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Originally posted by EloiseheartsRiRi
Dear, if we use the theory that 5 weeks at number 1 don't equal 5 weeks at the '80s, we are still assuming. Ofc, it was harder to break the market. But you can count with one hand the artists who have achieved more than 13 number 1 singles, billions of airplay totaling on radio,massive video views, massive streaming,massive digital sales. Doesn't that make you a massive hitmaker. We consume the music today in a different way but Rihanna is the face of hitmaking of this generation. And yes, Madonna is a legend but she is one of few the artists of that big scale who lacks having many memorable hits compared with Whitney, Mariah, MJ etc.
And that trajectory is the same in U.K when she is about to pass Madonna as the biggest female seller ever there. Plus, the fact that music reaches more audiences and people today doesn't hurt.
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It's not assuming, it's a blatant fact that a week in 1984 is not nearly the same in the music market as a week in 2010.
Nobody cares if she's a hitmaker because nobody's bothering to deny that; what's being refuted is her apparent placement above Madonna. Please don't try to call a catalog of songs with LaV, LaP, Papa Don't Preach, Vogue, Music, Erotica, Holiday, Material Girl, Take a Bow, Frozen, etc. etc. "lacking" in memorable hits and don't try to justify that by comparing it to Whitney (who actually has less memorable hits), Michael, or Mariah as if any other solo artists are above those three. Of course Rihanna is outselling Madonna, it's 2014 and singles cost a dollar from your home PC or smartphone. There's no valid comparison anywhere in there.