@ Yellow Gorrilah

I'd say Rihanna is for sure a Pop artists versus R&B. Her presentation, voice, and audience. Someone like Beyonce is R&B, but appeals to a pop audience. Rihanna is pop but appeals to an R&B audience.

Beyonce wouldn't do something like 'We Found Love' --basically the "sound of the moment" but she's done 'Sweet Dreams' and other pop songs. I'd say Rihanna stays true to an island sound a little on every album versus an R&B sound.

It's not bad that she's pop at all. I actually think she should be judged as pop---her being judged as R&B leads to so many arguments about her singing capabilities.