Winning : Rihanna’s ‘Talk That Talk’ Reenters UK Top 5

Published: Sunday 29th Jul 2012 by David

Her US Navy may continue to disappoint her on a sales front, but it would seem very few can match the buying power of Rihanna’s British fan base.

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Despite being released in November 2011, the model’s latest LP ‘Talk That Talk‘ has reentered the UK Top 5, 36 weeks after release.

Rising one spot from last week, the Pop piece now sits pretty at #5, outselling Adele‘s ’21’ which is this week’s #9 and Nicki Minaj‘s ‘Roman Reloaded‘ which holds court at  #24.

Rihanna isn’t the only one making major moves on the charts this week. For, in what marks an impressive sales boost within the last seven days, Rita Ora‘s ‘Hot Right Now‘ rose by 36 spots- now giving her the benefit of two singles in the Top 100.

This, before the launch of her debut album ‘ORA’ on August 27th.

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  1. Girrrl July 29, 2012

    The Black Queen of the UK!!

    • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA) July 29, 2012

      only in the U.K and thats all no shade no tea

      • Rihanna navy July 29, 2012

        LMAO you’re f****** joke, worldwide b****!

      • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA) July 29, 2012

        Joke on you if you belive that…LMAO

      • kelly July 29, 2012

        She is worldwide.

      • Rihanna navy July 29, 2012

        no joke on YOU BEE-otch, since you’re in denial. retarded much?

      • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA, BUT RICH LIKE BEYONCE 300+MM) July 29, 2012

        Why would I when Beyonce is the BETTER AND Bigger SUPERSTAR WORLDWIDE THAN SHE IS, ITS YOU AND YOUR RIHTRADS THATS IN DENIAL.

      • Lax July 29, 2012

        @RICHANDBLACK LOL U R PITFUL Rih’s
        success is Killing you!

  2. Honestly Speaking July 29, 2012

    Good for her. It’s nice that people are still purchasing her music even though she’s on vacation and not thinking about work. Even a fake pregnancy couldn’t help a certain lace-front wearing woman when she was “away”. It just shows how relevant Rihanna currently is.

    • TeamBreezy July 29, 2012

      THIS!

    • truth tea July 30, 2012

      yes a fake pregnancy didnt, but remixes with her ex-abuser, attention seeking pictures and stealing from rita ora seemed to work in her favour. well done to rihannas songwriters and producers i say. you also forgot to mention that it was reduced to £5 on itunes.

  3. JT July 29, 2012

    Who cares?

    • Lax July 29, 2012

      You do!

      • JT July 29, 2012

        I’m one of the baddest muthafuckas of all time and one of the best lookin’ muthafuckas you ever seen. Hold my drink b****!

      • Lax July 29, 2012

        @jt yeah i know you crossed eye, buck tooth
        little d**k Turd, i know! Plus u r a broke a/h!

  4. RIH&BEY July 29, 2012

    Hey Samantha, you are such a weak b****!!! Why didn’t you mention how FLOP THE ALARM by your favorite has already fallen out of the Top 10 as fast as it got there!!! And are you really sweating rita for having 2 songs in the TOP 100??? LMAO!!! I can’t with you girl!!!!!

  5. RIH&BEY July 29, 2012

    oh and for the reord, since you wanna be petty, Rihanna has 4 songs in the Top 100!!! #HEADBITCHINCHARGE!!!

  6. pete July 29, 2012

    b**** will sell 1kk in us by next week

  7. Meh July 29, 2012

    Rihanna steady seller. No quick sale then fade like Sam fave.

  8. Reece Davis July 29, 2012

    Talk That Talk is being sold at quite low prices though, in most places it’s £5 or less. Not denying that she can sell albums here just saying that it probably helped. Either way congrats to her!

    • Honestly Speaking July 29, 2012

      Well, Gaga, sold her album for 99 cents and some free cloud storage space and I don’t hear people going on and on about that every time she gets a post. Rihanna, is selling albums months after the initial release and that’s what matters and is the subject of this particular post.

    • Lax July 29, 2012

      Reece we will take what ever we keep getting Babe!
      We are happy with all things that points to Rihanna’s
      successful true life Story, babe!
      Now if she was EXPECTING a baby just think how she would no doubt be selling like hot cakes all over the Universe.

    • shell517nj July 29, 2012

      Well here in the US TTT selling for $11.99 and $16.99 for deluxe. fair price.

  9. Lax July 29, 2012

    As long as she’s making waves remember they do not take the
    breather off a sound until all signs of life has left and it seems
    Rih is still making some waves, good for Us,,,lol!

    • JT July 29, 2012

      u suck b****!

      • Lax July 29, 2012

        Talk That Talk’ is on its way to get platinum certification in the U.S. The album is currently #69 on Billboard 200 with 6,265 copies sold this week. Copies sold so far: 958,829.
        Rihanna hit 59 million likes on Facebook, 23 million followers on Twitter and 2 million followers on Instagram! Rihanna Navy family is getting bigger everyday.

      • JT July 29, 2012

        I don’t give a s*** you bitchass hoodrat!

      • Lax July 29, 2012

        @JT Find yo self a tall cliff and take a dive and screw yoself
        on yo way down, Bumb bytch!
        Ps
        Don’t it make yo small tool not want to get big anymore
        when you see people on Rihanna’s side and you see her smiling back at yo ass from vacay pictures and got 72 million net worth befor she made another 53 million haul to add to that,,,Hate on , Son, Hate on,,,,

      • lol July 29, 2012

        if all those likes and followers now buyed her album then it would make sense now we all know that if you have like does not mean they are a fan 😉

      • JT July 29, 2012

        F*** yo couch nigguh!

      • Lax July 29, 2012

        @JT Phuck you and the horse you rode in on.
        Cruising the waters as she continues her posh European holiday, Rihanna once again showed off her fine bikini form while living it up off the coast of Portofino, Italy on Saturday (July 28). The 24-year-old Barbadian beauty rocked a skimpy two-piece swimsuit with a leopard print design as she hopped in the refreshing waters for a snorkeling session in the Mediterranean.

      • JT July 29, 2012

        You darkness, you black midnight evil m********* black magic, you f*****’ delirious m*********!

      • Lax July 29, 2012

        @JT,,,,You seem to need a break from that job of yours
        Licking Them Toliet Stools at the bus station in down town
        Brooklin,,,,You need a vacation, Son!

      • Lax July 29, 2012

        @JT,,,suck on this, bytch!
        To find out who else made the cut, check out the top ten on Forbes’ list of the ‘Highest Earning Celebrities Under 30’ below!
        1. Taylor Swift, 22 – $57 million
        2. Justin Bieber, 18 – $55 million
        3. Rihanna, 24 – $53 million
        4. Lady Gaga, 26 – $52 million
        5. Katy Perry, 27 – $45 million
        6. Adele, 24 – $35 million
        7. Kristen Stewart, 22 – $34.5 million
        8. Lil Wayne, 29 – $27 million
        9. Taylor Lautner, 20 – $26.5 million
        10. Robert Pattinson, 26 – $26.5 million

        @JT,,,,Just know that yo “M***** Ass” can’t stop the show
        and keep hurling insults at me because i love the phuck out of all of the ATTENTION, BYTCH!!!

