Rihanna may be in all sorts of a mess with her mucky eighth album campaign, but her status as a singles force is not only secure – it’s unmatched.
Find out why below…
Today, the RIAA (Recording Institute Association of America) named the 27-year-old as the first and only artist to surpass their 100 million cumulative singles award threshold. A tally which accounts for Gold and Platinum honors.
Already boasting claim to 52 million digital sales Stateside, the round figure of 100 million was arrived at by adding 48 million new units comprised of the RIAA revised mix of sales and streaming data. A point which will likely raise a few eyebrows.
Per the RIAA, Rih’s career song certifications span 37 separate titles released during her decade of music making, and include a 9X multi-Platinum award for ‘We Found Love,’ 6X multi-Platinums for ‘Stay,’ ‘What’s My Name’ and ‘Only Girl (In The World),’ plus a 2X multi-Platinum for new song ‘FourFiveSeconds,’ a Platinum for ‘Bitch Better Have My Money’ and more.
Comparatively, Rih’s US album sales are altogether more humble (despite still being impressive given the current sales climate).
Rihanna’s career album awards total 7.5 million sold in America, including a 2x multi-Platinum for ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’ (2007), five Platinum albums for ‘A Girl Like Me’ (2006), ‘Rated R’ (2009), ‘Loud’ (2010), ‘Talk That Talk’ (2011) and ‘Unapologetic’ (2012) plus Gold for ‘Music Of The Sun’ (2005).
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Though impressive, something about this reeks of pre-album propaganda. Like, aspects of what exactly is being celebrated feel at best blurred.
We’d love to know the methodology and, of course, the comparison between sales and streaming “units”.
In any case, congrats girl!
And the beyonce fans will be in here hating and seething in 5,4,3,2,….
Hate for what boo.. Our girl sale albums.. Keep up the good work riri
our girl sale? Y’all know who this is.
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As if she is a top album seller, oh the delusion
Yea yea first week smoke and mirrored sales
Rihanna sold albums as much as Beyoncé sold
The first comment on a Rihanna post is about Beyonce… This is a post about Rihanna’s latest accomplishment, and your immediate reaction is not to Praise her, but to bring up… Beyonce? You betta Stan!!!
Sam loooooooooves throwing shade at Rihanna calling this achievement “pre album propaganda” as if Beyonce, Katy, Miley, GaGa, Madonna and other pop divas don’t chase titles and records. #byeFelicia
…How is that relevant to anything that has been said here? Are you trying to say that because Sam doesn’t see it as an achievement, you as a Rihanna fan shouldn’t regard it as one for yourself?? …because that sure is what it sounds like. I was trying to figure out why a Rihanna fan, would come on to a Rihanna post that highlights her latest accomplishment, immediately ignore it, and instead, shift the subject to Beyoncé. And if your comment is in response to what I said then that’s pretty pathetic that you’re indirectly admitting that you need the approval of someone else to decide for yourself whether or not it’s important enough to be celebrated.
WITH ZERO TALENT, BESIDES BEING A GREAT MODEL
As an adult, I’m only talking about Rihanna. She’s a beautiful young lady and she will be free eventually from all this chaos that’s been holding her back. She don’t have to prove herself to anyone because she’s confident and it shows. She’s one step away from Tidal. Have a good weekend.
Wow that’s amazing. Congrats to her. Certifications are amazing feats. Not many artists are able to get it nowadays.
burn bish burn
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TeamTinashe Why are you hating ?? lol Because Tinashe can’t get her album platinum or even Gold. Haters Bye
you feel that fire? just let it BURN!!!
Congrats to Rihanna!!!!! Was really surprised she came to the BET Awards after paying it dust since 2009. Now make some more urban music!
Tgj trying to get hits because no one cared about those other lame posts
Go Rih, luv this chic, can’t wait for studio album 8.. I’m glad she’s going to away to working on her fashion label.. She has too many haters that love to compare her like she’s been trying to imitate other artists the whole time.. She may not be the best but no one quite does it like Rih!
“Though impressive, something about this reeks of pre-album propaganda. Like, aspects of what exactly is being celebrated feel at best blurred.”
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We’ve been getting a lot of random reports on her sales within the last few months. Its like her team is desperate to make her seem like this mega superstar, instead of her just proving it with her talent and new music! Others don’t have to say anything???? Smh
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Her single sales are impressive but her album sales show that she is nothing more than a singles artiste! Only 7.5 Million albums sold in the U.S..with all of those hits??? Her single chart run has come to an end. Now it’s time to show us your talent and who you are as an artist.
AMAZING!!! She has an RIAA top achievement. 100 million singles in the US is not only huge, it’s legendary.
#BBHMM
Wow, I’m impressed. That’s a big accomplishment, especially since she’s managed to do what several legendary hit makers haven’t. Congrats to Rih! She’s leaving her mark.
Yeah like an S** that won’t go away
Is Rihanna the Jason Derulo for black female singers? …. I’m just kidding lol. I hope she doesn’t release her album through TIDAL. TIDAL and Jay Z is the reason why this era’s beginning was a mess. Also her first risky attempt to releasing music off of her own label. Come through Riri!!
