Which artist is bigger?
Album sales are around equal- rihanna is slightly ahead though
(bey is 9 + 7 + 7 + 2.5 + 3.4) = 28.9 (rih is 1 + 3 + 8 + 3.5 + 6.0 + 4.5 + 3.6) =29.8
Single sales- In the US (solo) its 70 million+ for rih (90-100 million if we include collabs) to around 35-40 million for bey, globally
and including features rihanna leads by a bigger margin

Who really rules the music industry?

The mess that is the OP.
Those label inflated numbers are not cutting it.

Album sales, they are matched, Rih with two more albums.

Single sales, Rihanna is head.

Acclaim, Beyoncé is far ahead.

Touring, Beyoncé is far ahead.

And that is all solo.

The only thing Rihanna rules is the 99c singles market. Enjoy.

the single numbers have been confirmed by nielsen in the states

Rihanna by FAR.

Beyonce by far, she has many more credits than Rihanna.

Beyonce beats her in:

Albums
Touring
Endorsements
Film Gross
Film Acclaim
Music Awards
Celebrity Appeal
Net Worth
Overall Covers

The only thing Rihanna has over Beyonce is single sucess and a bit more high fashion cred.

Such a new and fresh thread on a topic that hasn't been done before. Why has no one ever thought of comparing the two till this point?

OT: Rih has sold more record worldwide so her.

Clearly Beyonce.

Beyonce's start as Destiny Child was massive.
Her album sales trump Rihanna
She makes more money than Rihanna
Her tours far outsell rihanna
She has way more critically acclaimed awards than Rihanna
She's the better performer than Rihanna

I mean really? All Rihanna has is hits, and you take away her number 1s just because now they count features her and Beyonce are not that far off.

Rihanna has sold more albums and singles and has topped charts all over the world.

Rih has actually sold more albums tho?
Rihanna has actually been outselling beyonce album for album since their 3rd album in 2007/2008.

Rihanna, duh.

Beyoncé has sold 70M albums in her CAREER. That alone>>>

The only thing Rih has on Bey is single sales.

Bey more in US, Rih everywhere else

Dead at the inflated rihanna album sales :''')
The only thing that rihanna have over be are those "little quick singles"
So Bee wins

(bey is 9 + 7 + 7 + 2.5 + 3.4) = 28.9

70m?

I think they're talking about rihanna outdated us singles receipts

This is 3 bey vs rih thread from yesterday, Rihanna winning all.

Y'all are delusional if you vote for Rih?

In what world is being worth $90M more succesful than being worth $500M?

In what work is grossing 1B+ for her movie grossing worse than the minuscule amount Rih has grossed?

In what world is being the most awarded female of all time not as succesful as having Rihanna awards?

In what world is 30M>70M album sales?

In what world is having 1 #1 album out of 7 better than having 100% of you solo albums go #1?

In what world is getting to do the superbowl<getting rejected by CBS.

In what world is being the first women to headline Glastonbury less succesful than watching from your TV at home?

Well if you don't count Rihanna's features as her number ones she still remains with ten number ones, double what Bey has and I find it funny whenever people try to think Bey is currently a bigger album seller than Rih. This decade Rihanna has LOUD, TTT aand unapologetic which sold at 6M, 3.3M and 3.6M respectively while Bey had 4 and BEYONCE that sold at 3M and 3.4M. Therefore this decade Rihanna has an average of 4.3M in album sales while Bey has an average of 3.2M.
What's more Rihanna is only 26 and she's earning as much as Bey did at that age and therefore you can't compare their net worths seeing how long they've both been in the industry. as for tour grosses, Bey only began being a tour force last year, 17 years into her career and Rih's last tour did well enough.
Overall Rih has sold more records when you combine even DC and Bey's solo career records, therefore it's very easy to see Rih is the bigger of the two.
8 years into her careerand she's already earned two ICON awards.

Beyonce 70mill come on we all know that's not true
she has 5 albums that means every her album sold more than 10 million.
But numberr of her last two albums together dont mach 10mill. not even 8 -9m.