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Originally posted by EdgeOfAddiction
That big of a difference between Rih and Taylor?  I though Taylor had multiple 1M+ opening week sales, no? Didn't realize the extent of how sharp the drops the succeeding weeks of sales were and/or localized the sales must have been.  |
If we put their first 4 biggest albums against each other:
Fearless 8.1M > Good Girl Gone Bad 8M
Taylor Swift 5.7M < Loud 5.9M
Red 5.7M > Unapologetic 3.5M
Speak Now 5.1M > Talk That Talk 3.3M
Taylor Swift 24.6M > Rihanna 20.7M
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Inflating Rihanna and downplaying others who she sees as a threat.