33 minutes ago, Shelter said:

I don’t want Bey to lose her number 1 streak. I want the physicals out 

Her #1 streak isn’t in danger at all. No album will be above 100K at that time, which Bey will comfortably debut past.

3 minutes ago, Rafael said:

Any chance that lunatic naz* racist piece of trash Kanye will drop Vultures 2 on Bey's day? He should have released on the 8th. Imagine a song as big as carnival blocking her everywhere come 3/29

 

And now Future announced 2 f*cking new albums. 1 the week before Act 2 and 1 the week after

 

This is sooo packed... oh my God

Thought the same about Kanye when I saw that he "missed" the release of Vultures 2.

 

Though I do "think" there for sure is a behind-the-scenes handshake agreement the big acts all have with each other to never drop on the same day (it's bad for business brand-wise).

 

As for Future, he rarely does big numbers without a lead-in hit featuring Drake. So we're fine on that front. 

 

For all the moaning, I'm fairly confident even a fumbled release from Bey would still open at #1. It's just at the risk of being with so-so numbers. I guess we'll see.

The only way Bey isn’t getting the #1 is if for some reason Taylor decides to release her album early, and we know that ain’t happening.

13 minutes ago, Rafael said:

Any chance that lunatic naz* racist piece of trash Kanye will drop Vultures 2 on Bey's day? He should have released on the 8th. Imagine a song as big as carnival blocking her everywhere come 3/29

 

And now Future announced 2 f*cking new albums. 1 the week before Act 2 and 1 the week after

 

This is sooo packed... oh my God

Vultures 2 is coming in the next 24-48 hours. Kanye missing the 8th is nothing. Vultures 1 was meant to be released on 9th Feb but it ended up dropping on the 10th. He’s always a couple of days late but he will drop imminently.

iirc Taylor submitted Midnights for vinyl production in May and released in October and Harry’s House took 6/7 months for vinyl production. I don’t know if that’s affecting the preorder for the album. If she wants to avoid leaks it could be that plants are so backed up with the number of big releases this year that they can’t cater to her wishes of producing just for her.

11 minutes ago, Machete said:

Her #1 streak isn’t in danger at all. No album will be above 100K at that time, which Bey will comfortably debut past.

Wouldn’t be surprised if Drake surprise dropped or something. 

Edited March 9, 20242 yr by Shelter

Oh my mind is dangerously approaching barbz territory of conspiracies. Everyone and their nonnas has music this quarter, like I know Taylor is coming but can they not wait until Q3/Q4? What’s happening? WW3? Alien Superstars? Elections?  

6 hours ago, Cbreezy said:

Legit question and one that doesn't come with judgment or an angle, but I'm curious...

 

Do y'all really have no care or investment in whether the album sells or nah?

 

Would a 120k debut and capping out at 500k-600k...be ok?

 

Do you think she'll magically go back to selling 300k+ for act 3?

 

I've seen a lot of "well, its sales won't affect my enjoyment of the music or era" and "she can do what she wants" remarks. That isn't the question, though. It's more a case of: are you totally a-ok with an underperformance for this album?

 

Again, I respect everyone's takes and don't look at my own as gospel.

 

It's just kinda ironic to see the pushback on anyone who doesn't have this hyper-relaxed attitude to preorder-gate when...the vast majority of those same people are camped in the Texas Hold Em thread monitoring its hourly performance. AND...were the same people, during Rennie, pulling their hair out about her leaving the album for dead when the only track doing streaming #s was Cuff It.

 

It kinda gives the vibe of more of us being Chart Hive than we like to admit. There's those who play that card when there's success to claim (e.g. like Texas), but turn around play it down during quieter windows ("she has nothing to prove")....only to be the same ones complaining mid-era when there's any kind of underperformance that other stan groups are given license to clown us for.

Then there's those (like yours truly) who are unapologetic chart hive and want her doing big numbers every time because she is a big artist (the biggest) and drops music worthy of that. An admitted drawback being that it can sometimes take away from the "enjoyment of the era".

 

The psychology of stanning, especially in online spaces like this, will never not intrigue, confuse, annoy, and delight me all at the same damn time lol. 

I love reading your posts but I think they're maybe going around in circles a bit at the moment, fuelled by Bey giving us nothing to work with. You make a lot of points. People on here clearly care about her success. Look at the last 3 weeks in the base and you will see the posts with the most reacts are the ones around TH'E success.

For me, I have always enjoyed numbers and statistics, It is a big part of what I do for work so it consumes a lot of my life.

