Kanye: ‘Rihanna is the Biggest Artist in the World Right Now’

Sandra Rose November 21, 2008

I knew there was something about Kanye West that I liked. I just couldn’t put my finger on it. For all the doubters who said Rihanna would never snatch Beyonce’s crown, do you believe now? (I know, it’s hard to admit when you’re wrong)

In a new interview with KROQ, Kanye West explains his recent statement regarding Britney and her VMA awards (also He talks about Rihanna career): “Im not trying to diss Britney or anything like that. One of my favorite songs last year was “Gimme Gimme.” Like, I love that record. But I just feel like Rihanna had a really breakout year and became the biggest artist… like Rihanna sells more records than me all together if you include her in national sales and she is arguably the biggest artist in the world right now.“ Source

Thanks to loyal reader Linda for the tip!

BLACKBARBIE404

KANYE DONT KNOW DIDDLEY!!!!
iscream

Wow this coming from a ROC artist…

Does Ye and Jay have a undercover beef going on?
Candi Apple

Rhianna looks like a fun person to hang out with. She always looks light hearted and appears like she is having the time of her life (as she should). Kenye says alot of things that make no sense this maybe one of them.
kwallace577

i hate ole mangled jaw kanye. look like his jaw is on steroids.
http://myspace.com/bwcoop Coop

@iscream

You do know she is a Jay artist????????
http://myspace.com/bwcoop Coop

She’s good but not that good but not that good. In order to have that title she would have to be able to headline a tour and sale it out.
Terry .W

Lol..you get crazy on fridays sandra…Rihanna has done good for herself though nationally and internationally….
iscream

5Coop Says:

@iscream

You do know she is a Jay artist????????
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Last I checked she was a Def jam artist who Jay signed before he got the boot.
pointhimout

please.

TEAM BEYONCE. Rhianna’s so talentless that it hurts. she has more to prove before i’m convinced, so with that being said, her sex tape will not be destroyed just yet. we’ll use that as a trump card later.
http://myspace.com/iyonah iyonah

If this is the same Linda who gave you the TIP on Bey’s HAWT shot … she needs to get a job as guest blogger.

And Ye is the same one who said T-Pain was a king in the game … GTFOH!
KAT

he’s right about this: But I just feel like Rihanna had a really breakout year and became the biggest artist

beyonce wasn’t on the scene this year…but she’s back now! and i’m no beyonce stan or rihanna hater….i like them both….but i still say cutie pie ri ri ain’t got nothing on bey when it comes to entertaining.
http://www.myspace.com/lorettadivine DivineBrown

DON’T YOU TALK ABOUT MY BABY’S FACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KANYE IS A GENIUS…People that smart are commonly misunderstood. Because “we” think on a level echelons above the average person. *ahem* Kinda like Kanye and yours truly!

LMAO….

Rhianna looks excited as hail!
kwallace577

sorry dbrown. he look like he is storing nuts in his jaws for the winter.

could be jay’s nuts….idk.
http://www.myspace.com/lorettadivine DivineBrown

HE BROKE IT!!!!

He is lucky to look relatively “normal” or be alive!

C’mon now…that’s like talking about the elderly!
Candi Apple

Well Kenye, Weezy and Me are aliens. Thats why I talk to myself cause no one understands me (said outloud)…. (as my boss walks across the room)
http://myspace.com/erikamagaly Hermosa

SO cuz Kanye said. . .GOSH DARNIT, IT MUST BE TRUE!!!

I already said that Riri and B aren’t in even in the same playing field. . .two very different type of artist!

