Susan Boyle Beating Rihanna Like Chris Brown

November 24. 2009

Susan Boyle

As covered on the site yesterday, Rihanna's copyright infringing album is experiencing trouble in the sales department, trailing Susan Boyle and Lady Gaga on the charts. Rihanna's record label, Island/Def Jam, grew so desperate today, they slashed the price of her already deeply discounted CD "Rated R" from $3.99 to 99 cents. Now the album, much like the singer, is cheap.

Any fake air of fame they were hoping to give off, pretending Rihanna is some grand singer and mysterious figure are gone. The public has lost interest.   

The price reduction is very embarrassing in light of the sheer arrogance and swagger Rihanna operated under regarding the new project, which her label has now drastically reduced to nothing, knocking the little shine that was left, completely off old forehead fivehead. 

The album sales debacle is currently causing friction between Rihanna, Jay-Z and Def Jam, who are desperate to top the charts, even if it means selling a much hyped CD for next to nothing, which the industry generally frowns upon. Years ago, singer Mariah Carey deeply discounted her Glitter project as well, right as her career was crashing.   

Rihanna

One of the tracks on Rihanna's new album is entitled "The Wait Is Over" but it should have been called "Career's Over." With Def Jam struggling to pull her out of this rut, she can look for Jay-Z to turn his back on her, as is his way, if this album fiasco becomes much more humiliating.

What I found amazing is industry individuals calling Rihanna a superstar, a term usually reserved for people like Whitney Houston or Michael Jackson. Rihanna's only had a few hits, most of them stolen and she based her image on other preexisting singers. There's nothing superstar about that.