Considering bey is peaking 13 years into her career, I think its fair to say rihanna will have a similar peak where she completely dominates and ends up being the top artist of the year. So yea no, she hasn't peaked.
I am not sure. But I think her eras need to be grander and more thought out for her to outpeak herself. I think, even with her #1 singles, they just seem to statistic additions instead of adding to her celebrity or relevancy. She is just consistent.
The Grand Era is coming.
And 12 #1s add nothing to her celebrity?
140 Milli tour? 50 million Albums 180 million singles? Sold out collaborations with River Island and MAC?
She's at the absolute height of fame...
Considering bey is peaking 13 years into her career, I think its fair to say rihanna will have a similar peak where she completely dominates and ends up being the top artist of the year. So yea no, she hasn't peaked.
Why was this reported? I was showing an example of how some artists can peak late into their careers. Rihanna has dominated but she's never really had a year where she completely destroys the competition.
How has she peaked when she got her biggest opening numbers with her last era? When she broke R&B records with Diamonds? When PIU became one of the biggest Urban songs of 2013? When she was just crowned as an ICON and forever immortalized in the Guinness Book of records?
Total sales > Opening numbers.
And Unapologetic was her biggest opening week but her previous openings were average.
Absolutely, GGGB era was clearly her peak. Quality wise, you can argue and state overwise since music taste is subjective, but if we're disccussing success / relevance / acclaim / respect / image, any other answer is allowed. It has sold over 9 million albums, had any real flop singles (all other Rihanna's albums had), more top 10s than any of her records, more VMAs than 'Loud' (which even failed to collect nominations... Also, I remember that she used to be actually repected at that time and loved by general public.