Madonna is not a songwriter, choreographer, or musician. She, just like any other super successful artist, needed a strong team of marketing people, songwriters, and producers to get her career off the ground. She is a decent dancer whose PEROSNALITY and controversial behavior brought her attention and her collaboration with strong song writers/producers helped her garner several hits. She is smart enough to know her strengths and seek out those to help her with her weaknesses as well as team up with the latest new artist to push her material out. That ambition and aggressiveness has allowed Madonna to endure longer in the industry than artists far more talented than her and that same ambition and cunningness will help Rihanna in her career over the years.

Beyoncé is super successful and a stronger live performer than Rihanna, but her discography is weaker in terms of pop success. With the exception of her albums with DC, Dangerously in Love (her highest selling solo album), and a handful of #1 Hot 100 singles, her music catalogue will pale in influence to Rihanna's more diverse and extensive collection of hits and it already shows. For Beyoncé or the Bey Hive to consider her the Queen, she sure is not the top album seller or hit maker in her generation.