Rihanna is nowhere near Whitney's Legacy her music is NOT timeless. Have several seats.
You don't like Rihanna. THATS FINE. You NEVER did. But Rihanna's catalog has classic bops in it. I promise you We Found Love, Umbrella, Stay, Don't Stop the Music, Diamonds, and Only Girl are bops for the ages. Your opinions don't hold water against all the recognition, awards, sales, Rihanna has recieved. You're not a critic, your not on the Grammy committee. You're a ATRL user with a keyboard. Meanwhile, Rihanna is an icon getting awards for being an icon.
I don't think anyone is, but if it had to be anyone it would have to be someone who has cultural relevance, is considered to be at the top of her peers in talent, who is beautiful, successful, soulful and is a true powerhouse. The only person who fits that criteria is Beyonce.
No, no, this just all wrong
She Lacks Global Power as in impact, sales and appeal like Rihanna or Whitney,
and especially not when she has yet to outsell her peers let alone Britney's debut album..
and Beyoncé has no songs that can rival "I Wanna Dance With Somebody " "Greatest Love Of All"
Christina has the bigger voice though and even so she still doesn't touch her.
I didn't say Beyonce's voice was a big as Whitney's, nor that there is no one with a voice as big as Whitney, but Beyonce checks all the boxes including the powerhouse vocals. Christina doesn't even check half of the boxes needed to be compared to Whitney as a whole. Not to mention that Beyonce's movie career has been quite successful to, as Whitney's had been.
Except Diamonds remained at #1 on R&B charts longer than any Whitney singles.
Because she's a ****ing digital powerhouse and Diamonds was stuck in the 60's before the charts changed over and songs that were doing digitally well took over everything.
.... I can't understand the desperation at making Rihanna close to something she doesn't want to be lol
8 years into Rihanna's career why does the GP only Remember
Umbrella & We Found Love after 7 years and 7 albums!
8 years into whitney's career
Greatest Love of All
Saving All My Love for You
I Wanna Dance with somebody
How Will I know
Im Your Baby Tonight
Im Every Woman
I Have Nothing
I Will Always Love You
are still remembered to THIS DAY
have several with the rest of the navy.
I don't remember mentioning rih had bigger classics than Whitney, now show me one easy no.1 hit by rih unless you do that you can go sit in some corner.
She Lacks Global Power as in impact, sales and appeal like Rihanna or Whitney,
and especially not when she has yet to outsell her peers let alone Britney's debut album..
and Beyoncé has no songs that can rival "I Wanna Dance With Somebody "
or "I Will Always Live You"
Beyonce not having impact? Beyonce, the front woman of one of the world's biggest girl groups not having impact? Beyonce, one of the most applauded artists among her peers and the public alike not having impact? A 17-time Grammy winner lacking impact? The woman with the 4th best selling tour of all-time for females lacking impact, sales and appeal? Come on now.
Maybe I'm seeing this differently than you though. I don't think it's a matter of just comparing sales figures because there are lots of successful artists. There needs to be a talent and a force behind the success. Whitney wasn't just a fluke, she was amazing. Britney may have that hugely selling 1999 album which Beyonce has yet to outsell, but Britney is not an inspiration vocally like Whitney is. SHe may have inspired people because she is iconic and was very popular, but that's like wanting to be like the popular girl at school vs. wanting to be like the most talented girl at school.
I didn't say Beyonce's voice was a big as Whitney's, nor that there is no one with a voice as big as Whitney, but Beyonce checks all the boxes including the powerhouse vocals. Christina doesn't even check half of the boxes needed to be compared to Whitney as a whole. Not to mention that Beyonce's movie career has been quite successful to, as Whitney's had been.
Whitney has the bodyguard where she was the main character and what about bey, no shade but the only movies where she's the main character which was Cadillac flopped so not so much in the movie category.
- In The U.S. alone Rihanna has surpass the amount of #1's Whitney had.
- Rihanna overall is The Highest Selling Digital Artist Of Time.
- The Diamonds World Tour has outrank any Whitney Houston tour.
- We Found Love Is the only single from this generation that can compete with "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" which did better domestically and globally
- Rihanna is now deemed the World's Biggest Pop Star just like Whitney was in her prime..
No need to bring up impact we all know Rihanna lacks the impact Whitney had (For Now)
Beyonce not having impact? Beyonce, the front woman of one of the world's biggest girl groups not having impact? Beyonce, one of the most applauded artists among her peers and the public alike not having impact? A 17-time Grammy winner lacking impact? The woman with the 4th best selling tour of all-time for females lacking impact, sales and appeal? Come on now.
Maybe I'm seeing this differently than you though. I don't think it's a matter of just comparing sales figures because there are lots of successful artists. There needs to be a talent and a force behind the success. Whitney wasn't just a fluke, she was amazing. Britney may have that hugely selling 1999 album which Beyonce has yet to outsell, but Britney is not an inspiration vocally like Whitney is. SHe may have inspired people because she is iconic and was very popular, but that's like wanting to be like the popular girl at school vs. wanting to be like the most talented girl at school.
Britney was the cheerleader & Whitney the Asian in math class.
Except Diamonds remained at #1 on R&B charts longer than any Whitney singles.
The R&B charts had a revamp It used to be based on airplay. Now it's a composite chart, so any pop song labeled "R&B" by a record label is going to slay on there, kind of like how "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" spent 10 weeks at #1 on Hot Country Songs despite not being a country song.
I don't remember mentioning rih had bigger classics than Whitney, now show me one easy no.1 hit by rih unless you do that you can go sit in some corner.
I really think Rihanna is one of the few pop girls who can follow trends and yet not come off as generic and try-hard. That being said, there are a bunch of hits that she has that were certainly destined to become popular and would not have a difficult time getting there based on the style. For example, Pon de Replay which was released in a time when dancehall and island infused music was very popular (Sean Paul, Baby Boy, Kevin Lyttle, etc). Take a Bow is another example coming after the wave of Irreplaceble's success and the imitations that followed. There is also Only Girl in the World with its clear dancepop stylings and Stay that was obviously inspired by the ballads of Adele.