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Originally posted by anastayjah
Your statement would be more legit had she made GGGB 2 and released a bunch of catchy dance songs but she did'nt. She went totally left of what people expected of her. Before the album came out Rihanna said she did not concentrate on making hits this time. She was more interested in putting out a great album. Based on the critics reviews she has made a great album. Rated R may not be a commercial success yet but, it is the most critically acclaimed album since Alicia Keys Songs in A Minor.
The Chris Brown fight was not a career boost. As a matter of fact she has taken more heat from urban fans than he has. Where is the tons of promo that you speak of? She did the 20/20 interview where she did'nt even mention the album. She spent most of the week prior to the album release in Europe. Her major promo for the US was the AMA's the day before the album came out. She did'nt do much promo in the US until the week the album came out and she only had 4 weeks between the release of Russain Roulette and the album release. I don't know what Def Jam was thinking.
Selling an mp3 on amazon for .99 cents won't do much for album sales since digital sales make up 20% or less of total album sales. She would have been better off selling the physical cd for 8.99 or even 9.99.
Susan Boyle is a new artist but, her cd is the highest debut by a female artist ever including whoever your fave is.
Adam Lambert and Gaga are making the pop music that people expected Rihanna to make. People are throwing shade at Rihanna and Gaga has been a constant in the top 10 for a year and she's getting beat by Lambert too but, nobody wants to talk about that.
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CH...All of that
Releasing 3 singles,performing at the AMA's, the
8.2 million people watched 20/20 interview, and all the other little stuff she did is enough promo
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree that the Chris Brown incident wasn't a career boost, because I most definately think it was, hence why people were calling it her comeback album and people saying this is supposed to be the "most anticipated album of the year" She may have lost SOME fans but she gained even MORE fans and sympathy, and was getting the most attention she had ever gotten off that incident
Even though her .99 cent digital album sales only count 20%, THEY STILL COUNT!
So basically your using the excuse that the kind of songs she choose for this album is the reason its underperforming? So what? Thats her fault for trying to base the album off the incident and expected people to go get it based on that....
I mean after reading ALL that, my opinion still remains the same as before,
which is that this album is underperforming thus far
And LMAO at the most critically acclaimed album since "Songs in A Mirror"