18 minutes ago, Mr. Specialist said:

How many copies do y’all predict Act II will sell within the first week?

 

I’m going to leap and say I think she can sell 400k+ in the U.S. alone. 
 

I honestly think the sales for Act II will surprise everyone. I don’t think anybody expected Texas Hold Em to smash this hard, especially so early. 

I think it depends on the amount of physicals/versions… if Renaissance had vinyls available upon release (besides the limited edition) it would have done like 370k in the US.. so +400k is definitely doable, act II will probably have better streams and if she might have vinyls variants this time 

The difference really is wild.

36 minutes ago, MrPiggyMoka said:

Imagine the struggle to get the tickets for the next tour

I'm honestly not ready...

Last time, I got my tickets by SHEER LUCK because @BnPac shared a link he randomly found on Twitter... I don't think it's gonna happen this time so I feel like I'll miss out.

But I'm also part of the ones who says she's not gonna tour for this album... The residency would be a nice way to switch it up.

47 minutes ago, Mr. Specialist said:

How many copies do y’all predict Act II will sell within the first week?

 

I’m going to leap and say I think she can sell 400k+ in the U.S. alone. 
 

I honestly think the sales for Act II will surprise everyone. I don’t think anybody expected Texas Hold Em to smash this hard, especially so early. 

I’m gonna eat a cookie and say I knew it would be this big Day 1! 😂

 

I predict 425K - 575K 🤠

Perhaps an unpopular opinion but I've said this since the beginning. The Big Freedia intro during BMS is jarring and probably turns some people off.

4 minutes ago, ShouldersSideways said:

Perhaps an unpopular opinion but I've said this since the beginning. The Big Freedia intro during BMS is jarring and probably turns some people off.

The truth is rather: People these days gravitate more towards music that has real Instruments in it: Flowers, Harrys Album, Taylor dominance, Lanas success..

Unless u make HipHop, "real" music is favored these days

48 minutes ago, Mr. Specialist said:

How many copies do y’all predict Act II will sell within the first week?

 

I’m going to leap and say I think she can sell 400k+ in the U.S. alone. 
 

I honestly think the sales for Act II will surprise everyone. I don’t think anybody expected Texas Hold Em to smash this hard, especially so early. 

Have been back and forthing with myself about this. 

 

I'd say... 300k to be safe. 

 

Yes, she has a bigger hit on her hands at the moment, but not having the pre-order up is extremely jarring. Like, why give yourself 4 weeks to sell big numbers when you actually had 7 weeks to play with?

 

I trust that they have a plan and maybe just maybe the data supports her performing better in sales with a more condensed window of drops (title, covers, variants, merch etc). 

 

I could actually see her doing way more than 300k, but it's contingent on them really doing all the things. Loads of covers, formats, and retail partner exclusives (Target, Amazon, her store).

Another story of legend being the NICEST to people.

10 hours ago, Fleahive said:

Also I’m shaking my reputation score went from neutral to good after 3 consecutive posts of mine in this thread got lots of laughs and likes! I’ve been trying to be less pessimistic or hiding it behind humor so the gworls don’t keep jump me with downvotes! I’ll try to save my deep “annoying” thots for other spaces but no guarantees. I kinda miss the weekly lashings for simply being paranoid about Beyoncé falling off or getting canceled. 

This is now my villain origin story

13 minutes ago, ShouldersSideways said:

Perhaps an unpopular opinion but I've said this since the beginning. The Big Freedia intro during BMS is jarring and probably turns some people off.

The only complaints I heard from the geepee was that the song was too long and repetitive. The climax to that EVERYBODY!!! shout took too long. Without Freedia the song has no flavor. 

I love BMS and think it's a great anthem that suits Renaissance really well

The GP not connecting as much with the song doesn't make it bad

Also act ii's lead wouldn't be performing as well without act i

 

 

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21 minutes ago, ShouldersSideways said:

Perhaps an unpopular opinion but I've said this since the beginning. The Big Freedia intro during BMS is jarring and probably turns some people off.

I get you but personally, I love Big Freeda's part. It adds a little flavour to it. 

 

3 minutes ago, V$. said:

 

Some of these records are getting hyper specific

7 minutes ago, ShouldersSideways said:

Some of these records are getting hyper specific

this. 

 

next tweet: “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” by Beyoncé has surpassed X streams on Spotify. Thats faster than Neil Armstrong landed on the moon in 1969. 

 

 

BMS was her first proper solo single in the streaming era, and she was starting off on a back foot following Lemonade, EIL and The Gift. She didn't have a big streaming base. In that context it did very well. 

 

THE is building on the expanded streaming audience she developed following rennie. 

29 minutes ago, chaeyonce said:

I love BMS and think it's a great anthem that suits Renaissance really well

The GP not connecting as much with the song doesn't make it bad

Also act ii's lead wouldn't be performing as well without act i

 

 

But in Europe everybody started screaming when that song came on the Loudest ( during the Tour ) so i dont get the not GP friendly ? Like it was a hit 

26 minutes ago, V$. said:

 

Lol, what is this?

You can sense that the good dis was just waiting to post that too.

 

9 minutes ago, V$. said:

 

 

It is SO amazing how everybody gets Beyonces intentions AND celebrates them. Its been a long time since a Beyonce project hasn't caused division, but rather unity

Been thinking about Beys interests and how she likes to pay homage and I will BET fresh money that Selena Q (from TX) is gonna be in this somehow.

 

 

50 minutes ago, Punch said:

But in Europe everybody started screaming when that song came on the Loudest ( during the Tour ) so i dont get the not GP friendly ? Like it was a hit 

Its amazing live as Beyonce is and she can make magic. As a standalone track on streaming it is not something you want to listen to on a normal day to day basis imo. Look at its streams compared to CUFF IT, people love playing CUFF IT at get togethers and stuff, I have not heard BMS again since that original period.

 

Texas is here to stay like LOT, CUFF IT, Halo imo.

1 hour ago, ShouldersSideways said:

Some of these records are getting hyper specific

They are just clapping back 

I'm still shook over these Spotify numbers. THE really is that girl. 

 

I also received my Cecred Super Fan Bundle in the mail today. So far, I've tried the Nourishing Shampoo (a great product, but the smell is a bit too perfumey for me), Moisturizing Deep Conditioner (My fave so far), and the Nourishing Hair Oil (another great product, though I wish it were a bit thicker. Amazing smell). You can tell Bey and Tina put a lot of thought into the product, and I have no doubt she will invest more energy into promoting this to make it successful. 

37 minutes ago, satellites.™ said:

Been thinking about Beys interests and how she likes to pay homage and I will BET fresh money that Selena Q (from TX) is gonna be in this somehow.

 

 

Omg I was thinking the same thing! I would not be surprised to see some Spanish influence from here - especially from Selena!