‘They know I’m headed to the top like toupe’…these girls runnin’ like I just through the bouqet!’
The general public have spoken and the only name on their lips this quarter is...Beyonce. Yes, for just three days after the surprise release of her fifth studio album, the entertainer has seen its sales reach the 618,000 units milestone today.
Marking her highest opening week figure to date, this number sees her obliterate efforts made by a number of her contemporaries who had hoped they would dominate the ending of this year.
Now, in honour of her success, ‘HITS Daily Double’ have penned an insightful new article detailing the project’s roll out and the swift, sharp and shocking slap in the face it served to many a Pop contender today.
Read below…
HDD:
“A lot of artists can claim to be the bomb, but only a few can truly drop one.
Without any wind-up, preamble or tease whatsoever,Columbia unveiled a brand-new album from Beyonce on the evening of 12/12 on iTunes. At 9pm, an assortment of glamorous black-and-white images of the megastar suddenly occupied the store’s home-page carousel, and fans were invited to download the self-titled “visual album,” featuring 14 audio tracks and 17 videos.
And they certainly did, sending the release (Queen Bey’s fifth solo outing) to #1 in a few hours, to 500k within two days and to more than 618k in three, shattering the one-week iTunes record both in the U.S. and abroad. She was quickly positioned not only to blow past the retail bow of her previous album, 2011’s 4 (and making her a shoo-in for the #1 spot on this week’s HITS Album Sales Chart), but also within striking distance of the first-week record for digital sales. Having smashed Taylor Swift’s online number for Red, she soon had Lady Gaga’s 665k (440k of which sold for 99 cents on Amazon) in her sights.
And let’s not forget that she’s attained these heights with a substantial $15.99 price point, though fans obviously felt an album of new material that also featured visually rich videos for every track was more than a bargain.
The album will be unbundled on 12/20, at which point fans can purchase individual tracks; a lavish physical package containing a CD, DVD and a deluxe booklet will hit shelves this week.
Two singles will be delivered to radio this week: “XO” (written by Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic and The-Dream) hits Top 40 tomorrow, while “Drunk in Love,” a duet with Jay Z, impacts at Urban. Videos for both tracks, meanwhile, premiere on VEVO tomorrow.
The project is entirely Beyonce’s vision, and Rob Stringer’s Team Columbia, the artist’s Team Parkwoodand iTunes labored mightily to bring it into the world. What started with just four people in a room (with a plan for what we’re calling the Sneak Attack) ended with the three teams in total coordination; as many as 15 participants formed the inner circle for the final 72 hours. Plans were hatched and revised, and the digital release date changed repeatedly before it was finally agreed upon and the substantial body of work was completed and delivered.
Columbia’s team started early on with their sales squad, expanding to production coordinators and marketing. On the Parkwood side, Lee Anne Callahan and Jim Sabeywere the tip of the spear. iTunes’ Robert Kondrk, Jay Liepis and Janet Rubin also played pivotal roles. Each team moved forward and then spent much of the process in hurry-up-and-wait mode, standing by for the content
Reportedly crafted over a year and a half, Beyoncefeatures—in addition to hubby Jay Z and co-writers Tedder and The Dream—a panoply of guest collaborators, including Justin Timberlake, Drake,Pharrell Williams, Frank Ocean, Sia, Miguel,Timbaland and her Destiny’s Child bandmatesMichelle Williams and Kelly Rowland.
The videos, many of them filmed during her massive Mrs. Carter World Tour; the Queen helmed some of the clips herself, but also enlisted such A-list directors as Hype Williams, Jonas Ackerlund and Terry Williamson. Locales for the vids include a Paris chateau, Coney Island’s Cyclone rollercoaster, a Brazilian beach and her childhood roller rink in Houston.
“I didn’t want to release my music the way I’ve done it,” reads a quote from the artist in the album announcement. “I am bored with that. I feel like I am able to speak directly to my fans. There’s so much that gets between the music, the artist and the fans. I felt like I didn’t want anybody to give the message when my record is coming out. I just want this to come out when it’s ready and from me to my fans.”
How did those fans react? Well, the word “apeshit” comes to mind. In addition to ringing the bells at iTunes, Beyonce’s ferocious base drummed up more than a half-million Twitter mentions in three hours. Joining the#QueenBey conversation were fellow stars like Katy Perry (“Don’t talk to me today unless it’s about @Beyonce THANX.”), Lady Gaga (“welcome back Queen B”), Snoop Dogg/Lion/Zilla (“my girl @beyonce just changed d game !!”), Diddy, Demi Lovato, Sara Bareilles, Jessie J and many more.
