Cyrus Langhorne
Grammy-winning singer Beyoncé Knowles-Carter‘s chart-topping Lemonade album is reportedly responsible for helping increase sales lemonade sales across the nation.
According to fresh juice industry expert Natalie Sexton, people are purchasing lemonade and using social media to connect with Bey’s latest solo release.
The current CEO of Natalie’s Juices, a local family-owned juice company based in Florida, Sexton explained that since Bey’s album dropped, the company has doubled its sales of natural lemonade, lemonade tea and strawberry lemonade. “People are drinking lemonade and posting pictures with #Beyoncé,” Sexton explained to The Huffington Post. “You can’t drink lemonade these days without thinking of her.” (Huff Post)
ever since lemonade came out, i've had such a craving for actual lemonade … wtf does this mean, @Beyonce ??? ??
— no. 1 phoebe bridgers fan (@idiotssandwich) April 27, 2016
Lemonade backup singer Ruby Amanfu recently shared her thoughts on Bey’s game-changing album release.
“For me this album is about recognition. Recognition for one’s courage, patience, but most of all, of one’s power. Women are more resilient than we are often given credit for. We handle a lot more than we are given credit for. When I say “handle,” I don’t just mean that we bear more — I mean in the sense that in the face of obstacles that need to be dealt with, we are often the ones who do the behind-the-scenes dirty work to make sure that everyone is happy and that everything remains business as usual. Hashtag Olivia Pope.” (Billboard)
Amanfu also spoke on Queen Bey discussing infidelity and related it to her own life.
“When you look up the definition of infidelity you see that it encompasses all manner of unfaithfulness and disloyalty. I was late to the dating game by some standards. I had my first real beau when I was 19. That first real relationship taught me all I need to know — I’m rolling my eyes.” (Billboard)
Bey’s new album has crushed its competition atop the sales chart.
The moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived. Columbia megastar and Queen of the Universe Beyoncé has topped the HITS Album Sales Chart with around 501k for Lemonade. On the Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) Chart, she snagged an additional 163k, bringing that grand total to 664k. And if you break the SPS number down, it’s approximately 92k TEA (with huge single sales) and 76k SEA. (HITS Daily Double)
