Rihanna made her grand return to music with her new song ‘Lift Me Up’ from the ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ soundtrack.
And the haunting hymn is delivering grand results for the Bajan belle.
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Unlocked yesterday (October 28), the track (which was co-written by Tems) serves as the first taste of original material from the superstar (as a lead artist) since the 2016 release of her ‘ANTI’ album.
Clearly, the appetite for fresh material from Rihanna is at an all-time high. Because ‘Lift Me Up’ is bulldozing records left and right.
On US radio, the track has hit a seismic all-format audience of 26.613 million.
In doing so, it delivers the highest Stateside radio debut of the year so far. It also serves as the highest radio launch of Rihanna’s career.
[It should be noted that ‘Lift Me Up’ benefitted from a radio deal that saw it played every hour on the hour on certain formats]
Meanwhile, on the streaming scene, ‘Lift Me Up’ has hit #1 on Apple Music in 45 countries as of writing. While, on Spotify, the song debuts at #3 on the global tally with first day streams of 7.605 million.
That Rihanna reign just won’t let up! Congrats!
Congratulations well deserved!
Not when she’s paid for radio play
Everyone storm out and left the group chat for sure💅🏾 Even little kids are running away from her goatish mediocre vocals
You’re always mad at every artist with great streams/sales, that’s what happened when you’re a bitter hater with no life. Envious of the sucess of others, that’s sad.
Rightttttttt… she might scores a high debut but it will fell off chart within a month💅🏾 Mark my words hunnie
You will never achieve a quarter of everything she has done, mark my words bitter hater.
She not even number 1 in iTunes though lies and fake stats 26 million in radio 1 day lies
And from a radio deal where it was played every hour. So they cheated the radio plays, these are not organic.
I can almost feel the jealousy through these comments. Look at theseTwo hating a** heauxs
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Does it hurt? It’s giving painful. It pains you to see the queen return doing QUEEN SHÏT. Oh well get used to it, there’s way where that came from. You know tightens is the queen of setting and breaking records and at this point she’s only outdoing herself cause the other girls ain’t.
Rihanna: Second most #1 Hot 100 songs for a female artist EVER (4th overall) and young enough to accumulate more. Be VERY MAD
I love seeing a Queen doing Queen s**** and breaking records without payola – Taylor Swift. Rihanna will never come close.
Well her views and streams are quite organic and high considering she didn’t use bots and fake views like Taylor alison swift, I think the 6 years hype is gonna give her her 15th number 1 single, I definitely see it taking the number 1 spot from anti hero
Not one time in the article it say the word iTunes
You’re all SO SLOW!
If it’s smashing streaming records, it’s likely to be doing well on iTunes too, and it isn’t. GET IT NOW? Slow dumb fück!
Very sketchy. Like someone said she couldn’t even top iTunes (I Know iTunes doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things but that’s VERY telling). If indeed she is storming the radio it’s due to payola or radio deals. No ones requesting songs on the radio anymore. The public response to the single has been dismal. I’m sure its NOT what Roc Nation expected after a 6 year musical silence. The Nhevi can continue to make excuses “ItS fOr A sOuNdTrAcK” ok??? but it’s Rihanna. The song is mid and her voice is shot.
LMAOOO HOWS CUFF IT DOING SIS, NOT EVEN TOP 50 SO WHERES YOUR ESSAY ABOUT THAT FLOP LMAOOOOO 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@CUFF IT BISHES… If not iTunes, how are you measuring public response? Where’s the data to back up your claim?
It’s strange that all of a sudden everyone is breaking a supposed record. It must be the new marketing strategy from the labels
Yes! Artists today are mostly nothing like what they used to be, but the industry loves to report that they’re breaking records from the likes of Michael and Mariah as though the bar hasn’t been lowered with new criteria in the digital age.
You clowns are so mad 😂😂😂 eggs to the face 🤡 🍳
She makes success look so easy lol. These b*tches will never catch up lmaoo
LMAOOO EXACTLY, QUEEN RI WAKES UP TO HITS, THE ROACH HAS TO USE PAYOLA AND TIK TOK AND SHE STILL FLOPS LMAOOO 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Rihanna used a radio deal. Reading is fundamental…
You wish you were black so bad 😂
If she makes success look so easy, why did she have to pay for it? And you have the nerve to talk about Taylor releasing 4 vinyl editions… At least people bought them and she didn’t have to resort to buying them herself.
You seem triggered! Lmao! This is just a sound track honeypot
“Just a soundtrack” then why is she so scared to fail that she has to pay for her success? The only one triggered is Rihanna.
