She’s gifted modern pop music with some of its biggest hits, but now it’s high time That Grape Juice gifts Rihanna…with an ode to her greatest music videos (just in time for her birthday).
Indeed, the ‘Birthday Cake’ singer – who hit the big ‘2-8’ today – has much to celebrate. For, in addition to an impressive catalog of chart-toppers (including her most recent ‘Work’ housed on the #1 album ‘Anti’), the singer’s video anthology boasts no shortage of similar wins. From the haunting ‘Disturbia’ to the breathtaking ‘Diamonds,’ the clips that have accompanied her biggest hits are arguably just as memorable (if not more) as the tunes themselves.
Now, as the site’s resident (objective and fair) #Navy comrade, who better than I to navigate readers down memory lane to and through a collection of her best clips? Admittedly, with 11 years and 8 albums worth of material, Ri’s bevy of offerings made this no easy task.
But, with hopes of inducting her forthcoming ‘Work’ video to the list, we reflect on the best of her visuals that preceded it. They lie below:
TGJ’s Top 5 Rihanna Music Videos
(In no particular order)
“Hard” (featuring Young Jeezy)
“Bitch Better Have My Money”
“Where Have You Been”
“We Found Love”
“Russian Roulette”
Honorable Mentions:
‘Rude Boy’
‘Princess of China’
Did we get it right or nah? Which ones did we miss?
Your thoughts?
Only girl
WFL
WHYB
Disturbia
Man Down
Honerable mention
Russin roulette
Bbhmm
FLIP FLOPPER!
Stalker boy let me do me.
Until you STOP leaving racially offensive remarks like this in my reply sections. I’ll continue to drag. Fall back!
February 19, 2016 at 8:14 pm
??Queen Molly?? says:
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And you’re mad because I have white blood pumping thru my veins ki
??? Go stream formation or something.
Follower! Fraud! Flip Flop! RACIST!
Tyler, Why You Keep Entertaining This Piece Of S***, Molly, The A***-Licker?
Ignore Her Entire Existence And Paye Her Dust, Because You Becoming Pathetic And She Does’nt Deserve That Attention.
@Lazzarretto
The blessed don’t normally beef with the miserable, but Molly the Maid is going to take this dragging!
Well Tyler Call It Drag If You Want, But I’ll Never Wast My Precious Time On A Pathetic Human Being Like The Maid. This Thing Is So Petty… Well Have Fun Entertaining It Sorry Ass Licker!?
@Lazarretto
BTW I’m not Molly the Maid. I don’t need confirmation from anybody. I say what I want because I don’t give af!
The hive hates a flip flopper only if they flip for rih. Tyler go to bed. You are becoming the new slay hive. We don’t need another of those.
You better clock that sorry phaag!
B**** I’m a wolf! At least everybody knows what to expect from me.
Keep on defending that wolf in sheep’s clothing. You look dumb as hell.
How am i a wolf in sheeps clothing? Everyone knows im a crazy bitchhhh who will dragg anyone hoeee.
Unlike you, I’m too real to be FAKE. If a b**** got beef with me, we gon beef FOREVA *Cardi B voice*
Yasssssss
28, she’s getting old.
If you’re lucky, you will too. What a dumb comment.
Te Amo
What’s My Name
And…hello, Umbrella is the best, duhh!!!
Umbrella was cute when it first came out but it doesn’t hold up against videos that came out later on.
FAKE
Umbrella is what jump started major interest in her visuals, it was edgy, fresh, and different.
Honorable mention for me is Man Down!!
Take a bow also a good video
And not her song but that video she was featured in of Shakira was HOT
Take a bow was uber boring stop.
One of MY fave!!!! So your opinion is……?#trash !!! You need to STOP
Only Girl >>>>>>>>>
Disturbia
Where have you been
Umbrella
Rude boy
BBHMM
Hard
Pon De Replay
And SOS ?
Yes, Pon De Replay was super cute and the song was a bop
My fav songs
Ride
If its lovin
Top 5 videos no order
Cheers
Rehab
American Oxygen
Man down
Only girl
I forgot hate how much i love you
How come we get a post about her top 5 best music videos, but not her best live performances? Rashad, make a post about that next please! Thanks, hun!
