[Cal.]

Seems you can only top the chart with a dance track these days

Thoughts?

[Smithy]

Rihanna is flopping just as bad of the rest of them?

Taylor isn't over, PI will cement gags after one underperforming era, knee is long over but keeps trying bless her, Katy will always have 8 year old to pander too

[Cal.]

Who the **** is gonna be bopping to Perfect Illusion

[Cal.]

How is Rihanna flopping she's had like 4 hits this year?

[Cal.]

Hmm Taylor and Katy aren't over either I agree.

The rest are

[Saph]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Rihanna is flopping just as bad of the rest of them?

PI will cement gags after one underperforming era

[Pete.]

Hmm 2016 has seen the revival of pop thank goodness, it seemed like it was dying out in 2013/2014. Rihanna is still huge (#1 for 10 weeks in USA with Work + Too Good, TIWYCF and Needed Me smashing = flopping?) but she's gone more R&B, same with Beyoncé.

Gwen & Britney's albums have both performed well in the charts too + new pop acts like Ariana have been received well... don't think pop is dying out just yet. Praying for Gags' release, hope ARTPOP & C2C & acting break & farming haven't damaged her career too much

Katy's new stuff should do well too

[Cal.]

Oh wow Pete educated me I guess

[Cal.]

/thread

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Cal.

How is Rihanna flopping she's had like 4 hits this year?

Work and This is What You Came For? Neither of which are solo singles when was the last time she had a solo hit?

She's had about half a dozen flops too, an album which's sales are dire for considering and a crap tour turnout

Originally Posted by Cal.

Who the **** is gonna be bopping to Perfect Illusion

You, lemme bump on Friday

[Smithy]

Oh yeah, obv Bey ain't over after Lemonslayde

[Cal.]

Well I won't be

[Pete.]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Work and This is What You Came For? Neither of which are solo singles when was the last time she had a solo hit?

Needed Me:
US Billboard Hot 100 - 7
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard) - 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) - 2
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard) - 16
US Rhythmic (Billboard) - 1

Originally Posted by Smithy

an album which's sales are dire for considering

UK - 100,000 (Gold)
USA - 500,000 (2x Platinum)

[Jessica.]

I don't feel like Rihanna is on the same level as the others mentioned either, hope gaga pulls through in a few days. I think Beyoncés releases are still going to be high on everyone's list for quite a while

[Marsh.]

If Rihanna doesn't ruin Bates Motel next year she may have a new fan.

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Pete.

Needed Me:
US Billboard Hot 100 - 7

UK - 100,000 (Gold)
USA - 500,000 (2x Platinum)

I deleted the irrelevant charts, even then I'd hardly call needed me a hit, where did it chart in the UK?

....and thank you for proving my point I guess? A hit like work and only 600k pure sales in two of the biggest markets in the world

[LukeB]

Originally Posted by Pete.

Needed Me:
US Billboard Hot 100 - 7
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard) - 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) - 2
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard) - 16
US Rhythmic (Billboard) - 1



UK - 100,000 (Gold)
USA - 500,000 (2x Platinum)

Tbf 100k is pretty poor for a big artist and the usa is massive so a big artist should easily sell over a million so 500k is quite low for america standards.

[Cal.]

Tinashe isn't over either. She's on top!

[Liam-]

Rihanna hasn't released anything decent since Diamonds so I'd say she's pretty much dead.

[LukeB]

Rihanna's last album sold
600k in the uk and over 1 million in the usa

She has had a big drop in sales with anti.

[Dominic]

Meghan Trainor has been dominating the charts in 2016, her album is already 20x Diamond and is predicted to win 49 Grammys. So no...

[Cal.]

Tinashe released Superlove.

[Pete.]

Originally Posted by LukeB

Rihanna's last album sold
600k in the uk and over 1 million in the usa

She has had a big drop in sales with anti.

An album that was released 4 years ago in a different sales climate and has been collecting sales over those 4 years?

[Ross.]

Dua Lipa's album will end all their careers anyway

[LukeB]

Originally Posted by Pete.

An album that was released 4 years ago in a different sales climate and has been collecting sales over those 4 years?

But didn't she sell loads of copies that year? but anti has flopped this year like people call artpop a flop and that sold pretty much the same in a year as anti.