As with most Rihanna songs, an army of writers and producers were assembled to craft her latest smash ‘Diamonds’.
Songwriter Sia Furler, whose name (and bank balance) have stretched in recent years due to her hand in writing many a Billboard hit, was one of those enlisted to cook up the star’s twelfth US #1.
And with the song achieving success on a global scale, it was only fitting that the Australian performed her handiwork at the Norweigan-American Achievement Awards last night. The event celebrated the success of Norwegian production duo Stargate – who co-produced ‘Diamonds’ with Benny Blanco and are also at the helm of most of the model’s hits.
Backed by Stargate themselves, watch Sia shine bright like a diamond after the jump…
The actual slayage! Sia nailed it; although, having followed her rise, we wouldn’t expect anything less. She’s such a stellar talent. A fact Rihanna clearly clocked on to, hence her identical rendition of Sia’s ‘Diamonds’ demo (see: same adlibs, same annunciation, same everything).
It’s a fact which re-affirms one of our main gripes with Ms. Fenty. For, like Whitney Houston, she isn’t a songwriter (believe those “credits” if you choose); however Whitney more than compensated for this by being an interpreter of song. Not only would she make any track her own, she’d deliver her own catalogue with slight differences each performance. Indeed, see if you can find an identical ‘I Will Always Love You’ showing anywhere.
Waiting.
With Rih, though, we’re still chuckling at her “Sia accent” on ‘Diamonds’. Then again, she’s chuckling at the top of the charts. Is this what the industry has come to? Models-with-mics…making it?
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Right on Sia sound great and thanks for being in the Mix
with Rihanna We love every bit of it,,,,,Navy Respect’s Yo
Hustle Sia,,,,
http://rihannadaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/louddvdcover.jpg
Britney’s Scream and Shout is so much better
@Godney Yeaaaah I know I love Britney and
Rihanna’s Hustle very much!!!!!
Diamonds well over 2.5 million and selling!
@SIA Teaming with Rihanna will always be a part
of Music His-To-Rih,,,Amazing!!!!!!
the shade…lol
Rihanna did a great job with diamonds, and your clocking her for her sia accent but was all up Christina’s ass on blank page with all that sia yodeling. Rihanna has always been a great interpreter of records, and as a visual artist can bring to them things their songwriters often cant. #navy #webad #youmadd
That we bad you mad thing is a TeamMinaj thing….
how can u say she interpreted a record well when she just copied the song note for note but never managed to sing it as well as sia sung it?
AmbeRussell on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/ucohesiveser/AmbeRussell?feature=mhee
http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a441232/rihanna-withholds-new-album-unapologetic-from-spotify.html
That’s why Sam is mad.com diamonds is number 1 again on BB 100 this week, when will your fav Sam
He’s not mad. R**** didn’t write it !
Where is her $$$ from it ?
Nonexistent. Sia makes all the money from the singles sales 😀 Rihanna makes a portion of the sale from album sales.
Rihanna Year Singles Track’s Single Sales 2006
SINGLES YEAR END POINTS/SALES
#9 Rih 4,539,000 SOS
#10 Rih 4,507,000 Unfaithful
#17 Bey 3,674,000 Check On It
#37 Bey 2,531,000 Deja Vu
http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-2006.htm
SINGLES YEAR END POINTS/SALES
Rihanna Year End Singles 2007
#1 Rih 8,160,000 Points Umbrella
#12 Bey 4,416,000 Beautiful Lie
#18 Bey 3,724,000 Points Irreplaceabl
http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-2007.htm
SINGLES YEAR END POINTS/SALES 2008
Rihanna Year End Singles Sales
#7 Rih 6,300,000 Distrubia
#9 Rih 5,853,000 Don’t Stop The Music
#15 Rih 4,965,000 Take A Bow
#27 Rih 3,542,000 Live Your Life
#32 Bey 3,132,000 If I Was A Boy
http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-2008.htm
SINGLES YEAR END POINTS/SALES 2009
Rihanna Year End Single Sales
#1 Gaga 9,207,000
#6 Bey 4,722,000 Halo
#10 Katy 4,055,000 Hot
#11 Taylor 3,882,000 Love
#12 Gaga 3,832,000 Paparazzi
http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-2009.htm
Rihanna “MIA”
SINGLES YEAR END POINTS/SALES,,,,2010
Rihanna Year End Tracks, Singles Sales 2010
#1 Katy 8,369,000 California
#2 Rih 8,260,000 LTWUL
#8 Bey 5,739,000 Telephone
#14 Rih 4,996,000 Only Girl
#18 Rih 4,679,000 Rude
http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-2010.htm
SINGLES YEAR END SALES/POINTS 2011
Rihanna Year end Tracks Sales 2011
#1 Adele 10,037,000 Points Rolling
#10 Rih 5,189,000 WFL
#11 Rih 5,075,000 S&M
#21 Nicki 3,513,000 Super
#39 Rih 2,542,000 Only Girl
http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks-2011.htm
February 20
Welcome, Robyn Rihanna
Monica, an accountant, and Ronald, a warehouse supervisor, welcome daughter Robyn Rihanna Fenton. Her childhood on the Caribbean island of Barbados is deeply affected by her father’s addiction to crack cocaine and parent’s rocky marriage, which ends when she’s 14. The shy kid finds an outlet through singing.
A Barbados Discovery
After forming a girl group with two classmates, Rihanna, 15, auditions for veteran producer Evan Rogers, who tells Entertainment Weekly, “The minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was like the other two girls didn’t exist.” She eventually moves to Connecticut to live with Rogers and his wife, while cutting a four-song demo. “When I left Barbados, I didn’t look back,” Rihanna adds. “I wanted to do what I had to do, even it meant moving to America.”
Auditioning for Jay-Z
Rihanna’s demo makes its way to Def Jam and the budding star is invited to audition for rapper turned Def Jam president Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter. “I was in the lobby just shaking,” Rihanna, who sings Whitney Houston’s “For the Love of You,” tells Rolling Stone. “I signed her in one day,” Jay-Z adds. “It took me two minutes to see she was a star.”