  10. IOTA July 29, 2012

    Still hilarious how this is the only website ON THE INTERNET that is pro-Rita Ora. Clearly some payola happening here lol

  11. FAFRELOADED July 29, 2012

    I thought y’all didnt care about UK sales??? OH OK…

    • shell517nj July 29, 2012

      a worldwide artist is the way to go. most artist can sell in their own country but not ww.

  12. ASAP (As Sincere As Possible) July 29, 2012

    Good for Rihanna, but you could have said something about Joss Stone going to #6 with an album of jazz/ soul covers. It is quite an achievement. And it’s her first top 10 album in the UK since 2004! Just saying…

  13. Benron (F*** you h**) July 29, 2012

    Rihanna is selling more in the U.k because she wanted to. She has done 4 performances here to date, grammys (slayed) Xfactor (mediocre) american idol (slaed) Snl (did not slay).She performed loud tour dates when it was comign out there, did wireless, jingle bel lball, jonothan Ross, brits, has t.v show coming out. She is promoting herself ot no end there.

  14. BEYONCE’S WEAVE July 29, 2012

    And those are just a few of the results of the Universal Megastar that is Rihanna. It’ll be good to also mention that “Loud” is also in the Top 100 and 4closure has dropped out of the UK Top 100. That is right, the Navy has flooded the Hive, job well done. Congrats Riri and that 7th album will be fire, so cant wait.

    • lol July 29, 2012

      damn already 7 albums damn and she only got this fame ??? look at beyonce boo after 6 albums she already sold more then 130 million records now 200 ahhahaah who flooded who b**** ??

      • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA) July 29, 2012

        chile only in the U.K which is 2nd to USA

      • honest July 30, 2012

        be happy for every1.. well done too riri.. well done queen Bey

    • WATCH YO’ MOUFF July 29, 2012

      Let’s go even OLDER than 4CLOSURE.

      Where’s RATED R on the Top100 ANYWHERE?

      • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA) July 29, 2012

        NOW CATCH THAT SHADE……………..

  15. monstarebel July 29, 2012

    OH! AND YALL SAID SHE WAS FALLIN OFF HAHA NEVER RIHANNA NAVY IS A FORCE WE DONT F***** PLAY!! CONGRATS BABY GUR THE NAVY LOVES U CANT WAIT FOR THE 7TH ALBUM >>>>

  16. Hugene July 29, 2012

    Slaying while on vacation.

  17. China July 29, 2012

    Sam why did you mention Rita?

  18. RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA) July 29, 2012

    I mean who cares. The U.K market is 2nd to USA market , so in other words if you can’t do it in the USA you really not doing anything.

    #thatsall

    • WATCH YO’ MOUFF July 29, 2012

      If you’re talking about mainstream artists, I agree.

      Nobody givin’ a damn ‘canuse it’s at number F*** IT on BB100.

      • WATCH YO’ MOUFF July 29, 2012

        BB200*

    • BEYONCE’S WEAVE July 29, 2012

      Why are you mad tho?? LMAO Don’t worry, the Navy will be docking in the USA very soon, we have to finish flooding the Hive.

      • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA) July 29, 2012

        not going to happen, they really don’t use riri in the states, and thats no shade.

      • Lax July 29, 2012

        Covered Vogue Magazine (American & British)
        Covered Rolling Stone Magazine
        Covered Esquire Magazine & Elected Sexiest Woman of the Year
        Covered Cosmopolitan Magazine
        Covered Glamour Magazine
        Face of Armani
        Face of Nivea
        Face of Vita Coco
        Launched Widely Successfull Perfume, Reb’l Fleur, Worldwide
        Embarked On Her Largest International Tour Yet Featuring Over 100 Arena Dates
        Collaborated with Britney Spears / First Female Duet To Hit #1 In Over 10 Years
        Collaborated with Coldplay / Went Top 5 on iTunes As A Non-Single
        Collaborated with Drake / Went #1 on iTunes As A Non-Single
        Accumulated Total of over 1.9 Billion Music Video Views On Official Youtube Channel
        Accumulated Total of over 620 Million Music Videos for Official Channels Featured Views
        Accumulated Total of over 47 Million Facebook Fans – Most for a Female Artist
        Accumulated Most Hits on The American Top 40 program since Aretha Franklin in 1968
        In Australia, She Now Ranks Only Behind Madonna, Kylie, & Delta Goodrem in #1′s
        In Australia, She Nows Rank Only Behind Delta Goodrem & Madonna In Weeks At #1
        In The UK, She Nows Ranks Behind Only Madonna In Single Sales For Female Artists
        In The UK, She Now Ranks Behind Only Madonna & Kylie For Most #1 Single For Female Artists
        In The UK, She Became The Only Female Artist To Top The Singles & Album Charts Twice In The Same Year
        In The UK, Sixth Number 1 in five consecutive years, a record unequalled by any other female solo artist
        In The UK, Rihanna Spent More Weeks at #1 Than Any Other Artist

    • kelly July 29, 2012

      Exactly. SO Rita number I ( the guest vocals she sang on DJ fresh does not count. ) I do not really hear how we do on UK radio, nor does MTV uk rinse out that video. I am not sure it will go number 1. But, as you said, who cares about uk charts.

      • IHADAREALPREGANCY(UNLIKE BEY) July 29, 2012

        I LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE HOODHIVE MEMBERS!! BEYFAKE AINT SELL NO 300 OR EVEN 200 RECORDS! THAT B**** AINT NEVA GONNA HAVE A HIT SINGLE OR ALBUM AGAIN!!

  19. ADELE : : KING OF POP July 29, 2012

    who gives a s*** ?!! flop that flop flopped already .

    and some titanics should stop mentioning the other one (loud) because adele came out in 2011 and shitted on rihannas whole career with one album !! lol .

    and also they should stop comparing her to beyonce . according to wikipedia , beyonces has sold thirty million solo albums and more than fifty with dc . we all know rihanna will never be on that level .

    • Rihanna navy July 29, 2012

      no she’s not on that level….she above and beyond.

      • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA) July 29, 2012

        maybe in your DREAMS hun, wake up c*** and smell the roses

    • Lax July 29, 2012

      RiiH Keeps winning!

  20. TeamBreezy July 29, 2012

    Bring on Album #7 !!

  21. WATCH YO’ MOUFF July 29, 2012

    Top5 in the UK

    Out of the Top30 in 7 countries

    Out of the Top100 in THE REST OF THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  22. BEYONCE’S WEAVE July 29, 2012

    The FLOP-Hive all of the sudden don’t care about the UK market. Look, there are three markets record labels care about, the USA, UK and Japan (in that order) because those are the three biggest music markets. If you flop in all of these markets, you flop everywhere.

    Also Beyonce has NOT sold 200 million records, she has sold 40 something million records so stop lying FLOP-Hive.

    • Gilberto July 29, 2012

      This is so innacurate. Actually, Germany is the biggest music market in Europe according to IFPI. If you flop in these markets, you can to better in others. Shakira’s She Wolf flopped in these markets, but it sold more than 1 million only in South America. Beyoncé’s IASF and 4 were more successful in Brazil than in Japan, for example.
      Beyoncé sold at least 60 million RECORDS + 50 million with Destiny’s Child = 110 million Records. Most of her records aren’t $1 singles like you know who. LOL.

      • BEYONCE’S WEAVE July 29, 2012

        You’re right, that is inaccurate, here is a much better analysis.

        The list should look like this.

