I was here to silently kii but how does it make sense that the GP hates Work when they're the ones sending it to #1.

Yes she is. Good thing she was able to become an icon in her 11 years.

Others don't even make it that far.

We have plenty of icons in pop music though... Gaga, Katy, Avril...

But legends, only a few... Beyonce and Britney.

Rihanna can always record that pop album and smash again like nothing happened

being able to come up with Work and Needed Me 11 years into her career and after a 3 year break prove that she'll never lose her ear for hits, and that's all she needs to survive

Microwave ha!

Yes tbh. I mean we all know Work was #1 because of Drake and streaming. ANTI, AO and Kiss it Better BOMBED.
FFS did very bad since it features KANYE WEST and PAUL MCCARTNEY and BBHMM flopped, sorry

& that's the beauty of it all. Rihanna is at a point where she can do whatever she wants. She intentionally chose to steer away from pop music. Sadly others don't have such freedom or capability to be versatile they're stuck in a box.

Lady Gaga

Marina and The Diamonds, Allie X, Melanie Martinez, Carly Rae Jepsen, Charli XCX, Lana Del Rey

You surely know what smashes and what not in 2016. Streaming is the reason every song has more chart points and Drake has no #1s without Rihanna.

The back fire. Costea, stop being so bitter. Lol

What do my faves have to do with the topic please? Anyway I stan for TALENT not charts; but some of faves are doing great (Gaga 125M record sold with much less releases than Rihanna, Carly had the BIGGEST FEMALE DIGITAL SONG OF ALL TIME, Charli had 3 huge smashes with Fancy, Boom Clap and I Don't Care, and finally Born To Die sold more than any Rihanna's album.)


OT: Yeah I do think she's over, just look at Kiss it Better, AO or ANTI

Wyd?

WORK is the second biggest hit of her career.

ANTI sales reflect how sales are in 2016. After a messy release and a million album giveaway it's doing good.

The TOUR is selling just a few weeks short of the album release, for an artist that hasn't dropped in album in years.

She can outpeak again (not in album sales obviously) but if she gets the ball rolling with hits after hits she can be bigger than she was post-loud era.

I hope so.