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Originally posted by liberalmusiclover
I agree. Trying whatever they can to discredit Rihanna when she has sold over 12M albums since the turn of this decade and has had 7 global smash hits since 2010. Her tour will gross over $100M for the first time ever, which is an improvement from Loud's solid tour gross, and people still can't say she is only getting bigger.
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Who is discrediting Rihanna? The thread is basically "Is Rihanna the only pop superstar left?" in an attempt to shade every other popstar. The thing is she hasn't caught up to Britney/Beyoncé yet and Katy Perry (and arguably Taylor Swift) are bigger than her WW right now. I'm sure if I made a thread asking if Britney was the biggest popstar atm, you would go in there and spew some facts to. Why does it become "hating" when I correct you with facts?
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Originally posted by liberalmusiclover
Diamonds was bigger than Roar internationally. And Rihanna sold more albums than Katy in 2010, 2011, and 2012.
And to say she needs to catch Britney's numbers? Femme Fatale only sold around 700K with a #1 hit and a top 3 and three top 10s total. Both Unapologetic and Talk That Talk outsold it with two top 5 hits.
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Britney has sold well over 35 million albums and 3 million TEAs (which means over 30,000,000 digital singles) and that's not including her physical single sales. Rihanna has sold 10.5 million albums (I think) and 7 million TEAs (I'm guessing she's over 70,000,000 digital singles, at least). They're clearly not on the same level.