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Celeb News: Anthony Mandler: "Rihanna is the biggest star in the world"
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Anthony Mandler: "Rihanna is the biggest star in the world"
Believe it or not, 2015 will mark the tenth year of Rihanna‘s Pop presence, introduced to the world by LA Reid, Jay Z and former manager Marc Jordan.
Now seen as competition for many of the acts she once cited as idols, the vocalist has now seen her career praised by long time friend and collaborator, Anthony Mandler- responsible for many of her more memorable visuals.
Yes, in an interview with Graydon Carter‘s ‘Vanity Fair‘, the ‘Unfaithful’ director went to great lengths to explain why believes the singer is the biggest star in the world, revealing that she has overcome more hardship than the world will ever be aware of.
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“The way I look at it, she was a complete form—an undeveloped complete form, if that makes sense—when I first worked with her on “Unfaithful.” There was this incredible power and emotion, this kind of dark side, and duality. At that point, she was kind of a Bajan island singer. I didn’t know what to do with her. Was she R&B? Pop? Reggae? I think on “Unfaithful” she found the beginning of a lane and a voice.
If you look at the songs before that, “Pon de Replay,” stuff like that, they would kind of fit her into a marketable box, more like a female Sean Paul . . . That was what seemed like made sense. But the truth is that anybody who knew her at the time, anybody who worked with her, saw there was this other thing, this incredible fire, this incredible wise-beyond-years thing. It was just about her outgrowing the youth, outgrowing the constraints of the label, having enough hits, making your own decisions enough times.
If you knew every single step along the way, you would say, “This could never happen; this never happens.” And it doesn’t. She’s the once in a generation. She’s the biggest star in the world.”
I love “Russian Roulette”; there’s something about “Russian Roulette” I just love. It was so brave of her, and bold. It was a very dark time and she was harnessing an incredible power. “Disturbia” was probably the biggest moment because that was the first time she let the world see what was inside her. [“Disturbia”] was the 5th or 6th single off the album. I think she probably paid for a lot of it herself. And she said “We’re doing whatever I want. You can’t tell me anything.” And I said “No problem.” When I saw it together, I knew it was something special. It scared the **** out of the label. I think there was a conversation at one point about shelving it. It was one of those moments when she was kind of smarter than everyone else.
“There is nothing she can’t do, in a way. There have been some incidents in her life that we all know about, and a lot of incidents people don’t know about, that have given her fuel to the fire to grow further into her character. Because, hey, they all have a character, whether it’s Robyn playing Rihanna, or whether it’s Shawn Carter playing Jay Z, or Marshall Mathers playing Eminem. And in that character, there’s sort of a safe zone. You can ask her [and she’ll say] “Robyn wouldn’t do that, but Rihanna would.” And that’s a very interesting mentality. If you can get under their skin and see who they are at a deeper level—and that comes from working with them direct—you can push them in different ways. You can hopefully create work that lives at a different level.”
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Never heard of this director before
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 Clearly he's only saying this because he's done like 15+ music videos with her. If it was any other pop gurl he would be saying the same thing.
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But she isn't. She don't move albums.
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Not you stealing my thread. LOL
Add this to the OP
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I love “Russian Roulette”; there’s something about “Russian Roulette” I just love. It was so brave of her, and bold. It was a very dark time and she was harnessing an incredible power. “Disturbia” was probably the biggest moment because that was the first time she let the world see what was inside her. [“Disturbia”] was the 5th or 6th single off the album. I think she probably paid for a lot of it herself. And she said “We’re doing whatever I want. You can’t tell me anything.” And I said “No problem.” When I saw it together, I knew it was something special. It scared the **** out of the label. I think there was a conversation at one point about shelving it. It was one of those moments when she was kind of smarter than everyone else.
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Rihanna comes out of pocket for her videos and was very much involved in the direction of Disturbia 
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That's interesting.
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Beyoncé - "Irreplaceable"
Beyoncé - "Get Me Bodied"
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Lame. 
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Rihanna is in her own lane, but that doesn't mean she's the biggest star in the world right now
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Excuse the messy wikipedia quote, but DEATH at the haters saying he's biased because he's worked with her so much. Yet look at his Career thus far.