I believe there was post on her best live performances a while back.
yup they already did:
http://thatgrapejuice.net/2015/02/weigh-tgj-picks-rihannas-top-5-performances-ever/
Thanks for the receipt, sis!
That will start a stan war not to mention a lot of tired dragging.
This is TGJ what do you expect? It happens throughout social media lol!
Wait your turn
Where have you been
Umbrella
Hard
Diamonds
Honorable mentions
BBHMM
Cheers
I really never really saw Rihs videography catalog as being all that impressive. Aliyah & Bey have sum incredible visuals BABY BOY & NAUGHTY GIRL Give me life to this day. & rock the boat & Need a resoulution was also great. But rih does have a few mainly from the GGGB ERA (umbrella disturbia take a bow rehab) & We found love. Idk about the others. Rih isnt as beuatiful as Bey or Ali so maybe thats why her visuals always bore me of late BBHM & RR videos were cheap & non-exciting which why she has very few VMAS.
Your fat ass in to get into formation and head to the gym.
*Need
Hellllo fellow Navy. As I’ve just newly became the leader of the Navy I just wanted you all to know how much I love you. Everytime I’ve been kicked out if a fan base there was always a little voice, or two or three or twelve telling me that I’m Navey, deep down inside of my prepubescent vag. Anyway I gotta run Navy fam, let’s meet up for Prozac and 4 Locos at my place?.
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XOXO Navy Commander Molly
Leader of the navies?
You must be smoking crack .
The only leader and commander of navy is riri herself .
If you want to be apart of the navy all you need to do is ask. I mean I came into the navy recently and already they’ve elected me as the commander. I’m humble, gracious and open to different ppl join. Even lessors like you sis. Just be honest.
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XOXO MOLLY YOUR SUPERIOR
Stupidity is your second name you flip flopping obese troll.
I wwish she made a video for “Break It Off” and a proper video for “Cheers”.
The “California King Bed” video is my favorite, though. The colors, serene atmosphere, Thickanna, and the hair was just perfect! Her best video thus far.
pretty much all her videos from “Talk That Talk”
Diamonds was BEAUTIFUL
The “What Now” video is nice too, but I really can barely watch it anymore because it makes my skin crawl.
$432 >>>> $190… “THIZ WHISKEY GOT ME REALLY FLOPPING… ♩ ♪ ♬ ♭ UNSOLD & CANCELETD OUT SHOWS… ♩ ♪ ♬ ♭ I JUST REALLY NEED A #1 HIT… SORRY BOUT THE OTHER NIIIGHT. AND I KNOW I CAN BE MORE CREATIVE & STOP GETTING HIGH OF CHRIS’ COCAIN, BUT I REALLY NEED MY FANS TO PURCHASE THEM DUSTY TICKETS… THATS ONLY THING STOP ME FROM GOING INSANE. YOU CAUGHT ME FLOOOOOOOPING FLOOPPING LIKE NEVA BEFORE BABE, I WISH I COULD GO BACK TO 2008. I JUST REALLY NEED SUM RELAVAAAANCAY I WISH I WAS JUST MORE TALEEEENTED BUT NOW I AINT GOT NOTHIN LEFT TO SAY.” ♩ ♪ ♬ ♭ ♩ ♪ ♬ ♭ ♩ ♪ ♬ ♭
She needs a #1 hit? Wait til Monday, sis. Get those tears ready!
1.we found love
2.where have you been
3.Hard
4.Russian roulette
5.Diamonds
Honorable mentions
BBHMM
Rude boy
Beyonce can’t make videos like this .When it comes to video making Queen rihanna rules.
Honorable mentions
WMN
Pon de replay
Wait is over
Umbrella
S and m
Take care .
Yesss! I see you have wait your turn(wait is over) on your list.The video/song slays, very underrated.Wait your turn and Rude Boy started ratchet RiRi.
Not a fan of her videos.
Man Down is her best visual though. Actually had depth, story line.
Why do I keep forgetting about “SOS”? The video for that was everything pop and s***! I can never forget how her skin was glowing with that light touch of glitter in that ICONIC green shirt/top.
