With 15 years of chart success under her belt, Beyonce has proven that she’s skilled at adapting to the times.
And if there was ever any doubt, it was dispelled moments ago.
For, the superstar singer has made a major splash over at VEVO.
Details on the important move below…
Today the 33-year-old unleashed every single video from her blockbuster visual album on the digital platform; a move which comes as she finally shared the LP’s complete tracklist (and not just the singles) on Spotify.
“Why is this significant?”, one may wonder.
Well, in light of recent changes to Billboard’s album counting equation, streams – as from next week’s tally – will begin to count towards an LP’s US sales and placing on the Billboard 200.
As we reported, 1500 streams of a song from a project will count as 1 unit to add to the physical and digital sales of its parent album. The step, according to insiders, is designed to better reflect how music is consumed in the modern marketplace.
Viewed this way, Team Bey have made a genius move by embracing the changes (regardless of how ridiculous the said tweaks are). Because, with the Platinum Edition of the surprise project in stores today, the mix of sales and streams likely means the critically acclaimed is likely to re-open to great numbers next week.
Oh the joys of being an act that people not only want to watch, but also buy too!
Her team are working overtime! Smart as hell move!
#GetIt
The smartest women in the business! Rihanna could never!
Who is Rihanna?
Leave Rihanna outta this………This is about Beyonce’ Thanks and Happy Holidays
This isnt a good business move. Billboard charts dont matter. She should be focused on album sales instead. FOrget Spotify.
THAT’S THE POINT if you read the post. Music is consumed differently so she’s switched to the current format by which sales will be measured. According to the post 1500 views will count as 1 unit. It’s not that difficult to understand.
@IOWNTHEWORLD is right tho. Billboard just announced that they will count YouTube plays and streams as sales units, Camp B is once again ahead of the game by releasing all of the videos. People are always illegally downloading, streaming, and coping music these days, Billboard needed to re-strategise how they structure their charts, and this works out perfect for Bey, so she will least benefit from the amount of people who want to access her music for free.
find a chill with the Beyoncé posts please
Well, she is basically done with this era anyways. Smart move. Get those coins Bey.
She will make more money if her music isnt on Spotfy . Taylor got it right.
Time will tell. I think it’s brilliant that she moved to Spotify. Taylor moved out and she moved in so now she’ll have the benefit of album sales plus the views on Spotify counting towards additional sales. It’s win/win.
Beyonce’s thirst this time is overwhelming! I’m so disappointed in her as an artist. The reason why I used to like her is because of her insane talent and she didn’t need to stoop so low to sell or get attention. Now look at her. Going to great lengths and whatever costs just to sell. It’s a shame!
We have Tinashe now child
YAS Aquarius is the best album released this year. I hate how everyone seems to be sleeping on Tinashe because she such a great performer.
Girl bye, the era is over! She didn’t put the album on Spotify for almost a year. Great lengths is getting on twitter begging you fans to break silly Vevo records.
What is she doing that is is “extra”? She uploaded the videos onto vevo and all the songs from the album are on spotify. To me, that is dumb as it allows listeners free access to her whole album as oppose to just the singles.
It’s a smart move, considering the new rules on how streaming and YouTube views now contribute to the billboard 200 chart.
This timing is by design. The rules just changed for what is considered a ‘sale’..
FinaLly the album is on spotify too,
I bought the CD when it dropped but now i get even more Bey.
IAN GONNA LIE, Beyonce and her Team are smart af,,i wouldn’t be surprised if Billboard told her ass ahead of time that they was changing sht up lol. Also this will gives artists who have been around & albums have FLOPPED, maybe just maybe it will give them a chance.
She was soo wrong for not giving this album the proper promotional push. This is her best work to date and she paid it dust, the album deserved so much more.
awww it kinda made me feel sad because that the official end of the ERA which for me was her best one for a year she basically kept us on our toes from surprises to surprises
When will Rhi…aka SATAN!
Ariana’s gonna be featured on the pinkprint!!!!!
