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==Legacy==
==Legacy==
''Beyoncé'' ranks among the greatest albums of the 2010s decade. ''Billboard'' placed it at number 2 on their 2014 list of the best albums of the decade so far, writing that "the images of sex, love, pleasure and pain within the songs [make] the album Beyonce’s most evocative to date".<ref>{{cite web|title=Billboard's Top 20 Best Albums of the 2010s (So Far)|url=http://www.billboard.com/photos/6436436/20-best-albums-2010s-half-decade?i=541727|work=Billboard|accessdate=13 January 2015}}</ref> ''Fact'' listed the album at 9 for the same period, noting that it "takes chances both sonically and lyrically" while seeing "Beyoncé confirm and challenge assumptions about her public and private personas [...] [and] sparking conversations about feminism, race and sexuality."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2014/11/03/the-100-best-albums-of-the-decade-so-far/93/|title=The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far 2010-2014|work=Fact|accessdate=October 26, 2016}}</ref> ''Pitchfork'' put it at 14 on a similar list compiled in 2014, saying that ''Beyoncé'' redefined the concept of an album in a time when many music journalists had assumed the format was "dead".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9465-the-100-best-albums-of-the-decade-so-far-2010-2014/?page=5|title=The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far 2010-2014|work=Pitchfork|accessdate=January 1, 2017}}</ref> ''Beyoncé'' also appeared in lists curated by ''Spin''<ref name=spin30>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2015/05/the-300-best-albums-of-the-past-30-years-1985-2014/5/ |title=The 300 Best Albums Of The Past 30 Years |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |accessdate=October 26, 2016}}</ref> and ''Q''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qcollection.htm#Q30years |title=Q Magazine – The Greatest Albums Of The Last 30 Years… 476 Modern Classics |work=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |accessdate=October 26, 2016}}</ref> ranking the best albums of the last thirty years for the period 1984 to 2014. It was included in the 2016 edition of ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]'', with Bruno MacDonald saying that the album "harked back to boundary-blasting masterpieces like Prince's ''[[Sign o' the Times]]'' and Janet Jackson's ''[[Janet (album)|Janet]]''—the weird and wonderful work that arises when an arists fame means they can finally do whatever the hell they like".<ref name=1001>{{cite book|last1=Macdonald|first1=Bruno|editor1-last=Dimery|editor1-first=Robert|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die|publisher=Cassell|isbn=1844038904|page=942|edition=1st|accessdate=April 15, 2017}}</ref>
''Beyoncé'' ranks among the greatest albums of the 2010s decade. ''Billboard'' placed it at number 2 on their 2014 list of the best albums of the decade so far, writing that "the images of sex, love, pleasure and pain within the songs [make] the album Beyonce’s most evocative to date".<ref>{{cite web|title=Billboard's Top 20 Best Albums of the 2010s (So Far)|url=http://www.billboard.com/photos/6436436/20-best-albums-2010s-half-decade?i=541727|work=Billboard|accessdate=13 January 2015}}</ref> ''Fact'' listed the album at 9 for the same period, noting that it "takes chances both sonically and lyrically" while seeing "Beyoncé confirm and challenge assumptions about her public and private personas [...] [and] sparking conversations about feminism, race and sexuality."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2014/11/03/the-100-best-albums-of-the-decade-so-far/93/|title=The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far 2010-2014|work=Fact|accessdate=October 26, 2016}}</ref> ''Pitchfork'' put it at 14 on a similar list compiled in 2014, saying that ''Beyoncé'' redefined the concept of an album in a time when many music journalists had assumed the format was "dead".<ref name="pitchforkdecade">{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9465-the-100-best-albums-of-the-decade-so-far-2010-2014/?page=5|title=The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far 2010-2014|work=Pitchfork|accessdate=January 1, 2017}}</ref> ''Beyoncé'' also appeared in lists curated by ''Spin''<ref name="spin30">{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2015/05/the-300-best-albums-of-the-past-30-years-1985-2014/5/ |title=The 300 Best Albums Of The Past 30 Years |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |accessdate=October 26, 2016}}</ref> and ''Q''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qcollection.htm#Q30years |title=Q Magazine – The Greatest Albums Of The Last 30 Years… 476 Modern Classics |work=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |accessdate=October 26, 2016}}</ref> ranking the best albums of the last thirty years for the period 1984 to 2014. It was included in the 2016 edition of ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]'', with Bruno MacDonald saying that the album "harked back to boundary-blasting masterpieces like Prince's ''[[Sign o' the Times]]'' and Janet Jackson's ''[[Janet (album)|Janet]]''—the weird and wonderful work that arises when an arists fame means they can finally do whatever the hell they like".<ref name=1001>{{cite book|last1=Macdonald|first1=Bruno|editor1-last=Dimery|editor1-first=Robert|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die|publisher=Cassell|isbn=1844038904|page=942|edition=1st|accessdate=April 15, 2017}}</ref>


