[madonnas]

Originally posted by Kool_Aid_King

Are you Rihanna fans really that ****ing retarded? The thread isn't about successful songs, it's about songs that will be played in 10-20 years.

Beyonce has already achieved this with Crazy in Love. (9 years old believe it or not)

Pon de Replay? Already Forgotten.
SOS? On the Verge of being forgotten completely.
Unfaithful? Already Forgotten.
Umbrella?
Don't Stop The Music? Forgotten.
Disturbia? Forgotten.
Take a Bow? Are y'all really calling this iconic? Prolly the most forgotten Rih #1 of all time.
Russian Roulette? Already Forgotten.
Hard? Already Forgotten.
Rude Boy? Memorable for the time being.
Only Girl? Doesn't have timeless sound.
What's My Name? We'll see.
S&M? HELL NO! I love this song, but
WFL? It maybe #1 for 10 weeks, but the song's success was generally due to the dance-pop craze. May not have a lasting effect.

Ask yourself, do any of the songs before LOUD era get played on the radio anymore?

*~*

Crazy in Love?

I think Don't Stop the Music and Disturbia aren't forgotten... they still get lots of airplay. The whole Loud era is already forgotten though.

[Mr.Dream]

Rihanna's signature hits:
Umbrella
Don't Stop the music
Love the way you lie
Only GIrl (in the world)
We Found Love
(maybe WHYB will make it )


Beyonce's signature hits:
Crazy in love
Singles ladies
Halo


maybe Listen, because this song is used widely in singing competition. Irreplaceable is a local hit, no one use that song nowadays.

Case closed.
Rihanna wins

[Kool_Aid_King]

Originally posted by slw84

Boo, many of Rihanna songs will be played and only a handful of Beyonce songs are considered signature. I don't agree with that list but i think I posted 11 for Rihanna and like 5/6 for Beyonce.

And i don't think Beyonce holds more quality than Rihanna is some of those signatures. I think Crazy in love and Halo are quality...songs like Single ladies and Irreplaceable are cute but come one now...there are a few Riri songs that crap on them quality wise.

How many Rihanna songs were nominated for Record of the Year? I'm not saying the Grammy's mean anything, but Crazy in Love, Irreplaceable & Halo were all nominated for Record of the Year. Single Ladies actually won Song of the Year.

And no, As you can see the songs I listed, only about 5 of them are still played, and 4 of those only because they were hits in 2010-2012.

Single Ladies is 3 years old, and I still hear it played on the radio. Irreplaceable is nearly 6 years old, and it's still getting airplay on the radio. It's this longevity that Rihanna ultimately lacks.

Beyonce's SIGNATURE songs are:

I'll do the same list for Beyonce.

Crazy in Love:
Baby Boy: Forgotten.
MMI: Forgotten
NG: Forgotten
Check on it: Forgotten
DV: Forgotten
RTA: Forgotten
Irreplaceable:
BL: Big hit WW, but in the US; forgotten.
Listen: Watch any talent show. Someone always sings it.
IIWAB: Hit WW, but in the US, overshadowed.
SL:
Halo: Still played on radio stations, but mostly due to it being sort of recent.
SD: (see Halo description)
RTW: Flop, but still well recognized. Will be forgotten within a couple years.
BTINH: Forgotten.
Party: Forgotten.
Countdown: Forgotten.
LOT: Huge on Urban.

Basically, Beyonce has more timeless songs.

[lpd446]

Originally posted by Mr.Dream

Rihanna's signature hits:
Umbrella
Don't Stop the music
Love the way you lie
Only GIrl (in the world)
We Found Love
(maybe WHYB will make it )


Beyonce's signature hits:
Crazy in love
Singles ladies
Halo


maybe Listen, because this song is used widely in singing competition. Irreplaceable is a local hit, no one use that song nowadays.

Case closed.
Rihanna wins

this is indeed true

[Kool_Aid_King]

Originally posted by Mr.Dream

Rihanna's signature hits:
Umbrella
Don't Stop the music
Love the way you lie
Only GIrl (in the world)
We Found Love
(maybe WHYB will make it )


Beyonce's signature hits:
Crazy in love
Singles ladies
Halo


maybe Listen, because this song is used widely in singing competition. Irreplaceable is a local hit, no one use that song nowadays.

Case closed.
Rihanna wins

Love the Way You Lie doesn't even count since it's credited as Eminem and Rihanna had nothing to do with it besides vocals...

Only Girl isn't even more memorable than What's My Name?

WW & US is both Beyonce.

Don't forget Beautiful Liar, which is Beyonce's biggest hit WW.

[Яeo.]

What 'hits' does Beyonce have other than Single Ladies

[MrBillyBrhtd]

Originally posted by Kool_Aid_King

Love the Way You Lie doesn't even count since it's credited as Eminem and Rihanna had nothing to do with it besides vocals...

Only Girl isn't even more memorable than What's My Name?

WW & US is both Beyonce.

Don't forget Beautiful Liar, which is Beyonce's biggest hit WW.

Thanks to Shakira!!!!!!

[MrBillyBrhtd]

Originally posted by Яeo.

What 'hits' does Beyonce have other than Single Ladies

None

[S.J.]

