"Those legends Rihanna is named next two had talent." . We see people with talent every year. A person singing on the subway has talent (Brandy). What make you a star is the music, no one remembers the singing or whatever, it's the music, hits! And the subject was that Rihanna names is next to legends, she's the only new artist in the past 20 years to be named next to them. So that is something. It's 2016, what are we talking about? Music, the hits. Not tours, not stunts, not looks, HITS! You can have your little opinion about Rihanna, and guess what, no one cares. But numbers are facts, those record sales shows that many people bought into her, in a music bizz that no one is selling other than a few. . And you better do your math (in Left Eye's voice). Rihanna OWNS her music, she about to have a #1 as an inde artist. Adele and Taylor can sell all the millions they want, but we all know that they're in 360s or the very least getting 7% of those album sales. Everytime you hear a Rihanna song, she getting a check. Past or present, YOU do the math. You do the math of an artist getting over 50% of their sales VS a label slave that is selling millions, but only getting 7%, IF that.