According to a report by TheSun.co.Uk,
Beyonce’s Lion King album has flopped after being downloaded just 949
times in the UK since Friday.
Read the full report by The Sun below;
“BEYONCE may have a starring role in The Lion King movie, but she is struggling to keep her claws in to her title as Queen Bey.
The
singer curated and produced an album to go alongside the new Disney
film but it has flopped being downloaded just 949 times in the UK in the
first five days.
I can reveal Bey, who voices Nala in the film,
was paid £25million for the movie, official soundtrack and this
accompanying album, but it has failed to strike a chord with fans.
She
sings on 13 tracks on The Lion King: The Gift, with guests including
her husband Jay Z, Pharrell Williams and Kendrick Lamar.
But in a massive blow to Disney, she is now being outsold four to one on downloads by Brit newcomer Freya Ridings.
Freya’s
self-titled debut, which came out on Friday with The Gift, had been
downloaded 4,083 times by the end of play on Tuesday putting her at No2
in the charts.
A Disney insider said: “Bosses did everything they could to get Beyonce on board because they know she is so loved.
“There has been a lot of buzz around the film and Beyonce’s involvement but her spin-off album has been massively disappointing.
“The
Greatest Showman’s soundtrack was the biggest-selling album of 2018,
and Disney had hoped that getting someone as huge as Beyonce to do an
album like this could match its success.
“But her records clearly
don’t have the pulling power they once did. For someone like Beyonce,
who is seen as an unstoppable force in music, it’s remarkable that she
is being beaten in the charts by an emerging talent like Freya.”
Because
The Lion King: The Gift features various artists, it won’t be eligible
for the main album chart when it is announced tomorrow, but if it were,
it would not be making the top ten.
A year ago her album with Jay Z, Everything Is Love, peaked at No5, her worst first week of record sales ever in the UK.
They
also struggled to sell out their stadium tour last summer. Last weekend
The Lion King grossed £16.7million at the UK box office.
Perhaps she should just stick to the flicks.”
