Clearly, the producers of the 2013 American Music Awards have quite the funny-bone.
For, despite being tasked with celebrating musical talent, they’ve tapped an Instagram model as the first-ever recipient of their ICON Award. They’ve tapped Rihanna.
Full story after the jump…
The shock announcement was made today via the LA Times, who quote the show’s producer Larry Klein as saying:
“The first-ever Icon Award was created to honor an artist whose body of work has made a profound influence over pop music on a global level. Rihanna’s iconic and innovative sound has enabled her to become one of the most influential and bestselling artists of all time.”
It was also confirmed that the 25-year-old will be taking to the stage to perform at the show, which airs live from LA’s Nokia Theater on November 24th.
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Perhaps Beyonce is washing her hair that night? Because, we cannot drum up any plausible reason why an act of Rihanna’s lowly caliber is being credited in such a manner.
Indeed, with vocals as smooth as sandpaper and performances as stiff as Pinocchio, there’s nothing of iconic value to be found in Ms. Fenty’s career. At least at this point.
When will folk stop equating chart success (much of which is orchestrated politically) with legendary or iconic status? It’s a literal and loud LOL.
After all, for all their musical accolades, true icons such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Whitney Houston, achieved such status by contributing to Pop culture more broadly. Indeed, their output consists of more than fast-food hits that enjoy a six-week life-span.
The catalogues of true icons, their hits and misses, are the soundtrack to lives. How many of Rihanna’s much-touted #1’s are recall-able off-head? Waiting.
For us, Rih’s career has been an eight-year-long episode of Punk’d. Still, we want to hear from you…
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That is pretty Redic.. She is no Icon.
Stay mad!!!
IF she is no icon, why is she getting awarded????
the stans are mad
Because she sucked someones d*** to get that award!!!!
STAYYYYY MAAAWD! SHE is ALREADY AN ICON NOW WE HAVE AN AWARD TO PROVE IT!
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If being an icon is stealing ideas from other icons, then Beyonce deserves the award and not Rihanna. Since Rihanna is an original and a major trend setter of today’s generation like Madonna, Michael and Mary J. Blige were, then her ICON award is WELL deserved.
Deal!
BYE
DID THEY LIE? HER MUSIC AND IMAGES ARE ICONIC GLOBALLY. DEAL
Dat name!!!!!!!!
I should read you on the Mariah shade in your title, but I co-sign your comment.
I agree her music and images are global, but that doesn’t mean she is an Icon contributing to a cultural movement, which is what I thought an Icon was. She aint’ doing anything new or innovative or fascinating. Perhaps what she has done right was not pigeon hold herself to just singing R’N’B as a black artist, which has generated her the global success she has and her images as an artist are on point. If that makes her an Icon then, I guess !
YAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSS SEETHE SEETHE
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madT? Are you ANGRY?
She is the KWEEN OF POP
DEAL WITH IT
stats dont lie
Biggest selling digital artist of all time
BOOM
It’s not even a decade
But the b****** are bowin’ down
Cuz they want it in the worst way
but the AMA’s called me their ICON
I got that CAKE. CAKE. CAKE. CAKE. CAKE. CAKE. CAKE. CAKE. CAKE. CAKE. CAKE. CAKE. CAKE. CAKE. CAKE.
Why it ridiculous because its Rihanna? It wasn’t ridiculous when billboard honored Beyonce.
The stupidity though.
Beyonce actually is AN icon. Stay off that crack boo boo.
Rihanna is Iconic in her own right. Stop acting Beyonce is the only person who can ever be honored anything. I’m sure she already has this award. WHO ELSE SHOULD GET THIS AWARD IF NOT RIHANNA? Who has sold more records than her? Who had more singles chart higher than her? And who album is currently platinum?? Come on man….get off that hate!
POOR Dat. Bet life hands U lemons Samantha
Damn, Sam you mad huh?
Refuse to fall for the tricks of the obvious troll sam in a bid to get a stan war going. Congrats, rihanna!
Tgj yall are really in your feelings
B**** F*** THIS PAYOLA D*** SUCKING QUEEN. KIM HAS 8 GRAMMY’S & NICKI COPIED HER STYLE. GIVE THIS AWARD TO KIMMY F*** RIHANNA SHE CANT SING AS KIM CAN RAP. F*** A R****!
Kim has 8 Grammys? Lmao. Where?
8 RAP GRAMMY’S
4 BEST RAP SONG GRAMMIES.
4 BEST RAP PERFORMANCE GRAMMIES.
KIM HAS TALENT R**** IS S***!
Lies she only has one for Lady Marmalade
payolla????????????? Rih dont buy awards, Beyonce does. well matthew knowles use to and without her, she aint winning too much of s***.
lil kim? BYE
evidencfe? In which case we can say Rihanna uses payola.
Hello, and for the person asking for evidence, here it is, Sales prior to Matthew, Sales After Matthew? Now what?
Now what? I asked for evidence of her buying awards? Not her sales. BYE!
Kim Ching long is a 40 year old Chinese man who’s had way too much surgery and bleaching creams.
The shade that’s about to be thrown lol.
Sam you sound bitter as PHUCK! I see that there are other contenders worthy of this award but it is what it is. Anyway cngrats Rihanna on the award.
Yessssss Congrats rih rih.:)
#1 hits
SOS
UMBRELLA
TAKE A BOW
RUDE BOY
WHATS MY NAME
DISTURBIA
LIVE YOUR LIFE
RUN THIS TOWN
ONLY GIRL
WE FOUND LOVE
DIAMONDS
LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE
Off the top of my head 🙂
literally dying of laughter that her fans consider her features her #1 songs.. THOSE ARENT HER SONGS! plus did she even write any of those? didnt think so, i dont think she even wrote the hook in her features. and if that is off the top of ur head then u must be a die hard, i like all pop music and i can only think of umbrella, off the top of my head 🙂
She X icon &&& you will deal
Ok sam calm down you just seem super pressed i don’t care for Rihanna but shes obviously made an impact this s*** was gonna happen sooner or later.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOL U MAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HONOR THIS B**** WITH A D***. LIL KIM DESERVES THIS AWARD MORE THEN R****. KIM LOOKS BETTER & HAS A LONGER CAREER MORE SALES ’S. KIM REALLY DESERVES THIS, SHE’S THE REAL ICON. R**** IS A S***.
Lies Lies Lies!
Hell freaking yes she’s an Icon and only idiots would dare not believe her influence on pop culture.Such silly articles like this one only further perpetrate the discrediting of this alleged music blog.
You seem very mad.
“The first-ever Icon Award was created to honor an artist whose body of work has made a profound influence over pop music on a global level,” show producer Larry Klein said. “Rihanna’s iconic and innovative sound has enabled her to become one of the most influential and bestselling artists of all time.”
Has she not made a profound influence over pop music on a global level?
these award shows are just jokes now…jennifer hudson has a star in hollywood before brandy…lmao the #buffoonery
LMAO! YAAAS BRANDY DESERVES SOOO MUCH YET THEY GIVE THE RECOGNITION TO THESE MICROWAVE ARTIST
It just strikes me as pure ignorance when these award shows and ceremonies honor the artist who makes for good show in 5 years, but seem to forget the ones who busted their ass off for 20! ugh!
I like Brandy sis but don’t blame rihanna for Brandy being a forgotten t*** sensation. She f***** her career up by lying. Her fault not Rih’s! Btw Rih is a Brandy stan and Brandy adores her
Brandy fvck her career up trying to live up to that role model shyt got knocked up and lie about been married
So its a joke because rihanna getting it f*** beyonce why do u haters think she should get all the award beyonce has made no impact like rihanna trust and believe that ri is a icon
They are all icons for their own reasons, not LEGENDS yet. But icons yes. Beyoncé has her awards of the same calibre as well Sam.
And Im a Beyoncé fan.
Thank you. I’m navy and I will say Beyonce works her ass off and deserved every accolade. Rih may not be everyone’s cup of tea but she has been working hard and cranking out hits for 8 years. Take it up with the AMAs if ya mad b******!!
