I'm not the the biggest Rhianna fan, but no one can deny this album is much more weaker then GGGB! I think she has taken the image too far, maybe its her most personal album, BUT it SACKS! RR or the other tracks weren't sure fire hits! Which you need to boost 1st week sales. Plus Rhianna fans are on an album to album basis there not consistent. I work in the industry and can tell you, they have spend s*** loads on getting this album away and think they should be scared...because let's not forget all the promo money has to be paid back before Rhianna makes money, but I guess she has her other endorsements to keep her somewhat satified. But then again no sales = no endorsements.

Album price fixing happens all the time (it's a marketing stratgey), but usually not the first week of sales! Amazon would have to ask permission from the record company before dropping the price so low or to include it in the promotion, though it seems like a strategy to boost numbers for first week sales.

The bottomline is you can't play the public/comsumer and shove an album down their throat and think they will always pay for it/go for it, but has a marketer u hope they do! Lady GaGa is talented she brings the catchy hits even if u ain't feeling her visually u can't deny the girl got HITS. SuBo is on her first album and riding the 1st album/TV hype and she can sing, but will she be able to do it twice in a row? I think Rhianna production has let her down the most, because if the album was actually good, peeps would actually over look all the image, perfomances & personal BS and buy the album. This just rings true to the saying "Your as big as your last record", the industry is a VERY fickly place, ESPECIALLY in this download climate. Anyway if she gets dropped and loses Def Jam pure money (Which I'm sure she will) her breddren Jay will just snap her up and sign her to 'Rocnation', so she is GOOD anyway. P.s Subu is smashing GaGa and RiRi in the UK mid-weeks, its NOT even funny lol. Plus GaGa is also way ahead of RiRi by a large number. Things ain't looking good for 'Rated R'.