Her debut album may be months away and a US #1 still out of her reach, but it’s safe to say Rita Ora is the breakout act of 2012.
Rising from the streets of West London to become Jay Z‘s latest protegee, Ora’s time on the shelf- 5 years to be exact- has undoubtedly been worth the wait.
For, one week after scoring her 2nd UK #1 single, she has landed a nomination at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards.
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Up against Nicki Minaj, Rihanna and Beyonce, Rita is nominated for the ‘Most Influential Style’ award, marking her biggest award show related feat to date.
As if that wasn’t enough, she is also nominated for the ‘New Style Icon Of 2012’ award, in which fellow newbies Azealia Banks and One Direction are in the run for. All of this hours after label boss Jay Z praised the former sales clerk during an interview with VEVO, explaining:
The first time I truly saw her on stage was at the Cartier event in New York City.
To have that sort of stage presence and that sort of energy—the music went off and she still was like, more. She still wanted to go. She jumped off the stage at one point, dancing with the crowd, a great moment.
On her style:
Being from London and all, she has that bit of Brit rock, you know, punk rock feeling to her which I love.When she enters the room, it changes.
And that presence, you can’t duplicate that. Especially at such a young age. It was just infectious to me that she loves this. She’s driven in that way.
Most influential style mmm let’s see…..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2136648/Up-coming-singer-Rita-Ora-takes-inspiration-Madonna-donning-pointy-basque.html
Her debut album may be months away and a US #1 still out of her reach, but it’s safe to say Rita Ora is the breakout act of 2012.
MMM what about Lana Del Rey.
How much did M*****-Z pay for this?????? No one outside of the UK even knows who this basic b**** is 😛
@THE GREAT LACEFRONCE Exactly what I was thinking!!! It’s no secret many of these high up execs (Jay-Z) have inside connections to those giving out these awards. Rita’s style??? HHHAAA!! What’s new or “original” about this chics style?? Pop culture is getting worse by the minute..
@TGL & Enough Onika i was also thinking the same thing! Everything she has world hasn’t been that original or trendsetting so i know that this is a payroll nomination. As for Jays comment, what was he going to say? that he cant stand her and thinks she’s rubbish? Cha!
I’m from the Caribbean and I know who she is…. She may not be to your liking but I think she has potential.
WHY??????????
go rita go rita go rita…even if she dont win she still got nominated
…BUT, Nevermind.
Congrats to her for being nominated, I guess.
To me, she’s not this big breakout act TGJ seems to force upon its readers. The biggest breakout act ive seen in recent years (2011-12) is Lana Del Rey. Rita Ora has yet to make even the slightest stamp in the music industry. She still has some progress to make because she hasn’t naturally broke out in the industry like ive seen from Lana Del Rey whom naturally caught attention from fans and critics because shes THAT good.
For example: Lady Gaga naturally broke out with hits like Just Dance & Poker Face and her eccentric look and style. Rita Ora is just known from being hyped up , compared and contrast, signed with Jay-Z etc. etc. NOT because of her music, voice, performances or anything of that nature.
Mark my words Jay will make her big & famous fast. Money is power and Jay has it all. lol
doesnt make sense
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So I see the honeyless bees are rejoicing on twitter because of this. Well ive got one word for you b******:
PAYOLA
Nobody outside of the site knows who this girl is in the US but she’s being nominated for billboard awards. PFFT. Shes gonna lose to Riri anyway so Jay Z’s efforts will amount to nothing.
HOW I HOPE Riri puts out a new single at the same as Rita does so we can see how tough this broad REALLY is.
You people fail to realize the way Rihanna got her fame is how Rita is going to get hers. Yes he will be buying those #1 spots on itunes,radio,& billboard charts.
If you call it payola then this is the same thing he did for Rihanna also. Paying the radio stations to play and put you at #1 can all be bought.
Rita may not win but Jay is so rich he can make sure Rihanna loses to another artist. Karma is a b**** 4 real
Thank you so much.
The latest years,I said the same s*** to them
but they thought I was a “hater”,hating .
Now they’ll watch,learn and understand that my analysis came from a logical place,not a hateful one.