I can see the smoke fuming out of sams ears Lmao. Grow up sam its not that deep.
STFU KIM IS BETTER THAN NICKI & RIHANNA U MAD H**?
B**** kill yourself
Grown a** man acting like a little punk talking sh*t about a 25 year old that can run circles around him. WTF is your accomplishment SAM, a tabloid blog where you spew hatred daily?
Chile, who is this fool talking bout Lil Kim should be honored?! Hahahahahaha Now this Rihanna mess., lawd.., I am so over music right now, it is just sad!!!!!
LIL KIM IS BETTER THAN NICKI & RIHANNA U MAD H**?
Lil Kim need to stop borrowing faces off of instagram.
Lil kim should be burned at on at the steak for looking like a got damn witch…
so its sad because there honoring you supposed fav? girl you aint no navy i clocked that in the Ciara post today when you said Rihanna is a crackhead.
Go Rih! Sounds like somebody mad…….wait didn’t Ciara say she wanted to be an icon?…….NOPE Now get mad. lmao Tell um why u mad!!!!
Gurl bye. Nothing about Rihanna or her music is iconic. Yes, she has hits for days and has broken a few records, but nothing she has done had dramatically impacted Pop culture or the music industry in such a substantial way that she should be called iconic, it’s actually quite disrespectful to give this award to Rihanna when true artists and performers who’ve truly impacted Pop culture, music and society as a whole like Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, P!nk, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson and Celine Dion. These women have donated millions to charity, have classic albums, iconic videos and great voices and great stage presence. Songs in A Minor, Stripped, Mizzundastood, Like a Prayer, Daydream, Rhythm Nation, Falling For You all changed Pop culture. Name one Rihanna album, song, video or performance that’s really iconic?!?!
So these h*** didnt start copying her style????? Remember when Whats My Name came out everyone and there mama copied the sound (Ciara, Keri Hilson)???? Remember when We found Love blew the f*** up and again h*** started copying (Omarion etc etc)
Now all of a sudden we have BaddieBey..
H*** COPY RIHANNA
I dont know why you got 4 thumbs down. But I forgot. This is RihannaNavy.com. This site is full of titanic members.
Take your angry ass to Ciaraworld
Beyoncé has awards of this same calibre so I don’t know why sam mad. Bey and Rih>>>> ALLL YOUR FAVS
Congrats to RIH!
I’m with you on this one Sam, as much as I loveRihanna why the hell would she receive this before MJ or Madonna. This is how they ruined Beyonce’s career showering her with titles and accolades prematurely and look where she is at. Still trying to find a single that will live up to the hype. Congrats to her but I hope this does not mean she will be dealt with the same fate as Beyonce.
MJ and Madonna have enough of these f****** awards. Get over it!
CORRECTION HONEY SHE WAS NEVER TRYING TO FIND A SINGLE…SHE WAS JUST PUTTING OUT RECORDS TO PROMOTE ADS… STOP ASSUMING
Whats Beyoncé fate? Being on a record breaking Tour about to gross 200 mill with the some of the best acclaim of the generation. Beyoncé can officially sell off her name as this Tour proves. That’s impact.
HOWEVER Britney Spears and many others should be getting this award BEFORE Rihanna especially for AMAs when she cant even sell over 10 mill in the US. Its just about popularity at the moment now.
I have to agree with you on this that it’s just about popularity now, and it’s a damn shame too.
lmfaooooooooo Pressed isn’t even an adequate word for this site, but continue seething as Rihanna walks up on stage to receive her award.
Honestly dont see the problem with this. Whats funny is yall wouldn’t be this mad if it was Katy, Gaga or Nicki who received this Rihanna been going strong for 8 years now she has set trends and is an icon only a delusional bitter hater would deny her success and impact.
For once I’m gonna have to agree with Sam on this one. I can’t deny that Rihanna has proven a lot of people wrong by staying relevant a lot than we all expected her too. I mean, she’s sold millions of albums, has 12 No. 1, broke records that were set by legends, sold out arenas all over the world and even has more Grammy’s than Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston (SMH). But to give an ‘Icon’ award to an artist that hasn’t even been in the industry 10 years yet just seems a bit absurd. Especially considering the fact her main factor in success is her looks, s** appeal and powerful team behind her rather than actual talent. It’s totally ridiculous. But when you look at what this industry has turned into nothing really surprises me anymore.
This is gonna blow her already swollen head up. SMH.
LIL KIM WILL BE IN HER 20 STORY MANSION LAUGHING AT THIS RIHANNA B**** WIN THIS AWARD! HA TOO BAD THE GRAMMY’S WON’T GIVE THIS OR ANY AWARD AT THAT. *LISTENS TO DEAD GYAL WALKING.
RIHANNA HAS 0 GRAMMY’S HAHAHAHA!
Talk that Talk~ Rihanna
No basic notches
IT’S LONG BUT GREAT READ: CONGRATS RIRI
Stans are now an integral part of the pop music landscape. These devoted disciples tirelessly promote their idols online and keep the ever-present haters in check. Where would Justin be without his Beliebers? What would Mariah do without her loyal Lambs? While most fan armies have been mobilized by record labels to start trending topics and coordinate radio requests, one group roams the wild plains of Twitter, snatching wigs and dragging b****** at will. Welcome to the BeyHive.
Beyonce rules the most notorious and, as I’ve come to learn, misunderstood fiefdom on the net. Not only do the Beys have their own unique lexicon (more about that later), their sting is legendary. A run in with the BeyHive reportedly made one Little Monster delete his Twitter and beg Lady Gaga for a ride in the Born Brave Bus to recover. But there’s more to this fascinating bunch than strange nicknames and crushing insults.
Beyonce and Jay-Z look chic at obama’s inauguration 10 Photos »To get a better understanding of these feared online predators, I put my years of Beyonce fandom to good use and entered the Hive (i.e. logged into Twitter) with an open mind and respectful attitude. What I discovered is a community of hilarious and highly creative fans who love their idol and will do anything to defend her honor — including dragging you to the brink of insanity to prove a point.
Now it’s time for a quick vocab lesson. If you’re going to understand the inner-workings of this peculiar species, you’ll need to wrap your head around the following terms:
1. To Shade. When someone insults you, they throw shade. For example:
“The shade is thick.” = “There are quite a few uncouth people on my timeline right now.”
“I just got shaded by a Barb!” = “I was just rudely insulted by a Nicki Minaj fan!”
2. Wigs. These are incredibly important to the Hive — both literally and figuratively. A wig refers to someone’s reputation and credibility. So “snatching a wig” is the same is robbing someone of all self respect. This is a very popular hobby in the Hive.
3. Stans. This refers to enthusiastic fans. You can use the word as a noun or a verb. For example:
“I’m a Bey stan.” = “I’m a devoted Beyonce fan.”
“I stan hard for IASF.” = “I enjoy I Am… Sasha Fierce very much.”
4. To Read. If someone corrects you or counters a claim you made with indisputable facts, you just got read. This is considered to be a massive loss of face.
5. To Drag. Dragging haters (known as “wasps”) and other artists (often referred to as “lessors”) is the BeyHive’s favorite pastime. The meaning is similar to “shade” but worse. There’s an element of wit to the former, while the latter is an all-out attack.
6. Receipts. These are stats confirming Beyonce’s superiority. For example, the Hive never grows tired of mentioning the diva’s 16 Grammys.
7. Tea. This refers to gossip.
Bey’s super bowl halftime rehearsal 9 Photos »What really sets the BeyHive apart from other fan armies is the unprecedented level of commitment and the elaborate structure. “The Digger Beys are excellent at delivering receipts,” explains Keyshia (@KilliousBey) on Twitter) 20, from South Florida. “The Bumble Beys know all the tea, and my favorite, the Killer Beys, defend the Queen’s name and honor.”
Miami’s Jabari (@Beyonce_Miami), 20, adds, “Beyonce approved these names for us and other stans just don’t have that” — referring to the terminology GQ’s Sexiest Woman Of The Century outlined on her website.
