If Ciara would have had a re-release she would have pushed at the least 150k more at the time, which was the height of her fame. The album was doing really good in America and she was a new artist loved by urban listeners.
I find it interesting that nobody gives Rihanna crap about her sales but in Ciara's thread everybody made a big deal.
I'm really not trying to start anything.
One of Ciara's albums sold less than 200k. And the fact that her sales and general career have declined so dramatically is probably is what made that a big deal.
One of Ciara's albums sold less than 200k. And the fact that her sales and general career have declined so dramatically is probably is what made that a big deal.
If you can't compare country artists to pop artists, then how about we compare a pop star to a pop star?
GaGa's track record is way better than Rihanna's, and GaGa debuted in 2008 when sales were on a decline.
Regardless of who you compare, everyone is affected by the sales decline. Rihanna did 5.6 million with 4 albums and a couple of compilations; Taylor did 6 million with one album that was released in 2008. Rihanna is clearly a singles artist, but I do say that she is a stronger album seller than most today.
its a known fact that she isn't a strong album seller .. ESPECIALLY in the US ..
her first two albums were mainly r&b influenced/carribean influenced and no one really cared about those two seeing as some people think gggb was her first album lol .. and during her third album she transitioned her sound and image so whatever somewhat r&b fanbase she did have during her first two albums left because she went the pop route and i honestly think had she continued doing the pop thing this album .. rated r i mean .. she would've gotten better with her sales in the US but now she's taken yet ANOTHER transition in her sound so she lost another chunk of her fanbase which didn't help sales at all so these numbers aren't shocking to me .. she sells wayy better worldwide though without a doubt which is good imo cause i mean at least overseas they love her so lol ..
I think she is the most succesfull singles-artist, everybody will always remember songs like Umbrella and Disturbia, but nobody will remember from which albums they came off