A Q4 superstar release executed this effectively would be impressive under any circumstances; that Columbia, Beyonce’s crew and iTunes have delivered it as a surprise holiday gift, without any pre-release hype, is simply staggering.”
By ensuring that her brand revolves around her talent (and talent only), Beyonce now finds herself joining an elite group of entertainers whose names command major numbers…even without major fanfare.
Indeed, the above can only be used to explain how the star has now scored the highest first week solo sales of her career 16 years into it, pulling a number of stunts and tricks on acts who used a number of stunts and tricks to move units that now cower in the face of Beyonce‘s.
Better luck next time, eh?
QUEEN , being a Queen
LMAO….. I know the kids are upset.
Can someone please find the person that predicted Beyonce would sell less than 200k… LOL
PURE UNADULTERATED SLAYAGE
Congrats. Work them chunky thunder thighs and big bums.
Beyonce is the Queen of Music. Are you surprised? We told the Army and Navy and now they’ve vanished. Only the delusional ones are trying to say she ain’t slaying.
Those chunky thunder thighs and big bums. Just sold 618k, When have or will your faves?
Only the Queen in 3 Days… 🙂
I’m not here for that Mariah Stan that’s always hating.
It was so desperate that it tried to use Loverbird and make her hate on the album. Its a pity that I’ve learned that Lovebird actually stans for quality. It should go away and listen to “Art Of Letting Go” Rather than hating and trying to spill negativity around here.
YES B**** IM CALLING YOU!!! YES YOU. Its a pity that every tree has to die just to make that thing breath ugh
Why not just make 1 big post about this and keep it pinned to the top and keep updating it throughout the days, weeks, and years you’re going to spend reminding people?
I think it’s also really tactless for Bey not to offer single tracks for purchase. Really tacky to make somebody have to buy the entire album just for one song. Her ego must still be damaged after what happened to 4closure.
What is the price of the physical copy? I cant see it being $15.99 but more like $20+.
I hope this thing maintains its momentum cuz lord knows weve seen people start off strong and fizzle out. I forsee all albums being rolled out this way. Beyonce didn’t change the game, the game changed her. The music industry knows radio and traditional video formats are on life support. To maintain a viable, proprietary industry they HAVE to do things this way. Good luck to all! I like how they are pushing it in “the name of artistry” lol I call BS on that. Technology has all but bankrupted the music industry!
THIS IS THE BIGGEST KII TO ALL THE OTHER STAN BASES
BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THEM BEYONCE IS A FLOP, SHE WON’T SALE, SHE’S IRRELEVANT, SHES WASHED UP, SHES OLD, SHES FAT AND SHE NEEDS TO RETIRE.
BUT WHEN CIARAS, KATY’S, RIHANNAS, GAGAS & TAYLORS ALBUM DROPPED THERE WAS NO NOISE LIKE THIS.
I’M NOT HATING ON ANY OF THOSE ARTIST BECAUSE I HAVE AT LEAST ONE SONG FROM ALL OF THEM ON MY IPOD BUT ITS STRAIGHT SHADE TO THERE STAN BASE WHO ALWAYS COME FOR BEYONCE. ESPECIALLY THE C-SQUAD! #BOWDOWN
I hope she sells 1,000,000+ for first week numbers, she deserves it!!
Ciara looks more beautiful and elegant than Beyonce. While Beyonce looks like a man in drag. #NoShade
@CHRISTINASTHEREALTALENT
Calm your nerves. Singles are availble on the 20th. The die hard fans bought the whole thing. As a casual Beyonce listener, im going to buy the 5 songs i like then. I suggest you do the same.
Laughing at the mad Christina fan. Don’t like it, leave. Bey is slaying and it feels great to rub it in the haters faces. When will Xtincta?
a lavish physical package containing a CD, DVD and a deluxe booklet will hit shelves this week.
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YESSSSSSS !!!!
Two singles will be delivered to radio this week: “XO” (written by Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic and The-Dream) hits Top 40 tomorrow, while “Drunk in Love,” a duet with Jay Z, impacts at Urban. Videos for both tracks, meanwhile, premiere on VEVO tomorrow.
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YESSSSSSS !!!!
I just can’t with this Bey domination!!!
Real question….why do you people claiming ownership in “stan bases” actually do that?? You all are cult like and almost like gangs, claiming ownership in a group for a person who doesnt know you. Yall spit celebrity stats but i doubt you have that much reflection about your own life. Its one thing to be a fan but I think “stan base membership” is obsessive and creepy and juvenile.
Good for her! Love the album! TGJ – HDD says XO and DIL are the singles , not Blow.
