PoisonedIvy Posted June 16 Posted June 16 5 minutes ago, Badgalbriel said: Gag her? Taylor just debuted with 2m+ copies. My god....... there's a lot of cognitive dissonance around Taylor. I get the variant thing skews people's opinions of her but to completely ignore the absurdity of her performance in relation to her peers is ludicrous, variants be damned A freaking re-recording debuted with 1.6M copies last year. Her studio albums are essentially guaranteed 1.5M+ sales at this point, after a decade of them pulling 1.1M on average. Most other artists are lucky to reach 1/3rd of that. Let alone the 2+M of TTPD. 4 1
alejandreaux Posted June 16 Posted June 16 i genuinely don't think there's an artist in the world who can go #1 in the US against Taylor, specifically on the album charts. i do think Rihanna could get close to a 1m debut mostly based on her enormous streaming power and the anticipation. but Taylor isn't doing less than 1m with a studio album release anytime soon.
Flower Posted June 16 Posted June 16 OTH: Rih will be bigger in their alternative universe The rest of the world: Taylor 3
itshyolee Posted June 16 Posted June 16 14 minutes ago, Badgalbriel said: Gag her? Taylor just debuted with 2m+ copies. My god....... I said what I said Galbriel
cat1867 Posted June 16 Posted June 16 No. But Rihanna could release the week later and block Taylor from having multiple weeks at #1.
toxicgenie Posted June 16 Posted June 16 I can see the GP choosing to stream Rihanna over Taylor, especially now that Taylor is becoming more polarizing. But is it enough to overcome the stans on sales? Probably not, but they would unlikely release the same week anyway.
Digitalism Posted June 16 Posted June 16 1 hour ago, Badgalbriel said: Girl, Taylor would block Rihanna with streaming alone As a Rih fan this But Taylor would block anyone and Rih has never got big debut numbers. If someone tells you she would be big they are not fans. What is this thread?
wastedpotential Posted June 16 Posted June 16 Rihanna album debuts: MOTS - 69k #10 AGLM - 115k #5 GGGB - 162k #2 Rated R - 181k #4 Loud - 207k #3 TTT - 198k #3 Una - 238k #1 *Anti - 166k Taylor album debuts: Taylor Swift - 40k #18 Fearless - 592k #1 Speak Now - 1046k #1 Red - 1208k #1 1989 - 1287k #1 Reputation - 1238k #1 Lover - 867k #1 folklore - 846k #1 evermore - 329k #1 Midnights - 1578k #1 TTPD - 2610k - #1 Spoiler Fearless TV - 291k #1 Red TV - 605k #1 Speak Now TV - 716k #1 1989TV - 1653k #1 Even if we discount the fact that Taylor holds all three biggest streaming weeks for a female artist of all time by a very wide margin (and that when historically going head to head Taylor has come out far on top), no one is going to buy a Rihanna album in 2024, and we can't say the same for Taylor.
Punky Rooster Posted June 16 Posted June 16 Taylor, because variants and her ability to control the narrative of the media. Rihanna would have more than 1 hit single for her project however.
Starshine Posted June 16 Posted June 16 (edited) the question who would get a bigger #1 single is more suitable considering rih never had the selling power for a debut above 250k.. Edited June 16 by Starshine
futuresuperstar2023 Posted June 16 Posted June 16 LOL if Queen Beyonce can't beat Taylor Swift debut sales then Y'all should know Rihanna can't.
Doctor Dick Posted June 16 Posted June 16 Taylor would win in the album sales department but I think Rihanna's singles would demolish Taylor's and give the album slightly more longevity. 1
DevilsRollTheDice Posted June 16 Posted June 16 (edited) This website is INSANE Taylor just did 2.6 million. Rihanna has never touched 300k and has like 1 number one album. Can y'all please be serious for once? Edited June 16 by DevilsRollTheDice
DevilsRollTheDice Posted June 16 Posted June 16 46 minutes ago, toxicgenie said: I can see the GP choosing to stream Rihanna over Taylor, especially now that Taylor is becoming more polarizing. But is it enough to overcome the stans on sales? Probably not, but they would unlikely release the same week anyway. The way this wouldn't even come to pass . She'd eat the number 2 just like Billie.
Taylor fanboy Posted June 16 Posted June 16 Rihanna can beat a Taylor's Version, but it would be a battle for a new studio album between the two on SPS. 1
Welovetrouble Posted June 16 Posted June 16 Okay let's be serious Taylor would demolish Rihanna with ease
BionicWooHoo Posted June 16 Author Posted June 16 54 minutes ago, DevilsRollTheDice said: This website is INSANE Taylor just did 2.6 million. Rihanna has never touched 300k and has like 1 number one album. Can y'all please be serious for once? The demand for a Rih album has also never been this high. So tell me again why we are acting as though historical data is representative of Rihanna's current demand? 1
Theblankonix Posted June 16 Posted June 16 Rihanna has a chance, if Taylor release her album only 12 hours before the tracking week ends
Støned Posted June 16 Posted June 16 Obviously, Taylor. The better question is, if Tay and Rihanna both dropped SURPRISE singles at the same tracking week, who would likely debut at #1?
dussel_06 Posted June 16 Posted June 16 The real question is, would Rihanna even reach Taylor's first week debut when all's said and done?
grAntVRIL Posted June 16 Posted June 16 3 hours ago, BtDecember said: Taylor. Rihanna literally only has two albums that hit #1 on the Billboard 200 out of 7 releases while all Taylor albums sans debut reached #1 nvr knew that GGGB n Loud never reached no. 1
xxxlamb Posted June 16 Posted June 16 3 hours ago, Kitboga said: Rihanna has never sold more than 400k once ever just fyi I think she did 515k or 503k ww with Loud OR unapologetic forgot which one and the exact number but yeah nowhere near the millions
a_d_22 Posted June 16 Posted June 16 AT MOST Rihanna would do 600,000 and a flop album by Taylor at this moment would probably do 1.2M at the MINIMUM
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