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Music News: Rihanna - Rated R
Member Since: 10/18/2006
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Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
Excuses are old:
1) She's not a big first week seller:
Well, she SHOULD be. GGGB put her in celebrity status. 2 years of hit singles and album longevity. You same stans were saying she would blow certain artists away first week in the past, but suddenly things are different?
2) Wrong singles:
MEH. That's what, whoever chose the strategy to use her abuse to sell the album, gets. If they weren't trying to use that, there'd be no "RR" as first single and no interview.
3) "Sucess doesn't matter", "As long as it's a good album"
This one is old. Success/commercial performance DOES matter. You do want the bitch to keep making music, no?
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you betta PREACH!!!
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Member Since: 8/8/2009
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Originally posted by fratpad
CERTAINLY NOT ME.
I have never praised songs like "hard" or "rockstar" or "wait your turn"
WIAT YOUR TURN is one of teh worst song ever and i've even said it here and on several other forums
that video for WYT is one lame weak lazy DULL video
that is why nobody cares.
And Russian Roulette is good but the video came too late... and she's not good ennough as a vocalist to impress people with a ballad...
plus her hair is a mess.
so YES , SHE RELEASE THE WRONG SINGLES.
if she came with "cold case love" or "te amo" or "rude boy" that would have been so much better.
no one is ready nor cares about her ROCK attitude.
Unfortunately this is a bad start for her album...
it's too bad because she is so much more interesting that copycat beyonka.
but it's lady GaGa's arrival on the scene that put everyone else in perspective and brings everyone else down.
Lady GaGa plays piano, sings live, dances, makes amazing and unexpected live shows and performances, is NOT BORING, has something new to offer to the game, is unexpected and is CRAZY and she's a "free bitch baby".
It's going to be VERY HARD for any other artist, established or not, to come up with something interesting enough.
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"Te Amo" is an amazing song (the best from Rated R, IMO}, but it would not work as a single. 
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Member Since: 4/10/2009
Posts: 413
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Quote:
Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2
Excuses are old:
1) She's not a big first week seller:
Well, she SHOULD be. GGGB put her in celebrity status. 2 years of hit singles and album longevity. You same stans were saying she would blow certain artists away first week in the past, but suddenly things are different?
2) Wrong singles:
MEH. That's what, whoever chose the strategy to use her abuse to sell the album, gets. If they weren't trying to use that, there'd be no "RR" as first single and no interview.
3) "Sucess doesn't matter", "As long as it's a good album"
This one is old. Success/commercial performance DOES matter. You do want the bitch to keep making music, no?
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Member Since: 11/13/2009
Posts: 25,902
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Originally posted by Duca
I agree, the closest to "Umbrella" she got was "Disturbia". But I doubt she'll top both of them.
"SOS", "Take A Bow" and "Live Your Life" did hit, but didn't do much for her.
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"Don't Stop the Music" helped her before her re-release, I think that kept the album on track. "Breakin Dishes" would've helped over "Rehab", but that wasn't my decision to make.
I love Rated R to death, and just because it may flop doesn't mean the quality is bad. Just take a good listen. I love Fire Bomb, Cold Case Love, & The Last Song. The ballads are as strong as the uptempos: Rockstar 101, Hard, Rude Boy. Mad House, if it was a full length, would've been a hit, I know it.
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Member Since: 3/30/2009
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I like the album, but I can't stand these songs:
Hard
Stupid In Love
Rockstar 101
G4L
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Member Since: 7/8/2009
Posts: 2,094
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She is competing with not Gaga but Andrea Brocelli for the 4th position ???? :sorrow:
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Member Since: 8/24/2008
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She didn't even flop tho.
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ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 10/1/2002
Posts: 14,726
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180-200k is a step up from her last albums debut week. But the 'step up' should have been much bigger given how big of a star GGGB made her.
Regardless, very positive reviews + hopefully a smash second single will salvage the album. But, that's a long shot by the looks of it.
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Member Since: 8/24/2008
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Just release Fire Bomb and she'll ****.
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Member Since: 4/18/2008
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Originally posted by IcyQueen
It just means we’ll probably be subject to 300 singles and 25 re-releases (including the Deluxe, Super Deluxe, Ultra Premium Deluxe, Spanish, Hebrew and Japanese versions…and of course the Super-Super Uber Ultra Premium Deluxe edition which comes with a DVD)
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Personally, I thine they were to cocky about this album release, even when Rihanna has alreasy proven that she's not that much of an albums artists.
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Member Since: 11/15/2009
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highly doubt this will flop theres alot of hype and promotion and these stupid estimates are usually always wrong cause THE BLACK EYED PEAS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 100,000 something and actually SOLD 300,000
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Member Since: 9/5/2009
Posts: 11,946
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If she wasn't Rihanna, the album would be a total fail.
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Member Since: 3/16/2006
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Member Since: 11/15/2009
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Originally posted by sboogie
Im a newbie here, I read this board all the time!! ok back to the topic lol.
200k is good but not for rihanna. This is her fourth album,she had alot of hype and promotion surrounding it, I thought she was going to do at least 350k or more.
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this will pick up by next week she has alot of promotion lined up...
but worldwide this is doing fantastic
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Member Since: 10/28/2006
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the album is great speaking musically, but rusian roulette is not strong enough .. the ballads do not sell now at this moment, when everybody is doin' songs like "bad romance" "did it again" "3" etc...
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Member Since: 9/5/2009
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Originally posted by PAD
the album is great speaking musically, but rusian roulette is not strong enough .. the ballads do not sell now at this moment, when everybody is doin' songs like "bad romance" "did it again" "3" etc...
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But at least it fits with winter.
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Member Since: 10/28/2006
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Originally posted by Itsuky
But at least it fits with winter.
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well maybe there, but here summer it's comming 
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Banned
Member Since: 10/13/2008
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 lmaoo gggb sold less then that and went 2x platinum. I don't remember Britney going 2x after opening with 500k
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Member Since: 9/5/2009
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Originally posted by I Got Soul
180-200k is a step up from her last albums debut week. But the 'step up' should have been much bigger given how big of a star GGGB made her.
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This. It can't be a "flop" if she's getting her best first week with a failed first single...if she had another "Umbrella" and debuted with these numbers then that would be bad but at the end of the day, it's not as if her sales are getting worse than they were. Even her "Reloaded" re-release only sold about 30k the first week. 
This first week means nothing to the album's performance, it all depends on the future singles.
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Member Since: 11/13/2009
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^ That's why Rude Boy & Fire Bomb need to be singles, and hopefully Te Amo.
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