THE QUEEN and just the other day that @Amanda druggy bynes was saying she was a bey stan!! LMAO Congrats queen. I wanted you to come for gags wigs and she will never live down that amazon deal. smh
*FAINTS* everytime i recover she SLLLAAAAAYYYS some moe!!!!!! FACT: SHE IS A GOD!!! any questions h***?? #BOWDOWNTOTHEGODDESSBEYONCEhoney
@Half amazin tell that to every fanbase. Next>>>
@christinastherealtalent How is that tacky, when that’s how it’s always been before this digtal age crap.
Yass slay the girls. I wonder what record exec got to say about this? Her STOCK has triple!!!!!!!
How many more articles is this site going to post about this particular topic. But whatever, enjoy the hits why the news still fresh Sam! On another note the album is in fact the s***. I just had to put it away today because I found myself getting tired of it already, although I haven’t even got the full experience yet……..Has anyone heard any news on Gaga or Artpop lately? Its like her and her project just vanished!
Oh u ad huh? Are u interested in buying a single? I think not hata. Move along now.
Minute by minute Beyonce updates are getting boring Samantha.
Can we get a post about how Gaga sold 25K in Canada and quickly fell off.
She shipped 80K to Canada, bragged about it, sold 25K and quickly fell off, even after camping in Toronto.
How the f*** does Beyonce look like a man in drag. Do you people know what men look like? Stop disrespecting woman with this T***** b*******. SHE HAS A P**** & A ROUND FACE LIKE A WOMAN & A THICK BODY LIKE MOST BLACK WOMEN. Also, remember when I told yall Beyonce was gonna sell like 500+ in her first week & someone said they would book mark it. WELL WHERE IS MY BOOK MARK?
When are you stinking p**** behive gonna get over your s*** u haters alway hate on other popstars saying they flop now b wining enjoy it while it last and stop coming for everyone else no one is saying anything about b s*** only u bitter ass behive trying to start stuff b cant stay on top forever so enjoy we not mad at any if b success grape juice why not post all day b and everyday b leave our fav alone off this dirty ass blog because we dont give too f**** please keep our fave off give it all to b
LOL I know these post are irking certain people. No one is forcing you to click. HAHAHA. Slay Queen.
The real kiiii here is how I’m STILL waiting for you bottoms to call me when she sells 1.2m in her first week like GaGa and Taylor Swift.
Your other fav Chris Brown is also going to flop.
He is in rehab because he knows this, RCA would rather push back his album and sell Britney Jean without promo, that should tell you that even they knew X will flop.
So Chris Brown shoots expensive videos no one cares about, releases a mix tape that receives less downloads than Cassie’s and Elijah Blake’s and enrols in rehab because he knows a flop is coming.
I love seeing Black women excel the top artist in the world are Black women and that says a lot because we are so put down everyday stans need to stop all the hate and appreciate Beyonce being a game changer and appreciate Rihanna being in the same breath as Elvis one of the “greats” or w.e we need to appreciate each others music and purchase more R&B artist so R&B can have the money for impressive production to make better music loving everything Queen Bey is doing continue to reign sista
Lovebird take that HORSE FACED B**** out of your avi
She is the Queen, can’t deny that.
@Christina The Real Talent Unless you intend on buying a single please have a seat and don’t worry your panties.
@Stephy tha Lambily I remember you said that in the God Made you Beautiful post and they just laughed at you.
***FLAWLESS
WHERE ARE YOU HATING TROLLS AT??
BIGBIRD EGG IN YOU FACE, YOU CHARCOAL BLACK BXTCH!! KII
TWICE AS MUCH AS ALL OF YOUR FAVES IN ONLY THREE DAYS!!!
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR “PREDICTIONS” JUST LAST WEEK!
I THOUGHT SHE WAS DONE?
HOW SO??
THE HIVE HAS BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU ALL YEAR!!
WE ALWAYS WIN, AND NOW YOU KNOW FOR SURE 😉 KIIIIIII BYE
Are the fighters mad? Beyonce just outsold your favs last two albums combined in 3 days. I would hush if I were you.
They’ll keep posting for as long as you keep complaining. Because you still come and comment.
BOW DOWN B******…. FLAWLESS NEEDS TO BE A LONGER SONG WITHOUT THAT WOMAN TALKING
Why everybody keep saying its $15.99. I paid 14.99, that’s the price attached to it. Bought my copy since Friday and iTunes is just sending me a receipt. Busy much iTunes lol?
@FLATCAKESLIKEMANCACA
1.2 MILLION?? WHEN WILL GAGS DO IT AGAIN?
ACCORDING TO YOU, BEYONCE WASN’T GOING TO OUTSELL ARTPOP?
WHEN WILL GAGS GO GOLD???