Yes!! I agree that jayz is the reason !! This tidal s*** was a setup from day one! For all of them. It seems like they are only pushing beyonce, Rihanna, Nicki, and Madonna releases on it though. As if they are suppose to summon followers to pay 10-20 monthly. Furthermore I think she has picked up on the hint that tidal isn’t helping. Which is why bbhmm is going straight to vevo as well as tidal Thursday. Riaa certified! The hive like to throw that acronym around when it comes to bey. Some sell albums some sell singles. My fave has done both. Howrah!!
I won’t be surprised if she jumps ship and does a deal with Apple. I think she should. She does well on iTunes.
And thats all she will ever be. A singles artist kiiiiii
BUT WEREN’T YOU NOT TOO LONG AGO BRAGGING ON NICKI’S SINGLE SALES WHEN PPL CALLED HER OUT ON HER LACK OF TALENT ANDDDDDD PLATINUM ALBUMS? KIII AT YOUR HYPOCRISY.
Nope doesn’t sound familiar ho stop making things up because I dragged your a$$ the other day
And I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but Nicki has TWO platinum albums!!! Hopefully a third one coming soon, even if the struggle is real on The Pinkprint. Her lack of talent is disputable, but her lack of platinum albums is not. Keep it cute HO.
LOL WHO DID YOU DRAG LIL FELLOW? TELLING SOMEONE “LEAVE NICKI ALONE” IS FARRRRRRRR FROM DRAGGING. SUCK A D***!
LOL huh I said “leave Nicki alone”??? To you and your weak drags??? Maybe you’re confusing me for someone else because liessssssss I wanna see receipts!!! And bihhhh how soon we forget! I dragged your funky a$$ for filth like the back of your neck. Don’t act like you forgot like the same way R******’s Navy forgot RL8’s release date
CORRECTION: Her US album sales are over 10 million now, Sam. Update that.
Now, given the fact that Rihanna is a fairly global artist, 110 million records in the US ALONE is astonishing.
lol @ fairly global…k
She’s the female Jason Derulo TBH. No one buys her albums.
How many platinum album plaques Monica have. Oops I forgot , she is a late 90’s version of Keisha cole. None.
The round figure of 100 million was arrived at by adding 48 million new units comprised of the RIAA revised mix of sales and streaming data.
Like i said in another post, sales are sales, you can say Rihanna has sold a billion records but how much of that are truly sales, streaming, views, etc will never be sales to me, i stick to the older best selling artist, The Beatles, Elvis, MJ, Madonna, Mariah, Queen, Celine, Whitney etc, etc, the rest are just smoke and mirrors “best selling artists”, deal with it MILLENNIALS 😀
But these sales and streams are WAY more accurate than those other artist sales. Before 1991, sales came from the label, we don’t know how much of their sales were BS.
???????????? @ Them blaming Tidal for Rihanna’s underperformance. She only released American Oxygen through Tidal and it was still promoted with a video, March Madness and SNL. The song is just a flop. Blame it on that.
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@RihBoy
Beyonce has also sold singles and albums. Her album sales are a lot more impressive in the U.S. and WW with two less albums. FOUR multi platinum albums and ONE platinum.$1 singles sales are not that impressive imo. Some artists are more well rounded and others are not.????
Bye slay. You ain’t saying nothing. Same old inflated/false foolery. Different day. Be seated and applaud.
Biitch what is inflated about my comment?? Beyonce does have four multi platinum albums and one platinum. You can’t even back your b******* with a receipt. Sit your dumb ass down bittch. I will never applaud mediocrity????????????????????
Sam you are by far the most ugliest f***** ass b**** I know….you are nothing but a f****** hater and if I ever seen you I would spit in your face…but keep hating because every negative shot you take at rihanna and her status to be Honest doesn’t mean s*** it just lets true fans know that U are a jealous ass hater…. if this was ciara U would be praising that tired ass b****….but anyway rihanna keep winning your stats say it all!
U are mad
Is it because Rihanna can’t perform and her entire career is propaganda
100 mil singles and 10 mil albums after 7 kiii
A ciara fan talking about someone else cant sell albums….
WHY THE KII WHEN CIARA HASN’T SEEN A CERTIFICATION SINCE 07 EXCLUDING MANLY PARTS & I FLOP WHICH WERE BOTH CERTIFIED THROUGH STREAMS!?!?
i was so happy until i realised that streaming is included,,but congrats girl,this within such a short period of time,,now if only she could switch things up and bring the rihanna we know and love in R8,that would b epic
Leaves me to wonder where bet is single wise without “streaming” ! Probably plethora a away from such an achievement.
Congrats to her this is a huge Accomplishment ..
BBHMM platinum including streaming hmmm the navy can no longer come for 7/11
Anyways congrats Rih
THE NAVY WILL DO WTF WE WANT! WHY ARE YOU EVEN HERE?!?!
I don’t think any Rihanna fan was looking for “American Oxygen”. Her fans were still stuck on BBHMM. AO is a TIDAL FORCED single tbh.
