Both are huge stars, both debuted in the 00s and both have sold millions. But who has had the most impact? Who will be remembered? Who will influence future generations of singers?
Rihanna duh. Taylor still remains that middle of the road safe perfect girl that only writes about people who did her wrong: her boyfriends, her critics, her boyfriends, her friends, her boyfriends, her peers, hey boyfriends, etc. That gets her good album sales, 3-4 hits to her name, but not much else.
Rihanna is just on another level with both cultural and visual impact, and a truly outstanding catalogue of hits.
If they stopped right now, it would definitely be Rihanna.
However, their career trajectories show us Taylor will easily outpace Rihanna when it's all said and done.
In 2010/2011 Rihanna was dominating back to back with Rude boy/LTWYL/Only girl/WMN/S&M/WFL and Taylor seemed to be on a downward trajectory going from Fearless to Speak now. Things Change.
Rihanna duh. Taylor still remains that middle of the road safe perfect girl that only writes about people who did her wrong: her boyfriends, her critics, her boyfriends, her friends, her boyfriends, her peers, hey boyfriends, etc. That gets her good album sales, 3-4 hits to her name, but not much else.
Rihanna is just on another level with both cultural and visual impact, and a truly outstanding catalogue of hits.
Ooh you're right I hadn't thought of this. A lot of Rihanna's image revolves around her being young/sexy/edgy, once she hits 35 that will become harder and harder to push, whereas country artists have much less of an expiration date