The album's visual aspect and unexpected release were hailed by music journalists as redefining the concept of the album and release strategies.<ref name="pitchfork"/> <ref name="spin30"/> In particular, commentators have analysed its unconventional release separately as a restatement of artistic control where typically lost to the internet,<ref name="Peter Robinson Guardian"/> as a marketing tool<ref name="rothman">{{cite news|last1=Rothman|first1=Lily|title=Why Beyoncé Kept Her New Album Secret|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/13/why-beyonce-kept-her-new-album-secret/|accessdate=April 17, 2017|work=Time|date=December 13, 2013}}</ref><ref name="ebony"/><ref name="HNHH">{{cite news|last1=Tart|first1=Chris|title=Pulling A "Beyonce": The Surprise Album Phenom|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/pulling-a-beyonce-the-surprise-album-phenom-news.13123.html|accessdate=April 17, 2017|work=[[Hot New Hip Hop]]|date=December 10, 2014}}</ref> and as a pre-emptive move against [[internet piracy]].<ref name="GQsurprise">{{cite news|last1=Lynskey|first1=Dorian|title=The problem with surprise releases albums|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/the-problem-with-surprise-albums|accessdate=April 17, 2017|work=[[GQ (magazine)|GQ]]|date=August 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name="rothman"/><ref name="HNHH"/> In 2014, [[Harvard University]]'s [[Harvard Business School|Business School]] published a case study on the release strategy of the album which examined its difficult planning and execution, as well as its short-term and long-term impact.<ref name=harvard>{{cite news|last1=Pazzanese|first1=Christina|title=The business of being Beyoncé|url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/09/the-business-of-being-beyonce/|accessdate=September 25, 2014|work=[[Harvard Gazette]]|date=September 25, 2014}}</ref> [[Anita Elberse]], the school's Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration, described the album's release strategy as "magnificent work" and "first of its kind", particularly praising Beyoncé's [[Parkwood Entertainment]] for their coordination and preparation.<ref name="hvd02">{{cite web|last1=Camerota|first1=Christian|title=The Curious Case of 'Beyoncé' the Album|url=http://www.hbs.edu/news/articles/Pages/anita-elberse-beyonce.aspx|publisher=[[Harvard Business School]]|accessdate=April 16, 2017}}</ref> Writing for ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', Corey Atad describes Beyoncé as having "upended the model of music releasing" and together with ''[[Lemonade (Beyoncé album)|Lemonade]]'', the singer's second visual album released in 2016, has asked "the public to engage seriously and fervently with challenging works of filmmaking".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Atad|first1=Corey|title=The Visual Album Is Changing More Than Music Videos. It's Changing Cinema.|url=http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a47816/frank-ocean-endless-visual-albums-beyonce-kanye-west/|accessdate=April 16, 2017|work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]|date=August 19, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Verge (blog)|The Verge]]''{{'}}s Micah Singleton wrote that ''Beyoncé'' had "changed the music industry more than any other album in the last ten years", believing that the singer had "put the focus back on the full-length album like it hadn’t been in years".<ref name="verge">{{cite news|last1=Singleton|first1=Micah|title=The internet took the album away, and now it's giving it back|url=http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/30/8301845/digital-album-sales-music-industry-beyonce-itunes|accessdate=April 16, 2017|work=[[The Verge (blog)|The Verge]]|date=March 30, 2015}}</ref> For the singer's 2014 entry in the ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' [[Time 100|100]], Facebook's [[chief operating officer]] [[Sheryl Sandberg]] wrote that "she took the world by surprise [and] shattered music-industry rules—and sales records".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sandberg|first1=Sheryl|title=Beyoncé|url=http://time.com/collection-post/70716/beyonce-2014-time-100/|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|accessdate=April 23, 2014|date=April 16, 2017}}</ref> The phrase "pulling a Beyoncé" is now used in the music industry to refer to the practice of releasing music without warning.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Billboard Staff|title=From 'Pulling a Beyonce' to 'On Fleek,' Slang Terms That Invaded 2014|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6406019/pulling-a-beyonce-fleek-slang-terms|accessdate=April 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=December 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lipshutz|first1=Jason|title=Taylor Swift Would Never 'Pull a Beyonce' with an Album|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6289287/taylor-swift-would-never-pull-a-beyonce|accessdate=April 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=November 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Zalbenal|title=Is The Lonely Island About to Pull a Beyoncé?