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2000
8Ball & MJG - "Pimp Hard"
4th Avenue Jones - "Respect"
2001
Black Eyed Peas feat. Chali 2na - "Get Original"
Laura Dawn - "I Would"
2003
Maria - "I Give You Take"
2005
Snoop Dogg - "Ups & Downs/Bang Out"
M.I.A. - "Bucky Done Gun"
Common - "Testify"
Kem - "Find Your Way"
50 Cent - "Hustler's Ambition"
Sean Paul - "Ever Blazin'"
Eminem - "When I'm Gone"
DPGC - "Real Soon"
2006
Nelly Furtado - "Maneater"
Rihanna - "Unfaithful"
Ne-Yo - "Sexy Love"
Sleepy Brown feat. Pharrell & Big Boi - "Margarita"
The Killers - "When You Were Young"
Rihanna - "We Ride"
Beyoncé - "Irreplaceable"
Omarion - '"Ice Box"
Jay-Z - "Lost One"
2007
Duran Duran - "Falling Down"
Beyoncé - "Get Me Bodied"
Snoop Dogg - "Boss' Life"
Fergie - "Big Girls Don't Cry"
Rihanna - "Shut Up and Drive"
Enrique Iglesias - "Somebody's Me"
Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo - "Hate That I Love You"
The Killers - "Tranquilize"
Spice Girls - "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)"
Rihanna - "Don't Stop The Music"
2008
OneRepublic - "Stop and Stare"
Rihanna - "Take A Bow"
OneRepublic - "Say (All I Need)"
Bayje - "Find a Way"
Rihanna - "Disturbia"
Maroon 5 feat. Rihanna - "If I Never See Your Face Again"
T.I. feat. Rihanna - "Live Your Life"
Akon - "Right Now (Na Na Na)"
Enrique Iglesias - "Away"
Rihanna - "Rehab"
Wyclef Jean feat. will.i.am, Imposs, Jimmy O & Melissa Jiménez - "Let Me Touch Your Button"
2009
John Legend - "Everybody Knows"
Utada - "Come Back To Me"
Robin Thicke - "Dreamworld"
Daniel Merriweather - "Red"
The Killers - "A Dustland Fairytale"
Melanie Fiona - "Give It to Me Right"
Eminem - "Beautiful"
Jay-Z - "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"
Daniel Merriweather - "Impossible"
Maxwell - "Bad Habits"
Jay-Z feat. Rihanna and Kanye West - "Run This Town"
Mary J. Blige - "The One"
Mary J. Blige - "Stronger"
Mary J. Blige - "I Am"
Ryan Leslie - "You're Not My Girl"
Amerie - "Heard 'Em All"
John Mayer - "Who Says"
Rihanna - "Russian Roulette"
Rihanna - "Wait Your Turn"
Jay-Z feat. Mr Hudson - "Young Forever"
2010
John Mayer - "Heartbreak Warfare"
Nikki & Rich - "Next Best Thing" & "Same Kind of Man"
Usher feat. Will.i.am - "OMG"
Drake - "Over"
Drake - "Find Your Love"
Muse - "Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)"
Rihanna - "Te Amo"
Christina Aguilera - "You Lost Me"
Usher - "There Goes My Baby"
Drake - feat. Lil Wayne - "Miss Me"
Drake - feat. T.I. & Swizz Beatz - "Fancy" (unreleased)[8]
Trey Songz - feat. Nicki Minaj - "Bottoms Up"
Trey Songz - "Can't Be Friends"
Rihanna - "Only Girl (In the World)"
2011
Romeo Santos feat. Usher - "Promise"
Jennifer Hudson - "Where You At"
Rihanna - "California King Bed"
Rihanna - "Man Down"
Tyler, the Creator feat. Frank Ocean - "She" (co-producer)[9]
2012
Nicki Minaj - "Starships"
Shakira - "Addicted to You"
Cheryl - "Call My Name"
fun. - "Some Nights"
fun. - "Carry On"
Lana Del Rey - "National Anthem"[10][11]
Cheryl - "Under the Sun"
Justin Bieber feat. Big Sean - "As Long as You Love Me"
Muse – "Madness"
Lana Del Rey - "Ride"[10][11]
Rihanna - "Diamonds"
Flo Rida feat. Jennifer Lopez or May J. - "Sweet Spot"
Taylor Swift - "I Knew You Were Trouble"
Shakira - "Truth Or Dare""
2013
Taylor Swift - "22"
Selena Gomez - "Come & Get It"
The Weeknd - "Belong to the World"
Jay-Z feat. Justin Timberlake - "Holy Grail"
Lana Del Rey - the film Tropico[12][13]
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I don't know about in the WORLD.....
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Not you bragging about her director's opinion
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She's isn't the biggest, but one of.
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Sure 
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the ‘Unfaithful’ director
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Did Anthony lie?
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Not you bragging about her director's opinion
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Not you acting like a Director whose worked with M.I.A, Beyonce, Rihanna, Eminem, Jay-Z, The Killers, Fergie, Spice Girls, Maroon 5, John Legend, Mary J Blige, Usher, Drake, Christina Aguilara, Shakira, Lana Del Rey etc. opinion is void.
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Not you bragging about her director's opinion
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Thats not "her" director. He has also worked with many big names like Em, Jay, Bey, Drake, Nicki, etc
- So please save that "his opinion is biased" excuse
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