Rihanna may be going through a really tough time right now considering that she's forced to choose between salvaging a very unhealthy abusive relationship with first love and R&B beau Chris Brown, and becoming a role model and domestic violence survivor to women everywhere.
Unfortunately, Rihanna had to celebrate her 21st birthday last Friday in secrecy, and witness her photo taken after the vicious attack become available for millions of people to see.
Although Chris Brown's future is very questionable at this moment and damn near non-existent at this point, Rihanna is slowly involving into a real superstar. She was already well on her way before the assault, but now she has become somewhat the princess of Pop. Her album sales post-attack are proof of this.
Rihanna's album sales of Good Girl Gone Bad jumped 31% last week. The album sold an additional 25,ooo copies which landed the album at number 21 on the charts last week.
And just in case you Chris Brown fans still think he was the bigger star between the two (I never understood how anyone can seriously say he's more successful than Rihanna), his last album entitled Exclusive didn't even reach the top 200.
I have said it before and I will say it again, Rihanna made Chris a bigger star. When he hooked up with her, the only people that were checking for him was the Hip Hop community. Once he hooked up with mainstream queen Rihanna, he became mainstream. But after this, he will no longer be mainstream. He has lost his "Good Guy" appeal that helped him get to where he is in the first place.
So Rihanna has all the power right now. But if she takes him back, she will quickly lose her superstar status as well. And nope, I won't feel sorry for her.
Unfortunately, Rihanna had to celebrate her 21st birthday last Friday in secrecy, and witness her photo taken after the vicious attack become available for millions of people to see.
Although Chris Brown's future is very questionable at this moment and damn near non-existent at this point, Rihanna is slowly involving into a real superstar. She was already well on her way before the assault, but now she has become somewhat the princess of Pop. Her album sales post-attack are proof of this.
Rihanna's album sales of Good Girl Gone Bad jumped 31% last week. The album sold an additional 25,ooo copies which landed the album at number 21 on the charts last week.
And just in case you Chris Brown fans still think he was the bigger star between the two (I never understood how anyone can seriously say he's more successful than Rihanna), his last album entitled Exclusive didn't even reach the top 200.
I have said it before and I will say it again, Rihanna made Chris a bigger star. When he hooked up with her, the only people that were checking for him was the Hip Hop community. Once he hooked up with mainstream queen Rihanna, he became mainstream. But after this, he will no longer be mainstream. He has lost his "Good Guy" appeal that helped him get to where he is in the first place.
So Rihanna has all the power right now. But if she takes him back, she will quickly lose her superstar status as well. And nope, I won't feel sorry for her.
4 comments:
I'm not surprised. Rihanna is an international star, and covergirl too. She will clearly come out the winner in all of this if she leaves Chris Brown alone.
February 24, 2009 at 11:35 AMTeam Rihanna bitches!
February 24, 2009 at 11:36 AMIt will all depend on what Rih Rih does.
February 24, 2009 at 12:32 PMIt really does not matter what we think...and everyone has been young and in love.
The public can speculate all they want but we can only pray that Rih Rih does the right thing.
Best regards Amanda,
OPEStyle
Oh yeah they are young but famous with careers on the line. And Rihanna needs to put herself first on this one. I don't know anyone who stayed with their first love anyway.
February 24, 2009 at 3:21 PMPost a Comment