Beyonce Broke the Music Business

Release of Her New LP Changes Everything

Paul Cantor

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Few artists have the capacity to change an entire business model with one deft maneuver, but hand it to Beyonce, because she just did.

Last night (Dec. 12), without any pre-promotion whatsoever, the former Destiny’s Child star dropped her new albumBeyonce`— directly via iTunes.

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Paul Cantor

Wrote for the New York Times, New York Magazine, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Vice, Fader, Vibe, XXL, MTV News, many other places.