Was Beyonce's 4 a flop

Was Beyonce's "4" a flop?

There are plenty of words you associate with Beyonce and her albums. Words such as “brilliant”, “critically acclaim”, “Fierce” but “Flop” normally does not belong in the same category.  This time around though the argument is valid.
After the overwhelming success of “I AM Sasha Fierce” the stakes were high for Beyonce to out due herself and compete in the new world of Pop that she had crossed into. Fans and “Stans” were waiting for the next “Single Ladies”, for the next “Sweet Dreams” but instead “4” was chopped full of R&B greatness. Songs in my opinion that were very honest and showing the mindset of a married woman in love. The album did receive critical acclaim and some of the best reviews of her career but the album did not have the fire to compete with Pop’s raining diva Rihanna and UK power house Adele. The album did stay at the top of the charts for a number of weeks but failed to produce a top 10 song on the pop charts.
Beyonce decided that she wanted to do something different, she wanted to make real music and actually sing. She wanted to talk about being in love and show an artistic side of herself. Can’t fault an artist for wanting to take chances but let’s be real…in Beyonce standards this album was a flop. “Love on Top” was the albums only successful single and that has been killing the R&B charts up until a couple weeks ago when Usher’s single “Climax” finally dethroned it. No fault of her own there wasn’t a tour to help promote the album due to her pregnancy…actually there wasn’t much promo at all with this album.
Name recognition alone brought this album platinum status within a month, but has been slow selling since. A talented diva Beyonce is but if she knows what I know album “5” better be fire. I’m not saying she should stray away all together from what she did on “4” because it was a great R&B album that any normal artist would be happy with…but let’s be real...Beyonce is not a normal artist. She is a Legend in the making and all legends have there set back moments. Maybe this was hers…it was time for her to fall just a little bit.