Celeb News: Entertainment Weekly shades Rihanna - Page 11

fineandbambi

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Originally posted by UclaBoi

Exactly. i mean Bey's amazing song I Was Here was written by the world famous Diane Warren and produced by Ryan Tedder. you cant pay for better songwriting and production than that.

I caught that edit. If she was hit hungry why did she release it in Australia only?

Drais.

If this isn't just based off of singles then what all is it based on?

Forevermore

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Originally posted by BadBitch

Gaga stans trolling & thinking she's gonna out sell Rihanna in her current state. And they irony of them talking about payola when Gaga when just annouced to be played more than Rihanna in the US.

That current state could change very quickly as you should know (Rated R -> Loud). And even in this supposed current state she is still selling very well.

freebitch26

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Originally posted by BadBitch

Gaga stans trolling & thinking she's gonna out sell Rihanna's digital power in her current state. And they irony of them talking about payola when Gaga when was just announced to be played more than Rihanna in the US.

well she's number 4 on the list with only 12 singles since 2008

CaptainMusic

Just..

Yooorsh

No lies

TheRealBabyDre

So many shady bitches in here !

Xalric

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Originally posted by Shape

Average sales of all songs (including album tracks)

Rihanna: 546,793

Lady Gaga: 1,026,292

Katy Perry: 1,567,500

Interesting

Swaggie

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Originally posted by Katy V.!

Wait, if it doesn't include features.....

Somebody explain WHERE Lil Wayne sold +14m singles last year.

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Chrïs.

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Originally posted by freebitch26

well she's number 4 on the list with only 12 singles since 2008

And 3 5X platinum singles. All on her own.

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Originally posted by Melancholic

How much does it cost to make a hit song?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/...ake-a-hit-song

Oh, that explains a lot.

BadBitch

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Originally posted by TheGeoKing

That current state could change very quickly as you should know (Rated R -> Loud). And even in this supposed current state she is still selling very well.

Right like shes' gonna back to RedOne for hits and sacrifice her "artist integrity".

Sammi

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Originally posted by Shape

Average sales of all songs (including album tracks)

Rihanna: 546,793

Lady Gaga: 1,026,292

Katy Perry: 1,567,500

Interesting

Thanks for posting this.

KingSasha

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Originally posted by Loghen

Why is people talking about Gaga's sales?

Because she is mentionned in the article

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Originally posted by Nicole

Right. I don't believe in this payola nonsense. Maybe in small doses, but overall it's not that easy to abuse. If it was, why can Rihanna use it and not other artists? And if it was, why couldn't Rihanna use it on Cheers, CKB, Rockstar 101, ManDown, etc.?

@RockThatBeat ofc it does.Just look how most of her flop songs are her 4th,5th,6th singles because she cant start an era without a big hit (Russian R) so they make sure she gets 1 or 2 in the beginning

Rigalo

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Originally posted by Rock That Beat...

Well it does exist but like you said in small doses. Labels buy radio spins, not airplay. They buy like 5 spins for 15,000 $ or something like that. And usually it helps and the radio plays it more and it becomes a hit. But I think they used it for those songs you mentioned but radio never picked it really up.

That's a lot of money for 5 spins, considering WFL is getting 14000+ spins per WEEK. Where are you getting this tea?

Deemy

The fact still remains she's #1. You can drag and argue all you want.. it won't mean a thing.

Loghen

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Originally posted by freebitch26

well she's number 4 on the list with only 12 singles since 2008

Nobody cares.

Forevermore

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Originally posted by BadBitch

Right like she' go back to RedOne for hits and sacrifice her "artist integrity". :ahh"

I don't understand this sentence.

Shapes

You know, for a "singles artist", Rihanna doesn't seem to push out that much when it comes to sales-per-single.

She mainly seems to get #1s.

freebitch26

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Originally posted by Chrïs.

And 3 5X platinum singles. All on her own.

Oh, that explains a lot.

CaptainMusic

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Originally posted by freebitch26

well she's number 4 on the list with only 12 singles since 2008

True and that is impressive but....her digital power has decreased a lot this era. The only really HUGE digital hit she had this era was BTW which was coming straight off of the hype of TFM, the other singles didn't perform anywhere near as well as her singles in the TF(M) era did.