They were many artist using the caribbean sound way before Rihanna.

The delusion......

Baby Boy is more reggae themed than pon de replay for sure. Beyonce is more known and accepted in the Caribbean than Rihanna is...........( I won't even get into that.)

She didn't start it she followed the trend. Stay mad.

This thread is too much

Goldmember was a hit, but nobody even remembers Beyonce was in it (me neither), just like nobody remembers that Lauren Bennett was in Party Rock Anthem or Janelle Monae was in We Are Young.

Obsessed is a flop.

I'd agree with Dreamgirls, which was a moderate hit and mainly remembered for Jennifer Hudson's role.

Really and how many celebs have covered vogue thrice or which other celebrity is the youngest black female to cover vogue or which other black artist is getting the cfda lifetime award?
Let's not try to demean someone's achievements.

Baby boy is reggae?

You're confusing some things. Beyonce was the lead female in Goldmember, she was not just a feature in it. You maybe don't remember her in it, but there are tons more who know about Foxxy Cleopatra (I'm a whoooole lata woman!).

Obsessed wasn't a massive hit but it still debuted at #1 at the box-office, and set a record for having the highest opening numbers for the week of the year that it was released in. Hardly a flop.

And Dreamgirls was not a hit because of Jennifer Hudson, she was not a main draw at the time of release. She did not make the film get the highest per-screen opening ever for a movie musical. Her performance likely carried the film further as time went on though.

Ok time for you to log out now, because at this point its obvious that all of my points are falling on deaf ears.

It's dancehall/middle-eastern inspired.

I'm actually shocked that Americans actually think Whitney is still bigger than Rihanna. Like everyone in the UK have put down the roses, burned the Vinyls and moved on. I mean she's no longer with us stop bringing her up pls.