BEYONCE’S ALREADY ACHIEVED THAT IN THREE DAYS HUN
S E E T H E
KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
@cake like gags worry about artflop and ur ole trolling ass. Bey doesn’t have to use discounts! LMAO
@slut_HIV+ but I will still wait for you to call me when she sells 1.2m in her first week 😉
ANYWAY IM SO HAPPY XO IS THE SINGLE
YA’LL NOT READY FOR THE SLAYAGE COMING YALL WAY
TOP TEN SINGLE AND POTENTIIAL #1 ON THE WAY!
OH GOD!!
*REVENGE IS SWEET CHILE* LOOOOOOOL
@Cake She has sold over half a mill in THREE days, soo…
@H**+y I’ll perch right here and wait for you to tell me when she sells 1.2m like Queen GaGa 😉
GAGA DIDNT EVEN SELL 1.2M IT WAS 1.1 BUT SHE COULD NEVER GET THOSE SALES AGAIN EVEN IF SHE SOLD HER S*** FOR A PENNY. GAGA IS DONR AFTER 5 YEARS & BEY IS SLAYING YOUR FAVE EFFORTLESSLY 16 YRS INTO THE GAME
I think @cake like gags is stupid. beyonce did this in 3days. beyonce week ends on Friday! LOL watch her outsell ur fav and taylor.
I BEEN ON WHO THE F*** GON TAKE ME OFF. I HERD YOUR BOO WAS TALKING LIP, I TOLD MY CREW TO SMACK THAT TRICK, SMACK THAT TRICK, SMACK THAT TRICK & DATS WHAT THEY DID…… SMACK DAT TRICK..
IM THE NUMBER 1 CHICK I DONT NEED NO HYPE…
TELL ME WHO GON TAKE ME OFFFFF
YASSS BBBBBBBB
I WAS UP FLAWLESSSSSSSS
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
THAT WAS FOR ALL THE HATERS.
Yasss Vera Wang stanning.
I don’t care if she has sold 1m in three days or whatever, I’m waiting for this t***** to sell 1.2m in her first week. And I will keep waiting
@CAKELIKEMANCACA
HUN YOU SOUND SO STUPID, NOT EVEN REALIZING THAT GAGS WENT FROM 1.1 MILLION TO 259K! KIIII
SHE’S DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
600,000 IS JUST THREE DAYS, JUST IMAGINE IF SHE WOULD HAVE RELEASED LAST MONDAY! CONTINUE SHADING YOURSELF HUN.
GO AND PURCHASE SHITFLOP, GAGS NEEDS SOME HELP KIIIIII
@ HIVY
I AM speaking to all “stan bases” but based on your name i guess you took it personally. I don’t understand why the degree of personal investment that any of you have in ANY of these entertainers. To the point where there is e-thugging and stan wars over people who dont know you. I bet some of you dont ride this hard for blood relatives. Dont be butthurt HIVE cuz this is a Beyonce post. I talking about the Hive, Navy, Barbs, Monsters, Lambs, and all the other groups of fans who are so obsessed they have named themselves and have membership. I like music by all the aforementioned artists but im not stanning for no damn body unless im on payroll
‘I don’t care if she has sold 1m in three days or whatever, I’m waiting for this t***** to sell 1.2m in her first week. And I will keep waiting’
???? Lol I think this b**** is slow.
U idiots are a f****** joke on here. Yall act like its the Mafia! Get lives h*** and trolls!
YASSSSSS at the HlV+ coming up with 9845238252545125 excuses… CALL ME THOUGH WHEN THE T***** SELLS 1.2m 😀
I’m willing to bet Slay_hive didn’t even buy the album.
Nobody that ghetto buys albums.
HALFUNAMAZING
BXTCH SHUT UP AND GET YO LIFE! THIS IS WHAT STANS DO!
ALL OF A SUDDEN IT’S A PROBLEM FOR THE HIVE TO STAN?!!
The general public have spoken and the only name on their lips this quarter is…Beyonce. Yes, for just three days after the surprise release of her fifth studio album, the entertainer has seen its sales reach the 618,000 units milestone today.
Wooooooow,boooooom, ALBUM AND NOT SINGLES HATERS, 618.000 ALBUMS units and the ALBUM isn’t cheap. Just wow.
@Cake Like LGG You know damn well she would have done it if she had not dropped on a Friday. She did more than half of that in only 3 days. Lets count how much she does in an actual week shall we. Lets be fair and line her up with Gaga and Taylor, but give her the same time period to sell and then we can discuss this again. So we will meet again Friday.
@BIGBIRD
HUN I BOUGHT THE ALBUM AND I’M WAITING TO BUY THE ACTUAL CD IN STORES!!
