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Originally posted by inspiration4
One major issue to factor in is that most of Rihanna's albums have been released exactly one year after the one before it, which greatly diminishes any further sales (and obviously promotion) of those albums.
And even with such a constant supply she's been able to maintain a steady demand (if not an increase) in sales over the years. So yes, her sales per album are smaller than Katy's, but that's expected given the nature if her release frequency.
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Even if this was on-topic, it's just an excuse really.
Anyhow, the point is that Katy's sales aren't lacklustre, especially not in today's climate. Sure, she may not have sold 11m worldwide with TD (and trust me, I don't believe it at all
) but as people who are logically minded in this thread have said, she's done well. Very well indeed.