'Her drop would have been as big as Taylor’s, I have no doubt'

And Taylor still had a drop so the 'lmfao' in your original comment was unnecessary. The fact that Beyoncé chose to release just before Xmas week is bitter sweet, because peoples sales still drop in their second week regardless. But HDD did just tweet this:

And you can keep clinging to the visual album thing, because not everyone bought the album simply because of its visuals. Like @Kendall said people were anticipating this album ALL YEAR. Its not like she charged the same price as an audio album is it? So not it should not be on a different chart.

And like I said before, Beyoncé after 16 years, is still maintaining this, not everyone can. So of course she can be compared to people younger and fresher than her.

It is what it is.