KIIIIIII YOU MAD BXTCH??? YOU NEED SOME BLEACHING CREAM TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER????????????????????????
@Brazilian Beyonce
Keep my name out of your RACIST mouth.
THE BIGGEST POP STAR IN THE WORLD
BOW DOWN BXTCHES!!
I bet JayZ bought 600k of that wack album
#truth #fact #deal
LMAO!
LOVEBIRD… SHUT THE F*** UP TRCIK
I agree with @TROLLbird… @slut_HlV+ probably got it off mediafire. But he comes here and acts extra like he bought the damn thing. The HlV+ f**** are shading themselves tbh
How can you afford it? Ghetto whores like you don’t buy albums.
ARTFLOP STRUGGLING FOR GOLD, APPLAUSE HASNT EVEN SOLD 2M HER OTHER SINGLES CAME AND WENT,I SEE WHY CAKE IS MAD
KATY SLAYED GAGA
MILEY SLAYED GAGA
POOR THAT
EVERY DAY TIME TALK SHOW HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT BEYONCE! HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THE ALBUM. HOW THE “SURPRISE” RELEASE WAS SMART!
WENDY WILLIAMS EVEN THREW SHADE A RIHJECT SAYING BEYONCE DOESNT NEED INSTAGRAM OR TWITTER TO CREATE INTEREST! #TRUTH
OH CHILE, HOW I DIED LAUGHING
@lovebird why don’t you go and take a nap? Dammn girl is this your work? Do you sleep? And you know EVERYBODY in the ghetto’s , you know what is in their pocket, huh? take a pause woman.
Lol @ the Xtincta fans Mr M/ChristinaTheRealFlop MAD.
@HOEBIRD
GIRL BYE!!!!!!!
GHETTO?? KII IS THAT BEST YOU CAN DO?
IS THAT ALL YOU CAN SAY??
SAD THING IS I’M SURE YOU BOUGHT MULTIPLE COPIES YOURSELF! YOU’VE BEEN WAITING ALL YEAR FOR NEW MUSIC FROM YOUR QUEEN!!!!!
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
And YESSSS, we all know GAYz bought all them copies. Either that or he will pay the trollyonce stans at BB to inflate her numbers, you know, like how he did it? This is the most fraudulent couple in hollywood. They make me sick
Slay a bit Bey
I can’t at “charcoal black b****”…smh SO GHETTO
LOOOOOL
HUN IT LOOKS LIKE THE HIVE SUPPORTS THEIR FAVE, AND BUYS ALBUMS!! KIII
CAKE LIKE CACA AND TROLLBIRD ARE THE ONES WHO DOWNLOADED THEIR FAVES ALBUM KIIIIIII
THAT EXPLAINS THEIRE FAVE’S POOR SALES KIIII
I’m laughing at the haters. ‘Jay Z bought them’ Looool. They are seething.
“I can’t at “charcoal black b****”…smh SO GHETTO”
AWWWWWW DID I HIT A NERVE? INSECURE MUCH??
*HANDS HOEBIRD A BOX OF KLEENEX*
YOU’LL NEED AS MANY BOXES AS POSSIBLE THIS ENTIRE ERA 😉 LOOOOOL
Beyonce looks like a ghetto prostitute same goes to her brainless fans.
I still can’t *bops to Jealous*
@flatcakes
did you bring a receipt for the ridicolous claim??? kiiiii
I’m sure you didnt
SEETHE SEETHE SEETHE SEETHE SEETHE SEETHE SEETHE looooool
I’m gonna go now, I’ll be waiting for that call when GAY-z has finally bought 1.2m of them.. Till then, the HlV+ can remain trying to catch up to GaGa and Taylor
Yes I bought a copy when it first came out and I like the album. We all know your ghetto self does the most when you don’t even support your fav.
It is like Gaga bragging about her worldwide sales when the only market she did well was Japan.
She sold 25K in Canada, 15K Aussie, 66K UK and quickly fell off. She is being outsold by Bangerz even with $25 million dollar promo and multiple discounts. Album of the MILLENIUM selling 25K in Canada even after camping out in Toronto.
“Having smashed Taylor Swift’s online number for Red, she soon had Lady Gaga’s 665k (440k of which sold for 99 cents on Amazon) in her sights.”
LMAO they just can’t stop shading that gimmicky t*****!
I pray to God Bey manages to push out another 600k copies in the next 4 days to permanently seat those pressed monsters.
@Cake you might want worry more about the people who are NOT buying Artpoop.
Do you honestly think a community college ghetto prostitute such as yourself would make me feel insecure?
You sound just as horrid as your education level I’m sure.
