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Poll: More powerful - Beyonce or Rihanna?
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Beyonce
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78.47% |
Rihanna
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More powerful - Beyonce or Rihanna?
Who holds more power to their name and why? How do you define power?
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Beyoncé. Her name holds power that Rihanna's could never.
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Rihanna as a musician
Beyoncé as a celebrity
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There is a Man behind their success and their careers so they themselves are not powerful but I'll say about Equal.
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Rihanna as a musician doesnt hold weight when all she sells is albums... a musician has several different aspects .. Live performance, music release etc ..dont let $1.29 single sells make you think someone has "Power" .. when Beyonce is announced as a performer people lose it.. they're all in..
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Beyoncé can certainly pull power moves that Rihanna cannot
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The marketing queen. In music Industry and in the fashion industry--Rihanna but for celebrity, Beyonce.
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its unfortunate but based on debut numbers (indication of GP demand) I think even Tinashe is the bigger star/celeb at this point. Rihs
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Originally posted by Trent W
Rihanna as a musician
Beyoncé as a celebrity
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How is Rihanna more powerful as a musician?
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Rihanna by far
Beyonce is local
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Rihanna. Falling in line with her literally being the most marketable star.
HOWEVER: I will say, with the release of self titled (and in my honest opinion) Beyoncé did edge up. Her release gave the GP a new repsect for her because it was seen as such a power move by her fans (I still don't quite understand why lol) but prior to that I would easily say Rihanna, by LOUD era she had completely overtaken Bey in a majority of aspects success-wise (par touring), hoewever currently I think she has the one up.... for now. Mainly due to Rih's break/mess with R8 however, and even then Rih has had success in other areas i.e HOME, Dior, and her other little knick knacks she does that I don't really pay much attention to lol
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Originally posted by swissman
How is Rihanna more powerful as a musician?
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Better albums, more memorable albums, better album tracks, more memorable album tracks, less album fillers, better singles, more recognizable singles, more memorable singles, better singles sales
The facts don't lie sis
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Obviously Beyonce. Her name alone is legendary.
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Originally posted by swissman
How is Rihanna more powerful as a musician?
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She has a bigger music career, I'm not saying Beyoncé doesn't have one, but Rihanna has sold more records, has more hits to her name and has impacted more countries than Beyoncé.
Beyonce is also a good musician but her celeb overshadows her music. I must admit Beyoncé has more talent than Rihanna but still Rihanna is on top of her in terms of music.
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Originally posted by Lyrical.
Obviously Beyonce. Her name alone is legendary.
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Rihanna will also be a legend in 10 years, she's just way too young to be a contender.
No one on the new generation is on her level honestly.
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Originally posted by Rihabelye
Better albums, better album tracks, less album fillers, better singles, better singles sales
The facts don't lie sis
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How does your personal music preference and taste equate to Rihanna being more powerful as a musician? Do you know the definition of a powerful musician? Beyoncé's the more powerful musician, performer, singer, celebrity - whatever you wanna call it. There are plenty of receipts I could give you to prove my point, but just look at the release of both their last efforts. There's no denying Bey is more powerful.
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Originally posted by Rihabelye
Better albums, more memorable albums, better album tracks, more memorable album tracks, less album fillers, better singles, more recognizable singles, more memorable singles, better singles sales
The facts don't lie sis
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All of this is subjective. You clearly have no idea what it means to be more powerful.
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Originally posted by Golden
How does personal music taste equate to Rihanna being more powerful as a musician? Do you know the definition of a powerful musician? Beyoncé's the more powerful musician, performer, singer, celebrity - whatever you wanna call it. There are plenty of receipts I could give you to prove my point, but just look at the release of both their last efforts. There's no denying Bey is more powerful.
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Sorry, I don't remember posting about my personal taste anywhere, I posted facts. Your points are invalid.
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Originally posted by Rihabelye
Better albums, better album tracks, less album fillers, better singles, better singles sales
The facts don't lie sis
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The only thing you mentioned that was a fact was the singles sales though lol. That's also not being a more "powerful musician". That' being a more commercial popstar. Musician implies a bit of artistry, otherwise Pitbull is a more powerful musician than Stevie Wonder.
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Originally posted by Trent W
She has a bigger music career, I'm not saying Beyoncé doesn't have one, but Rihanna has sold more records, has more hits to her name and has impacted more countries than Beyoncé.
Beyonce is also a good musician but her celeb overshadows her music. I must admit Beyoncé has more talent than Rihanna but still Rihanna is on top of her in terms of music.
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I can see what you mean. When I think of qualifying someone's power as a musician, I think of their power in regards to their artistry and their abilities in either creating or playing music, and less about the end result/success of their studio tracks which is (in this case) not very tied to the talents of Rihanna but moreso her image, marketing, production and catchy voice.
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