@RIH HATERS JAY,,,SAYS HE KNEW RIH WAS A STAR FROM THE START,,,,,SOOOOOO WHY ARE YALL TRYING TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE JAY DON’T KNOW MUSIC WHEN HES MARRIED TO ONE OF THE BADDEST CHICKS IN THE GAME AND JAY HIRED “RITA ORA” AND YALL SAYS RITA CAN SING,,,,,,SOOOOOOOOO!!!!IS JAY LYING ON RIHANNA??????
Rihanna’s Debut
Rihanna releases her first single, “Pon de Replay,” kicking off her debut album, Music of the Sun, and it peaks at No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot 100. The Barbados beauty tours with Gwen Stefani to promote her album, which sells more than 2 million copies worldwide. ,,
@Lames & Loosers What yo asses tends to forget is what her music does when it’s first dropped yall always uses those numbers when her music always keep right on SELLING like everybody elses music does but yo Lame asses only want to give Rihanna credit for the fist week Sales,,,Idiots!
Touring with GWEN to Promote Her First Album
which sells more then 2 MILLION WORLD WIDE!!!!
Rolling Stone calls the album “a seductive mix of big-voiced R&B and souped-up island riddims
ROLLING STONE SAYS WHAT
Beyoncé might have sounded like if she had grown up in the West Indies and skipped the whole Destiny’s Child thing.”
Rolling stone calls the album Seductive mix of big voiced R&B AND SOUPED UP ISLAND RIDDINS,,,,,
A New Disc Among Rumors
Eight months after the release of her debut album, Rihanna releases her sophomore album, A Girl Like Me. The album boasts Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers ..
“S.O.S.” and “Unfaithful,”,,,
“A Girl Like Me”,, Earns Rih 4 Billboard Music Awards,,,,
including Female Artist of the Year. But the success is paired with gossip that Rihanna is romantically involved with her mentor Jay-Z, who is dating pop star Beyoncé. .
“At first I was like, ‘Ha ha, it’s funny,'” Rihanna tells the AP. “Now I just ignore it and I’m numb to it…You cannot stop people from saying what they want to say.”
4 Billboard Awards
Including Female Artist Of The Year…
Better than Rihanna (not that its hard) she has a stronger raspy tone. Like Jessies J’s live lounge cover of WFL puts Rihanna to shame.
DEATH ! KI
🙂 😉
the way it was intended, effortlessly ! sung by the original owner!
FAF=DEAD DOG MEAT
@SIA.. Don’t You Wish You Had Written “UMBRELLA”
ALL THE SUCCESS IT BOUGHT RIHANNA AND THOSE WHO WAS A PART OF IT,,,LIKE THE DREAM SAYS HE MADE 15 MILLION ON “UMBRELLA” ALONG ,, AND THIS SONG MADE RIHANNA’S CAREER GO STRAIGHT TO OUTER SPACE AND IST’S STILL A SHOOTING STAR!!!!!!
In other news Rita oral only sold 62k in uk and none outside uk #flopbitch
why y’all so worried about Rita ora ?
Ain’t she Rishitta stylist ?
FAF=DOOR KNOB
An Edgier Look & Sound
Rihanna follows the likes of Janet Jackson and Christina Aguilera when she sheds her innocent image for an edgier look and sound. She releases the single, “Umbrella,” which reaches the top spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 in June and kicks off her upcoming third album, ,,
Good Girl Gone Bad. “It shows such growth for her as an artist,” Jay-Z tells the AP.” “If you listen to the lyrics to that song, you know the depth and how far she’s come.”
“Diamonds” #1 on Global World Charts,,,,
With 385,000 in Points/Sales
You better worry about album sales since Sia’s the one making bank from singles sales :D.
THANKS,,, SIA,,,,,U R SO APPRECIATED,,,,AND ALL OF
THOSE WHO WORK WITH RIHANNNNNNNNNNNA
AND HER “GREAT TEAM”, OF WRITER, PRODUCER AND RIHANNA HERSELF TO MAKE HER “BODY OF WORK” COME FULL CIRCLE,,,,
ALL-TIME SINGLES SALES/POINTS
#71 RIH 9,246,000 We Found Love
#79 RIH 9,067,000 LTWY LIE
#95 RIH 8,614,000 UMBRELLA
#152 RIH 7,568,000 DST MUSIC
#156 RIH 7,538,000 ONLY GIRL
#181 RIH 7,237,000 DISTRUBIA
http://www.mediatraffic.de/alltime-track-chart.htm
Rihannna “Daimonds” number 1 on the World
Rihanna Number 10 on Airplay Chart
Rihanna Number 1 on US Charts
http://acharts.us/world_singles_top_40
bad cell audio. doesn’t sound good. who am i to judge that. not doing it. also downloaded the demo just now. mmh. i think rihanna’s voice timbre makes that work. i only trust my ears. not what you say.
props for her writing credits. they due. 🙂
CHARTS AND SALES OR IRREVELANT,,,,
http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/sales_ur.cgi
sia? who
the b**** who wrote yo h** a #1 record! ➡
Even at that RIHANNA,,,JOURNEY’S RIGHT ON!!!!!
Awarded a Grammy Award (Dance Recording)
Awarded a Billboard Award (Female Artist of the Year)
Awarded a Brit (International Female Artist of the Year)
Awarded a American Music Award (Favorite R&B Album)
Awarded BET award (Best Female R&B Artist
Awarded People’s Choice Awards (Favorite Pop Artist, Song of the Year, Video of the Year)
Awarded a Soul Train Award (Man Down)
PS
AND THE “HBIC” SAYS SHE HATE THAT SHE LOVES YOU SO,,,
The one making bank from all of Rihanna single sales of Diamonds lol. She can sit back and write songs while models like Rihanna sell them so Sia can make bank off them.