It might sound like a cult — a dysfunctional family is perhaps be a better description — but it doesn’t take long to get your head around the lingo, and there is an explanation for the Hive’s fanaticism. Unlike other superstars, the Super Bowl performer only recently embraced social media. While other fan armies were somewhat contained by their faves, the Hive was basically a lawless entity until a year ago. With their Queen not willing to address criticism, the Beys stepped in and did it for her.
“No other stanbase drags as ruthlessly and as mercilessly as the BeyHive,” confirms Madison (@KingBeyonceStan), 21, from New York. “When defending Beyonce, I have fact and common sense on my side. I’m not wishing death on the person I’m arguing with.”
Matthew (@BeyoncesHubby), 20, from Fort Washington, New York, takes a slightly different approach: “When extremely irritating people come for Beyonce, I politely ask them to kill themselves. I cross the line on a regular basis and sometimes I do regret it, It’s easy to do from behind a computer screen.”
Keyshia is less apologetic. “I will drag my mom for Beyonce,” she admits.
This fierce sense of responsibility and loyalty makes the proud keepers of King B’s good name a formidable enemy. Not only are they incredibly adept and creative at putting haters in check, they never forget and are incredibly suspicious of anyone judged to be eyeing Bey’s urban-pop crown. This puts Rihanna and her Navy at the top of the Hive’s hitlist.
“Rihanna is enemy number one because people have the audacity to compare the industry’s biggest gimmick to Beyonce,” says a furious Olivia (@NaughtyBey_), 20, from Houston.
But the list doesn’t end there. The Hive has running feuds with most R&B divas, their fans and many commentators and media personalities.
“When Wendy Williams’ oak-tree-lookin’ ass said Beyonce was illiterate, I dragged her until the bark fell off,” brags Jabari. “The worst stans are the ones whose fave has become irrelevant due to the slayage of Queen Bey. That includes Ciara, Ashanti, Amerie and Keri Hilson.”
Keri Hilson dragged by a Bey stan via a YouTube video
Matthew’s list is also long: “When it comes to delusion, the Rihanna Navy take the cake. The most psychotic fans are the Beliebers, and the Barbs are ratchet as hell!”
While the Killer Beys make the loudest hum, many members of the Hive take a softer approach. “There is no worse fanbase in my opinion. There is always going to be a troll in every fanbase making others look bad,” explains Nathalia (@VoiceTooSmooth), 19, from New York. “As long as you respect my fave, I’ll respect yours. It’s that simple.”
Terriya (@ThugLifeTerri), 16, from Birmingham, Alabama takes a similar approach: “I make friends with other stans. I support their artists and they support mine.”
With all the feuds and fighting, you could be mistaken for thinking the Hive is buzzing with social outcasts on Twitter. Not so. The Beys can count on two groups of supporters. “Our only allies are Mariah Carey’s Lambs and the Little Monsters,” Jabari admits. But even that alliance isn’t set in stone.
“The Monsters are our only true ally. Hopefully that bond doesn’t break due to some messy h** in either stanbase trolling for a retweet,” muses Matthew.
Apart from their willingness to enter into battle at the drop of a hat, the Hive has another unusal quirk. They have a rather unusual fetish for wigs. They will snatch yours faster than a bald drag queen if you cross them or, heaven forbid, place your fingers on Bey’s pristine hairpiece.
beyonce handmade fan art on etsy 10 Photos »“Wigs are like thrones, or legacies placed upon one’s head, and you have to defend it with all of your talent or someone could come along and snatch it off your head — chemo style,” philosophizes Keyshia.
“Bey’s wig was personally laid on her scalp by Jesus himself. It’s unsnatchable,” declares Destiny (@SIMPLYDESTINY), 19 from New York. Olivia agrees and adds, “Zeus couldn’t snatch Bey’s wig if he tried. She’s past that point. She collects skulls.”
The importance of a good lacefront is also literal. “Wigs are just as important as music,” explains Matthew. “For most female artists, they define an era. I can go back and look at a pic of Bey in platinum blonde and curly hair and know that it was taken during the 4 era.”
In fact, if you think protecting the “Single Ladies” singer’s glorious wig sounds like a full-time job, you’d be right. Destiny views stanning as a calling rather than a choice. “I never stop. It’s a 24/7 thing for me,” she notes. “If someone says something bad about Bey, I’m always ready to sting.” A pause. She then adds ominously, “I don’t play that.”
Olivia agrees: “I stan for Mother in my sleep. I have a life outside of Bey, but my stanning never stops.”
These relentless worker Beys protect their Queen with a fortress built of honeycomb. This is the beautiful side of the Hive that the world doesn’t see. In addition to their unwavering loyalty and wit, the BeyHive tirelessly churns out funny pics and videos. One resourceful stan even recorded a theme song (below). This wild creativity has inspired Beyonce to blog about her magnificent fans and nurture their creative side by adding a gallery of their art to her website.
Theme song for the BeyHive — “Imma Bey Stan” courtesy of @muzikfreak247
Some Beys take this as a tacit approval of their online behavior. Others are not as convinced.
“I don’t think she would approve,” says Nathalia sadly. “I’m trying to do better but every now and then a b**** ass wasp needs to be read and clocked!”
Madison ponders, “In an interview she expressed her gratitude for our support but has asked us to tone it down. Would she approve? Probably not.”
Terriya sees it differently: “I honestly think Beyonce don’t care because she know we do it out of love. I know sometimes we take things too far but she still loves us. We’re all family at the end of the day.”
Richie I like u but GOD U shuda post a link….
lol agreeed
I know the it wouldn’t work for some reason
What the FUGK was the point of this??????????????
No one read this.
I’m sorry y;all this crap is too long.
Read when you have time it’s a great lil read about the Bey-hive
Congrats again Rihanna . We all know you’re nobodys ICON, but congrats doll.
always under a palm tree
Bi*ch go and get yourself a life…pathetic. Writing a novel no ones going to read beyoldces wack btw.
Its clearly copy and pasted article, not written himself dummie.
No f****** s***.Its called I’m messing with him.
I’m so confused… What happened w/ a Lady Gaga fan & Beyonce?
@Ju sure.
SO THE AMA’S IS REALLY GON PLAY MY FAVE LIKE THAT? KIM ACTUALLY WRITES HER SONGS. RIHANNA DOESNT.
WHO DA F*** WANT WAR?
lil kim should be honored for what? Destroying her face?
MY FAVE HAS A RECORD BREAKING 8 GRAMMY’S IN ONE NIGHT, WHERE’S RIHANNA’S GRAMMY’S?
But your fave looks like a sea witch
http://youtu.be/_bhopXy8hBw
LOOOOL BEYONCE LOOKS LIKE URSLA LOL
That was lame, no she doesn’t^^^
But she does troll deal.
She really doesn’t dear.
I hope your fav is Micheal Jackson or Santana cause you are surly not talking about Kim Chou Maine
Haterz don’t worry cause we got plenty more
They be falling like the rain so we aint running out
Falling like the rain so we aint running out
Falling like the rain so we aint running oh! it’s raining awards haterz what yhu worried bout.?
Officially an icon! my b**** is an ICON. legend status next
I need to RIHpeat for the haters;
“The first-ever Icon Award was created to honor an artist whose body of work has made a profound influence over pop music on a global level. Rihanna’s iconic and innovative sound has enabled her to become one of the most influential and bestselling artists of all time.
Congratulations Rihanna.
Rihanna is now OFFICIALLY A POP ICON, I LOVE IT.
S*** like this proves why the industry is a joke. MJ wasn’t called an icon until he retired and ppl saw his impact. Janet, Mariah, Prince, Celine, Whitney, Madonna, U2, Bon Jovi have all just started being called icons like 4-5 yrs ago, like 20 yrs after being in the industry. So I guess Adele is an icon because 21 sold 25 million copies, Taylor is an icon because she has the biggest country tour ever, BEP are icons because I Gotta Feeling is highest selling song ever. The only thing that could make Rihanna iconic is her singles. Having high selling singles doesn’t make you iconic. Being a strong vocalist, great performer, innovative artist with groundmaking music makes you iconic… things Rihanna is NOT
Sam is that you? Lol why you so mad?
