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Stats: Rihanna is the best-selling digital artist of all time!
Member Since: 7/3/2011
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Originally posted by RîhMark
"Singles artists" dont typically sell 25 million albums worldwide in 6 years.
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But with 6 albums.
Kelly Clarkson has 5 albums and has sold 23-24 million. Rihanna may not be a singles artist per say, but her singles to albums ratio is significantly big.
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Originally posted by RîhMark
Top 10 Selling Digital Songs:
1. Black Eyed Peas ‘I Gotta Feeling’ 7,688,000
2. Lady Gaga – ‘Poker Face’ 6,529,000
3. Lady Gaga – ‘Just Dance’ 6,458,000
4. Black Eyed Peas – ‘Boom Boom Pow’ 6,267,000
5. Flo Rida – ‘Low’ 6,152,000
6. Ke$ha – ‘Tik Tok’ 6,149,000
7. Adele – ‘Rolling In The Deep’ 5,921,000
8. Jason Mraz – ‘I’m Yours’ 5,919,000
9. Train – ‘Hey Soul Sister’ 5,741,000
10. Taio Cruz – ‘Dynamite’ 5,719,000
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11. Lady Antebellum - 'Need You Now' 5,557,000
12. LMFAO - 'Party Rock Anthem' 5,468,000
13. Cee Lo Green - 'F**k You' 5,412,000
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Does anyone have a fuller list? Top ten isn't much, I'd like to see the top 20 and beyond if possible.
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
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Originally posted by DejaVu
But with 6 albums.
Kelly Clarkson has 5 albums and has sold 23-24 million. Rihanna may not be a singles artist per say, but her singles to albums ratio is significantly big.
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That's because she sells a lot of singles , and not because she sells few albums 
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Member Since: 7/3/2011
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Originally posted by rihannafan
That's because she sells a lot of singles , and not because she sells few albums
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Making her a singles artist
When you're selling that many singles but moving the same amount of albums as someone with less single success, you are a singles artist. It's not a bad thing per se but let's call a spade a spade.
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
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Originally posted by DejaVu
Making her a singles artist
When you're selling that many singles but moving the same amount of albums as someone with less single success, you are a singles artist. It's not a bad thing per se but let's call a spade a spade. |
rihanna has sold 25 million albums ww . Who has sold that much ww and it still going at a strong rate , and is as strong singles wise ? no one .
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Originally posted by Ravi
11. Lady Antebellum - 'Need You Now' 5,557,000
12. LMFAO - 'Party Rock Anthem' 5,468,000
13. Cee Lo Green - 'F**k You' 5,412,000
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NYN 
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Originally posted by rihannafan
rihanna has sold 25 million albums ww . Who has sold that much ww and it still going at a strong rate , and is as strong singles wise ? no one . |
Quite a few artist, actually. Maybe not single-wise, but that just proves even more that Rih is a singles artist.
Originally, the point of singles were to sell your albums. But when your singles do a poor job at selling the album, and instead sell themselves to such a huge degree, you are a singles artist. I knew the Navy was a little behind, but this isn't exactly rocket science
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Originally posted by DejaVu
Quite a few artist, actually. Maybe not single-wise, but that just proves even more that Rih is a singles artist.
Originally, the point of singles were to sell your albums. But when your singles do a poor job at selling the album, and instead sell themselves to such a huge degree, you are a singles artist. I knew the Navy was a little behind, but this isn't exactly rocket science |
Yes, she is in the US, but that's it.
As long as she doesn't flop I would be very fine. 
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Originally posted by DejaVu
Quite a few artist, actually. Maybe not single-wise, but that just proves even more that Rih is a singles artist.
Originally, the point of singles were to sell your albums. But when your singles do a poor job at selling the album, and instead sell themselves to such a huge degree, you are a singles artist. I knew the Navy was a little behind, but this isn't exactly rocket science |
lol
just because your fave cannot sell singles doenst make Rihanna a singles artist.
Last time I checked... Rihanna had sold more albums than your fave WW... and last time I checked her current single is still #1 WW and that makes it her 9th week atop.
Which makes you mad. I get it. -But life's like this... aha.. that's the way it is...- (as Avril would say.)
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16 pages  keep talking that talk
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Originally posted by DejaVu
Rihanna 6 albums - 25 million
Kelly 5 albums - 23.5 million
Their projections look the same too me. Except that Rihanna's singles should've had a bigger impact on her album sales, yet they didn't. 
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She just released TTT, so she will be at 30 million with 6 albums ,sweetie.
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Originally posted by DejaVu
Making her a singles artist
When you're selling that many singles but moving the same amount of albums as someone with less single success, you are a singles artist. It's not a bad thing per se but let's call a spade a spade. |
It's good to know that you are defining the terms "singles artist" and "album arist". And I don't get why you are so pressed about Riri success. She being successful doesn't mean that your fave isn't too.
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Originally posted by DejaVu
Rihanna 6 albums - 25 million
Kelly 5 albums - 23.5 million
Their projections look the same too me. Except that Rihanna's singles should've had a bigger impact on her album sales, yet they didn't.
Done here. |
more like 20M worldwide... and more than half of those sales are from one album...
how is that having the same projection as Rihanna's sales? BTW... Rihanna is at 26M and her recent era just begun.
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Originally posted by Cas
It's good to know that you are defining the terms "singles artist" and "album arist". And I don't get why you are so pressed about Riri success. She being successful doesn't mean that your fave isn't too.
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I neve said Rih wasn't successful. And I even said being a singles artist isn't a bad thing.
She sells a massive amount of singles compared to the albums she moves. Thus, she's a singles artist. The only ones "pressed" pressed here are the Rihanna fans who insist on taking the term "singles artist" as a negative thing.
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Originally posted by DejaVu
I neve said Rih wasn't successful. And I even said being a singles artist isn't a bad thing.
She sells a massive amount of singles compare to the albums she moves. Thus, she's a singles artist. No one here is "pressed" besides the Rihanna fans who insist on taking the term "singles artist" as a negative term.
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IF she didnt sell albums THEN she would be a singles artist.
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Originally posted by DejaVu
I neve said Rih wasn't successful. And I even said being a singles artist isn't a bad thing.
She sells a massive amount of singles compared to the albums she moves. Thus, she's a singles artist. The only ones "pressed" pressed here are the Rihanna fans who insist on taking the term "singles artist" as a negative thing.
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The only artists that currently have massive album sales are Adele and Buble (and may be Drake). Does this mean that every other artist is a singles artist?
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Originally posted by zzmyth
IF she didnt sell albums THEN she would be a singles artist.
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Originally posted by Cas
The only artists that currently have massive album sales are Adele and Buble. Does this mean that every other artist is a singles artist?
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It's not about not being able to sell a massive amount of albums, it's about your single sales totally eclipsing your album sales.
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Member Since: 3/5/2011
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Originally posted by DejaVu
It's not about not being able to sell a massive amount of albums, it's about your single sales totally eclipsing your album sales.
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If you sell albums as much as the others and your singles are doing beyond great, what can be said about the artist with the lower single sales?
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