airplane Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, Raspberries said: And almost half of Rihanna's come from Europe - her main target market with her dance pop. It's worth noting that when she abandoned the dance pop sound, her albums tanked in her main market of Europe (See: Rated R, ANTI) Europe: 45 individual countries US:A Give it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odeon Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 8 hours ago, ScorpiosGroove said: imagine being this delusional anyways Taylor and Beyoncé are on top, Gaga’s obviously last and the other two are pretty much interchangeable ig (Rih has more longevity than Adele tho by doing even LESS than her ) The call is coming from inside the house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspberries Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 1 minute ago, airplane said: Europe: 45 individual countries US:A Give it up And the US music market is bigger than those 45 individual countries combined 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonnie Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, Artistofthedecade said: Because I think they meant charts. Lol I bet Blinding Lights sold less than Blank Space pure but it wouldn't make it any less of the bigger hit of the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odeon Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 8 hours ago, Chartman said: Taylor (160M AEU and soon 2,5B $ from touring) Beyonce (95M AEU, soon 1,5B $ from touring+DC career) Adele (105M AEU, 250M $ from touring+Las Vegas gross) Lady Gaga (80M AEU, 600M $ from touring) Rihanna (110M AEU, 300M $ from touring) It depends on what you want to value more, sales or touring. All are legends. Gaga $800M* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airplane Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 1 minute ago, Raspberries said: And the US music market is bigger than those 45 individual countries combined Okay maybe you should compare her stats to Morgan Wallen then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspberries Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 1 minute ago, lonnie said: I think they meant charts. Lol I bet Blinding Lights sold less than Blank Space pure but it wouldn't make it any less of the bigger hit of the two. Why would you compare songs released that far apart? The market changed drastically from 2014 to the 2020s Blank Space/SIO and Work were released less than 1.5 years apart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rihannafan Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 4 minutes ago, airplane said: Europe: 45 individual countries US:A Give it up Lmfao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspberries Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Just now, airplane said: Okay maybe you should compare her stats to Morgan Wallen then. Morgan Wallen isn't breaking Spotify and touring records overseas. Would you like to try again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odeon Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 7 hours ago, Jjang said: and again - I’m open about my dislike for her so what’s the catch? I think she’s incredibly overrated. Rich coming from a katycat that hides behind Madonna and Beyonce. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumbsparce Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 8 minutes ago, Odeon said: Your passive aggressive anger proves the opposite. Anger? I'm old enough to be over stan wars and celebrate all these ladies. That doesn't mean I don't enjoy shading them here and there for the kiis, especially when it comes to objective facts rather than personal opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airplane Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Just now, Raspberries said: Why would you compare songs released that far apart? The market changed drastically from 2014 to the 2020s Blank Space/SIO and Work were released less than 1.5 years apart Yall clinging onto the same two hits taylor scored last decade HELP 1 minute ago, Raspberries said: Morgan Wallen isn't breaking Spotify and touring records overseas. Would you like to try again? The both derive most of their sales and streams from the US though… i think the comparison is very valid. Want me to start a thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildHeart Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, airplane said: Europe: 45 individual countries US:A Give it up Population of California - 39M Population of Ireland + Croatia + Georgia + Bosnia + Armenia + Lithuania + Albania + Moldova + Slovenia + North Macedonia + Latvia + Kosovo + Estonia + Cyprus + Luxembourg + Montenegro + Malta + Iceland + Andorra + Liechtenstein + Monaco + San Marino - 37M Edited August 8, 2023 by Artistofthedecade 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wastedpotential Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, Raspberries said: Morgan Wallen isn't breaking Spotify and touring records overseas. Would you like to try again? Neither is Rihanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odeon Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Just now, dumbsparce said: Anger? I'm old enough to be over stan wars and celebrate all these ladies. That doesn't mean