Although it has been less than four months since the release of her Rihanna‘s ‘Rated R’ LP, fresh reports today are confirming that the model-turned-aspiring singer is set to release an entirely album ‘this summer’. According to insiders close to the project; after the tumultuous year the Bajan experienced during the recording period of her current LP (which was critiqued by some for being ‘too dark’), the 22 year old is keen to re-embrace a lighter-Popier sound, in the vein of previous hits ‘Don’t Stop The Music’ and ‘Disturbia’. {Source} {Source 2}
I can’t say I didn’t see this coming (a fact regular readers will know we’ve been calling out ever since ‘Rated R’ dropped). I mean granted ‘Rated R’ is probably Ms. Fenty’s best album to-date (which isn’t saying all that much), that dark (or as her folk would call it ‘edgy’) image she was trying to sell was just not cutting it with the masses – hence the so-so sales of the project despite 4 videos and an epic promotional push. I guess the current success of ‘Rude Boy’, the most playful cut on her record, has her label anxious to ‘go that route’ again. While I imagine they’re hoping it brings in the $$$, it kinda leaves me wondering still – ‘just what kind of artist is Rihanna?’ Four albums down the line and many still have not ascertained the answer to the question.
While I’m sure some will greet the news of more sheep-bleating on a CD with glee, I can’t say I share in that sentiment. Rushing through singles with the quickness and dropping a new album less than a year after the first was released (likely due to lukewarm sales) is on par with RiRi’s much critiqued re-release strategy (see: the 100 re-issues of ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’). I mean really. Saturation.com
To digest the absurdity of it all, one need not look further than Lady GaGa, who continues to enjoy chart-smashing success (BOTH ‘The Fame’ and ‘The Fame Monster’ are still in the top 10 on the Billboard 200), yet has only officially released one single since November – that being ‘Bad Romance’ – and has been on tour for the most part. I guess it goes to show folk will still buy records – if it’s worth their cash.
Still, it’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.
god you’re such a hater and have no idea what’s going on lol
gosh why can’t she just completely stop making “music”… so tired of her
LOL ITS SOOO FUNNY
U HATE ON RIHANNAS VOCALS BUT U SUPPORT PEOPLE THAT DONT EVEN HAVE A VOICE
JANET JLO CIARA?????????
I MEAN HOW DUMB ARE U
ALL I EHAR WHISPERS AND BREATHS FROM THE ONE U LIKE SO WHO ARE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUU TO TALK ABOUT VOCALS
JANET JLO NOR CIARA NOR LKADY GAGA HAVE GOTTEN PRAISED FRO THEIR VOCALS FROM BIG ASS MAGAZIN LIKE RIHANAN DID FOR RUSSIAN ROULETTE
SO I GUESS THE REAL MUSIC KNOW WHO HAVE TALENT
U CA HATE ALL U WANT ABOUT HOW U DONT KNOW WHATA RTIST SHE IS OR WHATEVER
BUT IF SHE WAS TO FOLLOW UR WAY SHELL BE A KELLY R OR ASHANTI OR CIARA
SO I GUESS SHES DOING EVERYTHIGN RIUGHT SINCE EVERYHTIGN U SAY LEADS TO FLOPS
ANYWAYS RIHANNA OCNE AGAINW ILLS TEAL ALL THE GIRLS SHINE BC THEY ARTE WACK LIL H*** WITH NOT ALENT
RIHANNA KILL THESE H*** AND SHJOE EM WHOI THAT STRONG VOCAL B**** IS
But will it be a re-release like lady gaga’s monster? or will it be a separated new album?
I prefer her to re–release a 2cd album with Rated R on the first and the new songs on a new cd just like GaGa because there are many songs from Rated R which can be released as a single!
She does need to move on from Rated R. 70% of the album is about the same subject matter and it didn’t take off with the fans. She does way better with uptempo tracks. ‘Hard’ and ‘Rude Boy’ are the only ones that would get some club play. At the same time, she could still milk Rated R for a few more singles. She should send Photographs, Rockstar 101 and Fire Bomb to the radio if she doesn’t wanna do videos.
Omg really!? ANOTHER ALBUM!? IT HASN’T EVEN BEEN A YR…..
