How did Lemonade become Beyoncé's most unpopular album (outstreamed by ARTPOP)?

[king_queen]

26 minutes ago, GraceRandolph said:

Because ARTPOP has G.U.Y. 

 

This is a valid take 

[Draper.]

9 minutes ago, Blade Runner said:

She's just endless PR. Her stats are pathetic. 

 

Like how is the whole of RENAISSANCE being outsreamed by Poker Face? 

Like how is the whole of CHROMATICA and JOANNE being outstreamed by Diva?

 

It's always monsters waiting to pick a random daily update that favors them when overall numbers are not holding their narratives. 

[TeemoR]

Because it's forgotten, just like everything she has released after IASF. Self Titled and Renaissance doing less than 1 M is terrible as well. 

[TeemoR]

17 minutes ago, Blade Runner said:

She's just endless PR. Her stats are pathetic. 

 

Like how is the whole of RENAISSANCE being outsreamed by Poker Face? 

Exactly, endless PR. 

[My Tears Ricochet]

Lemonade way always bad. Thank god for Renaissance

[Katamari]

It deserved better 

 

her best album still

[Breathe On Moi]

I'm just here to use this gif 

 

[PrettyHurts]

Her entire career is PR. Jay z pays me every week to stan

[HANZ94]

Because ARTPOP is superior

Applause alone is catchier and surprisinly aged very well

[Zaynsus]

She didn't push any single so it has no hit.

 

There's a reason Sasha and Dangerously are her most streamed album, they contain her biggest hits.

[Love4Janet]

It, along with the album that preceded it, are both genuinely terrible albums.

It's quite telling that most of the conversations about these albums in recent years are about the way they were released, and not the music itself. Considering the poor sales of Renaissance and Cowboy Carter, she should probably come up with some new gimmicks. 

[Qmhp]

It's a great album, but not her best as the media claims.

 

 

 

[babyforlife]

No shade to Bey, but I only use Formation & Sorry from LEMONADE.
The album is just ain't for me. BEYONCE & 4 are far more interesting!

 

ARTPOP being called a flop is just an exaggeration made by OGHs. It wasn't that flop actually, like it debuted #1, 14 weeks charting Top 10 single, IFPI Top 10 album list, 2 Top Hits () underperformed is more fitting.

[Anvarie]

21 minutes ago, PrettyHurts said:

Her entire career is PR. Jay z pays me every week to stan

Did you get the new incentives? Every social media beyhive account we make and post on gets us an extra $25 and a free Cecred sample kit 😍

[Minto]

lemonade surpassing an 11yr old album in total streams despite being on the platform for 3 years is crazy….

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Minto

[ABeyBraith]

Are we forgetting the album was uploaded to Spotify 3 years after it's release? 

[Archetype]

I said this when the album came out and I'm still saying it today.  Beyoncé, as much as I love and adore the legend and much of her music, is *THE* most overrated and overhyped artist of this century.  The media was praising this album as the second coming of Jesus, saying it was a major moment in culture, and critics were having mental breakdowns over how life changing this was, and yet it seems like absolutely nobody wants to listen to it anymore, not even her most diehard stans.

 

On the other hand, Gaga was completely eviscerated by the media for ARTPOP and its "poor performance".  Critics were saying her career was over, that she was a danger to the public, that she should just disappear, etc.  And yet, the album is out-streaming Lemonade?  I don't even like ARTPOP, I think it's Gaga's worst album by far, and yet this alleged "terrible" "flop" is more popular in 2024 than what media led the world to believe was one of the biggest and most important albums of our time?  

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Archetype

[Blade Runner]

1 hour ago, TeemoR said:

Exactly, endless PR. 

You get it. 

[supaspaz]

1 hour ago, Born to Run said:

ARTPOP:

- features guest vocals from T.I., Too Short, Twista, and R. Kelly

And they served! “Jewels N Drugs” is a bop.

[LegaMyth]

Because, we brought album. We did NOT buy ArtFlop

[LegaMyth]

20 minutes ago, Archetype said:

I said this when the album came out and I'm still saying it today.  Beyoncé, as much as I love and adore the legend and much of her music, is *THE* most overrated and overhyped artist of this century.  The media was praising this album as the second coming of Jesus, saying it was a major moment in culture, and critics were having mental breakdowns over how life changing this was, and yet it seems like absolutely nobody wants to listen to it anymore, not even her most diehard stans.

 

On the other hand, Gaga was completely eviscerated by the media for ARTPOP and its "poor performance".  Critics were saying her career was over, that she was a danger to the public, that she should just disappear, etc.  And yet, the album is out-streaming Lemonade?  I don't even like ARTPOP, I think it's Gaga's worst album by far, and yet this alleged "terrible" "flop" is more popular in 2024 than what media led the world to believe was one of the biggest and most important albums of our time?  

 

 

1. Beyoncé has sold MORE albums than Gaga

2. Beyoncé has sold MORE singles than Gaga

3. Beyoncé has MORE streams than Gaga

4. Beyoncé has won MORE awards than Gaga

5. Beyoncé has grossed MORE than Gaga

 

But yet, she's overrated and overhyped???

 

Please, sit your tired a** down and try to think of something else. Lemonade was added to Spotify, 3 years after its release. Stop it!

Edited 1 hour ago by LegaMyth

[CherryBay]

Are we forgetting the album was uploaded to Spotify 3 years after it's release? 

[lonnie]

Lemonade relies heavily on the storyline of the album: infidelity, betrayal, heartbreak and pain, loss of trust, then going through the pain and the redemptive and restorative arc in the end. This works wonderfully with the visuals and narration that accompanied the music, but it's not the kind of musical experience someone would repeatedly indulge in which doesn't work well with the streaming experience. Also, it's important to remember the album came after the elevator incident where Solange attacked Jay Z and when interest in Beyonce's private life had never been greater (people literally wanted to know what could have happened to have caused that and the album gave answers) which alongside the well executed era, catapulted the initial success of the album. Individually and musically, track by track, Lemonade really isn't Bey's best album, and there is no Crazy in Love, Partition, Virgo's Groove, Me, Myself, and I level of sonic quality; but with all of the elements (film, storytelling)  that came with the music it's a stupendous work. So it's not really a surprise that it's not doing well streaming wise.

[Bloo]

Lemonade is one of my favorite albums ever. To me, it is Beyoncé’s crowning artistic achievement. But, there are a few reasons, chief among them:

1. Tidal
2. The album is not the most accessible, which hurts its replayability years out from its release

The album is very intentional and it has a very coherent story from start to end. Beyonce doesn’t really make albums like this. So she hasn’t established the artistic brand for people to expect that going in. People want bops and fun moments. Lemonade is a bit heavy and it requires you kind of listen to the whole thing. A lot of people will say it requires the film. I disagree. I have watched the film a handful of times and I avoided watching it for months after the album dropped. The album is so good on its own. But the film does force you to take each of its pieces as a whole experience. But, I think it’s a bit awkward for people to jump into and want to listen to Sandcastles or 6 Inch on their own when Renaissance or ST are right there, both of which are much more immediately accessible. 

[Calvin]

49 minutes ago, ABeyBraith said:

Are we forgetting the album was uploaded to Spotify 3 years after it's release? 

1989 was uploaded even later yet it became the gigantic smash on spotify.