|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1824205/is-the-lonely-island-about-to-pull-a-beyonce/|accessdate=April 17, 2017|publisher=MTV|date=May 13, 2014}}</ref> Other artists have since adopted similar "surprise" release strategies in the wake of ''Beyoncé'' including [[Kendrick Lamar]] for ''[[To Pimp a Butterfly]]'' (2015) and ''[[Untitled Unmastered]]'' (2016), Drake for ''[[If You're Reading This It's Too Late]]'' (2015) and ''[[Views (Drake album)|Views]]'' (2016),<ref name="verge"/><ref name="GQsurprise"/> [[Rihanna]] for ''[[Anti (album)|Anti]]'' (2016),<ref name="GQsurprise"/> [[Kanye West]] for ''[[The Life of Pablo]]'' (2016),<ref name="PMsurprise">{{cite news|last1=Kok|first1=Dan|title=The Final Year of the Surprise Album (Hopefully)|url=http://www.popmatters.com/post/2016-the-final-year-of-the-surprise-album-hopefully/|accessdate=April 17, 2017|work=[[PopMatters]]|date=December 22, 2016}}</ref> [[Coldplay]] for ''[[Ghost Stories (Coldplay album)|Ghost Stories]]'' (2014), [[U2]] for ''[[Songs of Innocence]]'' (2014),<ref name="GQsurprise"/> [[Azealia Banks]] for ''[[Broke With Expensive Taste]]'' (2014), [[D'Angelo]] for ''[[Black Messiah]]'' (2014), [[J. Cole]] for ''[[2014 Forest Hills Drive]]'' (2014), [[Kid Cudi]] for ''[[Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon]]'' (2014).<ref name="ebony">{{cite news|last1=Kennedy|first1=John|title=The Power of the Secret Album|url=http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/the-power-of-the-secret-album-323|accessdate=December 24, 2014|work=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]|date=December 15, 2014}}</ref>
The album's visual aspect and unexpected release were hailed by music journalists as redefining the concept of the album and release strategies.<ref name="pitchforkdecade"/><ref name="spin30"/> In particular, commentators have analysed its unconventional release separately as a restatement of artistic control where typically lost to the internet,<ref name="Peter Robinson Guardian"/> as a marketing tool<ref name="vulturesurprise">{{cite news|last1=Zoladz|first1=Lindsay|title=Everybody ‘Pulling a Beyoncé’ Has Given Me Surprise-Album Fatigue|url=http://www.vulture.com/2015/04/surprise-album-fatigue.html|accessdate=April 17, 2017|work=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]|date=April 8, 2015}}</ref><ref name="rothman">{{cite news|last1=Rothman|first1=Lily|title=Why Beyoncé Kept Her New Album Secret|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/13/why-beyonce-kept-her-new-album-secret/|accessdate=April 17, 2017|work=Time|date=December 13, 2013}}</ref><ref name="ebony"/><ref name="HNHH">{{cite news|last1=Tart|first1=Chris|title=Pulling A "Beyonce": The Surprise Album Phenom|url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/pulling-a-beyonce-the-surprise-album-phenom-news.13123.html|accessdate=April 17, 2017|work=[[Hot New Hip Hop]]|date=December 10, 2014}}</ref> and as a pre-emptive move against [[internet piracy]].<ref name="GQsurprise">{{cite news|last1=Lynskey|first1=Dorian|title=The problem with surprise releases albums|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/the-problem-with-surprise-albums|accessdate=April 17, 2017|work=[[GQ (magazine)|GQ]]|date=August 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name="rothman"/><ref name="HNHH"/> In 2014, [[Harvard University]]'s [[Harvard Business School|Business School]] published a case study on the release strategy of the album which examined its difficult planning and execution, as well as its short-term and long-term impact.<ref name=harvard>{{cite news|last1=Pazzanese|first1=Christina|title=The business of being Beyoncé|url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/09/the-business-of-being-beyonce/|accessdate=September 25, 2014|work=[[Harvard Gazette]]|date=September 25, 2014}}</ref> [[Anita Elberse]], the school's Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration, described the album's release strategy as "magnificent work" and "first of its kind", particularly praising Beyoncé's [[Parkwood Entertainment]] for their coordination and preparation.<ref name="hvd02">{{cite web|last1=Camerota|first1=Christian|title=The Curious Case of 'Beyoncé' the Album|url=http://www.hbs.edu/news/articles/Pages/anita-elberse-beyonce.aspx|publisher=[[Harvard Business School]]|accessdate=April 16, 2017}}</ref> Writing for ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', Corey Atad describes Beyoncé as having "upended the model of music releasing" and together with ''[[Lemonade (Beyoncé album)|Lemonade]]'', the singer's second visual album released in 2016, has asked "the public to engage seriously and fervently with challenging works of filmmaking".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Atad|first1=Corey|title=The Visual Album Is Changing More Than Music Videos. It's Changing Cinema.