In reply to Ree.

People do tire of all of the usual artists, so how they present their projects is important. I think Tidal came at the same time she was gearing up (a distraction at the very least). Again, if she releases her next album exclusively through Tidal, it won't do well. It can be debated if she has now lost momentum (perhaps), and therefore sales will inevitably be soft with or without streaming. I know people are tire of the hand full of artists (not just Rihanna), personalities sell music today, not quality or timeless music (who's making awesome music?). Nicki Minaj saved her day by releasing the movie video in conjunction with a public break-up with her long-time beau. There's only 4 or so major black female music superstars (excluding legends Mariah and MJB). Black music isn't as appealing because there are less players and diversity, and we don't buy too much anyway. So Rihanna's future success will survive R8 possibly not being a smash hit, tho, two hot singles would change things, a coin toss, but hey it's very possible!