Speed Reading — Level 2 — 300 wpm 

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American pop singer Beyonce surprised her fans. She released her new album without telling anyone. It is one of the biggest secrets in music history. Beyonce wanted to release her music without advertising it. She wanted to tell her fans herself. She did not want her record company or newspapers to tell them. The release was a surprise for other celebrities and singers. She didn't want anything to get between her music and her fans. She said on Facebook: "I felt like I didn’t want anybody to give the message when my record is coming out."

Beyonce released her new album only on iTunes. People can only download it from that site. It has 14 new songs and 17 videos. She made the videos all over the world. She wanted to do something that people would remember. She was very excited when she first saw Michael Jackson's Thriller video. She wanted to do something similar. She thinks people experience music differently today. Her album sold 80,000 copies in the first three hours. Millions of people tweeted about it. There were more than 1.2 million tweets in the first 12 hours. That's about 5,300 tweets a minute.

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