[Katamari]

Originally posted by Drunk on Shade

Umm
1. Kelly is a white lady with country crossover appeal. They buy albums. Rihanna is a pop girl with urban appeal. Black people and teens hardly buy albums lol

2. Those to albums were released in the early 2000s when illegal downloading wasnt at its peak.

Not to mention after Breakaway, your fav has been unable to hit 1 million album sales.

No shade.

Rih

Kelly doesn't even have critically acclaimed albums. She should just hush

[RatedG²]

Originally posted by Allstar

So people with urban appeal can't sell albums?

I'm done

[MiguelPortugal]

That's a low number for total sales, no? I mean, she is in the game since 2005.

[Duca]

Originally posted by ryanpittman97

why are yall doing this too her, its not her fault its her labels they rush they era and right when the era is becoming more successful they start a new one. leave her alone, damn i fell like the constant katy/rihanna bashing has become to much yall know they're album sales arent that impressive. damn congratz rihanna

'If It's Lovin' That You Want' flops > new album
'We Ride' bombs > new album
'Rehab' underperforms > new album
'Rockstar 101' bombs/'Te Amo' flops > new album
'California King Bed' underperforms/'Man Down' bombs > new album

She released 5 singles this era, out of which only 2 became hits, and it was reported just this week she had already recorded songs with Ne-Yo, Guetta, and Stargate for the new album.

Her label isn't dumb.

[Rico Shameless v2]

Originally posted by ryanpittman97

loud, rated r, and now TTT.

So "Cheers", "Te Amo"/"RS101" were more successful than the beginnings of those eras? And she hasn't moved on froom TTT yett.

[jqnetto]

The excuses are killing me.

[RatedG²]

Originally posted by Duca

'If It's Lovin' That You Want' flops > new album
'We Ride' bombs > new album
'Rehab' underperforms > new album
'Rockstar 101' bombs/'Te Amo' flops > new album
'California King Bed' underperforms/'Man Down' bombs > new album

She released 5 singles this era, out of which only 2 became hits, and it was reported just this week she had already recorded songs with Ne-Yo, Guetta, and Stargate for the new album.

Her label isn't dumb.

KKKKKKKKKKKK

[G4L]

Originally posted by MiguelPortugal

That's a low number for total sales, no? I mean, she is in the game since 2005.

I wouldn't stress too much because her international sales more than make up for it.

[Monceau]

Originally posted by HausOfA-M

I said bar one.
Check your reading skills.

You say "any of her tours"
Why are you bringing Britney into a Rihanna discussion? stay ON TOPIC.

[TheVoiceXtina]

That is...quite disappointing.

[CaptainMusic]

Originally posted by Allstar

So people with urban appeal can't sell albums?

That has to be one of the dumbest excuses i've ever seen on here.

[jqnetto]

Originally posted by Katamari

Kelly doesn't even have critically acclaimed albums. She should just hush

At least Kelly writes her own songs.

[Rated R]

We all know that Rihanna is more of a Global popstar than local

[HausOfA-M]

Originally posted by Rico Shameless v2

Dumbass if you are going to complain about that, you'd know its just as idiotic comparing a non-digital generation to one. BESIDES that Britney is at 30,000,000 digital singles, Rihanna 47m(?). Then let's subtract the collabs.

And WHEN did Rihanna outgross Brit's tours? Circus and FF alone are $200m combined.

I was just pointing out how comparing uncomparable stats would give you an unfair comparison. I'm pretty sure someone got it without the need of explaining it.

I said bar one. Rih's Loud Tour outgrossed any Britney tour bar the TCSBS, and she took half the time. Of course that comparison is as much of a stretch as the album sales one.

[Horus]

She releases albums every year and she manages to sell at least 1 mill (besides her debut album).
5 PLATINUM ALBUMS!!!!
Tell me about 1 global artist who does the same on the digital singles era.

[gettsleazy]

For comparison...

Rihanna has sold more than 25 million albums and 60 million singles worldwide since the beginning of her career in 2005, which makes her one of the best selling artists of all time.[7] (6 Studio Albums [ No EP])

She (Lady Gaga) has sold an estimated 23 million albums and 64 million singles worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time and her singles are some of the best selling worldwide.[1] (2 Studio Albums and 1 EP [spawning 3 massive hits])

She (Katy Perry) has sold 37.6 million digital tracks in the United States and 11 million albums worldwide,[5] and sold over 74.6 million digital tracks worldwide.[6] (2 Studio albums [No EP])

Adele has sold roughly 30 Million albums Worldwide, and an educated guess would give her between 15-20 Million singles sold WW (2 Albums)

As you can see, when Worldwide comes into play, Rihanna fares very successfully.

[ryanpittman97]

Originally posted by Duca

'If It's Lovin' That You Want' flops > new album
'We Ride' bombs > new album
'Rehab' underperforms > new album
'Rockstar 101' bombs/'Te Amo' flops > new album
'California King Bed' underperforms/'Man Down' bombs > new album

She released 5 singles this era, out of which only 2 became hits, and it was reported just this week she had already recorded songs with Ne-Yo, Guetta, and Stargate for the new album.

Her label isn't dumb.

wrong break it out was released after we ride and it was a minor hit
rehab was becoming a hit but the incident happned and she couldnt promote
Rude Boy Smashed and rockstar and te amo werent singles
Cheers was going to number 1 then they pushed wfl

she released 4 singles this era and two werent successful due to the lack of promo, and now that whyb is seeing some success and her album sales are picking up, shes moving on to the next era

her label is very dumb

[jqnetto]

Originally posted by Rated R

We all know that Rihanna is more of a Global popstar than local

Exaclty, she sells little everywhere, not only in the United States.

[HausOfA-M]

Originally posted by Monceau

You say "any of her tours"
Why are you bringing Britney into a Rihanna discussion? stay ON TOPIC.

Re-read. I written bar one, which is The Circus Starring BS.
I wasn't the one to bring Britney into this, was just answering a dumb post.

[RatedG²]

Originally posted by gettsleazy

For comparison...

Rihanna has sold more than 25 million albums and 60 million singles worldwide since the beginning of her career in 2005, which makes her one of the best selling artists of all time.[7] (6 Studio Albums [ No EP])

She (Lady Gaga) has sold an estimated 23 million albums and 64 million singles worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time and her singles are some of the best selling worldwide.[1] (2 Studio Albums and 1 EP [spawning 3 massive hits])

She (Katy Perry) has sold 37.6 million digital tracks in the United States and 11 million albums worldwide,[5] and sold over 74.6 million digital tracks worldwide.[6] (2 Studio albums [No EP])

Adele has sold roughly 30 Million albums Worldwide, and an educated guess would give her between 15-20 Million singles sold WW (2 Albums)

As you can see, when Worldwide comes into play, Rihanna fares very successfully.

I'm pretty sure Rihanna has like over 110M singles WW...at least that's what zzmyth said