NEXT. . .
http://myspace.com/erikamagaly Hermosa

Divine. . .I’m with you about Kanye being a genius. . .
ReadTheBlog

I’m trynna figure out why we keep re-visiting this stupid subject. I’d like to know why Sandra isn’t talking abut how Cassie done had 2 abortions via Diddy and how Buckeey got a sex tape and how Karrine put an ex beau and his anal beads and vibrating butt plugs on blast?
Naima

Rihanna the biggest star? Really is that why she was your opening act and not doing her own tour Kanye? I mean what CD has like 10 singles released and sells only 1 mil.
trina@atl

Sandra you know the bey stans are about to attack you. ri ri is good, i like most of her songs, and it does not seem like she is trying hard to be something she is not. unlike other artists who want to try to dominate the world and put out lame music that sounds like crap, and pay the urban stations to play it.
pinky2083

Love Rihanna, and yes she did have a great year.. but.. B is back and no one will be thinkin about a Rihanna here shortly.
Kymystry

Yawn … still full …

BooooOOooooOOOOOooooOOOooo riYAWNah
mimi08

AND HE’S RIGHT! SHE IS…IF YOU WANT TO COMPARE SOMETHING COMPARE THIS!

PEOPLE SAY RHIANNA DON’T HAVE ANYTHING OVER BEYONCE, HOWEVER, BEYONCE BEEN ON THE SCENE LIKE 10 YEARS, AND RHIANNA 3 YEARS, Y-E-T, SHE’S EXPERIENCING VERY SIMILAR SUCCESS THAT OF BEYONCE…DAMN, I’D SAY THAT’S GOOD, SEEING AS THOUGH BEYONCE CAME OUT WITH A GROUP, AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE WITHOUT THE OTHER MEMBERS, SHE MIGHT NOT HAVE GARNERED ALL OF THAT SUCCESS…I MIGHT ADD RHI DID IT ALONE AS A SOLO ARTIST:)

SECONDLY, YOU PEOPLE SAY RHIANNA DON’T HAVE TALENT, YET AND STILL, HER HITS KEEP HITTING #1 WORLDWIDE (WHICH BY THE WAY MAKES HER A INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTAR), WHETHER SHE’S SINGING ALONG, OR IN A COLLABO….

THIRD, HER STYLE GAME IS WAY AHEAD OF BEYONCE’S, THUS WHY SHE GET’S SO MUCH CREDIT FOR HER STYLE AND THUS THE GUCCI CAMPAIGN…CASE IN POINT, SHE WAS VOTED AMONG THE TOP 10 BEST DRESSED THIS YEAR BY PEOPLE’S MAGAZINE, BEYONCE WASN’T EVEN ON THE LIST….

FOURTH, IN A MINUTE, RHIANNA WILL BE DOING MOVIES, AND PUT THE FINAL NAIL ON BEYONCE’S COFFIN.

THESE ARE THE FACTS…SUCK ON THAT
http://myspace.com/iyonah iyonah

thanks Kat I agree with you

“i’m no beyonce stan or rihanna hater….i like them both….but i still say cutie pie ri ri ain’t got nothing on bey when it comes to entertaining.”

Even though some people think I am a STAN.

Lol w/ you too Hermosa – totally not in the same lane.
PAGESINADIARY

SANDRA, U WAS GRINNING LIKE A CHEST CAT WHEN YOU POSTED THIS HUH?
pinky2083

WHATEVER MIMI! Beyonce has had HUGE success during her 10 years so you check YOUR facts! Rihanna aint selling out NO STADIUMS! HEADLINER? NO!

Yall really killing me!
mimi08

AND I TOO AGREE RHIANNA AND BEYONCE NOT IN THE SAME LANE…THAT’S WHY BEYONCE CHOKIN ON ALL OF RHIANNA’S DUST, THAT’S SHE’S LEFT HER IN.
mimi08

@PINKY

OKAY…AND? SO BEYONCE SELLING OUT STADIUMS…OKAY..

