Oh so you're proving my point that streaming isnt passive then... it's a whole ass audience you have to captivate & then work to keep

meanwhile Beyonce can just sit on her ass doing nothing for the next 10 years & still sell out a huge ass tour

Idk about it being easier to game I’m not talking about that but “if it’s so passive why is someone as big as Beyoncé struggling so hard” is a question for artists making accessible and current taste-relevant music rather than a question of what the most passive form of consumption for listeners is

It’s literally like asking what’s the most passive out of walking/jogging/sprinting. Streaming is walking here lol

I don’t see how it’s crazy to say streaming music is a more passive form of consumption than buying music or going to a concert

It isnt and im not saying streaming isn't more passive lol, im just saying streaming isn't passive in itself, especially on the artists side

It is quite literally the most passive form of music consumption. Beyonce doesn’t have a large streaming audience because her audience and her catalog predates streaming, and she doesn’t even make the type of music that is dominant on streaming services.

If you notice, most all of the largest streaming artists are artists who had their commercial peaks in the streaming era. Eminem is one of the very few outliers, but that one explains itself.

work to keep for all those streaming numbers and still have to cancel shows, sounds like it's pretty passive to me dawg

Also "beyonce can just sit on her ass doing nothing" uhhhhh, have you seen the shows she puts on?

Beyonce's recent album was generic run of the mill dance music though. For an artist as big as her she should have definitely done a lot better but she's failed at getting the younger (25 and under) generation interested in her music. Whilst Taylor Swift has done an extremely good job at recapturing that audience and it's why she's now arguably at the peak of her whole ass career

Out @ Renaissance being “generic run of the mill dance music”

@edumist

Beyoncé is doing fine on streaming. I don't know why you think she's "struggling"

Where are these conclusions you are pulling from? A lot of y'all arguments come from probably just your view on their music lol.

Fr, she’s not even doing terrible on streaming, she’s just not dominant on it

Ah come on lmao. That album is far more accessible than My Turn for the average american

My Turn is literally generic run of the mill late 2010s trap music. It doesn’t get more accessible than that.

You're gonna tell me music talking about gangs & murder is more accessible than this

Got a lot of bands, got a lot of Ivy on me
I gotta fan myself off (Fan me off)
I gotta fan myself off (Fan me off)
I gotta cool down, heated (Fan me off like hot, hot, hot)
(Like Coco Chanel, put me up in jail)
I gotta cool it down, heated (Cool it down, hot, hot, hot)
Yeah, yeah (Like stolen Chanel, put me up in jail)
(Tip, tip, tip)
It's been a lot of years, really think you gettin' one past me? (Tip, tip, tip)
I gotta fan myself off
I gotta fan myself off
I gotta cool it down, heated (Oh)
You got me heated
Heated, oh

Man can we have numbers talk. This current one is boring asf

You’re gonna sit here and act like trap music hasn’t been extremely mainstream since 2015/2016? It’s the main reason why rap music dominated the cultural zeitgeist from the mid-to-late 2010s

that dude is the same nigga that said he wishes that music would go back to having generic pop hits on the radio that everyone could sing along to or some nonsense, don’t even pay bro no mind lmao

my conclusions come from Beyonce's first album in 5 years being outsold by Lil Baby's recent album meanwhile people on here are downtalking artists like Lil Baby's achievements because apparently it means nothing because its "passive"

Renaissance did almost double what It’s Only Me did first week btw

yeah, thanks to having a rabid fanbase, but now she's been dominated by Lil Baby meanwhile you think that means nothing

What does accessibility mean for music lol?

Baby shark is accessible.

Lil Baby is accessible.

Beyonce is accessible.

They're all mainstream lol

Dominated in stream correct?

Cause I know she is selling more on her tour?

The type of music Lil Baby makes dominates streaming (ESPECIALLY Apple Music), plus the majority of Beyonce’s audience is not consuming her music via streaming services

Same song also has this

Tip, tip, tip on hardwood floors
Ten, ten, ten across the board (With a waist that wine like this)
Give me face, face, face, face, yah
Your face card never declines, my God (Ooh)
Eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Mm, yummy, yummy, yum, make the bummy heated
Make a pretty girl talk that s***ty
Whiskey 'til I'm tipsy, glitter on my kitty (Ooh)
Cool it down, down, down, my pretty
Bad, bad b****y make the bad b**** glitchy
Fine, fine, fine-fine, fine-fine, fine, fine
Liberated, livin' like we ain't got time
Yadda, yadda, yah, yadda, yadda, yah, yah
Yadda, yadda, yadda, bom, bom, ka, ka
Blastin' on that ass, blast on that ass
Fan me quick, girl, I need my glass
Fan me off, my wrist goes click
Dimples on my hip, stretch marks on my t***
Drinkin' my water, mindin' my biz
Monday, I'm overrated, Tuesday, on my d***
Flip-flop, flippy, flip-floppin'-ass b****
Fan me off, watch my wrist go click
Fan me off, I'm hot, hot, hot
Like stolen Chanel, lock me up in jail
Cuff me, please, 'cause this ain't fair
Dripped in my pearls like Coco Chanel
Uncle Jonny made my dress
That cheap Spandex, she looks a mess
Fan me off, I'm hot, hot, hot
Like stolen Chanel, lock me up in jail
Fingertips go tap, tap, t-tap
On my MPC, makin' disco trap
Uncle Jonny made my dress
That cheap Spandex, she looks a mess

It has, but what makes that interesting is it was never meant to be lol. Music like Beyonce was what was always meant to be mainstream & everywhere. Everyone is always shocked when they find out My Turn outsold After Hours by a lot and that's because people aren't used to rappers actually being mainstream