Honestly, I've never really listened to her music and don't see myself doing it anytime soon, either:
"With online debut, Beyoncé upends music market" by Ben Sisario | New York Times, December 16, 2013
NEW YORK — The episode contains some lessons — and possibly a future blueprint — for the music industry. In bypassing the industry’s traditional promotional machinery, she demonstrated social media’s power to amplify news....
Hi, reader.
As a stunt, the release also showed the marketing value of no marketing. Typically, to spur sales for high-priority albums, record companies follow Hollywood’s time-tested strategy of pointing consumers — repeatedly, and through every media platform available — to a specific release date in the future, and piggybacking on the promotional might of big consumer brands....
Beyoncé also bucked other industry trends....
“I am bored.”
Me, too.
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It looks like I won't be reading anything else there, and I have yet to read yesterdays insults and excuses for a crummy job market when corporations and the elite are getting phat with the $y$tem as is. In fact, I'm bored with a lot more of the Globe (not including the front page I begin with) than the business section, but I may be back to post certain select stories from today and yesterday. Then again, I may not. Sorry I have failed you, readers.
UPDATE:
"The outcome was noteworthy: As fans gushed over Beyonce’s new songs and videos on social media, actually paying for the album was the easiest way to get access. It’s unclear whether less popular artists can pull off what Beyonce did, and a backlash by traditional retailers like Target upset by her digital-only format might dig into her sales. Still, “Beyonce” proves that consumers are willing to spend more on music if they are caught off guard and the songs are accompanied by high-caliber videos."