Your completely ruining your site’s integrity with posts like these, you are so bias in which artists you support and which ones you don’t that no one really gives a s*** what you think anymore. Report the news and STFU, if I wanted to hear people s*** talk artists that are just trying to do their best like you and me I’d be over at Perez Hilton. I hope you know if you continue posts like this, this site will be no better.
Sam and Trent, you need a f***** reality check. This is coming from a long time reader.
I dont know about anybody else, but I would rather have an album of songs that draw me in like Rated R… An album which is consistent from start to finish… An album, that despite not dragging in the masses had musical substance within songs such as the last song, cold case love, russian roulette, and then had elements of fun with rude boy and rockstar 101… Then you have people like Lady Gaga who will sell music only based on all the songs sounding EXACTLY the same!!!! And I wont even start on Beyonce, whos albums have as much musical substance as a cabbage (with the exception of dangerously in love’…)
Sam I’m with you Rihanna really has no integrity as an artist … Beyonce who is without a doubt one of the best vocal & performance artists of our generation, can’t even whizz out albums at that speed … without people telling her she needs to sit her ass down.
The team behind Rihanna clearly know she has no longevity and want to milk the gravy train for all its worth, while people still care!
And can I just say – I CANNOT WAIT FOR ESTELLE’S ‘FREAK’ TO COME OUT!
Lol you called that she would do re-releases which she hasn’t however I have been saying she’d do a new album no re-release
i cant this gorl is over,
def jam wants to get rid of her i feel bad for her stans
they thought rihanna was gonna be big like beyonce britney big lmao
never she is the new ashanti
Kelly has the same outfit in d post below
@ HIHIHIHI WHATEVER UR CALLED, JST SHUT UP AND DRIVE
YA GURL RIHANNA >>> ALOT OF US USED TO LOVE HER, I MEAN ALOT OF US!!!
SHE’S GONE SWEETIE JST ACCEPT IT BET WHEN SHE COMES BACK IN SUMMER OR WHEN EVER SHE WILL DEF FLOP HARDER TO A POINT WHEN JAY-Z WINDS UP DROPPIN HER, SHE’S JST GONE IM SORRY FOR UR LOSS BUT HEY S*** HAPPNES!
AND BTW U REALLY SHE CAN SING? U NEED A CHECK UP SON!
😉
First… you can barely call the remix album of Good Girl Gone Bad a rerelease. It had one re-release.
Second… it’s a crime if they don’t release Fire Bomb before sending this new album out.
What? A new album already? Its sad that this child has released 4 singles already in the matter of 4 months and is about to embark on recording an entirely new album….DAMN! Can i at least enjoy Rude Boy? I’m still rocking to HARD! Def Jam puts sooooo much into this image of RHIANNA, this super edgy, fashionable, luke warm performer, when other talented artist on the label never get the push that they deserve. Rhianna is a CASH COW for Def Jam and they didn’t get the results that they intended with this last release so they are pushing her back into the studio to record…i actually feel bad for the girl..I have no idea who Rhianna really is and non of it is believable, and thats not good, especially when your $ albums into your career….But hey, she has her groupies on board and they will STAN for anything so…Good luck!
SAM, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RE-RELEASES
ALSO MENTION BEYONCE WHOSE RECORD LABEL MILKED HER PROJECT
IASF WAS RE-RELEASED 5 TIMES, CHECK YOUR SOURCES BUDDY
STANDARD EDITION
DELUX EDITIION
PLATINUM EDITION W/ ADDITIONAL TRACKS
ALBUM WITH VIDEOS
EP W/ BONUS TRACKS
HER ALBUM HAS SOLD 6 MILLION.
THANKS BOO!!!!!!
LORD HAVE MERCY THAT WAS FAST!!! Didn’t Rude Boy come a week or two ago?
I wonder why the other female artist don’t get this kind a push? I mean, it seems like DefJam is all Rihanna. The other singers dont stand a chance. They might as well go to another label. They should rename it “RihannaJam”..
And I’m LMAO @ sheep-bleeting. Sam, you know you aian’t right
The only song I really like from this era is “Rude Boy” and “Hard”. The rest are boring(In my opinion) Maybe she will come hard with the next. I hope she does….
lady gaga is also white.
you cant compare black females to white females.
industry is racist ….sorry…….
beyonces album is MUCH better than Lady gaga’s . Her album is almost out the top 50.
they both came out around the same time.
