charts discussion Billboard: Rihanna's Impressive Staying Power (catalog stats)

[istan4badgalriri]

1. She’s among the biggest streaming artists every year. 

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Rihanna has been one of the top 50 most-streamed artists every year since Anti was released. 

2016: 2nd - 3.22 billion streams

2017: 14th – 2.10 billion streams 

2018: 28th – 2.35 billion streams 

2019: 30th – 2.65 billion streams 

2020: 49th – 1.72 billion streams 

2021: 35th – 2.08 billion streams

2022: 34th – 1.67 billion streams

 

2. Her biggest hits still get millions of weekly streams.

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Instead of having a discography that’s bolstered by one mega-hit drawing most of the streaming attention, Rihanna boasts multiple hits from different eras of her career that are logging seven-figure streams every week. Here are her five most streamed songs this week:

1. “Love the Way You Lie,” (Eminem feat. Rihanna) – 2.96 million

2. “Umbrella” (feat. Jay-Z) – 2.6 million

3. “Stay” (feat. Mikky Ekko) – 2.6 million

4. “Needed Me” – 2.5 million

5. “Run This Town” (with Jay-Z and Kanye West) – 2.1 million

 

3. Those hits still reach millions of radio listeners, too.

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Here are Rihanna’s five biggest radio hits this week, based on airplay audience:

1. “Umbrella” (feat. Jay-Z), 4.92 million in airplay audience 

2. “We Found Love” (feat. Calvin Harris), 4.43 million 

3. “Only Girl (In the World),” 4.42 million 

4. “Stay,” (feat. Mikky Ekko), 2.96 million 

5. “Diamonds,” 2.66 million 

4. Anti is one of the steadiest commercial albums of the past half-decade.

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To date, Anti has spent a whopping 334 weeks on the Billboard 200, and has earned 5 million equivalent album units. Since the release of Anti, very few other albums have demonstrated such staying power. 

So, even though it’s been nearly seven years since Rihanna released a new project, a whole lot of people are still listening to her last one on a weekly basis. Anti is up four spots to No. 142 on this week’s Billboard 200, with its songs earning 12.2 million on-demand U.S. stream in the week ending Sept. 22.

5. She’s a regular presence on the Artist 100. 

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The Billboard Artist 100 launched in July 2014, and Rihanna has been inactive from music for the majority of the chart’s existence. Even so, Rihanna spent 234 weeks on the chart to date — for context, that’s more weeks than artists like Beyoncé (221), Harry Styles (169), Dua Lipa (229) and Kanye West (184). It’s also, oddly enough, the exact same number of weeks on the chart as Bad Bunny, also at 234. 

 

 

[getBusy]

24 minutes ago, istan4badgalriri said:

It’s also, oddly enough, the exact same number of weeks on the chart as Bad Bunny, also at 234

The way i stan success 

[pride4jc1222]

Rihanna is only going to add to her legacy when she makes her return in early 2023. The only thing left to answer is if she drops the lead for her next album ahead of the Super Bowl LVII performance. I can’t wait!

[DuffStan]

Her streaming power is insane for someone who hasn't released in so long, like HOW?

[naval23]

Stay really won the war against Diamonds 

 

 

[Green]

ANTI is eligible for 5x Platinum

[GoodGuyGoneGhetto]

6 hours ago, getBusy said:

The way i stan success 

SCREAMING.

 

 

3 hours ago, DuffStan said:

Her streaming power is insane for someone who hasn't released in so long, like HOW?

It’s absolutely insane.

 

[Tm4074]

And some claim that Rihanna has no impact or legacy.   She is essentially the blueprint for female artists in the streaming era. Ariana, Dua, & Doja Cat are doing what Rihanna established in the digital era that she seamlessly transitioned into streaming.  Rihanna was dragged for not being an "albums artist" which isn't true but here she is pulling these numbers despite not releasing an album since 2016 lol. 

 

I can't wait for R9 release since it will be her first album released when streaming is the overwhelming dominant metric. 

[Cloröx]

12 hours ago, naval23 said:

Stay really won the war against Diamonds 

 

 

It's the better song 

[Harry]

she's literally a legend now - she's not forgotten at all despite long hiatus

[ChandlerBing]

28 minutes ago, Harry said:

she's literally a legend now - she's not forgotten at all despite long hiatus

Not only that, but somehow the hiatus made her more legendary. If she drops a major hit as a lead at the SB, it will be a cultural reset.

[besaid]

Nice stats but top songs are very heavy on big-name collaborations.

[zzmyth]

2 minutes ago, besaid said:

Nice stats but top songs are very heavy on big-name collaborations.