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Z · 24-10-2011, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Callum

Going away for a bit would not kill off her career, if anthing it would make her career stronger. She went away for a little bit before and when she returned she was still able to get #1 singles.

It wouldn't. Right now, she is at her peak. She knows it, so she's making the most of it. She can kick back and relax when her time is up, but if she works her ass off then her time won't be up for a very long time. I know Smithy laughed at me saying Christina Aguilera (I mentioned her because of the Maroon 5 collaboration) but I guess that's a case in point - she disappeared to go have a kid and now she can't get a look in, despite having the best voice out of the lot of them (except for maybe Beyoncé, idk who's better?) Nicki Minaj is another one who keeps churning songs out - keep the attention on you and nobody else can take it away from you. There is so much competition right now that you have to do what Rihanna's doing or you won't get it back.

Z · 24-10-2011, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Callum

Going away for a bit would not kill off her career, if anthing it would make her career stronger. She went away for a little bit before and when she returned she was still able to get #1 singles.

Also, when she went away for a while and came back, there was about half as much competition then. So many big female artists have sprung up out of nowhere since Rihanna re-emerged with red hair and an overtly sexual persona.

Callum · 24-10-2011, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Zee

Also, when she went away for a while and came back, there was about half as much competition then. So many big female artists have sprung up out of nowhere since Rihanna re-emerged with red hair and an overtly sexual persona.

That's true but I still think that if she took a little break she would still be able to get number ones on her return. I think she's been in the business for a while now and she's built up quite a big fanbase so a little time off then a big comeback could work for her. Obviously that won't happen because her label will not want her off the radar anytime soon, she is their cash cow. Not the biggest album seller but what she doesn't sell in albums, she makes up for with singles. It will be interesting to see whether Ke$ha manages to maintain her success when she makes a comeback, she doesn't have a huge fanbase and she's one of those artists who if they haven't got a single playing on radio, they are forgotten about fairly quickly.

Shaun · 24-10-2011, 09:47 PM

*the spirit of MrGaryy screams about how she's technically had a #2 this year and GaGa hasn't*

Smithy · 24-10-2011, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaun

*the spirit of MrGaryy screams about how she's technically had a #2 this year and GaGa hasn't*

just a shame she hide to ride maroon 5's success

Tom · 24-10-2011, 10:04 PM

Comebacks work the first time but the artist has to be big in the first place. Rihanna would be fine to take a short break.

Britney Spears & Christina Aguilera both took breaks when they were big and returned bigger with their first comeback, but it didn't work for their 38th comeback and now they're both pretty irrelevant has beens. Longevity isn't an issue when you consider people like Beyonce and to some extent Kelly Rowland have worked pretty much for the best part of the last decade without a break and are still on top

Callum · 24-10-2011, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom

Comebacks work the first time but the artist has to be big in the first place. Rihanna would be fine to take a short break.

Britney Spears & Christina Aguilera both took breaks when they were big and returned bigger with their first comeback, but it didn't work for their 38th comeback and now they're both pretty irrelevant has beens. Longevity isn't an issue when you consider people like Beyonce and to some extent Kelly Rowland have worked pretty much for the best part of the last decade without a break and are still on top

How exactly is she a has been? Her seventh studio album debuted at #1 in America and all of her singles (may I add they've all sold over 1m each) released thus far have peaked in the top 10 over there. So she's not really relevant in the UK anymore but the UK chart is a disgrace these days so it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. America is where it mostly matters, the hardest country to crack and she's doing brilliantly over there.

Tom · 24-10-2011, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Callum

How exactly is she a has been? Her seventh studio album debuted at #1 in America and all of her singles (may I add they've all sold over 1m each) released thus far have peaked in the top 10 over there. So she's not really relevant in the UK anymore but the UK chart is a disgrace these days so it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. America is where it mostly matters, the hardest country to crack and she's doing brilliantly over there.

I'm talking about the UK

Shaun · 24-10-2011, 10:04 PM

I don't really understand the success of it - it's really an average song, and they were both suffering dying careers.

Tom · 24-10-2011, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaun

I don't really understand the success of it - it's really an average song, and they were both suffering dying careers.

If you're on about Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera, it'll be because of them both judging The Voice and that song being big in America. UK media just latched onto the success of it over there and it became successful here too. You can draw parallels with Jennifer Lopez, American Idol and On The Floor. Her career was dying on its arse and theres no other reason for On The Floor to become so huge if she attempted a comeback by herself.