*Rihanna is now the first woman to have 10 songs with over 1 billion Spotify streams.
The Bajan beauty celebrated the milestone on social media, writing “Bad Gal billi…wit no new album…lemme talk my shit ????????????.” Nicki Minaj had some celebratory words for Rihanna. As Complex reports, the hip-hop star wrote in the comments: “Not Bad Gal billi/Poppin shit like a wheelie/I mean poppin like a pilly, like a really/Man Down ‘cuz she making a killy! SILLY!/Bout to be pushin out a new kid like Gillie/Caribbean girls run it & AWWLLL these btchs know da dilly.”
According to Complex, the tracks that are making history on the streaming charts include “Needed Me,” “Love on the Brain,” “Diamonds,” “Love the Way You Lie” with Eminem,” “Work” featuring Drake, “Umbrella” featuring Jay-Z, “We Found Love” and “This Is What You Came For” with Calvin Harris, “Stay” featuring Mikky Ekko, and her collab with Kanye and Paul McCartney, “FourFiveSeconds.”
Meanwhile, Rihanna has been teasing details about her next album since 2020.
Rihanna becomes the first woman in Spotify history to have 10 songs surpass 1 BILLION streams
“Diamonds”
“Work” ft. Drake
“Umbrella” ft. Jay-Z
“Needed Me”
“We Found Love” ft. Calvin Harris
“Love On The Brain”
“Stay” ft. Mikky Ekko
“This Is What You Came For” with Calvin Harris… pic.twitter.com/CSnRFvgw4x— Complex Music (@ComplexMusic) July 1, 2023
“I love making music, so I never neglect it. I always get to it and get back to it,” she previously told Access Hollywood in a video interview. “But there’s other things on the carousel now, so I have to pay attention to everything and stay on top of everything. I’m just that way, and music sometimes takes a hit naturally because these other things are crucial in terms of timelines and production, and there’s so much that people will never understand that goes on behind the scenes.”
Rihanna continued: “Music is still my first love, so I can’t wait to put something out that I’m really proud of and excited about. It is probably gonna be sooner than my fans think, but I’m just gonna leave that alone…. I got enough stress and questions and ‘R9, where’s the album?’ comments. They don’t leave me alone, but I haven’t neglected them. I still gotchu, music is still my baby.”
Fans have been demanding new music since RiRi’s last studio album, 2016’s “ANTI.” She has since stayed busy with her cosmetics and fashion empire: the Fenty Beauty line, her Savage x Fenty lingerie collection and her Fenty fashion brand. The global superstar is also expecting her second child with rapper A$AP Rocky.
“When I am ready to put it out in the way that I feel fit, it’s gonna come out. And you’re not going to be disappointed when it happens. It’s going to be worth it,” she told Entertainment Tonight.
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