Billboard predicts Rihanna’s ninth studio album to sell over half a million units in its first week

[bitbitboi]

15 minutes ago, CrazyButItFeelsAllright said:

Anyone that counts a single sale as an album sale because they’re both “records” are morons. Britney selling 100 million ALBUMS is counted the same as that clown selling 100 million SINGLES. Rihanna fans and Stans are delusional if they think she is among the best selling artists  

I can't believe we're in a music forum and only you brought up this basic fact.

Guys, stop blindingly putting people on pedestals. Rihanna has an incommensurable personality, and lots of smash hits, but she can barely deliver good albums as unified works of art, and her sound is all over the place.

[RadicalOptimism]

2 minutes ago, bitbitboi said:

I can't believe we're in a music forum and only you brought up this basic fact.

Guys, stop blindingly putting people on pedestals. Rihanna has an incommensurable personality, and lots of smash hits, but she can barely deliver good albums as unified works of art, and her sound is all over the place.

Exactly. Maybe I was harsh calling her a clown, but I can’t at how many people just worship her for her mediocre albums. 70% of her singles are great and the rest is just filler 

[BritneyLVR]

It’s going to break records I think 

[Aymama]

1 hour ago, MikeHunt said:

Wow, way to put the pressure on her Billboard 

Can I be real? It doesn’t matter if she releases something basic like “four five seconds” or “work” people will eat it up. It’s her voice. Her voice is like Britney’s, instantly recognizable and perfect for pop. 

[SpookyFish13]

Guys, as much as it pains me to say it - it’s time we come to terms with the fact that Rihanna may not ever release another album. 

As much as it kills me to say - considering I’ve been a Rihanna mega fan since 2007, this just… doesn’t add up. There’s no way contractually-speaking she would be able to go this long without a *single* release… I think the blind items may be onto something…

In her last releasee with Partynextdoor her vocals sounded very strained and auto tuned… far from the powerhouse vocals that she was serving on Anti. I’m starting to believe the rumors that she’s permanently damaged/lost her voice…
 

That being said, I hope I’m wrong! If ever she comes back to music I’ll be the first to support! 

[Moscow]

11 hours ago, DougfromBrazilIsBack said:

Rihanna sold more than Britney?

No, she sold heavy amount of singles! Britney has sold 3× more albums then her! Single sale is not album sale. 

[Moscow]

11 hours ago, Spicechinodiva said:

She kinda did 

She's the highest certified female digital sales act 

 

158 Million tracks in RIAA certifications.

 

People keep forgetting Rihanna came at the right time when singles was starting it's take over.

 

iTunes helped big time. 

 

People preferred the single over the album.

 

It's been this way since 2005.

 

And add her album certs it still outsells Britney..

 

Sony refuses to recertify pure sales acts, cos when you recertify everything from a pure sales era..

 

The royalties are bigger, than today.

 

 

69 cents..

 

Baby one more time royalties can make max Martin between two to 3 million cos those contracts are still valid..

 

Sony don't want to fork that kind of money, so it's paying dust..

 

Rather pay 12 dollars for the recertified royalties than a couple of Million dollars..

That's the reality 

 

For Britney it would be between a couple of hundred million dollars have to be divided once everything is settled. 

 

By not recertifying it, Sony can't be taken to court over unpaid royalties, always a loophole in getting screwed by major labels..

 

@Isla

@Slayer

@Jordan Miller

@Blackout2006

Rihanna hasn't sold more than Britney lmao! Certs are a different thing, album sales aren't same as single sales this way Rihanna has sold more than Madonna to your logic. 

[icybaby]

Can they predict if it will actually going to be released anytime?

[MIKE_INT]

Honestly, I think even her fans are starting to get annoyed of waiting for so long.

Its clearly not her priority so why should it be ours?

Music business has changed so much (not to better, sadly) since Anti was released 6 years ago

 

She would really need to come up with few banger tracks, huge hits, something new, not predictable rnb/pop/reggae inspired track

 

[Whyshouldibsad21]

Rihanna releases hits. Literal bangers. She has something like 13 or 14 number 1s. She is a singles artist and we all know that and love her for it. I could care less about counting singles as album sales and I’m sure most people feel the same. I just hope she brings the fire with R9 cuz it’s been a hot minute and I fear shes peaked, musically. Come thru queen.

