charts discussion Beyoncé fails to top iTunes, is her career on decline ?

[1989]

2 minutes ago, Toxicity. said:

This isn't about "Wait until the movie is out!! it's early!!" We're talking about initial release impact which most girls especially one at Beyonce level would excel at. Even Megatron went #1 . Also this has the first banner on iTunes main page hmm. 

 

I love Bey and the song but yeah, this. I was a bit surprised this didn’t go #1. 

[Erreur2 La Nature]

Eh I don’t even like Beyoncé but that’s a soundtrack song from a movie that isn’t even out. Just wait. Lmao. Anything to be negative and bash women. 

[iHype.]

Can y'all stop using all these side projects (EIL, Homecoming, TLK) to gauge her current career state  I don't think TLK will be that huge music wise. However her catalog still pulls insane numbers, so I wouldn't write her off either. The public is still clearly listening to her a lot on a weekly basis.

 

Apple Music:

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116    +2    Beyoncé - Lemonade
234    +24    Beyoncé - 4 (Expanded Edition)
364    +8    Beyoncé - Dangerously in Love
688    +38    Beyoncé - B'Day (Deluxe Edition)
689    +36    Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce
709    +20    Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ
769    -2    Destiny's Child - Destiny Fulfilled
938    +17    Destiny's Child - The Writing's On the Wall
1202    NEW    Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ (More Only) - EP
 

289    -2    Taylor Swift - reputation
409    +20    Taylor Swift - 1989
593    +11    Taylor Swift - Red
838    -46    Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift (Bonus Track Version)
966    -54    Taylor Swift - Speak Now
 

348    -1    Rihanna - ANTI (Deluxe)
455    -16    Rihanna - ANTI (Deluxe)
809    +4    Rihanna - Unapologetic (Deluxe Version)
942    +54    Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
944    +13    Rihanna - Loud (Deluxe)
1379    -13    Rihanna - Talk That Talk (Deluxe Edition)

 

1006    -31    Lady Gaga - The Fame

 

477    -4    Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
 
265    -11    Adele - 21
290    +3    Adele - 25
1278    -8    Adele - 19

 

1444    NEW    P!nk - Greatest Hits...So Far!!!

 

333    +24    Ariana Grande - Dangerous Woman
659    +2    Ariana Grande - Yours Truly
690    +3    Ariana Grande - My Everything (Deluxe)

 

N/A - Britney, Christina

 

Spotify, top 5 pre-streaming era hits:

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Beyonce:
Halo - 639m
Crazy in Love - 394m
Love on Top - 288m
Run the World - 288m
Irreplaceable - 260m
= 1.869 billion

 

Rihanna:
We Found Love - 514m
Diamonds - 493m
Umbrella - 352m
Take a Bow - 279m
S&M - 247m
= 1.885 billion

 

Katy:
Firework - 346m
The One That Got Away - 270m
TGIF - 254m
California Gurls - 224m
I Kissed a Girl - 204m
= 1.298 billion

 

Gaga:
Bad Romance - 314m
Poker Face - 314m
Telephone - 228m
Just Dance - 208m
Born this Way - 168m
= 1.232 billion

 

Adele:
Someone Like You - 627m
Rolling in the Deep - 550m
Make You Feel My Love - 419m
Set Fire to the Rain - 340m
Chasing Pavements - 177m
= 2.113 billion

 

P!nk:
Try - 215m
Raise Your Glass - 202m
So What - 179m
****in' Perfect - 110m
Sober - 104m
= 810 million

 

Britney:
Toxic - 316m
Scream & Shout - 278m
BOMT - 225m
Oops! - 212m
Womanizer - 147m
= 1.178 billion

 

[Drive Bitch]

Christina did it with Fall in Line which didn't have hype from the biggest disney movie of all time  

[loliza]

Monsters always being the problematic fanbase, the one who wants to tear down other popgirls based on ridiculous reasons

O.t TLK is not even out, it's a soundtrack so it trends to do better with the movie out. 