A Natural Beauty
After becoming the face of Cover Girl cosmetics, Rihanna appears in us Most Beautiful issue sans makeup. “The best thing about going without makeup is that it takes a lot less time to get ready,” Rihanna tells US “You feel comfortable and free.” The glowing singer is also listed at No. 8 on Maxim’s Hot 100 and No. 59 on EW’s 100 Stars We Love, among such up-and-comers as Hayden Panettiere and Shia LaBeouf.
Winning Big at VMAs
Rihanna cleans up at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, taking home two of the evening’s most prestigious trophies for her smash hit “Umbrella”: Video of the Year and Monster Single of the Year. The singer was nominated for five awards, including Female Artist of the Year.
Rihanna Wins Video of the Year 2007
Rihanna Wins Monster Single of the Year 2007
@MONSTAREBEL U EDUCATE YO OWN ASS!!!!!!!!!
@COMMON SENSE BLAH, BLAH, BLAH!!!!!!
@Monstarebel- Please educate you dumb ass before getting on her talking s***!!! She is want you call the real money maker!!! Giirrrl :/
Good Girl Gone Bad
Rihanna’s latest disc, Good Girl Gone Bad, debuts at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart. It features songs produced by Timbaland, cameos by Jay-Z and has a track, “Rehab,” written for her by Justin Timberlake. “‘Good Girl Gone Bad’ was an expression of where I am at this point in my life, where I am in my career. It just represents my rebelliousness,” she tells EW.
If models with mics are making it, explain why no one is checking for Cassie?
Rihanna slays your life. It’s ok boo
LMAO,,,,,,
Cassie does not have the same exposure as R****
But its ok cuz she pays cassie everytime she rocks her stolen hairstyle !
Rihanna is a mosh of all female artists + a bitchy attitude !
Nothing more, nothing less, what you see is what you get
vapid, n*** pictures, blunt rolling pathetic TRASH! KI!
FAF CASSIE MIGHT AS WELL SHE’S RIDING DIDDY’S BONE’S….
ALL TIME ALBUM CHARTS
http://www.mediatraffic.de/alltime-album-chart.htm
Rihanna’s First Grammy!
After making a splash with an even shorter do, Rihanna performs “Umbrella” and “Don’t Stop the Music” at the 2008 Grammy Awards. The 19-year-old singer also goes home with her first Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration with Jay-Z for her hit “Umbrella.” During her acceptance speech, Rihanna says, “Dad, I know I promised you I’d give you my first Grammy, but we’re going to have to fight for this one!”
NO ONE cares about either one!! BEY is back and your FAV is AFRAID!!! HAHA
Can we get someone else for the Rihanna post? I can understand if you don’t like an artist but this stupid ass hatin’ all the time is so draining. Let Rihanna stop by TGJ to perform…They’ll be all over it. Especially Sam with his consistant hate. Get over it garbitch! Rihanna came with an album you just can’t ignore
You stan for him. . . ki !
FAF always crusing for a brusing on the Rih Post’s.
I like Sia but let’s just keep it all the way real….Rihanna made this song a hit. Doubtful anyone else could’ve delivered this and made it smash the way it did. That’s the point of songwriters dummy. They give them to the people who can deliver. You’re mad but you will deal
IT SIA WOULD HAVE SANG THIS IT WOULDNT BE A NUMBER ONE……..I AM NOT JUST SAYING THIS BECUZ I AM A STAN, THIS SONG FITS RIHANNA VOICE WAY BETTER…..THE WORDS R MORE CLEARER WHEN RIHANNA SING IT AND HER ACCENT IS NOT AS DEEP AS SIA,….SHE DID A SMART MOVE BY NOT PUTTING THIS OUT AND GIVING IT TO RIHANNA…….U GUYS REALLY DNT THINK THIS TRACK FITS RIHANNA BETTER.?????????????????????????
yup, she did, f***
the original always doe sit better
b/c she composed it with a particular thought in mind
R**** sang it about CB, which make y’all (her gullible, ugly ass fans) think that it’s “DEEP” & “MEANINGFUL” !
FAF R**** SAYS THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT,,,,
The 13th word of the first verse of the first song on “Unapologetic,” the seventh album by Rihanna, is a curse, and she relishes it, hitting the syllables hard, spitting them out sharply as if she hoped they might wound someone.
The song, “Phresh Out the Runway,” is a chaotically dense spray of boasts over a muscular, scraping beat. Rihanna sounds indignant and impressed with herself, proclaiming, “Walk up in this b**** like I own the ho.”
Rihanna’s new album makes forays into tough sounds fit for a James Bond movie or strip clubs; at other times, she is vulnerable.
Rihanna isn’t so much profane in language though certainly sometimes that as in presence. Of all the pop megastars of the 2000s, she is without peer when it comes to her image, which is steely and unforgiving and bulletproof, a pleasure-guided man-killer with concrete for skin.
Even with concrete skin,,,
That doesn’t mean she’s never hurt on “Unapologetic” (Def Jam), which is one of her best albums, along with her 2007 breakthrough, “Good Girl Gone Bad,” and her 2010 pop peak, “Loud.” But even on the most vulnerable songs, she maintains her cool, never once verging on the maudlin.
The character on this album is the product of several years’ refining, a process that began with her 2006 single “Unfaithful,” an aching song befitting a singer with far more shading to her voice.
Rihanna never did become a powerful singer, but by the time of “Good Girl Gone Bad,” her third album, she had begun to understand the limitations of the contours of her voice, and its advantages. She would never be the best vocalist on the pop charts, but she could be the most attitudinal, the most salacious, the most bitter. She could invent a persona as big as the songs.
And so, over the years, as her game face froze in place, her voice cured into a weapon of emotional chill and strategic indifference. It’s decidedly unfriendly, made to give orders. It matters way more than anything she might say.
Take “Numb,” a sinuous collaboration with Eminem that appears early on the new album. Rihanna has maybe three dozen words between the first two verses, but her meaning is clear from the delivery, which is forceful and slurry, alternating between stretched and staccato vowels.
