Originally posted by Sexy ****

compared to Gaga, yes
Compared to the others, no

Originally posted by Genocide

Let's analyze this for a second:

Rihanna is not a singles artist - but why is it that her career would be in shambles without her constant singles?

The Navy has yet to factor in that:
1. Rihanna has been in the music industry for seven consecutive years. Her contemporaries take a year, 2, or even more off.
2. She has seven albums. Her contemporaries have about 2? And they still do better - even some like Gaga have already outsold her total, which she only has 2/3 albums.
3. The "Black Madonna" can't even sell albums, so why on earth would she be anything BUT a singles artist? Her albums are filled with substance-less fillers.

Her contemporaries, such as Bruno Mars, have more than 1/5 less singles, 5 albums short, and yet, are on the verge of out-selling Rihanna's digital total. Him, Gaga, Katy, etc. sell in bulk. All have amazing album sales - Rihanna does not. If you take away their single success, they have something to fall back on - Rihanna does not.

For the irrational arguments saying "Rihanna is the #1 (female) artist right now" is solely based off of singles, not albums or even a combination of both. She is, always was, and always will be a singles artist. There's a reason her album sales are complete ****.

There's a reason why Gaga, Katy, Bruno, and others are shooting past Rihanna. In about another year, Gaga will take Rihanna's thrown, **** all over her album sales total, and just be-rid of Rihanna. The days of the single artists are o.v.e.r.

Originally posted by Runway

She's not even an artist to begin with.

Originally posted by dannylex

So going by your logic Gaga is a single artist compared to Adele?