base talk Was the 'RENAISSANCE' era a big success after all?

[Feanor]

 

Many are still trying it with this album/era, but look at the material…

 

 

 

It was her 6th consecutive solo studio album to debut at #1 with over 300k units and has reached multi-platinum eligibility in the US a year later.

 

 

 

The album has over 2.5B streams on Spotify and should in all likelihood end up as her most streamed album ever.

 

 

 

"Break My Soul" was a Hot 100 #1 hit and "Cuff It" became a big streaming hit, on its way to become her 3rd most streamed song ever.

 

 

 

It achieved an impressive critics score of 91/100 on Metacritic and ended up as the most acclaimed album of 2022 on the year-end critic rankings.

 

 

 

Beyoncé walked away with 4 Grammys out of 8 nominations for the album at the 2023 Grammy Awards.

 

 

 

The 'Renaissance World Tour' became one of the biggest concert tours in history, grossing $580M from just 56 dates.

 

 

 

And now, as perhaps the finale of the era, Beyoncé's 'RENAISSANCE' documentary/concert film has also been received with widespread acclaim and hit #1 at the box office.

 

 

Looking at all Beyoncé has achieved with this era in the past year and a half, would you say that the 'RENAISSANCE' era was a big success after all?

 

 

 

Edited December 3, 2023 by Feanor

[NEX]

Is the sky blue? Has anyone tried the chicken? 

[Itskorbitch]

Honestly probably my favorite beyonce eras (I’m a recent non hater). The visuals, the tour, the sound, the story. All of it just top notch, beautifully done. 

[Steve Johnson]

Moderate success. The album is #136 on billboard 200 already, it will leave the charts after the movie hype is over. 

[Goaty]

Yes. As pointed out in the OP, the facts speak for themselves! 

[Kristie Kuwa]

Touring wise: Absolutely legendary success.

 

Streaming wise: massive success compared to her peers, successful compared to the big streaming players seeing Bey did not lift her finger post release + shes 42.

 

Film wise: overall successful. Great success in the US, ok success overseas. Quality however is top notch.

 

Commercially: Her best era in a decade (since ST)

[Beyondslay]

And this is 20 years in her solo music career! and nearly 30 years overall!  

 

Queen did that! 

[JonginBey]

Yes. The facts are the facts!

[Papi Juancho]

"Big", no. 

It is a moderate success. Aside from the cute one-week peaks, the album sales and streams are just "ok". The era missed the IFPI charts, Spotify YEC, the Billboard YEC, the AM YEC, something Lemonade, ST and even 4 did.

The era is amazing, but commercially it wasn't a BIG success. Anyone who says yes is just biased.

Edited December 3, 2023 by Papi Juancho

[Strawberry Bubble]

Yes, it is quite big for today's standards. It solidified Beyonce's image as this generation's queen of music. 

[wildsidenormani]

Yes. Nobody will ever come close to the cuntyness of the Renaissance era

[Kristie Kuwa]

The fact Renaissance achieved all that and is still pulling in numbers while she hasn't done anything with it (no MVs, no interviews, no social media engagement) and is already almost 30 years in the business is INSANE!

 

The only other popstars who operated like Bey were Prince and Sade and Bey is outperforming both of them at this stage in her career by galaxies.

[Devin]

absolutely she did all that on an injured knee.

 

meanwhile some girls:

[OrgVisual]

Yes, and with no promotion except for the tour

 

 

 

[Hurem]

Yes, it was big.

 

It may not have huge stats on Spotify or whatnot, but the longevity that this era had made it a success. And obviously the tour was a HUGE success. 

[Jon Snow]

It was the most streamed album of 2023 on Deezer and was in Top 10 on Apple Music US+UK for a long period of time during the tour (a year after its release) and during the film release, outstreaming there some of the artists and albums that are among the most streamed on Spotify, while doing great numbers on Spotify itself, which never was a strong platform for her. So, anyone who tries to come for her streams just because of Spotify is wrong and not informed at all. 

[Dante]

the tour was

[Rotunda]

I think it was big enough as far as eras go these days, but it wasn’t a behemoth.

[ahauntingnearu]

I mean ... duh?

[getinthezone]

didnt the tour gross like 500 million? it wouldnt even matter if the album flopped

[KKW]

Yes it was. Another Beyoncé release that shifted culture 

[4th Time Around]

Well lets see, number one debut, critically acclaimed, big streaming success compared to her peers and a massive tour. As Beyonce said, she has nothing to prove at this point and commercial success is the cherry on top and nothing more.

Edited December 3, 2023 by 4th Time Around

[Odette Violet]

Yes. Many can only dream off with this type of career and longevity in the industry 

[Bears01]

It absolutely is a success and anyone trying to deny that is insane. Especially compared to just about everyone from her era, where everyone other than Eminem and Shakira can’t pull even half the streams she did

[Red Velvet]

Obviously - but the era could have been way bigger if she moved even a LITTLE.

 

- Cuff it taking off massively on tiktok and she did nothing for it other than her team thankfully sending it to radio after a few weeks.

- no visuals (tired topic at this point) but cmon not even a music video for the lead single?

- no performances outside of tour

- ignoring Tiktok

 

She is lucky the quality carried the album along