No favors? She got so much positive out of it. She got over 12 million cash for sitting in a chair, and smash singles like Moves Like Jagger, Feel This Moment, and Say Something, among others. If X toured these things wouldn't have happened totally.
Its not like scribbling down nursery rhymes like trailer would be hard for anyone.
Her "nursery times" are still more critically acclaimed than anything Rihanna has done. You see; good music is respected, bad music is not, no matter how much it sells.
Back then we had Forbes, #1 album, 100+ m tour and now 3x plat album? Get creative I guess while waiting for that long anticipated top 10 announcement.
2000s should not be Usher. It should be Beyonce. Usher got 8 #1's in 00s. Beyonce got 9 #1's in 00s more than any other artist that decade. Billboard unfairly split her DC #1's from her solo ones which is why Usher got the prize when even Billboard reported Bey was the #1 radio artist that decade