Rihanna sat down with MTV News to talk about her plans for her next studio project. The Bajan’s latest released, ‘Rated R’, has already been certified platinum in the US and sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide. Check out an excerpt from the interview below:
“‘Rated R’, I love the sound of it, in terms of the bass,” Rihanna explained to MTV Korea. “I really like the bottom, the grime of it. But if I were to combine that with more energetic, up-tempo pop records, then I think that will be a happy marriage. And that’s where we’ll probably go next.” {Source}
It’s good to see that Rihanna and her team are already planning for her next release. Limited talent aside, Rihanna is one of the industry’s brightest stars. However, as we’ve seen with Jennifer Lopez, the tide can quickly change and she could be shoved out that door just as quickly as she got in. ‘Rated R’ is a solid album and definitely her best release to date. As much as I enjoyed tracks like ‘Rockstar 101’, I agree that it would be a wise move for her to adopt a different direction on her next LP. Judging by the rapid ascent of ‘Rude Boy’ on the charts, I seems that the public agrees with that as swell.
Yeah,I know this is a Rihanna post but….
Sidenote: NEWS! NEWS! NEWS
An interview with Omar Grant has surfaced online. You’re probably wondering why that is NEWS! Well,Omar Grant is Kelly Rowlands new A&R guy and he spills about Kelly’s new label(Yes. He confirms that her new home is… SURPRISE). He also gives the reader insight into Kelly’s new project and this new era of dance music that she helped “usher in”. He gives the girl her due propers. It’s a great read. Hopefully Sam will post it but if he does not; you can check it out over at Kelly-Rowland.net;the most reliable source for all things Kelly Rowland (the site is being revamped due to a gliche in the sytem,but it is up and running again so go check it out if you haven’t already).
DON’T SLIP ON OUR GIRL SAM. POST THIS INTERVIEW. YOU CAN EVEN POST IT AS THE “BIG NEWS” YOU PROMISED US SO LONG AGO BECAUSE IT IS PRETTY BIG NEWS. This interview does answer some of the publics questions and confirms quite a bit. GOOD STUFF. POST IT,SAM.
WELL HER VOCAL TALENT INCLUDES 3 OCTAVES SOME OF THE LOWEST NOTEST IN THE INDUSTRY
THE MOST UNIQUE ONE ONT HE INDUSTRY
POWER LIKE SHOWN IN UMBRELLA AND RR
SHE AINT NOT HIN-CHICK THAT WILL FLOP SOON LIKE ASHANTI CIARA JANET OR JLO
SHE HAS STRONG VOCALS
NOW SHIPERING THIN NOT LIVE SINGING
SHES SINGS LIVE ALL THE TIME WHICH CIARA NOT JLO NEVER DID
SO SHE AINT WORRIED ABOUT S***
HER ALBUM IS GOLD IN AND PLATINUM IN 6 COUNTIRES ALREADY
SHES GOING HARD ON YALL WACK H***
RB HER 14TH TOP 10 HIT
STAY MAD BC ASHANTI JLO OR CIARA WHO HAVE MORE TALENT (WE CAN LAUGH RIGHT HERE BC THIN VOICES ARE NO TALENT) FLOP WHIEL SOME OEN WITH LIMITED OEN STAYS HERE
ARE U MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD
YES BC U ARE UGLY NO MONEY HAVING WACK ASS B******
Looking foward Rated R was a good ass album, my fave of hers.
poor thing rushing out albums to stay relevant i love how def scam send out that the album sold over a million in the us we all know its not true check hitsdaily
o well she had a nice career but her times up
after the flop that was rated r
we all know def scam is already looking for a new ho to pimp out
soon rihanna will be shipped back to the islands
The next album will probably be GGGB part 2. I like the dark sound on Rated R…I say se should stick with that
@ movieman
DONT GET MAD, GET GLAD BOO!!!
RIHANNA IS DOING IT …..RUDE BOY IS SMASHING AROUND THE GLOBE AND HER ALBUM IS STILL SELLING CONSISTENTLY. SORRY BOOBOO!
I just think Jenny-Lo needs a hit, you know? I loved “Get Right”, even though her vocals weren’t that great. Rihanna’s disc was tight. I think Rihanna might go back to a less dark personna after Rated R as well, but you know, she’s been through quite a bit, so i think it would have been disingenous for her to have an album full of happy songs.
as much as i love Kellz R..why are u postin that info @ Independent Thinker
.. u dont like it when people come in Kelly post and type about rhi or beyonce..so why are you doing it..anyways.. Ok rhi for chasin waterfalls
“I agree that it would be a wise move for her to adopt a different direction on her next LP. Judging by the rapid ascent of ‘Rude Boy’ on the charts, I seems that the public agrees with that as swell.”
as·cent
/əˈsɛnt/ [uh-sent]
–noun
1.