The same way she gave away A MILLION FREE COPIES of Anti through Samsung 🤣
Giving away a million free copies of your album to ensure you go platinum is pure fear right there, hunnie. Taylor SOLD a million PURE SALES in one week.
⬆️ triggered 🤪
She makes great music and thats all that matters. And being a billionaire taylor has like 20 years to catch up lmaoo
Is that your pic??
She does make great music, yes. She is a royal pop princess. But Lift Me Up is basic. If you like it, then you must be basic too and easily pleased.
Nope i just love rih and everything she does plus all her music. There’s somethin bout her
Oh gosh, how very sad
LMAOOO MEANWHILE CUFF IT IS FLOPPING LEFT AND RIGHT AND SIDEWAYS WHILE QUEEN RI IS ON HER WAY TO HER 15th NUMBER ONE SONG LMAOOOOO 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ur such a hater 🤣 meanwhile ur ugly and broke and nobody knows you
LOL BYTCH I CAN BUY AND SELL YOUR UGLY EBT ASS AND ROACH WILL STILL BE A FLOP SO STFU AND GO CALL YOUR CASEWORKER FOR MORE BENEFITS LMAOOO 🤣🤣🤣🤣
LMAOOO FIRST TAYLOR NOW RIRI, THAT BUG DIDNT STAND A CHANCE AGAINST THE QUEENS OF MUSIC LMAOOO 🤣🤣🤣🤣
All these h*** richer and prettier than you. Ur so obsessed with numbers like you could do any of them 😆🤣🤣🤣 btch doesn’t even know mathematics 🧮
LOL YOU REALLY MAD THAT BUG IS GETTING CRUSHED LMAOOOO KEEP FUMING DUMMY CUZ IT AINT OVER LMAOOO, DO YOU EVEN HAVE A JOB BYTCH LMAOOOO
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A radio deal is payola.
So you mean benefitted from “payola”?
“Shatters radio record” from paying for radio play
Flop! Flop! Flop! It’s Beyoncé, Adele and Taylor’s world!!!! No room for a retiree like Rihanna
You can tell she didn’t take her extended time off to perfect her craft. Her vocals are lacking to say the least. I’m expecting her SB performance to be a disaster of epic proportions. SHe’s never been a singer OR performer and that’s just what it is. Oh yeah, the songs a flop.
ALL OF THIS
I expect Riri to have a strong debut on the Hot 100 but will it last??? Hmmm the consensus doesn’t seem to care for the song honestly. We shall see
THE SONG’S A FLOP! SHE’S SO AFRAID TO FLOP SHE USES PAYOLA FOR RADIO DEALS AND GAVE ANTI AWAY FOR FREE TO GO PLATINUM 😅😅😅😅😅
SHE GOT FAT AND LAZY FROM BEING A BILLIONAIRE OFF OF CHILD SLAVÈS DOING HER WORK FOR HER AND NOW WITH ALL THAT MONEY SHE DOESN’T HAVE TO LIFT A SINGLE FAT FINGER BECAUSE SHE CAN JUST PAY FOR A HIT OR GIVE IT AWAY FOR FREE TO GET THE NUMBERS UP LIKE SHE DID WITH ANTI
This! She pays pennies to children in s***** labor camps whilst charging $1100 for a pair of shades which is affordable to how many of her fans? Her road to being a billionaire was shady af
Talking to yourself again lmao.
i dont see anyone complaining bout it except you. She’s smart hence the wealth. Nobody stupid can accumulate wealth so easily
Exactly, no one complains about her using child s****** to make millions upon millions of dollars. But they do complain that white men used black s****** to make millions upon millions of dollars. Where is the difference? Except it being worse for Rihanna as she explored children.
It’s not about being smart, it’s about being evil. Nobody with a morale compass can accumulate wealth so easily. It doesn’t work that way.
I guess she’s wanted by the for being shady. Havd you ever created a business??
It’s why her clothing line was shut down.
She never had to lift a finger in her career EVER!!!! She’s the poster child for mediocrity. She can’t sing, can’t dance, can’t write, can’t produce, can’t play any instruments yet is coddled more than any other artist I can think of. She has no creative input in her career whatsoever. All of this and she never tried to improve. It’s a slap in the fact to real artistry. Pretty privilege at its finest.
Agreed. She was told what songs to sing, what to wear and when. Even singing the songs exactly like the demos and not even putting her own stamp on them. Lazy. There is nothing authentic about Rihanna. She was a nothing but a puppet.
*by the FBI
What can the FBI do about child släve labor camps in Asia? Are you dumb? This is why people keep it overseas like that. Do I have to school you on the basics?!
