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Nemesis_

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Rocket Punch said:
Her hits keep on coming!

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Do you run that tumblr sis?
 
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people are really predicting 300k+ for Broken Spearit?

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Femme fatal opened with 276k, and that's with a #1 single and no competition.


I can't imagine the next one doing any better, it's not like she can promote and do this. Promoting actually works against her now that she's pitiful performer. I remember making posts in ONTD about album sales, her sales dropped the week after she performed at the BB awards. She performed with Rihanna and Nicki, and both were laughably awful. The GMA and Jimmy Kimmel performances were just as embarrassing.

Her team would be smart to just release the next album without any performances, interviews, appearances, etc.
 
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royalan

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There was good news this week with several cities reporting declining rates of childhood obesity. While modest, any decline in this alarming trend is promising: New York City reports a five and a half percent decrease; Philadelphia, five percent; and Los Angeles, a three percent decline in the number of obese schoolchildren from 2007 to 2011.

But this came on the heels of some other rather disturbing news -- mega pop star Beyoncé signed a $50 million deal with Pepsi. While advertising deals for celebrities endorsing junk foods are nothing new, this one marks a shift in its insidious nature. In a recent New York Times article the president of PepsiCo's global beverage group said, "Consumers are seeking a much greater authenticity in marketing from the brands they love. It's caused a shift in the way we think about deals with artists, from a transactional deal to a mutually beneficial collaboration."

Not only will Beyoncé be featured in ads that will premiere after her performance at the Super Bowl half-time show (sponsored by Pepsi, naturally), but her face will be featured on limited edition Pepsi cans, and she will be given money for her own "creative projects." The Times reports: "The less conventional aspects of the deal are meant as collaborative projects that indulge Beyoncé's creative whims, and might well have no explicit connection to Pepsi products."

This is a marked change for advertisers who seek to completely merge their product's image with that of a big name celebrity -- and it doesn't get much bigger than Beyoncé, who pulled in $40 million last year alone and has vast international fame.

The multi-year contract with Pepsi -- with substantial funds for Beyoncé to work on her own creative projects with "no explicit connection to Pepsi" -- shows Pepsi is confident that branding its products with her image will continue to invoke a desired response in consumers. In a method reminiscent of Pavlov's dog, Pepsi expects to see this outcome without the Pepsi logo even being present.

Pepsi will so thoroughly attach itself to her and blur the lines between product and spokesperson that everything she does, including her "creative whims" will be linked to Pepsi. Even if these creative whims have nothing to do with Pepsi, she will conjure the brand. This brings to mind the patronage of wealthy families for artists in the middle ages -- a kind of artist-indentured servitude.

Beyoncé doesn't see it that way, at least according to her statement in The Times: "Pepsi embraces creativity and understands that artists evolve. As a businesswoman, this allows me to work with a lifestyle brand with no compromise and without sacrificing my creativity."

This sounds shockingly naive; especially from a woman who has mastered the art of her brand and become one of the biggest pop stars in the world. And let's not forget, that one year ago, a video of Beyoncé dancing in a high school cafeteria on behalf of the First Lady's 'Let's Move!' campaign went viral, indicating what seemed to be her commitment to fighting childhood obesity. Now that she is a new mother, Beyoncé signs on with the one of the biggest soda vendors in the world?

But then again, there are other aspects of this new ad campaign to make one question her logic. The ad that has been revealed features her dressed in tights, high-heels, a suit jacket, and what appears to be matching underwear, while making a pout with her lips -- all the while pushing a large grocery cart overflowing with cases of Pepsi. These images will be made into life size cut outs for grocery stores.

This means millions of shoppers across the country will see a hyper-sexualized woman of color, literally pushing a product that is known to contribute to obesity and its related health problems like diabetes and heart disease.

It is especially significant that the populations most affected by these health issues are people of color, and particularly women of color. According to the Centers for Disease Control, one in two African-Americans born in the year 2000 is expected to develop type II diabetes; four out of every ten African-American men and women have high blood pressure; and blacks are 30 percent more likely to die young from heart disease than whites.

Part of Beyoncé's deal includes the limited edition Pepsi can, which has a picture of her face, open-mouthed and seductive. There's no doubt that these Pepsi ad executives know what they're doing, they've taken one of the biggest pop stars and sex symbols in the world, and conflated her talent and success with their product -- it is marketing genius. But who suffers as a result?

