Why Rihanna Isn't Getting Paid to Perform at the Super Bowl
glamour.com, but you might be surprised to know she won't actually take home a paycheck for it. But before you're tempted to play ref and throw a flag, here's an interesting stat: No one gets paid for performing .
So why do it, you ask? Well, there's several reasons. For one, it's a bucket-list moment for many performers. In fact, Rihanna—a nine-time Grammy winner and billionaire beauty mogul— it “is one of the biggest stages in the world.
It is an entertainer's dream to be on a stage like like that.” And the exposure typically results in sales well beyond any one-time performance paycheck.
In case you're wondering, when , they saw 267% and 187% streaming gains in the week following their performance, . Three years before that, Lady Gaga saw in song and album sales after she took the stage.
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