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Rihanna’s Official Top 40 biggest songs ever
As the world awaits new music, we reveal Rihanna's 40 biggest tracks of all time on the Official Chart
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This Sunday February 12, Rihanna finally returns to the stage to perform at the 2023 NFL Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show. And with so many bangers under her belt, we're wondering which tracks to expect in her 13-minute medley.
Will we get latest single Lift Me Up? Could Man Down get a moment? Has she readied a bit of Russian Roulette?
Well, with RiRi explaining she's been through '39 versions' (!) of her Super Bowl setlist before deciding on the final songs, we thought we'd take a look back at her biggest hits ever to see what to expect.
MORE: See Rihanna's full Official Charts history
From 2005 debut Pon De Replay to collaborations with the likes of Eminem, Calvin Harris, David Guetta and actual Paul McCartney, it's a discography that cements RiRi as one of the 21st century's most influential artists.
Before we get to the full list, let's delve into the Top 5, shall we?
5. Diamonds
Released: 2012
Official Singles Chart peak: 1
Total UK chart units: 1.94 million
The first track lifted from her 2012 LP Unapologetic, Sia-penned single Diamonds has shifted total UK chart units of 1.94 million to date; including 1.1 million downloads and 103 million streams.
4. Work (Rihanna featuring Drake)
Released: 2016
Official Singles Chart peak: 2
Total UK chart units: 1.95 million
The lead single from her eighth studio album ANTI, Drake duet Work comes in at Number 4 on RiRi's all-time list. The track, which peaked at Number 2 on the Official Singles Chart behind Lukas Graham's 7 Years, boasts total UK streams of 178 million and counting.
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3. This Is What You Came For (Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna)
Released: 2016
Official Singles Chart peak: 2
Total UK chart units: 2.2 million
Rihanna's feature on 2016 Calvin Harris track This Is What You Came For (famously including a writing credit from Taylor Swift - initially under the pseudonym Nils Sjöberg), is her third-biggest track in the UK so far. It's also worth nothing that the collab is Rihanna's most-streamed song to date. Since its release, the song's accumulated a total of 200 million streams across audio and video platforms.
2. We Found Love (Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris)
Released: 2011
Official Singles Chart peak: 1
Total UK chart units: 2.4 million
RiRi's second Calvin team-up to make her all-time Top 5, lead Talk That Talk single We Found Love slips one place on this place since our last update. A true product of the early 2010s, though, We Found Love remains Rihanna's most-downloaded single. The track boasts a total of 1.4 million downloads in the UK to date.
1. Love The Way You Lie (Eminem featuring Rihanna)
Released: 2010
Official Singles Chart peak: 2
Total UK chart units: 2.6 million
Reigning atop the list of Rihanna's Official biggest songs in the UK is Eminem feature Love The Way You Lie. Lifted from the Detroit rapper's 2010 album Recovery, the song has racked up combined streams of 181 million since its release; with its total chart units standing at 2.6 million to date.
Rihanna's Official Top 40 biggest songs:
| POS | TITLE | ARTIST | CHART PEAK |
| 1 | LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE | EMINEM FT RIHANNA | 2 |
| 2 | WE FOUND LOVE | RIHANNA FT CALVIN HARRIS | 1 |
| 3 | THIS IS WHAT YOU CAME FOR | CALVIN HARRIS FT RIHANNA | 2 |
| 4 | WORK | RIHANNA FT DRAKE | 2 |
| 5 | DIAMONDS | RIHANNA | 1 |
| 6 | UMBRELLA | RIHANNA FT JAY-Z | 1 |
| 7 | WILD THOUGHTS | DJ KHALED FT RIHANNA/TILLER | 1 |
| 8 | ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) | RIHANNA | 1 |
| 9 | FOURFIVE SECONDS | RIHANNA/KANYE WEST/MCCARTNEY | 3 |
| 10 | TOO GOOD | DRAKE FT RIHANNA | 3 |
| 11 | STAY | RIHANNA FT MIKKY EKKO | 4 |
| 12 | THE MONSTER | EMINEM FT RIHANNA | 1 |
| 13 | S&M | RIHANNA | 3 |
| 14 | TAKE CARE | DRAKE FT RIHANNA | 9 |
| 15 | WHAT'S MY NAME | RIHANNA FT DRAKE | 1 |
| 16 | RUDE BOY | RIHANNA | 2 |
| 17 | ALL OF THE LIGHTS | KANYE WEST FT RIHANNA | 15 |
| 18 | TAKE A BOW | RIHANNA | 1 |
| 19 | NEEDED ME | RIHANNA | 38 |
| 20 | DON'T STOP THE MUSIC | RIHANNA | 4 |
| 21 | DISTURBIA | RIHANNA | 3 |
| 22 | PRINCESS OF CHINA | COLDPLAY & RIHANNA | 4 |
| 23 | LIVE YOUR LIFE | TI FT RIHANNA | 2 |
| 24 | PON DE REPLAY | RIHANNA | 2 |
| 25 | WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN | RIHANNA | 6 |
| 26 | RUN THIS TOWN | JAY-Z FT RIHANNA & KANYE WEST | 1 |
| 27 | WHO'S THAT CHICK | DAVID GUETTA FT RIHANNA | 6 |
| 28 | UNFAITHFUL | RIHANNA | 2 |
| 29 | BITCH BETTER HAVE MY MONEY | RIHANNA | 27 |
| 30 | LOVE ON THE BRAIN | RIHANNA | 124 |
| 31 | RUSSIAN ROULETTE | RIHANNA | 2 |
| 32 | SOS | RIHANNA | 2 |
| 33 | CALIFORNIA KING BED | RIHANNA | 8 |
| 34 | SHUT UP AND DRIVE | RIHANNA | 5 |
| 35 | HATE THAT I LOVE YOU | RIHANNA FT NE-YO | 15 |
| 36 | KISS IT BETTER | RIHANNA | 46 |
| 37 | TE AMO | RIHANNA | 14 |
| 38 | BELIEVE IT | PARTYNEXTDOOR & RIHANNA | 12 |
| 39 | MAN DOWN | RIHANNA | 54 |
| 40 | CAN'T REMEMBER TO FORGET YOU | SHAKIRA FT RIHANNA | 11 |
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jayerwin
Can you please do a list of her best selling albums.