Shut up && watch the queen of the 21th century run this motha!!!!
I think iconic really means when you do something that usually is innovative or refreshing at the time which will get remembered. No offense but I don’t think people are going to remember Rihanna after she completely stops making music; seeing as she hasn’t done anything new or extremely creative that would essentially merit a legacy.
“Perhaps Beyonce is washing her hair that night? Because, we cannot drum up any plausible reason why an act of Rihanna’s lowly caliber is being credited in such a manner.”
MS. SAMISH GURL YOUR’RE IN YOU FEELING HUN.
Don’t get MAD, get GLAD! LOL! GO Rihanna!!
Why is she getting this award before some of the true icons?
These award shows are so thirsty for ratings. And you even have TLC performing who more deserving of this and you’re gonna disrespect them and give it to Rihanna?
I don’t like her as a person, but honestly who else were they going to give that award to? She’s the only one that’s been consistently successful this generation.
Be grateful they didn’t give it to Gaga.
Honestly the AMAs are irrelevant to me but congrats anyways. She has a lot of memorable hits and I will admit that she has a pretty big influence in fashion.
But where’s the post on Chartflop’s predictions falling to 240K?
“Indeed, with vocals as smooth as sandpaper and performances as stiff as Pinocchio, there’s nothing of iconic value to be found in Ms. Fenty’s career. At least at this point.”
@Samantha, vocals that earned her a standing ovation at the Grammy Awards, therefore tramping the whole “Rihanna cannot sing” delusions from you and Rihanna haters alike.
@Samantha, stiff performances that once again delivered an electrifying performance of We found love at the Grammy’s and enabled her to gross over $100 million dollars on tour on only two continents and sell out Twickenham twice, as well as becoming the youngest act to sell out Stade De France.
@Samantha, Rihanna’s ICONIC eras include Good Girl Gone Bad, Rated R and LOUD. Till this day, your fav Beyonce has FAILED to craft an album as critically acclaimed and timeless as Rated R. Firebomb alone trumps Beyonce’s entire discography.
Rated R is like 2 points ahead of 4 on metacrtic stop reaching LOL. The same one shading Gaga for being 2 points ahead of Katy.
But 4 is nowhere to the quality of Rated R.
I mean what the hell is Run the world, Party and the other ghetto staple like Countdown. Those songs cannot touch Cold case love, Firebomb, Stupid in love, Russian Roulette or The last song.
In terms of Image and Fashion, Rated R trumps 4 on all fronts.
But its only 2 points behind. So clearly it is.
No need to bring in Beyoncé….. I love Rih and Bey but I disagree. While FireBomb is a very great song Bey easily has songs that trumps that.
hasnt Sam himself praised rihanna’s many performance from DWT, if we counted all the post about DWT im sure we gonna get more post praising her performances than ridiculing them
Pon De Reply
If Its Loving That You Want
SOS
Unfaithful
We Ride
Umbrella
Shut Up And Drive
Hate That I Love You
Please Don’t Stop The Music
Take A Bow
Rehab
Russian Roulette
Hard
Rude Boy
Rockstar 101
Only Girl
Whats My Name
S&M
California King Bed
Man Down
Cheers
We Found Love
You Da One
Cake Cake Cake
Where Have You Been
Diamonds
Stay
Pour It Up
Are HER Biggest Hits WORLDWIDE & USA
Live Your Life
Run This Mother F****** Town
Love The Way Chris Brown’s D*** Taste
All OF The Lights
Take Care
Whos That Chick
Are HER Biggest featuring Hits.
SHE DESERVES THIS AWARD!!
NONE OF THESE SONGS WERE WRITTEN & PRODUCED BY HER. BUT THAT DOES NOT MATTER CAUSE SHE IS A MANUALFACTURED POP STAR THAT HAS AN AMAZING TEAM BEHIND HER.
In other words HER TEAM needs to get this award also….
Rihanna has more worldwide hits than any other legend including
THE BEATLES
MICHAEL JACKSON
ELVIS PRESLEY
MADONNA
MARIAH CAREY
STEVIE WONDER
and so on…
Does that make her better NOPE but she is the queen of single releases.
Rihanna only sold that many singles because its much easier to get music these days. She is also in the prime of her life in a era that receives music so fast.
Madonna & Mariah SOLD 200,000,000+ Albums NOT EVEN INCLUDING SINGLES!!!
Rihanna has sold 130 Million Singles THATS ONLY 1 Dollars VS Selling albums thats like 14 dollars….
Single sales should not be added to album sales!!!
Anyways, congrats to RIHANNA…… & HER TEAM!!!
Lol @ this messy ass shady dissertation. Sit your flaming ass down.
Opps Forgot the hit 12 inch penis wrote for her DISTURBIA!!!
Well said .
YASS you pressed phage will deal! A TRUE F*CKIN ICON, QUEEN RIHANNA.
Phags*
“After all, for all their musical accolades, true icons such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Whitney Houston, achieved such status by contributing to Pop culture more broadly. Indeed, their output consists of more than fast-food hits that enjoy a six-week life-span.”
MJ, Madonna and Whintey have contributed a lot during their peak but so has Rihanna. Rihanna has set and broken records in the new digital era of music, she is staple in the new music industry and has sold more albums and records than your fav Beyonce in only 7 years.
And save me on the “7 week” life span.
SOS (6 weeks #1 Australia)
Umbrella (10 weeks #1 UK)
Man down (huge hit France)
We found love (10 weeks #1 USA)
Diamonds (9 weeks #1 Germany)
Stay (9 weeks #1 Canada, 8 weeks #1 South Africa)
Rihanna is a global force, and her power is unmatched.
No shade but Rihanna has like 7 albums and cant outsell Bey in the US still. WW fine, kind of inevitable. So that’s not really shade
It’s no secret that the USA is a moderate market for her, does not change the fact though that she has sold more albums and records.
With more albums, what do you expect? She did not succeed that by having super, better sales than her like Adele.
I mean she does has 7 albums
But no one forced Beyonce NOT to release 7 albums, so once again, the facts remain.
Exactly! So why are you shading her? If she wanted to she could.
Made an error
Diamonds (9 weeks #1 Germany, 8 weeks #1 South Africa)
Stay (9 weeks #1 Canada)
I see why Sam is seething though.
Samantha, looking at this blog, you also stan for Ciara and a bunch of irrelevant local black females who we’re punched out of the game by either Rih or Bey. Mess.
and think about it for a minute, its their first icon award, who could they really give it to? brit and madonna are legends, rnb chicks like brandy havent been relevant for some years now, gaga was fading by album 2, and that is painfully obvious currently, katy just started, so what artist truly represents today’s music scene…look at the new crop of artist who are they shaping their career after? who aid the start of the dance craze? who did the whole dark creepy video thing?
You mad that ghetto juice? LOOOOL cry me a river and drown in it. Rihqueen>>> your fave
Beyoncé and the legends you listed have these type of awards and acclaim already TGJ calm down.
This is who their honoring?
LMFAO!
http://youtu.be/JRwfcQHNfSY
Pissed because Keisha Chante will never pop off?
LMFAO >>>>> @PINOT GRIGIO
You okay there “MWAH.”
To answer your question if I am pissed? No. But it seems you are, my stan, that keeps following me around trying to get to talk to me.
Awwww still mad that the Team Ciara Squad teared out Tina Turner’s Hologram (Beyonce) weave out? It seems like it.
Now please continue following me and bowing down to with replying to every comment I make “Under me.”
People have no lives nowadays SMH!