LADY GAGA is releasing the SAME MUSIC OVER AND OVER. HER SONGS SOUND THE SAME, AND THEYRE KEEPING THE FORMULA WHICH IS WORKING FOR NOW.
DANCE MUSIC. DUHHHHHHHH!!!
Is it two Nickys on here? One types in all caps and is a Rihanna stan, and the other one is sane and types normal. Just a thought…
If Rihanna wants to release another album she can. I still think she is a just an ATM for Def Jam. Honestly I try but I can’t take Rihanna serious. She doesn’t know who she is in a sense. All these different images. She was like the Caribbean girl, then bad girl, now dark chick. Whats next?? Well when Rihanna gets a number one album wake me up. By the way I am not a hater I am just speaking my mind. There is a difference.
this is such a lie, there is no new album in the works for the summer. Rated R is doing well, so why would she put out a new one. Please. You guys are so desperate to ruin rihanna, you even resort to lies.
I don’t know why people are so offended by releasing another album….Rated R tanked, and they are going to do what they always do with her, change up her image AGAIN. That’s mostly why people buy into her. She also has great production on her albums and a cute personality.
We’ll see if the public has really tired of her come summer.
@ auntie jackie
IF RATED R TANKED, WHY DID IT JUMP UP 18 SPOTS ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 THIS PAST WEEK???
WHY IS RUDE BOY SMASHING THE CHARTS WORLDWIDE???
WHY IS RATED R STILL ON NUMEROUS CHARTS, AND HAS CATAPULTED TO #6 ON ITUNES ALBUM CHARTS.
B**** SIT DOWN AND STATE FACTS!
*UK ALBUM CHARTS
AND IN THE TOP 20 ON US I TUNES CHARTS
and why has rated r sold 2.5 million so far. Check cnn sources. They don’t lie.
Thats incorrect information she will be on her Rated R tour, No new album until next year. Good Day 🙂
@ NICKY, well it’s not really necessary to call someone B**** over the internet, now is it? But that’s okay because I know you’d never do it in person.
When I say it tanked, that means that it should have sold much more. Rihanna is a global superstar. 2.5 million world-wide is not a very good performance. Don’t go comparing it with Good Girl Gone Bad and say it outperformed that. That’s still not good enough for the amount of promotion they spent on this project. And the promotion was some of the most creative and best I’ve seen.
With little promotion Sade & Susan Boyle sold 500,000 in the first week. Rihanna didn’t debut at #1, and won’t likely get there. That’s not good enough. She should have been #1 and dominating the charts. Beyonce, who had great promotion sold 482,000 in her first week. Rated R sold 181,000 copies in it’s first week. THOSE ARE THE FACTS.
Just because it’s jumping up the charts doesn’t mean it didn’t tank, or under-perform, rather. She released Rude Boy, which is probably the best song on her album. That’s why it’s rising so rapidly.
Don’t get upset because your favorite artists CD underperformed. 2.5 million world wide? I am Sasha Fierce is doing over 2.5 million JUST IN THE UNITED STATES.
It’s not that big of a deal, but don’t come on here talking out of the side of your neck. No one is throwing shade at Rihanna. It’s a simple fact that her album underperformed. She’s still cute and likable, and to me…talentless.
@Aunt Jackie
LMAO! Well damn. I guess thats the end of that….
@ aunt jackie…i agree with everything you said!
@ auntie jackie
yes i would call you a b**** to your face. im not damn scared.
secondly, Rihanna’s album has only been out for a lil over 3 months. WHY THE F*** are you compariing Beyonce’s album sales to Rihanna sales when Beyonce’s album has been out for a year and a half.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE? HAVE YOU GONE TO SCHOOL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT LOGIC IS? OBVIOUSLY NOT, because your argument is not sound.
Thirdly, Saying that someone sold more in thier first week doesnt prove anything.
Rihanna sold less in her first week her last album and ended up smashing Mary J, BEYONCE and Alicia third albums as far as sales. So AGAIN, your argument is REFUTED!
