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Celeb News: Is Rihanna's Star Fading?
Member Since: 8/3/2010
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Originally posted by Last Boy on Earth
Music of The Sun > 1.5M
A Girl Like Me > 4M
GGGB > 9M
I don't see any flop here, maybe Music of The Sun but that was a reggae album, can you tell me someone in 2000s that would sell greatly with a reggae album? I don't think so
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Now which one of those hit no.1 in the US? Go on, I'll wait
My point exactly. She needs more progress with her album sales if she is to establish a core fanbase. Even Christina has a grounded base that helped her reach no.1 in the UK with Bionic
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Talking about dicks? That gay kept bringing sex topics up, and she, joyfolly answered. If dick talk offends you so much, I wonder why you still like lady gaga. Self-righteous. I'll respond more later, i'm currently on iPod it's hard to type.
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Member Since: 5/6/2010
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Originally posted by Channy<3
that interview was about alot of things .. not just dick ..
and even then that interview wasn't nasty like that ..
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but her outfit did look a mess though lol ..
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Especially that horrid hair net
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Member Since: 6/26/2010
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Originally posted by RatedGaga
Now which one of those hit no.1 in the US? Go on, I'll wait
My point exactly. She needs more progress with her album sales if she is to establish a core fanbase. Even Christina has a grounded base that helped her reach no.1 in the UK with Bionic
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Who cares about #1 albums? I don't, I don't even care about sales but if I was a musical artist and someone asked me "Do you prefer having your album #1 in the first week and start flopping after that or do you prefer flop in the first week then have great sales overall in the end of the era?" I would choose the second
And Rated R sold more then GGGB in the first week. 181,000 > 168,000
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Member Since: 6/16/2010
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Originally posted by RudeBoy
Talking about dicks? That gay was kept bringing sex topics up, and she, joyfolly answered. If dick talk offends you so much, I wonder why you still like lady gaga. Self-righteous. I'll respond more later, i'm currently on iPod it's hard to type.
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Dick talk does not offend me at all. I just found that particular interview vulgar.
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Member Since: 6/16/2010
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Originally posted by Shaliydah88
First of all, Alan actually brought sex up when he brought up her nipple ring.
Second, she wasn't even really trying to make jokes.
Third, please tell me you're kidding. You're judging her ego because of a song? You obviously haven't watched this.
Fourth: What does this era being a mess have to do with her non existent ego?
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I have a personal reason from a personal experience to dislike Rihanna. It's easy to be nice when you know it's going to end up on tv.
I don't want to share my personal life though, nor do I feel the need to. I know from my experience that I am right about this particular issue. I'm not saying she isn't talented or successful, but she definitely has a big ego.
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Member Since: 9/13/2009
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Talking about hair, her current hairstyle is fierce but it won't top this one. Her best hair gotta be from her Ririlease era. I hate that Umbrella bob coz it didn't highlight her long neck. Rihanna looks more vibrant with that TAB hair.
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Member Since: 5/1/2009
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Originally posted by RatedGaga
Now which one of those hit no.1 in the US? Go on, I'll wait
My point exactly. She needs more progress with her album sales if she is to establish a core fanbase. Even Christina has a grounded base that helped her reach no.1 in the UK with Bionic
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oh yes because i would so love rihanna to have a #1 album selling 89,000 copies ..
no i'd rather her be #4 selling 181,000 ..
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Member Since: 5/6/2010
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Originally posted by RatedGaga
Now which one of those hit no.1 in the US? Go on, I'll wait
My point exactly. She needs more progress with her album sales if she is to establish a core fanbase. Even Christina has a grounded base that helped her reach no.1 in the UK with Bionic
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What do number one albums have to do with someone's fanbase? Chrisette Michelle had a number one album as well, and you can't honestly tell me she has an established fanbase. Christina may have somewhat of a sturdy fanbase but obviously not in the uk if her album was the lowest selling number one in seven years and fell to #29 the following week. Rihanna sold more than her first week in the UK and still didn't get number one.
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Originally posted by HarrySapphire
Talking about hair, her current hairstyle is fierce but it won't top this one. Her best hair gotta be from her Ririlease era. I hate that Umbrella bob coz it didn't highlight her long neck. Rihanna looks more vibrant with that TAB hair.
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I agree with you. She looked so beautiful during that era.
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Originally posted by itstotallybea
I have a personal reason from a personal experience to dislike Rihanna. It's easy to be nice when you know it's going to end up on tv.
I don't want to share my personal life though, nor do I feel the need to. I know from my experience that I am right about this particular issue. I'm not saying she isn't talented or successful, but she definitely has a big ego.
