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Those saying Adele has beat Rihanna should know 21 just went like 12x platinum in the UK. In less than a year.
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Member Since: 8/24/2008
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
I'm not 'dying.' It's just laughable for someone to suggest that U.S. album sales aren't important to Rihanna's success.
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Can you please just leave the Rihanna stans alone? We Found Love has more weeks at #1 than Someone Like You, are you really that mad? Think of how lucky Adele has been this year. Focus on the positive, those 12 million albums sales & let the Rihanna stans celebrate this accomplishment.
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Member Since: 4/3/2011
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Originally posted by iKatyCats
I know 160k is amazing for the UK, but LOUD sold 300k during its fifth week.
and IIRC didn't BTW sell like 200k+ in it's first week?
Rihanna is like the biggest star in the UK, i was expecting a bigger first week than BTW.
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Remember her only promo was X-Factor, and she sold 300 k during the week of Christmas..
So it's very likely that she could do the same this year and we will probably get some more TV appearances as well
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Member Since: 9/18/2011
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
That doesn't mean that those sales aren't important. She is signed to a U.S. label and U.S. is the biggest market around. It's important to her label, at least.
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U.S sales are "important", but for Rihanna they aren't a necessity. 5 mill w/o the U.S is impressive IMO.
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Member Since: 8/27/2011
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who's the idiot who reported this? 
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Member Since: 1/8/2011
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Originally posted by MusicTalker
Those saying Adele has beat Rihanna should know 21 just went like 12x platinum in the UK. In less than a year.
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Let em know.
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Member Since: 8/27/2011
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Originally posted by bendi_94
SLY still bigger hit there, and Riti will NEVER have an album as successful in the uk as 21.
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wow how pressed and ignorant are you? 
congrats to the only QUEEN, riri
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Member Since: 5/14/2009
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Originally posted by ChrisRTW
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Right,idk why that made me laugh either but when i saw that 
Anywho,this is my **** so go awf ri
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Member Since: 8/30/2011
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Rihanna's Talk That Talk moves ~160K in first week
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Rihanna cements her place in the Official Charts history books this week becoming the only female artist ever to achieve the Official Singles and Albums Chart double twice in the same year with different singles and albums. She’s also broken a flurry of additional chart records in the process.
Today, We Found Love ft Calvin Harris nails a sixth week as the Official Singles Chart Number 1, after a fiercely fought battle with the new Olly Murs single Dance With Me Tonight, and new album Talk That Talk, her sixth studio release, soars straight to the summit of the Official Albums Chart selling over 160,000 copies in week 1 to become one of the fastest sellers of the year. In January, Rihanna landed the double with single What’s My Name ft Drake and album Loud.
The last time an act achieved this feat was in May 1972, 39 years and 6 months ago, when T Rex’s single Metal Guru and album Bolan Boogie simultaneously topped the charts, three months after single Telegram Sam and album Electric Warrior achieved the same feat. Gary Numan achieved the “double double” in 1979 but the first time was with his group Tubeway Army (single, Friends Electric; album, Replicas) and the second time as a solo artist (single, Cars; album Pleasure Principle).
Rihanna breaks yet another record, by bagging two different Number 1 albums in the same year, Rihanna becomes the first female solo artist in Official Albums Chart history to do so joining the likes of high musical achievers Michael Jackson, REM, Elton John, Blondie and Robbie Williams.
Rihanna continues to push forward on last week’s achievement of overtaking Adele to spend the greatest number of weeks of any artist at Number 1 in the Official Singles Chart in 2011. Today’s chart brings the total to 7 weeks for this year, and a career total of 21 weeks (excluding other artists’ tracks that Rihanna has featured on as guest vocalist), that’s one week away from equalling the Spice Girls career total.
The Beatles still hold the record in this field with a staggering 63 weeks at Number 1.
We Found Love gave the US-Barbadian singer a phenomenal sixth Number 1 in five consecutive years, a record unequalled by any other female solo artist, when it first claimed the Official Singles Chart title seven weeks ago. The song has never been out of the Top 3 since its release.
Though not a chart record, Rihanna today has an impressive 20 individual entries in the Official Singles Chart - 17 solo releases and three tracks featuring Rihanna as a guest vocalist. Two of these make the Official Singles Top 10, We Found Love ft. Calvin Harris, and Drake’s Take Care at Number 9.
Michael Jackson had 37 entries following his passing in 2009, 42 including Jackson 5 tracks.
We Found Love follows Rihanna’s previous Number 1s What’s My Name (Jan, 2011), Only Girl (In The World) (2010), Run This Town (2009), Take A Bow (2008) and Umbrella (2007). She has also scored five Top 10 Albums including the Number Ones Good Girl Gone Bad (2008), Loud (2010) and Talk That Talk (2011).
The Official Singles Chart Top 10 New Entries:
Olly Murs, 2009 X Factor finalist and current Xtra Factor presenter, valiantly fought off Rihanna’s challenge for most of the week, having topped Wednesday’s Official Chart Update. But by Friday the gap between the two had narrowed to just 50 copies and in the final analysis Murs has to settle for Highest New Entry with Dance With Me Tonight straight in at Number 2. Murs’ singles tally now stands at four Official Top 5 hits, including the Number 1s Please Don’t Go (2010) and Heart Skips a Beat ft Rizzle Kicks (2011). Murs’ self-titled double platinum debut album peaked at Number 2 in November last year (held off the top spot only by the phenomenon of Take That’s original line-up reunion album Progress). Second album In Case You Didn’t Know is released this week.