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement
de·scent
/dɪˈsɛnt/ [dih-sent]
–noun
1.
the act, process, or fact of descending.
2.
a downward inclination or slope.
If you’re gonna throw shade at someone, at least use the right word.
@ …
Ascent is the right word. Rude boy is up-tempo.
so…why isnt anyone saying she needs to take a break like Beyonce….and she releases at LEAST an album a year seems like…..*taps foot on floor*
Rihanna does not have the best vocals at all IMO but i got love for her anyway. Congrats Rih!
Rihanna does not have the best vocals at all IMO but i got love for her anyway. Congrats Rih!!
Rated R didn’t hit it’s potential, thats the real reason why a new album is in queue. It did ok, but people didn’t really start paying attention until the 3rd single. “Wait is Ova” crashed n’ burned, “Russian Roulette” did fine overseas, but hit rock bottom over here in the U S of A, “Hard” has had solid success on the R&B charts, and now she is getting some decent shine with “Rude Boy,” the 4th single. She can basically call the album promo done at this point. Some people just didn’t buy the whole “Good Girl Gone Stripper” look, besides, it was an obvious move anyway. So it is back to the drawing board to stay afloat.
Cool, rude boy is one of her best songs, and that’s what people want to see her do.
Because this album underperformed, they will change direction…and that’s a good thing.
HER ALBUM HAS NOT SOLD NO DAMN 2.5 MILLION WORLDWIDE IT SOLD 1.6 MILLION AND IN THE US THE HAS SOLD OVER 600,000 COPIES
Let me just start off by sayin I AM NOT A HATER….but I DO hate her!! I am so damn sick of her & She has abolute nothing to offer me be beauty. IN MY OPINION, she cant dance or sing & as a performer those things should go hand in hand if you’re gonna put out ish lik ‘Rude Boy’ & ‘Hard’ but i must admit tha cd does provide me with just the rite amount of bumpage…
RIRI is doing fine… get it Riri…love her
damn, 2.5 million albums in 3 months.. THAT RIHANNA REIGN JUST WONT LET UP!
@ben
wait is ova wasnt a single, it was just a video for her website and a promo video.
Rated R was her best album, it is a million times better then Good Girl Gone Bad, but then again, people nowadays only listen to stupid meaningless music, that’s why she only did “ok” with this album
[QUOTE]people nowadays only listen to stupid meaningless music, that’s why she only did “ok” with this album[/QUOTE]
So true! The only reason crap ‘artists’ like Rihanna, Lady Gaga and others are charting is beacuse of the gimmick associated with them. They have no wisdom nor anything meaningful to convey.
@Nicky a.k.a. HIHIHI
is it really that serious to change into different usernames?Grow up already you obviously have issues and are obsessed over a stranger that really doesn’t give a damn about you until you pay 99 cents for her album smh. And yes this is a SANE rihanna fan saying this
COOL CHICK
I SWEAR ON MY MTOHERFUCKING LIFE
IM NOT NICKY
PLEASE TGJ POST OUR IPS AND SEE IF WE ARE THE SAME
SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST DUMB
I ONLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLY POST UNDER HIHIHI
i hope she keeps this darker sound but still adds the up tempo, commercial sound that she had on GGGB. Rated R really is a good album, apart from two songs, i love it!
Rihanna is rushing the album because the album isn’t taking off the way the hoped it would. They tried to capital off her drama but her fans didnt want to hear all that depressing stuff. So it make sense for them to throw her back in the studio to make a more upbeat album.
2.5 million. come on now, U A DAMN LIE.
if rihanna had sold 2.5 mil the stans on here would be the first ones on here bragging bout it,,,,wasnt 2 weeks ago one of the stan claim rihanna sold over 1,6 million so far….
rated r didnt even go platinum in the U.S..sold over 600k thats it.
she needs to sit her a** down, and get some singing lessons, dancing lessings, stage presence lessons.
then she can release another album. she needs to come hard with a different look.cause S** DOESNT ALWAYS SELL.,,,
Sam
Are you gonna post on Crackney’s trainwreck performance in Australia?
http://www.popeater.com/2010/02/23/whitney-houstons-train-wrecks-in-australia/
WHITNEY HOUSTON IS BACK ON CRACK!
