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Originally posted by MrPeanut
Of course it is a measure when their earnings are so tied up in their music career.
It's not even like people in here drag solely based on music stats. Whenever one of the girls ventures into film that gets used as well. Not to mention endorsements, and let's not get started on Forbes.
So why is this an exception again? I could understand someone's point if it was like a Julia-Louis Dreyfus tea where they just happened to be heir to some fortune totally apart from their actual career, but that isn't the case with any of the girls we discuss in here.
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*Puts Monroe hat on*
True, but all their endeavor's outside of the music industry will contribute to their legacy and their achievements in, let's say movies, will be remembered. For instance, just look j.lo, she is just as remembered as an actress as she is as a singer. I have never dragged anyone on endorsements, unless they fail to sell that endorsement, and then I would be dragging their star power (remember bey her flop pepsi commercial? Me neither
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Also, at the end of the day, people are going to say X was so successful she had so many hit songs. Y was so successful her songs were practically everywhere. Trust me, you'll hear no one saying "Z is so successful, she made so much money". Not to mention that the celebrities' actual finances are so beyond our reach, and googling 'Rihanna net worth' doesn't really reveal anything.
Now if you want to get into our specific case, it's even more idiotic to compare Beyonce and Rihanna because they come from such different backgrounds. Beyonce comes from an already rich family; She's the daughter of business savvy people and she has married a business oriented guy (for his money, obviously). Rihanna literally started from scratch and her contracts got screwed over by her handlers when she was only 15, so she's hardly accountable for that. Hope that answers your question.
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Originally posted by RichGirlPlanet
The Navy tends to devalue something Rihanna lacks in comparison to her contemporaries.
Money? Not important.
Touring pull? Not important.
Starpower? Not important.
Dignity? Not important.
Relevance in Asia? Not important.
Respect from Australia? Not important.
etc.
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The beyhive denies the importance of hit songs (which is the essence of what a successful singer should have). Heck, they even deny the importance of releasing songs at all. Not to mention that Rihanna arguably has all of those, and moreso than beyonce in some cases.