So let me get the right… She’s “WINNING” because she’s nominated for ‘Most Influential Style’ and ‘New Style Icon Of 2012 awarda at the Billboard “MUSIC” Awards??? ROTFLMAO!!! TGJ Never fails to give me a good laugh daily!!! YOU CLOWNS ARE DOING THE MOST!
oh no booboo. dont be too mad. she winning because shes fresh out of the box and giving your frog sounding fave a run for her cheddar.
epic epic. winning. flawless. legendary.
b**** get your life. call me when Rita Ora has ONE hit song. Wasn’t “Party” supposed to snatch Rihanna’s wig? I have 4 words for you: Where Have You Been?
neaux1curr
This don’t make any sense at all.. This is like when kreayshawn got nominated for a vma for that ONE song. We all know kreayshawn did not deserve it.
Rita I think does not deserve this she has not really don’t anything BIG yet like WTF
For someone who hates Kreayshawn you manage to mention her on EVERY post. Intresting
LMAO how IS she winning TGJ lol she has not done anything yet I don’t hear her on the radio.. S*** Rihanna got like 5 singles on the radio Rihanna has albums out like come on now. I’m not a Rihanna fan but this is crazy right here man for real.
This girl comes out of nowhere and already getting a award for something lol
This is crazy man
Well when Rihanna came out she also came from nowhere. So what’s the big deal she had her run now Jay wants a fresh face with no drama out there now. Rihanna busy taking off her clothes, did that song with Chris which was hot and went #1 on Urban , getting high, having twitter rants.
Rita will be doing what Nicki did to Kim.. I watch The Party Is Over on youtube it’s like a tell all how Nicki stole her style and became famous.. Only this is different Rita will not be stealing from Rihanna, Jay’s going to fix that for Rita WATCH!.
@MIKE I heard that.
And jay is all about that paper she and beyonce is like dogs
on bones where that money is concerned and if this little
blonde bytch don’t make a killing for jay, oh well,,,in other
news…..Battleship News….
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/thread-count/rocawear-to-launch-battleship-themed-collection-20120516
i meant He and beyonce,,,,,,
Poor Rihanna it’s just the beginin! hahahahahhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaa
I mean PARTY & BS hasnt even charted in the US.How the hell she got nods ??
AHHAHAH I love this
2 nods,no album out *Nicki’s voice*
I saw the video on vevo, I just click on his picture and to hear him talk about Rita is something else. He sounds like a proud papa
http://www.vevo.com/Lift/rita-ora#USQX91200857
This is all kinds of sneaky. Her being nominated for ‘New Style Icon’ is acceptable and well deserved, but her nomination for ‘Most Influencial Style’ is totally out of the blue. How can your style be influencial if your music isn’t? Rita is very talented and she has great potential, but for the time being she hasn’t had any hits in the US, so how has her style or she herself been influencial.
At the end of the day, congratulations are due and I hope she manages to make it big, but front-loaded hype, especially when combined with lacklustre material cannot lead to a successful debut. Sometimes, I just wish her management or whoever is behind this insane hype let her stage presence speak for itself, because it most definitely can. She would probably get nominated next year anyway if she played her cards right, so what’s the rush?
MAJAH
JAY IS THE BEST MANAGER ON EARTH,MATTHEW TAUGHT HIM WELL
Now this is all over the web now Jay speaks highly of Rita
http://globalgrind.com/music/jay-z-reveals-why-he-signed-rita-ora-details
Quit tryin to make her happen….smh
Go Rita 🙂
I like this girl I’m rooting for her. Go Rita! WERK!
And the ‘Billboard Award for Least Successful Swaggerjacking Strangerbitch in a Non-Charting Category’ goes to…
Rita Ora!
neaux1curr
next!
LOL
How did rihanna come out of nothing when the lil buzz she had was based on a hit song like any other new artist b4 her.
i have just lost the lil respect i had for jay and this chick. How the hell does BB recognise an artist who hasnt even made an appearance on non of their charts?
why are all of these people going off???
not trying to hate but its not even an award for music its for style, which ora does have its like a light and colorful london look, and before anybody starts rihannas is a darker grunge london look!! people who follow fashion know they are actually really different!!
but anyways congrats for the nom i think she will win for best new style icon but either beyonce or rihanna will win the most influential style award!
ps if rita was the end of rihanna why is she still charting?? her album continues to sell over 30 k a week and is up to the 3 million mark! so not bad its not anything great or impressive but its decent!
Shes getting style award nominations at a music award show. Thats winning how?
Dont hurt em Riri oops Rita
According to Mojo Office Box, Battleshit is expected to debut at #2 in US. FLOP.
