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Originally posted by RihannaLoverrr
Selling in the digital era is harder than ever. Back then people actually bought music, now they run on to the nearest site to download it illegally.
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This is kind of a blanket statement. There are plenty of illegal downloaders but also plenty of legal ones, which made 2012 the biggest year for single sales ever in the UK which was the fifth consecutive year in a row that this record was made. That means from 2007-2012, a record was set every year for the amount of singles that were sold. That's doesn't sit well with the statement that "selling in the digital era is harder than ever".
That being said, it's amazing that Rihanna has managed to sell so much in so little time and be the only one from her generation on this list. That certainly does say something.