BUT WHAT PART DID I LIE ABOUT IN MY POST? ALL OF WHAT I SAID IS TRUE, SORRY YOU MAD ABOUT IT BOO….I KNOW, IT HURTS AND IT HURTS BADLY…FACT IS, RHIANNA GOT ON BEYONCE’S LEVEL WORLDWIDE IN THREE FUCCIN YEARS.
Candi Apple

I don’t think Rhi-Rhi will disappear from the industry. She will continue to remain relevant and she is pushing herself like Bey did in the beginning with her first album that stayed pumping for about 2 years. This is what people mean when we say Bey has been there and done that. Only Rhi-Rhi first album had to have a quick follow up album.

Rhi-Rhi will keep grinding and after a while people will grow weary of her like they did of Bey. They will put pressure on her and talk about her music. Really, what style can she take on after this bad girl image and or punck image. She cant go back to being a good girl cause we all know once a good girl has gone bad theres no going back…lol
kwallace577

C’mon now…that’s like talking about the elderly!
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i talk about old folks all the time. talked about mz. roz (the old black lady here who is in her 70’s) just this morning. cause i know it was her old wrinkly azz who ate all my candy that was hid waaaay in the back of my desk.

old bat.

@candi apple stop shouting at your boss as he passes you….LMAO.
coaretained

coming from Kanye? Boo….
intensemocha

SO KANYE SAYS RIHANNA IS HOT AND HE HAS THE FINAL SAY

SO FUGGIN WHAT-I CAN RECALL NOT TOO LONG AGO YOU WERE DISSIN KANYE AZZ AND TELLING US HIS ALBUM WAS GARBAGE

EVERYONE HAS THERE OPINION AND THERE IS ENOUGH ROOM IN THE INDUSTRY FOR BOTH OF THESE LADIES

KANYE IS CONTROVERSIAL AND HE LIKES ATTENTION-SO FUNNY HE CAME TO THIS REALIZATION AROUND THE SAME TIME BEY PUT OUT A NEW ALBUM

I WONDER IF HE FELT THE SAME WAY WHEN HE WAS PLAYING CONNECT 4 WITH BEY IN THE CLUB EARLIER THIS YEAR

SOUNDS LIKE SOME HATING IF YOU ASK ME- OR A CRY FOR ATTENTION

WHATEVER-
shintrell

LMAO @ kwallace talking about that poor old lady. Anyway, as far as the post. I’m starting to think Kanye is Rihanna’s biggest fan. There’s nothing wrong with that, maybe that’s why he picked her for the tour.
iscream

Both of them rich so I could care less who is better than the other. But i do know one thing Rhianna is boring as he!! to watch live. Bey will shut a show downnnnn. She overdoes the exposure but she can get you out ya seat.
BLACKBARBIE404

I SEE WE GOT ANOTHER ONE……….

(SHAKING HEAD,,,,,, WALKING AWAY)
Naima

1- You do not need talent to have a hit song, especially in 2008.
2-She is a favorite of the fashion designers b/c she is tall and thin which is how yt folks like it. A lot of the other female singers are shorter and are more shapely
3-The music she can take no credit, she is just someones muse
intensemocha

OH YEAH ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOU HAVEN’T ACCOMPLISHED YET DON’T COUNT
buttercup24

Wow how we switch teams when it suits us! All I’m saying is Milli Vanilli had great record sales and won a grammy.
Candi Apple

LOL Buttercup24……… Good answer

I dont think people should bash eachother because they have different opinions about artist. So I will walk my Alien a$$ over to the corner and sing Getmebrella
Toi

Alrighty now. I’m downloading both of their cd’s unless someone is selling their stuff at the beauty parlor tomorrow morning.

For the folks in the ATL, has anyone heard anything about the SPA on Paces, good, bad, indifferent?
http://www.myspace.com/lorettadivine DivineBrown

You know what…

If Bey and Rhi were to read this…they would laugh and dap each other up like “Shiet…what they ar’gin bout, WE BOTH GETTIN’ THAT PAPER…You do you, bisch and I’mma do me”

They can co-exist, GEEZE…

Damn, Mariah and Whitney didn’t even go thru it this bad!
KaraZ

Rihanna is like the hottest female out there right now, every one of her records have been received well by fans and foes alike, her personal style is hot, her hair has women of all races begging for cropped do’s, endoresments, collabos, crossover pop appeal, legs to die for, heck even career haters like Sandra Rose like her. Talent or not, Rihanna is the it girl du jour; and she can’t sang, dance or act. Damn.
Candi Apple

Thats cuz Whitney told Miriah Crack was Wack and Bobbbaaayy told MiMi to leave Tommy he was no good for her..