Unfortunately, we know the answer to that question: It's the people that always suffer from predatory ad campaigns. Youth and minority groups are routinely targeted with more ads and for less healthy products, according to the Yale Rudd Center. Researchers found that African American youth saw at least 50 percent more fast food ads on TV in 2009 than their white peers. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rate of obesity for African Americans is 51 percent higher than for white Americans, and the prevalence of obesity amongst the nation's Hispanic American population is 21 percent higher than their white peers.

While there are certainly many factors that contribute to these shocking statistics, there's no doubt that carefully targeted marketing on the part of Big Food corporations play a large role. Beyoncé should think twice before playing right into the hands of Pepsi's insidious branding -- but even more importantly, Americans should start demanding that our government regulate Big Food. In many European countries celebrities are forbidden from advertising for junk foods; not coincidentally, these countries have lower rates of obesity and diabetes, especially among children. If we hope to see more good news in the form of declining childhood obesity rates in this country, we need to work to make sure this Pepsi and Beyoncé "mutually beneficial collaboration" doesn't portend a new trend.
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I weep for the future of our little ones.

BEWARE PEPSATAN AND HIS CREOLE HERALD.
 
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twobear

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I literally don't understand AT ALL how you can drag Beyoncé for doing a Pepsi promo like a day after boasting about Xtina's record-breaking Pepsi promo.

The world of an Xtincta fan I guess.
 
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Cynosure

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Beyonce Has the Power 50 Broken Spearits
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Even though Britney Spears has been on GMA and Jimmy Kimmel this year lazily performing songs from her latest album, it's been eons since anyone saw her attempt actual choreography. With her U.S. tour starting in less than a month, fans are inevitably wondering whether the mother of two still has it in her to do any serious hoofing.

If her two performances at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards are any indication, ticketholders for that tour should continue to set expectations low, since her moves weren't anything that would win her a spot on So You Think You Can Wiggle. As for whether she's gotten over her addiction to lip-synching, you're still much more likely to hear Kurt Cobain sing live this year than you are Britney.

Both of Spears' highly touted appearances on the Billboard Awards amounted to extended cameos, really. The three-hour telecast opened with Spears joining Rihanna nearly minutes into "S&M," entering with her wrists cuffed together with very long chains, just as Rihanna's were. The duet partners proceeded to suggestively writhe around separate poles before coming back together for a climactic pillow fight, as if to say, just kidding about the kinkiness! But Spears didn't even come off well in that skuffle, barely raising her pillow above waist level.

It may be time to institute a rule that, for live TV duets, either both parties lip-synch or both sing live, as to avoid glaring mismatches of the sort that found Rihanna clearly using her own pipes and Spears clearly years beyond caring if her mouth remotely matches her electro-bot studio recordings.

Beyonce, the hardest working woman in show business, put enough work into her performance for herself and about 50 Britneys. At first, viewers may not even been sure that her appearance was live and not on film, since she was seen dancing in perfect unison with cloned images of herself that were clearly on tape. Soon enough it was obvious one of the images of her was not a projection but the real thing. Whether the typically impressive performance will be enough to get the masses to love her polarizingly unhummable new single, "Run the World (Girls)," remains to be seen.
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twobear

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royalan said:
These last two pages....


Let's not pretend Madonna's Superbowl didn't break records.

Bey won't accomplish that. She doesn't have the legacy. Nor is she as endeared with the older generations as Madonna is. Madonna is the Queen of Pop who has been collecting wigs since the 80s. Young AND old tuned in to her show.

Beyonce is that woman who shakes her fat ass all the damn time. The same audiences won't be checking for that.
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Sis, Bey is an electrifying performer. A good performance draws attention regardless of their prior popularity. Look at Janelle Monáe's Glasto performance. After it aired on the BBC her album sales on Amazon saw a 5000% increase. Lots of people tuned into Madonna but the show was boring and she could barely keep up with the dance moves. Bey will BRING it with singing and dancing and could create a LOT of buzz.

You are letting your pressedness get in the way of facts.
 
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Bladenic

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I remember watching some vids of the Femme Fatale tour on YouTube just to see for myself if it was as bad as people said. It was worse.
 