They wrote an article saying how badly Battlecheap is flopping and how badly its plot was written. Let see what they wrote on it:
“The rampant cynicism surrounding the project should keep the movie from reaching blockbuster levels.” LOL.
“[it] has earned a solid $215.3 million through Sunday. That’s not an overly impressive number…” LOL.
“… any buzz that would have generated has been counteracted by scathing reviews…” LOL. I told you, this movie was BAD.
“it gets slammed in nearly every other department and currently has a poor 37 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.” Oops! LMFAO.
“Battleship probably won’t outright bomb this weekend, but an opening above $50 million looks almost impossible at this point.” I can’t. Flop.
2012 isn’t R******’s year.
FLOP SINGLES CHECK
FLOP ALBUM CHECK
FLOP MOVIE CHECK
NO #1 ALBUM CHECK
NO #1 MOVIE CHECK
RITA ORA CHECK
I can’t. Isn’t weird that Jay-Z went to MIB3 premiere and didn’t give a f*** to go to Battleshit’s? He knew this movie would flop, he didn’t want to associate his image to this s***.
BYE!
You know you’re an a*s lol!!!
Flop singles and flop album? The album has sold 2 – 2,5 million worldwide and the only 2 official singles that she’s released in 2012 are ‘TTT’ and ‘WHYB’. The former didn’t have a video or any promotion in the US and it had already peaked the week after the album’s release. It still was a top 40 hit, though. The latter is still rising…fast! If you want to be negative, at least find a way to also be objective 😉
WOW!! $215 mil so far is nothing. MIB3 will probably outsell Battleslhip. Well here people are buying bootleg copies those 5 for $20.00 movies.
Avengers has already “Sunken” this Battleship as of Fridays tally in Battleship only made 9.5 mil that with the 500,000 on Thursday. It will be lucky to see 25-30mil end of this weekend. That is not good. @ASAP stop making excuses as far as US sales @Gilberto is correct.
JAY IS THE BEST MANAGER ON EARTH,MATTHEW TAUGHT HIM WELL
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I hope you just get your nose out of Matthew Knowles’ 64yrs farting ass and live your life…
@LTM (FLOPPED ADEAD)
Ummmmm what about a F*** YEAH. It’s called WINNING.
But you know? You’re right.. the real winning is 16 GRAMMYS, 6 in the same night. Yes, dude. GRAMMYS. Something Tom & Perry is yet to get a little taste of.
Lmao someone is pressed 😉 You still made about Katys comments on Bey? Get over it sweetheart. The Grammys are all about politics, everyone knows that. Adele won more Grammys in one night than Xtina and Mariah have their entire 13+ year long careers lol. And Tom & Perry? Really hun? You can do better.
If you’re afrocentric, you’ll love Teni, listen to her song Afrodisiac. She’s the new Sade! Follow her @teniofficial!
She´s just like Rihanna (and I don´t care which one sings a little bit better). It´s all marketing and they are going to give her all the generic songs they can like they did and are still doing with Rihanna. And some strange reason some people buy it
I agree with other comments on this post: she´s not a Lady Gaga or Lana del Rey
Some people say that Rita Ora is going to get a successful career like Rihanna did just because Jay-Z is supporting her. What you all fail to realize is that Rihanna’s first hits and first 2 albums were successful without any overwhelming hype. Jay-Z started REALLY bigging her up in 2007, but at that point, she already had one very successful album and a series of hit singles under her belt. It’s not the same case, I’m afraid. If an artist doesn’t manage to start a career without insane hype, then how can this artist take it to the next level?
I wish Rita the best of luck, but don’t take her buzz or Jay-Z’s support for granted. 😎
Yeah. Like she was nominated for her music. LOL.
hmm , NO …
http://s3.favim.com/orig/44/born-to-die-lana-del-rey-Favim.com-367431.gif
one direction gonna win that’s for sure , they have a fanbase like Justine’s ……
@QUEEN OF THE NAVY COSIGN YOU
@BEE HIVE You bytches or just Pitful and sicko’s with yo
big fat FAGGGGGOT ASSES,!!!!!!!!!!
Theres nothing you can do or say that will stop rihanna’s climb to the top, bytches
Because no matter what “SAMANTHA’ write or type about rihanna she has already
got it made in the shade. You can talk shyt till the cows come home about rihanna for all me and the navy cares it want stop jack shyt.