        1 JAPAN $30.97 per person
        2 UK $22.01 per person
        3 AUSTRALIA $17.36 per person
        4 GERMANY $17.28 per person
        5 NETHERLANDS $15.66 per person
        6 USA $13.38 per person
        7 FRANCE $13.24 per person
        8 CANADA $11.43 per person
        9 ITALY per person$3.91
        10 BRAZIL $1.16 per person

        More people are buying music per person in the UK than Germany despite Germany having a larger population. The USA may be the biggest market but as you pointed out, Shakira sold over a million in South America than anywhere else so I guess we can throw that “Rihanna is just doing well in the UK” argument out of the window because it does not fly.

      • Gilberto July 29, 2012

        What’s more important:
        1) You have 100 people buying a t-shirt for $1 (You get $100);
        or
        2) You have 50 people buying a t-shirt for $1 (You get $50).
        I’ll go with the 1 option.
        Germany’s music market made $2,026.2 (in millions). UK made $2,002.4.
        IFPI, which is a reliable market, says that Germany is the 3rd biggest market. Who are you to go against them? DEAD.
        And UK’s market is decreasing faster than Germany’s.

      • BEYONCE’S WEAVE July 29, 2012

        Maybe you should restate your comment. Your comment should be what would be much more better,

        1.) You have 100 people buying a t-shirt for $1 (You get $100)

        2.) You have 50 people buying a t-shirt for $3 ( You get $150).

        I used the IFPI figures as well as the World Bank figures for population and I came up with a much more comprehensive analysis. The fact remains UK consumers spend more on music than do Germans.

        If you are so pressed on “population”, why are the following markets ignored?

        China 1.5 Billion people, 230 Million middle class
        India 1 Billion people, 50 Million middle class
        Africa 1 Billion people, 120 Million middle class

        Those markets are ignored, why?? That’s because if we use per capita figures, we get much more realistic figures.

      • Gilberto July 29, 2012

        “I used the IFPI figures as well as the World Bank”. YOU USED. You’re using an argument based on YOUR OPINION. No one cares about what you think. What it does matter is OFFICIAL NUMBERS. If IFPI, which is official and used by labels, said that Germany is the 3th biggest market so it is. In the end of the day, what matters is the MONEY that the label is getting.
        Germany still is the 3rd biggest market. Case Closed.

      • BEYONCE’S WEAVE July 29, 2012

        I don’t think you understood any of my statements so i’m going to bold it up for you.

        The fact remains UK consumers spend more on music than do Germans.

        This is a FACT based on per capita figures (not my opinion). I never denied that Germany is the third largest music market, I said UK consumers spend more on music than do German consumers. This is based on value of music sold (figures courtesy of IFPI) by population (figures courtesy of World Bank). Germany might have a larger population but their consumers spend less on music than do the British. And even though in real terms, Germany is a larger market, in per capita terms their consumers spend less on music than do British consumers. There is no way I could make my statement any simpler.

      • Lax July 29, 2012

        She has achieved a total of eleven number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the youngest solo artist to achieve the feat.[2] Billboard named Rihanna the Digital Songs Artist of the 2000s decade, and ranked her as the seventeenth artist of the same decade.[3][4] She is the highest-selling digital artist in US history, having sold 47,571,000 singles as of 2012.[5] Furthermore, she has also shipped 7.3 million album units in the United States as of September 2011.[6] Some of her singles have earned their place on the list of best-selling singles worldwide. Rihanna has sold more than 25 million albums and 60 million singles worldwide since the beginning of her career in 2005, which makes her one of the best selling artists of all time

      • commanderofthedancefloor July 30, 2012

        i get what @beyonce’s weave is saying.

        yes germany is the 3rd biggest music market, so they buy more albums, but they are spending less money for those albums. the uk buys less albums but spends more money for those albums.

  23. Gilberto July 29, 2012

    UK is the only country where TTT is still charting. Actually, it’s available for less than £4. LOL. Last week, they sold it for like £3 on iTunes. I can’t. Her label is completly desperate. They are losing money, or ain’t getting any money at all, they just want to make TTT’s numbers better for press.
    WHYB didn’t have any impact on TTT’s sales. It’s on the top 10 on US, but her album is no where to be seen on the Hot 200.

    • BEYONCE’S WEAVE July 29, 2012

      FLOP-Hive lying again, TTT is well in the top 100 of the BB 200. The album that dropped out of those charts is 4closure. This is so funny too, 4closure has dropped out of both the UK Top 100 and the BB 200 whereas TTT is still on both those charts…LMAO.

      Hive should just quit really, you’re reaching. The Navy has successfully flooded the Hive and that 7th album is coming to inflict the finishing blow, better warn your fav LMAO.

      • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA) July 29, 2012

        no the titanics need to stop lying and reaching as if Rihanna is better than Beyonce, when everyone in the WORLD know thats a lie.

      • BEYONCE’S WEAVE July 29, 2012

        B**** please, Rihanna is greater than Beyonce at the moment. BeYAWNce is a has-been, old, a thief and fake. Remember how Ne-Yo shut her up by stating that he wrote ALL of “irreplaceable” despite BeYAWNce trying to claim she had some artistic input LMAO. BeYAWNce is so done.

      • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA) July 29, 2012

        AT THE MOMENT, LMAO….HUN NEVER, I KNOW THATS WHAT YOU WANT TO BELIVE IN THAT PEA SIZE BRAIN OF YOUR….ARE YOU FLATLINE OR SOMETHING.

        LIKE I TOLD YOUR SIMPLE MINDED ASS THE OTHER DAY, CRACK IS WACK PLEASE SAY NO TO DRUGS.

      • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA) July 29, 2012

        ONE MORE THING I WILL ADMIT THE ONLY THING RIHANNA HAS OVER BEYONCE IS THAT HUGE FOREHEAD AND #1 SINGLES

        HAVE A GREAT WEEK BABE

    • kelly July 29, 2012

      Who cares about Rihanna this or Rihanna that. She superstar: rich famous and adored. The question is, where is Rita Ora’s career going?

      • Gilberto July 29, 2012

        Where is Rihanna’s career going? She’s so young and she’s already flopping. She still has to archieve a #1 album. DEAD. After many #1 singles, promo, social s*** and her albums fail to get the top spot. I can’t.
        Oh! If you don’t remember, R****** didn’t have a name before Umbrella. It took her 3 albums to be successful. Rita Ora barely dropped her debut album.

      • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA) July 29, 2012

        Kelly I feel you are the only one worrying about Rita ORa. why is that?

      • kelly July 29, 2012

        Gilberto,

        Where is Rihanna going? She is already there, whether you are bitter enough to admit it or not. How many 24 yrl BLACK WOMEN aqre woth $72 mil? Also, she has a clothing line with River island ( Rita ora knows whe they are ) a hot new TV show coming to Sky, shows at the women’s world cup, and japan music festival. She is rumored to be performing at the closing ceremony of the olympics . She also has two movies – one produced by steven speileberg…you heard of him?

        I do not give a dammm if she has has a number 1 in the USA or not, the bottom line she has made it. That is Rita Ora says she wants a career ( life ) like Rihanna. People think she is beautiful, hot s*** and fashionable.

        Rih had a name from Pon de replay. I was living between sweden with my mom and London and that song was a huge hit in both countries. By that time SOS came, I was hooked.

        RIta Ora has not dropped her LP, because her songs have all flopped around the world. They were gonna release ora in august , but pushed back to sept.