@ Nicky
Girl Bye. *Turns on Rude Boy*
i looved all of her albums…pls give the girl a chance b/c madonna reinvents herself all the time…and no im not comparing her to madonna
A new album? That’s a joke just right?
Rihanna album has sold 2.5m already? Wow, that a big jump from 1.4m a few weeks ago. I just dont believe it.
Rihanna album has sold ober 1.6 million worldwide
@Nicky is just another Rihanna stan who gets easily offended by the smallest things. I honestly think Rihanna’s album did tank, but if @Nicky doesn’t that is her opinion and she doesn’t have to get bitchy over it.
“While I’m sure some will greet the news of more sheep-bleating on a CD with glee”
I’m sorry but s*** like this never gets old, lol.
I will say this again. I dare these two hating ass fools to stop putting a post about RiRi. I have people I cannot not stand so I never speak their name. I always laugh at folks who spend their time claiming that they hate someone so much but let them consume their brain 95% of the time. Why the hell do people click on a post if they do not like the person? Whenever I see a post about an artist I don’t care for I just don’t bother clicking. I am not a fan of A. Keys these Days, but I do not feel the need to go on a post and attack her because the one thing I can’t do is deny her success and me not being a fan will not stop her from moving forward. The hatred that some of yall have for this chic has nothing to do with her music. It’s just pure jealousy for whatever reason. Yall graduate high school already and grow the F*** up. If her or any other artist wants to put out 15 cds in 2 months that’s their problem. Don’t want it don’t buy it, don’t like the videos turn the TV, don’t like reading about them don’t click on the picture etc. No one will die if you don’t. Hell I don’t like broccoli, but nobody’s going to stop growing the s*** until they get good and damn ready to.
Gone Black Women Do Your Thing. Keys you too. Damn these other Hating ass females.
I’ll pass…
There are threee posts on rihanna and the day hasent even ended yet…
they continue to talk bad about her and dont like her yet they keep posting and posting.
AND THIS POST IS A LIE!!! RIHANNA ISNT READYING A NEW ALBUM YET!!
you guys are pathetic, you must stalk rihanna daily for crying out loud..
SMH..
Rihanna is a huge flop
I give her 3 yrs and she will be like jlo washed up and dropped from her label
I don’t understand how y’all can support a girl with no substance who does not even know who she is
she changes her whole style and attitude whenever her label tells her too
Even if she does release a album this summer it will flop cuz ppl r really seeing that she is a no talent puppet.
Her career is ending she is a fad just like jlo brandy Ashanti amarie and the list goes on
So def jam better make all they can off of her cuz she is becoming a has been quickly
Why are Rihanna and Kelly Rowland wearing the same exact leopard print outfit in these two consecutive posts…?
When I say it tanked, that means that it should have sold much more. Rihanna is a global superstar. 2.5 million world-wide is not a very good performance. Don’t go comparing it with Good Girl Gone Bad and say it outperformed that. That’s still not good enough for the amount of promotion they spent on this project. And the promotion was some of the most creative and best I’ve seen.
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rated r has only been out for 3 months, so selling 2.5 million world wide is good numbers. remember the final number is not out as yet, so its kind of premature to say it underperformed. People are still stuck on the first week, that’s all they keep bringing up. CD sales are more than just the first week. Wasn’t gaga’s first week sale of her first Cd, about 46,000 and look where she’s at today. The fastest out the blocks don’t always win the race. Ever heard of the turtoise and the hare. Why are people so hang up on rihanna’s numbers, when they are many artist in the game who are not even seeing anything close to what rihanna is bringing in. You guys keep comparing her to industry veterans, like beyonce and Sade, then you turn around and say she is not on their level, but you want her to bring in their numbers. Like I say people make up all kinds of scenarios when it comes to rihanna. And people need to stop mentioning susan boyle as some type of reference, because she outsold every single artist this year, but u guys only refer to her when you want to come at rihanna.
rihanna fans are so stupid they keep talking about 2.5 million but they dont calculate the amount of money def jam paid for production, promotion and videos
Def jam felt rihanna had the world in her hands after the incident so they empty their pockets on her thinking she would make it back…..
its like buying something for $10 and selling it back for $5 no profit…
Why is Beyonce’s name being thrown around with Rihanna like they are on the same level or something LOL….Rihanna wish she was on Beyonce’s level!!!