American Oxygen was much better than FourFive Seconds and BBHMM. It just needed stronger lyrics and a better arrangement
Dead @ this big foreheaded p*** saying Beyonce’s album sales are “impressive” especially the WW part.
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Is that why Colombia records refuses to release her official sales? They’re not even on her official website.
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Where’s her RIAA achievement? Where’s her billboard achievements that doesn’t take gender and race into account? Beyonce is not even li any top 10 list of achievements that includes Mariah, MJ, the Beatles, Whitney Houston, etc.
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It is so bitter and pressed. ????
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FOUR Multi-Platinum albums and ONE platinum. That’s with FIVE albums and only FIVE number one singles on the BB100. That is very much so impressive compared to your fave who has SEVEN albums and THIRTEEN number one BB100 singles with only ONE multi platinum album and 7.5 million alums sold in the U.S. Beyonce is also listed as one of the artists with the most top twenty hits and fifteen top ten hits. I don’t even have to mention her 20 Grammys.
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Beyonce’s WW album sales are better as well. Mind you she only has five and has sold more than your fave without the generic pop hits and having to release annually.
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Columbia has no reason to flaunt Beyoncé’s sales. They have no reason to HYPE her up because her TALENT speaks for itself. She will always be more respected regardless if she doesn’t have a billion $1 single sales. Go choke on the village chiefs u**** dickk, you third world schizophrenic dumb ass biitch!! ????????????
Who cares about Beyonce? No one is talking about her. Rihanna has had an impact unparalleled this decade. This is about Rihanna the icon who has white girls around the world still shaving off half their head. Every number one hit was earned, and she completed it in only TEN years! As both females are phenomenal, you simply cannot deny Rihanna’s greatness. Especially since if #1 songs were easy to get, your fave would have had one about now #2008
WTF do you mean no one is talking about Beyonce? The first comment is dedicated to Beyoncé and her fans and Centurion is mentioning her. Why do you think I even replied to it??
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Ya’ll kill me talking about she did this in “Only Ten Years” like she hasn’t had to release twice as many albums as artists that have been around longer and yet her album sales are still unimpressive. I’m sure every hit was earned. She hopped many trends to earn them. Beyonce is not worries about a #1 BB hit in this generic overated era of talent. She STILL has four multi platinum albums and 20 Grammy’s to her name. If that was so easy to get Rihanna’s 13 hits would have gave her those as well.
Slay_HIVe: hop off Rihanna’s pûssy with your h*****-infected mouth. You must be an undercover Rih fan because her name stays all on your mouth like liquor in the comments section.
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That was hilarious Slay_forehead.
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Let me repeat:
Where. Is. Her. R. I. A. A. A-chie-ve-ment? Where. Is. Her. Bill-boar-d. A-chie-ve-men-ts. Out-side. Gen-der. An-d. Ra-ce?
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Death @ you thumbing up your own comment over and over again like the illigetimate ugly ass big foreheaded fatherless bástard child you are, thinking I’m fazed by them.
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Biitch make like a banana and split. I can’t even take your pressed comment seriously with that shady name dedicated to Ciara.
Beyonce is a respected performer, but she doesn’t have any memorable music. She doesn’t have ONE iconic hit. She doesn’t have a Purple Rain nor does she have a Thriller; she doesn’t even have a Diamonds or a We Found Love, or any song for that matter that will continue to be played at weddings 20 years from now. (Please don’t mention a Beyonce song that guys who use the word “hunty” and shop at Rainbow only know.) She could quit music now, and these other pop stars still couldn’t reach to her level.
I can’t even take you serious claiming Beyonce doesn’t have an iconic hit. That is complete bull. Crazy in Love is ICONIC. Single Ladies is ICONIC and created a WW dance phenomenon. Which is also played at weddings and has been used in several soundtracks. Death @ you using Purple Rain and Thriller and then have the nerve to compare Diamonds and WFL(WHAT??!!) as iconic and memorable. Your fave doesn’t even think her music is “timeless” isn’t that why she’s taking so long with this album and failing commercially??? ???????????????? Lastly how do you know what will be remembered or not? Beyonce is going on 20 years of pop relevancy. Surely she is loved for her music just as well as her performing. Beyonce is on a whole different level. Anyone with an ounce of common sense knows this to be true. You rihhtards are delusional.
Essays for days girl. Pressed. As usual. Yet we can’t ever find you in a beyonce post. We all know who you study daily. Nobody gives two shits about beyonce and how much albums jayz, her mother, her father, Apple bought boo. This is about Rihanna. You always try to flip the script. Just accept, congratulate, and move on. Trust me, the stress has already proven too much for your edges. Woosah honey bun.
Biitch you’re always sniffing after all of my comments like a little pressed puppy. Clearly what I have to say interests you and bothers you. You need to go back and read the MF comments. I’m not the one who brought Beyonce up boo. Your fellow rihttards did as usual with the essays that I’m replying to!! As it’s hard for y’all to congratulate your basic fave without bringing the Queen up! I will never congratulate mediocrity as I Stan for a Queen and $1 single sales don’t impress me. Hop your pressed ass out of my reply box even though I know that’s hard for you to do. You feed a dog, expect the dumb biitch to come running back!!;????????????