You’re rude af lmfao.
funny thing though, she won. and she was what a 14-16 untrained girl, she could kill that song today.
you just highlighted her growth
Try again…
http://youtu.be/BxjTkk_SO6E
Karaoke singer at best!
if you are gonna compare rihanna to those 80s legends than compare every relevant artist today, and they will all fall short. at least rihanna can be compared to them on some level
TGJ y’all TRIED IT with this post. I am usually not affected by your ridiculous claims against Rihanna but this is TOO MUCH! She is more than deserving RIGHT NOW! Who else they gonna give it to Ciara? LMAO don’t play Ima need ya’ll to become less bias and more well rounded! DONT BE BASIC, Rihanna will drag ANY ONE OF YOUR FAVES FOR FILTH! She s deserving congratulations Riri
I guess the term icon doesn’t mean s*** these days…
“The catalogues of true icons, their hits and misses, are the soundtrack to lives. How many of Rihanna’s much-touted #1′s are recall-able off-head? Waiting.”
@Sam, seeing that Pon De Replay was in the TOP 100 on the Official Charts Company in your country this year, and was certified 2x platinum as of December 19, 2012 in the USA, I would say her music is most definitely memorable.
Seeing that Take a bow, as of August 21, 2013 is certified 4x platinum by the RIAA and
One does not score 25 top 10s, 12 #1, and does not leave the TOP 40 since 2010, and becomes forgettable, it has never happened and never will.
“For us, Rih’s career has been an eight-year-long episode of Punk’d. Still, we want to hear from you…”
More like an 8 year old career of outlasting your favs. There are many artists who’ve come smashed and faded but Rihanna has always still been here.
Making favs mad since 2005.
Tbh im just glad it wasn’t GaGa lol
7 albums and numerous collaborations to achieve those numbers. It is ridiculous. They act like she achieved those number on her own.
95% of her hits are solo. F*** you saying?
are we missing something? last time i checked it was rihanna by herself singing on those songs…or did she have a friend sing a few lines here and there?
And yet what hasn’t changed is that you’re still mad.
OH STOP IT SHE DESERVE IT I DONT CARE, IF IT WAS BEYONCE THAT GRAPE JUICE WOULD HAVE BEEN PRAISING HER,IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING DIFFERENT.. B**** DONT EVEN WRITE HER OWN S*** AT LEAST MY BABY GIVE PEOPLE CREDIT !!
I guess people will agree to disagree just like when Billboard, Times etc honored Beyonce with similar. All these girls have impact though. You can pick at each ones flaws, but they’ve all carved a place for themselves.
YAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSS. ..stay pressed and mad!!! That Rihanna Reign is too much for lessors to bare.. I stan for greatness!!!!
I read an article and they said shes sold 50 million albums. What kind of inflation? Damage control much?
There is no inflation you idiot, do you think they did not verify their numbers? Wiki does not update their number totals daily weekly or even yearly, the numbers that you have seen floating around the NET are never final numbers, back when unapologetic came out they had her at 40 mil worldwide, these albums continue to sell every day, not to mention, you people put so much emphasis on first day sales, you don’t pay attention to continual sales. You talk sh*t about singles, but singles say the album is GOOD, anyone can go out and buy an album firs week and sell 800,000 but that is based of name and maybe 1 single, not an whole album, the whole album may be wack, when and album continues to have number 1 singles months and months after it was dropped it speaks to the quality of the album, what is the purpose of selling 400,000 first week and never make platinum? all of her albums are multi platinum, Rihanna’s WORLDWIDE sales are ridiculous, not to mention the records and the accolades that she has received worldwide, you can sit up here and talk sh*t all night but the numbers don’t lie and the records don’t lie. NOW DEAL
My receipts aint from wiki birdbrain. And the article was from a newspaper that they said that. And show me the RECEIPTS for her selling 50 mill. That essay and no recipts? Theres no way she sold an extra 20 million in the past few years are you DUMB
My numbers are from neilson and billboard she has sold 30 mill.
LMFAOO at these b****** acting as if the queen hasn’t made in impact. Well I’m sorry but you have no choice but to deeeaal because she has and it’s more of an impact ANY of your fave will or could ever make.
Um my fave including Janet Jackson Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney people who actually have talent they have made a greater impact than Rihanna will ever dream up
No shade to rihanna, she has accomplished a lot, especially for someone with no talent, I’ll give her that. She can’t sing or dance, but remains relevant because of personal life. Icon? I think not. Controversial? Yes. And for her to be the first to receive this award is a slap in the face for other talented artists. What about Mariah, Whitney,Madonna, Michael? Why haven’t they honor Aaliyah yet
SAM YOU ARE A HATER!!! BEYONCE IS AN AMAZING PERFORMER BUT HER MUSIC IS STUPID GHETTO HOODRAT POP SONGS & MEDIOCORE BALLADS (EXCEPT LISTEN that was not written nor produced by her ALSO J hud couldve destroyed listen even better)
RIHANNA MAKES WAYYYY BETTER QUALITY MUSIC THAN QUEEN B & THATS THE FREAKING PENIS SUCKING TRUTH!!! (CHRIS BROWNS PENIS TO BE EXACT BUT TO EACH ITS OWN)
See b**** now you both to get Mariah dragged
Mariah Carey is a crazy, fat, drunk, old, legendary singer. Whats more to drag! You can say alot about Mariah but she will go down in history as one of the best female singer/songwriters of all time.
So go head & drag whats already been dragged by her own LAMB
Her breast dragged down in that single cover though, #noshade
Mariah Carey does need a boob lift…
See b**** now you bout to get Mariah dragged
I prefer Beyonces music and Im not a stan.
Halo is nooooooooooooo way Mediocre!!
True.
Love On Top is a classic also, but I still think Rihanna has better music
Generalizing her music for the gawds.
she has accomplished a lot, especially for someone with no talent, I’ll give her that. She can’t sing or dance, but remains relevant because of personal life. Icon? I think not. Controversial? Yes. And for her to be the first to receive this award is a slap in the face for other talented artists. What about Mariah, Whitney,Madonna, Michael? Why haven’t they honor Aaliyah yet
Poor f**** boy Sam I can see your head exploding,I keep telling you haters, Numbers don’t lie and receipts don’t lie, and to accomplish what she has at 25 is ICONIC, now you WILL deal, and the HATERS WILL deal, and no amount of slander, malicious bullsh*t or hate is going to stop that girls rise. NOW DEAL HATERS.
God if they get Madonna to present the award to her, Oh the slap in the face that would be to alot of haters, Queen of pop crowning the new queen
I DON’T THINK THE WORLD WOULD BE READY FOR THE POP EXPLOSION THAT WOULD CAUSE.
and they are friendly, and in business together, so Madonna could agree if asked
There was a rumor that they were doing a song together but I’m not sure how true that is.
Rihanna actually deserves this in a way she has been through a lot and is one of best singers in music today.
Her evolution:
– Music of The Sun debut
– Being compared to Beyonce and proved countless of times that she is a different artist than Beyonce
– In 2008, getting her beat down by Chris Brown
– Returned back to music with a racket of hits and becoming more sluttier than ever (Which we all love that; I certainly do)
– She broke barriers as a Caribbean artist.
– And has slept with some of music’s top names Jay Z, Chris Brown, Drake, and many more.
People really will get confused when I say I love her slutty ways, but I really do. She is really inspiring and has inspired many of your faves like, Selena Gomez, Beyonce (With being more rauncy and explicit) and not to forget Rihanna’s biggest fan Miley Cyrus.
She is what music needs today!
And for that Rihanna deserves to be honored! So STFU to all haters.
from 5min to ICON status
Knowles was the first female artist to be honored with the International Artist Award at the American Music Awards. She has also received the Legend Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts at the 2008 World Music Awards and the Billboard Millennium Award at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards.<< beyonce. Rihanna deserved this award.
You forgot about times naming her an icon also. I agree they deserve it. The fact its two black girls aswell>>>
Legend award? S***! I never knew that…
Icon is different to legend. Rihanna is an icon so is Beyonce, Britney, Christina etc. I think people are blowing it out proportion. They are icons of their generation no doubt.
