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Originally posted by Sazare
I just don't think that narrative matters to the majority of people, particularly when Adele and Rihanna are on opposite ends of the pop landscape (as opposed to, say, Katy v Gags or Rih v Beyoncé) and pitting the two against each other wouldn't make much sense.
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How come a lot of people don't consider Adele a "pop girl", and exclude from the normative of current pop girls. It's fair to compare Adele to the other pop girls because she makes soulful POP music. Whitney, Moo, and Celine STILL competed and was compared to Madonna, Tranet and Paula, even though the former were vocalist. Isn't Adele vs. the pop girls the same thing? It's as if people are bamboozled into thinking colorful hair, dance songs and legions of gay dancers and fans defines a pop girl. Mess.
Face it, Rihanna would get slaughtered (or anyone at this point for that matter) if released so close to 25.
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Originally posted by Sazare
Rihanna's eras have never been built around anticipation? For about seven years straight she released an album yearly, ending one era only as the next one began. If anything it's a wonder she even kept it going that long without the public growing tired of her. Her eras have always been built around strong hits early on in the campaign (Rated R is the only exception) and then just phoning in later singles while in the process of recording the next album.
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Yeah, but has she ever gone head to head with anyone of her caliber. One Direction, maybe? but they're two separate entities reaching two separate demographics. Rihanna and her team has strategically released her albums usually during holiday seasons and when no one would pose a threat.
As to her getting her first #1 album in 2012, hey, maybe the music just wasn't good enough for it to happen sooner.
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