Rihanna would still be the bigger star.

not me misspelling bigger

Rihanna.

Rihanna.

Rihanna was always destined to be the bigger star, incident or not.

Rihanna

Chris

Chris.

This is disrespectful.

But the answer is Rihanna. She was more popular before the incident, and has managed to gain even more popularity since.

Pretty much. Chris has always been local anyway.

Chris was bigger than Rihanna at that point (USA), so I have no reason to believe that he would've become even bigger had that not have happened.

Rihanna.

Chris Brown would have cracked somehow.

Rihanna.

Rihanna.

Graffiti woulda been far more successful. Crawl could've been one of the biggest hits of his career and Sing Like Me would have smashed Urban radio.

I haven't really thought about where Rihanna's career woulda gone, except for the fact she really didn't build a die-hard loyal fanbase until Rated R.

It's difficult to say who would be bigger, considering this is pop music and both of them have big competition.

Chris DUH!

He was well on his way to becoming the biggest male popstar since Michael and yall hoes know it.