Ecstasyyyyyyyy
In the air
I don’t care
Can’t tell me nothinnnnnnng
I’m impaired
Her voice does wonders for the insipid lyrics on the pomp-thick single “Diamonds,” which sounds far more like a ..
James Bond theme song than Adele’s too patient “Skyfall.”
Rihanna is also laser-focused on “Jump,” which borrows from the Ginuwine hit “Pony” in such a brassy way that it’s difficult to fault her for it, and which, in Rihanna’s inflections, nods ever so slightly to Justin Timberlake’s “Cry Me a River.” Often Rihanna sounds bored by a lyric before she even finishes it, and just as bored by the person it’s about.
“Think I give a damn,” she sings. “Boy, don’t you know who I am/I ain’t run around chasing no dude.”
The music is just as brutish and bruised; occasionally Rihanna shows up essentially unaccompanied, but most of her songs are built tough and layered. David Guetta contributed production to “Phresh Out the Runway” and “Right Now,” two songs with appealingly guttural edges. “Pour It Up” sounds like a track the ambient-goth outfit Salem might make for a strip club.
The songs that are the least texturally confrontational are also by far the least successful: “Stay,” a dull, piano-driven duet with Mikky Ekko; the bland film-score-esque “Get It Over With” (apart from when she’s cursing); “Lost in Paradise,” which buzzes and hums but does not take flight.
In a few places on this album, Rihanna is clearly emotionally invested, as on “Loveeeeeee Song,” a striking, affecting duet with Future, the Atlanta rapper-turned-singer with the digitally shattered voice. By comparison, Rihanna sounds almost church-trained, and she’s singing with a lighter touch than usual, allowing flecks of hope into her dark room:
Boy, lately, you’ve been stingy with your time
Got me wondering, I’m wondering if I’m on your mind
Boy, I just wanna be in your possession
You say I’m the one you want so come express it
The softness that comes through here is a rarity but not a revelation. She’s still singing about love as an adversarial game, and she’s still steering.
there remains the matter of Chris Brown, her former boyfriend
The most tender, affectionate, spirited song on “Unapologetic” is called “Nobody’s Business,” and it’s the one that features Mr. Brown. Like the Michael Jackson song it borrows from (“The Way You Make Me Feel”), it’s gelatinous and smooth, and also carefree. On an album full of dyspeptic relationships, it is the breath of cool, nourishing air.
Aint nobody business,,,
This collaboration is, as it’s called online, pure trolling: a straight-faced provocation that’s really a big wink. If you want a sideshow, Rihanna will gladly give you a more lurid one than what you’ve been cringing in anticipation of. To make public art with the person who physically abused you is immature, pre-feminist, post-ethics. To make it cheerful and humane is just vexing.
It doesn’t help at all that her songs with Mr. Brown the new one, and the remix of “Birthday Cake,” from her 2011 album, “Talk That Talk” are some of her best.
That’s what makes it so much more notable when she lets loose, drops her guard and just sings unvarnished. “What Now” begins with plain piano but gets to bombast by the first chorus. Still, Rihanna is doing some of her most direct, ambitious singing here. It’s the album’s one real purge, and a sign of a pulse beneath the armor:
There’s no one to call cause I’m just playing games with them all
The more I swear I’m happy, the more that I’m feeling alone
Cause I spend every hour just going through the motions
I can’t even get the emotions to come out
Dry as a bone but I just wanna shout!
Maybe her true art isn’t singing, or appearing impenetrable, but rather playing with public expectations. She’s a brat with the tools of a pop star at her disposal to make her mischief. Keeping people guessing, or grumbling, is just another way of holding them at bay.
B******* the only reason it was a hit under Rihanna is because of ALL of Rihanna exposure. Hell some s***** ass song about cake was a hit under Rihanna that says something about her brainwashed fans not about the songwriters.
This gave me life!
I love Sia and everything but where in that pitchy performance did she “slay”? She sounded bad and her runs were horrible. I think Sia has a beautiful voice but she did not slay in that performance. You guys are REAL rihanna haters if you consider that to be slayage
You clearly don’t understand vocal talent which explains your love and adoration for Rihanna. Sia’s voice is powerful and she has range. If glass was in there it would break. Rihanna tried to replicate her sound, no creativity or originality.
Rihanna>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.this performance…….it IS tru
Delusional.
if sia sang this it would be a FLOP….She knew Rihanna would make it a hit as she did (-:
No I disagree because all Sia needed on this track is flo-rida and this would have been a hit.
I agree with OMG, this would have gone to number 1 if Sia sang it too, and she wouldn’t of had to pose naked on magazine covers to get it either.
DEATH !!!
Wellllll i suppose Beyonce would have gotten a number One
If Diane Warren had Song Her song too,,,
http://www.popjustice.com/thenews/diane-warren-has-been-writing-for-beyonce-celine-dion-and-a-whole-load-of-other-popstars/98531/
why are talking about Whitney houston, talk about Beyonce who changes algebra into Algeba…… Also Sia would not chart with this …
Yes rihanna’s version has some similarities , like duhhhh…..BUT
this was horrible, her voice is so raspy, pitchy, her accent is too dominant. what a mess….then Sia is like 40 , how would the visual be ? it often takes more than a song itself nowadays to be a success, the musical video is a big part of it…
Also Ciara the flop you stan for can’t sing it…so give credit for to rihanna for her vocal performance.
You just had to mention King B’s name didn’t you?
yes cause, That’s who TGJ stans for, Bey, Ciara, Brandy, Rita ora and all the other flops who dont write none of their music and can be qualified as models with mics….but they keep staying on rihanna’s p**** juice.
Rihanna’s vocal performance in Diamonds is amazing. She will keep on winning while haters will be struggling to live off a flop blog.
@Hotstufff if Beyonce 4 #1 albums is a FLOP
Ciara multiple #1 hits and #1 album with LESS than R****’s 7 attempts ! Grammy etc. Brandy 90’s t*** icon & R&B sensation w/ her own MATTEL barbie doll
is a flop ?
What that make r**** ?