BOW DOWNNNNN. I’M LIVING!! YASS BEY! I’M SO HAPPY IT’S NOT BEY DOING THE TALKING, BUT THE BUYING PUBLIC! AFTER THE UNNECESSARY DRAGGING THAT 4 GOT, I’M GAPY SHE’ SLAYING THE WAY SHE IS AT THE MOMENT! SOOO PROUD OF MY BEY! Mark my words, this album is gonna yield atleast 3 #1 singles for the queen and put her at 8 billboard hot 100. this album is gonna do over 5 mill in the states alone and WW about 12/13 mill. It’s that good! this is gonna be bigger than Dangerously In Love! I’m calling it now!
$25 million dollar promo, endless twitter meltdowns, a YEAR of hyping it up. And she gets crushed by Mrs Carter who didn’t even have to say word. *Plays Flawless*
Im stanning for Miss Beyonce & Mariah. So Hive welcome me into yall club cause im stanning.
This album has made me a stan. I cant stop listening to it. The videos & production is Beyonceful. I love every minute.
Hey HIVE, why didnt Queen Bee add I BEEN ON & STANDING ON THE SUN hmm…
This means she has soooo much more music to release…
@Slay_Hive ignore Lovebird he/she is messing with you because he/she is bored lol.
Y’all lets not fight. Pay the haters no mind, let them seethe. Beyonce has already shut down the haters.
Lmfao gurl.
STEPHY YOU WERE JUST SAYING BEYONCES VOICE IS BORING AND RIHANNA IS BETTER THE OTHER DAY GO JOIN THE TITANIC
@Cake like lady GaGa, IT HURTS HUH? You so sour, hahahahahahaha. You wish that this was happend to Lady Gaga and not Beyonce, huh? Only thing that you can do is repeat the same bs here and in other post. You betta calm down before you …… …., achhh you know. LMAO
@HoeBird
bxtch BYE! You don’t know me personally. Sorry to break that to you! You sit on TGJ 24/7, as if you don’t have a life! You can’t possibly have a life, or time to receive an education, based on the long hours you spend on TGJ!!
Continue using google, searching for words and an education you’ll never recieve! kiiii I don’t have to pretend to be anything I’m not!
continue seeting darkie 😉
What I want to know is how Chris Brown afford those expensive music videos to only release a mix tape which received less downloads than Cassie and Elijah Blake?
2011-1 miliion . 2013-250.000 LMFAO Gurl stfu.
This is just like her “sold out” tour.
The industry is so heavily invested in the Beyonce brand that they need to recoup and generate a ROI
they will say anything to get people to buy, especially since there is not a physical copy of the product (less overhead).
This is more smoke and mirrors, that is all.
She is NOT selling like is being reported
We welcome you baby@stephy tha lambily….you’re boyfriend was on the other day…..I’m just in awe with this album, I can listen from front to end.
@f*** like lady gaygay
@YOLO
lol I’m messing with hoebird. She is seething HARD! All of the hate he has spewed this entire year, the only thing he can come up with is “ghetto” kiiiiii
She is looking extra stupid right now
B**** imma fart on yo face
@Top Flight
Where are your receipts??
Come back when you have them. kiii
@top flight , why would they lie. Then I guess we can say the same about gaga 1.1 and taylor 1.2 according to you’re logic.
I said it in the other post but people need to stop trying to come at Beyoncé right now it just makes you look like a struggle. Especially when you say stuff ‘she bought it’. It just makes you look pressed.
Slay Hive
You dont strike me as an intelligent person.
Honestly I’ve met Lagos street vendors with more decorum than you.
You’re way to ghetto to be in any reputable education institute.
@FakeLikeLadyGaga
Beyonce was the price of a prime steak with two sides and a drink (the videos), while Born This Way was the same price of a cheese burger on the dollar menu. BTW is the Dollar Tree of albums.
Talking bad about B,her daughter, her husband days in days out, thinking that people gonna hate her, that she’s done because you are hating on her? hahaha. Many people love because they know that she can sing, and many are proving the HATERS that they willing to pay that much money for it. Even in countries that don’t EVEN have clean water she 1, YES THE B POWER, AND NOBODY CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM HER. Trashing her, and she did trash ugly back.
NR1 IN 111 COUNTRIES, SO PLEASE STOP WITH THE CRYING AND BOW DOWN FOR THE QUEEN.I CALL HER THE QUEEN OF MUSIC CUZ LIVE SHES THE BEST FEMALE PERFORMER, YES SHES DABEST.
@Top Flight, everyone is talking about ‘Beyoncé’ right now, why is it whenever she is doing well people try and come up with an excuse as to why it can’t be? With no evidence whatsoever? No one would ever question Taylor Swift, but when it comes to Beyoncé a BLACK woman people have all the questions. It sad.
