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American pop singer Beyonce her fans on Friday. She her fifth album without anyone. The album was one of the biggest secrets in music history. Beyonce to try a new way of her music. She did not want to it weeks or months before it out. She wanted to her fans about the album herself. She did not want to record company executives or newspapers tell them. The release was even a surprise for other celebrities and singers. She said: "There's so much that between the music, the artist and the fans. I like I didn’t want anybody to give the message when my record is out."

Beyonce released her new album exclusively on iTunes, which people can only download it from that site. It 14 new songs and 17 videos. She the videos in different parts of the world. She said she to do something people would . She remembers being very excited when Michael Jackson released his Thriller video and to do something similar. She said: "I like right now people music differently." The album 80,000 copies in the first three hours of its release. Sales were by millions of people about the album. There more than 1.2 million tweets in the first 12 hours. That's around 5,300 tweets a minute.

 


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