I don't enjoy shading them here and there for the kiis, especially when it comes to objective facts rather than personal opinion. Your personal opinion ain't an objective fact, numbers are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonnie Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Just now, Raspberries said: Why would you compare songs released that far apart? The market changed drastically from 2014 to the 2020s Blank Space/SIO and Work were released less than 1.5 years apart Music changed drastically within those years. The best selling song of 2016 didn't even get 2.5M digital sales within that year while there were multiple songs that were doing double that amount in 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airplane Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Artistofthedecade said: Population of California - 39M Population of Ireland + Croatia + Georgia + Bosnia + Armenian + Lithuania + Albania + Moldova + Slovenia + North Macedonia + Latvia + Kosovo + Estonia + Cyprus + Luxembourg + Montenegro + Malta + Iceland + Andorra + Liechtenstein + Monaco + San Marino - 37M I think the point was breaking into countries that don’t speak your language and them having your music on heavy rotation. Rihanna and other global artists like Gaga and Beyoncé achieved that very early in their careers while it took Taylor around 2 decades to do so.. Edited August 8, 2023 by airplane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airplane Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 1 minute ago, wastedpotential said: Neither is Rihanna Troll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonnie Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 1 minute ago, Artistofthedecade said: Population of California - 39M Population of Ireland + Croatia + Georgia + Bosnia + Armenia + Lithuania + Albania + Moldova + Slovenia + North Macedonia + Latvia + Kosovo + Estonia + Cyprus + Luxembourg + Montenegro + Malta + Iceland + Andorra + Liechtenstein + Monaco + San Marino - 37M U.S. population: 331M Europe's population: 747M (more than double) Again you tried it with giving weird perspectives to further your agenda but failed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonnie Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, wastedpotential said: Neither is Rihanna Quote Rihanna broke numerous records during the tour, becoming the youngest artist to ever headline a sold-out show at France's National Stadium, at the age of 25.[3] She also became the youngest artist to have sold-out shows held at Millennium Stadium (June 10, 2013) and Twickenham Stadium (June 15 & 16, 2013).[4] In South Africa, Rihanna created history in Johannesburg at the FNB Stadium where she became the first female and youngest artist to sell out the stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspberries Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Just now, lonnie said: Music changed drastically within those years. The best selling song of 2016 didn't even get 2.5M digital sales within that year while there were multiple songs that were doing double that amount in 2014 Thats not true Can't Stop the Feeling - 6.7M Cheap Thrills - 6.5M One Dance - 4.4M Not to mention songs like Hello (11.3M), Sorry (5.5M), Love Yourself (7.6M), etc all came out mere weeks before Work did 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildHeart Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 9 minutes ago, lonnie said: I think they meant charts. Lol I bet Blinding Lights sold less than Blank Space pure but it wouldn't make it any less of the bigger hit of the two. Blinding Lights has more units than Blank Space, Only Girl or Work doesn't 1 minute ago, airplane said: I think the point was breaking into countries that don’t speak your language and them having your music on heavy rotation. Rihanna and other global artists like Gaga and Beyoncé achieved that very early in their careers while it took Taylor around 2 decades to do so.. 2 minutes ago, lonnie said: U.S. population: 331M Europe's population: 747M (more than double) Again you tried it with giving weird perspectives to further your agenda but failed China population - 1,425,620,062 China language - Chinese Europe population - 742,209,697 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ADOU Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, Artistofthedecade said: Population of California - 39M Population of Ireland + Croatia + Georgia + Bosnia + Armenia + Lithuania + Albania + Moldova + Slovenia + North Macedonia + Latvia + Kosovo + Estonia + Cyprus + Luxembourg + Montenegro + Malta + Iceland + Andorra + Liechtenstein + Monaco + San Marino - 37M United States population 331M Europe's population 746M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspberries Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, lonnie said: U.S. population: 331M Europe's population: 747M (more than double) Again you tried it with giving weird perspectives to further your agenda but failed And yet the US' music market is bigger than all of Europe's combined 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Lion Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 Taylor, Adele, Rih, Bey, Gaga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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