Slay_HIVe stays getting dragged and coming back for more like a gremlin. B***** needs a job. Are there any pïmps out there who will take this tïred höê????
Dragged by who?? You slum dwelling c** guzzling crater face hoee?? Let me add you to the LONG list of all the biithes I have pressed and bothered! Find you a fuckinn job besides riding my dickk, I don’t pay hoess!
Slay HIVe, you know what being pressed and bothered is like because you keep responding every time I call you out on your BS. You’re right on one thing. You can’t get dragged right now because Centurion, me and others have scalped all your follicles and shredded all the wigs you you used to have.
Biitch shut your stupid ass up. If I’m not mistaken you gutter rats are the ones constantly mentioning me. Not the other way around! That is what you call PRESSED! Keep my name and Bey’s name out of your mouth and I won’t have to continue scalping you biitches having you all lookin like terminally ill cancer patients!FOH
Slay HIVe, stay behind that computer screen yapping because I’ll give you a great scalping in person. Trust! ????????????????????????????-????????????????????????????????????????????
???????????????????? This is a smart phone biitch and leave your MF address if you really about that life. Weak ass hoesss!! Smh ????????????????????????????????
Honey beyonces self titled was mediocre. 7/11 was mediocre! He’ll feeling myself was mediocre. Lots of s*** bey has done is considered mediocre. So I guess we are two in the same. Because I definitely won’t applaud a thief in the night. That’s all your fave is. A Tina turner rip off and wAnnabe, feeding on every trend and frenzy to remain relevant. We call that a try hard. Because that’s what she has to do to keep up. Because she is easily outsold. That’s a fact.
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Self Titled-85 Metacritic score and Universally ACCLAIMED. When will PotHeadanna biitch?? Your opinion is as worthless as your walls! Nothing Bey does is mediocre because she is very talented, and is very involved in her craft unlike other certain puppets. Beyonce is nobody’s rip off. She is actually highly respected by Tina Turner and other legends.she was even lucky enough to share the stage with her. Rihanna is nothing more than a Madonna wannabe rip off with half the talent, and half the impact. All she is known for are generic forgettable hits written by others. Where are her Grammy’s that aren’t feature related?? Where are her iconic performances?? Where is her respect?? Beyonce isn’t the one who trend hops to stay relevant sweety. Rihanna is the one who has to do that. I don’t EVER recall Beyonce riding the EDM trend to stay relevant but rihanna sure has just as much as she’s rode the industry’s dickks! Beyonce has outsold your fave in albums with less boo and her record sales are much more impressive without having to release like a conveyor belt. You gotta come with facts before you step to me. No one is bothered by these little single sale stats. Congrats to her though, no matter how minor the achievement is????????????
as of the hive presents facts with solid receipts.!!! Ha! Please stop slay. Your three paragraphs of pressed and over doing it. Your fave isn’t even making headlines. Got her parading around in rainbow outfits to keep a buzz of a dying tidal and a dying fire under anything new from her. I mean I do t think anyone cares to have any new music from her. Her last album was such a let down. The era lasted about what five months?
???????????????????? Meanwhile her last album is Double platinum and over 4 million WW. Beyonce didn’t even bother promoting but still sold. She hasn’t even don’t half of the promo your fave has done and she still doesn’t have a release date. People are already craving new Bey music. As it’s always an event when she releases. Joint album rumors are getting hotter, producers are leaking info and Bey makes headlines while just simply existing. I think the world forgot Rihanna is in the middle of an era. Its so stale boring and DEAD. She better hurry up and release tho. Its too easy for Queen Bey to steal her little shine.????????????????????FOH
Slay HIVe, when you can afford a ticket to NYC, hit me up. I live in Hell’s Kitchen. Let’s see if you’re about that life.
Centurion shut the hell up with your stupid ass replies. Don’t say anything to me until you have something worthy to read.
Yes WFL and Diamonds are ICONIC. We still play Diamonds at my church dance. More people were fascinated by the dance in Single Ladies than the song itself. The only time I hear that song still is on Tuesday nights at clubs that have metal detectors! Please we all know that Beyonce is a circus act relegated to a stage for pop dominance. No one in the mainstream can name you any of her hits; they just know the long lion mane and the good booty popping at award shows.
???????????????? you really need to change your name. Because that comment was full of lies and delusions. Your opinion on Beyonce’s music is purely subjective. Just because your Catholic church still plays that generic mess doesn’t mean the whole world does. I haven’t heard WFL since Gaga last had a platinum album. Around the time when EDM was dying.???? but I’m sure WFL is heavily rotated in bars filled with Meth and Cokehead acne face white twinky bottoms dancing with just a much rhythm as your fave. No one remembers her hits. She dont even wanto remember them. That black eye Chris gave her is much more iconic. ????????????
You might as well make your name thatpressedfruitjuice because you reign superior when it comes to trolling and being pressed. Over another stans fave than your own. Bitter a$s hater ????????????
And you should change your name to SlayHive’s PET because you stay chasing up behind my comments like I’m tossing you a bone. YOU are the bitter one biitch!
