‘Needed Me,’ the third single from chart-topping diva Rihanna‘s eighth album, ‘Anti,’ has a unique place in her hit-filled discography.
Coming as her 29th top 10 single, the tune – with a peak of #7 (to date) – has already entered history books for spending 16 weeks in the top 10 and, as a result, logging the longest run in the Hot 100’s upper dectet by any song that never entered the top 5.
Jumping to #32 on this week’s chart, Rih’s latest rhythmic hit can now lay claim to another unique historical feat. Find out what it is:
It’s her longest-charting single ever!
The song marks a milestone among Rihanna’s 57 Hot 100 entries: it becomes her longest-charting, as it spends a 42nd week on the list (rebounding 34-32).
Here is a recap of Rihanna’s longest-lasting hits on the Hot 100:
42 weeks, “Needed Me,” No. 7 peak, 2016
41 weeks, “We Found Love” (feat. Calvin Harris), No. 1 (10 weeks), 2011
37 weeks, “Disturbia,” No. 1 (2 weeks), 2008
36 weeks, “Work” (feat. Drake), No. 1 (9 weeks), 2016
34 weeks, “Take Care” (Drake feat. Rihanna), No. 7, 2012Your thoughts?
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Yas for the Chart relevance ??????
Push through Rih ?
Album of the year. 🙂
Rolling stone, critical acclaim & sales says different ? ANTI was Dope tho
Don’t know what a magazine and other people opinions have to do with mine, but thank you for that random information, ecen though I didn’t ask for it. ☺️
With ZERO TALENT, She writes no songs, can’t dance and a horrible live performer……..STOP BUYING IMAGE
Congratulations “Hot 100 Queen”.
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This song is, without a doubt, one of the biggest, most emblematic hits of the year – it would have easily peaked at #1 on the Hot 100 had the video not been blocked which, in turn, wouldn’t have affected its streams.
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Rihanna is also the only female artist this year to have three “1M+” selling singles in the U.S this year: Work, Needed Me & This Is What You Came For”. ?.
WHO?!
Why didn’t you report about Love on the brain entering the top 40.
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Y’all swear up and down that Rihanna can’t sing and yet she has no problem selling ballads. I mean certain singers have been struggling for the chart stats Rihanna has achieved this year, for over a decade now LOL.
The song is at #34 on the Hot 100 this week.
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Do you know how incredible that is for a song that is just rising on airplay and digital sales primarily, especially in a climate where ‘streaming’ is what largely contributes to chart performances these days? (It’s on-demand streaming isn’t that strong yet).
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All Rihanna needs to do is release a video and the song should explode, however we all know that she has a fetish for self-sabotage and always stops promoting her songs after the second/third single. I honestly don’t know how Rihanna has gone on to become the “second biggest female hitmaker” in Hot 100/chart history whilst doing the latter. Seriously? She sacrifices so many clear hit songs by her laziness at times and yet no other female artist this century is anywhere near her ‘smash-hit’ streak. ???.
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This song has clear, blatant potential to become her next top 10 hit/#1 hit!
I said the same Damn Thang! “WE NEED THAT :LOVE ON THE BRAIN VIDEO ASAP: SHE COULD VERY WELL hit 1 or at least top ten!! Come on DAUGHTER) MAKE THE NAVY HAPPY AND DO They ASS DIRTY 4 XMAS ??????
I wouldn’t call it laziness.. That’s a reach: the girl has been on tour, shot hell of magazine covers, made shoe and sock deals, fashion shows, acting…. She’s clearly not worried about chart positions as much as her fans are.
Rihanna neeeeeeeeeded Work to hit #1 for her to release aunti. 3 flop singles got her scared
How’s Jonathan doing?
But two of those “flop” singles out sold and out charted Perfect Delusion, A-Hole and A Million Excuses. American Oxygen spent more weeks on Billboard than the singles from Johannesburg as well. ?
Not…A-HOLE, & MILLION EXCUSES. I AM SCREAMING….MATT, I F****** HATE YOU. LMAO
Wrong! The direction of the album clearly changed at the last minute. “Work” isn’t a single that you expect to go #1. She took a chance with that single
YASSS Riri! Most influential artist of this generation! They know why they’re madddd… they all wana be you but like Bruno says, your style and unique voice can’t be duplicated!
@MATT.
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“F5S”: #4 Hot 100 Peak; Certified 5X Platinum with Sales of 4.5M+ and an SPS total of 6.5M.
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“Better Have My Money”: #15 Hot 100 Peak; Certified 3X Platinum with sales of 2.5M+ and an SPS total of 4.5M+.
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American Oxygen: #80 Hot 100 Peak; Certified Platinum with sales of 850K and an SPS total of 1.5M+.
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Each of these singles have fared better than any Lady Gaga single since 2013; “American Oxygen”, one of the lowest charting singles in Rihanna’s career, has outsold and outstreamed “Perfect Illusion & Million Reasons” combined. You are in absolutely no position to talk about “flop songs”, Sweetheart. ?.
“American Oxygen”, one of the lowest charting singles in Rihanna’s career, has outsold and outstreamed “Perfect Illusion & Million Reasons” combined. You are in absolutely no position to talk about “flop songs”, Sweetheart.
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LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE AT THE BACK
Congrats Rih !!! ANTI is a solid album. I hope that she does a video for LOTB & SWM & debut it at the Grammys to end the era. But I know that’s a helllova reach ?
Last I checked, this was a post about Aunti’s single number 6 not making it to number 1.
Well, you clearly “thought” wrong. This is, in fact, a post celebrating “Needed Me’s” longevity on the Hot 100 since peaking in the top 10 for 16 weeks.
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Oops.