But yeah she's over, poor beyonce never gonna see a success again, how's she going to be relevant when literally every popgirl (or rapper, or any musician) would love to collab with her

[BGKC]

7 minutes ago, iHype. said:

Can y'all stop using all these side projects (EIL, Homecoming, TLK) to gauge her current career state  I don't think TLK will be that huge music wise. However her catalog still pulls insane numbers, so I wouldn't write her off either. The public is still clearly listening to her a lot on a weekly basis.

 

Apple Music:

 

Spotify, top 5 pre-streaming era hits:

 

What’s most interesting is Halo peaked at #5 in the US and it stood the test of time and turned out to be bigger than the majority of the girls’ hits that decade. It also took a minute for the GP to pick it up. Meanwhile Beyoncé not having a #1 solo hit in over a decade is used as a drag in regards to her not being relevant. She has hits that didn’t even peak in the top 10 with more streams than the girls and their top 3’s 

[Sporefan]

Heard from the Hive that iTunes is RACIST!!!! that’s why she can’t hit #1

[Lady Claire]

It will climb back and even hits #1 when the movie comes out... but it's weird that her fanbase couldn't give her the top spot from the get go, considering they're apparently everywhere

 

[Pop]

Yes. 

[Fitzswiftie]

52 minutes ago, Cannabis said:

i thought her fan base was big, gaga stans keep shallow at n1 for weeks (before the movie premiered)

Single by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
from the album A Star Is Born
Released	September 27, 2018

 

Release date	August 31, 2018 (Venice) October 5, 2018 (United States)

 

8 days doesn’t equal a week

[Istan4R]

23 minutes ago, Drive Bitch said:

Christina did it with Fall in Line which didn't have hype from the biggest disney movie of all time  

Thank you for proving the point that itunes number 1s are irrelevant and FIL failed to chart on the hot 100 

[BLΔCKP!NK]

She's over

[BLΔCKP!NK]

3 minutes ago, Fitzswiftie said:

Single by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
from the album A Star Is Born
Released	September 27, 2018

 

Release date	August 31, 2018 (Venice) October 5, 2018 (United States)

 

8 days doesn’t equal a week

......you do know 7 days is a week right?

[B3000]

iTunes is irrelevant in 2019 period 

[BGKC]

3 minutes ago, Lady Claire said:

It will climb back and even hits #1 when the movie comes out... but it's weird that her fanbase couldn't give her the top spot from the get go, considering they're apparently everywhere

 

I honestly didn’t even know it was released until I clocked out of work several hours later. I anticipated the release for the 11th, not the 10th. As did the rest of the base. 

[Fitzswiftie]

28 minutes ago, iHype. said:

EIL, Homecoming, TLK

• A Grammy and $250m+ tour

• $60m Netflix Deal and likely winner of Emmys

• $150m opening weekend

 

If only the others could “flop” like this with their side projects

[Fitzswiftie]

Just now, Bussea said:

......you do know 7 days is a week right?

Yes, was responding to claim that Shallow was no.1 was weeks before ASIB was released when it was only out for 8 days before the film.

[killer_rose]

Monsters just never learn...It doesn't matter if it performs better or worse than Shallow. 

At the end of the day the Hive got a new song to enjoy and movie to see. No one is forcing the song down anyone's throat. 

Let Beyonce have her moment. 

[TipToe]

TLK is her ARTPOP era

 

[Gaia]

1 hour ago, cartierdelrey said:

She's over, yall thought this would compete with Shallow LMFAOOOO

Even if I can’t stand her fans, i must say Shallow is a good song (but IWNLA is much better).

 

Spirit on the other hand...

[Lady Bird]

57 minutes ago, Toxicity. said:

This isn't about "Wait until the movie is out!! it's early!!" We're talking about initial release impact which most girls especially one at Beyonce level would excel at. Even Megatron went #1 . Also this has the first banner on iTunes main page hmm. 

 

 

1 hour ago, cartierdelrey said:

yall thought this would compete with Shallow LMFAOOOO

Period

 

[MaRy]

1 hour ago, filmman said:

The mess that is coming

 

This gif

 

ot: I think commercially her career is over, expected though considered during her age, ageism is real

[retromaury]

The whole no interview, untouchable/goddess persona backfired. People are sick of it.

[Diocles]

The song is terrible.

[Yanko]

even megatron went #1 for 15 minutes