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Could Beyoncé's Visual Album Become The New Commercial Standard?

Juliette Jagger, A Journal Of Musical Things, 16 December 2013

WHAT DO YOU DO when releasing a record the "old fashioned way" stops working even for those at the top of their game? Well, if you're Beyoncé, you release your record in the dead of night and without any warning.

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