She may lack the acclaim afforded to the Pink‘s, GaGa‘s and Beyonce‘s of the world, but there’s no denying the power that lies in Pop sensation Rihanna and ever fruitful brand.
Indeed,while she’s yet to spawn a performance or cultural movement that earned Janet Jackson and Madonna their ‘icon’ badges, the power that lies in the singer’s name has seen her top Billboard’s ‘Hot Tours’ tally, after her ‘Diamonds World Tour’ reached heights that may give many of her rivals good reason to consider her a potent threat.
Good news below…
Billboard reports:
“Rihanna ranks at No. 1 on Hot Tours with sales reported from her Diamonds world tour’s European jaunt that spanned nine weeks from late May through the end of July.
Ticket sales from the summertime swing through 14 countries totaled more than $68 million from 34 performances. The top grosser among the summer dates was a two-show stand in London on June 15-16 at Twickenham Stadium. With an attendance of 95,971 for both nights, sales at the 82,000-seat rugby venue topped £5.5 million ($8.6 million US$).
The Diamonds tour, in support of Rihanna’s 2012 album Unapologetic, kicked off on March 8 in Buffalo, N.Y. and played U.S. and Canadian arenas through May 7, closing with a packed house at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. With revenue from the European dates added, the tour’s overall gross passed the $100 million mark from more than 1.2 million sold tickets.
Following the run through Europe, the Barbadian singer spent September and October on brief jaunts through markets in Asia, Australia/New Zealand and South Africa as well as stops in Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv. She is currently on the road for a final North American trek that wraps on Nov. 15 in New Orleans.”
Nice!
Sure, while these stats don’t excuse the tour’s ‘phoned in’ performances or the modest 9.8 million units it took seven albums for her to sell, they do prove that the general public are very interested in buying what Camp Rihanna is selling.
How much of the tour’s success is down to her skill as a performer?
…very little.
However, that doesn’t take away from the impact the show has made on her career, and Roc Nation’s pockets. Pockets, that’ll be reached into to fund the careers of chart hopefuls Elijah Blake and Rita Ora.
So, with this mind, we’ve got no choice but to congratulate the Island beauty!
Well done!
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well done riri..this month is definatly one of her happiest moments..the icon award,successful tour…eventhough her live perfomance sucks but she is still making more money..i cant wait to see her final overall gross of the tour..her and Beyonce are my favs and its always good to see them on top.
LMAO @ THE PRESSEDNESS of these faggees that operate this site….I That Rihanna Reign won’t let up. lmao!
This week has been the best week everrrrrr to be Rihanna Navy !
Rihanna has nice armpits. I would lick them!
#DiamondsWorldTour grossed $103,833,932 with 68 dates.”
Just let me hold unto a milli …. Just a milli. Let me get back on my grind!
CONGRATS Rihanna!
icon? gtfoh
SHE is Already An ICON !! DEAL
Shooo hater! Rihanna Congrats lady! Thank god they didnt give it to Taylor Swift!
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Well done Rih! 🙂
“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,” said AMA producer Larry Klein. “Rihanna’s iconic and innovative sound has enabled her to become one of the most influential and bestselling artists of all time.”
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.
With all those empty seats in South Africa? @TROLLbird didn’t support his fave when she was in his country, so how can billboard come up with such?
LOL billboard is the most unreliable source for any music related stuff, I mean even their charts are unreliable (see how JT, Eminem buy their #1 spots, or have those #1’s given to them because of their skin colour)
when will GaG me?
“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,” said AMA producer Larry Klein. “Rihanna’s iconic and innovative sound has enabled her to become one of the most influential and bestselling artists of all time.”
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.
“Rihanna ranks at No. 1 on Hot Tours with sales reported from her Diamonds world tour’s European jaunt that spanned nine weeks from late May through the end of July. ”
Deal!
Lady Caca and her lil Mucuses better hope that it’s not Madonna that hands Rihanna that ICON award as the rumours suggest!
Better yet I hope Miley upstages Cacas ass at the AMA’s block additional sales of ARTFLOP!
That’s what you get for being shady now BYE!
OMG the standards are at an all time low right now! lol
People buy anything pushed down their throats for years until it works, no matter how good or bad it is, as long as it looks cool.
Congrats to Rihanna anyway. Wish her the best, like to any other girl or boy out there.
Girl just shut up you stan for Gaga who has been shoved down our throats aswell .
57k
ARTFLOP!
lmao best comment on a rihanna related post ever, you nailed it!
