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Poll: Who Has The Bigger Name: Beyonce or Rihanna
View Poll Results: Whose name is biggest?
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Originally posted by Sexy ****
Call me when Rihanna can get a Superbowl performance or the cover of the VOGUE september issue
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And that gif is the main point of the thread
She wouldn't be anything if she didn't pop out singles every other month - while a normal artist waits in between, she has not taken a leave since 2005.
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Originally posted by werewolf
End of Time:
World: ~10.000 Copies
Yes, she's really proud.
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EOT wasn't a single
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Originally posted by Genocide
Rihanna has mediocre album sales. All you've been talking about in this thread is singles, but yet, Beyonce's album sales is miles better than Rihanna's - and albums show more than singles do
Try again, sis. .
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Unapologetic already outsold 4 with much less promo.
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I know people like to exclude DC from Beyonce's career when it's beneficial to their argument, but I believe it's unfair to exclude DC if we're discussing something that isn't numbers based. When you think about Diana Ross, you think about the Supremes too because she wouldn't be where she was without them. Same with most lead singers of groups or bands. So you can add the power of DC to Beyonce's name. She is not only Beyonce, hugely famous recording star, she is also Beyonce, lead singer of Destiny's Child, wife of Jay-Z, mother of Blue Ivy Knowles-Carter (possibly the most famous child in music). Her name is massive. She is Beyonce after all. To think that you can't include these things in discussing who's name is bigger is unfair, because it is all part of Beyonce's career. If we were strictly to be asking who sold more albums, I could see why DC shouldn't be included. But don't try to say that DC is not tied to Beyonce's name too.
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Originally posted by ianBK4
EOT wasn't a single
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""End of Time" is a song by American recording artist Beyoncé Knowles from her fourth studio album, 4 (2011). In February 2012, it was announced through Knowles' website that "End of Time" will be the fifth single from 4."
""End of Time" also charted at number 13 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 issue dated July 16, 2011."
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Originally posted by Genocide
These girls just don't get it
and it's so SIMPLE to comprehend as well
Is it even 3x plat in the states? the album's best sales are in the UK. Elsewhere doesn't add up to that much - I'd like to see some certified receipts of that before I say you could possibly be right.
Sis, don't over-exaggerate. Yes, 4 was promoted - she treated it like she has in the past with other eras. Beyonce and her management actually put in some EFFORT to sell albums - but they did not put up ads any and everywhere.
Do you not realize that 4 is an R&B album? Have you been looking at the sales of Usher's latest album? Alicia's? R&B is a dead genre - pop in general gets more money. The fact that 4 can sell as much as 3/4 of Rihanna's albums with NO hit, promo or not(you think the GP is interested in an album filled with songs like Love On Top?), shows that Beyonce is the superior star.
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Do you not realize that Beyonce is an R&B artist - regardless of that, Rihanna has almost TWICE the amount of albums that Beyonce has. DIL did very well, and so did every other album of hers. Beyonce does not make as many generic pop songs as Rihanna does - she sticks to her urban roots, while Rihanna pop music. Show me some material of Rihanna's that contains as much/more urban roots that DIL, B'Day,4, hell, even IASF . And don't act like Beyonce hasn't sold **** in her digital career
And it's common for the Navy to believe any and everything they hear as well - and show their ignorance with passion too.
For the LAST time, Beyonce is an R&B ARTIST, not POP like Rihanna.
Not even going to bother since my kb is acting up - and you've been dragged. Good day, sir.
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Do you not realize that Rihanna cuts her eras short and releases a new album every year? The reason 4 is on par with 3/4 of Rihanna's sales is because Rihanna always has a new album every November. Most of her albums would be passed 4 million if she spent more than a few months promoting them and you know that.
Enough with the RnB excuses. DIL was a generic ass, filler album and even the Hive admits it. IASF is possibly the MOST bland album Beyonce has ever released, and again the Hive admits it. 4 is her only ~risk~ album and look how much she plummeted that era. And if you want to talk album content, Rihanna's albums aren't even full of generic pop songs. She does dubstep, pop, RnB, EDm, dance, alternative and more. She's diverse unlike Beyonce, but take pride in your fave staying within the same genre for years on end.
What is generic about Hard, Russian Roulette, Rude Boy, What's My Name, Cheers, We Found Love, Diamonds, Stay, etc. etc. You all say RIhanna relies on dance-pop the most when most of her successful singles aren't in that genre. She takes risks with the sound of her singles, unlike Beyonce who always sticks with her RnB stiche.
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And don't act like Beyonce hasn't sold **** in her digital career
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She certainly hasn't sold as much as Rihanna, if that is was you're implying.
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Originally posted by Ady.
Unapologetic already outsold 4 with much less promo.
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a pop album vs. an R&B album
as I've already said before, try again. .
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COL 35 BEYONCE SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON I 5,125,354
HOL 36 CYRUS*MILEY PARTY IN THE U.S.A. 5,109,533
COL 37 FOSTER THE PEOPLE PUMPED UP KICKS 5,041,111
OCAM 38 MAROON 5 FEAT. WIZ KHALIFA PAYPHONE 5,003,136
DEF 39 WEST*KANYE STRONGER 4,996,482
INT 40 SOULJA BOY TELL'EM CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY) 4,977,890
DEF 41 RIHANNA FEAT. CALVIN HARRIS WE FOUND LOVE 4,923,038
A person who can 'barely manage to get a platinum hit' outsells the 'Black Madonna's' best-selling single
Who would have known?
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Originally posted by Genocide
And it's funny how you're only discussing singles. Shall we compare album sales? Because I'm sure album sales are part of a musician's strength in the music industry.
Rihanna has mediocre album sales. All you've been talking about in this thread is singles, but yet, Beyonce's album sales is miles better than Rihanna's - and albums show more than singles do
Try again, sis. .
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Thank you. You can only say Rihanna is a bigger name base it solely on single albums and nothing else.
The fact that they get so angry when we bring up the tour
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Originally posted by werewolf
""End of Time" is a song by American recording artist Beyoncé Knowles from her fourth studio album, 4 (2011). In February 2012, it was announced through Knowles' website that "End of Time" will be the fifth single from 4."
""End of Time" also charted at number 13 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 issue dated July 16, 2011."
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This thread is still open ?!
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Originally posted by swissman
I know people like to exclude DC from Beyonce's career when it's beneficial to their argument, but I believe it's unfair to exclude DC if we're discussing something that isn't numbers based. When you think about Diana Ross, you think about the Supremes too because she wouldn't be where she was without them. Same with most lead singers of groups or bands. So you can add the power of DC to Beyonce's name. She is not only Beyonce, hugely famous recording star, she is also Beyonce, lead singer of Destiny's Child, wife of Jay-Z, mother of Blue Ivy Knowles-Carter (possibly the most famous child in music). Her name is massive. She is Beyonce after all. To think that you can't include these things in discussing who's name is bigger is unfair, because it is all part of Beyonce's career. If we were strictly to be asking who sold more albums, I could see why DC shouldn't be included. But don't try to say that DC is not tied to Beyonce's name too.
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This is tragic:
http://kworb.net/itunes/destiny'schild.html
Haven't they just released Greatest Hits album or something?
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Beyonce
Sold more albums
Have bigger tours
Makes more money
More respected
More awards
More success period
Lol at beyonce being local flat lines -___- Rihanna hasn't even hade a era that reached dangerously In Love impact or success instead of bashing B y'all should be buying tickets to that tour sales ain't looking so good
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