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Originally posted by I. AX
Rihanna was named the most streamed artist by billboard  and we all know she is the most downloaded as well  , if that isn't competition then 
Hopefully kesha can hold on, i wouldn't be surprised if Rihanna passes her on itunes before promo kicks in. |
With 597 singles it would be embarrassing not to hold those titles.
Regardless, her sales never truly match up to her airplay figures. Despite having some of the biggest airplay hits with fantastic longevity since she's debuted, she's yet to reach 5 mil without the help of being a feature. Simply put, her airplay to digital sales ratio is not that fantastic.
Does this mean she's a bad seller? No. Is she a major digital threat? Not in my opinion, especially with this song.
She is doing well in streaming but Ke$ha is doing better, so even if she did pass her there, it wouldn't have a large effect as Ke$ha is doing great regardless.
And I highly doubt Rihanna could pass Ke$ha before the promo hits, unless Rihanna has promo herself lined up before then. if she hasn't managed to do it by now with more airplay, then I doubt she'll do it soon.
(And before I get the usual "But Ke$ha has more CHR/Pop airplay and Rihanna's airplay comesfrom formats that don't buy digital music!!" let me say their CHR/Pop airplay is pretty close now, and with the massive inflation Mediabase uses, it's even closer when scaled down to real numbers. Comparing when they
were the same, Ke$ha was always doing better. Plus, even if other formats don't result
in as much sales, it's better than nothing. I mean, if it were the case, songs exclusive to Rhythmic and Urban formats would never sell, and they do.)
