poll Most successful 8th album: Anti x folklore x Music?

[ugo]

4 minutes ago, airplane said:

This reeks of delusion when Rihanna just scored the most viewed halftime show in History with 7 years of musical inactivity. That’s literally a testament to her star power and longevity. Let me not talk about how the streams of her albums have quadrupled in recent years. She would be neck to neck with Taylor, if anything.

Figures that was announced like months after the performance and most of the times viewership is because of the game itself

 

Her albums never performed well too....what's this new narrative 

Edited July 26, 2023 by ugo

[airplane]

Just now, ugo said:

Figures that was announced like months after the performance and most of the times viewership is because of the game itself

You could take that up with Nielsen… Mind you, the performance had 7-8M more viewers than the game itself 

[ugo]

2 minutes ago, airplane said:

You could take that up with Nielsen… Mind you, the performance had 7-8M more viewers than the game itself 

5 millions***

[airplane]

3 minutes ago, ugo said:

Her albums never performed well too....what's this new narrative 

Except they did, especially in markets where it took Taylor 2 decades and a dozen albums to finally make some noise 

[ugo]

1 minute ago, airplane said:

Except they did, especially in markets where it took Taylor 2 decades and a dozen albums to finally make some noise 

well It took  Rihanna a decade to get a us #1 album 

[airplane]

Just now, ugo said:

5 millions***

Actually 6M but the point is that she attracted more viewers on top of the game and scored the most viewed halftime in History, no matter how you twist it

[airplane]

2 minutes ago, ugo said:

well It took  Rihanna a decade to get a us #1 album 

Yet some of those non #1 albums ended up 6-7X Platinum (Loud, GGGB)

Edited July 26, 2023 by airplane

[ugo]

Just now, airplane said:

Yet some of those non #1 albums ending up 6-7X Platinum (Loud, GGGB)

I mean for an album as "iconic" as Loud 6-7x is not much 

Edited July 26, 2023 by ugo

[sasashite]

5 minutes ago, ugo said:

I mean for an album as "iconic" as Loud 6-7x is not much 

Less than Speak Now and Taylor's debut 

[istan4badgalriri]

20 minutes ago, ugo said:

Figures that was announced like months after the performance and most of the times viewership is because of the game itself

 

Her albums never performed well too....what's this new narrative 

16 minutes ago, ugo said:

5 millions***

 

6 million* actually

 

and it has 176 million views on YouTube, which is the most views any halftime show performance has ever garnered in 5 months... meaning that it's on track to become the most watched ever on YouTube too

 

and how exactly have Rihanna's albums never performed well... 💀

[#ADOU]

27 minutes ago, ugo said:

I mean for an album as "iconic" as Loud 6-7x is not much 

Since when 6-7x Platinum not much? 

 

Acting like some of Taylor's albums aren't frontloaded bombs revived by multiple releases and payola'd streams..

Edited July 26, 2023 by #ADOU

[Headlock]

8 hours ago, istan4badgalriri said:

when you gotta deflect and resort to posts that are nearly as old as Rihanna’s last album 💀

 

 

Deflecting… by directly quoting you? 
What changed sis 

[State of Grace.]

14 hours ago, Klein said:

It sure didn't seem to bother you when Rihanna was the one on top 

 

 

 

10 hours ago, Headlock said:

Not this post in there:

We have definitive confirmation from the Navy that Taylor’s frequent releases and their success only serve to illustrate her domination 

 

7 hours ago, idkwiam said:

Weeks charted across Europe (acharts):

 

Folklore vs Anti

 

Austria: 33 (still charting) vs 13

Belgium: 89 (still charting) vs 14

Denmark: 34 vs 92

Netherlands: 98 (still charting) vs 94

Finland: 5 vs 41

France: 11 (still charting) vs 86

Germany: 16 (still charting) vs 8

Ireland: 153 (still charting) vs 65

Italy: 11 (still charting) vs 32

Norway: 22 (still charting) vs 80

Poland: 4 vs 7

Portugal: 29 vs 4

Spain: 149 (still charting) vs 34

Sweden: 15 vs 70

Switzerland: 24 (still charting) vs 33

UK: 156 (still charting) vs 45

 

So ANTi has charted longer in Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden, and Switzerland.

 

Folklore has charted longer in Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, and the UK.

 

That’s eight countries each and Folklore is still charting in most of these countries so that’ll change soon, especially considering August is coming and Folklore is going to skyrocket next year when Taylor tours Europe.

