ANTI is the era that has smashed on pure streaming and some merchandise album sales, every era in the next years is gonna be like this, no matter how much some artists try to fight it, streaming is the future! Rihanna is ahead of her time again and setting trends.

*rolls in the floor giggling hysterically*

Yep. She dominated the digital era and she is currently dominating the streaming era. She will continue to dominate through the streaming era because she is a streaming monsta.

Water is wet.

Okay, but how much money can be earned off that era?

1989, Lemonade, and 25 are all gunning for $400m+ earnings. That's success!!

True

Didnt she only have one multiplatinum album during the digital era? She dominates because she has way more releases and features with big artists than anyone else besides Nicki Minaj. Notice how none of her solo singles peaked in the top 10 since like 2012

Samsung sponsored the entire era so she's only profiting from here

VIEWS would be a much better example

Needed Me is top 10 right now.

Lemonade is a film not only an album, we can't really compare Lemonade vs ANTI, ANTI is on a huge disadvantage.

Adele and Taylor are the only one selling albums right now, but not for long. They'll both keep declining the next few years.

Being the pioneer of a big movement like this will be met with cynics like you and a lot of traditional physical sales/numbers oriented stans but that doesn't matter. At the end, you personally will not benefit from their success, so not sure your faux concern. Give credit and run along and hope Lemonade is uploaded somewhere.

Water isn't wet. Wetness is a description of our experience of water; what happens to us when we come into contact with water in such a way that it impinges on our state of being. We, or our possessions, 'get wet'.

So basically, you're answer is NO?

how much more money do they need ?

he's obviously talking about musical popularity. if we want to talk about money we'll talk about earnings.

also, by your logic, shouldn't we totally feel free to include the giveaways which generated $25 million to pure album sales?

I don't know, but Anti felt like a blip despite being a solid album, so, not sure if I want it to be the future.

Streaming may be the future but it doesn't gain as much money as pure sales therefore it isn't as successful.

Lemonade will most likely slaughter Spotify and Appl Music on its one year anniversary when available. Add that with its pure sales and....well... You get the point.

What type of biology lesson mess is this

Low-selling albums have always existed. Xtina is the real pioneer.