In reply to KING RIH COME GET YOUR DIAMOND CROWN HBIC!!!!!.

You're such a buffoon.

RIhanna broke MJB's record because -- and only because -- Billboard foolishly changed their rules to allow other things (like streaming and a greater emphasis on digital sales) to influence its R&B chart. Under the previous system, Rihanna's song wouldn't have even cracked the R&B Top 40. "Diamonds" airplay on urban radio was virtually non-existent. It took an urban remix to get the paltry airplay there that it did. That big foreheaded tramp benefited from a very conveniently timed technicality.

And stop with the "R&B fans don't buy albums" crap. Hit albums don't sell without millions spent on promotion and a bevy of support from the label. R&B acts like Keyshia don't get that kind of budget and support, therefore their albums don't sell like they should. You brought up MJB, in her 20 year career and millions upon millions of albums sold, WHO do you think were the vast majority of people who bought them? Pop fans? I don't think so. It was R&B fans, because at the time Mary was coming up, she and other artists like her were getting better supported by their labels and radio. People were exposed to her shit on a bigger scale, and therefore it sold. Now, not so much. Who the hell knows Keyshia Cole even has an album beyond the people who follow her like that? The industry is in a state of chaos because you clowns would rather cherry pick songs at iTunes for your iPods and iPhones instead of buying whole CDs like real music fans are supposed to. With albums not selling what they used to, the industry is nervously clinging for dear life to what they think is the only way that they'll make money: churning out generic dance and pop music by vapid no talents like Rihanna who they can pay with peanuts. And you dumb ass 90's babies eat it up because it's the music that was out when you were in grades 8 through 12, and don't know any better.

Do you get it now? It is starting to sink in? Seriously, hush. Oh, and kill the caps. Making it bigger won't make it make more sense.