12 #1 singles means nothing !
Yrs from now, ppl will remember Madonna b/c she inspires other females to copy her style
R**** changes styles every era . . .what is hers to be copied ?
A flop blog gets 3k hits off ONE post when y’all stans get pressed enough stan got y’all in a TIZZY !
@hotstuff. 1) Rihanna doesn’t write either. 2) How can you call Beyonce a model with a mike when she f****** commands that stage whether you like her style or not. Yeah shes pretty but Beyonces image isn’t the main driving force for her success unlike others. 3) And this is a flop blog that you be checking on the regular.
@HOTSTUFF,,,,,,LMAO…..
I’m a Rihanna fan, I know she don’t write ALL her songs, but she do bring something to them. Her voice is different and she CAN become great, but there’s time when I feel that she don’t try, mainly because she’s over working her self and not letting giving herself the time to become great. She cut LOUD too fast, the main hits on TTT could’ve be added to loud as a re-release like how Take A Bow and Disturbia was on GGGB. But at the same time as a fan, I get a new album every year, but you have to know the amount of time to be missed. Some stay gone so long that they’re forgotten. I think she should do 1 and a half years album instead of every November. Drunk On Love and Roc Me Out could have been singles for now til next Spring.
“She CAN become great”
I disagree. She’s released 7 albums already. If there was greatness in her we would have seen it by now. She’s just an industry manufactured entertainer that releases albums like McDonald’s releases Big Macs.
So Rihanna had a number one album and number one single all in the same week?? Lmao I don’t even care about Samantha’s shade, that Rihanna reign. PLus I love diamonds, thanks Sis.
She not the first to do that, though. . LOL ! Y’all are so delusional !
What’s the big deal ? SLAYARA was the youngest female artist to be #1 for over 6 consecutive weeks !
Oh and I don’t feel sorry for Sia, like some said, it would’ve flopped. But she’s getting check everytime you hear this song. Songwriters gets PAID!!!!!! Unless you’re Keri Hilson and burn your bridges.
Ok hear this now hear Misha b version now tell me if you still think misha b can sing Sia killed it and she sang every note misha cuntface b shouts out every note…
This was horrible. I dunno how Sam can call it slayage, when all I heard was screeching. The entire thing was pitchy. Rihanna’s X Factor performance slays this.
All I read in this post is delusional Navy garbage.
did not post that post above but that blue is on the money.
love sia and all but compare that performance to riri’s x-factor performance and riri wins.
funny how rih does a better sia then sia herself.
There will be NO shade thrown @ Sia. She WROTE this song & just like Prince, who sings songs he’s written for other artists over the years, she can sing this song whenever, wherever she pleases.
Now, of course, this song would not have been a hit if Sia released it. It wouldn’t have been a hit if ______________ released it. Rihanna made this song HER song & I love her version. She is the top pop artists in the world right now. No one could have been more successful with this song. I also love Sia’s version–it’s just a different interpretation from the brilliant singer & song writer.
Let’s be real…this song is a hit.the writing and composition are good and I commend Rihanna for emulating Sia thhe best she could.you can tell her goal.was to channel Sia.sia sounded GREAT.but to me this song is just a no brainer.not a wide vocal change, slight chord progression ..best Rihanna ballad since Russian Roulette
good composition? huh?. the cd track just sucks. that “shine bright” hook is a ear cancer. the live rendition is good tho. you only half of it. and she sings that instead of the longer notes.
Sammy Patty stop hating on Rihanna. Keep posting about ur faves who accept being stopped by your blog
Jazmine Sullivan ?! Talk about flops. . . KI !
But since when hs there been dimonds in the sky? I think shes got confused with stars,
It’s called Imagery. Taylor Swift and many other song writers use it sometimes writing so I would think you would know what it is.
THAT B**** SLAYED. I love her and I was waiting for her to sing it. Ripping this off Youtube now. Rihanna sold it on name, but she copied Sia EXACTLY. That’s not even an interpretation. Please.
This is why Rihanna sounds good on the song, she’s done as she did with Ester Dean and basically followed the demo to tone. As a previous Sia appreciator i could hear her in the song.
I’m slightly annoyed that she’s getting recognised as the only songwriter on this song.
The kid singing is so cute
That was good, it is her song after all! Rihanna made it a hit but we all know where the talent came from!
WELL WHAT ABOUT A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE
Blast From The Pass and REWRITE!!!!!!!!
@NAVY,,,,As long as I read COMMENTS like this
from a Bey Hive Fan,,,,it will always Serve as a
Reminder that Rihanna Winning to the Bey Hive and Her Haters or like a “Snow Ball In Hell but through the Maze of Shyt that is thrown She still keep her beautiful Hazel Green Eyes on that Ball,,,,
BLAST FROM THE PASS CONT,,,,
THIS FROM A HATER SCREEN NAME KIMBERLY OR WHAT EVER IN THE
F** NAME THEY ARE HIDING BEHIND TODAY!!!!!!!
KIMBERLY TO A NAVY FAN!!!!!AND RIHANNA’S NAVY,,,,
@ RIRIFAN , QUENN RIHANNA STILL CANNOT GET A # 1 ALBUM? WITH SIX ALBUMS . HER SALES ARE NOT IMPRESSIVE FOR SIX ALBUMS! SHE SUPPOSE TO HAVE HIT THAT MILESTONE ALREADY. ALMOST A DECADE AND ALL THE QUEEN HAS IS #1 SINGLES AND FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS?
QUEEN RIRI CANNOT GIVE A MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE TO DATE!
QUEEN RIRI CANNOT GET THE PUBLIC ON THEIR FEET
QUEEN RIRI CANNOT EVEN SING HER OWN SONGS LIVE FARE LESS A COVER
QUEEN RIRI DOESN’T EVEN KNOW MUSIC HER PRODUCER HAVE TO TELL HER THE NOTE SHE IS SINGING
QUEEN RIRI HAS NEVER BEEN FEATURED ON A MUSIC MAG
QUEEN RIRI IS NOT A GRAMMY FACTOR
QUEEN RIRI IS A PUPPET!