        She has not got a song that can touch pon de replay. HWD went to 62 – with all that promo

      • kelly July 29, 2012

        Richard,

        I thought Rita Ora was gonna release her music and destroy the music charts and blow Rihanna and all other singer out the water? I thought how we do was gonna be THEEE summer smash? So what happened ?

        Richard, why are really biggin up Rita ( this question is to rita stans and roc nation ) It is not because she is an earth shattering talent is it? Let us be honest, it because, people are jealous and hate Rihanna and they want Rita to destroy her. Well, as Rihanna said, who Jah blesses no man can curse.

      • Lax July 29, 2012

        @Rich & Gliberto and Bey Hive
        I hope Rihanna’s success don’t cause you guys to stroke
        out because then there want be no one to hate on rihanna and no one holding their breath for Rihanna to fall. Plus there want be no one but her haters minus the Bey hive to help keep her “Shine Shining” as bright as ever! We do love the DESPERADO’S!

  24. Gilberto July 29, 2012

    “FLOP-Hive lying again, TTT is well in the top 100 of the BB 200.”
    Sorry, but I don’t look at the BOTTOM of the charts.

    “This is so funny too, 4closure has dropped out of both the UK Top 100 and the BB 200 whereas TTT is still on both those charts…LMAO. ”
    I’m not surprised. The last single released from 4 was LOVE ON TOP, in late DECEMBER. It has been over 6 months that there isn’t no promo, no music videos, no singles from 4 era. On other hand, R****** still is supporting TTT and nothing can make it rebirth on the charts. WHYB is on the top 10, but her album is dead on the charts. The only way for sell it is selling it $1 dollar or so. I can’t.

    You better put your hopes and dreams on her 7th album because TTT is a MAJOR failure.

    • Benron (F*** you h**) July 29, 2012

      Its at 69, [what about end of crime? when Ri hreleased whyb u gusy called it a flop and said she needed to watch out for bey, bey is flopping, 4 was a failure and you can go cryabout that while her fake baby crys aswell

    • BEYONCE’S WEAVE July 29, 2012

      LMAO making excuses for BeYAWNce. You forget to mention that NON of the singles from 4closure made any impact on the Hot 100. They were pretty much chart fillers. Rihanna’s songs always make an impact on the Hot 100. And dead at the FLOP-Hive thinking singles do not add up. A single adds to the overall success of an album, why do you think Kelly Rowland still has her record deal despite selling 200K of “Here I am”? it’s because “Motivation” sold a million.

      Now Rihanna can do that 10x over and that adds to the success of the album. Singles add up to the overall success of the album, that is why Carly Rae Jepsen is still hot despite not having an album out. It is called “diversification”, companies do it, countries do it and so do artists. For example, most of Rihanna’s music videos are “VEVO Certified” earning her royalties from that, a lot of her singles are always played on the radio earning her more royalties, a lot of singles sold earning her more coin as well and you add up album sales to that and you have a successful megastar artist.

      The FLOP-Hive are reaching today LMAO, you’re gonna have to deal.

      • Gilberto July 29, 2012

        I ain’t make excuses. I agree that 4’s singles failed on pop radios, but they were big on the R&B radios.
        “Rihanna’s songs always make an impact on the Hot 100. ”
        Really? What were the impact of You Da Flop, Talk That Flop and Birthday Flop on the Hot 100? If 4’s singles performed that bad and TTT’s singles performed better, so why did 4 still managed to sell 400k more than it? LOL. WFL was one of the biggest hits of the year and it didn’t help to Rihanna sell her album.
        “Rihanna’s music videos are “VEVO Certified” earning her royalties from that”
        LOL. This proves that R******’s fanbase is virtual. They only support her buying $1 singles and albums or watching her videos for free. R****** is an iTunes with a wig.

      • BEYONCE’S WEAVE July 29, 2012

        LOL. This proves that R******’s fanbase is virtual. They only support her buying $1 singles and albums or watching her videos for free. R****** is an iTunes with a wig.

        Nope, it shows that Rihanna’s fans support her in every way. Just because BeYAWNce’s fans are too old to embrace the digital age does not mean Rihanna’s fans should not embrace every new thing she brings on the table.

        If an album brings in coin from Video royalties + singles + radio royalties + album sales, once that all adds up, it looks a lot better than 0 video royalties + flop singles + single airplay + album sales that just scratched a million. Stay pressed because Riri’s reign has managed to s*** all over BeYAWNce’s career LMAO.

      • WaitUrTurn88 July 29, 2012

        CO SIGN BEES WEAVE, U SPEAK TRUTH……RIRI BEEN AROUND 7 YEARS AND IS STILL ON TOP, IT TAKE A WHILE FOR A ARTIST TO COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR FROM THE GAME!!…..SRY TO TELL U HATERS RIRI IS GONNA BE AROUND FOR A WHILE!!

      • Gilberto July 29, 2012

        “Just because BeYAWNce’s fans are too old to embrace the digital age does not mean Rihanna’s fans should not embrace every new thing she brings on the table. ”
        I bet Lady Gaga’s fanbase isn’t that old and she still managed to sell more albums than R******. The fact is R****** doesn’t have a real fanbase. This explains why she still doesn’t have a #1 album. UK saves her ass most of time, because in the other countries, she’s just a single artist.

        “If an album brings in coin from Video royalties + singles + radio royalties + album sales, once that all adds up, it looks a lot better than 0 video royalties + flop singles + single airplay + album sales”

        YouTube
        Beyoncé’s 4 era views: +385 million;
        R******’s Talk That Flop era views: +354 million.

        What did you say??? Beyoncé is getting PAID. Don’t forget that Beyoncé’s videos are very low budget (minus RTW). On other hand, R******’s videos are expensive and full of CGI effects. Hm…

        “… radio royalties…” I really didn’t want to bring up this, but do you know that these royalties go to the songwriters, right? And, as far as I know, R****** didn’t pen any of her songs. On other hand, Beyoncé was credited on all of hers singles. Don’t forget that her singles were huge on R&B radios (minus RTW).

        According to Forbes, R****** made less than $55 million during the Loud era (tour + cd sales + single sales). In that same year, Beyoncé made $40 million at home doing nothing. Who’s the boss? They say R****** net worth $72 million; Beyoncé, 350 million. Ooops!

        I won’t even bring the albums’ numbers because I’ve seen Talk That Flop being sold for less than $4 several times (including three weeks after its release).

      • IHADAREALPREGANCY(UNLIKE BEY) July 29, 2012

        GIRL THE FLOP HIVES ARE REACHING FOR JESUS TODAY!!

      • Lax July 29, 2012

        Bottom line Rihanna is still making waves and selling albums
        and singles and oh how i’d love for Rihanna and Bey to drop albums at the same time, i would love the hell out of that !
        Then it would be put up or shut up for real! Rih is just enjoying her down time and it Has Worked That Majic On the Bey Hive as always!

  25. kelly July 29, 2012

    Samia,

    Has Rita Ora given up on her failed music career? She was hosting a club event in Las vegas. These are the sort of things cheesy reality stars do to earn a bit of cash. The funny thing, is on april 30th she was at lavo, with Rib Kardashian ( one of her many name droppers ) she performed ‘ how we do’, but the crowd ( by looks of the pictures ) where not paying attention, to that wrinkle had trying to be young and glowing Rihanna.

