Rihanna carries a commemorative plaque for selling over 100 mill albums with DefJam

[Harry B]

It's obviously singles too, and it's world wide sales.
Rihanna is a lot bigger world wide than her US numbers shows, she's not even American.
she performed 10 times in the same arena in London last year .

Also in 2012, Rihanna was named the top artist of Billboard's Pop Songs Artists of 1992–2012

She's sold like 70 million singles and 30 million albums, which if you break it down to a 1 buck a single is 70 million, like selling 7 million albums.
But it's still impressive. /////\\\\\

 

[Clapsteel O'Neal]

a hundred million? since when?

 

[Born2BKing]

1) Wtf is she wearing

2) Look at that 8 head with that lazy bang trying to streeetch

3) Who is that ass nukka with her

I'd still beat

Typical Coli nikka

 

[WhiteDawg3000]

Tell me that's my nukka Shyne Po, mad cause he got caught on film after sneaking back into the US with Rihanna's wardrobe from her European tour

 

[Mac Casper]

The thing with new artist is they include a lot of single certs with the "Total sold". Back in the day with physical singles, an Artist Single Sales weren't that huge. Now with Downloads artist be going 3 or 4x Plat off a single. Riri has only sold about 20-25 Million worldwide. She only has 1 multi-plat album but every LP went Plat. Most of her sales are with digital downloads in which she has sold over 65-70 Million Downloads. This is why she got the 100 Million Plaque. But she hasn't sold 100 Million albums, that total is with her single sales.

It a shame when they put her in the "100 Million" category with artist that actually sold 100 Albums not singles. Big Difference. She's sold albums but to me she's a singles artist. Her LP never did large units. Matter of fact none of her LP's debut at #1 on the charts. Rhianna is a singles machine. She drops albums every year so she's never out of the spotlight and her LP is good for 2-3 hits every time. Her single sales are crazy. She's already had 11 #1 songs. But to me she's oversaturaed the market, she needs to take 2 or 3 years off but the "Def Jam" machine won't let her. Her new album is about to drop, this is the 4th album in a row going back to 2009. This is the biggest problem with music today. Artist dropping every year, you need to take time on your art. Rhianna is dropping nothing but fast food RnB right now.

She's been doing that good?

 

[Harry B]

The thing with new artist is they include a lot of single certs with the "Total sold". Back in the day with physical singles, an Artist Single Sales weren't that huge. Now with Downloads artist be going 3 or 4x Plat off a single. Riri has only sold about 20-25 Million worldwide. She only has 1 multi-plat album but every LP went Plat. Most of her sales are with digital downloads in which she has sold over 65-70 Million Downloads. This is why she got the 100 Million Plaque. But she hasn't sold 100 Million albums, that total is with her single sales.

It a shame when they put her in the "100 Million" category with artist that actually sold 100 Albums not singles. Big Difference. She's sold albums but to me she's a singles artist. Her LP never did large units. Matter of fact none of her LP's debut at #1 on the charts. Rhianna is a singles machine. She drops albums every year so she's never out of the spotlight and her LP is good for 2-3 hits every time. Her single sales are crazy. She's already had 11 #1 songs. But to me she's oversaturaed the market, she needs to take 2 or 3 years off but the "Def Jam" machine won't let her. Her new album is about to drop, this is the 4th album in a row going back to 2009. This is the biggest problem with music today. Artist dropping every year, you need to take time on your art. Rhianna is dropping nothing but fast food RnB right now.

Which artist has dropped an album every year besides Rihanna?

I can count Currensy in all genres I listen to and perhaps Rick Ross.
I can count more rappers like Public Enemy, Boogie Down Production, ATCQ, Rakim, Jay-z, 2pac and more dropping albums in higher frequency than today in the good ol days.

 

[Brandsdale]

fukk the album sales can we talk about how dude helping her hold it has on em fake Air Yeezy's

 

[torcher]

I doubt if she's even sold a quarter of that. I know she popular but she's not as big as a artist as people think she is

 

[DuncanWebayama]

amazing, but i heard she having financial troubles.

 

[porque]

its pretty clear a bunch of you dont bother reading the thread

still talking about the 100 million sold plaque

 

[cleanface coney]

i'll nut in that bytch without even thinking

she bad as fukk

 

[I AM WE ARE]

see that brother in the background?

I understand exactly how he feels.

should be a new smiley

 

[Mandizi]

The thing with new artist is they include a lot of single certs with the "Total sold". Back in the day with physical singles, an Artist Single Sales weren't that huge. Now with Downloads artist be going 3 or 4x Plat off a single. Riri has only sold about 20-25 Million worldwide. She only has 1 multi-plat album but every LP went Plat. Most of her sales are with digital downloads in which she has sold over 65-70 Million Downloads. This is why she got the 100 Million Plaque. But she hasn't sold 100 Million albums, that total is with her single sales.

It a shame when they put her in the "100 Million" category with artist that actually sold 100 Albums not singles. Big Difference. She's sold albums but to me she's a singles artist. Her LP never did large units. Matter of fact none of her LP's debut at #1 on the charts. Rhianna is a singles machine. She drops albums every year so she's never out of the spotlight and her LP is good for 2-3 hits every time. Her single sales are crazy. She's already had 11 #1 songs. But to me she's oversaturaed the market, she needs to take 2 or 3 years off but the "Def Jam" machine won't let her. Her new album is about to drop, this is the 4th album in a row going back to 2009. This is the biggest problem with music today. Artist dropping every year, you need to take time on your art. Rhianna is dropping nothing but fast food RnB right now.

The light shines with this post. I couldn't agree more.

 

[bunbeata]

not even remotely

 

[MBwithadream]

100 million digital singles sold... i'll believe that.

10 Million albums, i can believe that.

but this bytch aint sold 100 million albums of anything.... her sextape couldn't even do those numbers.

maybe it combined all together.