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*throws bone into highway traffic* fetch dumb bitter ass biitch
I don’t get why they throw in streaming, it just confuses people. This article itself is confusing. They are reporting her sales based off certifications, which is already inaccurate as is, but then they added in streaming. Rihanna has sold 10 million albums in the US but she’s only been certified for 7.5 million. I don’t know why they bother reporting album sales based off certifications, it will either give you an over estimate or an under estimate.
WHAT DOES ARIANA CAREY 2.0 SALES LOOK LIKE?
Certified plastic.
Her album sales for the U.S. are 10 million. Where is Sam getting his info from??? Billboard stated that when she crossed that threshold
For those who do not know how streaming counts: Every time one person streams one song, whether it be through Spotify or YouTube, the artist receives $0.01 from sponsors and advertisers. The sales from this add to the total gross revenue of the song in addition to the pre-existing sales.
Yes! This is called Digital Monetization. Any artist that’s not taking advantage of this is missing a fairly decent paycheck. People need to stop complaining and get with the times.
*ICONIC!*
More like *IRONIC!* , *BIONIC!*, *DEMONIC!*
I forgot *CHRONIC!* like the diseases she’s contracted and spread around the music industry
Sam: “Though impressive, something about this reeks of pre-album propaganda. Like, aspects of what exactly is being celebrated feel at best blurred.”
Why must you hate? How is it propaganda when it’s the Recording Institute Association of America? You can’t make this up as this is actual data from the standard in the music industry. You can’t buy this like Beyonce buys Grammys. It’s straight FACTS! Don’t act like you forgot.
If Beyonce buys Grammys. Rihanna buys #1 hits. This is nothing but hype payed for by he team to help boost her status because she is floppin and has a new album coming soon.
You can’t buy FACTS! This is data not subjective opinion amongst a council of Jewish men who accepts checks for a shiny object and to be viewed for 30sec on primetime TV. Stop hating, and to a Beyonce post. Ooops I forgot there aren’t any currently there’s only RIHANNA
???????????? Not you talking about FACTS when you claim Beyonce buys Grammy’s. Where is your proof of that? Prove that “FACT”!
Please. Everybody knows Matthew Knowles’ crooked ass was on the Grammy committee
@Slay_Hiv The fact that you can’t refute anything in my comment besides beyonce and her Grammys proves that you very well know the truth and Rihanna’s impact. Stay pressed and stay mad.
@ Skeri Peasant
If everybody knows, it shouldn’t be hard for you to find a receipt and back your claims.
@I Speak
What else there to refute besides the illogical baseless comment about Beyoncé’s Grammy’s?? Even though RIAA released this info, its just a coincidence that this information is being released before her album and the fact that she is currently flopping. This is what you call hype.
Rihanna’s US Album sales
•GGGB – 2.8 million
•Loud – 1.8 million
•A Girl Like Me – 1.4 million
•Unapologetic – 1.2 millio
•Talk that Talk – 1.15 million
•Rated R – 1.13 million
•MOTS – 623,000
This was reported a couple of days ago… by TGJ itself, and y’all fell for it… again. ???? ???? ????
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Sam’s Logic / Beyhive logic
2+1+1+1+1+1+0.5 = 7.5
Rihanna sold 10 million albums back in 2012. I saw that too. She can’t fool anyone.
Yeah. Billboard reported that back in 2012.
Impressive indeed, but album sales will always be more important IMO.
I’m sorry but this is not impressive and I’m not a Beyonce stan either. She has only sold 7.5 million albums in the US in her whole career? 10 years? Janet, Whitney, Madonna, Toni Braxton, Mariah and Celine did that with one album. Just no. Now they are adding streaming to count towards singles sales? What’s next? Start adding sales everytime your record is played on the radio? This is bull****. If the legends had this kind of advantage, they would have sold 400-500 million records. The digital age is garbage.
Ane let me add…I’m not trying to bash Rihanna, who is clearly a singles artist, but I’m not here for the industry trying to boost this up as some grand achievement. Mariah Carey has 18 #1’s yet she went diamond on album sales at least once or twice. Hell all the legends in the last generation qualify for diamond status with at least one album.
As I do understand your point especially with the point on Mariah Carey having Diamond albums as well, but you must realize the times that we live in. Most of Rihanna’s albums were released before 2011 which the US was recovering from the economic collapse, and no artist were selling massive album units. Furthermore, Rihanna’s demographic of fans are not a bunch of 12yr old girls who live in a culdesac who’s parents are going to spend $15 on a cookie-cutter safe artist. The majority of her fans have college student loan debt and owes Sallie Mae which is why streaming matters so much in the Millennial generation. Nevertheless, her impact is nothing short of iconic. She set music trends on the radio with her singles. She still has white girls around the world shaving off their head.
Don’t be silly comparing rihs sales to Whitney Marian etc that was a different time in music
@colosoul
You can say that again! This streaming is B*******. Soon Rihanna and Taylor Swift will “sell” (streams) 300 million singles and surpass the older artists in record sales. Which is unfair because the older artists actually Sold all those records WITHOUT streaming! Streaming included as sales is created to inflate the sales of these new artists. SALES will always be the real important thing, and should weigh more than when someone just streams a song or listen on youtube.