Thank U.
100% correct. The fact that she’s doing the same touring business as beyonce shows just how low the standards are nowadays.
I know. I´m not a Beyonce fan but come on now! It seems radio support for 7 consecutive years non stop pays off.
Damn samantha,when someone does well,just say “congrats” & move on….jeez…not a fan but she’s really doing well
Credit where credit is due…
She sells very well
What’s this I hear about TGJ deleting comments? Sounds like something David would do. Sam needs to reign in on David, he has gotten too comfortable and forgotten who’s site this is. He thinks this is his site.
David must be fired and suffer the same fate as the other guy who went on to start that other site!!
He keeps deleting my f****** comments. I dont know if its Sam or watever but they need to stop cause it aint right. Im voicing my opinion!
Its not Sam, its that other f*g named David who thinks he can do as he wishes on Sam’s blog
Damn girl, how you know David has gotten too comfortable? I want to know.
David? Is that you?
_/ _/
Might be Joe or Rashad as one of them loves the lessors like Cassie.
zzzzz
Wonder when Beyonce’s numbers will be released?
Heard about Rihanna’s numbers a couple weeks ago but congrats all the same
Congrats.
Wow 1.2 million fans! That’s awesome. I’m just wondering what Beys numbers are considering she just made 40mill in Australia alone lol I love that these two black females are KILLING it in terms of ticket sales.
Also..quit trying to make Rita Ora happen! She’s not gonna happen!
That R.I.P song summed up Rita quickly
Dead before she began lol
Beyonce did not make 40 milli in Australia. That is a RUMOR started by her fan site. There is absolutely no way she could. I went to the Adelaide concert and seats were empty. It was an ok show but the reviews were not that great even though the crowd seemed okay with it. By the time she got to us she was lackluster by her standards. I AM SACHA Tour was Waaaay better than Mrs Carter Tour. I know the stans will try to come and @ me but it is the truth.. Beyonce needs to be pushed to give us new and better music .. Otherwise I fear we will still be seeing her jive to jingles when she hits 45
what are u talking about?????? of course it made 40 mill it official it not a rumor she had like 18 show there and made an average of 2.2 mill per show
Lots of empty seats. Lots of people not impressed!
The only show with empty seats was the very latest show in Auckland with 5% and she still broke attendance records.
Is that why Live nation AUS tweeted it?
Stays making money. That’s a winning team and label
How many times do I have to say that those numbers come from Rihanna’s team themselves? Billboard neither track tour ticket sales nor validate them.
Imagine if the album sales numbers didn’t come from stores. Imagine that Soundscan didn’t spend millions of dollars on technology to track them. Imagine if labels/manager would be the one reporting how much their artists did sell. Would you rely on that? Well, that’s how Billboard’s ticket charts work.
Billboard don’t track anything, they’re just a magazine with an irrelevant chart. Let’s see what Pollstar has to say about it ’cause last time I remember, they clocked her for faking reports.
sighhh just a tired b**** hating… rehashing the same tired comments from the benign of he tour… ohh wait you said it was a flop from the get go
whats funny though is that these stadiums and promoters that host the artist they are the ones who publish stats and attendance…. but hey when you hate someone who is successful you latch on to anything to tear them down. Pathetic
Rihanna and you have the same 24 hours… she’s using hers to better herself your here talking s***… does your opinion change the quality of her life? ermm no its ok to have one though do with that what you will
i know the f**** that rihanna has to give about it is ever so elusive.
Fresh Navi I couldnt have said it better myself. Billboard articles are only irrelevant to these Rihanna critics when they report something good about Rihanna. They try to latch on to air to convince themselves that she is not slaying!
Stans get too caught up in the wars and it clouds their vision. My Aunt and I were having the conversation tonight about how when Madonna was slaying people said she couldnt sing and was too bold… Now looking back on Madonna’s legacy she is the one the record books speak about though there were other successful and arguably so more talented acts out there . The fact is if you arent making records and having it on paper 30 years from now when someone attempts to slay a record your name will not be called up. Rihanna is making sure that her name is setting the bar (like it or not your opinion won’t matter then) because she is one of the FEW breaking records right now. That alone will secure her longevity. It doesnt matter what this site or it’s commenters say at the end of the day Rihanna is already UP there with the others who set the bar and no amount of whining or complaining will change that!