Her skin was GOALS in that video!!! That was when I was like, ” Okay, bish I see you!” I had never (and still haven’t) seen anyone radiate in a music video the way she did in ‘S.O.S’
Yep! It’s a shame it still won’t be Vevo-certified for a couple more years, though. Mess indeed!
U left out Umbrella Take A Bow S&M
To be honest I don’t really care that much for her videos. I watched them a few times here and there, but that’s about it. But if I must:
Where Have You Been: Great dancing and visual.
American Oxygen: American History clips. The good, the bad and the ugly.
#BBHMM: Ish could had been a movie.
Umbrella ☔: Video Of The Year winner. Her first iconic video and birthed the Bar Gal Riri we know today.
We Found Love: Another Video Of The Year winner. Again, could had been a movie. And showed off her acting. (fun fact, Rihanna is the only female to win a VMA Video Of The Year award twice. Only other artist to win two is Eminem. And I don’t think it was either of the video they did together.)
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The only two artist of today that make great videos are Gaga and lately Beyonce. (from 4 on up to now.) Because her others were trash. But music video was dead until Gags came along. I will give her that, it was like 80s and 90s MTV again during her short lived career.
Don’t forget that the “We Found Love” video was also nominated for a Grammy.
I never count grammy videos. I barely pay attention to grammys period.
You are d dismissed !
And take your irrelevant epistle with you .
5. Russian Roulette
4. Cheers(to the weekend)
3. Whats my Name
2. Disturbia
1. Man Down
Lol….I said Cheers(to the weekend. I know now that it’s (Drink to That). You can tell I don’t stan lol. I also forgot We Found Love and Diamonds.
1. B*tch Better Have My Money – THE most epic video of the 2010’s
2. Where Have You Been (I hate that fake ass set though)
3. Man Down
4. We Found Love
5. Te Amo
Honorable Mention:
Diamonds (Only for the beginning where she’s rolling a blunt full of diamonds. Now that was some boss sh*t)
Damn I forgot about American Oxygen. That one is tied with #5 with Te Amo. I love the ending with MLK in the casket then connecting it with the black lives matter movement was too real. I love that bish
Lol @ SKIDMARK BEYS PRE-4 Videos were the ish… i mean Check on it MM&I & Beautiful liar were Insanity. I also like shakiras video with Rih. Shakira is #2 visual artist Gags is played tf out.
No they weren’t. After the rerelease of B-Day her videos became cheap, green screen, basic dance moves. I’ll give you single ladies, but that’s about it. You’re a f** or a h**, so you pest love that fem gay ish.
I said we found love earlier… i meant where have u been but both are great.
• We Found Love
• Pour It Up
• Rockstar 101
• Hard
• S&M
• B**** Better Have My Money
• Umbrella
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These music videos are forver cemented in Pop culture.
Birthday cake should’ve got a video it would’ve been epic af asses twerking pu$$$ies poppin.
LOL
If she made a video for “Watch N’ Learn”, even though it wasn’t a single, lives would’ve been slayed effortlessly and she would’ve had those other pop girls pressed as f***.
She should’ve made a video for the “Birthday Cake” remix, so that it would’ve peaked higher on the Hot 100.
1. Take A Bow
2. Disturbia
3. California King Bed
4. Cheers (Drink To That)
5. Don’t Stop The Music
I love Rihanna’s music videos. Because she doesn’t really do choreography, she gives Directors full creative control over the end-product. That’s why they’re great.
The “Stay” video is my second favorite. The simplicity, even lack of makeup, took the whole creative direction to another level. I lived for how she didn’t mime all the lyrics too. It showed her raw, natural beauty in the instance that she gets tired too.
1. Russian Roulette
2. BBHMM
3. Man Down
4. Unfaithful
5. Only Girl (in the world)
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Honourable mentions
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Pour it up
Rude boy
Where have you been
FORMATION >>> BBHMM…. lol as hard as rih tried everyone forgot the bbhmm video in 1 week maybe less. Which why she forgot to add it to Anti delux.