QUEEN RIRI CANNOT DANCE TO SAVE HER LIFE IN THE WILDERNESS
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WHERE ARE HER CAREER HIGHLIGHTS. I HAVE BEEN ASKING FROM DAY ONE. IF SHE IS QUEEN WHAT HAS SHE DONE AS AN ARTIST. NOT FROM HER PRODUCER OR DIRECTOR OR MANGER. WHAT HAS SHE DONE AS AN ARTIST ‘ LOL GO TO SCHOOL B******
WHY DO YOU WANT TO COME FOR AN ICON. YOUR FAV IS FAR FROM THAT!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
PART 2 TO BLAST FROM THE PASS,,,,
Sia did nothing special for the song vocally, well written and mastered vocally by Rihanna. Give credit where its due and don’t hate.
Rihanna XFactor Performance of DiamondS >
BLAST FROM THE PASS PART 3
KIMBERLY Yo ass wants the whole Dam Bed don’t Ya,,,
@BEY HIVE , FAN SCREEN NAME , KIMBERLY ARE WHAT EVER NAME THEY ARE SPORTING NOW,,,,,,
Rihanna gave “MEMORABLE” Performances this pass year When She left with a Grammy in One Hand and went to Performed at the Brits Award, where she hit the stage in daisy dukes and timbos and Adele was in attendance
and Rih Won International Artist Award KIMBERLY, Where Beyonc’s ass was in the running, Deery
BLAST FROM THE PASS PART 4
@BEY HIVE,,,,KIMBERLY,,,Rihanna can’t get the public on their feet, Maybe not In Yo Book BUT,,,Rih did Perform at,,,
Rih Performed at the iHearts Festival 2012
Rih Performes at the Kollen Festival in Sweden 2012
Rih Performed at the Paralymphic Festival London 2012
Rih Performed at the Peace & Love Las Vegas 2012
Rih Performes at the Barclay Festival
BLAST FROM THE PASS,,, PART 5
Haters and Concerning Rih Don’t know Her Music are Yo Asses for Real, in Yo thinking,,,,
Well she don’t need to know Her Music as long as she can throw the vocals and lyrical contents down.
Let the Music History Books know their Music when they says that Rihanna is Number 2 right behind Madonna with the Best Selling Singles of all times by the Official Charts Company,,,,Scumbags.
BLAST FROM THE PASS PART 6
@Haters Never been featured on a music magazine
well when her hair wasRed during the “Loud” Era Rih
covered Billboard and Shes covering Billboard this month.
@KIMBERLY are what ever in the F** ,,,,YO NAME IS THOSE ARE BOOKS.
@Haters,,,
And Rih was featured in Q magazine where she and Pink and Others was Names Artist’s of the Century, right along with Paul McCartney., and Others…
BLAST FROM THE PASS PART 7
As far as GRAMMY’S goes we all know that Beyonce
have got the Grammys on lock ,,, but at Rih’s age and time in the Industry Rihanna have more GRAMMY’S Then Bey did when Bey was her age and HEY I Am not Bitter….And Nor is the Navy Because we know that with hard work and her raw Determination She will Perhaps be Blessed with more.
I mean why compare Bey’;s GRAMMY’S to Rihanna who has been in the industry less time then Bey has???
I LOVE SIA!!!!!!! f*** that ratchet h** rihanna though!
BLAST FROM THE PASS PART 8
Haters, Bey Hive,,,,speaking of Queen of Things,,,
Less start with Queen of Pop as named by Billboard
and the Queen for the last 20 Years, or the last 2 Decades for that Matter…..
Queen of Pressed & Stressed Queens because she’s not
Beyonce’s Siamese Twin Sista, Rihanna is Hated because she works so hard and these Queens can’t stand
seeing but One Queen at a time in the Spotlight getting tons, of shine.
Queen of having the most Number 1′s Hits as named by Billboard.
Queen of Social Networking as named by Face Book, and..QUEEN
being the most Popular Musician Dead or Alive in the History of Social Networking..
Queen of having a Single that has sold over 5Million and counting in the US and it has been Certified 17xPlatium
Love The Way You Lie, which has also been named as the Number 1 Rapper in the World’s best Single to Date and Eminem has sold in Excess of over 80Million albums and counting,,,and from 7 albums ,,,,, now ain’t that something Bey Hive., U Low Life’s.
I LOVE Sia… She’s one of those artists that is very creative and has her own, unique way of presenting that artistry, yet is a bit under the radar. Her last two albums were awesome! =) Highly talented. As to Rita Ora…. She really needs to take time to find her self musically. I don’ t buy the image she’s selling. Not believable. Talented, but not interested.
Queen of having over 20 Million sold in the UK, with
6 Million being Albums and 14 million being Singles.
Queen of Singles…
Queen of the Navy
More Hits on Itune since it began….
You do get my Point , now don’t
Queen of top 40 since Aretha did long , long ago
Queen of having 5 # 1′s in 5 Consecutive Years since Elvis did it..in the UK and with Diamonds She have 6 Number 1′s in the UK.
Queen of
That Grape Juice” as far a Blatant, Hate, Lies, Slime and Nasety ass Gutter Trash Comments goes……
Trying To “Back Bite” Rihanna’s Career.
Queen of being called S***, S****, andHhoe more then all of the Other Artist combined Including the Strippes and Poll dancer who Strips for a living
@BEY HIVE And not to Belittle Beyonce’s Career Because to tell Yo Asses the truth I have Nothing But love For Beyonce and what Tripps Me and many up is when Rih’s Haters act’s like they Dare or Double Dare Rihanna to be great because that spot is Reserved for King Bey only, I say “Hell Naw” it’s Reserved for all those who works
hard to deserve it., And while We all know that on this site the Navy is Out numbered and Out Gunned by the Bey Hive with Rihanna’s Haters all Mixed in But Rihanna’s Navy ,,,,We do Our Best Under the circumstances.
