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I just can't believe she left Europe without promoting.
Album is doing BAD, some tour dates are STRUGGLING. My God. 
I just hope whatever the 2nd single is, it's a hit and actually helps the album. But again Needed Me would not sell it, KIB and LOTB could really flop imo. Ugh.  I would not care about it if the album wasn't so good tbh.
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Member Since: 8/7/2015
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I cant wait for the tour. I dont want to know the setlist though
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Member Since: 10/8/2011
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Originally posted by I'mRihannaFan
True but this shows how bad the album is selling anyway. In fact its fall on the charts prove it.
UK Album Chart - Anti
#7 - 20,136
#7 - 14,289
#9 - 9,569
#9 - 7,525
#10 - 8,134
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It's gonna be sliver next week. The album will struggle to reach plat tho. 
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by hitmebby1morex
Never Ending is so good, like I still can't get over it  |
one of my favorite songs ever 
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Member Since: 7/23/2012
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Originally posted by ProudtobeLoud
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It spent 14 weeks at #3? 
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Originally posted by One Nation
It spent 14 weeks at #3? |
Not me not knowing this 
Who the **** did block her tho?
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Member Since: 9/20/2009
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Originally posted by Chemical X.
1) checking album placement on a friday is a great way to be upset for no reason
2) i feel like the tour may help the album just like DWT helped UNA
3) y'all are dramatic as hell talking about she doesn't care about music anymore. literally, how? she just releaased the best album of her career and has a million unreleased FINISHED songs. just because you can't be multi-faceted doesn't mean she can't hihi
4) i hope we get slayful tour photos on IG, i lived for them last time around |
I wouldn't say that she doesn't care about music anymore, but I would say she needs to prioritize. Currently she seems more interested in promoting and designing shoes than promoting her tour and her music. While we as the Navy may not be concerned with album and tour sales, if her tour dates don't sell well, then she has to cancel dates. Not only is that embarrassing, but that also takes an opportunity away from the Navy in those cities to see her.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by RockStarShit101
Not me not knowing this
Who the **** did block her tho? |
It spent 4 weeks at #3, RDemos made a mistake, it got blocked by With You by Chris Brown and Low by Flo Rida, still, should have been #1, it's on the same iconic level like Unfaithful.
It's amazing how many memorable hits Rih has, don't think any other artist has so many hits that people remember after all these years
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Member Since: 8/7/2015
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Originally posted by hitmebby1morex
Never Ending is so good, like I still can't get over it |
Yass, stan for one of the best songs on the album
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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I love "Never Ending". I was expecting her to do more with the Dido sample though.
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Member Since: 2/6/2014
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Originally posted by I'mRihannaFan
True but this shows how bad the album is selling anyway. In fact its fall on the charts prove it.
UK Album Chart - Anti
#7 - 20,136
#7 - 14,289
#9 - 9,569
#9 - 7,525
#10 - 8,134
= 59,653
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I was lowkey expecting this tho. 
The UK is basically saying "this is what you get for leaving us in the dark."
It's just so odd how she's hardly recognizing Europe, it seems her teams main focus is on the US with this era.
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Member Since: 4/29/2012
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Originally posted by MrHiphy
I wouldn't say that she doesn't care about music anymore, but I would say she needs to prioritize. Currently she seems more interested in promoting and designing shoes than promoting her tour and her music. While we as the Navy may not be concerned with album and tour sales, if her tour dates don't sell well, then she has to cancel dates. Not only is that embarrassing, but that also takes an opportunity away from the Navy in those cities to see her.
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I'm sorry but which promo is she doing for the shoes? Those IG post are most likely management, and also probably from her contract with PUMA that requires her to post a certain amount of post per year/launch.
She's clearly focus on her craft considering she released the best album of her discography, but I guess she could easily do that also if she doesn't care about her music. 
Also Rihanna will always be a slow burner in ticket sales, she was everywhere with LOUD and the tickets took time to sell in America, it took time with DWT, it will take time with AWT, and every other tour she embarks.
