OK XO hit me earlier, so that's two songs I'll happily revisit from the album now. Not bad to be fair and I will give the album another listen soon. Can see XO being a decent sized hit for her but not a massive one, nothing on this album sounds like a massive hit IMO.

'Haunted' is so perfect.

That and 'Mine' do it for me.

 

Also keep getting choked up at the end of 'Blue' like a sap :cry:

Sorry for my earlier rant, this is indeed amazing. Like a female Channel Orange.

Guinness World Record

 

The surprise release of Beyoncé's fifth solo album has earned the R&B star a new Guinness World Records title for fastest-selling album on iTunes.

 

The former Destiny's Child singer took the music industry and her own fans by surprise when she released her new, eponymously titled album exclusively on iTunes on Friday without any prior announcement.

 

The unconventional move has paid off in spectacular style: in its first three days of availability as a digital download, the "visual" album featuring 14 new tracks and 17 videos shifted 828,773 copies worldwide to shatter the iTunes record established by Justin Timberlake's 20/20 Experience (580,000) in March 2013.

 

"I didn't want to release my music the way I've done it (before). I'm bored with that," Beyoncé said after the release. "I feel like I'm able to speak directly to my fans. There's so much that gets between the music, the artist and the fans. I felt like I didn't want anybody to give the message when my record is coming out. I just want this to come out when it's ready and (for it to be) from me to my fans."

 

While the majority of those sales came in the US, where it has racked up 617,213 sales since its release, the album has also already debuted at No.1 in 104 different countries.

 

Beyoncé also currently holds the record for highest annual earnings for a female singer, having racked up an estimated $80 million (£40 million) according to the 2008 Forbes celebrity list.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2...n-itunes-53746/

 

I'll update my rate from in the other topic too, this is so crazy good and still growing so it's become very stanny...

 

10 | Pretty Hurts

09.5 | Haunted

09.5 | Drunk In Love (feat. Jay Z)

10 | Blow

08 | No Angel

10 | Partition

09 | Jealous

07.5 | Rocket

08.5 | Mine (feat. Drake)

11 | XO

10 | ***Flawless (feat. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

08 | Superpower (feat. Frank Ocean)

08 | Heaven

08.5 | Blue (feat. Blue Ivy)

 

 

Astounding. Having given it time to grow, this is definitely my album of the year. I adore her and always have, but I'm still struggling to comprehend how amazing the album is!

Finally found a copy in the third store I went to..!

 

Great album, worth the hype. Also love the DVD that comes with it. The visuals reflect the songs in a good way. More artists should do this combo!

Finally found a copy in the third store I went to..!

 

Great album, worth the hype. Also love the DVD that comes with it. The visuals reflect the songs in a good way. More artists should do this combo!

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We ALL know who was the inspiration.

 

<3

She was her own inspiration (B'day ^_^ ). Still, I love the fact she puts that much effort in her work (Wether she was first or not). Not enough artists do that.

 

And..glad they included Grown woman on the DVD!

 

I think Rocket is now my favourite. It's so f***ing effortless and relentless with its melodies and hooks and she has never given a better vocal performance.

 

OHHHUAINTRIGHTFORDOINITTOMELIKETHATDADDY!

I think Rocket is now my favourite. It's so f***ing effortless and relentless with its melodies and hooks and she has never given a better vocal performance.

 

OHHHUAINTRIGHTFORDOINITTOMELIKETHATDADDY!

 

Completely on the Rocket ship now, so good. So smooth.

 

:wub:

 

 

This album is surprisingly excellent for me. I've never been a MAJOR fan of hers before although she has her moments (Irreplaceable, Beautiful Liar, Best You Never Had) but this is such a cohesive and forward thinking album, yet the melodies/potential hits are there and the production is flawless throughout. The videos are largely brilliant too, Yoncé is TOO amazing.

I'm still not bored of this album in the slightest having been listening to it for 11 days in a row now. XO is still anthemic but my focus has moved to Partition and Jealous for now. Still am not on a Rocket ship everyone else seems to have hopped on but I'm sure it will click at some point.

 

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I am so obsessed with this album, it's probably a little unhealthy. I was travelling on the MegaBus today and purposely played all the videos on my laptop (with my headphones in) so that the woman next to me would see them. She tapped me on the shoulder, asked me if it was her new album and I said that it was and that I really recommend it. She then thanked me and said she was going to go and buy the album now.

 

Beyoncé, you're welcome.

 

P.S. "Partition" is my current jam. "Driver roll up the partition please, I don't need you seeing Yoncé on her knees". :wub:

OH MY GOD

 

Listening to the album properly for the first time ever (f***ING FINALLY) and I AM SLAYED INFINITY TIMES OVER

I think Haunted has overtaken XO as my favourite song from this album now.

Err... So I've finally watched (the majority of) the videos for the album and I'm just very confused as to why she's decided to portray herself in this way in some of the videos - she's not Rihanna, so she doesn't need to have her bum on show in every single video. As much as I'm enjoying the songs, the video release tactic definitely could have been more well-thought out. It's obvious that she's even used body doubles in a few of them as she didn't have time to film them all!

The videos were filmed over the course of months. She had time. If body doubles were used she must have had other reasons. It's not that uncommon.

 

Anyway the video anthology aspect of the album is the weak link in my opinion. Quite a few of them are just beauty montage sequence-style videos with nothing memorable to recommend them. It's always going to be the way when you shoot 17 videos, but songs like XO deserve big videos to match.

 

Still, it's the album of the year and that's what counts.