poll Beyoncé's least successful album/era?

[Talento]

[Bears01]

4 is the only album of hers that didn’t perform that good for the era in which it was released. 
 

Overtime, it did decent on streaming, but it’s the only album of hers that didn’t go multi platinum in pure sales/units in the U.S. 

 

An argument could be made that Lemonade is her least memorable album among the GP and had the worst longevity, but it absolutely smashed in 2016 

[Blue Rose]

I’m honestly not sure but 4 underperformed but thanks to streaming got the last laugh. Lemonade smashed but was withheld from streaming so it’s kinda the reverse.

what a flawless discography tho when you put it all next to each other. we are so lucky 

[Nashe]

10 minutes ago, Bears01 said:

Lemonade is her least memorable album among the GP

what?

[Bears01]

1 minute ago, Blue Rose said:

I’m honestly not sure but 4 underperformed but thanks to streaming got the last laugh. Lemonade smashed but was withheld from streaming so it’s kinda the reverse.

what a flawless discography tho when you put it all next to each other. we are so lucky 

For the era in which they were released (4 was right in the heart of the digital era, Lemonade right at the tail end of the digital era, very beginning of the streaming era) 4 underperformed, and Lemonade smashed. Lemonade just kinda became forgotten by the GP the moment the 2017 Grammys ended. That’s why I voted 4 though. 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

I believe it's 4. 

[Bears01]

1 minute ago, Nashe said:

what?

What, what? Sis, it’s spotify streams are terrible 

 

Even now when she’s touring, it’s struggling to pull 500,000 streams per day. 
 

The GP doesn’t care for useless arguments pertaining to it like “impact”. They just don’t care to listen to it 

[Armani?]

It's in between 4 & Lemonade

 

But Lemonade has a WW Tour, so I guess 4.

 

That said, 4 is still 4X Platinum so

[Talento]

Not 4 winning when Love On Top is one of her biggest classics   Even RTW and Best Thing I Never Had are lowkey GeePee darlings I fear

[Wewee]

Renaissance 

[Pheromosa]

Let's say Black is King and make it easy 

[Bears01]

Just now, Wewee said:

Renaissance 

Renaissance has: consistent streams, a legit streaming hit, and has had great longevity on the charts, on top of an absolutely massive tour. 

[Virgos Groove]

This is actually so hard. 4's singles underperformed, but its longevity was so impressive that it's close to ST in CSPC units. Lemonade's streaming recurrents are weak, but it was one of the biggest albums of 2016. If we're going purely by units, Renaissance is, but it still produced a #1 and a top-10 hit, as well as a massive stadium tour. I genuinely can't choose.

[Zoe_]

4 but she gave us Love on Top which is her best single to date.

[Lovett]

10 minutes ago, Wewee said:

Renaissance 

 Nice try.

[BussC,XOXO]

4, sadly. It’s unfortunate bc it’s one of her best albums along with ST. Should’ve been I Am… Sasha’s Feces 

[Erreur2 La Nature]

It's a tie between 4 and Lemonade. 4 kinda flopped at the time and Lemonade was mainly a US thing.

[Mitsouko]

Lemonade because she sabotaged it. She saw to it that that album had no legs.

[naval23]

I think 4 overall, UK was its big successful market though

 

[Bears01]

3 minutes ago, Mitsouko said:

Lemonade because she sabotaged it. She saw to it that that album had no legs.

I just don’t see it as an album that would do that great on streaming. Other than “Hold up” and “formation” (because she performed it at the superbowl). It doesn’t have great replay value for an album in the streaming era. 
 

It kinda worked out for her because it did up selling great right before album sales essentially died 

[zoomradio]

4 initially, but it ended up having more staying power than B'day

[istan4badgalriri]

4

[Feanor]

'Lemonade'.

 

'RENAISSANCE' technically has less units right now, but it'll 100% end up bigger in the long-term.

 

Edit: Also screaming at the misspelling of 'RENAISSANCE' in the OP image…

 

Edited September 9, 2023 by Feanor

[Starshine]

It's Lemonade. Front loaded and did not stand the test of time by her own doing. Poor recurrent streams on Spotify, poor radio play, poor playlisting. The only way to listen to it for years was by purchasing a $18 album or having a Tidal subscription.

 

By the looks of it, Lemmy will never pass 4 in streams despite being closer to the streaming era and 4/IASF are the music referenced when the locals say they "miss her old music".

[wowsignal14]

the people saying 4 are delusional. yes it came after IASF and its singles did not have great peaks, but it has two of her most recognizable songs globally "love on top" and "run the world". it's actually neck in neck with self titled in EAS (~10m)

 

Lemonade as iconic as it is, is a non event outside of the anglosphere, its songs have terrible recurrent sales/streams. and none of the songs on it are hits. Formation had the potential but it was ruined by bey herself.