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Originally posted by Genocide
Do you even know what irrational means? Saying Flo Rida is her male equivalent is just as rational as saying Bruno Mars is - you're only saying it's irrational because it's not something you want to hear or agree with, which is not what irrational means.
Rihanna is a singles artist. Her best-selling album can barely pass 6 million, and the rest have barely stretched to 2-3 million, even WITH some of the biggest songs of the year that they were released in. If Katy Perry is a singles artist, how come Rihanna isn't?(Funny, because Katy can actually sell more albums/singles than Rihanna can right now)
Where did I compare Flo Rida's sales to Rihanna's? I just said that they both have mediocre sales, which IS true. The fact that Navy can only talk about Unapologetic "slaying" just tells you how bad her album sales are. You and the rest of her delusional stan base have yet to realize that Rihanna pops out singles like there's no tomorrow; she does it almost 3x quicker than the average artist does, and that includes albums as well. Her contemporaries have about....2-4 albums? While she has 7, that tells you something.
Again, your post is incorrect. "Clearly, people saying Flo Rida hate her" = is something irrational. I'm a fan of Rihanna's, but the difference between you and I is that I'm actually realistic; I can tell it how it is, which you're sugar-coating it to better your fav.
Bruno Mars is actually respected, can sell more singles in bulk than Rihanna can, AND can sell more albums. The majority of Rihanna's singles only reach 1x-2x platinum while Bruno's are AT LEAST 2x-3x platinum - big difference.
Bruno Mars actually has sale power - can outsell her while Rihanna struggles to get passed the 3 million mark with smash hits.
I'll list all my reasons, again.
1. Rihanna and Flo Rida are alike; they can sell a chain of successful singles WW back-to-back.
2. Compare their singles to their albums - do you see how bad her album sales her? **Not a comparison between Flo Rida's album sales to Rihanna's**
Their only thing that props them up is singles. If you remove singles, guess what they have left? Nothing, which is my main point. People like Beyonce can actually sell albums, while Rihanna on the other hand, can't do.
3. They aren't respected; a chain of sex anthems isn't something that the critics, or general public, respects.
4. Mediocre songwriting - they have others do it.
I'll stop there
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I've never called Katy Perry a singles artist, her album sales are very good. Why KP isn't a singles artist is exactly why Rihanna isn't either. So where's the basis for comparison besides that? Flo Rida's album sales are abysmal; Rihanna's sales aren't blockbuster, but they are very far from terrible.
Rihanna is not acclaimed, but how is she not respected either? Plenty of people in the industry respect and like her music. Plenty of the GP is clearly consistently here for her. Every popstar gets people who call them "trash", Rihanna is one of the most popular ones so that's no surprise.
Bruno has more recognition of songwriting and talent, but his sales, consistent, rapid-fire single success, vast amounts of featurings (like Rihanna is known for) & slow build-up recognition are definitely similar. Rihanna has enough respect to sell out tour like he is, and touring really does speak for something, including people wanting to see her perform. So I guess "performing like a rock" really works for her, right.
A rock selling out arenas, who else?
The FR comparisons are just cynical assumptions filled with understatements of her success and proclamations of her "dumb lyrics and performance skills". Bruno Mars lyrics are slightly cheesy, especially during Doo-Wops. What makes Rihanna's lyrics worse than the average popstar?