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royalan

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godelsmetric said:
Sis, Bey is an electrifying performer. A good performance draws attention regardless of their prior popularity. Look at Janelle Monáe's Glasto performance. After it aired on the BBC her album sales on Amazon saw a 5000% increase. Lots of people tuned into Madonna but the show was boring and she could barely keep up with the dance moves. Bey will BRING it with singing and dancing and could create a LOT of buzz.

You are letting your pressedness get in the way of facts.
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And what facts did you present, exactly?

Janelle Monae and her BBC performance ain't got shit to do with this.

The fact is Madonna's brand and legacy got a RECORD BREAKING number of people to tune into her Superbowl. She won before she even stepped foot on that stage.

Beyonce does not have NEARLY the same brand power or cultural legacy. You're basing your opinion on what you THINK she's going to do on that stage and, let me remind you, her performance prowess did jack SHIT for "Run The World (Girls)" performance on radio, despite her performing it on one of Oprah's highest rated episodes and the Billboard awards. That song tanked harder than "Your Body."

You're letting your stanning get in the way of facts.
 
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twobear

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royalan said:
And what facts did you present, exactly?

Janelle Monae and her BBC performance ain't got shit to do with this.

The fact is Madonna's brand and legacy got a RECORD BREAKING number of people to tune into her Superbowl. She won before she even stepped foot on that stage.

Beyonce does not have NEARLY the same brand power or cultural legacy. You're basing your opinion on what you THINK she's going to do on that stage and, let me remind you, her performance prowess did jack SHIT for "Run The World (Girls)" performance on radio, despite her performing it on one of Oprah's highest rated episodes and the Billboard awards. That song tanked harder than "Your Body."

You're letting your stanning get in the way of facts.
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Girl what are you even talking about, you're so pressed I don't even understand what you're trying to say any more. Big high-profile performances raise an artist's profile. The Superbowl halftime show is one of the biggest high-profile performances in the world and it's not even up for discussion whether Bey will bring it. That's what she does. It's a fact. An axiom of existence. Bey will bring it.

Bey's Glastonbury gig raised her sales by over 700% on Amazon, btw.

http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/57594

No, not anywhere near as much as Janelle but Janelle probably went from 3 sales to a few thousand.
 
Majmun

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Pepcé making a deal with the devil? I dunno if that's true, but...


















...this basically CONFIRMS a total domination next year. Thank you SATAN
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royalan

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godelsmetric said:
Girl what are you even talking about, you're so pressed I don't even understand what you're trying to say any more. Big high-profile performances raise an artist's profile. The Superbowl halftime show is one of the biggest high-profile performances in the world and it's not even up for discussion whether Bey will bring it. That's what she does. It's a fact. An axiom of existence. Bey will bring it.

Bey's Glastonbury gig raised her sales by over 700% on Amazon, btw.

http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/57594

No, not anywhere near as much as Janelle but Janelle probably went from 3 sales to a few thousand.
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You're arguing an irrelevant point. Nobody's denying that high profile performances raise an artist's profile. You have not presented evidence for why Bey will undoubtedly accomplish more than Madge with a Superbowl performance. I don't think she will. Madonna had much more cultural significance and an undeniably bigger brand going into that night.
 
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While I definitely like Bey, Madonna's halftime show was an event for the ages and is unlikely to be topped in terms of ratings/impact/whatever for a long time. The Pepcé Show will be big, flashy and probably well-received, but I don't see entire segments of the population specifically tuning in for her the way they did during last year's Superbowl.

The faux-outrage over another popstar slinging soda is pretty funny, though.
 
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Partition

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Madonna's halftime show has impact? sajfaajfnhhhgg

The only thing that "impacted" was MIA's middle finger.

Sales/views don't mean shit. Quality over quantity my sistren.
 
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royalan

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Cosmic Bus said:
The faux-outrage over another popstar slinging soda is pretty funny, though.
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It's not just another popstar though. It's BEYAWNCE - self-appointed role model, Jessie Jackson of the music industry, and shining beacon of the FLOTUS' anti-obesity campaign.

That Beyonce would feign interest in combatting childhood obesity and then turn around and partner with one of the biggest contributors to childhood obesity is hypocrisy and shamelessness of the highest order, and I think it's fitting that she get dragged through the coals over it.
 
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royalan said:
It's not just another popstar though. It's BEYAWNCE - self-appointed role model, Jessie Jackson of the music industry, and shining beacon of the FLOTUS' anti-obesity campaign.