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soooo i take it you've met her and she was a bitch to you because thats the only thing i'm getting from your responses and didn't in another thread you said that you did like rihanna ? and now you don't ?
umm .. which one is it ?
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Originally posted by Shaliydah88
What do number one albums have to do with someone's fanbase? Chrisette Michelle had a number one album as well, and you can't honestly tell me she has an established fanbase. Christina may have somewhat of a sturdy fanbase but obviously not in the uk if her album was the lowest selling number one in seven years and fell to #29 the following week. Rihanna sold more than her first week in the UK and still didn't get number one.
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I meant that Christina did no promoting of her album in the UK, and it still managed to get to no.1 based on her name ALONE! That is what you call a stanbase. Ask the Brit stans, no promoting during Circus took place, and yet, she sold 505k first week
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Member Since: 5/6/2010
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Originally posted by itstotallybea
I have a personal reason from a personal experience to dislike Rihanna. It's easy to be nice when you know it's going to end up on tv.
I don't want to share my personal life though, nor do I feel the need to. I know from my experience that I am right about this particular issue. I'm not saying she isn't talented or successful, but she definitely has a big ego.
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Let me guess. Rihanna was very standoff-ish and seemed like she didn't care?
And how long ago did this happen?
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Member Since: 9/13/2009
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Originally posted by itstotallybea
I have a personal reason from a personal experience to dislike Rihanna. It's easy to be nice when you know it's going to end up on tv.
I don't want to share my personal life though, nor do I feel the need to. I know from my experience that I am right about this particular issue. I'm not saying she isn't talented or successful, but she definitely has a big ego.
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Are you tryna say that she has a big ego coz she told the media about what happened that night?
Plez justify.
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Member Since: 6/16/2010
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Originally posted by Channy<3
soooo i take it you've met her and she was a bitch to you because thats the only thing i'm getting from your responses and didn't in another thread you said that you did like rihanna ? and now you don't ?
umm .. which one is it ?
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I don't like HER. I do like some of her music.
And it was not just me, it was a lot of people, a whole building full, I did not actually meet her, it is to do with something else which I am not going to share.
And I'm not saying this has anything to do with what Harry is implying.
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Member Since: 8/3/2010
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Originally posted by Channy<3
oh yes because i would so love rihanna to have a #1 album selling 89,000 copies ..
no i'd rather her be #4 selling 181,000 ..
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You're right, sales matter more. But for a girl who sold 8m WW in the GGGB era to only open up at I think 170K in the US first week, is pretty underwhelming. That means she doesn't have a secure fanbase to buy her album everytime it comes out
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Member Since: 6/26/2010
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Originally posted by RatedGaga
I meant that Christina did no promoting of her album in the UK, and it still managed to get to no.1 based on her name ALONE! That is what you call a stanbase. Ask the Brit stans, no promoting during Circus took place, and yet, she sold 505k first week
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Christina didn't have competition, she was #1 on the UK with 24000 copies, are you ****ing kidding me?
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Member Since: 8/2/2010
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Originally posted by RatedGaga
Now which one of those hit no.1 in the US? Go on, I'll wait
My point exactly. She needs more progress with her album sales if she is to establish a core fanbase. Even Christina has a grounded base that helped her reach no.1 in the UK with Bionic
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And?!?!
GaGa has had 3 releases (well 4 with the Remix) in the last 2 years, none of which have hit #1, and she is at the peak of her career at the moment....how is not hitting #1 indicative of your future success?
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Member Since: 5/1/2009
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Originally posted by RatedGaga
I meant that Christina did no promoting of her album in the UK, and it still managed to get to no.1 based on her name ALONE! That is what you call a stanbase. Ask the Brit stans, no promoting during Circus took place, and yet, she sold 505k first week
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christina has also been in the game since the 90's .. she's had time for her fanbase to grow same as britney ..
rihanna has only been here 6 years years .. when she has been in the game for a good ten years like britney and xtina then i think it'll be far to make that comparison ..
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Member Since: 5/6/2010
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Originally posted by RatedGaga
I meant that Christina did no promoting of her album in the UK, and it still managed to get to no.1 based on her name ALONE! That is what you call a stanbase. Ask the Brit stans, no promoting during Circus took place, and yet, she sold 505k first week
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It got to number one because it was a low selling week and she probably had no competiton there. Besides, I'd rather have a number 4 album and have it fall slowly than to have a number 1 album and almost fall out of the top 30 the following week. And Britney was a different case. People were anticipating her comeback, and Womanizer was a smash hit, which made promo for the album. Christina hardly had people anticipating her comeback.
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