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Dearly and we are devastated by what happened friday. we cannot begin to understand why carl did what he did. we ask for privacy during this unthinkably difficult time and hope that you will respect our need for time to grieve, unquote. police say their son took his own life after he opened fire inside the school on friday. up next on "the lead," its the anti-publicity stunt of all publicity stunts and its paying off in a major way for beyonce. how her surprise album is breaking records. life ...

Artist track by track. beyonce is forcing people to accept her as an album artist and also forcing them to buy her whole album at once as well. >> check out this interactive map that shows how news of the album release spread like wildfire on social media. its just amazing. >> im right there, the red-hot center is probably tweeting it out to my friends. >> i see you right there. could this be a sign that music fans are actually sick of the hype, or does this really just say much more about beyon...

>> chris matthews, brian williams, david gregory, all sorts of two first names. >> all right. next an update on story folks have a lot to say about. cell phones on planes. the l.a. times michael hill seck joins us as "the cycle" rolls in. give me some of that new beyonce. ♪

Oh, my god, did you hear what she did. >> thats exactly right. what shes doing is not removing all promotion. its really making the promotion transparent. within an hour of -- hour or so of this album being released, i had in my in-box a message from her publicist saying beyonce is taking her album straight to the people. she was reaching out to media but doing it in a different way because right now, the one thing that viewers and listeners hate the most about the media and about entertainment ...

Shes beyonce. so the thing is on a roll. however, theres some beyonce backlash because the album contains some tracks like "blow" and "drunken love." it contains some profanity, x-rated lyrics. some twerking that some people called pornographic looking. so there are haters out there that have gotten on their case. saying we didnt expect this from you kind of thing. this is not who you are. you sold out. people have been taking shots at her for putting blue ivy in one of the songs saying you expl...

>> his daughter said he passed away on saturday in the hospital. he had been ill some time. he passed peacefully according to his daughter. >> reporter: you heard brandi say he never won an oscar for best acting. he holds the record for most nominations without winning one. but in 2003, they gave him an honorary oscar, and on the statue it says, "provided some of the most memorable characters." when we come back, more news from hollywood including backlash from beyonce. plus, back from the d...

You can only buy it on itunes and you have to buy it in its entirety. you cant buy individual tracks. how do those facts play into the albums success? >> thats key. you hit the nail on the head with the fact you have to buy the whole album at once. beyonce in her promotion for this, the promotional video she put out, said she really was thinking back to "thriller" how that was a full album, a visual experience. we all know the videos associated with that. she wanted people to accept her album as...

Whats your number one? was it miley cyrus or perhaps beyonces "stealth" album on itunes? well talk about it after the break. e hall of success. here we honor the proud accomplishments of our students and alumni. people like, maria salazar, an executive director at american red cross. or garlin smith, video account director at yahoo. and for every garlin, thousands more are hired by hundreds of top companies. each expanding the influence of our proud university of phoenix network. thats right, un...

This is her fifth album, she is the ron burgundy of the music world. shes kind of a big deal. >> there it is, theres the connection. billboard says this things going to be number one on their release chart in the week upcoming. i wonder if anybody can pull this off other than beyonce? >> i dont know. i cant think of anybody who can at the moment. her fans are a rabid and they love her and they love her. i dont want to be the guy who has to explain why when he tried to -- or who, maybe this is th...

This stuff is to make people listen to her music more, it is absolutely working. because shes had a stellar year with sales. on spotify, she is one of the top six most stringed females in the u.s. more popular this year than lady gaga, beyonce. it t is working for her. but interestingly, i think we have to give her credit for putting twerking on the mainstream. >> getting lots of attention. >> i think even my parents now understand what twerking is. >> explain that to kids. i know, one of the wo...