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Originally posted by ♔Drais Ivy Carter
Right, and they swore up and down it would outsell 4 within the first 4 weeks. Not even with a WW #1 and all the airplay in the worldT

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Beyonce's promo for '4':
Oprah's finale (18 million viewers)
American Idol finale (29.3 million viewers)
Entertainment Tonight
Glastonbury (biggest music festival in the world)
X Factor France Finale
Le Grande Journal
Piers Morgan Interview
VMA's Performance (HUGE publicity due to her pregnancy)
Good Morning America
Oxygen Festival
T In the Park Festival
The View
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
MTV Special: Year of 4
Billboard Awards Performance
ALL THIS PLUS 4 singles and none of them have scanned a million in the US. Coming off a 6 million plus selling album, 15 years of momentum, and being named 'Artist of the Decade' yet she struggled to reach 2 million in worldwide sales and dropped off the WW charts just a few weeks later.
BEFORE Rihanna even did any major high profile performances, Talk That Talk had sold 2 million worldwide based off her name and WFL alone. No interviews, no TV specials, not 60872891 videos, and she had just released an album the previous year.
