The article needs to be updated, it's still stating "At 97,006,000 EAS, Rihanna is on a virtual tie with Taylor Swift as the successful female act that debuted this millennium."

But yeah she's no longer at tie position with Taylor, the later most likely 20M+ EAS ahead right now, and the gap will be bigger.

beyonce update?

Lol for what reason? It's not like she's selling anything these days

Hi Jake!

I'll change it when the article is really updated, here the case was to stick with former data / appreciation, at some point (even if likely earlier with the new process), they were close, although obviously now Taylor pulled ahead.

ANTI sold 1.2M in 2016 IFPI's year end list...how is it still at 1.2M on your website?that is very auspicious and consfusing

Hello Yesterday for the album anniversary Roc Nation posted Rihanna Unapologetic sold over 14 million

I don't understand why Rihanna's sales are going up and down. Just earlier today her sales were at 107 million CSPC but it dropped to 104 million now at the time of writing. This has been happening for a couple of years now, can you explain why this is the case???

Would love to see her Update now after Superbowl impact

No one has that much in cash lol…

Who would you choose for popularity between Adele and Rihanna?

What do the RIAA-certified 6 million copies of Gone Girl Gone Bad refer to?

Rihanna has still great streaming stats but I think she is taking too long of break. She could've been queen of streaming with countless hits. But I think she doesn't care anymore. She has so much money to bother to make music... 🙃

Hello. I would like to ask how is SOS that big in sales? Especially for 2006 climate. Its physicals are around 100k in the UK, 60k Australia, 50k Germany, 30k France and maybe 30k ROW. 445k is pretty big for a song that wasn’t that global. Also the digital sales are huge too. Especially for someone who’s not big on Asian sales like Beyoncé, Gaga, or Adele. 2.5m USA, 500k USA ringtones, 250k UK, 50k France and Australia. Less than 100k Germany. 100k in Japan. 3.5-3.7m. Also. Last update for GGGB was 2.8m and now it’s at 3.2m 😮 or is that shipments? I do believe your work. It’s amazing especially when you separate physicals and digital sales.

Her song sales seems inflated, especially the early 2000s tracks 👀

Although, I wonder if with your altered methodology applied it would affect her digital sales or album sales at all? Especially as a featured artist.

Rihanna's Billboard 200 entries, ranked by weeks top 10:

1. 35, Anti (2016)
2. 12, Loud (2010)
3. 9, Talk That Talk (2011)
3. 9, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
5. 7, Unapologetic (2012)
5. 7, A Girl Like Me (2006)
7. 1, Rated R (2009)
7. 1, Music Of The Sun (2005)

Total: 81 weeks