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Discussion: Should Rihanna change her "Album per year" strategy?
Member Since: 1/22/2012
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Originally posted by Xalric
Choose to not listen to Rihanna, nowadays it means don't listen to the radio since she has one song every hour on almost every stations (if it's not more), don't watch your TV because if it's not a Video Music, it's the f**king Nivea commercial with CKB... Rihanna is one of the artists who is overplayed, at the moment, she can take a long break, and still her records would be played...
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turn the channel, turn the radio station. it's not her fault her music is popular and appeals to the masses.
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Member Since: 11/17/2011
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Originally posted by zzmyth
2005 - MOTS (last single december 2005) NEXT ERA GAP 4 months
2006- AGLM (last single november 2006) NEXT ERA GAP 5 months
2007- GGGB (last single october 2008) NEXT ERA GAP 1 year
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2009 - RR (last single june 2010) NEXT ERA GAP 4 months
2010 - Loud (last single august 2011) NEXT ERA GAP 2 months
2011 - TTT (last single so far may 2012)
2012 - New albums
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you and I and everyone else knows there was no single gap between loud and TTT (WFL was released while Cheers was still climbing)
And rihanna wasn't absent from radio when Only Girl was released because LTWYL was still big
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Member Since: 11/17/2011
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Originally posted by Sound Check
She really has become the Now! That's What I Call Music of female pop stars. I would like to see her take a break, wait until the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014 to release a new album, but then again, her singles constantly perform well and people don't seem to think she's "overexposed."
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am screaming
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Member Since: 6/15/2012
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Originally posted by Tra.cëë
Aight then congrats to them. Didn't really know, but FF, 4 and MDNA underperformed in my opinion. The fans made those albums seem like something stellar, and all weren't.
on a broader level, Pop girls struggle really when it comes to album sales now 
Adele is another story...  |
Let's not, because 4 was DEFINITELY one of the best albums of 2011.
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Member Since: 6/15/2012
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Originally posted by Sound Check
She really has become the Now! That's What I Call Music of female pop stars. I would like to see her take a break, wait until the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014 to release a new album, but then again, her singles constantly perform well and people don't seem to think she's "overexposed."
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No lies told.
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Member Since: 7/21/2010
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Originally posted by cuitrex
`But it struggled to do so  |
It took 5 months or so while others haven't and working on their 9 month & still not there
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Member Since: 10/8/2011
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Originally posted by QueenBeyoncé
It took 5 months or so while others haven't and working on their 9 month & still not there
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and bey had no hits 
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Member Since: 8/22/2011
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Originally posted by Boomer
Actually it didn't. Especially for an album that had no support from pop radio. |
Exactly, so you just admitted that it struggled. You cannot just blame the fact that it had no hits. If it Struggled then it struggled
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Member Since: 3/13/2011
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Originally posted by QueenBeyoncé
It took 5 month or so while others haven't and working on their 9 month & still not there
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With a lead single that spent 10 weeks atop the Hot 100.
The NERVE!
A Rih stan really should keep their opinion LITE when it's a discussion on album sales...
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Member Since: 12/1/2010
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Originally posted by Sound Check
She really has become the Now! That's What I Call Music of female pop stars. I would like to see her take a break, wait until the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014 to release a new album, but then again, her singles constantly perform well and people don't seem to think she's "overexposed."
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I agree with all of this.
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Member Since: 11/17/2011
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I like rihanna and all and I don't mean to shade when I say this but:
The reason she can put out albums every year is because she isn't hands on with them...if she were actually writing the songs and doing stuff she wouldn't be able to do so and still perform and promote
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Member Since: 5/14/2012
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Originally posted by castrobabytiger
I like rihanna and all and I don't mean to shade when I say this but:
The reason she can put out albums every year is because she isn't hands on with them...if she were actually writing the songs and doing stuff she wouldn't be able to do so and still perform and promote
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I kind of agree 
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Member Since: 4/1/2010
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Let's see...worldwide, she's sold 9+ million over the last two years and had almost a dozen major hits. In the US, 2.6 is pretty outstanding too.
Should she change her strategy? Uh. no. Sounds like wishful thinking of the bothered.
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Member Since: 4/28/2012
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Originally posted by Tra.cëë
Which is totally fine in my opinion. Circus didn't have to combat with leaks, piracy etc...LOUD was the most illegally downloaded album of 2010... 
but I mean, Rihanna can sell albums very well especially outside of the US, look at the UK, but she doesn't generally OWN it in the US market... |
You're right, RiRi owns the UK (well, among international artists). Three of her last four albums have gone to No 1 here - Talk That Talk was released the same week as One Direction's album and still went to No 1. I think if she released another album at the end of the year, it would go to No 1 again.
However the US is a different matter. If she really cares about ever getting to No 1 on the BB200, she wouldn't keep releasing an album a year - and always in the busiest period of the year!
Seems like she doesn't really care about that US No 1 though, just about keeping herself constantly in the public eye.
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Member Since: 10/8/2011
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Why a disccussion thread was reported?
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Member Since: 7/21/2010
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Originally posted by cuitrex
Exactly, so you just admitted that it struggled. You cannot just blame the fact that it had no hits. If it Struggled then it struggled |
I mean if 4 struggled to sale 1 million, released in the Summer without any Top 10, No Radio smash, hardly any airplay. What would you call an album that was release when sales are at they're biggest of the year with 1 single for 10 weeks, Top 10 Hit, great airplay and STILL haven't crossed 1 million?
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Member Since: 12/28/2010
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yes, she needs to take a break and grow as an artist. i need rihanna to produce and write songs. 
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Member Since: 10/8/2011
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Originally posted by Phoenix83
You're right, RiRi owns the UK (well, among international artists). Three of her last four albums have gone to No 1 here - Talk That Talk was released the same week as One Direction's album and still went to No 1. I think if she released another album at the end of the year, it would go to No 1 again.
However the US is a different matter. If she really cares about ever getting to No 1 on the BB200, she wouldn't keep releasing an album a year - and always in the busiest period of the year!
Seems like she doesn't really care about that US No 1 though, just about keeping herself constantly in the public eye.
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Dude, That girl loves to get a #1 song, she always tweets everytime one of her songs reach #1 on billboard, and constanty she put twitlinks where people can download her song, she really gets excited.
So if this girl basically lives for a billboard #1 song, are you gonna tell me that she wouln't care if one of her albums reach #1 on billboard? 
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Member Since: 4/1/2010
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Let's not kid ourselves, the only reason 4 sold even that much was because it was pimped out by her pregnancy. 1.2 million from 2010-2012 is nothing special anyway.
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Member Since: 12/28/2010
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another thing i think her label is scared for her to take a long break because she may flop. 
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