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Poll: Bigger Career: Rihanna vs. Taylor Swift
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T. Swift.
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RiRi
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Member Since: 9/13/2012
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Originally posted by idkher
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Still doesn't add up to 100m records in the US
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Originally posted by hellocory
Still doesn't add up to 100m records in the US
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You were proven wrong, Rihanna sold more records in the U.S and even more worldwide.
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Originally posted by lonnie
You were proven wrong, Rihanna sold more records in the U.S and even more worldwide.
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Still fail to see how 86.3m records is greater than 110m records (82.5m singles, 27.5m albums). Rihanna's number on Billboard includes her features and album tracks, just as Taylor's does.
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Originally posted by hellocory
Still fail to see how 86.3m records is greater than 110m records (82.5m singles, 27.5m albums). Rihanna's number on Billboard includes her features and album tracks, just as Taylor's does.
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You lie
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Member Since: 6/25/2012
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Originally posted by Ray Bass
Rih. No question.
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thanks for you intelligent and insightful input
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Originally posted by hellocory
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Aren't these certifications inclusive of shipments and such though? But congrats for winning, what's the prize exactly?
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Member Since: 9/13/2012
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Originally posted by lonnie
Aren't these certifications inclusive of shipments and such though? But congrats for winning, what's the prize exactly?
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Shipments of digital singles?
The navy above were using TTT and other certifications so if it counts for those flops it counts for Taylor's songs
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Originally posted by hellocory
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Certified being the optimum word on that link. Labels have to bother to pay for that to happen.
Regardless, Rih has sold many many more singles worldwide, and a ****ton more when you include features (although we don't need to). Her record sales are far bigger.m
Rihanna's name and brand is bigger, her impact is bigger, her celebrity is bigger, her biggest hits are bigger, her eras are more memorable, her image is more recognisable. All the boxes tick in her favour with regard to being remembered in the future.
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Member Since: 9/13/2012
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Originally posted by Fruity
Certified being the optimum word on that link. Labels have to bother to pay for that to happen.
Regardless, Rih has sold many many more singles worldwide, and a ****ton more when you include features (although we don't need to). Her record sales are far bigger.
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All those singles yet Taylor has sold millions more albums and is worth nearly 2x what Rihanna is. Poor dat
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Originally posted by hellocory
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Relax man.
Rihanna has a lot of uncertified singles. Noone cares for that tbh.
diamonds sold like 800k in Germany but it's most probably only certified Gold (150k) I think. So should we say that she only sold 150k there?
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Originally posted by hellocory
Shipments of digital singles?
The navy above were using TTT and other certifications so if it counts for those flops it counts for Taylor's songs |
Those are certifications though
And those TTT certifications were meant to show you that the songs you thought weren't certified indeed were
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Originally posted by Fruity
Certified being the optimum word on that link. Labels have to bother to pay for that to happen.
Regardless, Rih has sold many many more singles worldwide, and a ****ton more when you include features (although we don't need to). Her record sales are far bigger.
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we are aware Rihanna has more total single sales (with 23 more of them)
as we are aware that Taylor has more total album sales (with 2 less than Rih)
a Nhevi said that RIhanna had sold more in the US and they needed to be told
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Originally posted by hellocory
All those singles yet Taylor has sold millions more albums and is worth nearly 2x what Rihanna is. Poor dat
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Taylor sold more in the U.S, Rihanna sold more worldwide, deal with it
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Originally posted by Dollas n Diamonds
we are aware Rihanna has more total single sales
a Nhevi said that RIhanna had sold more in the US and they needed to be told
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Well that's impossible to know. He may actually still be right. When you include features, she definitely has, lol. The last official figure without features for Rihanna was from the Unapologetic billboard cover when they quoted 58 million, and she has sold tens of millions since then.
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Taylor Swift = lessor Barbra Streisand
Rihanna = lessor Madonna
so Rihanna.
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Originally posted by hellocory
Still doesn't add up to 100m records in the US
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SOUNDSCAN receipts:
"Pon de Replay" - 1,894,238 (updated 7/19/13)
"If It's Lovin' That You Want" - 333,537 (updated 7/19/13)
"SOS" – 2,243,736 (updated 7/19/13)
"Unfaithful" – 1,671,055 (updated 7/19/13)
"Break it Off" - 622,147 (updated 7/19/13)
"Umbrella" - 4,260,303 (updated 8/1/13)
"Shut Up & Drive" - 1,788,347 (updated 7/19/13)
"Hate That I Love You" - 1,429,046 (updated 7/19/13)
"Don't Stop The Music" - 3,539,140 (updated 8/1/13)
"Take a Bow" - 2,826,885 (updated 7/19/13)
"Disturbia" - 4,611,765 (updated 8/1/13)
"Rehab" - 1,252,780 (updated 7/19/13)
"Live Your Life" w/ T.I. - 4,530,168 (updated 8/1/13)
"Run This Town" w/ Jay-Z - 3,256,462 (updated 8/1/13)
"Russian Roulette" - 995,236 (updated 7/19/13)
"Rude Boy" - 2,854,819 (updated 7/19/13)
"Rockstar 101" - 371,867 (updated 7/19/13)
"Love The Way You Lie" w/ Eminem - 5,945,457 (updated 8/1/13)
"Only Girl (In The World)" - 3,477,234 (updated 8/1/13)
"What's My Name?" - 2,957,871 (updated 7/19/13)
"S&M" - 3,576,008 (updated 8/1/13)
"California King Bed" - 850,396 (updated 7/19/13)
"Cheers (Drink To That)" - 1,696,322 (updated 7/19/13)
"Man Down" - 520,452 (updated 7/19/13)
"Fly" w/ Nicki Minaj - 724,605 (updated 12/22/11)
"We Found Love" - 5,057,149 (updated 8/1/13)
"You Da One" - 1,329,571 (updated 7/19/13)
"Talk That Talk" - 887,252 (updated 7/19/13)
"Princess of China" w/ Coldplay - 791,991 (updated 7/19/13)
"Take Care" w/ Drake - 2,283,338 (updated 7/19/13)
"Diamonds" - 3,066,494 (updated 7/11/13)
"Stay" - 4,311,095 (updated 10/23/14)
"Pour It Up" - 1,196,027 (updated 7/11/13)
"Loveeeeeee Song" - 524,119 (updated 6/6/13)
"Right Now" - 322,915 (updated 8/15/13)
+ 3,500,000 for The Monster
+ 1,400,000 for 45S
+ 1,100,000 for Birthday Cake
+ 800,000 for CRTFY
+ 520,000 for Cockiness
= 85,319,827 digital songs sold in the US, and these are a year and a half old receipts which would likely bring that total to around 87-88 million NOT including many of her features or big selling album tracks like Breakin' Dishes, Jump, and Nobodies Business. It also doesn't include What Now, Raining Men and If I Never See Your Face Again. As I SAID, she is above 90m total track sales and 100m records total in the US.  Bye!
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