[FemmeFataleBrit]

I can bet a billion dollars it’s not going to sell anywhere near that number.

At best, it’ll sell 350,000 copies.

[ThisMeowBiteback]

15 hours ago, DougfromBrazilIsBack said:

Rihanna sold more than Britney?

It’s from a her darn singles! She has sold a load of singles! 
 

her albums are not close to Britney album sales, but combining albums & singles she not Britney out the park 😭

 

[ThisMeowBiteback]

9 hours ago, bitbitboi said:

I can't believe we're in a music forum and only you brought up this basic fact.

Guys, stop blindingly putting people on pedestals. Rihanna has an incommensurable personality, and lots of smash hits, but she can barely deliver good albums as unified works of art, and her sound is all over the place.

I definitely disagree her music is top tier!  Her albums don’t sale, but that’s not because they are bad by any means. People just prefer to buy singles from her. Rated R, anti, GGGB, and loud are great albums. I won’t ever be bias because I’m a Britney fan.

When people say she or he sold this many amount of  records it’s a totality of album & single sales. 

[BritneyLVR]

2 hours ago, Whyshouldibsad21 said:

Rihanna releases hits. Literal bangers. She has something like 13 or 14 number 1s. She is a singles artist and we all know that and love her for it. I could care less about counting singles as album sales and I’m sure most people feel the same. I just hope she brings the fire with R9 cuz it’s been a hot minute and I fear shes peaked, musically. Come thru queen.

 

[cchenbag]

11 hours ago, SpearsSpearsBrit said:

her discography is a BOP in addition to the fact that she literally worked as a slave since she was 17 years old and still managed to open an economic empire  Rihanna is an example of empowerment and success. 

She does not play when it comes to making hits. I love all her stuff. 

[mythology]

Stop comparing other artists to Britney.  You’re all so pressed

[MyLittlePopstar]

I think she can do it, if it's handled correctly. I mean didn't Harry Styles just do that much? Rihanna is much bigger than he is, and loved by many ages between Millenials and Gen Z. As long as it isn't a mess like the Anti roll out. 

[MyLittlePopstar]

While I get what ppl mean, you can't really compare an artist who came out after music was available for download online to one who came out prior to that. When Britney released her first 2 albums, which are her highest selling it was late 90s/early 2000s when album/CD sales were at there peak. The music industry worked in a totally different way. It was hard to just buy singles by major artists. Like I defintely couldn't easily find a CD single for Oops, you HAD to buy the album to get the song. Labels wanted to force people to buy albums, singles became big back then more so based on radio play. Then napster changed everything. By the time Rihanna released Pon De Replay, album sales overall were already massively declining as whole. And itunes was rising where you could just buy individual songs you like, even since then it's massively changed with streaming. Like hardly anyone BUYS albums anymore, unless maybe they're a mega fan of the artist. I only buy Britney albums really anymore. Maybe a vinyl if it's an album that becomes a favorite. 

 

So like I get it. Rihanna definitely has not sold more albums than Britney, buy she's been massively successful, it's just about impossible to say IMO who's "more successful". I mean Dua is huge right now, buy she'll never sell near as many albums as Britney did or as many singles as Rihanna did, because people steam now.

[Blackout2006]

16 hours ago, SpearsSpearsBrit said:

her discography is a BOP in addition to the fact that she literally worked as a slave since she was 17 years old and still managed to open an economic empire  Rihanna is an example of empowerment and success. 

Someone on Exhale who finally does not hate on Rihanna? 

[Blackout2006]

15 hours ago, bitbitboi said:

but she can barely deliver good albums as unified works of art, and her sound is all over the place.

ANTi was a solid record, however and showed Rihanna's artistic potential.

It isn't 2010 anymore and since then, she has given pretty good records so I don't get where this argument even spawns from. Plus, for the matter, it can't be even debated on since it is subjective-based.