WHITNEY HOUSTON IS BACK ON CRACK!
UM TRENT, YOU MIGHT WANNA RESEARCH BEFORE YOU POST SOME BULL LIKE 2.5 MILLION COPIES. NO SIR, CHECK YA FACTS!
NOW EVERYBODY KNOW DAMN WELL RATED R ONLY SOLD 1.6 MILLION WORLDWIDE AND NOT 2.5 MILLION! WHY THEY TRYING TO MAKE HER SALES SOUND BETTER BY LYING! THAT’S SO DESPERATE!!!!! RATED R ONLY SOLD 630,000 COPIES IN U.S AND 1.6 MILLION WORLDWIDE….LOL!!
THAT RIHANNA REIGN WONT START UP…..
OH AND I THINK IT WILL BE A GREAT MOVE FOR HER IF SHE RELEASES MORE UP-TEMPO SONGS LIKE “RUDE BOY” I THINK THAT’S HER STRONG POINT.
went and did my research, RATED R actually sold over 2 million worldwide people..
it only took 3 months. congratulations Rihanna. congratulations, on shitting on the music industry and showing real singers and people with actual talent that, u dont need acual talent or any singing abilities to sell 2 milllion in 3 months.
just show ur a** naked in every magazine, and suck ur boss d***…’
all jokes aside, I may not be rihannas biggest fan, am glad RATED R didnt flop as bad.
I wonder how many cds DEF JAM bought for themselves to save face. cause i still cant believe that bish sold 2 mil…
now the stans can shut the fugg up bout how RATED R didnt flop
u should state ur opinion as opinions and not facts. you think rated r is her best work it dosen’t make it true you know other ppl may prefer Good girl gone bad or the island vibe of her first album.
@free
well she sold 7M or whatever with Good Girl Gone Bad and she wasnt naked, this only shows that s** doesnt sell all the time and the haters can stop with that s*** ” she only gets sucess because she shows her body ” well, her sales are not that high comparing to GGGB and she was posing with clothes in that time
Independent thinker …i like the way you think lol – repping hard for my girl – i can see a real fan is showing love and i read the interview at her official fansite – kelly-rowland.net – check it out for more fun fact about our girl!!
Sam & Trent, more posts like this is what we need. I think it’s fine for ya’ll to express your opinion, and its cool that you generally don’t like Rihanna, but the bashing of the past few months was insane. Post like these still get ya’ll a ton of comments, and its not filled with negativity.
Keep it up! It seems like TGJ is finally going back to the site we all loved!
I swear some of these stans got to much time on thier hands. I said SOMETIMES S** DOESNT SELL WELL..rihanna is an example of that. yes in rihanna’s situation it can go both ways, showing her naked a** actually give her some high numbers.it actually give her some low numbers too..THATS Y I MEANT WHEN I SAID, “S** DOESNT ALWAYS SELL WELL.
rihanna wasnt naked for GGGB? really Mmmm..thats a lie..u mean shes wasnt as naked as she is now.
GGGB didnt sell 7 million
GGGB and GGGB reloaded sold over 7.6 million worldwide combine…meaning they add up the first sale for gggb with the re released..
the stans keep forgetting that the reason that GGGB did so well because it was re released 15 million times.
the first time it was released it flopped thats y they re released it…
@ FREE
GGGB SOLD OVER 8 MILLION TO DATE. 7.6 M IS A NUMBER FROM 2008 BOOBOO.
BEYONCE IASF WAS RELEASED 5 X BOOBOO
REGULAR
DELUXE
PLATINUM
REMIX W/VIDEOS
NOV. ANNIVERSARY EDITION
B**** PLEASE!!!!!!!
HATERS ARE GETTING ALOT QUIET THESE DAYS.
RIHANNA JUMPED UP 20 SPOTS ON THE BILLBOARD CHART ………THAT RIHANNA REIGN JUST WONT LET UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RUDE BOY IS SMASHING THE CHARTS WORLDWIDE.
SHE HAS A TOUR BEING PRODUCED BY JAMIE !!!!!!! HE ONLY DOES SUPERSTARS!!!!
MADONNA, BRITNEY, CHRISTINA AND NOW RIHANNA!!!!!!
BYE B******!!!
Disturbia got her those extra sales…her re-releasing GGGB was the best thing that could have happened. She is still a flop….thats why she is switching it back to her “pop” sound because her more urban sound didnt generate enough sales this time around. Good luck to her.