The Official Singles Chart Top 10 sees another four new entries:
Swedish DJ and producer Avicci (aka Tim Bergling) lands a personal best with his solo single Levels straight in at Number 4 having previously peaked at the same position with Collide, a collaboration with Leona Lewis earlier this year.
Former Destiny’s Child, Kelly Rowland sees single Down For Whatever ft The Wavs, from forthcoming solo album Here I Am straight in at Number 6. Drake’s Take Care ft Rihanna climbs to Number 9 from last week’s 12 and 2010 X Factor finalist Rebecca Ferguson is straight in at Number 10 with debut single Nothing’s Real But Love.
The Official Albums Chart Top 10 New Entries:
A number of big releases jockey for position behind Rihanna this week with boyband One Direction’s debut album Up All Night the Highest New Entry, straight in at Number 2 and selling over 138,000 copies. This feat follows their two Top 3 singles, last week’s Number 3 Gotta Be You and their debut, the Number 1 What Makes You Beautiful, which remains the fastest-selling single of the year so far.
Westlife’s Greatest Hits are straight in at Number 4 while Kate Bush is new at Number 5 with 50 Words For Snow, her second album release of the year, following May’s Director’s Cut, after a hiatus of six years. Bush first topped the charts with her Number 1 single Wuthering Heights in 1978.
Finally, Canadian rock band Nickelback are straight in at Number 10 with Here And Now the fifth Official Albums Chart Top 10 of their career including the Number 1, Silver Side Up (2001).
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Originally posted by SayIt
Next step for WFL is ROTY or SOTY..
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Maybe even both
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Originally posted by I'mRihannaFan
According to mediatraffic 406k 
Talk That Talk
160k (UK) + about 190k (USA) = 350k
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Nice. I bet Talk That Talk does 450-500k 
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Member Since: 2/6/2010
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Originally posted by MusicTalker
Those saying Adele has beat Rihanna should know 21 just went like 12x platinum in the UK. In less than a year.
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Member Since: 11/5/2011
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Originally posted by Bruno-RIH
Remember her only promo was X-Factor, and she sold 300 k during the week of Christmas..
So it's very likely that she could do the same this year and we will probably get some more TV appearances as well
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Yass very true. I hope she pulls in those 300k during christmas.
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Member Since: 10/2/2009
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Originally posted by rihannabiggestfan
who's the idiot who reported this? |
pressed haters of course 
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Member Since: 6/1/2010
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Originally posted by FAN
Can you please just leave the Rihanna stans alone? We Found Love has more weeks at #1 than Someone Like You, are you really that mad? Think of how lucky Adele has been this year. Focus on the positive, those 12 million albums sales & let the Rihanna stans celebrate this accomplishment.
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Girl, hush it up. One minute you're a Rihanna & Ke$ha stan. Then you're a Kelly stan. Now you're a Rihanna stan all over again. Didn't an administrator clock your username for being so damned confused and shading Rihanna?
I'm not even 'mad' or shading homegurl, and I said I will let them celebrate. I just pointed out that it's dumb to suggest that U.S. album sales aren't important to Rihanna's success just because she is a star in other countries. Stay off the T.I.P. of my dick.
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Member Since: 11/16/2010
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I expected Rihanna to sell more, to be honest.
Annoying that MTN is still #18, the Now album messed everything up this week. :redthing:
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Member Since: 8/24/2008
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Girl, hush it up. One minute you're a Ke$ha stan. Then you're a Kelly stan. Now you're a Rihanna stan all over again. Didn't an administrator clocked your username for being so damned confused and shading Rihanna?
I'm not even 'mad' or shading homegurl, and I said I will let them celebrate. I just pointed out that it's dumb to suggest that U.S. album sales aren't important to Rihanna's success just because she is a star in other countries. Stay off the T.I.P. of my dick.
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I chose to be called FAN. I wasn't saying I'm a Rihanna Stan, I'm just defending them because We Found Love is a fantastic song. I've been a Kelly Stan since 2003 btw.
And I understand your comment about the US but I meant your first couple comments in this thread. They weren't needed. If you don't wanna celebrate this accomplishment then there's no reason for you to be here.
I'm just trying to be positive, Adele has had a fantastic year and nobody needs to bring out her numbers just to shade Rihanna. Adele destroyed everyone this year, there's no denying that.
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Member Since: 5/3/2010
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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Girl, hush it up. One minute you're a Rihanna & Ke$ha stan. Then you're a Kelly stan. Now you're a Rihanna stan all over again. Didn't an administrator clock your username for being so damned confused and shading Rihanna?
I'm not even 'mad' or shading homegurl, and I said I will let them celebrate. I just pointed out that it's dumb to suggest that U.S. album sales aren't important to Rihanna's success just because she is a star in other countries. Stay off the T.I.P. of my dick.
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FAN report her for slandering your name and trolling 
Oh and I forgot to congratulate the queen on having the biggest hit in the UK this year.
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Member Since: 2/7/2009
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YESS I was afried she will be out of the top 1- this week..
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the only female artist ever to achieve the Official Singles and Albums Chart double twice in the same year with different singles and albums. She’s also broken a flurry of additional chart records in the process.
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No shade, but sure Riri is the only one. she's the only artis I know releasing an album every year
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AH-mazing! The Queen of UK! 