    Well, she is back in vegas, hosting clubs, with Rob K. Is roc nation running out of ideas on how to FORCE this h** onto the american public? What new singer can you name is hosting parties in Vegas? Is that what a young Rihanna had to do? Did Ashanti even have to do that?

    Only fame hungry losers, with no talent host parties in vegas, people like Kim K, Amber Rose, Video h***, Pauly D, Jersy shore reality TV wives ….and RITA ORA, who will be coming to a reality TV show near you.

  26. kelly July 29, 2012

    Sam,

    If Rita Ora some kind of talented singer who is gonna end Riri’s career, why was she in vegas last night hosting a club event?

    • kelly July 29, 2012

      Oh, and Sam…..How we do has FINALLY dropped out of the itunes 100. So, I do not know what she is doing in America – NO ONE IS CHECKING FOR HER!

  27. BEYONCE’S WEAVE July 29, 2012

    LMAO making excuses for BeYAWNce. You forget to mention that NON of the singles from 4closure made any impact on the Hot 100. They were pretty much chart fillers. Rihanna’s songs always make an impact on the Hot 100. And dead at the FLOP-Hive thinking singles do not add up. A single adds to the overall success of an album, why do you think Kelly Rowland still has her record deal despite selling 200K of “Here I am”? it’s because “Motivation” sold a million.

    Now Rihanna can do that 10x over and that adds to the success of the album. Singles add up to the overall success of the album, that is why Carly Rae Jepsen is still hot despite not having an album out. It is called “diversification”, companies do it, countries do it and so do artists. For example, most of Rihanna’s music videos are “VEVO Certified” earning her royalties from that, a lot of her singles are always played on the radio earning her more royalties, a lot of singles sold earning her more coin as well and you add up album sales to that and you have a successful megastar artist.

    The FLOP-Hive are reaching today LMAO, you’re gonna have to deal hahahaha.

  28. kelly July 29, 2012

    Sam,

    You are reaching. The UK does not do a top 100, so DJ fresh FEAT Rita Ora being in the top 100 means nothing. The UK chart stops at 40 and guess what? RIP is at 36, on its way out….but WHYB – which came out after RIP is still in top 30! SO Rih is out selling Rita Ora on the single charts with a song, she did not promote. Rita ORA and roc nation spent MONEY to promote that average song. That was the only reason – that and Rihanna name, it got to number 1. Let see if How we do can do the same.

    • Saetana July 30, 2012

      The UK actually does have a hot 100 – or, more accurately, we have a top 100 singles chart. Look up the Official Chart Company as it is them who compile the UK chart and their website shows the top 100 singles and albums each week (updated midweek as well). Radio 1 may only show the top 40 but the top 100 chart is there if you know where to look ;o)

    • Virtuoso Intellect July 30, 2012

      Well dont u think WHYB coming out after RIP is the reason it’s still ahead. I mean thats the way it usually works.

  29. PrettigurlrockD July 29, 2012

    That’s great. Rihanna is only relevant in topic on TGJ tho….theres a lot of ppl that buy and support her music but the thing is no one actually cares about her unless she hurries up with that fast food music or is prancing around on ships in bikinis. And yes, SHADE cuz tired of the navy acting like she is all that and a bags of lays. Let’s be real. And this h** has the nerve to come out with a 7th album. I CAN’T. Lmao.

    • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA) July 29, 2012

      now catch that SHADE, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

      • IHADAREALPREGANCY(UNLIKE BEY) July 29, 2012

        Her ALBUM SELLS AND HER ENDORSEMENTS AND HER MANY CLTHING LINE SPEAKS FOR IT SELF!! REACHING FOR JESUS!!

    • Tasha24 July 29, 2012

      @Prettigurlrockd

      I 100% agree

      • Lax July 29, 2012

        @PRETTYGURL, TASH & RICHANBLACK
        ALL THREE OF YOU LOOSER TOGETHER !
        BECAUSE YOU ARE BITTER, BUMB BYTCHES!

  30. WaitUrTurn88 July 29, 2012

    GOT DAMN!!!…….TTHOSE GORGEOUS BEAUTIFUL EYES!!!!!……NO BLACK CHICK IN THE GAME HOLDS A CANDLE TO RIRI’S BEAUTY!!!!!!

    • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA) July 29, 2012

      YOU MUST BE FLATLINE

      • kelly July 29, 2012

        Richard,

        Rita ora is the one no one messes with in America. That is why she cannot get a top 50 hit. Don’t let the R confuse you.

    • kelly July 29, 2012

      There is not a black woman that can even touch Rihanna at the moment. So far in 2012 Rihanna is the ONLY BLACK WOMAN ON MAGAZINE COVERS.

      iF she WAS WHITE, SHE would not generate this much hatred and envy – people, even established singers like Beyonce, wanting to tear her down so stop her thriving would try this. When blonde brtiney was on top, people were rooting for her, even though she cannot sing. Rih has hatred from black blogs, beyonce, Jay z AND That clone the made to try ( but failed ) to destroy her. It must hurt that a West indian has blown an african american with a great voice out the water in her own country. Rihanna has now outsold beyonce.

      Do not dare chant Beyonce grammies and accolades etc. That is all very well, but she is not the baddest black chick in the game anymore, Rihanna is!

      Right now, Zoe Saldana and Rihanna are the only stylist, hot s*** black women worth having media attention.

      • kelly July 29, 2012

        In my country Sweden, people do not even give a f*** about beyonce. I cannot remember the last time she had a smash hit out in Sweden. Rihanna and lady gaga are the HUGE superstar. Rihana is mega mega huge in Sweden, the only black person – apart from Tiger woods, that is famous in north Europe. TBH beyonce was more famous in the UK and and USA, more the Europe. RNB does not really work in Europe, they prefer pop dance music and Rih does that

      • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA) July 29, 2012

        but who cares about sweden, and no rihanna is not the head black chick in the game sorry babe ….Beyonce still holds her throne no shade….

        It must hurt that a West indian has blown an african american with a great voice out the water in her own country. Rihanna has now outsold beyonce.

        Kelly sorry babe but rihanna is only big in the U.K …we don’t mess with her in the states, hence the reason you people only talk about what she has done in the U.K. and if she has sold more than Beyonce its only in the U.K and thats it, BUT OVERALL BEYONCE STILL HAS SOLD MORE THAN RIHANNA IN ALL WITH ONLY 4ALBUMS…POPCORN MUSIC MAKERS IN GOING ON LP7

        IF FUNNY HOW YOU PEOPLE THINK RIHANNA IS DOING SOMETHING , WHEN HER FIRST 3 ALBUMS WERE FLOPS, DON’T ACT BRAND NEW CAUSE LOUD SOLD MEDIOCRE WHEN COMPARE TO THE REAL DIVAS, SUCH AS BEYONCE, BRIT, XTINA, GAGA ECT 6MILL IS LOW FOR SOMEONE WHO IS SUPPOSE TO BE THE HBIC.

        I will say 4 sales were Beyonce lowest to date, but still did well for an RnB album, If Beyonce jump on the bangwagon of pop corn , bubble gum music it would have sold more.
        but the shade is Riri can’t do and RnB album like bey and still sell 2.7 mm.(keep it real)

        stop the bs, I will say she is doing her thing but nothing special sub par, mediocre at best.

