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What's Matter? Beyoncé's career is on Point yet. She is Young and take Care a Lot with her career, Voice, mind and body. She deserves as much as everybody.
Hmm at Everything is Love being included in Beyonce's current total but never ever Destiny's Child. Beyonce's career in a group and solo outsell all mentioned in this article and can still sell more off of her 2008 LP than songs these folks have released just last year.
Beyonce's career continues to not get enough credit.
Look at Beyonce without bias, her pure sales are lacking, her streams aren't where they could be, yes she is a touring force but she has a downward trend, the number dont lie
Instead of “next” to 100M, who has reached already reached 100M but have not had a Chartmastsers CSPC compiled yet?...most likely Rod Stewart, Van Halen, Sinatra, Clapton, Twisted Sister, Neil Diamond, Sting/Police...who am I missing?
Interesting topic!
I'm betting money on either Taylor or Coldplay.
Taylor still has the best career momentum among top 5 (loyal fanbase, streaming audience interested) Reputation was frontloaded at first (proving her fans' loyalty) but subsequent singles flop, making the era lose heat for a while. However the last single Delicate performing very well (on all streaming, radio, sales) suggest the audience still love Taylor with the right track. With her switching label (Republic) - the label will put more money in promotion + streaming, and I think an increase from Reputation's 6M is very likely.
Coldplay for their consistent selling back catalogue.
I feel like Adele's next album will be very frontloaded. A mega hit, selling big in Q4 & Q1 next year, then stop selling if she doesn't have any other hits (Her core fanbase will buy the album at that point. I don't know how she performs on streaming) Her core fanbase is loyal but the casual fans are decreasing (I think)
Rihanna: it depends on whether her single is big or not. ANTI feels like her Ray of Light moment (comeback album after a hiatus, earning both critical & commercial success, starting her ~adult career phase) In that case, the next album should be like Music: big debut single, followed by decent singles, decent sales overall. Madonna went from ROL's 18M to Music's 13M (a 33% decrease) That suggests Rihanna's next album at around 4M (ANTI at 6M)
I think Drake's overexposing himself a bit.
Among all the artists above, I'd bet money on Bieber having the biggest album. He does well on all radio - streaming - selling. His album will be 4-5 years from Purpose and will create anticipation among fans. He's still popular in press (unlike Adele) so will have more casual fans buying. Adele will have biggest debut but in the long run it's Bieber.
Beyonce really needs to embrace streaming more. She's such a strong streaming artist when her most recent music is unavailable for streaming, imagine if it is available.
The difference is that "Beyonce" as an entertainer did not exist until after Destiny's Child made it big. Just like Justin Timberlake and NSYNC. Those groups were known as GROUPS, and part of the trend of groups in the late 90s. Fans back then loved and supported groups. You wouldn't hear people rushing out to get the new "Beyonce" or "Justin" album, it was to get the new DC or NSYNC album. The difference with the Carters album is that it was released after Beyonce had made it solo and formed her own specific fan base, making it more of a "side project" than a separate act.
Saying Beyonce's career doesn't get enough credit is ridiculous. What do you even mean? She is one of the most admired and praised acts of the last 15 years! Critical acclaim, big sales, big tours, big appearances, etc. What more could you want? Not everyone can pull Adele sales.
For this reason she sold all these physical and digital copies of lemonade, her only album outside streaming platforms.
How her streaming numbers aren't where they could be If she is the most streamed female artist of her generation? Only Shakira match her. She is one of the Best selling R&B artist in the last 15 years with just six albums. Your setences don't make any Sense. Sorry
Hi dhhd!
Yes, it's only a matter of time. Her catalog is way more valuable nowadays and the gap is already fairly thin.
Hi Lou Pole!
I take you Twisted Sister is some kind of April's fool 😉
On top of the others, you can add Kenny Rogers and Stevie Wonder who are contenders, same for the Beach Boys, Genesis, the Doors, Chicago. Not all will make it but if they don't they will come close!
I agree MJD on Britney!Now that you got Elvis, a test to deal with Frank , are you piecing together or close to finally doing Frank Sinatra the most enduring and iconic ( & charted /prolific ) artist ever!!🙌💡