TinaMinaj REPLIED TO “LAX”
Ok seriously you need to stop! The person wished Rih the best of luck and you go talking about haters and write tons of essays nobody is reading??? Come one now. Seems like your hate for the Beyhive is too deep rooted to even let you process simple things going on around you.
Problem is you are hell bent on Rih taking Bey’s “spot”. Don’t you think Rih should be making her own legacy?? Don’t blame Beyonce and the Beyhive for her lack of reaching a certain achievement in her career,,,,,,,
See this is how mess get started,,,,,WHAT IN THE F** IS THE NICKI FAN TALKING
ABOUT I WAS ANSWERING THE COMMENTER NAMED KIMBERLY!!!!!!
THE NICKI FAN IS SAYING TO ME THE PERSON WISHED RIH THE BEST OF LUCK,,,,,SEE LIKE I SAID ON THESE BLOGS SPOT U R TALKING TO THE AIR YOU BREATH BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME YOU HAVE GOT “LOONEY TUNE” CLOWNS LIKE THE NICKI FAN,,,,,,,THAT IS THE VERY REASON WHY YOU HAVE GOT TO BE A LITTLE NUTTS TO BLOG IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!!
MAKING OF A LEGEND,,,,
Her latest release, “Unapologetic,” opens atop the Billboard 200, selling 238,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The SRP/Def Jam set is her seventh studio release in a little over seven years and follows six earlier top 10 efforts. Rather infamously, until this week, Rihanna held the distinction of having the most No. 1 songs on the Hot 100 without having claimed a No. 1 album.
@lax shut your f****** mouth please sia is an artist it’s not the case of rihanna ok everybody know she’s a marketing product well she can have millions of single or number one hits but at the end of the day she didn’t write them it doesn’t come from her but from somebody else that’s why nobody respects her in the game .you give all her number one hits to a young girl with a good machine behind her she becomes a star so please have several seats in a stadium iam tired of all your f****** comments about how she’s a queen bla bla bla
ORDER IN THE COURT,,,,,,
“LAX” SAY TO RIHANNA’S HATERS GTFO…
Global Charts All-Time Tracks
#71 Rihanna 9,246,000 we found love
#79 Rihanna 9,067,000 love the way you lie
#95 Rihanna 8,614,000 umbrella
#152 Rihanna 7,568,000 don’rt stop the music
#156 Rihanna 7,538,000 only girl in the world
#180 Rihanna 7,237,000 distrubia
http://www.mediatraffic.de/alltime-track-chart.htm
Thank Sia for a Job Well done,,,,,But,,,,,
Rihanna’s Singles Speak For Themselves, now
HATERS tell Us why Yo Ass Is Pissed,,,
RIHANNA Singles Assault on the Charts
May be releasing her seventh album in seven years but controversial pop star Rihanna is really the queen of singles.
Rihanna’s Singles & Their Assaults on the Charts,,,
The 24-year-old has amassed a record 38 singles on the ARIA charts over her career from her 2005 debut single Pon De Replay to her most recent top-10 hit Diamonds.
Rihanna’s Singles Assaults on the Charts
Whether it is Her own song or another Artist’s release which Features her on guest Vocals, Rihanna has proven to be airplay and chart gold.
Since the advent of iTunes, singles have become the dominant format with more songs likely to achieve gold and platinum status even if they don’t make the top 50.
Rihanna’s Singles Assault on the Charts
Those artists who release something new every few months and maintain their presence on commercial radio stations have the greatest chance for success.
MAKING OF A LEGEND,,,,
“Unapologetic,” released on Nov. 19, also gives Rihanna her best sales week yet for an album. (The SoundScan tracking week ends at the close of business every Sunday.) The new album’s arrival surpasses her previous best frame, racked when 2010′s “Loud” launched at No. 3 with 207,000.
Their is an article in BB magazine which Jay Brown said Rihanna make changes to lots of the song she gets, but their was nothing to change on Diamond. The diference is Rihanna don’t take credit for changing melody like beyonce and get writing credit
XEDOS RIH AND BEY THEM ARE ALL AS RICH AS COUNTRY BUTTER AND WHO WROTE WHAT MEANS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, NO MATTER WHO WROTE WHAT IT’S ALWAYS THE BADASS WHOS DELIVERING THE MELODIES AND VOCALS THAT SELLS THE SON,,,,
JUST BECAUSE A PILOT FLY’S A AIRPLANE THAT DOES NOT MEAN HE CAN BUILD THE SUCKER……..
JUST BECAUSE BEYONCE CAN BREAK IT DOWN BETTER THEN A STRIPPER, THAT DOES NOT MEAN SHES A SRTIPPER
JUST LIKE RIHANNA IS CALLED UNTALENTED, THAT DOES NOT MAKE IT SO,,,,
JUST BECAUSE YOU HOLD A HAMMER THAT DOES NOT MAKE YOU BE A CARPENTER,,,,,
JUST BECAUSE GAGA WORE A MEAT DRESS THAT DOES NOT MEAN SHE’S A BUTCHER,,,,,SEE WHAT I MEAN…
Rihanna’s first release, “Music of the Sun,” debuted and peaked at No. 10 in 2005, followed by “A Girl Like Me” (No. 5, 2006), “Good Girl Gone Bad” (No. 2, 2007), “Rated R” (No. 4, 2009), “Loud” (No. 3, 2010) and “Talk That Talk” (No. 3, 2011). Additionally, she has charted with two remix albums “Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes” (No. 106, 2009) and “Rated R: Remixed” (No. 158, 2010).
It’s not unprecedented for an artist to score six top 10 albums without having had a No. 1. More than 25 acts have lodged six top 10s — without a No. 1. They range from Sting (10 top 10s, zero No. 1s) and Sheryl Crow (eight top 10s) to Brad Paisley (seven top 10s) and Rush (12 top 10s).
