Quote from: Vonc2002 on August 10, 2016, 04:09:25 PM
QuoteOnly a dummy would try to put free streams on a higher pedestal than actual sales.
Why? Because it goes against the story u wanna tell? Y'all yell pure sales and beyonce aint even impressive in pure sales
her album has fallen OUT of the top 10. If she was this album selling force that ur peddling shouldn't she be doing better? 
Billboard and RIAA, companies that determine what's what, have recognized the part that streaming plays in music consumption but we're supposef to somehow be ashamed of it because beyonce aint killing in that arena either? Foh 
QuoteToo bad streaming isn't a factor in doing up empty arenas
EXCEPT
QuoteRihanna?s ?ANTI World Tour? Shifts 93.1% Of Its Tickets
Rihanna's tour is doing great. Ya'll want so hard for that tour to make up for her album underperforming and songs flopping, NO DICE 
It doesn't go against anything
You just can't seem to grasp the fact that at the end of the day nobody cares about Rihanna enough to buy her singles or her albums. How can a bitch be "owning" 2016 when no one buys her shit and she has to resort to shady tactics just to get her album certified? You know who owns things? Artists who can slay in sales AND streams. Artists that break records in singles, albums, tours, acclaim, nominations etc etc. And that's obviously not Rihanna.
You wanna believe so badly that she's on top when in reality she's at the bottom of the barrel when you compare her to her actual competition. The fact that you chose to compare her to Fifth Harmony and Selena Gomez speaks volumes. They are literally flops.
As for Bey her mess isn't even available to stream anywhere but Tidal and yet she's already leaped passed Rihanna's album despite Anti having a 3 month head start on the charts. There's nothing really bad you can say about her considering Lemonade has outsold Anti in pure sales and with streaming.
And Billboard already clocked both of them selling the same amount of singles this era.
Don't come at me about some ticket sales. Her tour numbers are subpar as fuck and Anti will gross less than the Diamonds tour. Nevermind the fact the Formation tour has like quadrupled Anti's tour numbers with only 40 dates.
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