She is Madonna doesn’t have a great voice or is a great dancer.. she executes well worked core though… that is all
the reason she is so iconic and is hailed the queen of mpop is because of her status… to hold a high position in any field your credentials must speak for themselves. And Rihanna has credentials to spare. People may pick and choose which one to believe but it all boils down to the same result her performance on paper is STELLER
When BB announced Gaga;s number, Madonna’s mDNA tour stats and Swifty’s nobody was bitching, but because sits RIHANNA its made up?
what kinda b******* is that! She did a STADIUM tour an attendance less tun what reported according to the capacity of those stadiums would be puzzling.
We must allow our better judgement to reign rather than being pathetic hating STAN F****… theres room for more than one b**** in the entertainment industry… its never that serious to ply have to choose one.
SO, SINCE BILLBOARD DOESN’T TRACK TOUR TICKET SALES OR VALIDATE THEM, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE ARTICLE THEY POSTED LAST WEEK ABOUT BEYONCE’S TOUR NUMBERS IS FALSE TOO?
Sam you might as well just hang yourself because that reign aint giving up.
No offence but billbord not really a reliable source
then who the f*** is fucktard?
the reach…..
BB along with Hits Daily Double & American music association are the only two accredit sources for chart stats in the US
YOU ARE JUST AS DUMB AS YOUR FAVE. OOPS
three*
ohh well in university getting an education though… not studying PE but rather delving into the Law…
My Fave and i are both doing something with our lives…
LMAO It’s not a reliable source UNTIL they post a positive Beyonce story.. Chile Boo!
it never is! they crack me the f*** up.
“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,” said AMA producer Larry Klein. “Rihanna’s iconic and innovative sound has enabled her to become one of the most influential and bestselling artists of all time.”
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.
She’s about to get her 13th HOT100 #1 tiring her with the KING & Queen of Pop Micheal Jackson & Madonna….
She is most followed artist on social media….
she’s the most listened artist at radio
only artist in the UK to have 7 Consecutive #1 singles each year for 7 years
Most watched artist on Youtube (VEVO)
Only female Artist to win a VMA for Video of the Year twice
25 top 10 47 chart entries
Vogue Covers… Two Huge Successful tours
An array of campaigns15 million with MAC, £39 million with river island her net worth is currently 90 million but she is forecast to make 70 million by next May making her with 160 million by the time she is 26, she is a legend say what u want ICON QUEEN RIRI
She has only sold 30 million albums & 120 million singles.
We congratulate her success, but there’s no need to inflate her numbers.
you people have been saying 30 mil since LOUD like… she released two albums later i cannot…. and whats your proof of 30 million the authority?
the AMA is much more of an authority than you or medatraffic
@FRESH NAVI
When the AMAs gave Beyonce The International Artist Award of Excellence which is the highest award at the AMAs in 2007, said Beyonce sold over 135 million records and that was 5 years ago, B4 IASF and we all know she sold a s*** load of records during that era.
Rihanna pays this site bills because they constantly post about her 3 times a day. They are her biggest stans! They post crap to drive up traffic because they know that that are a lot of haters out there that feed off there unprofessional faggee biased comments… BTW Thank you for giving me LIIIFE by posting that Rude Boy viso. I was jamming!
P.S Who is the gal in the other video? Is she a singer?
Grats, but Rihanna stans better not turn this thread into a mess. We all know TMCS is outgrossing DWT globally before Latin America and Europa 2.0 + Asia are even announced.
And again, if you agree with this “50 million albums” fuckery, Beyonce has moved 120 million albums worldwide according to MTV, so …
She has.. as being part of Destiny’s child…. BEYONCE’S album sales have always been conjoined with DC as they said she was the front woman, in any regards if the AMA’s is reporting it… it is FACT
whats your stats on rihanna’s album sales according to media traffic which is not very credible because they don’t take into account sales from certain territories ?
“they don’t take into account sales from certain territories ?”
So Beyonce has sold 90 million albums outside the states ? Thanks for proving my point.
smdh
she moved 120 million RECORDS. there’s a difference. beyonce has only sold about 13 million albums solo.
13 million albums in US alone. You liar. Rihanna hasnt even sold 10 million in the US.
But MTV said albums …
MTV said Talk That Talk has sold 4.4 mil… I’m pretty sure you don’t believe that… but of course anything they say in regard to Beyonce is the BIBLE…. cute.
If Rihanna has sold “50 million albums”, Then Beyonce has sold over “120 million ALBUMS”. via MTV, Pepsi *claps*
@FRESH NAVI
You can’t have it both ways. You know damn well Rihanna hasn’t sold no damn 50 million albums, that article reported. You just said MTV listed TTT at 4.4 million and it wasn’t true, which proves it even more than Rihanna HAS NOT sold no damn 50 million albums.
