Originally posted by Entertainment Weekly

Rihanna crowned best-selling digital artist of all time



How does one sell nearly 50 million downloads in six years? By releasing nearly 50 million singles in six years.

Hyperbole aside, Nielsen Soundscan revealed that Rihanna is now the top-selling digital artist of all time (time here being about as old as the iTunes Store), having moved 47.5 million digital tracks since her 2005 debut.

Of course, one might say RiRi breaks a lot of records largely by making a lot of them. Since 2005, the Barbadian chart beast has released six studio albums and an astonishing 36 singles — more than Britney and Eminem combined in the same amount of time.

The full list is below; see if you can count how many of them haven’t collaborated with Rihanna before:

1. Rihanna (47,571,000)
2. Black Eyed Peas (42,405,000)
3. Eminem (42,290,000)
4. Lady Gaga (42,078,000)
5. Taylor Swift (41,821,000)
6. Katy Perry (37,620,00)
7. Lil Wayne (36,788,000)
8. Beyonce (30,439,000)
9. Kanye West (30,242,000)
10. Britney Spears (28,665,000)

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Originally posted by realityisalways

Lol I see no lies, she releases something and if it flops she releases something else, until something sticks

I wish Madonna and my faves were like that

Honestly, I think its a smart way of managing a music career

Originally posted by realityisalways

Lol I see no lies, she releases something and if it flops she releases something else, until something sticks

I wish Madonna and my faves were like that

Honestly, I think its a smart way of managing a music career