      • kelly July 29, 2012

        Richard,

        My mom is Swedish But I was born in America. I live in Cali and Americans do mess with Rih. She is the most famous black woman in the USA and she was aTRL darling back in the day. She has been linked to josh hartnett, shia lebouf – even her love life makes news. You must be joiking If Rihanna is not famous in the UK. Sweden is a market. Lady Gaga had her 1st number 1 in sweden. Rih has sol 80 mill and beyonce solo career has sold 75 mill – rih has outosld her. Rih is the black queen, Beyonce is old and fading out. GGGB was a huge hit and GLM and MOS went platinum.

        Rih is big all overthe world she is headlining a show in Japan and performing at the women world cup in Azerbaijan. Chris brown is even more famous in Europe BECAUSE HE DATED RIH, no one knew he was at first.

        If American do not mess rih, why has she been on teh cover of American elle 3 times, Rolling stone, American vogue, American cosmo, t*** vogue, t*** elle, American esquire sexiest woman alive……no bad for a woman who is not famous in America.

        How comes Us weekly and People go nuts when they think she is dating movie stars? If she was not famous why is her love life on the front cover of the white american magazines? You are so sad, trying to make Rih z list in America. You must be confusing Rih with Rita Ora.

      • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA) July 29, 2012

        Beyonce is old….lmao …If you think 30 is old I don’t know what to tell you…..I guess, and if Americans mess with her, why is it she hasn’t had a #1 album in America yet.

        I never said she wasn’t famous in America, just not as famous as you people want her to be.

        Lets keep it 100, Chris Brown made Rihanna famous, hence the reason she always bring him up in interviews.

        as I stated overall Beyonce has sold more Records (OVERALL)

    • Lax July 29, 2012

      @KELLY I love the way you kick ass
      and take Names…

  31. kelly July 29, 2012

    Sam,

    I have just checked the EUROPEAN TOP 40……BAD news for you! Rihanna is at number 14 she has been on the Euro charts for months. Rita ORA RIP does not exist on the Euro chart even though she has supported Coldplay on tour in Europe playing to humdreds of thousands of people all over europe; she even went back Germany and Switzerland, recently to push that dead horse and STILL CANNOT CRACK EUROPE. ONLY the uk were stupid to buy into this CRAP / clone.

    • kelly July 29, 2012

      On the subject on Rita Ora flopping in Europe, she performed on France most important music show and attended the cannes film festival and yet she is nothing i Europe. Rihanna OWNS EUROPE! Even if Rita Ora performed for Obama at the white house – she still will not ever make it. Some people on the UK sites have said she is a one hit wonder. I agree. RIP was mass hype, the rest of her washed rihanna album will gone with the wind and SONY ( it will not even be up to jay anymore ) will terminate her ass and send that fame hungry, mediawhore industry h** basic b**** basic on a one way ticket back to the uk.

      • Lax July 29, 2012

        @ Kelly you are going to make Sam get on those
        “Nervene’s”! to help her stay calm! Rihanna is going
        to come back and shes going to be GUNNING for
        everbody with a Mic in there hand.

  32. Ray July 29, 2012

    Another sour grape juice day. Can’t help but to bring up Rita in a rhianna posting. Damn this website really has it out for her. This website has nice things to say about everyone but her everyday. Jackasses

  33. RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA) July 29, 2012

    Kelly sorry babe but rihanna is only big in the U.K …we don’t mess with her in the states, hence the reason you people only talk about what she has done in the U.K. and if she has sold more than Beyonce its only in the U.K and thats it, BUT OVERALL BEYONCE STILL HAS SOLD MORE THAN RIHANNA IN ALL WITH ONLY 4ALBUMS…POPCORN MUSIC MAKERS IN GOING ON LP7

    IF FUNNY HOW YOU PEOPLE THINK RIHANNA IS DOING SOMETHING , WHEN HER FIRST 3 ALBUMS WERE FLOPS, DON’T ACT BRAND NEW CAUSE LOUD SOLD MEDIOCRE WHEN COMPARE TO THE REAL DIVAS, SUCH AS BEYONCE, BRIT, XTINA, GAGA ECT 6MILL IS LOW FOR SOMEONE WHO IS SUPPOSE TO BE THE HBIC.

    I will say 4 sales were Beyonce lowest to date, but still did well for an RnB album, If Beyonce jump on the bangwagon of pop corn , bubble gum music it would have sold more.
    but the shade is Riri can’t do and RnB album like bey and still sell 2.7 mm.(keep it real)

    stop the bs, I will say she is doing her thing but nothing special sub par, mediocre at best.

    • Gilberto July 29, 2012

      That’s so true. UK saves Rihanna’s album sales. Actually, her albums sell better there than in US. I know for sure that Beyoncé’s bigger than R****** in US, Japan and Brazil. Beyoncé’s IASF sold more than all R******’s albums in Brazil.
      Beyoncé’s 4 doesn’t have any commercial appeal at all and yet managed to be the biggest R&B album of 2011. Talk That Flop is full of dance songs and it failed. Ya know if Beyoncé released TTT, it would’ve smashed. On other hands, R****** wouldn’t be able to sell a copy of 4. That’s why R****** keeps jumping on the bandwagon.

      P.S. I disagree with you when it comes to Loud. It was successful.

      • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA, BUT RICH LIKE BEYONCE 300+MM) July 29, 2012

        It was successful , but compare to what the real divas did it was MEDIOCRE 6mm, hell Beyonce did that or not more with Bday

      • notreally July 29, 2012

        If Rihanna was to release a R&B album it will sell.and everybody would follow

    • WaitUrTurn88 July 29, 2012

      THANKS KELLY!!….U MADE RICH AND BLACK LOOKS STUPID, HE TALKING ABOUT RIRI IS NOT BIG IN USA LMAO…..I HEAR HER MUSIC ALL OVER THE RADIO, ALWAYS BE ON AMERICAN BLOGS…..SHE MADE TIME 100, A AMERICAN MAG!!…SHES THE ONLY BLK FEMALE STAR IN MUSIC I SEE ON E! AND ALL THOSE OTHER ENTERTAINMENT SHOWSS, TMZ ETC….RIRI IS HUGE IN AMERICA, EVEN OPRAH THE RICHEST BLACK LADY WANT A INTERVIEW WITH HER, E\SHE DONE ELLEN, THE VIEW, CHELSE LATELY ETC….RICH AND BLACK U R MORE LIKE DUMB AND BLACK AND R U EVEN FROM AMERICA

      • RICHANDBEAUTIFUL(JUST LIKE RIH)143 MILLION+++ July 29, 2012

        Lmao dumb and black (JUST LIKE BEY)!!

      • Gilberto July 29, 2012

        She’s everywhere. Okay, but why can’t she have a #1 album? They aren’t checking her albums. TTT isn’t even Platinum. LOL. Even 4, which you guys call flop, sold 1.3kk. LOL.

      • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA, BUT RICH LIKE BEYONCE 300+MM) July 29, 2012

        Rihanna still lags behind Beyoncé in terms of albums sales

        KELLY AIN’T MAKE S*** LOOK STUPID BUT HERSELF

      • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA, BUT RICH LIKE BEYONCE 300+MM) July 29, 2012

        YEA THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPEN THE NIGHT SHE GOT THAT ASS DRAGED, AND NOT ABOUT HER WORK.

