Maybe because Rih makes the better music out of the two.
Seriously.
Don't get me wrong. Katy is decent but although she has the "hot girl" factor,TD and TD:CC both do NOT seem like albums teenagers,let alone grown adults relate to.It seems a bit Immature in terms of sonic feel.Not gonna lie,If Katy kept some of her rock n' roll elements while losing all the candy shop stuff,people will take hher a bit more seriously.
Please stop. WFL ****s on Firework in every imaginable way. Let's just get to the root of the issue here, you are so pressed that Lady GaGa is on the sidelines and being ignored while Rihanna has reigned and you are trying to discredit her with her nearest competition, Katy (who also shat over GaGa's last era with 3rd, 4th and 5th singles etc) so.... you are nulled and void. Please sit down til GaGa's return and WAIT YOUR TURN.
Firework is only slightly bigger solely in the US...
I don't think We Found Love is bigger than Firework, despite WFL spent 10 weeks at #1, its sales stand at 4.4 million meanwhile Firework is at 5.7 million. big gap between the two, both were huge pop hits tho.
Maybe because Rih makes the better music out of the two.
Seriously.
Don't get me wrong. Katy is decent but although she has the "hot girl" factor,TD and TD:CC both do NOT seem like albums teenagers,let alone grown adults relate to.It seems a bit Immature in terms of sonic feel.Not gonna lie,If Katy kept some of her rock n' roll elements while losing all the candy shop stuff,people will take hher a bit more seriously.
I can agree with this. I can imagine a lot of people being too embarrassed to stan for her outside pre-16 year old girls.
Maybe because Rih makes the better music out of the two.
Seriously.
Don't get me wrong. Katy is decent but although she has the "hot girl" factor,TD and TD:CC both do NOT seem like albums teenagers,let alone grown adults relate to.It seems a bit Immature in terms of sonic feel.Not gonna lie,If Katy kept some of her rock n' roll elements while losing all the candy shop stuff,people will take hher a bit more seriously.
Please explain how Katy Perry does not relate with older/adult audiences when she's already the overall and female artist with most #1 hits on history of HAC (Adult Pop) radio.
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I can agree with this. I can imagine a lot of people being too embarrassed to stan for her outside pre-16 year old girls.
Katy only just finished the era of her second album. Rihanna already has 6 albums down, with #7 maybe coming before the end of this year and thus had more opportunities to garner a bigger fanbase by slightly altering her image/sound a couple of times. That's also why her albums sell faster (though still not that good), she's a more consolidated artist than Katy right now.
I think they are both mediocre singers, with performances some better than the others, though might I add Perry has played TV shows like the X factor singing whilst playing the guitar which is defo more difficult than anything Rihanna has ever done on these shows. They're both very mediocre dancers. Katy is a songwriter and thus is at least more talented/skilled, being better is probably subjective at this point since they're both at very different points in their careers.
Rihanna has more universal appeal than Katy. Rihanna has a sexier and quite edgy image. She is admired for her style by girls who want to look like her, and she is admired for her looks by guys. Rihanna's fanbase also seems to encompass more people, like it's okay for a straight guy to listen to her, which isn't really the case for Katy. This is definitely what it's like in the UK and Ireland anyway, where people worship Rihanna. Katy seems to have this 'All American girl' image, which is why her success is mainly prominent in America. Her image is lighter than Rihanna's and her music is a more bubblegum sound. This is why Katy appeals a lot to the young teens, whereas Rihanna reaches a wider variety of people.
Rihanna also has the appeal because she dabbles in a lot of genres, whereas Katy mainly sticks to the one sound. Katy also only really has pop support, whereas different formats support Rihanna.
I don't think We Found Love is bigger than Firework, despite WFL spent 10 weeks at #1, its sales stand at 4.4 million meanwhile Firework is at 5.7 million. big gap between the two, both were huge pop hits tho.
WFL gas sold more than 4,4M.
And WFL is Bigger WW.
Which is why WFL was bigger than any single from the TD era. And Talk Talk Talk sold over 3 million+ effortlessly with less promo & hits despite it supposedly being a rushed era. While Katy struggled to get 5 million with 8 singles & 5 #1 hits in 2 years. Goodbye!
So basically Katy sold more albums than Rih who is now an "album seller"? And even with the big hit of WFL bigger than any Katy single it still couldn't get the sales for her album to match Katy, let alone surpass her? Mess
Katy is the superior one, its not even up out for debate. In her 2nd album she already shattered and broke lots of records. But on the other hand, Rihanna was an irrevelant, on her 2nd album. Katy at her 6th year of her career, will be way more iconic than todays Rihanna, if she plays the cards right.