Rihanna is charging ten dollars for concert tickets! (is it worth it . . Or is it still too expensive?)
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Rihanna's star is dropping FASTER THAN AMBER ROSE'S DRAWERS . . . Today, the MTV Awards nominations came out, and Rihanna DIDN'T GET ANY (except one fort he editing on one of her videos).
And she's been UNABLE to sell tickets to most of her shows. So she's resorted to a new trick - giving fans $10 TICKETS!!!
Wow, Rih - time to shake up your team OR SOMETHING. Cause whatever you're doing, just ain't working . . . .
My school plays are more expensive. I can finally afford to see Rihanna live, huge plus for me.
In my opinion her star isn't fading, just giving the opportunity to all her fans to see her, including the ones who can't afford expensive concert tickets.
THOUGHTS?
"We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse."
Maybe a little bit but I am sure that she will be on top again and I don't think it is THAT bad, Rihanna was never known to be a good live performer, she is stepping her game up and I'm loving her performances (I used to hate them), I would prefer if every artist did this instead of cancelling the shows. She still has many time, Rihanna reign won't let up
Rihanna isn't going anywhere but LTWYL isn't successful because of her.
Maybe she helped it but Eminem was doing damn well long before she was around, he can hold is own.
It id a fantastic song, any decent female voice could have done the same.
But the fact is that Rihanna is still burning the charts with "Te Amo" in Europe and "Rockstar 101" is growing while she is #1 with Eminem, Rated R is almost getting a new peak at the UK official charts so I don't think she is falling, she has seen better days tho..
I think it's a pretty well established fact at this point that Rihanna just doesn't really have a core fanbase that supports her. Everyone loves at least 4 Rihanna tracks, but fewer people will actually declare themselves full-fledge Rihanna fans. I don't know why this is exactly, cause you'd think if the music is hot and successful the fanbase would build, but that isn't the case. Furthermore, these "casual fans" did not really appreciate Rated R. Even though it is her strong work artistically and critically, we live in an era of insta-hits and unsophisticated tastes (particularly in the US). Rihanna's last album just didn't fit that mold.
It's Eminem's song,he doesn't need her help or anyone's else. He could have put Hayley on tha track and it would have been just as big
Yes, I see what you are saying, but i'm not saying your right
Anyways, the whole discussion about LTWYL's sucess is old and tried, so im not gonna talk about it anymore.
Whatever. Its a rough time to sell concert tickets.
She sold out MADISON SQUARE GARDEN and most of her European leg.
Rated R is about to hit 1 mill, and she is doing fine.
Rated R was arguably her most artistic and creative album of her career. But as another poster said, in this day in age, creativty doesnt sell. Ri needs to go back to the predictable bubble gum trash she was doing during GGGB.