 

And this is only Europe which is supposed to be Rihanna’s stronghold, Folklore absolutely demolishes ANTI across Asia considering Rihanna was never able to crack the Asian market.

 

Either way, this debate will be settled when Folklore outstreams ANTI in a couple of months since by then it will have more streams and more pure sales.

[Axelios]

30 minutes ago, #ADOU said:

Acting like some of Taylor's albums aren't frontloaded bombs 

Are these frontloaded bombs in the room with us? 

[Axelios]

53 minutes ago, airplane said:

Yet some of those non #1 albums ended up 6-7X Platinum (Loud, GGGB)

Rihanna biggest albums are on par with Taylor Debut and Speak Now in the US.

Congratulations I guess.

[istan4badgalriri]

YouTube + YouTube Music (official streams)

 

Anti - 2,712B

folklore - 780M

 

the certifications are making more and more sense

 

[Raspberries]

1 hour ago, airplane said:

And we all remember when ANTI was stomping on reputation and Lover and swifties used the excuse that Rihanna has 8 albums so it’s not a fair comparison. Taylor released 7-8 albums since 2016 but somehow these comparisons make sense to yall now 😂

ANTI was "stomping" on them because it had more time to accumulate units  What are you talking about?

[Cloröx]

43 minutes ago, #ADOU said:

Since when 6-7x Platinum not much? 

 

Acting like some of Taylor's albums aren't frontloaded bombs revived by multiple releases and payola'd streams..

Imagine coming for Taylor's albumj longevity 

[Raspberries]

1 hour ago, airplane said:

Yet some of those non #1 albums ended up 6-7X Platinum (Loud, GGGB)

Yes, because of the digital inclusion. Rihanna's peers were running circles around her with album sales (Taylor, Beyoncé, Gaga, even Katy). People were not willing to spend more than $2 on Rihanna, which is also why she has never been able to tour very well

[Popboi.]

46 minutes ago, #ADOU said:

Acting like some of Taylor's albums aren't frontloaded bombs revived by multiple releases and payola'd streams..

Looking at how many weeks each of the respective artist's albums have charted... you're pointing at the wrong girlie with that allegation. Rih's catalogue is carried by the switch ups with the streaming era (abysmal album sales in the digital era, even compared to any of her peers), so don't even start with the "payola'd streams". Also Rihanna's career sans 1 album is built on releasing 7 albums in 7 years, but you want to shame another artist for releasing a lot?

Edited July 26, 2023 by Popboi.

[Raspberries]

46 minutes ago, #ADOU said:

Since when 6-7x Platinum not much? 

 

Acting like some of Taylor's albums aren't frontloaded bombs revived by multiple releases and payola'd streams..

Talking about being Frontloaded when prior to the Super Bowl, Rihanna had a total of ONE album that had spent more than 100 weeks on the BB200

[BnPac]

The answer is Music imo. 

 

Between Folklore and Anti, Folklore is the bigger album and Anti has the biggest singles. 

 

[Bingo]

13 PAGES  Lemme grab some popcorn and do some reading mmhmmm 

 

 

 

[Popboi.]

7 minutes ago, Cloröx said:

Imagine coming for Taylor's albumj longevity 

They should start honestly, considering since 2005 Rihanna's albums (including side releases like her remix albums) total 832 weeks. Taylor's since 2006 totals 2423 weeks.

[istan4badgalriri]

23 minutes ago, Popboi. said:

Looking at how many weeks each of the respective artist's albums have charted... you're pointing at the wrong girlie with that allegation. Rih's catalogue is carried by the switch ups with the streaming era (abysmal album sales in the digital era, even compared to any of her peers), so don't even start with the "payola'd streams". Also Rihanna's career sans 1 album is built on releasing 7 albums in 7 years, but you want to shame another artist for releasing a lot?

 

25 minutes ago, Raspberries said:

Yes, because of the digital inclusion. Rihanna's peers were running circles around her with album sales (Taylor, Beyoncé, Gaga, even Katy). People were not willing to spend more than $2 on Rihanna, which is also why she has never been able to tour very well

the lies y'all have to come up with... it's getting embarrassing ladies

 

Pure album sales, according to y'all favorite source chartmasters.org

 

Adele - 63.4m

Taylor - 56.5m

Beyoncé - 34.4m

Rihanna - 33.5m

Lady Gaga - 31.2m

Katy Perry - 16m

 

are the "abysmal album sales compared to any of her peers" in the room with us right now ?