHT-year-olds Hot100 artists / flops / label pets you mentioned COMBINED so . .
I can tell most of the visitors on here are BLACK! Cause they fight over two nappy headed chicken eating h*** who f***** the whole industry like its their job. All I hear is Rihanna this.. Beyonce that.. JUST SHUT THE HELL UP!!! A whole bunch of blacks on here fighting over who weave look the best (smh) fighting over who has the bigger black girl booty (type of n***** behavior) fighting over who eats the last watermelon. Nobody gives a f*** about these two nappy headed black women
Ok, I agreed until you stated watermelon and nappy heads. You stated the truth about how ignorant the people are on this blog for arguing over two women who don’t know or give a f*** about them, but why must you be racist? Who are you to judge anyone being that you visit this ratchet ass blog on the regular. I remember seeing your name a lot. And who’s to say you don’t come here and post under different usernames from time to time. You could be shading them both right now in order to make Mariah look good, who knows. Stay in your lane white girl.
OMG LMAO and this an achievement why? Does 4gotten even have a platinum plaque in the UK? I mean Rita Ora has got one. Has 4 even sold over 1 million records in the UK? Ora has lmao. This is nothing to write home about, 4 is a huge flop in the UK lmao, I cannot.
I wouldnt laugh about going platinum when your fav struggles in the US and we all know
The US>>>>>>>>>> The UK
And 4 was such a big flop yet shes touring sold out shows there off it!
Yes it sold 600.000 copies in the UK (that’s 2x platinum btw) and 950.000 digital tracks, so that’s 1.540.000 records in there.
*I’m sorry* but its the truth blacks fight over dumb stupid s***. Fighting over record sales, who gives a f*** GET A F****** JOB! Stop eating chicken & watermelon in your mom basement s***. I’m getting tired of looking at beyonce & Rihanna. F****** two ghetto ass kool-aid drinking h***.
@JOHN…#4 on itunes…elle varner and maxwell praising it on social media…#11 itunes worldwide…most spinned song in a single day…#Beautiful is here to SLAY.nick cannon tweeted:i love when haters cannot hate #beautiful.i think he’s right…it’s actually her most successful song ever based on a single day performance..ONLY MARIAH CAN DO IT
Ya worried about beyonce and Rihanna. But ya got other single black moms on food stamps trying to pay their damn light bill. But ya rather worry about other famouse black entertainers, try helping out your poor black people who can’t buy a bucket of KFC chicken like ya can. NO!NO!NO! Ya rather worried about beyonce ugly ass and Rihanna h** ass. How bout ya feed the f****** poor stop buying albums to help a f****** h** ass s*** artist out.
BLACK community is gonna stay getting f***** in the ass if they don’t stop with this stupid ass s***. They worry more about BUYING KFC CHICKEN, THEN PAYING CHILD SUPPORT! they worry more about BUYING THE LAST WATERMELON AT THE WAL-MART THEN PAYING CHILD SUPPORT! they worry more a BEYONCE & RIHANNA THAN PAYING CHILD SUPPORT!
The black community is F*****!
You got @lovebird worrying about the f****** UK charts. Like just shut the f*** up and help out the black cummunity you f****** n*****.
And you got @dossom talking bout iTunes Charts. Why don’t you get a job and try helping out poor black people on the streets that be smelling like fried chicken.
That’s what ya need to be doing s*** NO! Ya rather worried about album sales.
And you got @H20 dumb ass on here 24/7 talking bout a whole bunch of nothing. Just on here acting like a n***** like its his job just trolling. Sometimes I think he be lost be just can’t think straight cause he know his life is f*** up. I think he got r**** by his father and his father c** In his b*** and gave him a S**. That’s why he acts and trolls like a n*****.
Good for her!
Why are you not posting on Rihannas messy life right now! She just got dumped, she got booed at her recent concert and that documenatry effort was s***! I mean, even the Navy aint interested hahaha!
She needs a break
Mwah, my fav ALWAYS goes platinum in the US, your fav has been beaten by Rita Ora in the UK and is struggling for a platinum plaque.
Gaga Monster, don’t lie, I just checked the BPI database and 4 has got no platinum plaque.
After how many months? I never said she didn’t, I said she STRUGGLES. How did Rihannas Boston show go btw hehe? How was the 777 thingy? Looks like critics were right in the end!
I wouldn’t worry about Beyoncé in the UK, shes fine over there. Like I said she can sell out shows and have 3 million people after her tickets with Royalty in attendance so… Meanwhile your fav is getting booed for her disrespect. Id worry about her attitude before Beyoncé.
OMG you’re so f****** stupid!