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Originally posted by M A R C
I was lowkey expecting this tho.
The UK is basically saying "this is what you get for leaving us in the dark."
It's just so odd how she's hardly recognizing Europe, it seems her teams main focus is on the US with this era. |
Which focus are we getting down here? If anything UK got more than us, a performance&cover. 
Rihanna not doing promo =/= her not caring about music,
She might just not care for the sales anymore, and can't be bothered to travel everyday like she use to. She's not about the "be on a different show everyday life" and she hasn't been since TTT when the decline in promotion started.
She just wants to release music that she loves, and create designs.
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Member Since: 9/20/2009
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Originally posted by MikeFenty
I'm sorry but which promo is she doing for the shoes? Those IG post are most likely management, and also probably from her contract with PUMA that requires her to post a certain amount of post per year/launch.
She's clearly focus on her craft considering she released the best album of her discography, but I guess she could easily do that also if she doesn't care about her music.
Also Rihanna will always be a slow burner in ticket sales, she was everywhere with LOUD and the tickets took time to sell in America, it took time with DWT, it will take time with AWT, and every other tour she embarks.
Which focus are we getting down here? If anything UK got more than us, a performance&cover.
Rihanna not doing promo =/= her not caring about music,
She might just not care for the sales anymore, and can't be bothered to travel everyday like she use to. She's not about the "be on a different show everyday life" and she hasn't been since TTT when the decline in promotion started.
She just wants to release music that she loves, and create designs. |
I see that reading still isn't fundamental on this site. Such a shame.  Anyway, I clearly stated that I don't believe she doesn't care. I said I believe she needs to prioritize. Her new Vogue cover doesn't even focus on her music - it focuses on more shoes. True the shoot probably happened before the album drop, but it seems like she's heavily focused on what she can do in fashion right now.
And apart from the fashion, did she even mention the music on Ellen? And didn't Ellen have a copy of the CD on set, regardless of if the interview took place before or after the CD dropped? Her last mention of the tour on IG was 12 weeks ago. Her last mention of it on Twitter was in December.
She clearly hasn't lost any love for music. Or stopped caring. She delivered a beautiful album and wonderful vocals on "Famous." But, in comparison to Loud Tour and DWT, she has done significantly less promotion. I'm just hoping at this point we can depend on her first few tour dates to get some videos circulating and some more tickets bought.
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Member Since: 8/6/2015
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Originally posted by Penny.
one of my favorite songs ever |
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Originally posted by Ciel
Yass, stan for one of the best songs on the album |
It's such a beautiful song
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Member Since: 9/21/2010
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The UK sales will pick up when she gets a UK friendly hit.
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Member Since: 2/6/2014
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Originally posted by MikeFenty
Which focus are we getting down here? If anything UK got more than us, a performance&cover.
Rihanna not doing promo =/= her not caring about music,
She might just not care for the sales anymore, and can't be bothered to travel everyday like she use to. She's not about the "be on a different show everyday life" and she hasn't been since TTT when the decline in promotion started.
She just wants to release music that she loves, and create designs. |
She did Ellen here and if it wasn't cancelled, she would've performed at the Grammys.
But even though her promo was declining in the eras like TTT and UNA, in the UK she still did more than just one performance at an award show.
It's not even about sales, it's about letting people know about your body of work.
Many people still aren't even aware that she has an album out.
But i guess if promo isn't her thing anymore then so be it.
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Member Since: 10/8/2011
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Originally posted by Deemy
The UK sales will pick up when she gets a UK friendly hit.
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Would that be Kiss It Better?
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Member Since: 9/21/2010
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Originally posted by RockStarShit101
Would that be Kiss It Better?
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or something unexpected like Close To You, Love on the Brain or Desperado.
what song is the highest on UK Spotify?
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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love on the brain should be a single
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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You know, i wonder if she gifted Anti through Samsung just for the platinum certification..
Ironically the album is nearly gold (with streams ofcourse) and is eventually going to cross platinum anyway with streams & sales, so she would of got her platinum certification eventually.
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