        NEVER DUMB N BLACK.. YES I’M FROM AMERICAN I HAVE AN APT IN NYC AND A LOVELY HOME IN ATLANTA

      • Lax July 29, 2012

        This is about RIHANNA work Bytches…
        With such a welcoming reception from the public, naturally came a new high of recognition this year from nearly every prestigious outlet in the music industry. The year began with a Grammy win for the lead single off Loud, “Only Girl (In The World)”, in “Best Dance Recording”. Rihanna performed twice that night, her five-time Grammy nominated collaboration, “Love The Way You Lie”, and her upcoming 2012 nomination, “What’s My Name”. The performances were met with rave reviews including Time Magazine calling for the “2011 Grammys be renamed: The Rihanna Show”. (The Grammy committee clearly took notice for the upcoming 2012 ceremony, as the recently revealed nominations include a nod in the highly coveted “Album of The Year” category for Loud.) Following the Grammys, she jetted across the Atlantic to attend the Brit Awards the following day, in which she won “International Female Artist of The Year”. Rihanna took to twitter to express her excitement to her fans: “Came with a Grammy, left with a Brit!!!” In May, we saw Rihanna kicking off the return of the Billboard Music Awards with a performance of her #1 single, “S&M”, with fellow pop star Britney Spears. She was awarded that night with “Female Artist of The Year”, based on statical success on their charts. She followed out the year with a series of wins including People’s Choice (Pop Artist, Song, & Music Video), American Music Awards (R&B Album), BET Awards (Female R&B Artist), and a Soul Train Award.

    • LTM July 29, 2012

      We don’t mess with Rihanna in the states yet We Found Love is currently the longest reigning #1 of the decade sofar, breaking out Ke$ha’s monster hit Tik Tok. Did you forget the 3 months that it was number one our about RiRi’s other 10 #1s?

  34. IHADAREALPREGANCY(UNLIKE BEY) July 29, 2012

    KING RIH IS SELLING MORE RECORDS THAN BEYFAKE KELLY OR MICHELLE EVER DJD TOGETHER!! I LOVE THAT RIHANNA IS ON HER HOLIDAY AND STILL OUTSELLING YOUR FAVES WORLDWIDE!!

    • Gilberto July 29, 2012

      Really? Maybe she’s selling these records you speak of on other planets like Saturn, Jupiter, etc. Because, as far as I know, she isn’t selling anything on Earth. Her album is on the bottom of charts and it’s available for $3, her singles are available for a few cents and WHYB is out of the top 10 of iTunes. And Battleshit’s tickets… well, she didn’t sell them for sure. DEAD.
      Maybe she should call NASA and ask them for a ride for another galaxy since she is doing better overthere than here.

      • RICHANDBEAUTIFUL(JUST LIKE RIH)143 MILLION+++ July 29, 2012

        FLOP HIVE MEMBERS STEADY REACHING FOR JESUS!!

    • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA, BUT RICH LIKE BEYONCE 300+MM) July 29, 2012

      I see you have no IDENTITY like your fave.

      Find yourself and get you own Identity.

  35. Gilberto July 29, 2012

    Where are the rihtards? I know for sure that they’re watching Battleshit and buying her album. LOL. Where are you guys? Are you tired of being dragged and slayed today? LOL. Sorry! I didn’t want to, but you know the feeling of staning for a successful, and talented singer. Oh, I forgot! I’m speaking of Rihanna, she isn’t none of these (unless if you count that she’s huge… on Twitter). Are you crying for staning for a such basic b****? Unfortunately, you can’t even watch her live performances, they won’t cheer you up because they suck so much that they’d make you guys feel even worse. :/
    Don’t worry, rihtards. Def Jam hired the hottest producers and songwriters. They’re locked on a studio making Rihanna’s next hits. It is going to be full of generic tracks, bubble pop songs and they’re going to change her haircut AGAIN to make sure that her personality is different from the Talk That Flop era. She’s going to follow the trend and jump on the bandwagon. I heard that Def Jam is making her eat more so she can jump on the Adele’s trend. LOL.

    • Lax July 29, 2012

      Rihanna’s presence grow in quantum leaps outside the charts. Being cited by Anna Wintour, herself, as being one of the leading artists in fashion today, Rihanna made her long anticipated debut on the covers of both American and British Vogue. Italia Vogue named her Woman of The Year. Rolling Stone and Esquire Magazine both published their first cover featuring Rihanna and the later elected her “Sexiest Woman of the Year”. Rihanna also made returned visits to the covers of Cosmopolitan and Glamour Magazine.

      Further signifying the power of her brand, she was chosen to be the face of multi-million dollar campaigns for giants including Armani, Nivea and Vita Coco. The Barbados Tourism Authority also signed Rihanna to a multi-year contract to exclusively promote her hometown island giving her the title of Tourism Ambassador. Her signature perform was launched earlier in the year to such success, that she already has a sequel scheduled for release in 2012. Rihanna also was cast in a role in Peter Berg’s Battleship, of which she has been featured extensively in promotions for the film releasing in summer 2012.

      Last Girl On Earth Tour was still finishing up earlier this year, but that didn’t stop Rihanna from announcing her biggest and most successful tour yet, Loud Tour. The tours consisted of over a hundred arena dates this year, including a record-breaking 10 sold-out London O2 dates due to demand, Rock In Rio headliner, and her first stadium concert in Barbados. The tour, featuring over two dozen of her biggest hits, was acclaimed by critics and applauded by fans. Being a globe-trotting superstar hasn’t side-tracked Rihanna from continuing her efforts in Philanthropy however. In fact, she was honored at DKMS 5th Annual Gala for her tireless work in the fight against Leukemia.

  36. Realdude July 29, 2012

    was I naive enough to believe i wouldn’t see shade. Then i remembered im came to that grape juice.net

  37. RICHANDBEAUTIFUL(JUST LIKE RIH)143 MILLION+++ July 29, 2012

    I LOVE HOW YOU FLOP MEMBERS HATE ON RIHANNA BUT YOU CANT STOP HER SHINE EVEN IN THE SHADE!! NOW GO AND BUY RIHANNAS ALBUMS LIKE OVER 100 MILLION PEOPLE DID ALREADY IN THE WORLD!! I HOPE BEYFAKE WINS THAT 100 MILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT!! THAT RIHANNA REGIN AINT GONNA LET UP!! THE US AND UK AND AND WORLDWIDE LOVES KING RIH!!

  38. RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA, BUT RICH LIKE BEYONCE 300+MM) July 29, 2012

    That said, Rihanna still lags behind Beyoncé in terms of albums sales. 4 sold 310,000 copies in its opening week and debuted at Number One on Billboard’s album chart, while Rihanna’s latest, Talk That Talk, opened at Number Three on the chart in November with 197,000 units sold. This gulf is even more pronounced when comparing their previous albums – Beyoncé’s Sasha Fierce has sold nearly twice as many copies as Rihanna’s Loud. (In fairness, Beyoncé’s album has been out for longer, but both records have yielded a number of smash hit songs.)

    This difference in purchasing patterns may speak to a generational divide not just between the two singers, but between their fan bases: Rihanna’s younger-skewing audience are accustomed to focusing on individual tracks having grown up on iTunes and file-sharing, while Beyoncé’s older fans are more conditioned to buy full albums. Beyoncé certainly encourages a more album-centric view of her work – all of her solo records have been organized around clearly-defined thematic conceits, and she went out of her way to present 4 as the product of a “year-long personal and artistic journey” in Year of 4, her documentary about the making of the album.

