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What makes Rihanna's hits "forgettable". And if they're so "forgettable" why are they so instantly recognizable and well known. You can't seriously think people have forgotten Umbrella, Disturbia, Take A Bow, Rude Boy, Whats My Name, Only Girl, Stay. Obviously as songs get older new ones will become more relevant but they are still remembered.
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Rihanna's singles have always been interchangeable. None of her past singles stand out anymore. When Beyonce was 6 years into her career people were still bopping to her past hits and they were still standout tracks/albums that defined entire periods of music. Rihanna makes great music for the NOW. She has mastered the ability to follow/start trends but that's all they are- trends. When they are over people stop caring. Songs like Take A Bow aren't NEARLY as memorable as you'd like to think they are. Despite being one of her best songs, Disturbia is mostly forgotten by the GP and people would struggle to recognize it today. Stay was a flop and people have already forgotten about it so..
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You're also implied that if someone gets a hit that it is automatically generic dance pop being shoved down our throats. I don't understand the shoved down our throats argument because Radio plays songs based off of how the audience react. Videos are watched and singles are bought by us as consumers. You implying that they songs are being FORCED to be hits by the artists is very inaccurate and shows you have a poor understand of how songs become hits.
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That's not at all what I implied. Why would I go on about my faves past hit singles and then imply all hits are generic dance beats? I said that my fave doesn't have to worry about doing that, where as some of the girls today do. Hell, there was even a period when Mariah Carey had to lean on a generic hit to help her. It's something that DOES happen and if you refuse to believe that then you're only kidding yourself.
I only said "forced" because I hate those generic dance songs that get played on the radio all the time. I realize that the radio only plays what the audience wants to hear but the audience doesn't always want to hear what's "iconic". The audience doesn't always want to hear deep masterpieces playing on the radio. If they do, they buy the albums of those that create masterpieces.