Everybody knows if she went back to her roots and released a Reggae album she could easily be number one with maybe 10+ mil sales. Why she refuses to be more original when she has a fresher perspective than what europop offers beats me.
Rihanna can't afford to go off trend. It's too much of a risk. She hasn't earned
the luxury of having a flop album and coming back strong with the
next album because she really hasn't made an impact.
They only predicted the debuts. Expect major gains from Adele, Bublé, Bieber, and possibly Boyle and for Drake to hold up well in his second week. There's a chance Rihanna could miss the top five entirely
Rihanna can't afford to go off trend. It's too much of a risk. She hasn't earned
the luxury of having a flop album and coming back strong with the
next album because she really hasn't made an impact.
They only predicted the debuts. Expect major gains from Adele, Bublé, Bieber, and possibly Boyle and for Drake to hold up well in his second week. There's a chance Rihanna could miss the top five entirely
That'd be something. Especially since Buble's album has been increasing each week.
BTW, I wouldn't call it off for the #1. Loud was so close to #1 in January / February, only if she promoted. Hopefully she'll promote in this period this time.
Rihanna can't afford to go off trend. It's too much of a risk. She hasn't earned
the luxury of having a flop album and coming back strong with the
next album because she really hasn't made an impact.
...Vin
I see no lies...
She never made an impact, which is extremely weird considering her 11 #1's, I think you
need that extra factor to sell albums, singles aren't enough.
I'm not surprised at all that she's not going to hit #1, but I would have expected Talk That Talk to sell more in its first week than LOUD. Rihanna had all the momentum in the world going into this album, so what happened? Consumer fatigue? Or will sales pick up mid-week with Black Friday?