It's not like Teenage Dream's singles performed MILES better WW than Loud's. That's an exaggeration.
To clear some things up here, because I might be wrong, exactly how many singles has Rihanna sold for the Loud era? I know for TD, Katy has easily surpassed 20 million.
Beyonce, and the other girls were never her competition, because they've been there already. She is competing against Gaga and Katy who are BOTH ahead of her as far as current eras.
How is Katy or Gaga ahead in ERAS? Katy has success with the TD but the majority of it is local things & singles success. Her album had been out for over a year and barely scaped 4.5+ million. While Rihanna with less #1 AND promo this era. Got passed the mark in 6 months. Gaga on the other hand had been hype up her album since May 2010. Her promo for Born This Way has been insane, promoting all year and almost at level of Katy's. Not to mention the Amazon deal & having billboard alter the rules so her 1millon + sales counted. While Rihanna with her "rushed" era sold nearly 6 million WW with less promo than both. 2 flop singles and hasn't promoted the album in 5 months. Not to mention coming off an underperforming era. While Gaga still had the success of TF/TFM to ride back off.
Adele has outsold Rihanna and that bitch has even toured.
We should make a thread. Reigning Queen of Pop, Adele
Adele is your scapegoat I love it.
Plus Im not proclaiming that she's the queen of Pop. Im just seeing how can she be at the bottom of the barrel when her albums are shipping on those suposedly at the top.
She might be the biggest popstar WW at the moment. But she's not even near to become the queen of pop. She just doesn't have that kind of influence and she hasn't let that mark in pop culture.
To clear some things up here, because I might be wrong, exactly how many singles has Rihanna sold for the Loud era? I know for TD, Katy has easily surpassed 20 million.
I can't tell you how SWEET this thread is, because when I joined in February 2010 during Rated R, no one would have ever called her the biggest thing in pop. Oh how the tables turned.
This is WORLDWIDE. Those bringing up Forbes are majorly pressed.
Lets not laugh at ONE of Rihannas grosses when her tickets are extremely expensive. Not everyone wants to sell tickets for $45 to sell out every arena. Rihanna and Britney may not have sold out every US date but their grosses are high.
And Rihanna had a tour exactly one year before. Not everyone can pay $70 for a tour every year.
The fact is, the more successful Rihanna becomes the more pressed people are. Im starting to think people ride Rated Rs dick because it wasnt as successful as Loud. People were begging jesus for Rihanna to do Pop again, and she did, but then Rated R ******* all over Loud.
Rihanna is HUGE worldwide. 10 02 dates, sell outs in all European countries, her vogue cover the most sought after this year in the UK, even so that its being sold IN THE US!
We Found Loves flop ass is going Top 2 almost everywhere even with Cheers and Fly being released almost on top of it.
Man Downs flop ass in the US is a huge hit worldwide. Louds flop ass has sold more weeky worldwide this past summer than Katys, Beys or Britneys albums. And I mean when CKB and MDs flop asses were released some weeks Loud STILL sold more than those gwarls.
Rihanna is a global superstar and theres nothing you can do. Having 25 million worldwide albums sold in 6 years is NOT what every girl does. What girl in this age is doing that besides Gaga?
How is Katy or Gaga ahead in ERAS? Katy has success with the TD but the majority of it is local things & singles success. Her album had been out for over a year and barely scaped 4.5+ million. While Rihanna with less #1 AND promo this era. Got passed the mark in 6 months. Gaga on the other hand had been hype up her album since May 2010. Her promo for Born This Way has been insane, promoting all year and almost at level of Katy's. Not to mention the Amazon deal & having billboard alter the rules so her 1millon + sales counted. While Rihanna with her "rushed" era sold nearly 6 million WW with less promo than both. 2 flop singles and has promoted the album in 5 months? Not to mention coming off an underperforming era. While Gaga still had the success of TF/TFM to ride back off.
#ooops clocked
Funny how those 2 are bigger eras while Loud sold more than them