|url=http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a47816/frank-ocean-endless-visual-albums-beyonce-kanye-west/|accessdate=April 16, 2017|work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]|date=August 19, 2016}}</ref> ''[[The Verge (blog)|The Verge]]''{{'}}s Micah Singleton wrote that ''Beyoncé'' had "changed the music industry more than any other album in the last ten years", believing that the singer had "put the focus back on the full-length album like it hadn’t been in years".<ref name="verge">{{cite news|last1=Singleton|first1=Micah|title=The internet took the album away, and now it's giving it back|url=http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/30/8301845/digital-album-sales-music-industry-beyonce-itunes|accessdate=April 16, 2017|work=[[The Verge (blog)|The Verge]]|date=March 30, 2015}}</ref> For the singer's 2014 entry in the ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' [[Time 100|100]], Facebook's [[chief operating officer]] [[Sheryl Sandberg]] wrote that "she took the world by surprise [and] shattered music-industry rules—and sales records".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sandberg|first1=Sheryl|title=Beyoncé|url=http://time.com/collection-post/70716/beyonce-2014-time-100/|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|accessdate=April 23, 2014|date=April 16, 2017}}</ref> The phrase "pulling a Beyoncé" is now used in the music industry to refer to the practice of releasing music without warning.<ref name="vulturesurprise"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Billboard Staff|title=From 'Pulling a Beyonce' to 'On Fleek,' Slang Terms That Invaded 2014|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6406019/pulling-a-beyonce-fleek-slang-terms|accessdate=April 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=December 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lipshutz|first1=Jason|title=Taylor Swift Would Never 'Pull a Beyonce' with an Album|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6289287/taylor-swift-would-never-pull-a-beyonce|accessdate=April 17, 2017|work=Billboard|date=November 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Zalbenal|title=Is The Lonely Island About to Pull a Beyoncé?|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1824205/is-the-lonely-island-about-to-pull-a-beyonce/|accessdate=April 17, 2017|publisher=MTV|date=May 13, 2014}}</ref> Other artists have since adopted similar "surprise" release strategies in the wake of ''Beyoncé'' including [[Kendrick Lamar]] for ''[[To Pimp a Butterfly]]'' (2015) and ''[[Untitled Unmastered]]'' (2016), Drake for ''[[If You're Reading This It's Too Late]]'' (2015) and ''[[Views (Drake album)|Views]]'' (2016),<ref name="verge"/><ref name="GQsurprise"/> [[Rihanna]] for ''[[Anti (album)|Anti]]'' (2016),<ref name="GQsurprise"/> [[Kanye West]] for ''[[The Life of Pablo]]'' (2016),<ref name="PMsurprise">{{cite news|last1=Kok|first1=Dan|title=The Final Year of the Surprise Album (Hopefully)|url=http://www.popmatters.com/post/2016-the-final-year-of-the-surprise-album-hopefully/|accessdate=April 17, 2017|work=[[PopMatters]]|date=December 22, 2016}}</ref> [[Coldplay]] for ''[[Ghost Stories (Coldplay album)|Ghost Stories]]'' (2014), [[U2]] for ''[[Songs of Innocence]]'' (2014),<ref name="GQsurprise"/> [[Azealia Banks]] for ''[[Broke With Expensive Taste]]'' (2014), [[D'Angelo]] for ''[[Black Messiah]]'' (2014), [[J. Cole]] for ''[[2014 Forest Hills Drive]]'' (2014), [[Kid Cudi]] for ''[[Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon]]'' (2014).<ref name="ebony">{{cite news|last1=Kennedy|first1=John|title=The Power of the Secret Album|url=http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/the-power-of-the-secret-album-323|accessdate=December 24, 2014|work=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]|date=December 15, 2014}}</ref>

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Legacy

Beyoncé ranks among the greatest albums of the 2010s decade. Billboard placed it at number 2 on their 2014 list of the best albums of the decade so far, writing that "the images of sex, love, pleasure and pain within the songs [make] the album Beyonce’s most evocative to date".[1] Fact listed the album at 9 for the same period, noting that it "takes chances both sonically and lyrically" while seeing "Beyoncé confirm and challenge assumptions about her public and private personas [...] [and] sparking conversations about feminism, race and sexuality."[2] Pitchfork put it at 14 on a similar list compiled in 2014, saying that Beyoncé redefined the concept of an album in a time when many music journalists had assumed the format was "dead".[3] Beyoncé also appeared in lists curated by Spin[4] and Q[5] ranking the best albums of the last thirty years for the period 1984 to 2014. It was included in the 2016 edition of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, with Bruno MacDonald saying that the album "harked back to boundary-blasting masterpieces like Prince's Sign o' the Times and Janet Jackson's Janet—the weird and wonderful work that arises when an arists fame means they can finally do whatever the hell they like".Cite error: The <ref> tag name cannot be a simple integer (see the help page).