A simple Google search will suffice for you…
@Shayla: correct! We still don’t know who Rihanna truly is as an artist. Clearly she doesn’t either. Everything about her is manufactured. She inspired most of the talentless hacks we see today. Don’t get me wrong she had a cute moment but now that she’s older (and fatter) it’s no longer appealing. True talent always prevails.
Hahahaha
you so funny! Rihanna cant sing? So all her music was sung by shayla. Tell us your youtube we’d love to hear your voice. You cant change her legacy. But you can do something to change your life
Try it too, get some demos and become a puppet maybe you’ll become famous. If it was that way everyone would be famous. Im sure you dont want to be broke. Get some slaves for your business too lmaoo. Grow up please
Grow up? No, open your eyes.
“You cannot ‘earn’ a billion dollars, you can only exploit, extract and wrongfully hoard this kind of wealth. Rihanna being a Black woman or the owner of Boohoo being a brown man being billionaires does not deserve praise. Capitalism with a brown or Black face isn’t progress.”
https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/rihanna-billionaire-fenty-leftists-backlash-child-labor-india/
@Headdoctor
So refreshing to see someone speak facts. Whenever facts are spoken on here, you immediately get called a “hater.” They really do need a “headdoctor,” so you arrived just on time.
Rich people are living life and all you do is downtalk bout them instead of working harder to live a better life lmaoo
Nothing can change her status lmaoo stay mad
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Go report it somewhere maybe her money will be taken away lmaoo. You cant change anything bout her status other than being mad. People kill to get rich and you bring up this rubbish
Oh hello there Jynkx, it’s been a while 😉
WOOF!
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Beyoncé returned after 6 years with a masterpiece. Rihanna returned as a tone def version of Tems lmaoooo. She’s such a poser.
Monica still in hiding!!! Where is Trenches lmaooo
I thought you said you liked the song, Tongue’Fcukk?
Oh s*** I thought all these commentators came off as the same person. Who does that? For what reason?
You love talking to yourself shayla
Richest popstar. Haters mad
Don’t think this is going to be the blockbuster comeback everyone expected but it could do well during Xmas season if it stays afloat
As long as she keeps paying for radio play.
It’s not a comeback sis🙄
It’s a single for a soundtrack. Her comeback will be in February. Stay tuned haters😘
Stfu b*tch uon know sh*t
DELUSIONS!!!! THIS IS CONSIDERED A COMEBACK. BIG RIH HASNT DROPPED A LEAD SINGLE IN 6 YEARS. IF THE SONG WAS SLAYING YALL WOULD BE SINGING ANOTHER TUNE BUT HERE WE ARE LMAO😘
Who asked you f**. See y’all haters at Super Bowl 😘
She’s lost everything about her that made her special. She’s now lifeless and soulless.
She’s a billionaire so she more than special meanwhile you still a peasant lmaoo
You a peasant sat on here all day like a homeless man on a sidewalk
@Tyler
Yaaaaaaaaaaas drag that loser bum! SCREAMING! 🤣
Im here meanwhile my businesses running lmao, i can buy your life peasant
You don’t got no business when you here 24/7. You live on this site like a homeless man on a sidewalk desperate for any little crumb someone throw at you
He always runs his mouth but never backs it up. You can be whoever you want behind a screen, huh…
We all know he’s broke it’s obvious 😂😂😂
Broke, lonely and has been badly bullied most of his life.
He displays the classic traits *sigh*
If i had the money you have id kill myself lmaooo
I think you already died inside a long time ago. You are empty, hurt and alone.
Projection
In one of the previous posts you said your naturally toxic lmaoo this means you grew in abject poverty Lol
You can’t keep using projection as a comeback. I’m stating basic, universal human psychology from what you’re displaying.
Im basing on your previous comment and your bitter, toxic nature lmaoo.
“lmaoo” “lmaoo”
The fact that you need to laugh at everything is another indicator. You’re laughing over your deep-rooted pain, fear and loneliness.
What happened to you? Who hurt you? Did it begin when you were a child?
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You mean seeing people happy/laughing annoys you?? Were you molested or r**** as a child lmao
Im always happy and have alot to laugh about. Sorry if it bothers you since you’re naturally toxic and high
Laughing about being r**** or molested as a child is more toxic than anything you could ever accuse anyone else of. This is why you continuously speak of projection as you project that other people are projecting. R*** and molestation of children is not something to laugh about.
So u starting to get sensitive? Lol! Who knew shayla would get soft. Lmao
You need to be beat tf out of fr!
I am soft. And sensitive. And empathic. And loving. And kind. And loyal.
