Mega Superstar, Beyonce, surprised the world by releasing an album on iTunes early this morning without the usual razzmatazz, fanfare and marketing. This album is retailing for £12.99 in the UK and $15.99 in the US. Interestingly if you use your Nigerian iTunes account, it is retailing for $7.99.
The album having 14 songs and 17 videos, features the likes of Frank Ocean, Drake, Jay and her daughter, Blue Ivy. Interestingly this album also features Nigerian Writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Chimamanda is known for books like “The Purple Hisbicus”, “Half of a Yellow Sun”, “The Thing Around Your Neck” and her latest book “Americanah”
Beyonce’s song, featuring Chimamanda Ngozi Adicie, is titled “Flawless”. The track also has a video on the album.
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| Snapshot of Beyonce in the new video “Flawless” |
Watching the video, you will hear Chimamanda’s short rendition from her TedX talk “We all should be feminists” even though she does not appear in the video.
The album is available as from today but the songs will be available for individual downloads as from the 20th of December 2013.