MiMi went and got breast and cheek implants and thanked Whitney for helping her. True partnership.
http://www.myspace.com/lorettadivine DivineBrown

Besides…ain’t neither ONE OF THEM trying to help me pay these bills!
purepisces

@ Toi

Never heard of the place
Toi

@ Purepisces
Can’t be good. Can you recommend a “black owned” spa in ATL? Am I going to have to call Kim from the real live housewives of ATL? ha ha ha
purepisces

Heard great things about Too Groovy though.
purepisces

Try Too Groovy. Took my mom there for a day of pampering and she had a great time! =) Think they’re black-owned too. Toogroovy.net
purepisces

They’re near the Fox Theatre, off of Ponce.
MUNCHOSGIRL

RIHANNA HAS BEEN CRANKING OUT ALBUMS YEAR AFTER YEAR. 3RD ALBUM PEOPLE REALLY TOOK NOTICE. BEYONCE IS JUST DOING HER 3RD ALBUM, LOOK AT THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. RIHANNA IS STILL OPENING FOR ARTISTS LIKE KANYE. I WOULDN’T TRY TO TAKE ANYTHING FROM HER SUCCESS OF HER LAST ALBUM. EVEN THOUGH HER MUSIC ISN’T FOR ME, SHE DID THE DAMN THANG. LIKE I SAID ONCE YOU COMPARE THEIR ACCCOMPLISHMNETS, YOU SEE HWERE THE DIFFERENCES LIE. I HAVE YET TO HEAR ANY ICON OR ESTABLISH ARTIST(BESIDES KANYE) TOOT RIHANNA’S HORN. THE THING ABOUT BEYONCE, SHE IS PRAISED BY MANY IN THE INDUSTRY. OH YEAH WHAT WAS IT THAT ROBIN THICKE SAID?

They are entertainers. There are people who are about precision and entertainment; there are people who are about emoting and expressing. Sometimes they are people who do both, but I think there is room for everybody. I want to watch Rihanna sing her songs—I don’t care! [Laughs] I want to watch and I want to listen. She ain’t got to sound like Mary J. all the time. Who does? The point is as media and critics you want to say that shouldn’t be out there, but as fans you want more music, you want more options. As a fan, I should be promoting all music coming out so I get a choice of what I want to buy.

IN MY INTERPRETATION OF HIS STATEMENT, RIHANNA IS EYE CANDY. SHE’S A VERY BEAUTIFUL GIRL, BUT THE SAD THING IS SHE IS NOT NOTED FOR HER SINGING OR ENTRTAINING WHILE ON STAGE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WITH ALL THE SINGLES SUCCESS RIHANNA HAD SHE STILL CAN’T HEADLINE HER OWN SHOW. TOURING IS WHERE THE MONEY IS AT. DEF JAM TRIED IT, PEOPLE WEREN’T BUYING THE TICKETS, WHICH I HOW SHE ENDED UP ON THE “GLOW IN THE DARK TOUR.” MAKES YOU WONDER HUH?
Toi

purepisces Says:

They’re near the Fox Theatre, off of Ponce.

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Too Groovy huh? Someone else recommended that place too. Thanks for the heads up? If I mention your name, will you get a discount for the recommendation? I can hook you up – this looks like where I’ll be headed. Have a nice weekend and thanks again!
purepisces

Nah, no discount, I’m not a regular, just took my mom there for her birthday a while back. Never went for myself. Was recommended to me by someone else. There’s more than one location also, but I think Ponce is the main one. Have a great time! =)
missamerica

How are you the biggest artist in the world and you don’t headline your own tour? That’s B.S.

