Is Rihanna one of the most popular and influential pop stars of this era? Definitely yes. In fact, despite the fact that no new music has been released for seven years (with the exception of Lift me upsong released in October 2022 taken from the soundtrack Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and nominated for the Golden Globe 2023 in the category “Best Original Song”) The Barbadian singer has set a new record. She is the first female artist to have each of her ten songs cross the one billion stream mark.
This was reported by Rihanna herself in a tweet: “Bad Gal Billi… even without a new album! Let me talk my shit!” His latest album ANTIdates back to the already distant 2016, and from there, Rihanna devoted herself mainly to her brand Fenty Beauty and her first child born a year ago from her. ghetto love story with A$AP Rocky (which she instigates a second time).
The two are a very close couple (as well as one of the hottest in music) and that becomes more and more evident every time they go out in public together. Last example? The presence of these two at the debut of Pharrell Williams as creative director of Louis Vuitton (whose brand ambassador is Rihanna) during Paris Fashion Week, where RiRi showed off her now pronounced tummy (After announcing her pregnancy on the Super Bowl stage, making her break another record. It was actually the most watched halftime show.)
In fact, in recent months, Rihanna has taught us a whole new aesthetic of motherhood. Hide the bump? Never! As with the birth of RZA Athelston Mayers’ first child just a year ago, RiRi continues this trend. So yes, the tummy is in full view, and also ultra-sexy, like at the Spotify party during the Cannes Lion Festival last Wednesday, where Rihanna wore a sequined bikini under a super sheer Jean-Paul Gaultier dress. Now we just have to wait for new music from the bad girl par excellence.
Top 10 Rihanna songs
In anticipation of Rihanna’s new album, here are her ten most streamed songs.
- diamonds
- Job (featuring Drake)
- Umbrellas (featuring Jay-Z)
- I need
- We found Love (featuring Calvin Harris)
- love on the brain
- Stay (featuring Mickey Ekko)
- This is what you came for (featuring Calvin Harris)
- I love the way you lie (featuring Eminem)
- four five seconds (featuring Kanye West and Paul McCartney)