Green Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Based on total equivalent album units in the US, Beyoncé's 4 is the 3rd biggest female album released in 2011: 1. Adele - 21: eligible for 16x Platinum (16.4 million units by October of 2021) 2. Lady Gaga - Born This Way: 4x Platinum 3. Beyoncé - 4: eligible for 4x Platinum (4.1 million units by June of 2022) 4. Rihanna - Talk That Talk: 3x Platinum 5. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger: eligible for 2x Platinum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BnPac Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Now, not much anymore. But looking back in 2011, I would have never believed that. She had no top 10, ONE top 20 and her numbers are close to people having huge #1 hits that year. Pop radio didn't touch a single song after RTW's disastrous reception. Incredible what this album has been able to achieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgos Groove Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 See, when you make timeless music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power love Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Interesting how y’all sleep on Kelly yet she’s here but two other pop girls y’all praise who released this year is nowhere to be found on this list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NausAllien Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 No, I'm not. It's Bey's best album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 see when you make timeless music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyliefever2002 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 see when you make timeless music [2] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
State of Grace. Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Its her 2nd best and amongst the best overall from that year so I'm not surprised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharapov Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 its an amazin album so :nope: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RihannaLoverrr Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Nope! Incredible album had the last laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katamari Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 the fact it was put on the same level as bionic by haters time the ultimate truth teller her most timeless album i fear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fauxtography Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 The last Beyonce album I genuinely enjoyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshwark Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 It is more surprising Rihanna doing those numbers releasing yearly, and was labeled a singles artist back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satellites.™ Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 The girls will go silent on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khal Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 It's a quality body of work, even though the era started with probably her worst lead single Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrettyHurts Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 No, she's a successful female artist and MPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protocol Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Worldwide: Adele - 21 - 47,870,000 Lady Gaga - Born This Way - 13,160,000 Rihanna - Talk That Talk - 10,680,000 Beyonce - 4 - 9,310,000 Kelly Clarkson - Stronger - 5,660,000 Britney Spears - Femme Fatale - 4,770,000 Jennifer Lopez - Love? - 4,660,000 Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby - 4,270,000 Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures - 4,000,000 Selena Gomez & the Scene - When the Sun Goes Down - 3,580,000 Demi Lovato - Unbroken - 2,530,000 Bonus - 2010 eras that carried over into 2011: Katy Perry - Teenage Dream: 22,910,000 Rihanna - Loud: 15,640,000 Taylor Swift - Speak Now: 11,740,000 Shakira - Sale El Sol: 7,000,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paparazzaid Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 4 is so not surprised at all That top five is full of queens btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinning Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 It's kind of insane the longevity this album has had. Especially considering it had no Hot 100 hit and has more SPS than albums with some of the biggest hits of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFameCurse Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 see when you make timeless music [3] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abeille Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Timeless music won. It's the 2nd most streamed female album of 2011 as well, behind 21 I think the subsequent releases of ST and Lemonade and her transition into an album's artisté really helped it in the long run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lover. Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 It’s one of her best albums so naur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abeille Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 The biggest shocker for me is Stronger being bigger than Femme Fatale when the latter had 3 top 10s. I thought it'd at least be 2x platinum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swissman Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 I am not surprised in the sense that a lot of people seem to say this is their fave Beyoncé album, but based on the performance of the singles and the reaction to it people had at the time, it is surprising. Though even in 2011 there was an air of excellence about it. People who were not even into Beyoncé flocked to Countdown and I think it made a lot of people look at her with more interest then, which I guess was the goal? It's notable as well that both 21 and 4 (numerical titles, too!) went against the grain of pop trends and still managed to become two of the biggest albums of that year all these years later, which just shows that following a trend isn't necessarily the best move, timelessness, quality, and sticking to your own artistic merits will get you farther (though 21 is admittedly way bigger and was hugely popular at that time, I think due to the fact that it was a refreshing change from all the rather generic dancepop whereas 4 was seen as not living up to the expectations of an already iconic superstar who should be topping charts along with all her other peers doing the same). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueberries Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 54 minutes ago, Power love said: Interesting how y’all sleep on Kelly yet she’s here but two other pop girls y’all praise who released this year is nowhere to be found on this list in the end Kelly always wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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