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Originally posted by ToxDuris
So now R&B is dying because of a Billboard rule, lol, you're only so damn pressed cuz Riri is gonna break the record for most weeks at #1 on the R&B charts.
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R&B has been dying since WAY before this rule change
But seeing how the change pretty much eliminates ALL possibilities R&B records had of hitting the top of their charts, this just helps to solidify it's death. Anyone can recognize how incredibly ridiculous the new rule is, it goes beyond being "pressed" over Riri Maja~ The navy is just
No one is trying to discredit Rihanna, this would be just as ridiculous had it been any other mainstream song topping the chart. Clearly a song by a pop singer, that's getting played on top 40 stations as well as urban stations, hot ac, etc. as well as being performed on mainstream platforms, etc. Is going to have higher sales than songs that are spun and supported SOLELY by urban radio. Diamonds clearly isn't R&B and you know you know that. Y'all need to step outside of your stan world.
The fact that Diamonds is about to break an ALL TIME record for most weeks atop the R&B chart when it's still not even charting top 10 on urban radio pretty much speaks for itself