Rhianna unlocks second "Talk That Talk" single
Sun. November 13, 2011 11:17 PM by GoPride.com News Staff
Album drops with Ellen appearance, November 21
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The ongoing "Rihanna: UNLOCKED" campaign seems to gather world-wide momentum as Island Def Jam's Hot 100 Billboard-ranking queen remains at #1 for the second consecutive week with "We Found Love." Rhianna's performance of song on FOX's The X Factor, airing Thursday, November 17, 2011, may be signs of mainstream excitement surrounding the release of Talk That Talk, Rihanna's sixth Island Def Jam studio album. Hitting shelves November 21, the album's release coincides with an appearance on the Ellen Degeneres Show.
Rihanna made Billboard history last week, when "We Found Love" became her 11th #1 hit on the Hot 100, and her 20th Top-10 hit. She collected her 20 Hot 100 Top 10 singles faster than any other solo artist, six years and four months, as reported by Billboard.com. The time span beat Madonna's previous record (by five months), and now places Rihanna second only to the Beatles. The Supremes now move down to third place. Additionally, "We Found Love" notches Rihanna her 16th #1 Billboard Dance single.
Talk That Talk is the follow-up to Loud (released November 2010), an industry phenom that is multi-platinum worldwide, with global sales of nearly 8 million. Loud's release one year ago registered over 200,000 first week sales, the biggest Soundscan week of Rihanna's recording career. From the album, "Only Girl (In the World)," "What's My Name" (featuring Drake), and "S&M" became Rihanna's 8th, 9th and 10th #1 hits, respectively; the album also contained the Top 10 "Cheers (Drink To That)." Prior to Loud, Rihanna struck RIAA platinum with Rated R (November 2009), containing the #1 hit, "Rude Boy." Rihanna became the first female artist of the decade to chart six #1's on the Hot 100 when "Rude Boy" went to the top spot. Rated R also contained the Top 10 hits "Russian Roulette" and "Hard" (featuring Jeezy).
Rihanna's chart career began with her RIAA gold debut from 2005, Music Of the Sun, featuring the world-wide smash, "Pon De Replay." She graduated to RIAA platinum with her second album, 2006's A Girl Like Me, which contained the back-to-back hits, "S.O.S." (her first #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100), "Unfaithful," and "Break It Off" (featuring Sean Paul). Rihanna went on to double-platinum with Good Girl Gone Bad (May 2007), containing the Grammy-winning global #1 hit "Umbrella" (featuring Jay-Z), then "Shut Up and Drive," "Hate That I Love You" (featuring Ne-Yo), and "Don't Stop the Music." The CD+DVD package Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (January 2009) continued the hits with the #1 "Take A Bow" and the #1 "Disturbia." Rihanna's track record also includes #1 hits with T.I. ("Live Your Life" in 2008), and Eminem ("Love the Way You Lie" in 2010, named Top Rap Song Of the Year at the Billboard Music Awards); and the #1 Rap - #2 Hot 100 - #3 R&B sensation of 2009, "Run This Town" with Jay-Z & Kanye West.
Source: press release
Rihanna made Billboard history last week, when "We Found Love" became her 11th #1 hit on the Hot 100, and her 20th Top-10 hit. She collected her 20 Hot 100 Top 10 singles faster than any other solo artist, six years and four months, as reported by Billboard.com. The time span beat Madonna's previous record (by five months), and now places Rihanna second only to the Beatles. The Supremes now move down to third place. Additionally, "We Found Love" notches Rihanna her 16th #1 Billboard Dance single.
Talk That Talk is the follow-up to Loud (released November 2010), an industry phenom that is multi-platinum worldwide, with global sales of nearly 8 million. Loud's release one year ago registered over 200,000 first week sales, the biggest Soundscan week of Rihanna's recording career. From the album, "Only Girl (In the World)," "What's My Name" (featuring Drake), and "S&M" became Rihanna's 8th, 9th and 10th #1 hits, respectively; the album also contained the Top 10 "Cheers (Drink To That)." Prior to Loud, Rihanna struck RIAA platinum with Rated R (November 2009), containing the #1 hit, "Rude Boy." Rihanna became the first female artist of the decade to chart six #1's on the Hot 100 when "Rude Boy" went to the top spot. Rated R also contained the Top 10 hits "Russian Roulette" and "Hard" (featuring Jeezy).
Rihanna's chart career began with her RIAA gold debut from 2005, Music Of the Sun, featuring the world-wide smash, "Pon De Replay." She graduated to RIAA platinum with her second album, 2006's A Girl Like Me, which contained the back-to-back hits, "S.O.S." (her first #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100), "Unfaithful," and "Break It Off" (featuring Sean Paul). Rihanna went on to double-platinum with Good Girl Gone Bad (May 2007), containing the Grammy-winning global #1 hit "Umbrella" (featuring Jay-Z), then "Shut Up and Drive," "Hate That I Love You" (featuring Ne-Yo), and "Don't Stop the Music." The CD+DVD package Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (January 2009) continued the hits with the #1 "Take A Bow" and the #1 "Disturbia." Rihanna's track record also includes #1 hits with T.I. ("Live Your Life" in 2008), and Eminem ("Love the Way You Lie" in 2010, named Top Rap Song Of the Year at the Billboard Music Awards); and the #1 Rap - #2 Hot 100 - #3 R&B sensation of 2009, "Run This Town" with Jay-Z & Kanye West.
Source: press release