Why didn’t Columbia buy more copies of 4?
BTW, BEYONCE isn’t an album, it’s a f****** soundtrack. I can drive for miles listening to this. It’s like she produced this for a motion picture.
IKR. She handed fools their HEADS with this one I’m telling you the truth. “The project is entirely Beyonce’s vision” #BOSS….”without any pre-release hype, is simply staggering.”
I cant even express the feeling I feel right now. The fact SO many had written her off just for her to come back and drop an ATOMIC BOMB on that a$$ she DID THAT….in pure silence like somebody said in a prev post we should start calling her the “SILENT KILLER” and what I love so much is she could have EASILY got on social media acting COCKY like some others who’s name I wont utter but she totally DIDNT. She’s humble as hell and got here from pure HARD WORK no smoke and mirrors and to date IMO THIS is her best album next to “4” and DIL. Someone asked me to list my top 5 and it was merely impossible cause I LOVE them all. 🙂
Got my copy from Itunes but cant wait for the physical copy on Friday! ONE BIG CONGRATS to BEY and the BEYHIVE for taking Beyonce’s “Beyonce” to new heights she SPOKE AND WE ANSWERED! Keep your foot on the haters throats BEY…….ANY QUESTIONS CAUSE SHE WOKE UP LIKE THIS………hahaha .
@HoeBird
You don’t strike me as happy person. You seem to be insecure. Obviously being called “darkskin” is a sore spot for you. You’re obviously as loner with no friends, no life and probably no family. You are too miserable and hateful, that people don’t won’t to be involved with you. So you come on TGJ, and live out your fantasies of being this “super educated intelligent” person, when you couldn’t be anything further from it! kiii
I can care less what you think of me! Lastly, i have never lived in a ghetto a day in my life. My parents were college educated at a young age, and I’ve never struggled hun! know that bxtch 😉
I still think Beyonce vocals are boring COMPARED TO MARIAH CAREY & WHITNEY HOUSTON. But I have learned to accept that the GOLDEN era is gone. Face it My dear Mimi cant sing like she use to. Noone of this generation can even remotley compare to the older but as a 20 year old I have to stan for someone on MY generation and thats BEYONCE. She has always had a beautiful voice to me but compared to MARIAH its not that impressive but those old days are gone & its time to stop stanning for HISTORY & stan FOR THE PRESENT. But I still love & like Mariah Carey wayy better than Beyonce. But after going to Beyonce concert 5x over the past 6/7 years I have to stop HATING & GIVE THE WOWMAN HER PROPS.. Beyonce is the Michael Jackson of this generation & a way better than Michael ever was TBH.. She just dont have the catalogue of the LATE GREAT MJ…
Congrats im not gonna hate ! Very impressive but if this album doesn’t end up selling 10M in the US and 20M WW and sells like JT 20/20 or BTW for instance…. the HlV better be prepared cause the SHADE will be so THICK that they will not deal….*sips tea*
Ok you know what y’all need to shut the f*** up for two seconds. Like really the beehive can attack others if beys album sales continue like this next week till then take a couple of seats. Some y’all. Smh
And @slay_hive got me cryyying with that one LMAOOO
That essay is so ghetto.
And still not a single intelligent thing said.
The shade will not be thick because until your fav can do it you have no place to shade.
@SLAY_HIVE inna poop on yo mouth
Ugh Sam I love your site but its time for an upgrade baby. Please add to the comment section the option to edit our comments because sometimes you forget/misspell something & we cant even repair it. Also, Sam please fix your Reply button. Why is it that you have 2 reply buttons but none of them work. Also, stop with all the adds it slows down your site. Last but not least why do you blank out curse words like we 10 year old children. Youtube dont even do that & its visited by billions
F***** speechless. Bey sorry for all the hate and shade, that h** is f***** BOSS for releasin the album like that and push those numbers in the matter of days.
That was for @Hotstuff
I’m also new here, found this site THANKS to Twitter yesterday and today I started to comment after reading many articles post here. And I’m with the Bhive team, I’m only support real singers, people with real singing voices (Beyonce, Christina, Mariah, Celine etc) and not CRYING dying CATS or baby singing voices (rihanna, TAYLOR etc) voices.
Having smashed Taylor Swift online number for Red, she soon had Lady Gaga’s 665k (440k of which sold for 99cents) on Amazon in her sights. ……..And The Rundown of KING B eras. thru the years screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeems THE REIGNING UNDISPUTED QUEEN OF POP! Ive been saying this all year and bitchessss thought i was crazy but u see now it was Coming! #2013/2014……THE YEARS OF BEYONCE
@HoeBird
kiiiiii BYE! Clearly you have nothing else to say!!!
