Meh, R8 will just end up serving TPP teas with a 6 month gap between the lead and the album. It'll go Gold at least. I mean, Nicki's first two albums opened with more than any Rihanna album so I don't think she'll see Nicki's 200K first week (or 195k?) but still.
Anaconda - 45S
Pills N Potions - BBHMM
American Oxygen - Bed of Lies
Albeit, Anaconda did feel bigger than 45S & Onika's presence in the media w/ the single cover + video >>> but they have around the same sales so they're comparable I guess.
Just two years ago Rihanna was the world's biggest pop star, having just released one of the best albums of all time. And now she's nothing but a lab rat, being experimented upon musically by Kanye and commercially by Jay Z. How did it all fall apart so fast?