That Beyonce would feign interest in combatting childhood obesity and then turn around and partner with one of the biggest contributors to childhood obesity is hypocrisy and shamelessness of the highest order, and I think it's fitting that she get dragged through the coals over it.
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Christopher

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royalan said:
And what facts did you present, exactly?

Janelle Monae and her BBC performance ain't got shit to do with this.

The fact is Madonna's brand and legacy got a RECORD BREAKING number of people to tune into her Superbowl. She won before she even stepped foot on that stage.

Beyonce does not have NEARLY the same brand power or cultural legacy. You're basing your opinion on what you THINK she's going to do on that stage and, let me remind you, her performance prowess did jack SHIT for "Run The World (Girls)" performance on radio, despite her performing it on one of Oprah's highest rated episodes and the Billboard awards. That song tanked harder than "Your Body."

You're letting your stanning get in the way of facts.
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You deserve it the dragging is immense
 
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Second, that gif was hilarious.

royalan said:
It's not just another popstar though. It's BEYAWNCE - self-appointed role model, Jessie Jackson of the music industry, and shining beacon of the FLOTUS' anti-obesity campaign.

That Beyonce would feign interest in combatting childhood obesity and then turn around and partner with one of the biggest contributors to childhood obesity is hypocrisy and shamelessness of the highest order, and I think it's fitting that she get dragged through the coals over it.
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Did you mean dragged through the mud or raked over the coals?
 
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botty said:
You act as if Xtina isn't one of the best selling artist in the world.
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She might not be selling albums like she used to, but at least when she debuted she actually sold something.
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That she is.

300 million or more records
  1. The Beatles
  2. Elvis Presley
  3. Madonna
    [*]Michael Jackson
  4. Elton John
  5. Led Zeppelin
  6. Queen

200 million to 299 million records
  1. Mariah Carey
  2. Celine Dion
  3. Whitney Houston
  4. The Rolling Stones
  5. Bee Gees

150 million to 199 million records
  • U2
  • Stevie Wonder

120 million to 149 million records
  • Backstreet Boys

100 million to 119 million records
  1. Britney Spears
  2. Prince
  3. Janet Jackson
  4. George Michael

80 million to 99 million records
  1. Santana
  2. Gloria Estefan
  3. Eminem
  4. Rihanna
  5. New Kids on the Block

70 million to 79 million records
  1. The Black Eyed Peas
  2. Shania Twain
  3. Beyoncé
  4. Spice Girls
  5. Aretha Franklin
  6. Taylor Swift
  7. Shakira
  8. Duran Duran

60 million to 69 million records
  1. Usher
    [*]Lady Gaga
  2. The Beach Boys
  3. Reba McEntire
  4. Boyz II Men
  5. Alanis Morissette
  6. Toni Braxton
  7. Ricky Martin
  8. Kylie Minogue

50 million to 59 million records
  1. Adele
  2. Michael Bolton
  3. R. Kelly
  4. Jay-Z
  5. Linkin Park
  6. Coldplay
  7. The Police
  8. Sade
  9. Christina Aguilera
  10. 'N Sync
  11. TLC
  12. Nickelback
  13. Destiny's Child
  14. Norah Jones
  15. Jennifer Lopez
  16. Mary J. Blige
  17. The Monkees
  18. MC Hammer
  19. Ace of Base
  20. Cyndi Lauper

Ladies and gentlemen, Christina Aguilera. The Mary J Blige of POP. Fitting and unsurprising.

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botty

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<+)O Robido O(+> said:
That she is.

300 million or more records
  1. The Beatles
  2. Elvis Presley
  3. Madonna
    [*]Michael Jackson
  4. Elton John
  5. Led Zeppelin
  6. Queen

200 million to 299 million records
  1. Mariah Carey
  2. Celine Dion
  3. Whitney Houston
  4. The Rolling Stones
  5. Bee Gees

150 million to 199 million records
  • U2
  • Stevie Wonder

120 million to 149 million records
  • Backstreet Boys

100 million to 119 million records
  1. Britney Spears
  2. Prince
  3. Janet Jackson
  4. George Michael

80 million to 99 million records
  1. Santana
  2. Gloria Estefan
  3. Eminem
  4. Rihanna
  5. New Kids on the Block

70 million to 79 million records
  1. The Black Eyed Peas
  2. Shania Twain
  3. Beyoncé
  4. Spice Girls
  5. Aretha Franklin
  6. Taylor Swift
  7. Shakira
  8. Duran Duran