The album's visual aspect and unexpected release were hailed by music journalists as redefining the concept of the album and release strategies.[3][4] In particular, commentators have analysed its unconventional release separately as a restatement of artistic control where typically lost to the internet,[6] as a marketing tool[7][8][9][10] and as a pre-emptive move against internet piracy.[11][8][10] In 2014, Harvard University's Business School published a case study on the release strategy of the album which examined its difficult planning and execution, as well as its short-term and long-term impact.[12] Anita Elberse, the school's Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration, described the album's release strategy as "magnificent work" and "first of its kind", particularly praising Beyoncé's Parkwood Entertainment for their coordination and preparation.[13] Writing for Esquire, Corey Atad describes Beyoncé as having "upended the model of music releasing" and together with Lemonade, the singer's second visual album released in 2016, has asked "the public to engage seriously and fervently with challenging works of filmmaking".[14] The Verge's Micah Singleton wrote that Beyoncé had "changed the music industry more than any other album in the last ten years", believing that the singer had "put the focus back on the full-length album like it hadn’t been in years".[15] For the singer's 2014 entry in the Time 100, Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg wrote that "she took the world by surprise [and] shattered music-industry rules—and sales records".[16] The phrase "pulling a Beyoncé" is now used in the music industry to refer to the practice of releasing music without warning.[7][17][18][19] Other artists have since adopted similar "surprise" release strategies in the wake of Beyoncé including Kendrick Lamar for To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) and Untitled Unmastered (2016), Drake for If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015) and Views (2016),[15][11] Rihanna for Anti (2016),[11] Kanye West for The Life of Pablo (2016),[20] Coldplay for Ghost Stories (2014), U2 for Songs of Innocence (2014),[11] Azealia Banks for Broke With Expensive Taste (2014), D'Angelo for Black Messiah (2014), J. Cole for 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014), Kid Cudi for Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon (2014).[9]

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  2. ^ "The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far 2010-2014". Fact. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far 2010-2014". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "The 300 Best Albums Of The Past 30 Years". Spin. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  5. ^ "Q Magazine – The Greatest Albums Of The Last 30 Years… 476 Modern Classics". Q. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Peter Robinson Guardian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b Zoladz, Lindsay (April 8, 2015). "Everybody 'Pulling a Beyoncé' Has Given Me Surprise-Album Fatigue". Vulture. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  8. ^ a b Rothman, Lily (December 13, 2013). "Why Beyoncé Kept Her New Album Secret". Time. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  9. ^ a b Kennedy, John (December 15, 2014). "The Power of the Secret Album". Ebony. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
  10. ^ a b Tart, Chris (December 10, 2014). "Pulling A "Beyonce": The Surprise Album Phenom". Hot New Hip Hop. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  11. ^ a b c d Lynskey, Dorian (August 26, 2016). "The problem with surprise releases albums". GQ. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  12. ^ Pazzanese, Christina (September 25, 2014). "The business of being Beyoncé". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
  13. ^ Camerota, Christian. "The Curious Case of 'Beyoncé' the Album". Harvard Business School. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  14. ^ Atad, Corey (August 19, 2016). "The Visual Album Is Changing More Than Music Videos. It's Changing Cinema". Esquire. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  15. ^ a b Singleton, Micah (March 30, 2015). "The internet took the album away, and now it's giving it back". The Verge. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
  16. ^ Sandberg, Sheryl (April 16, 2017). "Beyoncé". Time. Retrieved April 23, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  17. ^ Billboard Staff (December 12, 2014). "From 'Pulling a Beyonce' to 'On Fleek,' Slang Terms That Invaded 2014". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  18. ^ Lipshutz, Jason (November 21, 2014). "Taylor Swift Would Never 'Pull a Beyonce' with an Album". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  19. ^ Zalbenal (May 13, 2014). "Is The Lonely Island About to Pull a Beyoncé?". MTV. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  20. ^ Kok, Dan (December 22, 2016). "The Final Year of the Surprise Album (Hopefully)". PopMatters. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
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