What do plaques have to do with total sales?
If it has sold 600K in the UK, who gives a f*** on a platinum plaque?
Sam do a post on that horrid 777 doc. I need a good kiiiii…
It all make sense why Lovebird is loosing that mind again.
1.Dumped again by Chris Brown
2.Rihanna booed in Boston
3.HORRIBLE DOC (777)
One Twitter user wrote: ‘@rihanna 2-3 hrs late for your show in Boston, huh??! #disrespectful #noexcuse basketball was more important huh?? Don’t come back.’
And another added: ‘Thank you @rihanna for playing an hour long concert and lip syncing the whole thing. I’m glad u “balled out” for Boston.’
Others suggested that the singer could be finding things hard to cope with following Chris Brown’s admission that the pair were no longer together over the weekend.
Digging deeper: But Rihanna’s lack of apology for being late further added to her fans’ anger
Rihanna made no explanation for her late arrival to the stage when she tweeted following the show: ‘#BOSTON I will never forget this night!!! I truly have deeper love for you now!!! Thank you for making it extra special!! #DWT.’
However, the singer’s lack of any form of apology further angered many fans, with one writing: ‘So after the show that her fans waited 3hrs for, Rihanna tweets no explanation/apology. Rather, “BOSTON I will never forget this night!!!’
But while many were left unimpressed by Rihanna’s behaviour.
Yess hun Thumb me down the truth hurts don’t it
BTW @LOVEBIRD BEYONCE 4 IS PLATINUM IN THE U.K SO WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT AGAIN HUN.
ANY QUESTION?
We’ve got it having a breakdown!
Did you say that you like Rihanna? #RICHNBLACK
Why bringing her name in this post?
I am actually happy that she is not with Chris Brown. It’s not a tragedy, she is still young and in the future she will probably find her soulmate.
Booed but still making them coins honey, that’s all what matters in the music industry. All singers are looking forward to money, they don’t care that much about their stans.
Horrbile 777. Ok, that’s your opinion, some people will like it, some not, but interesting that most of Beyhive said that they didn’t care about it but were the first to check for her documentary.
I would be silent and not bring Billboard dragging your fav for stealing, red toilet paper and etc. etc.
I do Likica , I do it to p*** off @hatebird. @Likica pay me no mind, it’s all for HATEBIRD.
I know your nothing supporting her showing up 3 hrs late.
Now tell me who run this
I love all this dodging that is going on. What I want to know is why 4 has got no platinum plaque, why is 4 flopping as hard as heartbreak on hold, why is Beyonce letting Rita Ora slay the s*** out of her in the UK?
I wanna know why did rihanna’s doc flop on a basic channel vs premium?
How many number OK ones does 4 have in the UK, hell 4 doesn’t even have a platinum plaque from IFPI in EU.
SINCE YOU WANT TO PLAY DUMB JUST LIKE YOU FAV DWT
United Kingdom[XII][I] British Phonographic Industry (BPI)[48] 60,000(silver) 100,000(gold) 300,000(platinum) — Shipments
United States[I] Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)[49] — 500,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 Shipments
4 Released: June 24, 2011
Label: Parkwood, Columbia
Format: CD, digital download
1 1 2 3 5 1 2 3 1 1 RIAA: Platinum[36]
ARIA: Platinum[52]
IRMA: Platinum[53]
MC: Gold[54]
World: 2,100,000[55]
US: 1,300,000[6]
UK: 500,000[56] THESE ARE OLD # HASN’T BEEN UPDATED YET BOO… TRY AGAIN
GO NUMB C***
Looks like everyones clocking Rihanna right now. From her ‘sane’ fans, to Chris Browns dad, to Chris himself. Beyoncé would never disrespect her fans like that. Yet you wanna worry about a Platinum plaque in the UK when shes still successful over there? Bwahaha. #TheStruggle.
Lovebird is mad as hell. I thought 777 was supposed to beat life is but a dream in ratings? Did it even get a twitter trend lol?
The hive is still checking for 4?
Yass hun IMO it’s her best album.
Successful and yet 4 has got no platinum plaque in the UK, successful and yet she still cannot play stadiums in the UK, successful and yet she’s not on the list of people who’ve sold the most records in the UK, successful and yet she can only play 4 nights at the O2 arena. Still looking for 4’s platinum plaque from the BPI.
Hehe, somebodys mad! And honey it was not 4 nights. Come with facts next time! *Exits*
It’s 4 nights honey.
No its not its 6 nights at the o2 alone honey.
Why is Ora more successful than 4 in the UK? Beyonce declared herself the Queen, why is Ora slaying the hell out of 4??
