41 minutes ago, Squall said:

How is it fair to compare when it was the first Rihanna performance in 7 years though? She obviously did amazing but I don't understand why people act like you can compare to artists who have stayed in the spotlight before performing.

Wouldn’t that be even more impressive that Rihanna pulled such numbers with music released 7 years to over a decade ago and 15 years ago ?

I mean, Rihanna is big,  no one should disputing that. But the comparison gets shaky year to year. Which is why we can only compare the last 5 or so years. 

 

Concerning Superbowl, it doesn't always give people the longterm boost they're looking for. I say that when looking at how the most viewed of all time didn't necessarily smash with their next record. 

 

Then you have those who had a well remembered show with meh ratings due to controversy and the game itself. Only to smash with their next album. 

6 minutes ago, WeFoundWill said:

how does having less users correlate to how many entries you can achieve?

Well she was streaming poison then. Why r u so adamant about how much her Spotify stats flopped in 2017. Touch grass

2 minutes ago, istan4badgalriri said:

Wouldn’t that be even more impressive that Rihanna pulled such numbers with music released 7 years to over a decade ago and 15 years ago ?

Her overall/career streams would definitely be bigger if she had released projects the past years, but I just don't know if people would have been that much into her SB performance (not because of her, but because of what it means for her in 2023)

Just now, Insanity said:

Well she was streaming poison then. Why r u so adamant about how much her Spotify stats flopped in 2017. Touch grass

idk being streaming poison at any point of your career is not a good look so whats the point

....

56 minutes ago, perfectillusion204 said:

Because iTunes was still somewhat relevant back then and she pretty much clogged the entire top 10 on both song & album charts. Plus this was before Gaga turned into the “streaming artist” she is today (I say it like that bc before 2017/2018 her streaming stats were terrible)

It’s literally growing yearly  more to do with Spotify growing 

Jlo is such a flop, nobody cares about her just the tabloids 

48 minutes ago, Starkboy said:

The way some of the fomos here were pretending this is the normal boost everyone gets everytime lol

 

 

If anything that impacts the amount of streams not the actual positions. 

 

This argument is dumb 

 

Literally NO ONE is denying Rihanna is the biggest hitmaker of this century and her streams stay high. 

gAgA 

GaGa TANKED after pandering

Bad Romance recharted on the Hot 100 from Gaga's please

19 minutes ago, Kimi said:

It’s literally growing yearly  more to do with Spotify growing 

 

now what the HELL we gon do now

outslaying the girls EFFORTLESSLY on day 2 

 

 

1 hour ago, perfectillusion204 said:

Because iTunes was still somewhat relevant back then and she pretty much clogged the entire top 10 on both song & album charts. Plus this was before Gaga turned into the “streaming artist” she is today (I say it like that bc before 2017/2018 her streaming stats were terrible)

 

This. Gaga SLAYED the sales field, unlike Rihanna.

 

The Navy should take the L and sit tf down 

Just now, Diocles said:

 

This. Gaga SLAYED the sales field, unlike Rihanna.

 

The Navy should take the L and sit tf down 

iTunes Day 3:

 

 

• Songs
• Albums
• Countries

United States iTunes: 3. Umbrella  4. Only Girl  5. We Found Love  6. Diamonds  8. ***** Better Have My Money  9. Lift Me Up  13. Where Have You Been  16. Diamonds  17. Don't Stop the Music  18. Rude Boy  19. Disturbia  21. Work  23. Pour It Up  25. S&M  27. Pon de Replay  29. Stay  42. Love the Way You Lie, Pt. 2  43. Love on the Brain  46. This Is What You Came For  48. What's My Name  50. SOS  69. Take a Bow  74. Shut Up and Drive  79. Wild Thoughts  102. Run This Town 104. Needed Me 128. We Found Love 129. Run This Town 164. Unfaithful 180. Run This Town

58 minutes ago, fentypark said:

monsters trying to pretend like gaga didn’t discount the **** out of all her music before the super bowl 

 

GaGa’s career is built upon cheap discounts, the monsters have just become desensitized about it at this point 

3 minutes ago, WeFoundWill said:

outslaying the girls EFFORTLESSLY on day 2 

 

 

dddd  

Imagine how much a Rihanna Greatest Hits would’ve sold if she was a 90s singer

Why r we even trying to argue with known OGHs she could have charted 20 songs and would still be bashed. Don't even bother with them.

1 hour ago, TSwiftie said:

This thread giving insecure and jobless

? Multiple users were claiming the boost Rihanna got is "the norm", and that's clearly not the case as proven by this thread. People are always making threads about numbers, why is it only an issue now?  I'm so lost.

5 minutes ago, WeFoundWill said:

iTunes Day 3:

 

 

• Songs
• Albums
• Countries

United States iTunes: 3. Umbrella  4. Only Girl  5. We Found Love  6. Diamonds  8. ***** Better Have My Money  9. Lift Me Up  13. Where Have You Been  16. Diamonds  17. Don't Stop the Music  18. Rude Boy  19. Disturbia  21. Work  23. Pour It Up  25. S&M  27. Pon de Replay  29. Stay  42. Love the Way You Lie, Pt. 2  43. Love on the Brain  46. This Is What You Came For  48. What's My Name  50. SOS  69. Take a Bow  74. Shut Up and Drive  79. Wild Thoughts  102. Run This Town 104. Needed Me 128. We Found Love 129. Run This Town 164. Unfaithful 180. Run This Town

 

 

2023 says hi 

 

chart positions =/= big sales 

Just now, Diocles said:

 

 

2023 says hi 

 

chart positions =/= big sales 

thank you for proving my point

Congratulations to Rihanna for achieving this 

Gaga's push mainly came from sales, hence why The Fame returned to the top 10 on the BB200 and BR re-entered the Hot 100 despite her streaming numbers not being huge. Different artists with different strengths in different years obviously are gonna have different boosts.