    Beyoncé certainly isn’t alone in making old school pop records – Lady Gaga and Adele have both racked up blockbuster sales with their most recent albums, though both singers did so on the strength of radio hits such as “The Edge of Glory” and “Rolling in the Deep.” To her credit, Rihanna has been producing thematically unified albums in her own right – Talk That Talk is a tightly sequenced 37-minute set with an emphasis on racy lyrics, and Loud has been nominated for Album of the Year at the 54th Grammy Awards. This sort of validation may push the singer in the same direction Beyoncé has been headed – having proven herself as a major star, Rihanna may eventually choose to pursue a creative direction that isn’t in line with prevailing radio trends. As much as Rihanna’s success can be read as a shift in the marketplace, it could just be that she just hasn’t opted to use her leverage as a bona fide superstar to take the sort of risks Beyoncé has made in 2011

    this is what rolling stone say:

    READ IT AND UNDERSTAND IT.

    • Lax July 29, 2012

      Social Media is another one of Rihanna’s fortes now. She has 47 million fans on the most popular social network, Facebook, becoming the leader of any artist. She has approximately 11 million twitter followers and interacts with them daily on a personal level unmatched by an celebrity of her stature. Rihanna is the most subscribed artist on Youtube with a total of 1.9 billion music video views on her channel (an additional 620 million if you include her official featured videos). On the popular music play-count service Last.Fm, she has the most unique listeners of any female solo artist, with over 3 million. According to Fame Count, she is the fastest growing artist on the web at the moment.

      It is through this mountain of success, acclaim, and support that it has become impossible for even Rihanna’s most belligerent of detractors, to ignore that Rihanna, at the age of only 23, has permanently ingrained herself a place in pop culture history. How does Rihanna go about dealing with this level of fame and increasingly high-level of expectation? She was quoted in Vogue, “When something feels real, you don’t have to make any apologies for it. When it feels good to you nothing else matters. Everything else is just noise.”

  39. RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA, BUT RICH LIKE BEYONCE 300+MM) July 29, 2012

    Rihanna still lags behind Beyoncé in terms of albums sales:

    That line right their says it all.

    case closed FLATLINE C****

  40. quetta July 29, 2012

    Wow, this is a rihanna post but where is the slaying? The only person slaying is Slayonce, smh..we need new slayers, haha #NOT

    • RICHANDBLACK11(UNLIKE RIHANNA, BUT RICH LIKE BEYONCE 300+MM) July 29, 2012

      THEY TRYING TO ACT LIKE THEY DON’T KNOW WHO RUN THE WORLD(ALTHOUGH I HATE THE SONG)

      • RICHANDBEAUTIFUL(JUST LIKE RIH)143 MILLION+++ July 29, 2012

        SPEAKING OF RUN THE WORLD…THAT SINGLE FLOPPED!! RIHANNA RUNS THE WORLD!! LOOK AT HER ALBUM SELLS AND HER NAVY!!

      • Quetta July 30, 2012

        Haha, I’m not acting. What’s the point in “Acting”? what am I acting exactly? Don’t get “acting” and “knowing” confused. And rihanna rus the UK.. 🙂

      • Quetta July 30, 2012

        Sorry, rich..both of your names are so smililar 🙁 I sowwie. And I run the world had to grow on me..still don’t really like it tho.

  41. omg July 29, 2012

    Where is BENWroNg.. They (Beyonce’s Slayers) are slaying rhihahaha… He/She/It is soo quick to save this chick… Where are U??? Hello??? Help Save Rihahaha (lol) 🙂

  42. Lax July 29, 2012

    Record of Fastest Solo Artist To 20 (and later, 21) Top 10′s on Billboard’s Hot 100
    Seventh artist in the Hot 100′s 53-year history to tally at least 11 leaders (4th Female)
    “We Found Love” is the 1st song, by any artist, to top the UK & US charts for six weeks since “Umbrella”
    Leads the United World Chart Singles Chart Total with 22 Million Points This Year
    Became Youngest Solo Artist To Achieve 10 (or 11) #1′s On The Hot 100
    Became Fastest Solo Artist To Achieve 10 (Or 11) #1′s On The The Hot 100
    Nominated for ‘Female Artist Of The Year’ & ‘International Song Of The Year’ at upcoming NRJ awards
    Adding To Total of 76 Weeks In The Hot 100 Top 10 Since 2010; 20 Weeks at #1
    “We Found Love” 1 For 8 Seven Weeks on Hot 100, becoming Rihanna’s biggest hit in the United States
    Best Selling Artist of Singles in the UK of the Year; 2nd Best Selling Artist of Albums
    “Talk That Talk” Personal Fastest Selling Album To 1,000,000 Worldwide
    One of only four other artists in Hot 100 history to have had three or more songs remain at #1 for at least seven weeks.
    First Female Artist To Cross 3 Million Listeners On Popular Last.fm Service
    “We Found Love” 10 Weeks At #1 on Europe Chart
    “We Found Love” hit #1 in 15 countries with an averaged 5 Week stay
    First female to cross the 3 million listeners mark on Last.fm
    Became the UK’s biggest selling singles artist
    Fastest growing fan page on Facebook
    “We Found Love” most listened song on Facebook

  43. LTM July 29, 2012

    “Rihanna is not a local b****” should be my motto. So because the US has the biggest music market it’s the only one that matters? Girl bye. I couldn’t care less about local country sales, especially when it comes to Internationalhanna. TTT has sold 2.8million copies world wide with only one major world wide hit (Where Have You Been was not as big as WFL and not big enough to sell the album). No hate, no shade, but Talk That Talk has outperformed 4 world wide commercially. So the Hive needs to have a seat with their hate. TTT didn’t slay ebut based off the numbers it slayed 4. Beyonce and Rihanna have nothing in common except they both personally know Jay Z. Stop comparing them

    • RICHANDBEAUTIFUL(JUST LIKE RIH)143 MILLION+++ July 29, 2012

      Your RIGHT RIH IS WAY BETTER THAN BEY ( I HAD A FAKE PREGANCY TO TRY TO SELL MORE RECORDS)ONCE!!

    • Virtuoso Intellect July 30, 2012

      With a hit like WFL for a 1st single, it shouldnt have taken 9 months for TTT to outsell 4. You should be ashamed to compare a pregnant woman’s era with one that is hale, hearty & touring the world constantly ….. Even when she’s not actuallly on tour.

  44. BitchICan’tEvenSpellWelfare July 29, 2012

    Rihanna did that!

    I like “Talk That Talk” better than “Loud” actually.

  45. Saetana July 30, 2012

    Umm, Hot Right Now is actually DJ Fresh’s song, not Rita Ora’s – she was only doing a feature so I personally don’t count it as HER hit. Can you please try to post about Rihanna without mentioning Rita f****** Ora for once, its getting really f****** boring now ;o)

  46. James July 30, 2012

    Samantha, can you please……………STOP MENTIONING that ugly old b**** RITA ORAL ….. OR RITA OREO… OR WHATEVER THE F*** HER DAMN NAME IS!!!!!!!

  47. truth tea July 30, 2012

    well done to rihanna(‘s songwriters, producers and vocal software)
    but it was discounted to £3 on itunes.
    oh well i still give credit to where its due this is very good even though i dont like the album.

  48. morena July 30, 2012

    DO YOU HAVE TO PHUCKING MENTION RITA MUTHAPHUCKING ORA!!! Go S#*t YOURSELVES!

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