Pity the era is over, it’s not even been a year since the album was released. She really don’t give a f*** anymore. Let’s pray that rumoured joint album with Jay z stays a rumour. Nobody asked for that, it’s beyond overkill.
Overexposed + over ra ted = YAWNce
Beyonce fansite
Yet you’re still here, that just proves you’re stanning for Bey so bad.
All hail King Bey!!! She’s the ish, now when will your fave?
Yet you’re still here, that just proves you’re stanning for Bey so bad.
To me, musically it’s her best work but it should be remembered only for the marketing.
QUEEN!!!! But I actually think taking all her music off Spotify is a better move like what Taylor did…
Say what you please about her, but she’s always one step ahead the girls………
Smart move Parkwood ENT …..#GETMONEY
“OF”
MOTHA! yes, tell these broke b****** to sit down. Tina she can’t even break dust, Rihanna is still hiding her frog-croaking voice and nothing can stop King B. This b**** here will destroy your irrelevant faves.
Can we get a post on Official Charts confirming Bey has sold over 5 million WW.
sales are milked. now for bb stats. that penny per stream is nothing for the wallet, is it?
BEYONCE aint even 1year old and y’all already thirsty for album6. Smh, this digital social media age has literally zapped attention spans (Rihanna’s impact). She aint giving y’all a new album until 2016 tbh, and even then, it will probably be a Greatest Hits release.
Oh….how savy…..watch them weep and moan…..bey shows them that there is more than one way to skin a cat
Beyonce is making it a point to knock Taylor Swift out the number one spot, Even if it’s only for a week she’s just letting her know I can still do it lol
Yassss b**** you beta moveeeeee units!!!
Bey could sneeze and you guys would call it a major move. Her album was cute for what it was, but the surprise gimmick wore off and people supped caring. She could’ve done so much more this era. Ijs…
bey never discounts… Now you can listen to the full thing for free and its genius… All the people that bought the album thinking the videos justified the price must feel like fools right now!
Yes…. its called stunting…..someone or something pissed her off….maybe that dale award ghetto had DRoss give tay tay last nigh…..LMAO..go get em bey!
You guys were right… The new system is designed to help girls who can’t sell albums
Fake award…..that b**** aint playing nice now….gloves off now your move white América F it….
wait, didnt the bey hive praise bey up and down for not ever releasing her album on spotify like some other artists they claimed couldnt sell? didnt they put down other artists for this? Now its genius?
I thought chart success wasnt what bey was all about, she never chases it?
Lol. Seriously the H in hive must stand for Hypocrite cause they are the very definition of the word!
Bey says let that check come at their neck…..she meant it….now listen for her next move…..bye bye Columbia records..
Desperate!
Like you’re LIFE!!!!!!!
Call me when real sales play an important role in all this, records sales will irrelevant in a few months, we won’t know what artists are slaying the billboard 200 with real sales, now flops will be as great as Michael Jackson, sadly.
She is giving away the old s***…..open your eyes…wait for it……
so bey herself is saying her music cant last more than a year? Talk about macalbums
Ask any one….does ir really matter what you did last year? Or is it significant what you’re doing now?
You tell us hun. I mean, is that what Rihanna says when she releases an album and changes her whole identity a.k.a “reinvents” herself, every year, just to stay relevant?
If youre gonna play… put your big girls draws on and grow some balls…..wait for it……she’s just getting started
BOSS!!! I’m hearing Beyonce sold 5 Million + WW!! Yassss We need a post confirming that lol… The SHADE!
the delusion!
The INFLATION
The PRESSEDNESS! kii
http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/beyonces-surprise-album-1-year-on-10-amazing-chartfacts-3304/……….RECEIPTS PROVIDED. Now let these pressed b****** fume.
When MTV confirmed that TTT had sold 4.4 million WW yawl said that was a LIE but the official chart says it and its gospel ?
Im literally in tears! The hive so desperate tho… clinging on to every whimsical statement of false success
Genius move! I’m not ready for this era the be over though:/
*to
Ummmm, can we help you??? Because you look BEYhyrdated
@Blue
Ummmm, can we help you??? Because you look BEYhydrated
can you give me a tall glass of Beylusion. Seriously its a smart move it just makes the give hypocrites praising it when before they said she stood for every opposite it.
