Interesting fact: Rihanna, the singles artist who can't move albums is the only black artist to sell over 5 million worldwide with a single album this decade. How come?, what could be the reason for this?

John Legend? Nicki Minaj?

edit: albums nevermind

Chris brown...

Because she makes global white-friendly pop and dance music, instead of R&B/urban like most black artists. She also has the best promotion team around, a label that will pay up to $1 million per hit song.

You mean with Loud, which came out in 2010? The best selling overall album of 2012 was at 5 million or so, not many ppl are doing those numbers anymore.

Because she's the biggest black album seller of this decade. People try to discredit her power but Loud sold 6.5 million worldwide with ease. Oh it was a pop album? Tell me more about how people were rushing to buy the album with tracks like What's My Name?, Raining Men, and Skin.

Are you talking about an almost 5 year old, POP album?

Because all the other black artists make r&b albums.

Because she's a pop artist and most other black artists are rappers, R&B artists, etc who aren't known for the type of music that translates as well overseas.

Except for like Jason Derulo and Flo Rida but they aren't really album type of artists..

Albums sell albums, I'm not talking of singles

Aaaand none of those songs were from the album that this thread is discussing. Loud and its singles were EDM/dance-pop - hence why it sold so much worldwide.

No 2009 with Chris =no Rihanna after 2008

Basically, i mean LOUD sold that much because it was a dance electro pop album, Alicia's Element of Freedom has sold 4.5 million and is str8 up R&B, Beyonce's BEYONCE has sold 3.7 million and is R&B.

Look at Talk That Talk and Unapologetic, neither album did as good as LOUD, because she steered away from the Dance Pop that was popular at the time. No Black artists has made a Dance Pop album except Rihanna this decade which is why she benefited from releasing that type of album during that fade.

I was gonna say, which album? Loud?

But yeah, it has been out for almost half a decade and is full of pop hits.

2009-2010 is 5 years?