Rihanna owns this!
everyone knows Umbrella,Don't Stop The Music,Disturbia,Only Girl,What's My Name,Man Down,We Found Love.
I'm talking about my country,everyone knows very well these songs.

if it comes to Beyonce Single Ladies,Halo,and that's it.

[lpd446]

Originally posted by S.J.

Rihanna owns this!
everyone knows Umbrella,Don't Stop The Music,Disturbia,Only Girl,What's My Name,Man Down,We Found Love.
I'm talking about my country,everyone knows very well these songs.

if it comes to Beyonce Single Ladies,Halo,and that's it.

Can I move to your country?

[Mr.Dream]

Originally posted by Kool_Aid_King

Love the Way You Lie doesn't even count since it's credited as Eminem and Rihanna had nothing to do with it besides vocals...

I'm tired of another jealous soul wants to discredit Rihanna for LTWYL

Originally posted by Kool_Aid_King

Only Girl isn't even more memorable than What's My Name?

Only girl is much bigger than WMN, sis ? Where have you been. Outside US, UK, WMN is almost a flop.

Originally posted by Kool_Aid_King

WW & US is both Beyonce.

Worldwide, Rihanna's hits are bigger than Beyonce's ones for sure.

Originally posted by Kool_Aid_King

Don't forget Beautiful Liar, which is Beyonce's biggest hit WW.

Beautiful liar is just a decent hits. It reached peak of 3 in US just because of the hype of Shakira collaboration, then it felt fastly out of the chart, it only stayed 4 weeks in top 10.

[TheRealKii]

Originally posted by ?eo.

What 'hits' does Beyonce have other than Single Ladies

I'd like to know as well

[Mr.Dream]

TBQH, worldwide, Beyonce is only known for Single Ladies (the video only) and Halo.
The world don't use Crazy in love, Irreplaceable.

[S.J.]

Originally posted by lpd446

Can I move to your country?

haha,I know it's weird,but this song was a huge hit in Poland,really.
pople love it,I hear it often on the radio even this year

[MrBillyBrhtd]

Alltime Track Chart - WW

Where is Beyonce?????

[MrPeanut]

Originally posted by zzmyth

Signature Hits by Rihanna:

- Unfaithful
- Umbrella
- Dont Stop The Music
- Disturbia
- Live Your Life
- Run This Town
- Rude Boy
- Love The Way You Lie
- Only Girl
- Whats My Name?
- S&M
- We Found Love
- Take Care

- Where Have You Been (Soon to be)

So... no doubt

I see inflated receipts aren't just for the charts section anymore.

[lpd446]

Originally posted by MrBillyBrhtd

Alltime Track Chart - WW

Where is Beyonce?????

76 Love The Way You Lie - Eminem feat. Rihanna
85 We Found Love - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
93 Umbrella - Rihanna feat. Jay-Z
143 Don't Stop The Music - Rihanna
147 Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna
167 Disturbia - Rihanna

Where are the hoes who said OG and DSTM weren't huge and signature
when will bey?

[Cal]

Originally posted by Mr.Dream

TBQH, worldwide, Beyonce is only known for Single Ladies (the video only) and Halo.
The world don't use Crazy in love, Irreplaceable.

Crazy In Love was HUGE. I swear anyone with a remote interest in pop music will recognise the song within the first few seconds. Not used...

[Kool_Aid_King]

Once again, we ain't talking about CHART numbers. A song can be a flop and still be a signature song. When people think of Rihanna, they think Umbrella & her most recent hit. Who knows how WFL will be in 2-3 years.

Just because they're WW successful songs, doesn't mean they define anything about her career.

[Schoolin' Life]

Beyoncé:
Crazy In Love
Listen
Irrepleacable
If I Were A Boy (?)
Single Ladies
Halo

CIL is Beyoncé's defining song, "the world don't care" is delusional.
Listen is a classic song, people sing it a lot in talent shows plus it's associated with a popular musical where Beyoncé sang it so of course it's on of her signatures.
Irreplaceable was all over the radio in Europe and all over the world not only in US. Plus it spawned "haters to the left" that was used in gazillion situations unrelated to Beyoncé so it burned in younger generation of people, again making it a signature hit for Beyoncé.

If I Were A Boy is big in talent shows etc. and it had huge airplay in Europe. So while SL got attention for the video and the cultural phenomenon IIWAB got more of the musical piece of the "signature" cake. IIWAB is easily the song that doesn't get old and I still hear it on the radio and poeple cover it.

Halo, love it or hate it, is for many Beyoncé signature song. It was a big hit it got covered like hell and people will sing it for years to come.


Rihanna:
Unfaithful (?)
Umbrella
Don't Stop The Music
Only Girl
We Found Love (?)

If any of Rihanna ballads is a signature hit it's Unfaithful, but I don't hear the radio playing it or people on talent shows singing it or dancing to the song so a (?). Russian Roulette is her best for me but it seems to be forgotten by general public.
Umbrella is Rihanna's defining song.
DOTS is like definition of dance song, i still hear it on the radio or being performed by people on talent shows. Defintely more than Rude Boy, PTR or SOS
Only Girl, due to it's chorus even if WMN was a bigger hit.
WFL being this massive is easily on the way to be a signature hit for Rihanna.

BTW look at At Last - it peaked low but it's still more a signature hit than Rude Boy that was huge on charts. I'm talikng about Etta James original version of course.