Just like Madonna, who was the most hated artist in the 80s and 90s by the media and public, Rihanna’s amazing catalogue will be respected and praised when she gets older, while her rivals will remain overrated like they are right now because of they’re fans who are always barking in our ears and making the loudest noise which doesn’t translate into actual results.
Rihanna is hated because of their insecurities. Madonna was hated because she was a s*** with no talent with a bad attitude. Plus she wasn’t a looker. Rihanna is her own woman.
I wasn’t born in an era or mature enough when Madonna was at her absolute prime so I wouldn’t understand the hate towards her, but I love her entire catalogue.
Madonna is a great performer. Much better and more acclaimed live show than Rihanna. Madonnas catalogue is not iconic and universally recognized than Rihanna’s. Madonnas acting is far better and more acclaimed. Using the Madonna wasn’t talented but Rihanna is, bit is null and void because the statistics and facts speak volumes. There’s a reason Rihanna lip sync he’s to her watered down tribute to Madonna’s “vogue”.
Having everything and the kitchen sink on stage to distract us from your lack of singing and yoga dance moves is not nothing to brag about. It almost as bad as Beyonce’s hair whipping and b*** shaking.
More iconic ****
But Madonna lip syncs to her own dame vogue. lol, Don’t try to make it seem like that song to Whitney level vocals to perform. Hell to me, Rihanna mimic Madonna lipping up and down the stage to the T.
@Mark
It stans for talentless fly-by-night flops like Ciara and Nicki that won’t even 10 years, especially Ciara who’s career ended back in 2008. That’s why its always referencing legends like the incomparable Mariah and even Micheal Jackson to bash Rihanna. LMAO
What you view is iconic is YOUR opinion. Now run along, you been schooled.
Tyler is really starting to give me Rima Ts boo get it together stop obsessing over me.
Youve never been anything more than a side piece. Go find a new HBIC to cling to!
And you are a disowned f***** clinging to beyonce’s achievements as your life support.
Okay troll
Rihanna is the best selling black female artist of all time and the 2nd best selling female artist overall. https://t.co/APKWaVQUZ9
Out of all her peers from this generation Rihanna is the only one sitting with legends on the Hot 100 most #1s https://t.co/VZTPOACTJB
The only difference is those legends have legendary talent. Rihanna does not.
History does not remember talents ..history remembers achievements.
Now go seat on one of beyonce’s massive c*** …or join your illuminati fav on a formation to hell fire !
You stan for talentless trash like Ciara and Nicki Minaj. ? Is that why you’re always using and referencing artists like Whitney and Mariah to bash Rihanna? ??? Get it together.
@Shakira stan. So you’re saying people only remember Michael Jackson for the amount of #1st he had and not for his talent. You do know most of the globe probably couldn’t even give an exact number right?
Going by talent no one would call Madonna a legend.at the end of the day longitivity and aachievements is all that matters.
people remember music not talent. Yes Mariah is vocal beast and best singer to ever live but its her music that made her legendary. you wouldn’t know about talent and legend status when u stan for ciara (2004-2007).
@Shakira stan. Actually yes they would. Because she was extremly innovative and groundbreaking and a fantastic performer in her day which is why her Tours still slay to this day. People rememebr Mariah Carey as the songbird supereme, and whitney Houston as The Voice. Not how many records and #1s they have. That is bonus when talking about a legacy. But music industry goes beyond the 1980s as well. People like Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra etc are musical icons purely for their talent. But you’ve probably never heard of them because your knowledge doesn’t stretch that far…
Yaaasss you betta drag it back to the retirement homes auditorium so it can watch Mariah the has been with the rest of the forgotten stans!!!
Meanwhile Bey is the 2nd highest grossing after only madonna & in 48 hours already sold nearly 1 million tickets. So more ppl are will to spend $500 dollars than $13.99 on Ribsceduled? $500 >>> $1.29. Only a matter of time b4 rih starts performing at Cerror sized theaters with nowhere to put her water bottle. Tickets been on sell 3 full months & still canceled 2 stadiums & one downsized to an depressing arena.
SCREAMING!!! No where to put her water bottle ?????