Rihanna’s just hot right now, that’s all. We know all of Beyonce’s bells and whistles, so we expect her to do what she does. Rihanna switched up her style and her sound, it took 3 albums for her to get where she is now, so she’s working her ass off and I give her props. But why must we step on Beyonce to big up Rihanna?

I know Sandra’s reasons, she backs up her claims and I won’t dispute them, but I just love watching Bee as a live performer and that’s why she will always have my support. I’m not a Rihanna fan, but I won’t knock her for doing her thing.

Kanye just needs to shut his mouth and stop being an instigator, keep that ish in hip hop.
LUSCIOUS

What is this?Kanye said it so it’s {FACT} day?He loves to hear himself talk.and loves to instigate bull.He is a true definition of an attention whore.:P
http://www.myspace.com/lorettadivine DivineBrown

missamerica says:

How are you the biggest artist in the world and you don’t headline your own tour?

that is a very, very VALID POINT THERE GAL!
Naima

Pebbles, Karyn White, now Rihanna. Star but not a STAR
http://smokiesays.blogspot.com/ Smokie

Beyonce is laughing at this ish all the way to the bank.
Candi Apple

The only thing I hope for Rhi-Rhi is that she is investing wisely because she does not write her own songs. She don’t even steal writing credits on the songs because at least she would continue getting checks when people really turn on her. The game is rough and she had better wise up fast.

Mary wised up and began getting writing credits for her songs. But, People like Patti LaBelle, Tony Braxton, thats just to name a few, still have to work. So Rhi-Rhi start telling people that you wanna add a line to a song so you can get some writing credits. Take charge..
http://myspace.com/thegameoncw Bird

Just because Kanye says it doesn’t make it true. I agree that Britney didn’t earn nary an award, but I don’t know if Rihanna is the biggest star in the world. She has gotten big, but I don’t think she is that big yet. She has a lot more dues to pay before her career can be compared to B’s.
http://myspace.com/bwcoop Coop

@iscream

She’s a artist he signed and played a big part in developing and also has the right to take with him to his new label if he should choose.
MUNCHOSGIRL

WHEN KANYE OR RIHANNA DO THIS, I’LL GIVE THEM THEIR PROPS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyAtZSovBtc

ELITE FEW, THE ONLY WOMAN.
MICHEAL JACKSON, ROD STEWART, LED ZEPLIN, AEROSMITH, (NOW)BEYONCE.

RIHANNA MADE HER MARK WITH GGGB, I WILL GIVE HER THAT, BUT SHE IS NOT THE INTERNATIONAL STAR, SANDRA NOR KANYE WANT HER TO BE.
http://myspace.com/iyonah iyonah

Thanks for the link Munchosgirl …

If you people think Rhi is even in a fraction of Bey’s league your just pure delusional …

3 albums and look … at Rhi … and again NO COMPARISON!
bloggergirlz

this post is so hilarious…i cant even entertain
MUNCHOSGIRL

THIS IS FROM KANYE WEST ALBUM RELEASE LISTENING PARTY.

The final track on the album was a live freestyle Kanye performed at a concert. It insipred Beyonce so much that she told Kanye to put it on his album. ‘Its so crazy, I got something figured out’. For the most part, this track is acapella. Essentially Kanye is talking about his fame and venting that with all the vacations, all the money and clothes still wont make him be happy. This track is certainly introspective. ‘Do you think I will sacrifice real life for fame?’ He asks during the song.

As the song progress we get to what he wants. ‘I just wanna be a real boy’. A guitar softly fades in. ‘Just want to be an American dream … [people say] Kanye you keep it real boy, perspective’. What I soon realise is that this final track is like a poem. Just like Ted Hughes or Slyia Plath would vent their emotions through poetry, Kanye is doing the same through his music.