SCREAMING at Samantha seething in this article, you should have just let professionalism reign Samantha. Just let Rashad and David write all the articles from now on and you can do background work like marketing or something.
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Anyway congrats Rih, cannot wait for BBHMM video tomorrow.
You mean copy and paste from another website with UP and RAP in their name.
LMAO, David is usually good most of the time though.
Iconic she is the quintessential popstar of the 21st Century
Wow the little Pon De Replay girl really came along way.
wish we could say the same about ciara.
The way the hive talk about Bey’s last album you might think she formulated a masterpiece ala Purple Rain,Sgt Pepper,The Blueprint or Exile On Main St
LMAO the reach !!!!
She has to be the fastest selling female artist ever. The lengths yall go to deny Rih’s success is too funny. ???????? she slays.
Another s***** Rihanna post trying to fool us into thinking she’s bigger than she is. The girl is a flop and all the following f*** will have to deal.
Love, you spend too much time worrying about Rihanna. One thing for sure is that she’s way bigger than Icki Garbaj wil ever be. Even wih streaming added, The Shïtprint can’t scan 1 million worldwide ????????????
Rih isn’t a singles artist though, her album sales match up with your faves, TTT and Unapologetic both sold 3.4-3.5 worldwide when the “album sellers” barely sell more than her and stalling at 3.8 million with a overhyped, oversexualized album that allegedly “changed the ga.
Now a singles artist would be those with six singles out from one album ,massive promo, a (flop) tour yet can’t even sell 650k stateside.
They put their own nasty foot in their mouths. Rihanna albums a flop, yet their roach queen is a great selling when they sell the sale? Save the excuses, they still sold the same. Of Rihanna a singles artist, then Beyonce is on a decline. Sorry that Beyonce can’t sell singles or get hits.
Talk That talk sold 3.8 million and Unapologetic sold 3.6 million.
Wow! And shes stilk only managed to sell 10 mill albums in the US and 30 mill worldwide, with SEVEN releases.
Her singles sales are drastically disportionate to her album sales. Rihanna will never be more known for albums than her singles. Congrats though *Claps hands for the Singles Artist*
Different times. How many albums went plat this year? She sold more albums than most of her peers.
Idk…. I know that Beyonces latest album is Multi Platinum. I cant tell you when was the last time Rihanna, or anyone else, has had one.
I told no lies. Rihannas not the best album selling artist of this past decade, shes not the best selling artist overall, nor is she the highest grossing performer. RIHANNA IS THE BEST SELLING SINGLES ARTIST OF OUR TIME. You should be content with that.
Record sales are record sales. We didn’t say ALBUMS, we said records, thay same way as EVER artist is counted and been counted for decades. Have a seat.
Why are you still in my reply section?
Rihanna doesnt excel in any other area besides that singles department. You cant deny that. Shes a Singles Artist, the best selling Singles Artist to be exact. Shes not the best at anything else…..
Taylor is still the best selling digital artist In the U.S. Rihanna is the most certified artist. There’s a difference!!!
Look up the word digital and then get back at me.
Congratulations Rihanna. This means her sales has to be near the 200 million by now. Cause it was 150 million in like 2012. Big ups again, this girl break records, the ONLY. How is that a flop? Why their Queen didn’t do it? What was that Katy record last year? Rihanna is become the Highest Selling Female Singer Of All Time before age 35. Hahahahahaha
Beysnoozé sales are shít. Accept it and stop being pressed.
How so??
Look how the HIVE cling to Taylor Swift now. Lol
they always cling to someone to discredit her and ALWAYS GET MUD IN THE FACE
Mark111 LOL just stop!!! RIAA add steams to their total boo Taylor Swift has sales are around 84 million in the US while Rih’s is at 79-80 mill. So i’ll say it again TAYLOR SWIFT IS STILL THE BEST SELLING DIGITAL ARTIST IN THE US
Sales of what? Singles, albums?
The only people who buy TSwift albums are 12yr old suburban culdesac girls who’s parents are willing to spend $15 on a boring, safe, clean, cooki-cutter, blonde girl. Taylor Swift is hot for the moment, but she doesn’t come anywhere close to Rihanna’s global impact. How many people know Taylor in Laos?
If Taylor Swift was the best selling digital artist, then she would have thay title. You guys are bringing up her sales, but are they from a digital format or naw. Taylor singles sales are ok and most of her albums sales come from retail. And seeing how she pulled her albums from streaming sites, those count aren’t high either.
SCREAMING at the hive clinging to Taylor Swift now….LMAO I CANNOT.
Rihanna has still sold more records than her WW so what’s the difference?
Artist been counting RECORDS sales for decade. So don’t come here with “they’re mostly singles” BS, when your fave (all of you) record sold count is counted the same. Sit the eff down and let Rihanna (the only artist to do this) have her record breaking moment. No on is bring up legendary artist when Beyonce won 20 grammys, so have all the seats in the world.