Is this the repackaged version of 4 BTW? How can a self proclaimed Queen let Rita Ora leave her in dust in the UK? Beyonce is eating Rita Ora’s dust in the UK and yet she proclaimed herself the Queen. Why isn’t 4 doing better than Ora in the UK?
Why is the Mrs. Carter tour slaying DWT?
BTW, you’re such a f*****’ LIAR. “4” already sold about 500k units more than Rita Oral S** in the UK.
IDK where the f*** you got your stats from!
Gurl, you know I stan for Rihanna but 4 is at about 600 000 copies in the Uk, they are not lying.
Congrats to the magnificent Marian Carey BTW.
Like really you are reaching talking about Beyonce in the UK. She is still big over here point blank period. She can crash websites and sell out her shows in 2 minutes with overwhelming demand without a Platinum plaque needed! And really you are shading with the UK (which I can admit is not as impactful as the US) when Rihanna cant even outsell Beyonce in the US with 7 albums? Yet you want to shade Beyonces success in the UK. That doesn’t make sense.
SINCE YOU WANT TO PLAY DUMB JUST LIKE YOU FAV DWT
United Kingdom[XII][I] British Phonographic Industry (BPI)[48] 60,000(silver) 100,000(gold) 300,000(platinum) — Shipments
United States[I] Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)[49] — 500,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 Shipments
4 Released: June 24, 2011
Label: Parkwood, Columbia
Format: CD, digital download
1 1 2 3 5 1 2 3 1 1 RIAA: Platinum[36]
ARIA: Platinum[52]
IRMA: Platinum[53]
MC: Gold[54]
World: 2,100,000[55]
US: 1,300,000[6]
UK: 500,000[56] THESE ARE OLD # HASN’T BEEN UPDATED YET BOO… TRY AGAIN
GO NUMB c***
YES @LOVERBIRD IS HAVING A MARIAH CAREY MOMENT….CAN WE SAY BREAKDOWN , BREAKING IT ON DOWN.
I HIT THE GIRLS WITH FACTS BOO, NOT LIES LIKE YOU.
YASS MRS. MARIAH CAREY FOR BEAUTIFUL, CAUSE IT’S BEAUTIFUL SEEING @LOVEBIRD HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN…..
@HATEBIRD WHY IS IT THAT YOU CAN’T STAY ON TOPIC BOO..
CAN YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION?
1.Dumped again by Chris Brown
2.Rihanna booed in Boston
3.HORRIBLE DOC (777)
a Doc that you sat and watched every f***** second, now you wanna talk s*** about Rihanna you put $$$ into her pockets by watching it…
B**** you get all this exposure more than any artist in history…and your last album 4 ONLY SOLD 3MIILLION COPIES WW not 3 milli in the U.S but WW,
WOW .
DO YOU REALIZE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON EARTH ? B**** YOU ONLY SOLD 3 MILL RECORDS.
ADELE WAS AT 25 … ..
TELL THAT TO SOMEBODY WHO CARES.
I really liked 4. Nice album.
Lol yall got the Lovebird b**** together I see.
This proves that TOURING really does help album sales.
Touring is sooo important. It also helps sell singles too. Some artists dont get it
Oh, I can’t at some people still remembering my comments and are citing them just to make their favs look better. My impact!! Yes!!!! 😀
Congratulations to Beyonce, 4 is not a flop and I stan for Rihanna. What black artists can sell 3 million nowadays beside Rihanna and Beyonce? I’ll wait.
I owe a public apology to @H 20 for defending a certain diva a couple of days ago. Honey, you were so right, I’m sorry :/ Honey, I am not a singer, I can’t sing, you know.
I relazied that I would rather be a humble, down to earth girl from the block with cute personality and huge cultural impact (fashion, beauty, perfumes, dancing, hits) than a shady, overrated diva with 0 cultural impact (not just musical in her case) and s***** stage presence who still claims that she is the best selling female artist of all time (insulting the biggest female legend, Madonna), without any iconic performances and memorable videos.
Do you forgive me sweetie? 😉
(just musical in her case) **
I love you too 🙂
What a nice girl.
wooooooooooooooooow
3 million records world-wide IS NOT S*** for an artist that is as over exposed as bey-nce.
THAT IS NOTHING
4LOP…4LOP…4LOP….
@Lovebird is f****** remedial lmfao
It goes to show how seeing Beyonce live can bring her music to life sometimes. Years later songs & albums are still selling well, and it’s because she is a true entertainer. I love Grown Woman, and I’ve only heard a live version. She just has passion and skill.. and in today’s market, you can’t beat that