The fact that my fave break records, get Icon awards, get #1’s and make Sam and other fan bases/haters mad just makes me smile.
#TheyMadWeGlad
Meanwhile, search “Artpop sales” on twitter to see the Gaga monsters have meltdowns.
From one hit wonder, to GLOBAL ICON. I love it.
Rihanna’s story is definitely an inspiring one of how hard work, perseverance and consistency pays off in the end.
After all she has been through, she has earned the respect of media big heads all around, from Mariah Carey to Steven Spielberg.
Her brand has even branched out to cosmetics and fashion, making her a fashion icon of this generation.
Congratulations Rihanna.
Couldn’t agree more.
I remember those days:
Rihanna will be a one hit wonder.
Umbrella will be her biggest hit, everything after will flop.
GGGB is her peak, Rated R will flop.
She’ll never have a #1 album.
She’ll never sell albums.
She’ll never be respected.
She won’t be remembered.
Let them be mad, lol.
You forgot, “she can’t sell tickets for s***”, “her tour is flopping”, and they’re still mad.
Meanwhile, ARTPOP has dropped to 61 on metacritic metascore.
I hear the predictions are down too.
Rihanna is very iconic, like it or not. And this is coming from a very proud Hive. Congrats to Rihanna. I’m anxious to see how album 8 is gonna be….
Gaga wishes it was her lol. That’s the sad thing she hasn’t got longevity so if she fads out now people will just her as a novelty act.
I mean fades.
sam u can continue to seethe and hate but Rihanna is still gon’ get that award. there is no denying the impact she has made on pop
look who’s playing mad. lol @sam. let her have it. who else to give that to?!? seriously. deserved. kinda. *shrugs*
Wooohooooo! Huzzah for Rihanna.
I think Rihanna is iconic… in a way. Legendary, NO…. but iconic. Sure
Congrats to her shes deserving right now and no the Hive is not mad, if you notice they aint hating Bey already has legend awards and billboard artist of the millennium. I’ll only be checking for TLC and that special guest though.
Treated me kind, Sweet destiny. Carried me threw desperation, for the one that was waiting me.
Vision Of Love is Mariah Carey’s best song!
Umbrella Is Rihanna’s Best Song RIGHT?
In my opinion:
Mariah’s best single – Always Be My Baby
Rihanna’s best single – Rehab
best honey, after 7 albums that question depends on who you ask…for me Cold Case Love is her best song
her biggest hit is We found love
Rih best song imo is Cold case love
I guess… We Found Love should not be Rihanna most successful song its so repetitive.. Umbrella is her biggest hit worldwide!
Always Be My Baby is a pretty nice song but Love songs are stifling..
Vision Of Love is talking about Jesus & its a meaningful TRUTHFUL song she wrote at the age of 15 AWESOME
Best song or best single sis?
Im honestly really proud of this Barbados h** she came a long way, Out of all the mainstream artist of this generation i think Rihanna truly deserves it over anyone else.. she’s an icon a has had true impact congratulations Rihanna.
Wtf how is a b**** that smokes mad weed an icon who looks up to this bald headed b****
Leona Lewis Vs. Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande. Leona bores me.
Judging by?
Battle of the clones?
Me and you need to have s**… Thats all
I wonder where the likes of Johnvidal, Dossome etc are who always shade Beyonce and Rihanna over Gaga yet they are the ones getting these awards. Must be seething Gaga is a train wreck now.
John is permanently pressed. He mentions Bey, Ri, Katy and Miley in all of his comments. Gaga’s predictions were dropped to 220-240k.
omg lol
Is it true ARTPOP is on course to sell 240k ?
Yep sis. 240-260K. Check HDD.
Lmao a mess sis i dont feel bad for her at all.
I respect the fact the bey hive are giving her her credit and congratulating her thats beautiful tbh
This article is ridiculously biased and hateful for no reason. We’re not in the 80’s or 90’s anymore this 2013 and we have a whole new breed of artist and things have changed.Rather they have changed for the better or the worst people need to stop bringing past artist into the equation because it’s obviously no longer the same way it use to be. I don’t care for Rihanna at times but to say career and image wise she is not an icon takes a very pressed soul. People first of all needs to realize Rihanna’s generation.
I have never understood why people put her and Beyonce in the same league when in all actuality Beyonce peers are Britney,Xtina,Justin,Usher ect. people from the 90’s because that is the era and which she came out in. Rihanna is of the newest generation of Artist. Her peers are Gaga,Katy,Ke$sha,Ciara,Adele,Bieber ect. Besides Adele (who isn’t pop) who is touching Rihanna career wise? She is by far the most consistent out of all of the pop artist with sales. She is a pop icon for HER generation. Deal with that. Rather we think she is the most talented one or not does not change her impact on pop culture as it stands TODAY not 30-40 years ago. With that said congratulations to her. Sometimes you have to put away your stan card and give people their props it’s really not that hard to do.
Thank you I’m so tired of seeing Mariah f****** Carey, Madonna, Whitney, Janet, Celine, Olivia Newton John and whoever the f*** else is supposed to be legendary. This isn’t the 80s. People aren’t selling huge with the exception of Adele of course. Rihanna is one of the most recognizable names in the pop world today. She deserves the f****** award and the haters & geriatrics will continue to seethe.
People don’t have to like it but they need to either build a time machine and go back in that era of music or STFU and stop trying to act like this girls accomplishments don’t matter. They do and years from now she will be a staple point for other artist just like Beyonce was for hers. People like to try and down these two but at the end of the day who is doing it like them? Nobody. They’re slaying and they’re black. We should be proud that two WOMEN are dominating the music world. I’m very happy for her and I hope she soaks up every moment of it.
Ummm Except Mariah Carey was not being called an Icon 8 yrs into her career
If Mary J was I’m sure Mariah was too. Get the f*** over it FAF.
Anyways the dragfests this upcoming Tuesday will be delicious. The other site better be open to guests by then.
Sam is mad, lol, bitter, angry, MAD AT RIHANNA GAME, get over it, she’s an icon and there’s nothing you and the Hive can do to change that, she is following Madonna’s status and we all know that is the far you can get, right on top alongside the Queen, now is Madonna and Madonna, in ten years will be Madonna and Rihanna, the real bab b****** of Pop music.
Delusion. Just because she got one icon award don’t make her Madonna kmft.
What Delusion.? It’s true. Ugh I would love that Madonna be the one to present her with that at Award and then you will see the phuckin meltdown
Rihanna is an icon of the 2000’s! This generation doesn’t really give a f*** about Madonna, Janet and Mariah!!! They did their thing in the 80’s and 90’s so let the new girls shine!!! Congrats Robyn f****** Rihanna Fenty you deserve this baby!
I don’t see the problem..
Rihanna is a fashion icon and she has 12#1’s working on her 13th. she has sold over 100 Million and she has millions of fans.Isn’t that normally when people receive these types of awards.
Im not a fan but i like some of her stuff and I still play GGGB till this day.Sam let that women live,she deserves it and i’m Beyhive all day and have nothing but respect for her!
The Hive and Navy needs to get along more often. Beyonce and Rihanna are the only two black global popstars right now. Ignore trolls from both stan bases it’s nothing but love over here!!!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Queen Rih being recognized for the legend & ICON that she has become in just a few years 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 Queen Rih slaying with a $100 million tour that the FagHive said was a flop 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 :).. This tour has grossed more than the LOUD TOUR… Queen of the Hot 100, consistent album seller…yall mad??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 🙂 🙂 🙂
“Perhaps Beyonce is washing her hair that night?”
No one cares about your tired, washed up fave sadly 🙁 🙁 🙁
THIEFonce had her time in the early 2000’s the public has moved on
People like you are annoying. Theres no stan war between the Hive and Navy in here tonight have a seat.
THAT LACEFRONT WAS REAL ON HOWARD STERN INTERVIEW GAGA
why are you bringing in hate the hive isn’t even coming for Rihanna like that calm down congratulate your girl and move on.
