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• Rihanna Earns 9th #1 With “Only Girl (In the World)” + ‘LOUD’ Sales

  11.24.10 | 2 Comments

  

  Rihanna may have just decided to step up her performance game but the area she always had on lock is just getting tighter. Rihanna just scored herself her 9th #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 in a little over 5 years. That would be for the first single from LOUD, “Only Girl (In the World).” After that promo boost from her AMA performance and a price drop with the single itself, it was a plan that came out successful.

  Rihanna now puts herself in the top 10 artists of all time with the most #1′s in the chart’s history. Although she has a good way to go before she touches Mariah Carey’s achievements, single-wise, she has conquered Carey in the amount of time it took an artist to reach 9 #1′s. Along with that, Rihanna has the most #1′s (7) on Billboard’s Pop chart. Rihanna’s #1′s on the Hot 100 are:

  1. SOS
  2. Umbrella
  3. Take a Bow
  4. Disturbia
  5. Live Your Life (T.I.)
  6. Rude Boy
  7. Love the Way You Lie (Eminem)
  8. What’s My Name feat. Drake
  9. Only Girl (In the World)

  As if that wasn’t enough good news, LOUD, her fifth studio album debuted at #3 with the highest sales number of her career. The album shifted 206,000+ copies in its first week. Congrats to the girl and maybe next time she will debut at #1 on the Billboard 200.

  

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  Tagged: billboard 200, billboard hot 100, LOUD, only girl (in the world), rihanna
  

• Feelin’ It: Rihanna Gives Best Performance Of Her Career At 2010 AMA’s

  11.22.10 | 2 Comments

  

  Never has there been a time when we watched a Rihanna performance, back-to-back, more than two times. After last night, that all changed. Rihanna, who was the opening performer at last night’s American Music Awards ceremony gave her most well rounded performance to date in 7 minutes and 33 seconds.

  Already dumping the straight locks, a curly haired Rihanna sat on a tree that looked like something straight out of her Rated R era. Starting off with “Love the Way You Lie (Part II),” the entire room was quiet as Rihanna’s improved vocals spread throughout the room. Que the bright lights as Rihanna fell (literally) into her #1 hit, “What’s My Name.” This is when all her island flavor came out; this was the most choreography in a Rihanna performance. Before ending the song, four dancers came out to join Rihanna for a reggae break and then a quick switch came as Rihanna shook her rear (Ricky Martin style) to some deep tribal drum beating. The tribal rendition of “Only Girl (In the World)” made the song that much better. Rihanna finished up with some acoustic vocals that did not go off without a hitch but she did manage to knockout the very last line.

  Like we said last night, let the LOUD era be known as the era that Rihanna started to perform.
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  Tagged: american music awards 2010, love the way you lie part 2, only girl (in the world), rihanna, what's my name
  

• Catch-Up: Rihanna On SNL, X Factor + Final Edit of “Who’s That Chick”

  11.01.10 | 1 Comment

  

  So over the weekend Rihanna went from NYC to London as she appeared on Saturday Night Live and then X Factor, the next day. On SNL the singer performed “Only Girl (In the World)” and “What’s My Name.” We may have been away but we still were made aware of the flack Rihanna received for her poor live performance. It is a fact that Rihanna is not a “performer” but her “Only Girl…” performance was just not good, at all. Thankfully, all was not lost as Rihanna appeared in the sequel to her “Shy Ronnie” sketch. This time “Bonnie & Clyde” was the theme dubbed with a ditty tune from Rihanna, heavy on the accent. Watch the videos after…
  
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  Tagged: david guetta, only girl (in the world), rihanna, saturday night live, snl, what's my name, who's that chick, x factor
  

• Video Premiere: Rihanna “Only Girl (In the World)”

  10.13.10 | No Comments

  After some waiting, the Anthony Mandler-directed video for Rihanna’s “Only Girl (In the World)” has leaked ahead of it’s television debut tonight. As you all know, “Only Girl (In the World)” is the first single lifted from Rihanna’s fifth studio album, LOUD, in five years. Sonically, the single is that stadium, hands-in-the-air type of song and the video matches that exactly.

  Matching Rihanna’s locks, there are lots of reds used in the video. Mandler takes advantage of the big sound of the Stargate-produced single by placing Rihanna in isolated locations with wide open panoramic views. The visuals, the hues, are all eye-grabbing and while Rihanna’s style isn’t the high-end fashion we’re used to, one thing is still intact: her blazin’ personality. Red RiRi is really having all the fun and making it seem as though she has the entire world to herself, in this video.

  

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  Tagged: LOUD, only girl (in the world), rihanna, video premiere
  

• Rihanna: The “Only Girl (In The World)” Who Looked So Good In Red

  09.08.10 | 3 Comments

  Image via: Girls, Sounds & Colors

  Tastefully posing nude in a field somehwere, Rihanna covers herself with a rose red dress for the single cover of “Only Girl (In the World).”. Whoever the photographer is, he or she really did a great job and even managed to make Rihanna’s longer red hair look GOOD. Red is a favorite color of ours and it’s just as LOUD as can be. The album is expected sometime in November.

  

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• Single Premiere: Rihanna Gets ‘LOUD’ With “Only Girl (In the World)”

  09.07.10 | 5 Comments

  

  Oh how these Rihanna eras come and go so quickly. At 6am ET this morning, RyanSeacrest.com exclusively premiered a minute-long preview of Rihanna’s first single, “Only Girl (In the World),” from her fifth studio album, LOUD, out November 2.

  The Stargate-produced “Only Girl…” is a return to the singles artist Rihanna after her attempt at being a true “artist” with Rated R was not well received. The song rides that Euro Dance/Pop sound to death and has the Bajan following trends instead of creating them. Here’s what she told RihannaDaily about the new album:

  Get LOUD everybody, get crazy, get excited, cuz im pumped, im just gonna be ME, cuz thats what u guys love the most, and thats what makes me feel best! just being normal, normal for me is LOUD! sassy, fun, flirty, energetic – Rihanna

  This song should definitely do well with radio and will give the Top 10 magnet another hit to add to her already long list of chart toppers. It’s just a pity that on her fifth album in her five year-long career, she has to depend on the success of her last single to define her value in the industry and even to the casual listeners. Fans and stans are excluded because they’ll have your back even when you do the most mess.

  UPDATE:

  FULL SONG IS UP!

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  Tagged: LOUD, only girl (in the world), rihanna, stargate
  

• Rihanna Will Be the “Only Girl (In The World)” Next Week Tuesday

  09.03.10 | 1 Comment

  

  After wishy-washy reports of Rihanna’s brand new single release, the news is official. Despite a release date of September 14 being issued, Ryan Seacrest will exclusively premiere “Only Girl (In The World)” on Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 3AM PT/6AM ET.

  The song is produced by the duo responsible for her hits, “Hate That I Love You,” “Don’t Stop the Music” and her last #1, “Rude Boy.” Yes, Stargate has once again been brought on board to ensure Rihanna all types of “happy” and “dancey” success.

  Hopes will not be held high but it will be nice to be pleasantly surprised because as Proph said, “She’s as as good as her last single.” The tastes of “Te Amo” and “Rockstar 101″ were bittersweet. We hope “Only Girl…” is that rot your teeth kind of sweet.

  

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  Tagged: only girl (in the world), rihanna, Ryan Seacrest, stargate