"Work" #1 (second week) and 'ANTI' #2 - thoughts?

[Paper Gangsta 6,693]

Just now, GloZell Green said:

That has nothing to do with competition though. No other major pop act is releasing, and I never said that its a weak number one either. JUST SAYING THAT SHE GOT TO NUMBER ONE WHEN THERES NO MAJOR COMPETITION.

and how is that relevant? With these numbers she would get it even with "major competition"

[Gianni Versace 2,987]

1 minute ago, GloZell Green said:

That has nothing to do with competition though. No other major pop act is releasing, and I never said that its a weak number one either. JUST SAYING THAT SHE GOT TO NUMBER ONE WHEN THERES NO MAJOR COMPETITION.

unless the song was released around the time of hello or harlem shake, there wouldn't be a problem hitting n1 no matter who the competition is

[SamJ 8,008]

1 minute ago, Paper Gangsta said:

and how is that relevant? With these numbers she would get it even with "major competition"

Rihanna deserves extra praise for being tactical with her work release it was smart

[GloZell Green 11,723]

3 minutes ago, Gianni Versace said:

unless the song was released around the time of hello or harlem shake, there wouldn't be a problem hitting n1 no matter who the competition is

This is what I was trying to say basically  Major competition: Anticipated pop acts that are to release their lead this year. She couldn't be blocked any other way.

[Xoxo Adriana 15,040]

I was worried when she was delaying it, however she slayed the entire album. It's great to see that Riri isn't doing the same old songs. When I heard "Work" I thought it was a bit boring, since to me sounded like something that came off "Talk That Talk" or something. But the rest of the album's tracks were unique and fierce, there's no way an artist could sue her for copyright. What I didn't get was why she didn't put BBHMM on the album, that was literally the best song i've heard from her since "Rockstar 101" and "Only Girl" 

[SamJ 8,008]

1 minute ago, adamspira said:

I was worried when she was delaying it, however she slayed the entire album. It's great to see that Riri isn't doing the same old songs. When I heard "Work" I thought it was a bit boring, since to me sounded like something that came off "Talk That Talk" or something. But the rest of the album's tracks were unique and fierce, there's no way an artist could sue her for copyright. What I didn't get was why she didn't put BBHMM on the album, that was literally the best song i've heard from her since "Rockstar 101" and "Only Girl" 

bbhmm is awesome tbh

[Kabexuela 1,184]

22 minutes ago, Serpentine said:

Samsung says hi! We know that platinum, how it was bought.

I've been saying this all along.  Corporations will throw money to get more money.  One way or another, they will make sure their product will generate its success.  Floors me but this is a common formula.  

[Lion Heart 15,041]

I prefer 5H Work tbh

[Paper Gangsta 6,693]

10 minutes ago, GloZell Green said:

This is what I was trying to say basically  Major competition: Anticipated pop acts that are to release their lead this year. She couldn't be blocked any other way.

Roar debut : 557k sales, 3,8m streaming (= 25k sales), 63m AI
Work this week : 200k sales, 46m streaming (= 310k sales), 120m AI

So even if Roar debuted this week Rihanna would still be #1

[Gianni Versace 2,987]

14 minutes ago, Kabexuela said:

I've been saying this all along.  Corporations will throw money to get more money.  One way or another, they will make sure their product will generate its success.  Floors me but this is a common formula.  

corporations can't necessarily buy BB100 or BB200 spots

[KURUSHITOVSKA 20,451]

30 minutes ago, UK Monster said:

ok bad romance is the ultimate song its the best song ever by anyone but work is pretty good too and is a massive worldwide hit along with bad romance

Are you serious?

[Hurem 17,800]

It's such an awful song, GOD...

[OmgSum1Actually 3,041]

44 minutes ago, Paper Gangsta said:

Roar debut : 557k sales, 3,8m streaming (= 25k sales), 63m AI
Work this week : 200k sales, 46m streaming (= 310k sales), 120m AI

So even if Roar debuted this week Rihanna would still be #1

You don't count streams that way

[Kabexuela 1,184]

38 minutes ago, Gianni Versace said:

corporations can't necessarily buy BB100 or BB200 spots

Of course not.  That doesn't make any sense.  They can contribute to it but most certainly not buy them off like a race horse.  

[Gianni Versace 2,987]

33 minutes ago, Kabexuela said:

Of course not.  That doesn't make any sense.  They can contribute to it but most certainly not buy them off like a race horse.  

then not all of ANTi's success can be attributed to the Samsung deal