janetDAYZ Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 As ‘Pour It Up’ makes its way to 2 million units sold, Pop nocalist Rihanna has celebrated the news that her single ‘Stay’ has now outsold Beyonce‘s 2008 hit ‘Halo‘- making it the highest selling ballad by a black female artist in the US. An interesting story below… Upon its release on December 23rd 2008, ‘Halo‘ surpassed digital sales of 3,123,000 units by October 2012, after peaking at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Now, by way of 3,298,000 units sold by Rihanna’s ‘Stay’ since January 7th of this year, the performer is now claiming that this feat has seen break ‘Halo‘s record for being the highest selling ballad by a black female artist in the US. Pretty strange, considering the 4,591,000 units sold by Whitney Houston‘s ‘I Will Always Love You’ by 2009, or the 3.5 million+ copies sold by Tracy Chapman‘s ‘Fast Car‘, after its April 1988 release. In intentionally spreading the misinformation cooked up by the fan above, the ‘Fading‘ performer went on to tweet: Indeed. Alas, with many a Beyonce fan billing her a ‘purveyor of tall tales’, here’s hoping the hours that follow see her explain this would be record further…and figure out a way to score herself a second #1 album. http://thatgrapejuice.net/2013/07/rihanna-beating-beyonce-record-the-power-god-bring-joy-unspeakable/#ixzz2YYweKqAv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotboy06 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Horrible journalism by a horrible blogsite. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyna ♔ Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Pretty strange, considering the 4,591,000 units sold by Whitney Houston‘s ‘I Will Always Love You’ by 2009 Yes Whitney! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 digital sales era people Whitney's song didn't sell 4.5 million on the digital market... it sold a lot but not 4.5M Do they even sell physical singles anymore? Congrats to Rihanna.. Such a great song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetDAYZ Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 Horrible journalism by a horrible blogsite. sidenote: Beyonce needs to never do that again. she looks corny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escapade Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 What about "IWALY" and "Unbreak My Heart"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escapade Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Horrible journalism by a horrible blogsite. Yeah I stopped visiting that site a while back. I only do Trent and Jia now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyHood Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Bleeding Love? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotboy06 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 sidenote: Beyonce needs to never do that again. she looks corny Leave Beysus alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotboy06 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Yeah I stopped visiting that site a while back. I only do Trent and Jia now. At least Trent gives Rihanna her props with a little shade thrown in there. TGJ are vile..but then again, the "owner" is a Beyonce stan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escapade Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 At least Trent gives Rihanna her props with a little shade thrown in there. TGJ are vile..but then again, the "owner" is a Beyonce stan. Yeah TGJ is annoying and the bias is clear as day. I kind of prefer Trent more because he's a Janet and Mariah stan just like me LOL, and I like Miss Jia cause she's not messy and constantly throwing unnecessary shade! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wonder Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 So she's no longer Afro-Caribbean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotboy06 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Yeah TGJ is annoying and the bias is clear as day. I kind of prefer Trent more because he's a Janet and Mariah stan just like me LOL, and I like Miss Jia cause she's not messy and constantly throwing unnecessary shade! Yeah, Trent is here for Mariah and Janet..He's not biased as I thought he used to be..as long as he's a Janhova fan, I'm satisfied. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 And physical singles cost more than digital which makes Whitney's sales even more impressive 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotboy06 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 So she's no longer Afro-Caribbean? She has a green card.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illi Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 At least Trent gives Rihanna her props with a little shade thrown in there. TGJ are vile..but then again, the "owner" is a Beyonce stan. I find TGJ annoying too. They worship anything associated with Beyonce and Jay-Z (except Rihanna of course. They like to refer her achievements as those of Roc Nation). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotboy06 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I find TGJ annoying too. They worship anything associated with Beyonce and Jay-Z (except Rihanna of course. They like to refer her achievements as those of Roc Nation). Pathetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 And physical singles cost more than digital which makes Whitney's sales even more impressive Cost more for a reason.. Def not worth more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I don't care about the bragging rights of the stats, because at the end of the day Rihanna can brag she is one of the hottest chicks in the game, Im ready for a new album already. BUT, Stay is the shit.....chile she is slaying this game can't tell her shit, music is on point been on point......in short....Im a fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetDAYZ Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 And physical singles cost more than digital which makes Whitney's sales even more impressive Thats what I was thinking ..not to shade the other(s) digital era heffas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I don't care about the bragging rights of the stats, because at the end of the day Rihanna can brag she is one of the hottest chicks in the game, Im ready for a new album already. BUT, Stay is the shit.....chile she is slaying this game can't tell her shit, music is on point been on point......in short....Im a fan New album will come in November.. like Santa.. Rihanna comes once a year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetDAYZ Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 I wonder when will the "gifts" start slowing down tho... its getting kind of ...like ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I wonder when will the "gifts" start slowing down tho... its getting kind of ...like ... Rihanna's last album is hott hott hott... def' her best.. A lot of artists have released year after year in their prime.. nothing wrong with it.. she's not over-saturating the market Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 In Rihs defence of releasing album after album. She's only really active (as in promo-mode) between November til March-ish. After that she tends to disappear musically but doing other ventures like touring or some fashion work etc. The album "eras" come across as half-assed. It just seems that she's always around because the tabloids love to report about her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetDAYZ Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 But unless you're a fan, you really cant tell when a new era has started. I have have to literally go look to see when her eras start and end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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