During her Lip Lock promo tour overseas, Eve paid a visit to Tim Westwood’s studio. The pitbull in a skirt showed that she can still kill it on the mic, dropping a fiery freestyle over Rihanna’s “Pour It Up.”
She issued a warning to the competition: “These b**ches in debt better pay their tax.”
Watch E-V-E pour up some brash bars. Continue reading
Wale does “Bad” with some help from the original bad girl, Rihanna, on the remix to his hit single. The pop star cries out on the sultry, yet sad hook, and even throws down some rhymes.
“Bad girls want a real…,” she declares, while Wale raps, “All the bad girls always end up unapologetic.”
The original song features singer-songwriter Tiara Thomas, who just inked a deal with Rico Love’s Division1/Interscope Records.
In addition to RiRi and Tiara, Wale’s third album The Gifted (due June 25) features Nicki Minaj, CeeLo Green, 2 Chainz, and Jerry Seinfeld. Continue reading
Last November, Rihanna shepherded 250 people to seven cities in seven days to promote her seventh album Unapologetic; dubbed the “777 Tour” the expansive, grueling experience was captured on camera for the Rihanna 777 documentary.
The special aired on Fox and offers a behind the scenes look at the global trek – including interviews with crew and band members, fans and Rihanna herself, along with clips from each performance.
Kicking off in Mexico City before stopping in Toronto, then Stockholm, Paris, Berlin, London and finally New York, the “777 Tour” wasn’t all extravagant globetrotting of course: Many journalists complained about not having access to Rihanna, essentially seeing the same show during each stop and not getting enough sleep. About halfway through a minor mutiny occurred aboard the plane, which included a streaking Australian radio DJ (and, yes, it’s in the documentary).
Despite such complaints, Unapologetic debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 album charts, with first single “Diamonds” becoming her 12th Number One the day after the tour ended. Watch the documentary below… Continue reading
Rihanna serves up another round with the ratchet Rih-mix to her Unapologetic single “Pour It Up.” The pop star balls out with Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, Juicy J, and T.I. on the Mike WiLL Made It-produced banger.
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Roc Nation princess Rihanna delivers the vulnerable new video for “Stay” featuring songwriter Mikky Ekko. Both gave an amazing performance at the 55th Grammy Awards and this keeps the momentum. The second official single comes from RiRi’s seventh album, Unapologetic, which was the first #1 album of her career. The video is very stripped, raw and minimalistic. “The video was really, really simple. I pretty much stayed put in a bathtub and we shot it really tight,” she told Ryan Seacrest. Speaking of Mikky Ekko, Rihanna explained, “I kinda fell in love with the tone of his voice so we wanted to keep him a part of it.” Watch now! Continue reading
The 55th annual Grammy Awards, hosted once again by LL Cool J, will broadcast live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on CBS on February 10, 2013 at 8 p.m. EST.
Rihanna, Mumford & Sons, the Black Keys, Taylor Swift, and fun. will all hit the stage as performers at this year’s 55th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, the Recording Academy announced today (January 9). Each of those acts is up for several statues, with Mumford & Sons, fun., and the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach leading the pack with six nominations apiece (Frank Ocean, Kanye West, and Jay-Z all received six nods as well).
Without Auerbach’s producer nomination, the Black Keys are eligible in five categories, while Rihanna and Swift each have a shot at three awards. Continue reading
One week after Rihanna scored her 12th No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Diamonds,” the diva earns her very first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart.
Her latest release, Unapologetic, opens atop the Billboard 200, selling 238,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The SRP/Def Jam set is her seventh studio release in a little over seven years and follows six earlier top 10 efforts. Rather infamously, until this week, Rihanna held the distinction of having the most No. 1 songs on the Hot 100 without having claimed a No. 1 album.
Rihanna’s ‘Diamonds’ Tops Hot 100, Lumineers Leap To Top 10
“Unapologetic,” released on Nov. 19, also gives Rihanna her best sales week yet for an album. (The SoundScan tracking week ends at the close of business every Sunday.) The new album’s arrival surpasses her previous best frame, racked when 2010′s “Loud” launched at No. 3 with 207,000.
Rihanna’s first release, “Music of the Sun,” debuted and peaked at No. 10 in 2005, followed by “A Girl Like Me” (No. 5, 2006), “Good Girl Gone Bad” (No. 2, 2007), “Rated R” (No. 4, 2009), “Loud” (No. 3, 2010) and “Talk That Talk” (No. 3, 2011). Additionally, she has charted with two remix albums “Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes” (No. 106, 2009) and “Rated R: Remixed” (No. 158, 2010). Continue reading
There’s a shiny new No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, as Rihanna’s “Diamonds” rises 2-1. The song dethrones Maroon 5′s “One More Night” (1-2) after a nine-week reign.