What kind of site is this. Very bitter at heart. Go see a Doc please cus you might be suffering from Hypertension,Heart Attack ,Cardiac Arrest cus of EMPRESS Rihanna Reign won’t let up. She keep soaring High and you have to deal with it. Can the Haters dig it sucka!!!!! RiRi keep on shining bright like Diamonds in the sky soon you haters will be no more cus they are either dead of Hypertension or one on the sickness the got cus of your SUCCESS.
At the end of the Day Sam You’ll remain Salty Whilst queen rihanna make millions…Im off 2 work this s*** wont pay my bills
Peace!
…And did it so effortlessly…
Really?
Congrats Rihanna. Love your Music!
I love Rihanna!! but some of the NAVY stans here being unfair. When billboard reported beyonce sold over 120 mil records you guys said it was unreliable but now you saying it reliable. like wtf?
thats not f****** true… beyonce has taking into account DC sales which billboards accredits to beyonce.
Even this year when Billboards was doing this article on the couples with the biggest album sales
Beyonce and Jay-z topped the list and it was owing in part by the fact that they counted DC sales with Beyonces making her US album sales over 30 million alone
while Rihanna and Chris’s together was 15.9… Rihanna has only sold 9.8 million albums in the US
Rihanna=9.5 MILLION ALBUMS (US)
150 MILLION RECORDS
Beyonce=12.8 MILLION ALBUMS (US)
120 MILLION RECORDS
Beoynce sold more stateside, but Rihanna is a bigger seller Worldwide.
Mess, I wasn’t discussing “record” sales, I know Rihanna is a better singles seller than Beyonce.
Another thing, “Dangrously in Love”, “The Writing’s on the Wall” and “Survivor” alone – released released and promoted before Beyonce even turned 23 – have sold more worldwide than Rihanna’s 7 albums as if 25 years old combined.
You can count DC3 out if you want, but it doesn’t change the fact that they do add up to Bey’s total. Just ask Billboard, who’re behind this whole thread we’re on.
Sorry @ SMH, I thought you were replying to my comment @ 7:46
still …………
Per usual every Rihanna achievement is compared to Beyonce WOW…w hay re the hives so bothered no navy member mentioned beyonce… no one gives a f*** about her we celebrating for our fave
LOL FUNNY HOW BILLBOARD ISN’T A RELIABLE SOURCE, UNLESS THEY POST A STORY ABOUT BEYONCE, THEN IT’S THE 100% GOSPEL LOL
Sam just remove Gaga’s name beside Pink and Beyonce’s. The two other are in a separate lane
LOL THE H**+ IS JUST PRESSED CUZ RIHANNA SLAYS FLOPONCE AND NOW IT’S BEING MADE OFFICIAL LMAO #THATRIHANNAREIGN
Numbers disagree!
NAHHHH she has NOT sold 50 million the albums the f****** INFLATION! This is were I dint trust her stats. Im dying.
She hasnt even sold 10 million albums with 7 in the US
Congrats Rihanna on the Tour. I cant wait for Beys numbers to come in 🙂
lmao TGJ still cant get over the fact tt Rihanna is getting tt icon award
Sam just has to do a lot of ass kissing today first Mariah and now rihanna and both of them Steve currently winning and its no recent news about beyonce
😀 yes Rih!!!
ICON,QUEEN,LEGEND.
ooooooooo kill em !!!
YES SEETH!!!! THE QUEEN WILL BE COMING TO THE AMA AND PERFORM WHAT NOW..KEEP YOUR WIGS GLUED
Congrats Riri(:
yeh. tour money. -_-
To bad she wont see much of it
Well! The navy think this is something nice with their fave. Watching their fave taking their hard earn money and giving it to the strippers. Now that’s good looking out navy lol
And she can do whatever she wants with her money that she earned.
Bitter b****** United to hate on Rihanna but anyways congratulations babe proud of you.
Rihanna has not sold 50 million albums sorry.
I’m not huge on Rihanna but I’m happy for her. Funny to see that Sam unintentionally shaded Rita Ora because it seems as though Rihanna’s career has indeed been paying Rita (I mean, someone has to pay RocNation since the rest are flopping). I’m from the States so Sam should really stop trying to dog out Rih for Rita. Ora most certainly hasnt done anything musically impacted over here so I dont get why he keeps pushing her like they are competition. Ora isnt competition for Rihanna when Rihanna is making numbers like these on her OWN tours whereas Rita is merely just a feature for festivals.