The final words of the album – ‘a wise man once said, you’ll find you’re way’

http://www.thehiphopchronicle.com/2008/11/12/kanye-west-808-hearbreak-album-review/

I GUESS BEYONCE HAS MAJOR INFLUENCE ON KANYE, OR HE IS NAME DROPPING TO BRING INTEREST TO HIS OWN PROJECT.
http://myspace.com/iyonah iyonah

@ munchosgirl – have you thought about blogging?
Staley

He’s right. Before Beyonce came back, she was the biggest female artist in the world. Not gonna be so when A Bey Bey blows up again.
http://myspace.com/sfh50millionpounds mj

Is this the same Kanye that said George Bush hates black people? Maybe he has a point! LOL..
But really, Rihanna will never be as big as Beyonce.
MUNCHOSGIRL

NO IYONAH, I’LL LEAVE THAT TO SANDRA AND THE OTHERS IN BLOGSPHERE. KANYE HAS AN ALBUM ABOUT TO DROP, HE HAS MENTIONED RIHANNA AND BEYONCE IN DAMN NEAR EVERY INTERVIEW HE HAS DONE. TRUTH IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN FICTION.

IYONAH, DO YOU EVER GO ON BEYONCEWORLD.NET?
whyohwhy

Having catchy songs that you cant sing live dont count.

Rihanna still can not sing, her performance on that show proved it even more…

She still dont have the respect of an ant..
whyohwhy

@3:26 all this you are saying is proven wrong when she opens her mouth and having catchy songs have sustained her and not overall talent.

Rihanna is a very successful marketing gimick that has made a lot of other people rich.

Yes she has been out for 3-4 years and her career has grown but it is not based on talent and it was proven by the sale of her CD all this hype and she sold singles, but not the overall package, she still gets bad reviews.

She’s still here because of a lot of young teeny boppers who are bopping to them catchy songs. Live this girl sucks and it is in her reviews, every site an so on. Rihanna has nothing on Beyonce when it comes to entertaining and talent. That’s why Beyonce is #4 on forbes list and rihanna made the best dressed list..
shintrell

The funniest thing about this post is that I think it really hurts people deep inside when someone says something bad about Beyonce. Well, Kanye didn’t say anything bad about Beyonce, a few posters on this blog did. It’s really not that serious. Maybe Kanye truly believes that Rihanna is the biggest artist right now, it doesn’t make it fact it’s only his opinion. It doesn’t mean he is betraying Beyonce (just because they played Connect Four does not mean they are close personal friends). He has the right to feel however he wants. And people on this blog have the right to feel however they want. Some people prefer Bey some Rihanna. It’s so annoying when people start posting about Forbes, best dressed, live singing, album sales, ect. back and forth. It won’t change anybody’s mind about who they prefer and why.
flyqtnva

@mimi08 Says
YOU GONNA HAVE ALL BEYONCE BOOT LICKERS COMING AFTER YOU GIRL. SO LET ME ADD MY TWO CENTS

#1 REASON BEYONCE IS SCARED
SHE RELEASING 2 MORE SINGLES THIS WEEK AND THE FIRST 2 ANIT EVEN NUMBER ONE ON RADIO!!!!!!!!!!!
SOMEONE IS DESPERATE AND MY YOUNGER SIS A BEYONCE STAN GOT THE DELUXE ALBUM AND ITS DELUXE WACKNESS!!!!
flyqtnva

MUNCHOSGIRL Says:

WHEN KANYE OR RIHANNA DO THIS, I’LL GIVE THEM THEIR PROPS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyAtZSovBtc

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WHAT KILLS YOUR ARGUMENT IS THAT THIS COMBINES DESTINY CHILDS FIGURES. cOMPARE BEYONCE ONLY TO THE GREATS AND SHE BECOMES RIHANNA. COMPARE BEYONCE TO THE ICON MARIAH CAREY AND SHE BECOMES CASSIE. LOL

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