With her 12th Hot 100 topper, Rihanna ties Madonna and the Supremes for the fourth-most leaders in the chart’s 54-year history. (The Supremes’ sum does not include Diana Ross’ six solo No. 1s.) Only the Beatles (20), Mariah Carey (18) and Michael Jackson (13; also not counting the Jackson 5′s four No. 1s) have sent more titles to the top of the Hot 100.
Here is a recap of Rihanna’s dozen dominators on the Hot 100:
2006, “SOS” (three weeks at No. 1)
2007,” Umbrella,” featuring Jay-Z (seven)
2008, “Take a Bow” (one)
2008, “Disturbia” (two)
2008, “Live Your Life” (T.I. featuring Rihanna) (six)
2010, “Rude Boy” (five)
2010, “Love the Way You Lie” (Eminem featuring Rihanna) (seven)
2010, “What’s My Name?,” featuring Drake (one)
2010, “Only Girl (In the World)” (one)
2011, “S&M,” featuring Britney Spears (one)
2011, “We Found Love,” featuring Calvin Harris (10)
2012, “Diamonds” (one to date)
Having first led the Hot 100 the week of May 13, 2006, with “SOS,” Rihanna passes Carey as the female artist to reach 12 No. 1s the fastest. Rihanna’s six-year, seven-month span between her first and 12th leaders bests Carey’s seven-year, one-month, two-week stretch. Among all acts, only the Beatles (a rapid-fire, Beatlemania-fueled two years, four months and three weeks) and the Supremes (five years, four months) reached the milestone more quickly. Continue reading
Off of Rihanna’s upcoming seventh album, Unapologetic, is the much-anticipated track “Nobody’s Business,” which was produced by The-Dream. The track also samples Michael Jackson’s “The Way You Make Me Feel.” Rihanna explained to Andy Cohen on Facebook Love, “‘Nobody’s Business’ is basically the way I look at everything regarding my personal life. When it gets to my music and stuff like that, I’ll give and I’ll give and I’ll give, and I just feel like I need to keep a little bit for me that I get to the side.” During his visit to “Big Boy’s Neighborhood,” Brown added, “This record was a statement… Us as friends, as human beings, as entertainers, everything we do isn’t everybody’s business. At the end of the day, we gon’ show ya’ll how dope it is and show ya’ll how epic our artistry is.” Unapologetic hits stores November 19th. Listen below! Continue reading
Put your diamonds in the sky. Rihanna shines bright in her brand new video for “Diamonds.” The Bajan superstar looks gorgeous as she braves fire and water in the epic visuals, which were shot last month in downtown Los Angeles.
“Diamonds” is the first single off Rihanna’s seventh album Unapologetic. Due November 19, the project features collaborations with Chris Brown, Eminem, Future, David Guetta, and more.
Watch RiRi ignite the screen in the Anthony Mandler-directed clip. Continue reading
Seven years after making her debut with “Pon de Replay,” Rihanna continues to be an unstoppable force in music. With 11 No. 1 singles under her belt, the 24-year-old pop princess shines once again on “Diamonds,” the first single off her upcoming seventh album. Produced by Stargate and Benny Blanco, the dramatic tune boasts soaring vocals and an undeniable hook.
“You’re not sad or dancing. You’re happy and hippie. It’s laid-back, but it’s hopeful,” Rihanna told Elvis Duran. “It gives me such a great feeling when I listen to it. The lyrics are very hopeful and positive, but it’s about love and the gears are a little different from what people would expect. I’m excited to surprise them sonically.”
Aussie songwriter Sia penned the lyrics, which reference various drugs. “Palms rise to the universe/ As we, moonshine and molly/ Feel the warmth, we’ll never die/ We’re like diamonds in the sky,” sings the Bajan babe, who will launch her “Diamonds World Tour” in March. Listen to the official version below… Continue reading
Just receiving the biggest win of the night at the MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year “We Found Love,” singer Rihanna has announced an upcoming tour entitled, “Rihanna Diamonds World Tour.” The North American leg kicks off March 8, 2013 in Buffalo, New York and stops in more than 27 cities with the possibility of additional dates to be revealed. Rihanna will be performing her previous hits, as well as, the majority of her latest album, Talk That Talk. The pop star’s last trek, the “LOUD” tour, grossed $90 million worldwide to become the 7th highest-grossing tour of 2011 including 10 sold-out concerts at London’s O2 Arena. Tickets for “Rihanna Diamonds World Tour” will be available for sale Friday, September 14th via LiveNation.com.
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