Traits you seem to lack.
Who raised you? If anyone.
Laughing at child molestation is deeply disturbing.
If it happened to you sorry bout that! People who do such stuff shd be hanged. But i love when you get emotional
The song is god awful! You lying to yourselfs!
Kiss my ass til you come back swinging Rih k thanks bye
THE SONG IS DRAINING AS F***. SHE TOOK TOO LONG OF A BREAK. RADIO SILENCE FOR 6 YEARS JUST TO COME BACK WITH A F****** TIRED ASS LULLABY LOL. SHE THOUGHT SHE ATE IT TOO LMAO. I KNOW ONE THING THE LEAD SINGLE FOR #R9 BETTA DELIVER OR SHES DONEZO
I hate to say it but I agree. There doesn’t seem to be much buzz around her at all at the moment
She isn’t exactly being welcomed back with open arms…
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The queen is back
Whether the track is a hit or miss, Rihanna is still WORTH more than ur FAVs.
At this point, music is simply a SIDE HUSTLE for Rihanna.
She is THEE current standard for Female POP stars.
She WAS the standard for pop stars but hasn’t been since 2012 when she released only one album in the last ten years. That standard is now Taylor Swift who continuously puts out new music. Also, Rihanna was a singles artist. She was never an albums seller.
Rihanna is THEE current standard when it comes to VARIETY within’ Pop music, then branching out and successfully taken on more profitable Industries.
UNCOMMON for Female Pop stars.
Nope, you don’t say that. You said, and I quote “She is THEE current standard for Female POP stars.” Now you’ve changed it to “Rihanna is THEE current standard when it comes to VARIETY within’ Pop music, then branching out and successfully taken on more profitable Industries.” You can’t do that. Nope. Sorry. Taylor Swift is THEE current standard for female POP stars, and you will seethe.
I didn’t change anything.
I simply EXPLAINED why:
“She is THEE current standard for Female POP stars.”
You’re crazy as fück 🤣 Just shut up lol
How is your ass not locked away? 😂
You stan Kayne, and ur calling me crazy, lol
Everyone you stan are DRAMA Queens.
And that’s part of the reason they get press.
Kanye isn’t crazy, he is THEE True Tea.
All the Navy ever brags about is her MoNeY, beauty and #1 singles. Never her talent. It’s quite telling don’t you think?
Thats the True Tea whether you like it or not
Because she has none.
Can’t dance, can’t sing, can’t act, can’t even write the majority of her own songs or make her own clothing and beauty products.
Yet she is still WORTH more than ur FAVs, lol
So when a B*tch wanna know to get coins, she’s gonna learn from the BEST.
Nope. Some people would rather earn money the honest way and by using their SKILLS. Something Rihanna lacks.
She has no skills yet everything she touches become a success and/or turns to GOLD.
You’re mad because she’s on a another LEVEL.
While ur FAV is playing catch up.
Oh hunnie, the only one playing catch-up is Rihanna to Taylor with sales. Taylor doesn’t want to exploit child s****** for a billion $.
This new single isn’t a success which is why she’s paid for radio play to break the record 🤣🤣🤣
As usual, cheating her way!
Taylor just did a million in PURE SALES in less than a week. When will Rihanna?
“But Rihanna is worth more!” So what. Not everyone gives a damn about having a much money as possible, no matter who we have to exploit or enslave. That’s what you have to do when you have NO REAL TALENT.
Not everyone gives a damn about having a much money as possible
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Yet you constantly mention how Taylor has sold more than other artists, lol
Everyone don’t give damn how many records she has sold. For some ppl, she is mediocre.
As usual, cheating her way!
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You cannot speak on cheating when you accept mediocre talent raking in millions hunnie.
For many, the money shouldn’t matter when you have bare minimum talent.
And you’ll agree unless it’s Taylor 😂 😂
Such a f*cking HYPOCRITE.
Taylor just did a million in PURE SALES in less than a week. When will Rihanna?
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And those PURE sales still doesn’t elevate her above Rihanna when comes to being a wealthy POP star.
This clearly shows Rihanna is more resourceful when it comes to wealth.
The music Industry is struggling & Rihanna came out on TOP.
Case CLOSED!!!!
Because Rihanna’s only discernible talent is being pretty and these days she’s barely giving that. She looks washed up and sings like Kermit the frog …. HeR nEtWoRtH tHo…. Haha she looks older than Beyonce who’s 8 years her senior.
Points made @TrueTea
This song is very powerful and is very emotional and it is great to hear Rihanna’s voice again and you should go see the new black panther movie