RATED R HAS ONLY SOLD 1.6 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE…STOP LYING RIHANNA FANS!
We’re supposed to like artists for their MUSICAL talent, not their style, or their personality, because that’s NOT what makes them a an musician. Now, I don’t know if Rihanna’s comming out with a new album or not this summer, but to be honest, she should just become a model, since she loves to be edgy with her style of clothing anyway because she has NO vocal talent whatsoever (I don’t care what ANYBODY has to say about that, cause she just flat out CANNOT sing). The music industry needs to stop promoting people who have no talent and oversaturating the industry with them. Music is losing it’s integrity. And so sad to see. I mean you can call me a hater, but I agree with Sam, even if he does hate on Rihanna a lot. She has NO business being in the music industry. End of story. And she’s not the only one that this applies to either.
Def jam was pretty much done with her after her second album but cover girl save her financially and The Dream and Chris Brown was god sent with umbrella and disturbia
otherwise she would have been long gone and forgotten
i totally agree with same
and rihanna did not sell 2.5 was shipped out with hope for sales but only 1.6 was sold to date.
Rated R is definitely her best work to date and i think she should wait a little bit longer before making another CD. I was hoping she’d make videos for either Rockstar 101 or Cold Case Love. I just hope on her next project she drops this edgy image because it looks forced and contrived.
U are a funny dude Sam. Always complaining about Rihanna yet u posted about her like four times today. Gotta keep those hits comin huh? Still love ur blog tho!
Def jam was pretty much done with her after her second album but cover girl save her financially and The Dream and Chris Brown was god sent with umbrella and disturbia
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did you just make this up? or do you work for def jam and know what exactly went on behind the scenes? The things you guys come up with is so amazing. LMAO
2.6 million is not the number of albums she’s [SOLD]…That number inludes the [SHIPPED] albums!
I’m not surprised that she’s releasing another album already cuz Def Jam telling themselves that they gotta make their money back some kind of way!!!!
so that means sade didn’t really sell the amount they are saying she did in the first week, since they are also including the shipped albums, and susan boyle, and Lady gaga. So i guess lady gaga didn’t really sell what they said she did, if it includes shipped albums. You all kill me with this. I guess this ONLY applies to rihanna and not any other artist. Cause as soon as we say the amount, here comes the haters with that shipped amount b*******. Now that the haters know about shipped amounts, then that is the only line they keep using. SMH
With little promotion Sade & Susan Boyle sold 500,000 in the first week. Rihanna didn’t debut at #1, and won’t likely get there. That’s not good enough. She should have been #1 and dominating the charts. Beyonce, who had great promotion sold 482,000 in her first week. Rated R sold 181,000 copies in it’s first week. THOSE ARE THE FACTS
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are you sure about this? since this may have included their shipped amounts. Now all artists numbers are now skewed, now that we have entered the shipped amounts into the fray, as per some of your fellow posters.
….just let the girl live!!!!
Just shut up @keesha especially
if Rihanna didn’t have vocal talent how did she get where she is today!!!
This is your opinion that she couldn’t!!!
Isn’t singing carrying a note? Being able to sing a selection? Even if you do get off key???
CAN yOU SING BETTER???
Like WTF!!!
Yeah, Rated R went rated PG-status on the charts. It was too much of an image change, and let this be a lesson to Def Jam that you can’t force a carbon copy image down our throats without expecting us to spit it back out. Regardless of the fact that some may think it would be too soon, I’m actually looking forward to it, cause I want the old Rihanna back before the blonde stripper/ “still-torn-up-heart”-inside-persona.
I heard L.A. Reid is bout to get fired over Rihanna b/c of her lack of sales. I knew this was coming. I guess that rumor about her being broke is true. I think the issue was the image. She’s trying so hard to be edgy, and it’s not believable coming from her. She needs to stop trying to be what she’s not.
LMAOOOOO!!!! Boy them damn Rihanna Stans continue to prove how delusional and ignorant they are!!!! SMH.