1 we found love
2 we ride
3 whats my name
4 where have you been
5 rude boy
Her only video that stands out to me was We Found Love..she doesn’t really have an iconic video like single ladies or bad romance.
girl bye. gaga and beyonce are most overrated singers. Iconic? LMFAOOOOOOOO
Yes. You seem upset about that?
mad? mad at what? your reach? girl I screamed at that delusional reach LMFAOOOOOOO
Yes which is why you stay in my reply box. Those videos are iconic and era defining for a generation of pop culture. Get over it and scream somewhere else.
LMFAOOOOOOOOO typical beyhive delusion. defined pop culture? when did that happen? yea they were hits but defined pop culture? b**** kill yoself LMFAOOOOOOOO.
It defines an era of music videos in popular culture as it is one of the most homaged and parodied videos/songs ever. There is nothing delusional about it. Do you want me to start listing the references in pop culture? Explain to me how it is not iconic?
There was nothing iconic about desperate ladies.it hasn’t even hit 1 billion on vevo .
Sorry but the receipts and constant reference in popular culture beg to differ. Stay mad about it honey.
girl stop trying to make fetch happen. theres nothing iconic about ladies.
Iconic:
› very famous or popular, especially being considered to represent particular opinions or a particular time.
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Single ladies is an iconic music video. Get over it, we get you down like Beyonce but saying ‘it’s not’ won’t change the fact it is.
girl you can look up a word all u want but theres nothing iconic about single ladies. it came and then it was gone weeks later just like any #1 song. BYE FELICIA!
Singles ladies is one of the videos that represents an era of music videos in popular culture as it is STILL one of the most homaged and parodied videos/songs ever. There is nothing delusional about it. Do you want me to start listing the references in pop culture? Explain to me how it is not iconic? Being iconic isn’t about how many weeks you spend on top of the charts. There are many iconic songs that didn’t even reach the top of the charts. You sound extremly stupid for someone who supposedly stans for Mariah.
honourable mentions:
1 wait your turn
2 disturbia
3 only girl in the world
4 man down
5 sos
Fav Ri video ever is the one caught on cell phone camera of Chris Brown slamming her head into the car door. Love that!
#5 Disturbia
#4 What’s My Name
#3 SOS
#2 Where Have You Been
#1 Rudeboy
February 20, 2016 at 7:10 pm
shakira stan says:
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History does not remember talents ..history remembers achievements.
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A HAHAHAHA! I’M screaming. Did someone actually say something so stupid.
Just give me one receipt of Molly dragging lmaoooo. That girl stays taking Ls
Rih went from 70 to 69 shows. So one stadium sold enuff to nearly fill up a arena while the other coulnt even do that so CANCELANNA had to do what she does best. Expect more canceled dates & rescehduled events. In the near future. It will be a NEW LOW if she gives the unsold away for FRIH. But all artist have their mishaps, the bey exp tour had a few empty seats but that was her first tour, how many has rih done and cant even sell out a arena with 20k audience WITH A HIT SINGLE OUT??? #SCREMING
5. Only girl in the world.
4.S&M. 3.Hard. 2.Diamonds. 1.Umbrella
the diabetic fat b**** is desperately trying to start a stan war but everyone is paying it dust like its sweaty musty pusssy. girl when was the last u even got some d***?
Its funny how when Rima/RihNavy got a 7 day ban you and Centipied seemed to disappear as well. But once the ban was up y’all both show up in the exact same post and ar gone for the rest! Hahahaha do better with your troll accounts Linda M’Kay
?????? what the f*** was that??????? LMFAOOOOOOOO okay sis. bye now.
Like I said do better Linda
Listen Linda!
Rihannas videography is pretty bland to me. Theres nothing that makes me say DAMN thats such a classic Rihanna video. She has good cinematography on a few of her videos though, but I guess the credit doesn’t even go to her on that one.
Hahaha, a Brandy stan.
hunny its a beyhive in hiding. it doesnt wanna sound bitter even tho we know they always are. kiiiiii
I heard Tinashe’s Watch Me Work was charting and almost out charted Player on the Bubbling Under because people thought it was Rihanna’s work and someone post Tin’s song as Rihanna’s work. That happend, yet Formation is still not found. lol
Happy Bday Rih, Hope You’re Ok And Enjoy Your Bday!