That’s what the trolls do
that’s sad
People throw around this term wayyyy to loosely these days just because they see some numbers. All of the true ICONS were not being called icons under 10 years into their career chile.
seethe!! unless your fav came out as a solo artist in the 90’s Rih is slaying her chart records and also her voice has been the queen of radio for years now…the biggest fashion and pop culture icon in music since Madonna, janet. etc….well earned
Damn they mad! Lmao..congrats rih.
She is an icon. Hell they could give that award to many pop girls but Rihannas the most relevant right now so obviously. Brit and Bey have legend awards so why wouldn’t Rihanna get at least an icon award?
So much for Miley destroying her career as people claim congratulations Rihanna yea you’ve definitely came along way.
But who will they give it to next time. No shade to Rihanna but no one I can of who would be in the running should come after her. I would be offended if they gave it someone like Janet after Rihanna got it smh.
Janet had an entire icon special on mtv dedicated to her. These legends have had a plethora of accolades and tributes. It’s time for the new crop of artists to get their due.
I agree that being an icon is not all about charts etc. Some icons like Prince have not been as commercially successful but are still icons.
I’m so confused right now. How do you, Sam, stan for Katy Perry who can barely hold a note live and doesn’t even move on stage but have some type of hatred for Rihanna. This makes no sense. You know Rihanna’s voice is better than Katy’s live but yet you continue to shade her. She must have done something to you or something for you not to like her as much as you do. Sam is nothing but a bitter hater for no reason at all. Sam you need to get yo life.
ICON!!!!!!!!!! YES ICONIC RIH
oh but its okay for beyonce to get her award at 26 at the amas for that international icon award in 07 that they gave whitney in 2009 and her billboard of millennium award in 2011 that they gave whitney in 2012?! but rihanna at 25 cant get a icon award?! and dont say mariah because she already has plenty of legends awards at the amas including the lifetime achievement award which has only been given twice in pass 30 years before she got hers!! rihanna been the s*** for almost 8 years now and has been very consistent! im here for rihanna and I like most of her songs she deserves it!
except for the stans in the hive, most can admit the impact that island girl Rihanna has made and all by 25. Yes there is marketing and there is natural charisma or something, and Rihanna has it. People like her and Beyonce through her hive is just acting like what she is a spoiled entitled child, in her world noone could shine as bright as Beyonce and she has brought that mentality into the real world and it held up for awhile but she couldn’t hold Rihanna down, Rihanna has shone through and people like her and relate with her struggles, envy her fearlessness and carefreeness and like her music all over the world.
Not bad for an island girl, she’s done great, don’t knock her hustle. Jay saw her talent, now seethe lol! that seethe shix is hilarious but getting a little played
*re reads the comments* The Hive are the main ones congratulating her, now would you care to rehash that comment?
Yeah right, if so, good but doubt it.
Reading is fundamental. Just read and see boo.
Sam eat a d***! You’re are a pure hater! It’s nice to see some hive members showing some love! This women is ICONIC, and deserves it! Get it rih rih!
She snatched Beyonce’s lacefront, im just being messy
but she has and Beyonce ‘baddiebey’ ratchet backfired Knowles and Big Bird Solange know it, and Angie too, and Tina.
They are trying to repackage this I need money tour/Bey Better Have Sony’s Money Tour as something good so it won’t tarnish to brand and sony’s only attempt to get their money back
Pepsi has seen the light and slowed down on marketing dollars, her calendar is the shameless low budget I need money/label need money move
Brand Beyonce is overleveraged and declining in bankable popularity and bankable appear, her brand is on the decline, its a shame how greedy the industry is as they really need to give that product a break and reintroduce it in about 6 months, her and Jigga
And yet Beyoncé remains unbothered with her two legend awards and artist of the millennium already to back it up.
Why are you starting s***? Theres no stan war going on in here.
Embrace them both. They both have strengths and weaknesses. Youre supposed to be stanning for Rihanna yet more worried about Beyoncé.
Theres always got to be one who wants to start s*** and wonder why people come for their and drag their fav. When its actually quite civil in here surprisingly.
Rihanna is a that b****! I CAN NAME 15 songs of hers off the top of my head. her style her impact is unmatched, and sam your punk ass will deal!
Sam Rihanna is an icon babe just deal she so diverse beautiful real and true to herself leave her alone.
Btw Rihanna has some of the best pop songs out there like
Where have you been
Diamonds
Disturbia
Only girl
Don’t stop the music
Just to name a few people love this girl
What will gaga impact be?
Pretty sure Katy or Beyonce will get it next year I would say Gaga but shes fading and fading fast. 220k expected for first week sales? Lmao poor dat.
Rihanna has so many great songs. Her style stands out, Her name alone scares b******! Yeah it took her 7 albums to get a number one but i bet from here on out number one albums won’t be a problem! That reign keeps getting stronger!
The Propaganda! And 50 million and albums and 180 million singles I saw they reported on? I cant. Did Def Scam tell them to post that? Get it together AMAs is loosing credibility
THE BROKE AND DIRTY FLOP H***** IN THE MOUTH RIHFLOP STANS STAY PRESSED B**** PLEASE LETS GO DOWN THE LIST, SHES A H**,SHE SUCKS ANY AND EVERYONE D*** TO GET A HIT, ALL HER ALBUMS FLOP TOOK 8 YEARS TO GET A BARELY #1 ALBUM (TO FUNNY!) SHE CANT SING LIVE FOR S*** TIL THIS DAY WITHOUT BACKTRACKING HER CAREER WOULD BE JUST A MARK LIKE CHRIS BROWN LEFT ON HER FACE =-( SHE DEF CANT DANCE HER ATTITUDE IS IMMATURE AND PATHETIC AND THEY SAY SHES AN ICON> HELL I GUESS IF PERSUADING YOUR KIDS TO SUCK D*** AND SELL BODY FOR FAME AND TAKE BACK A MAN WHO LITERALLY BEAT YOUR ASS AND KICKED YOUR FACE IN IS AN ICON WELL KMICHELLE WILL BE 1 SOON THEN N SICKLY MINAJ AND THE REST OF THEM GHETTO S**** LMAO (DROPS MIC) WHERE THE REAL H*** AT THIS IS A COMEDY FK AMA’S WHO ACTUALLY EVEN TALKS ABOUT THIS? BETTER YET WATCHES IT? HELL ID WATCH JEAPORDY OR THREES COMPANY OR GOODTIMES BEFORE THIS WACK S***. #NEXT!
This is the Icon Award, not Legend Award. An icon is a symbol that represents a particular culture or group of people. For the 2000s/2010s, Rihanna is definitely an icon. As a Ciara stan, I’ve never hated on Rihanna tbh. I hate when other stans hate on Rihanna’s success to justfy their faves failures. Rihanna has 25 Top 10 singles on the Hot 100, 6 consecutive Top 5 albums on the BB200, has sold nearly 30 million albums and over 100 million singles. Her 4 tours have grossed over $300 million, she has multi million dollar endorsements and has already influenced a new breed of pop stars like Selena, Miley and Zendaya. Yes, she’s not the best singer, performer nor artist, but with each album, she changes her look and sound, improves her vocals and stage presence. To deny her impact is just pure hate. Will she be a legend, nk, but an icon, she already is. Yeah, Im sure Rih will go on a Twitter and IG tirade like #PhuckYoIcon or #PhuckYoAward. She does need to humble herself because Miley could take her place at any moment,but her accomplishments wouldn’t be forgotten. Congrats Rihanna
omg i was so busy….my babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy is an ICON ! THAT’S THE THRUTH !:’) THE HATERS WILL HAVE TO DEALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ! HAVE A ROW OF SEATS AT 106 &PARK SAM ! LMAO !
LOL @ people saying “Yall mad”
Everyone with a common sense should be mad and offended that you live in a world where a talentless, rude h** is being somehow awarded.
If only she had ANY kind of talent. Better give the award to her sytle team, producers amd manager. She is a puppet, nothing more, nothing less.
