I'm not mad at Rihanna or Beyonce. I'm a person about numbers though. Rihanna has STRUGGLED to sell 2 million copies of Good Girl Gone Bad although she's had 3 #1 singles on the album and just recently had a #1 single with T.I. Beyonce only had ONE #1 hit and has still managed to push 3 million copies of B'Day. Now those are only US numbers. Internationally, Rihanna had edged out Beyonce but Beyonce stopped promoting her album over a year ago and Rihanna has been promoting hers for nearly two years now. Now let's look at a breakdown of the singles.

Beyonce
1) Crazy in Love (Gold)- #1 for 8 weeks
2) Baby Boy (Platinum)- #1 for 9 weeks
3) Check on It (4x Platinum)- #1 for 5 weeks (longest running #1 for 2006)
4) Irreplaceable (3x Platinum)- #1 for 10 weeks (Top single of 2007)

Total weeks at #1- 32 weeks.

Rihanna
1) SOS (platinum)- #1 for 2 weeks
2) Umbrella (2x platinum)- #1 for 7 weeks
3) Take A Bow (Platinum)- #1 for 2 weeks
4) Disturbia (Gold)- #1 for 2 weeks
5) Live Your Life- #1 for 1 week

Total weeks at #1- 14 weeks

Rihanna is good, but she still has a lot to do to catch up with Beyonce. She can't handle a tour by herself. Her movements are stiff and her vocals contain NO emotion. She's well styled (you know she doesn't pick out ANY of her clothes right?) and keeps the hair fresh. All that is well and good, but she STILL has a lot of growing to do in my opinion. Beyonce is wonderful, but, she has her flaws as well. I like her new singles, but I still think she has some growing to do as well. Both of these ladies are still young and have plenty of time to continue to blow us away. I don't see a problem with supporting them BOTH. However, I will continue to purchase Beyonce albums and continue to download Rihanna's singles.