I Love All Rih’s Videos Except: You Da One.
Radio play, 27 million views and Formation still didn’t chart. Hahahaha! What did she stop again?
Youtube doesn’t report unlisted videos lol. Its still had impact though….
Formation is a better video than any of those listed though kii. Has Anti sold 400k WW yet?
I didnt know FORMATION was a single. Bey has reached a level where shes completly above singles… not like she needs them to sell an ALBUM like rih. How petty… the Navy cant wait for Bey to release the official single on itunes????
They’re desperate at this point. Bey is annihilating Frih in News Headlines for a Single/MV and Touring Tickets $437——->$197 Hahahahahahaha let them grasp at straws!
The only thing beyonce is annihilating is the lace front industry for up coming recycled tour.
Damn! Where’s that Keri stan when you need her to drag that lifeless Shakira stan troll back to the graveyard? “Wait Your Turn”, h**! The World Cup hasn’t arrived yet, so you and your fave shouldn’t even be mentioned on this blog yet. The delusion, clinging, and attention-seeking must come to a seize eventually.
drag that idiot!
As quite as it is kept once you seen one rihanna music vidoe you seen them all…. just like a beyonce tour.
1- Only girl in the world
2- Where have you been
3- Hard
4- Russian roulette
5- Disturbia
Disturbia was everything. Done.
Happy belated 28 birthday robi Rihanna fenty that’s a Aunt, cousin, niece.
Both beyonce’s and rihanna’s music cannot stand on its own without the music videos
Only Girl In The World !!!
“Those legends Rihanna is named next two had talent.”
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We see people with talent every year. A person singing on the subway has talent (Brandy). What make you a star is the music, no one remembers the singing or whatever, it’s the music, hits! And the subject was that Rihanna names is next to legends, she’s the only new artist in the past 20 years to be named next to them. So that is something. It’s 2016, what are we talking about? Music, the hits. Not tours, not stunts, not looks, HITS! You can have your little opinion about Rihanna, and guess what, no one cares. But numbers are facts, those record sales shows that many people bought into her, in a music bizz that no one is selling other than a few.
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And you better do your math (in Left Eye’s voice). Rihanna OWNS her music, she about to have a #1 as an inde artist. Adele and Taylor can sell all the millions they want, but we all know that they’re in 360s or the very least getting 7% of those album sales. Everytime you hear a Rihanna song, she getting a check. Past or present, YOU do the math. You do the math of an artist getting over 50% of their sales VS a label s**** that is selling millions, but only getting 7%, IF that.
You want us to believe someone who writes their own music and has sold FAR more albums (which cost $ten<) is earning less than a person who is selling ONE song that costs less than $2, from which she gets a cut of NINE cents per single sold that she has to share with SIX other "work" writers?! If Adele earns $1.98 for each album she has ever sold for "25" and 25 has sold in surplus of eight MILLION copies in America ALONE, plus her concert tour cut PLUS her 9 cents for each copy sold of hello(that is 3.7 million copies in USA alone) which she only shares with Greg Kurstin. Please spare us the propaganda were are not children here.
What did the Navy say when Beyoncé is the highest earning musician last time? Now all of a sudden they talked about earning 7% bla bla bla…
Beyoncé has 5 number one singles, 5 number one albums, 20 Grammys, 19 VMA’s, 15 top tens, Topping Forbes, highest grossing tours and most importantly TALENT. Laugh as hard as you can about Beyoncé’s number one and hits, but she still has hits, mind you, she only released 5 albums with a total sales of 16 million, and she need another 10 million to sit with the legend as 100 best selling album artist in US. From what I see, the last position of 100 best selling album artist in US is 22.5 million, Beyoncé will ger there, probably 2 0r 3 more albums, considering the sale is so LOW, but if Album 6 sold 5 million at least, BEYONCÉ GISELLE KNOWLES will be included in the list.
1. We Found Love
2. Only Girl in the World
3. Te Amo
4. Umbrella
5. Wait Your Turn
– SOS
– Umbrella
– Rehab
– Where Have You Been
– Te Amo
I LOVE all of her videos though post GGGB (including SOS).