MAKING OF A LEGEND,,,,
Rihanna’s lack of a No. 1 album only seemed to draw more attention, perhaps compared to her consistent performance as a singles artist. Since her arrival in 2005, she has tallied 12 No. 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 — tying her for the fourth-most of all time with Madonna and the Supremes. Only the Beatles (with 20), Mariah Carey (18) and Michael Jackson (13) have had more
DIANE WRITES Music for these artist,,,,and there’s nothing wrong with it,,,
http://www.songfacts.com/category-songs_written_by_diane_warren.php
And just because she wrote for Whitney that does not mean she can Blow as hard as “The Voice’ When she was alive,,,
WERK SIA ! GIVE REAL VOCALS ! KI ! 🙂
Why is it so hard for RIHANNA’S MANY HATERS To realize that while Rihanna might not be the top Vocalist like Jennifer hudson, aretha, celine, mariah whitney or beyonce Rihanna is still in the game and She have proven over and over that she can and is HOLDING HER OWN..
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me1z9xKtmc1qcm14io1_500.jpg
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me1z9xKtmc1qcm14io1_500.jpg .
I totally agree with Sam now that I´ve watched this performance. It´s not just the fact that Rihanna is not a songwriter (Beyonce isn´t either) or the fact that her singing is horrible, it is even worse, she just mimic every little detail on the songs she is given by her label. Sad sad sad
The industry is sad at the moment
A-L-B-U-M-S,,,,POINTS/SALES
GLOBAL YEAR END ALBUMS SALES FOR 2006
#9 Shakira 3,349,000 Oral Fixation
#10 Pink 3,230,000 I’M Not Dead
#12 Bey 3,113,000 B’Day
#24 Rih 2,406,000 A Girl Like Me
http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2006.htm
YEAR-END-SALES
World Global Charts Year End Sales,,,,,
Global Charts,,,,,2007
ALBUM SALES..
#11 Alicia 3,222,000 As I Am
#13 Rih 3,218,000 Gggb
#27 Bey 1,815,000 B’Day
http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2007
Global Charts,,,,2008 year end sales
#7 Rih 3.7 million Gggb
#17 Bey 2.3 million I Am Sasha Fierce
#37 KATY 1.5 million One Of The Boys
http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2008.htm
Global Charts,,,,,2009 Rih was “MIA”,,,,FOR 2009
#4 Taylor 4.2 million
#10 Bey 3.2 million I AM Sasha Fierce
These are Albums
http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2009.htm
Year end sales,,,,,
Global Charts….2010
#1 Gaga 5.9 million Fame (Monster)
#5 Taylor 3.5 million Speak Now
#11 Akeys 2.3 million Elements Of Freedom
#13 Rih 2.2 million Loud
http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2010.htm
These or Albums Folks,,,,,,
Global Charts,,,2011,,,,,Albums Folks
#1 Adele 15.3
#2 Gaga 5.4 million
#3 Rih 3.4 million
#7 Adele 2.8 million
#10 Bey 2.1 million
These are all Albums, Boo, Boo and if its good for the goose MEANING all of them except Rihanna then its good for the Gander which is Rihanna the so called
ARTIST who many claims can’t sell ALBUMS!!!!!
http://www.mediatraffic.de/albums-2011.htm
@HATERS,,,
@BEY HIVE THE TRUTH HURTS LIKE A “MOFO” DON’T
IT?
Sia did all the job! True talent. Wish her all the success she deserves.
There are women who make things better, simply by showing up. There are women who make things happen. There are women who make their way. There are women who make a difference. And women who make us smile. There are women of wit and wisdom who through strength and courage- make it through. There are women who change the world everyday…
Rihanna is One of those Women!!!!
I love Rih version , but that chick SIA SLAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DIAMONDS. CAN WE GET THIS ON ITUNES PLZ
@Lames & Loosers,,,,
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.
Unsuccessful people are always asking, What’s in it for me?
I love Sia! She’s amazing. 🙂
@Lames
http://www.rnbmusicblog.com/pics/Rihanna2.jpg
ive been flowing Sia for years, amazing raw real talent-BAM she slayed it
FROM A RIHANNA HATER,,,
That Rihanna singles reign just won’t let up!! That rihanna album sales just won’t go up lmao… Wait I’m I the only 1 thinking Def jam buys Rih singles to hit the top spot? Just when Diamonds reached the top it Fell to 7 on itunes same happen to s&m it fell even quicker? Lol.
@Hater “Dream On Hater”,,,,,
Sia keep up the great work with Rih,,,,
MAKING OF A LEGEND,,,,
Rih Performs at the iHearts Festival, Summer 2012
http://theurbandaily.com/1946394/rihanna-performs-at-iheart-music-festival/
MAKING OF A LEGEND,,,,
Rihanna Performs at the Peace & Love Festival
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2167119/Rihanna-performs-Swedish-festival-emerges-grandmother-Dolly-died.html
MAKING OF A LEGEND,,,,
MAKING OF A LEGEND,,,,
Rihanna Performs at the Kollen Festival Norway.
http://thatgrapejuice.net/2012/06/hot-shots-rihanna-rocks-the-kollen-festival/
MAKING OF A LEGEND,,,,
Rihanna Performs at the Paralympic’s Festival…
http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/09/video-jay-z-coldplay-and-rihanna-perform-together-at-paralympics-closing-ceremony/
MAKING OF A LEGEND,,,,
Rihanna Performs at the Barclay Wireless Festival
http://hellobeautiful.com/playlist/rihanna-gives-her-all-at-barclay-wireless-festival-performance/1/
She slayed because she has real talent, listen to Rihanna and you hear the backtracking and her singing over it, this woman here sings live with real talent. Sad how Rihanna cant perform her stuff natural she has too copy to know how to sing a song. This only shows that Rihanna is nothing.. I dont care how much she sales she still dont have it.
Grasping at straws. There’s nothing left to say about Rihanna. You are throwing water at a wall anymore b****. Rihanna has her life so b**** go get yours
Lol…ok
Unfortunately, this is exactly what the industry has become. I’m not saying this applies to Rihanna, but most “artists” today would have no careers without autotune and singing other people’s songs.