Rihanna has gotten on beyonce’s level and its killing beyonce and her clown bee hive. Rihanna is like a wild fire burning out of control. Its funny how rihanna is always called W**** & OTHER NASETY NAMES AND RITA IS THE SWEET VURGIN, YET SHE IS AURROUNDED BY THE LIKES OF “kk ONE OF THE BIGGEST WHORES IN THE WORLD AND THE RICHES AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN EVER AND THEN THERES BEYONCE WITH HER FAKNESS, FRAUD, AND STAELING ASS, AND THEN THERES SWEET RIHANNA WHIS GIVING THEM ALL HELL, SOOOOOOO MS RITA HAS GOT THE RIGHT INFLUENCE ALL AROUND HER AND SHE HAVE GOT IT MADE, RIGHT???? NOPE,
NOPE, NOPE BECAUSE YOU SEE RITA AND JAY WITH HIS MONEY HUNGRY ASS WANT THAT MONEY AND WITH ALL OF HIS AND BEYONCES MILLIONS ADDED TOGETHER THEY STILL CAN NOT BUY THE ,,,,PUBLIC OPINIONS NO MATTER IF THEY SPEND THEIR BILLION TO TRY AND DO IT. CARRY ON YOU LOW LIFE BUM BYTCHES…….
FUNNY HOW RIHANNAS MOVIE IS SUPPOSED TO BE FLOPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE YET JAY IS THE FIRST PERSON TO BE SELLING GOODS THROUGH THE “BATTLESHIP” MOVIE SO WHAT DO THAT TELL YOU IF JAY WAS ALL ABOUT JUST RITA’S LITTLE H** ASS THEN HE WOULD NOT HAVE HIS GREEDY HANDS ALL UP IN THAT “BATTLESHIP” MIX, THOSE PEOPLE KNOW THAT HES AS GREEDY AS HELL, HE ON DOUBT TRIED TO GET DRAKE , THEM TO TRY AND TALK SHYT ABOUT RIHANNA TO TRY AND BE A SPOILER AND YET RIHANNA IS STILL SELLING ALBUMS AND SINGLES AND JAYS ASS HAS DID 10 ALBUMS IN TEN YEARS AND ALL OF THEM TOGETHER HASN’T TOPPED RIHANNA’S ASS.
PS I WANT RIHANNA TO KEEP HER EYES OPEN BECAUSE THE NEXT THING YOU WILL SEE RIHANNA’S MONEY PAYING RITA ORJELS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS, WATCH THEM SMILING FACES RIHANNA, JAY HATES CHRIS BROWN AND HES STILL AS PISSY AS EVER OVER THAT COLLAB. BUT IT HAS WORKED OUT FOR THE BEST I GUESS… CHRIS CAN DANCE AND HE LOOKS VERY HANDSOME AND IF JAY CAN HE WILL KEEP TRYING TO THROW M***** RANCHES INTO CHRIS PATHWAY AND MANY DON’T SEE IT BUT MANY OTHERS DO AND MANY OR WATCHINF AND PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO RIHANNA AND HER BUSINESS CLOSER THAN YOU ASS WIPES WOULD EVER KNOW, LET JAYS ASS TRY SCREWING UP RIHANNAS’ CAREER…..
I’m from barbados and i know of Rita Ora not because of TGJ X_X!!! why is there so much hate on this girl she hasn’t done anything negative or said stupid s***….she is just doing something she loves O_O
I’m from the other side of the world (new Zealand) and I know who she is and she’s also popular in south-Africa because when I we nt visit their that where I first learned about her and she big on the radio in new-Zealand.
I like Rita, but I never knew Billboard was giving out this type of awards. It makes no sense. If Rita win, then good for her.
Oh f*** off you Rihanna fans make me sick because you are acting like rihannas all that let me state some facts
Net worths.
Rihanna 70 million
Lady gaga 90 million ( gaga has a bigger net worth then Rihanna and she been in the game for a shorter amount of time?)
Beyonce 300 million
And I love Bey to death, she’s influential, but not in fashion or style ok? Nicki or Rhitard will win it.
The 3 most popular singers net worth
Rihanna 70 million
Lady gaga 90 million
Beyonce 300 million
(gaga more then Rihanna in only 4 years ??) write some Rihanna useless b*tch.
Beyonce is worth $400M. She was makin money in DC, before she made it to forbes