Discussion: Why does Rihanna have so many collabs? - Page 4

Sept

So she can stay relevant

One of the reason for her success is she's always putting out new music so her name is always out there.

WeFoundWill

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Originally posted by Ricky Wilson

Just like with Nicki Minaj or Ariana Grande, some girls just weren't born for solo success

I am SCREAMING. How delusional can one get ?

WeFoundWill

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Originally posted by Digitalism

She keeps doing collabs because hers are actually hits
Nobody cares about other artists collabs. People want top 10s not top 40 from a collab.
Beyonce
Party (featuring André 3000) not in the top 40
Flawless not in the top 40
Until the End of Time (Justin Timberlake featuring Beyoncé) #17
Love in This Club Part II" (Usher featuring Beyoncé and Lil Wayne) #18
"Lift Off" (Jay-Z and Kanye West featuring Beyoncé) didn't chart
"Part II (On the Run)"(Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé) not in the top 40
"Say Yes"(Michelle Williams featuring Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland) didn't chart
"Runnin' (Lose It All)" (Naughty Boy featuring Beyoncé and Arrow Benjamin) not in the top 40

Britney
"Pretty Girls"(with Iggy Azalea) #29
"Tom's Diner" (Giorgio Moroder featuring Britney Spears) didnt chart

Gaga
All the Tonny's collabs didnt chart
"Chillin" (Wale featuring Lady Gaga) #99
"3-Way (The Golden Rule)" (The Lonely Island featuring Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga) didn't chart

Taylor
"Highway Don't Care" (with Tim McGraw) #22
"Everything Has Changed"(featuring Ed Sheeran) 32
"The Last Time" (featuring Gary Lightbody) didn't chart
"Two Is Better Than One" (Boys Like Girls featuring Taylor Swift) #18
"Half of My Heart" (John Mayer featuring Taylor Swift) 25
"Both of Us" (B.o.B featuring Taylor Swift) #18

savage

Ricky Wilson

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Originally posted by -brian

because she's not pretentious and doesn't feel "above" collaborations

you act like rih is dependent on the collaborators, when she's given how many of them the biggest songs of their careers?

Her discog says she is

WeFoundWill

Rihanna has as many solo top 10s as Beyonce has in general.

Mark Rih

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Originally posted by Comedor

Solo
SOS
Disturbia
Take A Bow
Rude Boy
Only Girl
Diamonds

Total: 6

Collabs
S&M
The Monster
Work
Love the Way You Lie
Live Your Life
What's My Name
We Found Love
Umbrella

Total: 8

6? Still more than some other girls if I'm not wrong.

And OMG @ WFL smashing because of Calvin, Umbrella because of Jay, S&M because of that remix, etc

sadnews

It's her team's tactic to get her name out there all the time.
And with this digital eras, it works great.

Mark Rih

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Originally posted by Ricky Wilson

I'm saying that Rihanna doesn't have any reliable, well known and remembered solo hit

Reported for trolling. Let me pray for you tbh.

WeFoundWill

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Originally posted by Ricky Wilson

Her discog says she is

Mark Rih

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Originally posted by WeFoundWill

All these hits

So many classics, when will the other girls seriously.

rihsus

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Originally posted by Humunukuapua

Because everyone wants to work with her

!

Humunukuapua

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Originally posted by Ricky Wilson

I'm saying that Rihanna doesn't have any reliable, well known and remembered solo hit

Diamonds alone says hello.

Humunukuapua

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Originally posted by WeFoundWill

Kiss it Better deserves its spot there too

rihsus

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Originally posted by Digitalism

She keeps doing collabs because hers are actually hits
Nobody cares about other artists collabs. People want top 10s not top 40 from a collab.
Beyonce
Party (featuring André 3000) not in the top 40
Flawless not in the top 40
Until the End of Time (Justin Timberlake featuring Beyoncé) #17
Love in This Club Part II" (Usher featuring Beyoncé and Lil Wayne) #18
"Lift Off" (Jay-Z and Kanye West featuring Beyoncé) didn't chart
"Part II (On the Run)"(Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé) not in the top 40
"Say Yes"(Michelle Williams featuring Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland) didn't chart
"Runnin' (Lose It All)" (Naughty Boy featuring Beyoncé and Arrow Benjamin) not in the top 40

Britney
"Pretty Girls"(with Iggy Azalea) #29
"Tom's Diner" (Giorgio Moroder featuring Britney Spears) didnt chart

Gaga
All the Tonny's collabs didnt chart
"Chillin" (Wale featuring Lady Gaga) #99
"3-Way (The Golden Rule)" (The Lonely Island featuring Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga) didn't chart

Taylor
"Highway Don't Care" (with Tim McGraw) #22
"Everything Has Changed"(featuring Ed Sheeran) 32
"The Last Time" (featuring Gary Lightbody) didn't chart
"Two Is Better Than One" (Boys Like Girls featuring Taylor Swift) #18
"Half of My Heart" (John Mayer featuring Taylor Swift) 25
"Both of Us" (B.o.B featuring Taylor Swift) #18

this tea
Rihanna and her peers have colabs. The difference is: Rihanna smashes hers

skwonderfactory

Well you basically asked for the clockage so let me provide it to you.

Let's say a hit equals a top 10 and let's only count Rihanna's material for her own albums AKA nobody else's.

Solo top 10 hits:
Pon de Replay
SOS
Unfaithful
Don't Stop the Music
Take a Bow
Distrurbia
Russian Roulette
Rude Boy
Only Girl (In the World)
S&M (before the Britney Spears remix)
Cheers (Drink to That)
We Found Love (a producer feature ala Calvin Harris doesn't count as a feature)
Where Have You Been
Diamonds
Needed Me

Solo top 10 hits: 15
Solo #1s: 7

Featured top 10 hits:
Break It Off (feat. Sean Paul)
Umbrella (feat. Jay Z)
Hate That I Love You (feat. Ne-Yo)
Hard (feat. Jeezy)
What's Your Name? (feat. Drake)
S&M (feat. Britney Spears)
Stay (feat. Mikky Ekko)
FourFive Seconds with Kanye West and Paul McCartney
Work (feat. Drake)

Featured top 10 hits: 9
Featured #1s: 4

Notorious K.E.N

Demand

HAPPI•LIL•PILL

She can make a song smash, she a singles artist afterall.

••

Ricky Wilson

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Originally posted by WeFoundWill

Dunno half of these, i only remeber her big hits like Live Your Life, LTWYL, Monster, Umbrella, etc

Zhuge Liang

Yet she still smashes solos AND collabs