here's your problem in this whole discussion; you keep wanting to quantify everything - i'm going by
overall figures. who said anything about latest releases?
per the link I just posted -
Katy perry has outsold
Beyonce in the digital era. this is not an opinion.
Katy Perry and Juicy J's dark horse sold 13 million - I know you all don't want to include that in the debate/discussion, but the industry can't scoff at 13 million dollars made off of one song...that's HUGE in any era and establishes her as a bonafide megastar.
Those overall sales figures for both Katy Perry and Rihanna are inflated. The digital era gives them the privilege of selling music for next to nothing vs. other artists who are on the top sellers list who didn't have that luxury. Why are the numbers inflated? Katy Perry has sold 6 million albums vs. 85 digital tracks. Rihanna has sold 10 million albums vs. 79 million digital tracks.
13 million people had to buy a single where they make more off a Beyoncé album sold at $13-$17.99 with 1 million people buying. That's not even counting the singles sales.
Katy Perry and Rihanna again, SOLD MORE SINGLES in an era where you can cop singles for next to nothing. Yes, it is significant in regard to singles sales. Still the fact that Beyoncé CONTINUES TO SELL
ALBUMS in the digital era speaks volumes. That's where Katy Perry AND Rihanna fall short of the Beyoncé's, Adele's, and Taylor Swift's. They still manage to get people to shell out $9 to $16 for their music vs. people paying $.99 for singles because they either aren't interested in the rest of the album or they just like the singles.
you're right. neither of them have outsold her album wise since we're pretending this is 1993 and there is no such thing as Itunes. let's move on
I know how to end this debate: compare beyonce to
taylor swift and adele.
no excuses, no emotions, no bias - go ahead and google up those comparisons and come back w/your findings.
and keep in mind, the debate is that
beyonce is the GOAT.....come on with those numbers. i'll wait.
I would be pretending this were '93 if I were bringing up stats from decades ago. Katy Perry hasn't released new music since 2013. That's why I compared it to Beyoncé's 2013 album. This is pretty recent. Then to top it off, I also mentioned Beyoncé's latest album, which still sold over a million copies in the DIGITAL ERA. There's links that I posted that attest to Beyoncé doing huge iTunes numbers so I don't get where "since we're pretending this is 1993 and there is no such thing as ITunes" is coming from especially since in the very next statement you're mentioning Adele and Taylor Swift. Regarding them, you can't lump Katy and Rihanna in with them, because they aren't even touching Beyoncé albums wise and Beyoncé is the only other female that's still selling 1 million+ so far in the digital era. And no, Adele and Taylor Swift selling as many albums as they do can't be overlooked. No matter how you slice it, any artist that can still sell an album is impressive commercially no matter who they are. I don't have to like the music or even like them, but from a commercial standpoint, it's respectable.
