discussion Will Renaissance Act 2 open with more or less sales than Act 1?

[tili33]

In the United States, Renaissance debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, with 332,000 album-equivalent units—the second biggest 2022 album debut by a female artist and the third-biggest overall.

[EtherealCat]

more, she has a much bigger hit to open the era with and a more gp friendly sound

[Burn]

What is Renaissance Act 2?

[FolkLover1989]

More easily

Country is massive in US rn plus bigger hit , plus so many versions. 

I see around 500k with amount of versions she has.

[PrettyHurts]

its difficult to tell but more is def possible 

[NEX]

Last era she told her fans to quit their jobs, so now they won't be able to afford her album. 10k opening if she's lucky 

[tost1]

Like 40-50k more i would say 

[SoundsandSongs]

It's too early to tell but probably more. Things working for her:

 

- Much bigger hit WW, Texas has way wider appeal than BMS

- Much bigger artist on streaming in 2024, Cuff It and Texas boosted her a lot WW

- There's a lot of buzz, discussions and publicity on her going country, the events that inspired it and why this album is so important. When the album comes out there will be endless deep dives, news stories, articles and debates

- Potential Iheart Radio Award appearance during release week

[Devin]

more. she got the YT ppl on her side with this one.

[Dialamba]

Texas is a bigger hit, since RWT she gained much more momentum, maybe pure sales will be lower than expected. The real concern is if it will have longevity, yeah country is huge in the US but not necessarily internationally. 

[Blue Rose]

40 minutes ago, FolkLover1989 said:

More easily

Country is massive in US rn plus bigger hit , plus so many versions. 

I see around 500k with amount of versions she has.

It's not guaranteed that Country fans are going to embrace her with open arms.

 

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yes she will open bigger. Let's pray the standard edition is ready to ship and will be available in stores 

[theoghon]

Disregarding Cuff It, she's lowkey inviting middle-America back on board for the first time since the "4" era.

 

They're already SALIVATING at the promise of a full Bey album of ceremonial, stomp-clap-holler-hey HYMNS like T.H.E., thus higher sales r 2 b expected 

Edited March 22 by theoghon

[SoundsandSongs]

46 minutes ago, Dialamba said:

yeah country is huge in the US but not necessarily internationally. 

This is interesting and unpredictable imo bc Beyonce is way more global than other country artists. So far Texas is doing way better WW than in the USA. It's currently #10 on Spotify Global and #19 in USA and she's higher on Global Artist Charts. Radio WW is also receptive so far. Radio for Texas Hold Em this week:

 

UK radio: #1 = 

 

Australia radio: #2 = (peak - #1)

 

Canada radio: #3 (+6)

 

Ireland radio: #1 (+2)

 

NZ radio: #2 = 

 

Belgium radio: #1 =

 

France radio - #13 (+12)

 

Netherlands radio - #12 (+3)

 

Germany radio - #37 (+8)

 

Brazil pop airplay - #7 (+4)

Edited March 22 by SoundsandSongs

[Triton]

She'll have Usher/JT numbers 

[ultraviolence.xx]

definitely seems like it'll be more!

[Rev8]

Banned

[fememeist]

She should honestly

[Pheromosa]

Banned

Damn what did you do??

Anyway, the promo this time is a lot more (people didn't even know act i came out during grammy season) so I am expecting higher numbers.

[50thStateofMind]

How do you not even know the damn album title 

[Sun]

somehow i feel with more.. but by just a bit. which is also insane though 

[BGKC]

I'm guessing 50kish more