There have been many puppets who didn’t make the pop chart grade but she did it and has done it yearly.
Everyone contributed but at the end of the day she is the face and body being put out there to carry it.
Her music sells and that’s that.
Well Congrats to this Black female just getting her props.
Now me personally I don’t have any of her albums and just have some of her songs, HOWEVER lets really break it down.
Which female from the Caribbean has really transcended POP music culture with hit singles after hit (stats show and prove) ?
Vocals have never been the leading attribute to star quality (Madge/Britney prime examples) and to put it plainly she is a GLOBAL SUPERSTAR in many many eyes.
I give it to the bish, she might not be some peoples type of person or prime artist but credit must be given to herself and her team for recording so many songs that have been successful and although she slacks at certain things LIVE, she has put in work to continuously over these years put her name out there and be a consistent TOP 10 local & global artist.
The reason why this site and many others have many posts on Rihanna is because she stays RELEVANT (for good & bad). So many artist musically could and should learn lessons at least on the work ethic of putting music out. And it doesn’t just have to be POP genre driven it just needs to be made popular.
Music ICON does not always = ROLE MODEL
CONGRATS
It makes sense! Congrats to Rihanna!
As a pop star she IS a nowadays icon FOR SURE.
BUT as an artist I don’t respect what she’s doing tbh
Her work is all over the place .. no real talent
She’s manufactured #FACT
Her work is rarely represented her as an individual
She just gets hit records form producers non-stop
AT THE END OF THE DAY, she’s smart and deserve the award
Her rib cage in the pic though… B**** eat a burger
Gratz to her,Caribbean girls run it ask Riri.
She is an icon… haters swallow it.
It´s truly ridiculous.
AMA´s are a joke anyway and have been for at least 10-15 years. The same amount of time music industry and mainstream music have been on decline and people´s taste horrible. I blame the labels for supporting crap.
The description reads: “The first-ever Icon Award was created to honor an artist whose body of work has made a profound influence over pop music on a global level”
How is this a false statement?!?! The girl has broken records over and over again. She has all of your favorite artist pushing the edgy envelope. That grape juice is full of s***. A bunch of haters that have no eyes or ears for anyone but Beyonce. Rihanna has done more for pop music than any of the artist you all love. EAT IT!
DO U EVEN KNOW THE MEANING OF THE WORD INFLUENCE? pLUS U ADMITTED THAT RIHANNA SOUNDS BAD,WHICH MEAN SHE CAN`T SING AND U STILL SAYING SHE DESERVES THAT AWARD?yES SHE HAS MAD SUCCESS BUT U FULLY WELL KNOW HER MUSIC ISNT GOOD QUALITY NOR HAS ANY DEPTH ,BASICALLY U ARE EQUATING CHART SUCCESS WITH ICON STATUS,HER MUSIC IS NOT EVEN TIMELESS
YES, SHE IS AN ICON. Rihanna may sound bad but she’s easily one of the most known pop stars ever. I swear yall never say anything nice about Rihanna without throwing in some sideways, slick s***.
Why do you guys hate on Rihanna weekly if not daily! I love your site, but you clearly use it to bash Rihanna at any given chance. Why? If you don’t have positive things to say about her, her music, her voice, her image…stop posting about her!! #rihannanavy
Samantha I agree with you but calm down please. As long as they aren’t calling her the Queen of pop than it’s not that big of deal especially since everyone knows these award shows(even the Grammys) are complete garbage.
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The Mariah Carey of her generation. All those number 1’s but generally no respect.
My bad, even Mariah Carey has more credibility.
wow her first big award…congrats rihrih
sam beyonce was the first female to win the international artist of excellence in 2007 which is the highest award and the AMAs only 7 people one that award and the world music legend award and artist of the millennium
But it’s true , I mean I love RiRi but if they give the FIRST to Rihanna who is supposed to have the second ? Selena Gomez,Rita Ora ? They should have went for someone big that was here for 15 years up like Beyoncé but then again they probably asked her but since it doesn’t match her single/album releases she probably said no , she ain’t gonna show up just to pick up a damn award and make a speech which she hates. But then I’m thinking if Rihanna can have it why didn’t JLO who is performing that night right? Jlo ain’t that much of a very good singer but just like Rihanna she’s a icon cause of many other thing. JLO should have had it and I’m not even a JLO fan .
HATERS CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF HER
This is ridiculous ,yes she has incredible success but that dont make her any icon.Rihanna music has no depth and is very much low grade in quality with its basic 2 beats.I`m trying to figure out what influence she made or has over the music industry,this is an artist who can`t even get a standing ovation at the grammys.When i think icon i think of MJ whitney mariah celine patti aretha just to name a few,people with actual talent and a catalog of timeless great quality music under their belt which has influenced many generation,not fast food hot at the moment here today gone tomorrow never to be remembered hits.There are people in the industry WHO are far more deserving,rihanna CANNOT SING NOR GIVE A PROPER SOLID PERFORMANCE.Even if the AMAS want to by pass celine mariah adn the rest to give a young artiste they could have picked christina aguilera,yes her last 2 albums failed commercially but this is an artist whom from day 1 made her success through her actual talent and was the dominating voice when she debut 10yrs ago and 10yrs later she still has the best voice of them all,a voice that transcends across different genres of music,with the likes of Andrea Bocelli,the rollingstones,herbie hancock and tony benette to name a few who are masters in their genres have actually called upon this woman to collaborate with them.Christina is respected by her peers for her incredible voice and by the greats for her voice as well,her music has depth and vocals to match plus it took her about 3 studio albums to hit almost 20 million album sales alone in the US while it took rihanna 7 albums to barely pass the 10 mil mark in the US,im soryy,yes rihanna has incredible success but that doesn`t in any way equates to real talent great quality music and influencing music in anyway.Fashion trendsetter yes but sorry the girl CANNOT SING AND HER MUSIC IS VERY LOW GRADE.iF THIS QUALIFIES AS AN ICON THEN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS BECOMING VERY HOPELESS,AWARD SHOWS NO LONGER HAVE CREDIBILITY AND THEY MIGHT AS WELL GIVE GAGA,KESHA,MINAJ AND JUSTIN B AN ICON AWARD AS WELL,THIS IS REALLY LAUGHABLE CAUSE CELINE AND MARIAH ARE STILL ALIVE BUT RIRI GETTING ICON AWARD BEFORE THEM,TRULY A BIG JOKE!
She has sold 50 million albums and 180 million singles worldwide throughout the course of her eight-year career. Her seven albums have produced 12 No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, and she holds the title for best-selling digital artist of all time.
THAT RIHANNA REIGN JUST WONT LET UP
U STAY MAD!!!!!!!!!
JAY Z WAS SHOWN VIA SATELITE, CURSING AS USUAL, I DON’T BELIEVE IN HUMAN ICONS, BUT AS LONG AS SHE IS PERFORMING, SHE IS MAKING JAY Z MONEY.
Ummm just do a search via google and you will see that Rihanna has not sold near as much music as many other artists. In fact she is no where near Michael Jackson. Do a search for yourself and see that she does not even come close to the Eagles at 29x platinum or Acdcor Bon Jovi or Modanna but I will let you tell us what you find
And that’s how pathetic the industry has come it’s all about numbers she has accomplished a lot, especially for someone with no talent, I’ll give her that. She can’t sing or dance, but remains relevant because of personal life. Icon? I think not. Controversial? Yes. And for her to be the first to receive this award is a slap in the face for other talented artists. What about Mariah, Whitney,Madonna, Michael? Why haven’t they honor Aaliyah yet
I’m not a hater but if the icon award was given to Britney or beyonce , even aaliyah cause through out the years aaliyah has become an icon , bit rihanna , wtf , honestly ,
It’s time this award awards shows start thinking right , aaliyah icon , britney icon
Beyonce icon , janet jackson icon , mariah carey Icon , Michael Jackson icon , whitney icon , Jennifer Lopez icon , Celine dion I con ,rihanna noooo ” aways good for her ,but she ain’t no icon