I still cannot get over the fact that the Hive are riding Taylor Swift’s coattails now LMAO. Not them attaching themselves to Taylor Swift’s resume now….I AM WEAK!!!!!
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But when we did it to compaire the diffence from Beyonce and 1989, we were clinging? They have no standard, they will diss Jesus to save their Queen. (Waitm they already did that too.) smh
I heard Beyoncé has only sold 140 million records
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With five albums tho! She didn’t have to release in bulk.
5 vs 7 is not worls apart. You guys call Rihanna first two albums major flops, so it even wrost for Beyonce, coming off te backs of a very succesful girl group.
It is worlds apart when she had to release annually and Beyonce didn’t. Rihanna would be going on album ten by Nov 2015, if she would hale consistently released annually. Beyoncé’s first solo album was in 2003(two years before Rihanna’s debut) and is only on album five.
So? Sales are sales. Doesn’t matter how often someone release. For Rihanna to drop an album every year in her first 8 years is a feat in itself.
Dropping more material gives you an advantage and boost in sales. DUHHHH The point is Beyonce is not far behind at all without doing half the work and has still sold more albums. Bye
So Single Ladies isnt iconic but WFL and Diamonds are? SCREAMS!
Did any of those songs coin catches phrases still used til this day? Because “Put A Ring On It” did. Do any of those songs have shows named after them in their honor? Because Single Ladies did. Did any of those songs cause dances crazes? Were people dressing up as Rihanna for Halloween. NO. How long many weeks did thoughs McSingles peak at #1 Lmao. How many grammys/accolades did she recieve for them?
The only Rihanna song, that could even REMOTELY be seen as iconic is “Umbrella”….Dont push it lmao.
Whos talking about iconic? We’re talking about sales and certifications.
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They are delusional hun. Their own fave doesn’t even think her hits are timeless. I can’t with them
And who are you or anyone to say what will be iconic or memorable?
Ooop
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Welp…
Taylor swift is going to be the First Lady to hit 1 billion YouTube views with a solo song!!!!! Blank space is now on 995 million on vevo.com!!!!
F**** That corny white B****. No one cares about her boring, cookie-cutter, unoriginal a**. She won’t last because she isn’t original at all. Bad Blood is just a remake of Kanye’s Stronger. Once her fans go through puberty, they will be over her just like you guys did with Gaga.
She’s lasted 5 albums though, 10 years….. So your point is wrong.
Mark111 Yess Taylor digital sales are more than Rihanna. She is still the Best Selling Digital Artists in the U.S. They never said Rihanna is the best selling digital artist in the U.S they said she has the most gold/ platinum certifications in which they used streaming. For eg they have BBHMM certified platinum but it only sold over 600k I’m not knocking Rih I mean this is huge but ijs
I understand what your saying.
Streaming counts now. Not our fault that Taylor wants to be a brat and take her music down. So Rihanna is the BEST SELLING DIGITAL ARTIST. Deal with it. Streaming is digitl, it is counted towrds sales, get over it.
No one is clinging to Taylor it’s just that yall saying wrong facts. WW Rihanna is the Best Selling Digital Artist and in the U.S. Taylor is the best selling Digital artist. Why yall getting mad at the truth?
WW > US only. We said Rihanna is the best selling digital artist and that fact STILL stands. Not one said nor care for Best Selling Digital artist in the US only. Bye! You hate is clouding your mind.
You ever bust 10 nuts in a two seater!?
She said “I can’t feel my legs” I’m like “Bish, me neither”
I’m going in
Beyonces lovewins 711 remake she put on IG is cute. TGJ REPORT ON IT.
July 1, 2015 at 12:30 pm
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Centurion shut the hell up with your stupid ass replies. Don’t say anything to me until you have something worthy to read.
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Hahahahaha. LOL
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I don’t have the time or energy to entertain this weak ass heaux.
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–> Bye Beyatch! <–
Then why do your stupid redundant ass continue to mention me?? You’re about as dumb as a box of rocks. What a joke lol
so streaming sales do not count anymore? so the 4, 5 million beyondfake last album sold..we should take out the streaming sales
and dead at people using taylor swift ..ahahahahahaahaha…her music sucks. she cannot sing for s***
she sells because of 12,13 year olds..she is my age and still singing about the same damn thing since she first started
OMG the pest are so stupid, they don’t even know what their fighting about. KingPest just ran back on his own argument. smh, I’m done even dealing with them, Even when you have them in a corner, prove them wrong, they still talking and switch to a different subject. It’s so played out and I’m done. It’s like fighting with a redneck, they won’t change and will forever sound dumb. You can’t bully faulse facts into truth, no matter how much you pest try or how many emojis you click. Have a nice life, you get no response from me.
“Or how many emojis you click” kiiii
“Well, Beyonce is the best selling artist in Agrabah.” Pest logic. WW > A single country
Don’t know why you all continue to fall for these stanbait posts obviously made for them to snatch 200+ comments.
This week in Flop News. Icky Minaj, The Pink Print this week sold 3,086K with US sales of 637,885K total. Look like the Pink Print ran out of ink. #Flop
Mark111 “Streaming counts as sales” If that was the case then BBHMM wouldn’t be at 660k now would it? It has Been certified Platinum but it’s sales is still at 660k so tell me mark?