60 million to 69 million records
  1. Usher
    [*]Lady Gaga
  2. The Beach Boys
  3. Reba McEntire
  4. Boyz II Men
  5. Alanis Morissette
  6. Toni Braxton
  7. Ricky Martin
  8. Kylie Minogue

50 million to 59 million records
  1. Adele
  2. Michael Bolton
  3. R. Kelly
  4. Jay-Z
  5. Linkin Park
  6. Coldplay
  7. The Police
  8. Sade
  9. Christina Aguilera
  10. 'N Sync
  11. TLC
  12. Nickelback
  13. Destiny's Child
  14. Norah Jones
  15. Jennifer Lopez
  16. Mary J. Blige
  17. The Monkees
  18. MC Hammer
  19. Ace of Base
  20. Cyndi Lauper

Ladies and gentlemen, Christina Aguilera. The Mary J Blige of POP. Fitting and unsurprising.

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Not the Wikipedia receipts.
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I don't think I have ever been clocked this bad.
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twobear

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royalan said:
You're arguing an irrelevant point. Nobody's denying that high profile performances raise an artist's profile. You have not presented evidence for why Bey will undoubtedly accomplish more than Madge with a Superbowl performance. I don't think she will. Madonna had much more cultural significance and an undeniably bigger brand going into that night.
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No I'm not. You're refusing to see the point and I can't be bothered to spell it out a third time.

[editcauseIcanbebothered]Look, I never said that Beyoncé will break more records than Madonna. I said that Beyoncé's performance will be better than Madonna's, and that will be better promo. A RECORD BREAKING number of people tuned into Madonna's Superbowl performance to watch her lip-sync, stumble her way across the stage (how many dance moves did she stumble on, exactly?), and do a crap mash-up with LMFAO. That isn't good promo. Beyoncé will bring it, and everyone will see that she's an incredible performer, and that will be amazing promo.

Thus my point with Janelle Monáe: NOBODY WAS BUYING HER ALBUM UNTIL SHE SLAYED A LIVE PERFORMANCE THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE WATCHING, AND THEN HER ALBUM SALES SHOT UP 5000% OVERNIGHT. I don't know how I can make this more obvious. The good promo is not lots of people watching, it's lots of people watching AND killing the performance. That is what Beyoncé will accomplish, regardless of whether she 'beats' Madonna on viewing figures (which I have no doubt that she WON'T).

tldr: Good promo is NOT having a record number of people watching. It is killing the performance. Thank you and good night.

[edit]Sorry, I'm grouchy tonight.
 
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royalan

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Mumei said:
Second, that gif was hilarious.



Did you mean dragged through the mud or raked over the coals?
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Both. My shade is biracial just like Bey. ;)

godelsmetric said:
No I'm not. You're refusing to see the point and I can't be bothered to spell it out a third time.
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LOL you haven't spelled anything out tho. Large-scale performances raising an artist's profile was never an idea under contention.

My point was always that it goes against logic to just ASSUME that Bey at the Super Bowl will be a bigger deal than MADONNA. THE QUEEN OF POP. The facts don't side with you and "B-B-but Bey's gonna bring it!" is not an argument. Especially when I pointed out 2 occasions where Bey's "Bringing It" failed her.

Btw, you haven't been paying attention if you thought that Madonna's performance wasn't well-received. Her tour SOLD OUT dates instantly because of it.

Also, you're incredibly out-of-touch if you think people don't ALREADY know that Bey's a good performer. Janelle was (and still kinda is) a HEW when she had those performances.
 
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twobear

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royalan said:
LOL you haven't spelled anything out tho. Large-scale performances raising an artist's profile was never an idea under contention.

My point was always that it goes against logic to just ASSUME that Bey at the Super Bowl will be a bigger deal than MADONNA. THE QUEEN OF POP. The facts don't side with you and "B-B-but Bey's gonna bring it!" is not an argument. Especial when I pointed out 2 occasions where Bey's "Bringing It" failed her.
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Again, I never said Bey would be a bigger deal. Read what I type please.

Also comparing two 'big performances' to the most-watched televised event in the world? No.
 
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royalan

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godelsmetric said:
Again, I never said Bey would be a bigger deal. Read what I type please.

