I've seen it often and I'm sure many people surfing the net have as well on any random site you can imagine. Perhaps the development of this fixation on Beyonce stems from being compared to her own band mates in their former group Destiny’s Child. Even though their success (which place them as the biggest selling female group of all time), established the familiarity with each of them as a house hold name, there are certainly some actions demonstrated that display questionable behavior for some for whatever reason.
One perspective on it would be that Beyonce clearly carried the group, where another would insist that she hogged the spotlight. It is very likely that Beyonce sung more on most of Destiny Child’s hits than any other member. By the way do we honestly remember any female group where more than 1 person regularly sings lead other than Envogue? It’s been said that Beyonce as well as her father Mathew Knowles (Destiny’s Child manager) have held the other members back and therefore, not allowing anyone else to showcase their talent. What should be noted is that Kelly and Michelle have yet to find their own substantial solo success while Beyonce has on 3 different occasions.
There are other causes of the escalated resentment against Beyonce that could be a reason why she is despised by some… Many feel that she is the sole reason for the downfall of so many “extinct” artists. Ashanti, Amerie, Jlo (whose certainly on a comeback trail as of late), and Mya have struggled in their careers after having lackluster sales and fading common interest. Most of these women have released material around or at the same time as Beyonce and have gone virtually unnoticed. People have even said that there was an attempt made by Beyonce to close in on Janet’s territory and replace her. Beyonce had released an album (“Bday”) inside the same year as Janet’s (“20 Y.O.”) and that of course drew a few comparisons and started some kind of rivalry in the minds of their devoted fans.
Some very interesting tidbits are: 1) Rihanna’s not often ridiculed in this same manner for having 5 releases in the 5 years that she’s been out (since 2005) and have seen way more success than all of the girls mentioned that were supposedly destroyed by Beyonce in recent years. She’s also released music in the same year Janet Jackson has as well. She’s not credited for ending anyone’s career. 2) The demise of Ashanti’s career may have something to do with her label home that fell apart after flooded allegations of fraud and drug money swarming around them. 3) Amerie parted ways with longtime producer Rich Harrison (who wrote her biggest hit “1Thing”) due to what some people believe are personal reasons (the two were rumored to be romantically involved). She hasn’t found any parallel success since. Yet, Beyonce is still seen (by many) as the biggest problem these ladies had on their hands. I guess, recounting the past has a lot to do with how someone views it. Speaking of recounting the past, this brings me to my next point.
Wikipedia may not be a primary source for stats and information relating to various artist for some folks, however most people may agree that their ballpark figures on the site are generally accurate for most artists. One important factor concerning Wikipedia is that it’s designed to state facts by the PUBLIC that list a reference for proof if anything is supplied to any artists’ record. I frequently visit the site and plug in different names from Britney to Lady Gaga. I’ve honestly never seen anything taken away from them after these artist are credited for something (matter of fact, I’ve noticed that their adjustments usually are made to make their totals higher). This is not the case at all with Beyonce.
I’ve only seen paradoxical statistics that is not left untouched for more than two weeks max. Beyonce’s discography have had multiple changes applied to it and go back and forth for months on end between lower and higher sums. For example her last disc I am Sasha Fierce is certified triple platinum and it’s brought back down to double on a consistent basis(despite having a photo of the plaque floating around on the web). Matter of fact as of 1/19/11, she’s currently listed as selling 2.4millin in the states (despite inside where the reading of her history have text that acknowledge her sales to have been 2.8 as of January of 2010). It was listed on 2 occassions as having sales of 3 million in the last few months. Her worldwide stats aren’t stable either. It is often lodged between 6 -7 million, when it was near 7 million for most of 2010 (again you will find this info in the text that is provided by Wikipedia).
So, this is not only baffling, but contradictory as well. Lady Gaga's tweet to her followers on Twitter about her album sales for "The Fame" was honored and listed as a source at one time to grant her a higher grand total. There were some complaints made about that, but it was approved. Again, I’m using Wikipedia in this case to dwell on the fact that it is a site where the public make contributions to what is listed. So, this question I raised isn't asked in any attempt to display my own unwavering "standom", but in the name of objectivity. I want to dissect this specific case and just simply find out if some of you feel that there's any other artist you've seen get it worst. Let's just narrow this down to female artist (because I don't think anyone has come close to enduring what MJ had to).
What is your take on it?
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