Queen B To Show Madonster How It's Done: Beyonce to Perform at Super Bowl

[City Lights]

And Kelly sang live.

Psh. Give Kelly the supabowl spot!

[veritas]

Fairly certain she was singing live against heavy playback. When I watched it, there's a clear moment where her real voice--just as strong as the said playback--is heard either (I can't quite remember specifically) before or after it was supposed to be heard.

[Just.a.pretty.Boy]

first of all,i don't believe it .
secondly, even if it's true,she still Shining Queen Mother Mountain Peak of the Cosmos

[Blasty]

Well, Whitney appeared to be singing live in her famous anthem rendition and to this day most people don't know she wasn't.

[Ben7]

I'm pretty curious about this next era for Beyonce. Judging by the fact that she's doing the Super Bowl, the Brits, and is putting herself out there, I take it she has a new album coming out? I'm not sure..

Given that Beyonce is 31 years old and her last album and singles were not huge commercial successes (I say that as someone who supports her btw), I'm thinking that Beyonce has a lot riding on her next album. Its interesting that when Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" went to #1, that placed her in the top 10 oldest artists to have a #1 hit in the US, and she was only 35 years old. I think Beyonce's 4 kind of proved that she's not a sure bet in the music industry as far as being successful with singles, having everything she touches turn to gold, and being "hip" with younger demographic. It's been five years since "Single Ladies" became such a phenomenon. Most of the young people who made it such a huge hit have now graduated high school and have moved on. I work around a lot of high school aged kids, and most of them seem more interested in listening to a Rihanna single.

I think Beyonce's kind of at the point in her career where her industry standing (influence, respectability, etc) is maybe a notch below Janet, but still above the likes of Rihanna and Alica Keys. She has secured her place within the industry, and her name alone will open a lot of doors, but commercial success is not going to be guaranteed. A lot is made about how the Super Bowl is such a major promotional tool, but the fact is that if you look at a list of past performers, very few (if any) of them have made huge 'come backs' afterward. Sure, they get a surge in sales in the immediate week(s) following the performance, but most of them just went on with business as usual afterward.

With the right producers and promotion, she could make a great comeback. I'd love to comfortably be able to mention Beyonce's name in the same sentence as Janet and Madonna (and Mariah too I guess), but I kind of feel like she needs to really seize the opportunities that are coming up in the next couple months.

[siowafc]

LOL, what influence does Janet have anymore?!

Other than, say, what the Jackson family orders during their weekly daily trip to McDonalds?

[City Lights]

Well, Whitney appeared to be singing live in her famous anthem rendition and to this day most people don't know she wasn't.

Watching Bey's performance back...it's way obvious now.

[City Lights]

I'm pretty curious about this next era for Beyonce. Judging by the fact that she's doing the Super Bowl, the Brits, and is putting herself out there, I take it she has a new album coming out? I'm not sure..

Given that Beyonce is 31 years old and her last album and singles were not huge commercial successes (I say that as someone who supports her btw), I'm thinking that Beyonce has a lot riding on her next album. Its interesting that when Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" went to #1, that placed her in the top 10 oldest artists to have a #1 hit in the US, and she was only 35 years old. I think Beyonce's 4 kind of proved that she's not a sure bet in the music industry as far as being successful with singles, having everything she touches turn to gold, and being "hip" with younger demographic. It's been five years since "Single Ladies" became such a phenomenon. Most of the young people who made it such a huge hit have now graduated high school and have moved on. I work around a lot of high school aged kids, and most of them seem more interested in listening to a Rihanna single.

I think Beyonce's kind of at the point in her career where her industry standing (influence, respectability, etc) is maybe a notch below Janet, but still above the likes of Rihanna and Alica Keys. She has secured her place within the industry, and her name alone will open a lot of doors, but commercial success is not going to be guaranteed. A lot is made about how the Super Bowl is such a major promotional tool, but the fact is that if you look at a list of past performers, very few (if any) of them have made huge 'come backs' afterward. Sure, they get a surge in sales in the immediate week(s) following the performance, but most of them just went on with business as usual afterward.

With the right producers and promotion, she could make a great comeback. I'd love to comfortably be able to mention Beyonce's name in the same sentence as Janet and Madonna (and Mariah too I guess), but I kind of feel like she needs to really seize the opportunities that are coming up in the next couple months.

4 still sold a helluva lot of albums for a "flop."

Besides, unlike Madonna, Bey will not FLOP the superbowl.

[Blasty]

Please. You've got to be kidding me there. Madonna's Superbowl performance was the most raved and buzzed about (in a good way - Sorry, Janet) in our lifetime, and that's not hyperbole - it was - read the reviews. You can think she sucked all you you want but that was not the majority response at all.

[City Lights]

Please.

Madonna's show was the equivalent of bringing out the skeletal corpse of a former queen and shaking it around for the masses to gawk at with glee.

[Critix]

Please. You've got to be kidding me there. Madonna's Superbowl performance was the most raved and buzzed about (in a good way - Sorry, Janet) in our lifetime, and that's not hyperbole - it was - read the reviews. You can think she sucked all you you want but that was not the majority response at all.

Really?

[Blasty]

Please.

Madonna's show was the equivalent of bringing out the skeletal corpse of a former queen and shaking it around for the masses to gawk at with glee.

[City Lights]

It wasn't the most raved in a long time. It wasn't a flop. But it wasn't good. See it's easy to meet in the middle.

[Blasty]

Really?

I recall you not liking it, so I guess I'm not surprised you said that. But sorry, the reviews for her were sensational. Even if you're scratching your head by that.

[erikdean]

Please.

Madonna's show was the equivalent of bringing out the skeletal corpse of a former queen and shaking it around for the masses to gawk at with glee.

Do not go there, bitch.

[City Lights]

Do not go there, bitch.

Like this, but not as much fun.

[Blasty]

Like this, but not as much fun.

You did NOT just compare a Madonna performance to that.

You best beware gurl, cause I'm acoming for your weave.

[City Lights]

You did NOT just compare a Madonna performance to that.

You best beware gurl, cause I'm acoming for your weave.

[Ben7]

4 still sold a helluva lot of albums for a "flop."

Well, I never really said it was a flop. Nor do I feel that it was. Undoubtedly though, it wasn't the commercial success that a follow up to "I Am..." might be predicted. I saw 4 more as a critical success. But as far as being commercially successful (and I'm also taking into account how well the singles were received), I think of it more as an album that had one middle-of-the-road single (Girls), but then went largely unnoticed outside the core fan base. I think the general music buying public was more into Adele and Rihanna.

[Donezo]

I would argue that both "Love On Top" and "Countdown" had much more of a pop culture impact than their chart placements would suggest thanks to the VMA performance and the music video respectively. And I really think Janet's prestige was wiped away by nipple gate. She hasn't been taken seriously in a very long time.