For Bey, I want good numbers, not to be able to brag on ATRL and Twitter but because it buys me as a fan, certain privileges that increase my enjoyment. For one, I am loving hearing Texas on the radio. I love that I can discuss the song with my friends and family and that they're actually aware a Bey album is coming. I love attending a stadium tour with likeminded people, where everyone is dressed up, living their best lives. I cherish the fact she is still big enough for the said Tour, to get a theatre release, one I went to 4 times. Her Super Bowl performances, her Verizon ad etc. All of this will not be viable if she flops into oblivion.


 

11 minutes ago, Starshine said:

Oh my mind is dangerously approaching barbz territory of conspiracies. Everyone and their nonnas has music this quarter, like I know Taylor is coming but can they not wait until Q3/Q4? What’s happening? WW3? Alien Superstars? Elections?  

The biggest US election of our lifetime (again...) is coming up. It's going to be a miserably bleak time inundated with nothing but politics. 

31 minutes ago, storminthedark said:

iirc Taylor submitted Midnights for vinyl production in May and released in October and Harry’s House took 6/7 months for vinyl production. I don’t know if that’s affecting the preorder for the album. If she wants to avoid leaks it could be that plants are so backed up with the number of big releases this year that they can’t cater to her wishes of producing just for her.

Now if Jay wanted to do some industry moves, he would have gotten into Vinyls a while ago 

 

I'm sorry I know the visuals talk is tired but I just know what happens between pics 6 and 7 will be a moment.  She's in the same car in both pics but in pic 6 she looks put together and pic 7 is giving anger/emotion. Something obviously pisses her off or makes her cry to look like that in pic 7.

 

 

I did notice that this car is different to the car in the Texas teaser though as that one has a black steering wheel. So maybe the act i and act ii visuals aren't as connected as we think?

 

1 hour ago, Rafael said:

Any chance that lunatic naz* racist piece of trash Kanye will drop Vultures 2 on Bey's day? He should have released on the 8th. Imagine a song as big as carnival blocking her everywhere come 3/29

 

And now Future announced 2 f*cking new albums. 1 the week before Act 2 and 1 the week after

 

This is sooo packed... oh my God

woah there’s so many big releases for the US wtfthat would def affect how many tracks she can get into the top 10 of Apple Music US

 

We need preorders if Kanye is going to release vultures 2 on the same day. That’s the only way she’ll get ahead. Plus we can kiss TXHE going number one again goodbye if he does release on the same day

RTW being a classic is such vindication for the 4 stans 

 

1 hour ago, Starshine said:

Oh my mind is dangerously approaching barbz territory of conspiracies. Everyone and their nonnas has music this quarter, like I know Taylor is coming but can they not wait until Q3/Q4? What’s happening? WW3? Alien Superstars? Elections?  

tours, people want to tour this summer 

10 minutes ago, chaeyonce said:

RTW being a classic is such vindication for the 4 stans 

 

The way RTW has become a classic. I live for this song + it’s MV.

 

and the lives wheeeeew

28 minutes ago, chaeyonce said:

RTW being a classic is such vindication for the 4 stans 

 

Exactly. So is LOT 

6 minutes ago, Pepo said:

Exactly. So is LOT 

The way I cannot stand that song whew… one of her worst definitely…

Lemonade AND Love On Top slander in one day. Whew, this is a lot.

 

The lovey dovey/romantic lyrics in Bey songs rarely do anything for me but Love On Top is a classic and rightfully so.

A vocal monsterclass that deserves all the love it gets 

 

I really need 'Love On Top (Higher Version) (Extended Version) (Beyoncé's Version) (From The Vault)'

1 hour ago, Starshine said:

Oh my mind is dangerously approaching barbz territory of conspiracies. Everyone and their nonnas has music this quarter, like I know Taylor is coming but can they not wait until Q3/Q4? What’s happening? WW3? Alien Superstars? Elections?  

I mean no one wants to release around the election lol

Isn’t Kanye’s final Vultures album rumored to be released on March 29? His second act was supposed to drop this week (he already revealed the cover) 

I'm not totally tripping over not having a preorder, only because we know the album is coming on the 29th. 

 

And I'm certain she'll have physicals, her website points to it and she is a big physical seller, and she's about that physical money.

Just now, Blue Rose said:

Isn’t Kanye’s final Vultures album rumored to be released on March 29? His second act was supposed to drop this week (he already revealed the cover) 

No, the week after - April 5 (Bey's second week).

 

 

I wonder if this means Bey will only get 1 week at #1.

 2 million