Beyonce has sold over 118 million albums globally, making her one of the most successful musicians in the world. She is also the most nominated female artist at the Grammys, having received 24 accolades throughout the course of her profession, which crosses more than two decades. Beyonce has established herself as an iconic pop superstar, beginning with her girl group Destiny’s Child and continuing with her latest visual album Black Is King. While several of her albums have achieved critical and commercial acclaim, Beyonce set a precedent that other artists have followed. Remember when Beyonce released her whole self-titled eponymous album for free to her fans in 2013? Find out which album Queen Bey’s followers were startled by in the following paragraphs.
Beyonce’s fifth solo studio album, Beyonce, was released digitally on the iTunes Store on December 13, 2013, with no previous notice or advertising. She went back to sharing vegan meals after announcing on Instagram at midnight that ‘Surprise!’ her new ‘visual album’ was now available on iTunes. In its first three days of sales, the album sold 617,000 copies in the United States and 828,773 copies globally, making it the fastest-selling album in the history of the iTunes Store at the time. Beyoncé’s fifth straight number-one album on the Billboard 200 list, the album debuted at number one in the United States.