The operative word is “they”!
The bottom black ass line is, that it was a smart move. She progressing as an entertainer. It’s called fluidity. Time to get with the millenium.
I hate the new Billboard rules. At the same time, it makes sense for artists to take advantage of it, since it’s their job to sell us music, and goal to achieve, high charting numbers.
Artist, like Rih and Bey will get a boost, but complete flops, will benefit from the new rules, the most.
They will go from #79 to relevance…
She shipped 5 million ww.. She’s sold perhaps something closer to 4 million..
@Slay_Hive. They’re going to seethe while they stay using receipts from a Twitter account that says its his hobby lol.
http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/beyonces-surprise-album-1-year-on-10-amazing-chartfacts-3304/
The beehive is insane and the leader appears to be too, this obsession with rihanna is clinical and the hypocrisy it’s just wayyyyy too much geesh
Wait….i thought ri ri is on the same team….lol….ehh yall think Jay aint let her drop R8 yet?…..waiting for the rules yo change…..don’t be fooled ri ri and bey bey are one team…..Roc is banking…..
wait!! So the bey hive is running with this 5 million sold based on one websites statement? Men if its this easy why hasnt some ciara stan claimed ciara sold 10 mill with her last album yet? But then again this comes from the same stanbase that goes around claiming their fav has the highest selling celebrity perfume and never landed on any top selling list…
I mean do they even get how stupid this makes them, no offence to bey because she cant help it but man her stan be ore stupid than a cotton filled bear!
Looool why are you seething all up and down this post? No one has mentioned your fave so why are you here? Dont people base Beyonces sales off ONE Twitter account? Whats the difference, besides the fact one has te word ‘official’ in it which makes it credible.
I can’t stop watching 7/11 video. Its so freaking cute. And as a result, the song is growing on me.
its called hypocrisy, one moment she is classy the next she is a feminist, one moment she is an album seller the next 3 mil total is earth shattering sales, one moment she dont care about chart success the next she is fluid!
Stand for something please
Hand this pressed panini a towel and ice bucket*
‘Cool off, cool off’ – Beyonce voice.
@Fran its pretty shameful, hence the recent meltdowns in all her posts.
Ugh wrong reply section.
Girl are you mad or nah?
I know its hard for the Navy all year gloating ‘beyonces scared, wheres her album’ (how the tables have turned) and Bey released and ended up outselling, outgrossing and outwealthing your faves more exposed era. #Karma #Pawdatt
you are bey stan so im gonna let it go that you dont know what more exposed means.
Lmao don’t try the ‘you’re dumb’ trick on me. I know damn well what exposure means. Your fave was MORE exposed the entire era across different mediums those are the facts only. Shall we list all the exposure from each era and compare?
Oh my how the tables have turn…….
All of last year, where the album, where’s the single? Well Navy where is the album and single?
got nothing against bey its her fans that really crack me up. And im not meeting more laughing at this flip-flops they do to justify their love of bey. Like they love her because she never changes her hair style and they all about how consistent she is, next she is a genius for dying it black… And its all about how versatile she is…
You just want to shake one of them till they settle on one thought.
Sorry if Im mistaking, but isnt that what the Navy does best?
THIS, is genius move. Signing a $50 million endorsement deal, is a genius move.
The Navy is the stan base who supports basic achievements. Rihanna changes her hair style almost everyday and its still the same old song and dance EVERYTIME about how “iconic” and “amazing” she is. All the b**** did, was change her hair color or get a new tattoo.
Oh! the irony of everything you just said.
@Fran its pretty shameful, hence the recent meltdowns in all her posts.
good job bey!
Shame on you beyhive!
Where is R8 and it’s singles?
im sorry but im but a humble stan not part of her management can only sit and wait for it to drop, but dont worry will be right behind you in the lines come release day release.