Janet Jackson No sleeep debuted at 67 on the hot 100.
Pretty good.
Watch Sam calling it a hit, while he downplays every single move by Mariah Carey and Madonna, who have been releasing singles in the last 5 years that even made it to the top20 in that same list (but he basically called those flops). Not to mention Janet should benefit from big anticipation for being missing for years. (no shade to Janet, I think she released a quality single for her fans).
“The point is Beyonce is not far behind at all without doing half the work and has still sold more albums. Bye” -Slave_FiveHead
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So 5 is half of 7… Did not know that. And that is why I’m done with them.
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Rihanna has 100 million certified singles but only 10 million albums sold. The definition of a singles artist…
10 million in the US
Rihanna is the biggest digital female artist ever. And, possibly biggest digital artist, period. Congrats to her. And, even when you take away streams (which is this generations payola/overshipemtsn). Her PURE single sales globally is still OVER 125 million. They needs to stop adding streams. It’s not right. Rihanna SLAYS her single sales WITHOUT them tbh…
EXACTLY! They are conveniently ignoring all the artists that overshipped like crazy in the 80s/90s etc……Also, Rihanna was not the only artist that had streams added to her new figures. ALL OF THEM were reassessed with the new figures and RIHANNA came out on top, so why are they mad? Rihanna, a BLACK WOMAN, came out on top in this white ass industry, and that in itself is remarkable. She’s the best selling female artist of this generation(so far) and the hive can continue to pull out all the stops(strangely ignoring how overshipped their faves last album was….5 mil? Bish please) Anyways, I’m done.
In this digital age with singles going for 59 pence in the UK it means nothing. ALL THOSE DEALS AND SHE DID NOT MAKE THE FORBES LIST. BEYOND IS THE ONLY BLACK WOMAN HA HA HA
RIHANNA IS DONE!
OH, and some of those singles include EMIMEM joints.
This article was hard to follow not that hard. They are basing their numbers off certifications, not sales alone. RIAA includes streaming in certifications. These numbers aren’t what she actually sold, they’re what she sold in certifications. That’s why TGJ reported 7.5 million albums sold in the US and not the actual 10 million. She’s only certified for 7.5 million
1 album that’s 2x platinum (2 million)
5 albums at platinum (5 million)
1 gold album (500k)
Sales put her at 10 mil but certifications do not. They should have done their research. Ariana’s last album reached platinum but probably sold more than exactly 1 Mil(with streams) if you catch my drift.
GGGB should be 3x platinum since it’s basically at 3 million in the US. My Everything is one of the most streamed albums in the world. I’ll always wonder how her sales would be if streaming wasn’t around.
Rihanna – 58 singles
Beyonce – 65 singles
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I think TGJ blocked both Beyonce’s and Rihanna’s discography Wikipedia pages. My comments keep getting held for moderation. Just Google it.
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So, with that in mind…
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#RihannaWins
YASSSSSS QUEEN RIH
SHE WINNIN AND SHE AINT RVEN TRYING! MUTHAFUCKAS
TURN UP TO RIHANNA WHILE HE WHOLE CLUB F***** WASTED!!!
EVERY TIME I DROP I AM THE ONLY THING YA PLAYIN!
LOL LOL POOR RIHANNA. THIS IS JUST STREAMS
LOL THE FORBES LIST HAS COME OUT – BEYONCE IS THEIRE WITH OVER 50 MILL
even BRITNEY AND JLO ARE THERE.
RIHANNA IS NOT – SHE DOES NOT MAKE ANY MONEY
RIHANNA WILL END UP BROKE AND IN REHAB. BEYONCE WILL ( along with her man ) control the music industry like Oprah.
LOL LOL
Marikos the dumb-smart r******
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Kingbey’s point of argument is right
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this post is about RIAA and not WW, which means this is about US sales which brings us to Taylor >>> The Jaggernaut in digital sales
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that remaining titanic tip is not doing your brains any good Mariko
Singles, singles, singles… LOL
Laughable talentless artists.
She can sell 1 billion and still not grace Forbes 100 with her masters included
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It doesn’t make sense
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This is all damage control. They want people to pay attention to her flopping era
Career Ender had already declared r8 a flop in advance
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No amount of media bribery is gonna block artpop (r8) from happening
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The floppage shalt come to pass
Sam
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What’s up bro? , why did you sensor the word r-i-h-t-a-d?
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Or was it that annoying equator byproduct Nigerian tribal Yoruba phagg called Davoooood?
@Rihanna Navy tell the FleaHive that if Rihanna Singles don’t count ,,,then why did Boncy drop 17 of them with her last album. Tell the Haters that 10-Million Albums might not be many to them but name ten others artist who has done as well, Starting with the several Destiny Child artist, Envogue and
TLC first,,,,
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“raise a few eyebrows.” ?! Sam Why are you always the one who wrote news about Rihanna if you hate her so much? #FuckYoFav it’s not Rihanna fault if your fav is too lazy to work hard to have that title. Have several Seat Sam