1 hour ago, Sex with Rih said:

Yeah too healthy

You thinking thats some kinda drag is crazy

not her underperforming most of the already conservative estimates in here nnnn, yea I'm not a hater of her but anyone claiming she was a new Rihanna was clearly smoking dìck

2 hours ago, lonnie said:

Riddle me this, what's bigger?

Rihanna

3 minutes ago, Sex with Rih said:

Rihanna

You're clicking DOWN with these tired reads, the same way A*Chop is doing. Is this what you'll be posting too next week or two when it drops off the BB 200?

Love my girl, but the lack of spotlight on her sales lets me know times have truly changed.

The collective pop culture salivation for the "first week numbers" seems to now only be reserved for either a) the established MPG and male equivalents or b) artists stan culture unfairly likes to clown just because (e.g., Katy, etc).

For most of the acts meandering in the middle, it's like no one cares one way or the other.

IMO, it's a result of this "streaming/playlist artist" era we live in. "Fans" and even haters aren't emotionally invested enough one way or the other to run up the numbers or clown for the lack thereof.

On another level, I think there's a collective feeling with newbies like Tyla that they're always just one viral hit away from another moment. Plus, they have brands/visibility that aren't as dependent on chart success.

Don't know whether I think that's a good thing (e.g. a much more democratised, less harsh marketplace) or bad thing (no new authentic stars, in the big MPG sense, get created).

But as someone who lived the rise of the Bey's Rih's, Ci's, etc, not to mention stan wars of Hive vs Navy, Monsters vs KatyCats, etc, nowadays just feels...different.