Also comparing two 'big performances' to the most-watched televised event in the world? No.
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I think you need to read what I type since you keep repeating the same damn irrelevant point about Bey's performance prowess.

Also, MIA aside Madonna's performance was well-received. I'm sorry but you don't have a leg to stand on here, sis. Not even a stump.

EDIT: I also love that you responded to my post to argue against a point that you NOW admit I was never trying to make. Bravo.
 
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Styles

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Artemisia said:
receipts plz
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RED CLOSES IN ON 3 MILLION ALBUMS SOLD WORLDWIDE

Released less than a month ago, Taylor Swift&#8217;s fourth studio album, RED, is already approaching the 2.8 million album worldwide sales mark.

After debuting with music&#8217;s highest first-week album sales in over a decade, RED is currently in its third consecutive week in the #1 position atop Billboard&#8217;s 200 top albums chart, and as of this week RED will have scanned more than 1.8 million albums in the U.S. since its October 22nd release.

RED, released on Big Machine Records, has topped the sales charts in 42 countries worldwide, with international sales topping 920,000 albums thus far. Taylor now has worldwide career record sales in excess of 26 million albums and 75 million song downloads.

This weekend, tickets went on sale for Taylor&#8217;s two July RED Tour stops at Foxborough, Mass.&#8217;s Gillette Stadium, with the back to back stadium shows selling out in just 5 minutes.

On Friday, Taylor sold out three stadiums: Toronto&#8217;s Rogers Centre (sold out in 5 minutes), Detroit&#8217;s Ford Field (sold out in 10 minutes), and Chicago&#8217;s Soldier Field (sold out in 25 minutes), as well as arenas in Los Angeles (2 shows in 1 minute), Washington DC (2 shows in 5 minutes), Atlanta (2 shows in 5 minutes), Miami, Tampa, Columbus, San Diego and Sacramento. Tickets for Taylor&#8217;s two August shows in Kansas City also sold out over the weekend.

Taylor Swift&#8217;s The RED Tour will now include 11 stadium stops, for a total of 62 shows in 45 cities in 29 states and 3 provinces in 2013. A complete listing of tour dates, including future onsale information, is available at www.taylorswift.com.

Last night, Taylor brought home her 11th career American Music Award, winning Favorite Female Artist (Country) for the fifth consecutive year. Just a week earlier, Taylor won three European Music Awards, taking top honors for Best Female Act, Best Live Act, and Best Look.

The fan response to Taylor&#8217;s RED album and tour has been matched by the project&#8217;s critical acclaim, with the album earning rave reviews from critics around the globe. Just this weekend, Vanity Fair dubbed Taylor &#8220;officially the new Mick Jagger,&#8221; calling her international chart-topper &#8220;We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together&#8221; &#8220;the year&#8217;s best pop song.&#8221; VF asks, &#8220;Who is more interesting in pop right now?&#8221; and praises Taylor&#8217;s &#8220;hooks and insouciance,&#8221; lauding her music as &#8220;canny and knowing.&#8221;

Lauded by The New York Times as &#8220;one of the most important pop artists of the last decade,&#8221; and by Rolling Stone as &#8220;one of the few genuine rock stars we&#8217;ve got these days,&#8221; 22 year-old Taylor Swift is a six-time GRAMMY winner, and is the youngest winner in history of the music industry&#8217;s highest honor, the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Taylor is the only female artist in music history (and just the fourth artist ever) to twice have an album hit the 1 million first-week sales figure. She holds the record for the biggest digital sales week ever for a song by a woman, and for the second-largest song sales week overall, as well as the worldwide iTunes record for highest ever first-week album sales.


Taylor, who writes all of her own songs, has an album on Rolling Stone&#8217;s prestigious The 50 Greatest Albums of All Time (by women) list, and Time magazine has named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She is Billboard&#8217;s youngest-ever Woman of the Year, and her more than 100 industry award wins have included the American Music Awards&#8217; Artist of the Year, the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music&#8217;s Entertainer of the Year and three European Music Awards.

Taylor&#8217;s two most recent albums are two of only 18 albums in the entire history of music to sell more than 1 million copies in a single week. She has had singles top both the country and pop radio charts around the globe, and has thus far scored 11 #1 singles across multiple radio formats. She is one of the top 5-selling digital music artists worldwide, and is the top-selling digital artist in country music history.
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That was posted 3 weeks ago, so I am sure she has sold more than that.
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