WW sales for some artists
Rihanna:
Music of the Sun – 1.5 million
A Girl Like Me 3 million
Good Girl Gone Bad 8 million
Rated R 3 million
Loud 5.5 million
Talk That Talk 3 million
Unapologetic 3.5 million
Beyoncé:
Dangerously in Love 11 million
B’Day 7 million
I Am… Sasha Fierce 7.5 million
4 3 million
P!nk:
Can’t Take Me Home 4.5 million
M!zzundastood 14 million
Try This 2.5 million
I’m Not Dead 5.5 million
Funhouse 6.5 million
The Truth About Love 5.5 million
Greatest Hits 2 million
Alicia Keys:
Songs in A Minor 12.5 million
The Diary of Alicia Keys 8 million
As I Am 7 million
The Element of Freedom 3.5 million
Girl on Fire 2 million
Unplugged 2 million
Britney Spears:
Baby One More Time 26 million
Oops I Did it Again 23 million
Britney 14 million
In the Zone 11 million
Blackout 2 million
Circus 5 million
Femme Fatale 2.5 million
My Perogative 4 million
Singles Collection 500k
Xtina:
Christina Aguilera 19 million
Stripped 13 million
Back to Basics 5 million
Bionic 1 million
Lotus 600k
My Kind of Christmas 2 million
Mí Reflectío 6 million
Keeps Gettiing Better 1.5 million
Burlesque 1 million
Ciara:
Goodies 5.5 million
Ciara: The Evolution 3 million
Fantasy Ride 500k
Basic Instinct 250k
Ciara 210k
Gaga:
The Fame 11 million
The Fame Monster 4.5 million
Born This Way 6.5 million
ARTPOP 3-4.5 million
Taylor Swift:
Taylor Swift 7 million
Fearless 11 million
Speak Now 6.5 million
Red 6.5 million
Aaliyah:
Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number 4.5 million
One in a Million 6 million
Aaliyah 1.5 million (before death)/9 million after death =
I Care 4 U 3.5 million
Ultimate Aaliyah 500k
Brandy:
Brandy 6.5 million
Never Say Never 14 million
Full Moon 2.5 million
Afrodisiac 1 million
Human 500k
Two Eleven 300k
Mariah Carey:
Mariah Carey 16 million
Emotions 8 million
Music Box 32 million
Daydream 26 million
Butterfly 11 million
Rainbow 8 million
Glitter 2.5 million
Charmbracelet 3 million
Emancipation of MiMi 12 million
E=MC 4 million
Memoirs 1.5 million
Unplugged 12 million
Merry Christmas 15 million
#1s 17 million
Greatest Hits 5 million
Whitney Houston:
Whitney Houston 25 million
Whitney 23 million
I’m Your Baby Tonight 12 million
The Bodyguard 46 million
The Preacher’s Wife 6 million
My Love is Your Love 13 million
Just Whitney 2.5 million
I Look to You 3.5 million
Greatest Hits 10 million
One Wish 1.5 million
Madonna:
Madonna 10 million
Like a Virgin 21 million
True Blue 25 million
Like a Prayer 15 million
Erotica 6 million
Bedtime Stories 7 million
Ray of Light 20 million
Music 15 million
American Life 5 million
Confessions on the Dance Floor 12 million
Hard Candy 4 million
MDNA 2 million
Who’s that Girl 5 million
I’m Breathless 7 million
Evita 11 million
You Can Dance 5 million
The Immaculate Collection 30 million
Something to Remember 10 million
GHV2 7 million
Celebration 4 million
Janet Jackson:
Janet Jackson 500k
Dream Street 500k
Control 15 million
Rhythm Nation 20 million
janet. 20 million
The Velvet Rope 10 million
All for You 8 million
Damita Jo 4 million
20 Y.O. 2 million
Discipline 2 million
Design of a Decade 7.5 million
Number Ones 1.5 million
Destiny’s Child:
Destiny’s Child 2 million
The Writing’s on the Wall 12 million
Survivor 10 million
Destiny Fulfilled 8 million
This is the Remix 1 million
8 Days of Christmas 1 million
#1s 2 million
TLC:
Oooooooh on the TLC Tip 7 million
crazy.s***.cool 24 million
FanMail 13 million
3D 4 million