I can't at the Navy being so dense. She's sold as much as she has because of the AMOUNT of material thats available for purchase.
She has 7 Albums, 50+ Lead Singles, and A Dozen Collabs.
I'm not saying that the people she collaborating with is the reason for the sales I'm saying the AMOUNT of material she has is why. If Rihanna who debuted in 2005/2006 had the same amount of albums/material as Katy or Gaga who came out just 2 years she would be the pop girl with the least. TBH.
Supply and Demand is the dumbest explanation I've heard in here because just because you release 253676578 albums does not mean people will continue to buy hence why pre-LOUD and post-LOUD Rihanna has had maybe 2 - 3 multi-platinum MONSTER hits from an album and the rest just benefited from the Digital Age and Rihanna's star power.
Lets not sit here and act like ALL of Rihanna's singles are giving you WFL and LTWYL type success.