Sade’s album sales currently do not include the number of albums shipped because her album just came out two weeks ago! Artists and their labels start to ship more albums according to how much they are selling after so much time! And Sade and their label can’t ship that many after it only being released two weeks! In addition, shipped albums almost always appear [AFTER] the certification, as did Rihanna’s! Geez!
first of all LADY GAGA “THE FAME” and “THE FAME MONSTER” sold 10 million worldwide, combined, they didnt shipped 10 million, the albums sold 10 million period in less than 2 years. now thats a bad bish right there.
I see the stans are on here still comparing rihanna to lady gaga. they r not in the same level kind of talent…lady gaga is killing rihanna in album sells.. took rihanna 5 albums to reach 13 million, while lady gaga 2 album 10 million..that is so sad..sad sad.
u stans can come up on here and brag rihanna sold 2.4 million, but come to find out DEF JAM lied, that she only sold 1.6 mil. 2.4 million was the amount that was shipped.
DeF JAM should have stop at the GGGB image. cause that RATED R crap, nobody is buying what its selling. to me it seem rihanna is trying to hard to be sexxy. theres nothing wrong showing ur body, but showing it 24 7 thats a sad move.
DEF JAM thought they had an automatic hit in their hands with RATED R, I mean she just got her a** beat, she released naked pic of herself, went on radio talk bout her s** life, dissed other artist, show her naked a** everywhere, I mean that should have been an automatic 500k on the first week right people? WRONG
now they gonna try to do like GGGB and released that s*** till it goes platinum in the U.S.
i expect at least 15 re rreleased this summer.
whats going to be rihanna next marketting move? I mean is there anything left to see b*** a s** tape?
cause we already seen what the bish look naked.
free you need to stop with your mess, because you didn’t have a problem with Gaga re- releasing, to get to that 10 mill your talking about. She started out with selling 46,00 in one week, but you guys didin’t jump on the bandwagon, till she started moving into the successful range. Typical haters can’t think for yourselves, you wait till somone else tells you gaga is hot, then you jump on and ride it. Now its popular to hate on rihanna, you guys are jumping on as well. Let rihanna preservere and conquer all, and people start realizing its foolish to take side with her ex, and come back to their senses, and she rises again, like a Phoenix, you guys will jump on that bandwagon again. Give Gaga a few more years lets see if she’s still here. Her over the top stuff is going to get old pretty fast. Remember, you guys keep predicting rihanna is done, been doing that since pon de replay, and she’s still here five years later. So she ain’t going nowhere.
and @free rihanna is not trying hard to be s***, she just is. Even on her most busted day, she is the sexiest bish in the game right now. End of stroy done.
* story- correction
SAM UR BETTER WITH A D*** IN UR MOUTH RATHER THEN TRY’N TO THROW SHADE AT THE HOTTEST SINGER/DANCER/PERFORMER IN THE GAME. F**.. GO SUCK TRENTS PUSS. YA H**
hope it’s better then Rated R, i only liked ONE song off that album. I’m rooting for her to release something good this time around
@Aunt Jackie
Can you sell 181,000 records in one week?
Aunt Jackie is a mess.
Hunni go head and sit your ass down.
Everyone up on this b**** aint nunn but some hatin ass b******.
Funny though cuz we all know your words DO NOT MATTER.
you wont change s*** or bring someone down because you think a b**** cant sing.
haha I wish your lame asses could get that ass up and actually prove somethin.
Nah yall can’t cuz at the end of the day you are normal ass b****** with normal ass lives so go sleep!
These chicks dropping albums back to back ..its overkill…take at least a year off so people can miss you…I love Beyonce but God I am tired of her already…if you are legitimatly talented your fans will still be there..look at Sade, she comes out with an album every 10 years and it still hits #1 when it drops.
Ok this is what I just dont understand. Why doesnt Rihanna just make another album instead of adding tracks to previous albums. I mean look at how many ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’ albums there are. If I were her manager or if I were some of influence I would tell her flat out “Look. Rated R was amazing. We dont need to add s*** else” Rihanna please. As a fan I beg of you. DO NOT ADD TRACKS TO RATED R!!!! Im not about to buy that goddamned album again. If you make a new one all together it might be something totally different. It could potentially increase sales… Just listen to me!!!! I beg of you. :/