To be fair Madonna and Kylie's numbers would be unmatchable if their peaks were during the digital era.
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Originally posted by Genocide
No, it's really not. Digital singles sell more than physical ones despite piracy, so this argument makes no sense. If this were to be true, the average physical single sales would be much higher because there was no piracy back then. People will buy a song if they like it. And even more so now because it costs about a dollar rather than multiple dollars like it was during the physical era.
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Originally posted by stevyy
Congrats Rihanna. Great numbers. However, Madonna grossed more with those expensive physicals + to put things into perspective, Madonna's songs - not all of them, but some - have become timeless evergreens. <3
ddddddddddd; @ People trying, yet again to put Rih's success down. If its so easy to do this in the digital age then why is she the ONLY current pop girl in the top 12 & the ONLY pop girl who debuted in the 21st century? Not even a decade into her career & already the best selling female single artist in UK history FUME.
@ People trying, yet again to put Rih's success down. If its so easy to do this in the digital age then why is she the ONLY current pop girl in the top 12 & the ONLY pop girl who debuted in the 21st century? Not even a decade into her career & already the best selling female single artist in UK history 
FUME.