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TruthHurts
Guys, We Found Love was her first outing with Calvin Harris. This is What You Came For was her second.
Tak Opidisc
The article currently says "RiRi's second Calvin team-up to make her all-time Top 5". Did it say something else before?
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TruthHurts
It says it's her second Calvin team-up but I see what you're saying, it could be taken either way, just bad writing
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Lee Moore
How on earth did Love On The Brain only reach #124?!
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TruthHurts
I know right! It was huge in America. Fantastic tune.
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TAYLOR
Unfortunally rihanna is the second female artist with more top ten singles in us and uk, i hope she wont pass madonna in us.
Jay z should be so proud on signing a nom
american singer to his label that is not that talented and making her a huge star, (very patriotic.)
Anna Nekrylova
I'm sure all of Madonna's records are going to be broken very soon. Unfortunately. Because Madge had to write most of her material back in the 80s, really. Nowdays we really witness the so-called "producer's act" and can tell the difference. But it's too late to say: "You know, it makes us a little bit uncomfortable with Jay Z's girls achieving such a success while REALLY selling ." Madonna has never been about sales, just look at her recent album covers. Rihanna has some Whitney Houston features in her face and she's going to sell while she's pretty, it's up to her how long. Then Jay Z is going to find another pretty girl. Just business.
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Ronnie
Rihanna writes. Look at the credits in her albums. You getting mixed up. Clearly you are not.a Rihanna fan because the Navy knows she just sogned a mega deal as a Songwriter and is one of the highest paid copyright owners in music. I hope this enlightens you.
A Taste Of International Music
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2011 > Barbados > Soft Rock / Pop
The birthday girl of the day comes from Barbados, of course. Only 277.000 people live on the sovereign Caribbean island. Coming from the capital Bridgetown, Rihanna is undoubtedly the island's biggest (music) export. Releasing her debut single "Pon de Replay" on JAY Z's Def Jam Recordings in 2005, she nearly released an album every year between 2005 and 2012, resulting in massive hit singles like "SOS", "Unfaithful" (both 2006), "Umbrella" (2007, 10 weeks at #1 in the UK Singles Chart), "Take a bow" (2008), "Rude boy" and "Only girl (in the world)" (both 2010), amongst countless others. Until now, she achieved an incredible 23 US-Top 10 singles as a lead artist (with 6 more as a featured artist), with 11 of them reaching #1 (and a further 3 as featured artist). Her 2011 collaboration "We found love" with Calvin Harris became one of the best-selling singles of all time and her latest 2016 album "Anti" charted in about every country's Top 10.
Puh, enough with the facts. Thus, Rihanna is one of the most successful music stars of her generation, and one can only wonder how many more hits will follow. For today's cherry picking, we chose a song from her 2010 album "Loud", the emotionally driven rock ballad "California King Bed". Happy birthday!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhBorPm6JjQ
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Joshua Cunningham
So...what is the total sales for all top 40 singles? Looks like a pretty hefty amount!
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Sean Jackson
They're not even including "Work" or "This is what you came for" which is stupid because they're million sellers as well... Technically she has 6, not 4. The BPI has her capped at 27.1 million records but that's a claim from 2013... She's way undercertified and easily the best selling artist in the UK as of 2017. She's now the best selling solo artist in the US so she'll have claim over both markets.
***Edit*** I just realized that the 20th of Feb date is misleading since these comments are over a year old. They really should update this and include streaming to be fair.
Official Charts
Hi Sean, this piece was updated on February 20 (Rihanna's birthday!). For the purposes of this list, we've looked at just pure sales and not streams.
ottsiofjallgard .
"ChartFact: Rihanna kept some big tunes off the top spot for those six weeks: Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5 (two weeks), The Wanted's Lightning, Take A Chance On Me by JLS, Flo Rida’s Good Feeling and Olly Murs’ Dance With Me Tonight [...] Olly Murs was the only one of those tracks to actually go on to be Number 1"
Flo Rida's Good Feeling was no. 1 after Christmas too.
FourFiveSeconds and B**ch Better Have My Money were released in 2015, not 2014
Some artists are not mentioned to be the lead or featured artist on the song.
-Talk That Talk (Feat. Jay-Z)
-Hate That I Love You (Feat. Ne-Yo)
- FourFiveSeconds (feat. Kanye West & Paul McCartney)
- Take Care (With Drake, Rihanna was featured artist)
Year 2011 was incredible for her on UK Singles Chart
Love The Way You Lie was still in Top 40 at the beginning of 2011, 5 singles from Loud in Top 15 (4 in Top 10), We Found Love hegemony, three other singles from Talk That Talk album in Top 40, 5 successful guest apps (for Drake, Guetta, Coldplay, Kanye and Nicki Minaj)
I Am A Stegosaurus
Yup, loads of mistakes.