@blue
No, go on and answer the question. Since you were acting like 50 cent, and asking the Hive 21 questions prior to the release of “Beyonce”
Hive, whats the deal with Bey selling 5 mill???
turns out thats only happened in a lil place called #inyourhead
this was addressed to #hive members!!—->exit my reply section
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!
According to some people *cough cough*, Beyonce is restricted from doing anything outside of the box. Then when she doesnt, she is too “professional” and robotic. At this point, it’s a lose, lose matter.
Well guess what! As hard as it is to believe, Beyonce is actually a…. HUMAN BEING. People arent one dimensional. They are BINARY. And if I was Beyonce, I would be saying f*** it too.
Kay i think i figured it out. The site that said Self-titled sold 3.5mill WW only counts based on 10 countries. These are the countries they count:http://www.mediatraffic.de/index.htm
so that extra 1.5 probably came from everywhere else!! IDK!! *Shrugs*
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@blue
No, go on and answer the question. Since you were acting like 50 cent, and asking the Hive 21 questions prior to the release of “Beyonce”
The question is why shouldn’t she do this??
May as well.
Smart move!!!
This is the woman that did no talk shows and circuits to promote the album but took the music business to another level amongst the struggles.
Using right sources and maximising opportunity!! #LEGEND.
i know for a fact beyonce never came up with these ideas …. i love her but come on she didnt even finish school all of a sudden she some marketing genious
“Face palm” You sound like an absolute moron.
Desperate for a hit.
How is she desperate for a hit?
Lol the navy and their breakdowns. #Hilarious.
Go Queen Bey!
Good for her and you h**+ are a bunch of hypocrites I thought vevo views didn’t matter? And stream queen? Lmao Sam estas loco seriously tho beyonce deserves better she works way too hard to have fans this stupid oh well
The navy is sooo pressed smh
pulllleaseeee yall love to hate on RiRi but she shits and drags your fav when it comes to steaming & views. Rihanna on an average does
100 mill to 300 mill views on Vevo while your fav struggles to get 80 FACTS! It’s no secret she and Jay bought her last project to boost sales. She’s talented, but OVER RATED!
I think you mean it no secret the people who used the tired ‘she bought it’ excuses just can’t handle the truth.
Thank god its over now she can sit down somewhere. This was her most boring and lazy era ever. S*** didnt even last for a damn year and still has yet to outsell a disney soundtrack!
But she outsold everyone female popstat that year. So unless you stan for Adele hi sit somewhere.
Just got in and went straight to Itunes to buy Yonce’s Platinum Edition! … Wow @Bey being top 10 everything on it. She just won’t finish… Anyway, let me get back to what I’m doing(7 items left downloading). Heyyyy Hive! *waves*
wrong post …
The thirst (and desperation) to compete with Taylor Swift is MAJOR.
Currently on spotify streaming the album. I bought the original Self Titled but I won’t be buying the the Platinum. Most of the remixes suck!
Lol @ beyonce’s latest catalog at Spotify to inflate her album sales. The struggle to out due slaylor swift.
Yawnce slashed her album @$8.99 that’s almost like half price. Her music videos are free.. ROFL
Music videos usually cost $1.99
King Riri will benefit to the new billboard album policy. Riri will sold more than 618,000 in one day. Katy Perry will sold about 500,000
Taylor doesn’t need Spotify. Beyonce needs it. She’s struggling to sold past 617,000 without suprise release and without free 12 music videos. Lol. That’s worst than amazon 99 cents scandal
Is that why Bey outsold unapologetic.
Clinging to Taylor won’t change the fact Beyonce outsold your fave. The desperation is so real lol.
The navy are heart broken lol where is LB and mark? Oh I guess the can’t stand the heat of Beyonce’s success
1989 is currently at 2.21 million in US after 4 weeks
Beyonce is currently @ 2.14 after 12 months. Lol. I cracked up when I heard that news. I really thought it was funny. Taylor slayed Beyonce.Beyonce is over.
This coming from the navy lmao
hahahah..and where is Rihanna after 2 years?
Rihanna is in a league of her own, prepping for her diamond ball, being the youngest black female star in the world