Discussion: Is Rihanna the closest to the success of Whitney Houston? - Page 5

PULSE.

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Originally posted by Beautiful Liar

[B]No, no, this just all wrong

She Lacks Global Power as in impact, sales and appeal like Rihanna or Whitney,

Beyonce is the MOST POWERFUL Artist/Performer in the World. FORBES, TIME magazine and The GP agrees

Tennis Court

No. Unfortunately Rihanna isn't really global like Whitney

she's only big in the UK but hopefully R8 changes that!

Navyboy20

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Originally posted by QueenBeyoncé

What?!

You all are worst than Britney stans

My statement wasn't based on opinons (unlike you) but actual research and statisitcs. Look at Whitney's range, and look at Rihanna's. Notice Britney is no where to be found, and Taylor is at the bottom of the barrel. But like I said before Whitney has far more control than any of them. But Rihanna's range is nothing to sneeze at. Especially since shes grown stronger in terms of control and technique in recent years.

Harry

Whitney was practically broke after all IWALY royalty money spent on drugs and she never made Forbes like Rihanna. She never won CFDA Fashion Icon too.

M A R C

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Originally posted by RickyH.

I don't understand why there always needs to be a "new Madonna" or "new Whitney." Can't an artist just be themselves and make an established legacy of their own?

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Originally posted by Eternium

No. Britney Spears is right below her in overall success and Mariah Carey is right above her. Rihanna is nowhere near Whitney's level.

Why are you always bringing up Britney?

the_ill_nana

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Originally posted by Navyboy20

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.

Do you know me to make that assumption lol.

seethe , but the facts remain that Rihanna is inferior to Whitney. The most AWARDED female of ALL time.

Cherry Noir

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Originally posted by Navyboy20

My statement wasn't based on opinons (unlike you) but actual research and statisitcs. Look at Whitney's range, and look at Rihanna's. Notice Britney is no where to be found, and Taylor is at the bottom of the barrel. But like I said before Whitney has far more control than any of them. But Rihanna's range is nothing to sneeze at. Especially since shes grown stronger in terms of control and technique in recent years.

Look at Rihanna's rank and look at Eminem's rank.

Never post that mess again.

Beautiful Liar

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Originally posted by PULSE.

Beyonce is the MOST POWERFUL Artist/Performer in the World. FORBES, TIME magazine and The GP agrees

How can the GP agree if they don't buy her albums outside of the United States of America

look at BEYONCE' falling off the charts in many countries for verification!

and also with all that hype and marketing it ended up selling just as much as "4" which

stalled in the 3 million mark

the_ill_nana

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Originally posted by lonnie

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.

the other 11 #1's that no one remembers.

Cherry Noir

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Originally posted by Harry

Whitney was practically broke after all IWALY royalty money spent on drugs and she never made Forbes like Rihanna. She never won CFDA Fashion Icon too.

WTF do drugs have to do with anything? Especially mentioned in the OP?

Are we reaching for daggers to throw now that we put receipts and accomplishments plus general praise aside?

the_ill_nana

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Originally posted by Harry

Let's not forget that Umbrella is more iconic than IWALY and We Found Love more iconic than IWDWS.

STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWP

Retro

the_ill_nana

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Originally posted by dirrtydiana

sorry but i can only name two obvious songs for whit off the top of my head while i can name a string of madonna songs and im not even a fan

Look at your Signature........... no explanation is needed.

Harry

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Originally posted by Right Direction

WTF do drugs have to do with anything? Especially mentioned in the OP?

Are we reaching for daggers to throw now that we put receipts and accomplishments plus general praise aside?

Has Whitney covered Vogue? Nope.

lonnie

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Originally posted by swissman

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.

Pon de replay was released in 2005 not 2003, there was no dancehall infused pop song ruling the charts then are we forgetting the monster that was we belong together?
SLY by itself was the only ballad to top the charts, 3 yrs after take a bow did it. Rihanna has had hit ballads before.
And Rihanna already did dancepop in 2006 with S.O.S way before only girl happened.

Scene.

Can we just not with the Rihanna and Whitney comparisons?

Beautiful Liar

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Originally posted by superben

Rihanna is bigger than Whitney, though.

the_ill_nana

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Originally posted by lonnie

Pon de replay was released in 2005 not 2003, there was no dancehall infused pop song ruling the charts then are we forgetting the monster that was we belong together?
SLY by itself was the only ballad to top the charts, 3 yrs after take a bow did it. Rihanna has had hit ballads before.
And Rihanna already did dancepop in 2006 with S.O.S way before only girl happened.

How soon we forget....

Beautiful Liar

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Originally posted by Revel

Of course she is. She's only black singer shape-shifting the world with their voices, accomplishments, fashion etc like Whitney did. Whitney would be proud of her.

lonnie

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Originally posted by the_ill_nana

the other 11 #1's that no one remembers.

Are you forgetting the times the songs Whitney released were in? Stop acting like Whitney had very risky songs that couldn't easily top the charts and you claiming Rihanna had easy no.1s yet she clearly has the more diverse catalog, siT. I will accept the comparison is preposterous but don't go lying just to make rih look bad.