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Originally posted by chemist
Russian Roulette wasn't a single and she sold 181K first week sales
And boy Ke$ha is in the same level as Katy and Rihanna, Tik Tok has been one of the biggest hits of the past 5 years and Animal sold almost the same amount as Rated R.
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RR wasn't a hit (I assume that's what you were trying to say), but "Hard" was taking off very quickly at the time of album release. She was also following the massive "Good Girl Gone Bad" era AND it was released on Thanksgiving week, where it was discounted to $6.99 on Black Friday. And still only 180k.
Why isn't Rihanna selling 400-500k like Beyonce & Britney? She has MORE hits than them, she has just as much hype, she has just as much promo (more compared to Brit), etc. It doesn't even have to be as much as them, but she should be selling somewhat close to them. 300k would be fine, but nope.
The weirdest part is that this 'issue' is USA only. Her worldwide sales are amazing, and on par with what they should be here. I just don't get it.
We'll see about the Ke$ha thing next week. Wouldn't surprise me if Cannibal + re-release is over 200k, probably closer to 250k IMO.