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Originally posted by Roman
I'm now going to assume that you agree with the name being more established since you didn't disagree.
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Rihanna is obviously bigger and more famous than Katy, but their album sales are around the same. Katy sold 1.5 million in the US with "One of the Boys" in 2008 with 4 singles after opening with barely 50K, just like Rihanna opened with almost 170K and sold 2.5 million with "Good Girl Gone Bad" in 2007 with 8 singles.
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Originally posted by Roman
We have seen with Katy Perry that Single sales don't necessarily translate into good album sales, because as you said, we live in a time in which people don't seem to value them that highly. 
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Completely agreed and same applies to Rihanna.
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Originally posted by Roman
I still definitely think she will ship more than Rated R, because Only Girl is a more fun and radio friendly track than Russian Roulette. So approximately 190k+ are the minimum to me.
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Shipping and selling isn't the same thing. If we're talking about shipments, then sure. "Rated R" went platinum when it didn't sell enough for a gold status. I still think she won't crack 200K.
