In reply to Matthew Charlery-Smith.

I agree with some of what you said but Nicki can barely get a platinum. She was better off feeding and improvising her last sound which sold ok these days for a female rappers debut instead of going s far left. She compromised what was working.

Rihanna is barely scraping plat either. I mean she has been out a long time nad works her butt off. I think her team spends good on giving her good writers and stuff but her bulk is overseas and the US is the big market here.
Frank Ocean should be selling better based on his skill level.

Truthfully, Adele is proving that albums can sale. She's the only one doing the numbers that record labels used to see a while back.

Lil wayne and drake dont do bad for rappers. Nicki couldve even been up there herself if she worked her popularity better and didnt compromise so much.