But "Loud" is Rihanna's 5th album, so she's expected to sell more and considering she has had 9 #1 hits, it's rather disappointing.
Compare their second albums at least.
"A Girl Like Me" opened with 193K sold worldwide with a #1 lead single. Katy opened with 239K in a far worse year for music sales.
RIhanna got that after getting no attention from her label until SOS and being labeled at one hit wonder.KATY had IKAG and Hot N Cold, which took her to the Grammy's in 09. Try Again.
The United States is one of the largest world markets. Don't downplay her success, her one million first week opening.
Take That's 'Progress' recently sold over 500k in it's opening week in the UK, and the UK is 1/5 the population of the US, but they won't get a mention. So yes, Taylor is very local, even if it is the US.
Okay so that makes it 1,050,000. She still blew the competition away. Country is an American thing.
I agree. But Taylor is still very local.. She's a huge star in US, many people in Europe haven't even heard her music.. So i woudn't put her above WORLDWIDE STARS.
But "Loud" is Rihanna's 5th album, so she's expected to sell more and considering she has had 9 #1 hits, it's rather disappointing.
Compare their second albums at least.
"A Girl Like Me" opened with 193K sold worldwide with a #1 lead single. Katy opened with 239K in a far worse year for music sales.
But the thing people dont realize that Rihanna wasnt a big name artist when she came out with music Of The Sun. People had her as just another caribbean export. her first album was not promoted well. She had 1 summer single and the second single underperformed. She was deemed as a 1 hit wonder. Her 2nd album came out just 6 months after the 2nd single. It was like the Music Of the Sun/ Agirl Like Me was the same era.
Whereas in Kty's case she had 4 successful singles off her debut album and it went on to sold 1.5 M. Rihanna took 2 years for her to be known worldwide. I hate when people say oh she hasnt had this when they never took the time to see the challenges that she might have. Its hard breaking into the US market when you are not American. her little reggae songs are not what was successful at that time. If it wasnt for good Girl Gone Bad when she finally find a sound that she can expand with, Rihanna would not be here today.
But the thing people dont realize that Rihanna wasnt a big name artist when she came out with music Of The Sun. People had her as just another caribbean export. her first album was not promoted well. She had 1 summer single and the second single underperformed. She was deemed as a 1 hit wonder. Her 2nd album came out just 6 months after the 2nd single. It was like the Music Of the Sun/ Agirl Like Me was the same era.
Whereas in Kty's case she had 4 successful singles off her debut album and it went on to sold 1.5 M. Rihanna took 2 years for her to be known worldwide. I hate when people say oh she hasnt had this when they never took the time to see the challenges that she might have. Its hard breaking into the US market when you are not American. her little reggae songs are not what was successful at that time. If it wasnt for good Girl Gone Bad when she finally find a sound that she can expand with, Rihanna would not be here today.
All of her albums are commercial as hell and the pop/R&B songs always sell, I guess she was the only exception with her first album.