Lonely black white-washed f** 🙁 🙁 🙁
Aint nothing wrong with being Ghetto. Lovebird you know damn wel you would neva say that s*** to a Ghettos person face…
Can you please sound less ghetto. Your unintelligent mannerisms are rubbing me off the wrong way.
GIRL BYE!!!!! kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Can you find another insult, besides “ghetto” or have you run out of things to say??
Loner F**! Charcoal black F**! Miserable Queen! Ugly bxtch! kiiiiiiiiiiiiii SEETHE
@HOTSTUF, is not Justin T that we want her to destroy (and she will beat Justin, JUST WAIT and see), but again it isn’t Justin that we want her to destroy, it’s the faves idols here that we want her to destroy , Gagas, Riris and Katys fans. I want her to destroy them because of all the mean thing they were was saying WRITING down about her child, a child.
Bye Lovebird.
Lets do the maths
618, 000
x 15.99 (usd) = 9,881, 820
In words for those of you who are slow
$9 million eight hundread and 81 thousand and 820 usd (us dollars)
In GBP (Great british pounds)
£6,099,888.89
Just under 6million 100 thousand pounds.
MEN LIE WOMEN LIE NUMBERS DONT LIE
BOW DOWN
@Stephy
You know he wouldn’t say it. Hoebird is a insecure weak individual. He can only say what he wants, when hiding behind a keyboard and computer screen smh
Before I comment on the post, I just want to get this off my damn chest! I am soooo sick and tired of the ignorant stan with these stan wars! Obviously yall don’t realize that these women ( Beyoncé, Rihanna, Ciara and Kelly Rowland and I added the other two cause yall talk trash about them too) are very different artists and have very different and uniqueness about them that makes them stand out from one another!! While yall on here trying to tear them down they uplift ( except Rihanna vs. Ciara even though Ciara stay positive and Rihanna sometime be shady towards her, which I wish they can squashed it and just influence positivity in Black Female Power got to work on that) each other!!! These women are living their dreams, Make our culture look beautiful, and accepted to other cultures that look past us for magazine covers, and beauty! I commend all of them on their achievements this year! Rihanna on have the most number one singles on billboard, Kelly on x-factor, Ciara on have a hot summer smash with Body party and getting engaged, and Beyoncé for her fifth studio album being number less than 3 hours!!!! I am an African American male and I love to see African American women in the music industry do positive things cause for many years females were look as not successful artists but more like s** objects! Yes Rihanna, Beyoncé, Ciara , and Kelly Rowland sing about their sexuality but so did Janet, SWV, Mary J Blige, Mariah Carey, TLC, Aaliyah, and etc. doesn’t make them a h** or anything they just playing the game like the fellas do ( R.Kelly, Trey Songz, Chris Brown)!!! It is annoying to see these stan wars on these blogs site! My motha always said if you not checking for someone then do not give him or her any attention! Now back to the post congrats to Beyonce on her amazing album!!!
All I can say is wow she made a huge come back… and I hope R&B gets back to the main stage
Check out “Dare” by new artist Marcel
http://youtu.be/UjNYIt2znVo
Beyonce is unbothered. She had so much success this year. This album, tour, superbowl & many more money making ventures. She is adding more dates to her already successful tour interms of grossings & ACTUAL RAW TALENT. Whats next for Miss Beyonce? I say she add even more dates for that world tour. She should tour for like 2 years straight like how Michael Jackson did for The Bad World Tour. She needs to have more intense & raw performanes.
BILLBOARD “Beyonce Breaks U.S. iTunes Sales Record, Sells 617,000 in Three Days”.
BOW DOWN.
I like Taylor can’t hate.but@ cake like lady gaga didn’t gaga sell her album for 99¢? Of course it’s not hard to sell that many if it selling that cheap.
Your NICKI lyric quote is in the wrong order lol get with it
And is it necessary to put this entire post in bold? So biased.
LOL ALL THE HOOPLA AND SHE STILL COULDN’T BEAT GAGA OR TAYLOR SWIFT LOL
Beyonce worked the system like a pro. She made sure nobody was able to review or criticize this CD like they did 4, I am Sasha Fierce or BDay. They made sure no one was able to purchase singles. So if you wanted to be hip or ahead of the curve you HAD to purchase the entire album. Her hustle is real. I think had she just done regular promo I could still see her selling around 400K – the CD is nice but nothing epic. How she DROPPED IT is the epic part. The CD reminds me of Yeezus, I feel like I want to edit it. It’s like she couldn’t stop herself. The visuals are dope tho!
Beyonce bought her own albums on itunes
@LOL you sound dumb, she did this after 3 days.