How can he know that when one of his faves just released an album that came and left like Drake with a stripper and his other fave legit copied Rihanna and is now on her first flight back to the rice fields on the Himalayan Mountains.
It’s not even worth responding to a ‘Little Monster’ at this point. ?.
Zzz. Lame sit down ugly. She’s had multiple success singles this era. Needed Me, work of course, this is what you came for..all successful hits.
Love on the Brain is coming. Joann will not perform better in any way shape or form. Album sales, certifications, singles nothing so take a seat boo.
Just like Beyonce, Rihanna’s here to stay.
Exactly rih is just making major moves faster in her career than bey did. Ooop did I say that? ?✌
Girl bye . You have Selena as your avi . I damn sure hope that’s not your fav ?
Selena had more top 10 hits than bey this year.
She’s still a flop with no talent
Girl but Monica pressed over a flop name brandy
And that ugly squirrel cheek b**** you stan for is a bigger flop than Brandy what’s tea sis
LMAO BRANDY WHO?
Monica is 90s trash bae deal
If “Rihanna: The Queen of the Digital era and the most-certified Female artist in Billboard history; the Queen of the Streaming era and the Female artist with the most colectomy records sold this century thus far” is a “flop”, then what does that make Brandy and Monica?
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Monica is a legend. Rihanna can’t hold a candle to her talent with her big ass 5head
“Monica is a Legend”?
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According to who exactly? Certainly not the general public or respected music critics.
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At this point, Aaliyah has more recurrent sales, streams and airplay than ‘Monica’ and she has been dead for 15 years now.
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Monica is still shitting on your goat fav. Where’s her talent?
Monica is not a legend.Nobody cares about a Monica.She will always be known as some hoodrat competing with Brandy.
Needed Me is so iconic.
LOL BUT WHAT ABOUT KOOLAID’S SINGLES THO? LMAO WHERE’S HOLD UP THIS WEEK? LMAO.
What a minute gul “hold up” now, lol!
Whoever thought that lil ole miss island Rihanna would be the one to save R&B on radio. The song STILL won’t go away on urban and rhythmic radio. I’m like yo, it’s been almost a year let Love On the Brain and S*x With Me get some shine. It has Record of the Year potential. It’s iconic. honestly. truly.
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“S** With Me” needs to have a stadium full of seats. It’s “Love On The Brain’s” time to shine and become a hit.
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I know. I know. Love On the Brain has the potential to be THE most iconic record of Rih’s career with the right video and promotion (like that’s ever going to happen with Rihanna being so anti). However, S*x With Me is a hood anthem. It’s that type of song that dominates urban culture. I just wouldn’t want the same thing to happen to Kiss It Better to happen to LOTB…Yeah I’m STILL p*ssed about that.
By the way, the video is so symbolic; I don’t think people really get the meaning.
In regards to “Kiss It Better”, I understand. The vast majority of the ‘Navy’ is still in distress about its chart performance but what did we really expect the outcome to be when 1) ‘Needed Me’ and ‘This Is What You Came For’ was starting to dominate Urban & Rhythmic radio and Pop & HAC radio respectively and 2) ‘Work’ was just beginning it’s descent whilst ‘Too Good’ was also planning its silent attack aswell? She simply had too many records on the radio that were all fighting to become the biggest hit and “Kiss It Better”, unfortunately, was not able to withstand the contest. Ultimately, she should have never released it alongside “Needed Me” especially when the former was in the early (and rapid-rising) stages of its ascent.
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As I spoke in a comment above, all Rihanna needs to do is release a video for “Love On The Brain” and the song should explode, however we all know that she has a fetish for self-sabotage and always stops promoting her songs after the second/third single. I honestly don’t know how Rihanna has gone on to become the “second biggest female hitmaker” in Hot 100/chart history whilst doing the latter. Seriously? She sacrifices so many clear hit songs by her laziness at times and yet no other female artist this century is anywhere near her ‘smash-hit’ streak. She truly is a silent, albeit incredibly frustrating, genius. ?
Even tho i don’t care about FRIH….U ARE VERY ELOQUENT IN UR DEFENCE OF HER AND HAVE THOSE STATS READY TO CLOCK A B****. I ENJOY HOW U WRITE……RIH BETTER NAME U HER NO 1 FAN.
@iSpeakTruth… That comment was for you, Babe.
Thanks and I agree with you 100. I also believe that Kiss It Better only being serviced to pop radio was its demise as replays of Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber dominate. They wouldn’t understand such a sultry R&B record. In any event, when a masterpiece such as Kiss It Better is your biggest failure, you’re pretty much made of solid diamond.
Rashad- Anti is her 8th Album not 3rd.
‘needed me’ is past tense tho. mmh.
TEAIRRA MARI EP SET TO DROP THIS FRIDAY ON HER BIRTHDAY!!
Who?
What’s a tiara when amongst the Queen’s crown?
ooooh youuuu neeeeded me! If i love this tune ONE more TIME!! JUST ONE MORE TIME, MANNNN #rewind
Joanne will do fine. It’s selling good enough without a hit.
They are mad because Joanne will probably sell as many real units as Anti but without the support of hit singles and with a REAL change of genre. They know the day Rihanna has no hits (and that day comes for everybody) she´ll be finished. If you cannot sell more than those who have no hits when you are having them…
Queen moves for sure 🙂
Love on the brain #34 with zero promo!! i need a christmas themed visual for this song tho, just in time for the holidays
SINGLES queen! ?
Hating ass bitxch
But yet she sells more album WW than your fave
“I was good on my own that’s the way it was…Didn’t I tell you that I was a savage”. Somebody gave me the finger yesterday on the road when I was busy singing while the robot (traffic light) had already turned green.
Needed Me > Work. This deserves number one .
Good for her but she can’t dance