Rihanna is showing bishes how to get album sales and critical praise with Rated R… no album like it!!! damn shes a go getta! 🙂
1.6 Million w.w Trent
@Nicky I am sasha Fierce sold 6 million copies already ww.Anyway who cares I am not getting some that money neither do you so stfu
Keep doing what you do Rihanna, lots of people lose record deals because they can’t go platinum.
I’m sorry but she has not sold that much world wide! it’s maybe at 1.3 world wide but 2.5!!! She has popularity not talent and L.A. is keeping her in the main stream something he has not done with the artist we know can sing on that label… Keep doing my foot, they keep buying slots. Has anyone noticed that they dont show her Clairol commercial anymore are any other?
rihanna is at the 1.6, or barely at the 2 million mark not 2.5? Where did TGJ get this bogus info from?
but i loves her! and 1.6 is still a good number even tho i believe it should have been higher for an artist of her caliber and all the promo she had
Dania Rameriz is CoverGirl’s “New-Fresh-Face”, a title/crown formerly worm by Ms. Robyn Rihanna Fenty! Now I saw the crowds ‘boo-and-hiss’ at Whitley, just-today, while SHE was performing in Australia; now I ask you: just WHO will come-out to see, or HEAR HER perform? …Who, in their right-mind(s), will “shell-out” their ‘hard-earned’ Australian dollars to go and see her? ….I swear – the “Rihanna-Reign media-machine” is working overtime!
I’m telling y’all, she no-longer has CBreezy to blame – OR USE – as scapegoat, to gain sympathy from a NOW-suspicious, and weary public. So after the high-drama that surrounded “Rated-R”, just how will SHE get anyone to notice her? Matt Kemp is NOT CBreezy! CBreezy ‘will-return’: The recent-antics of one Charlie “I’ll-knife-a-b****” Sheen; Elin “I”m-swingin’-in-the-rough” Woods; and Mary J. “I am”-“Stronger”-with-every-punch Blige – will SEE to that!! …Rihanna has NO-Talent ….. NO concept OF talent; not-the-slightest notion of showmanship, nor Stage-presence! What she gives is the “promise of some p****!” …But even THAT TOO gets tired, if NOT, down-right scary: if you dread a visit to the nearest public health clinic; S**’s are NEVER-in-vogue!
X,Y,”and Z” — OUT!!
@NICKY…what kind of fan stan are u if u always making up s*** just to prove a stupid point.
GGGB sold 7.6 million in the yr 2010 period. thats how much it sold so far.
now u bringing up beyonce, sweety rihanna cant and will never never I repeat never be on beyonces level.
beyonces talent s*** on all rihannas talent. hell beyonces album sells s*** on all rihannas album sells.
I hate when the rihanna stans makes me defend beyonce’s annoying ass.
if u dont know what u talking bout, just dont make up s*** and shut the fugg up.
@ x,y and z
y u love rihanna so? that no matter how many rih postS u can’t stop ur self from commenting YET U HATE HER SO? ur favorite song is i hate that i love u so by neyo & rihanna?it’s gotta b! the song totally expresses all the things u really can’t say.
whether it’s love or hate… u can’t seem to keep rihanna name outta ur mouth!
wow.. i know rihanna said there is so much power in her name but damn u proof her right!
u real mad right?…seeing RIHANNA name in bold really gets u? u hate her? can’t stand her? i hope u got an UMBRELLA ella ella b’cus u know what? i’m sorry to report to u that …..
THAT RIHANNA REIGN AIN’T GONNA LET UP!!!!
So glad Rihannia is returning to her uptempo/pop roots. I loved GGGB. And her singles use to rock hard in the clubs.
I really hate the direction with Rated R. The overly slutty image (there is a difference between being s*** with a twist of class and just looking trashy) and boring/dark music has been a disaster from the start. I was highly anticipating new music from Rihanna but this era has totally turned me off…She needs to return with the uptempo real hits. Rude Boy is a step in the right direction, but I find it underwhelming. Hard is really the only song I can appreciate on the album.
I hope she realizes that exhorbitant promotion and prancing around naked don’t always push albums. I am glad Rated R did not totally flop because her label probably still has faith in her revenue potential and she may follow up with a stronger album.
people keep saying that RATED R is a bad album. actually I think the critics were right when they said, Rated R was is so far the best album rihanna released. I listen to the whole album, its actually good. its rihanna nasal voice that kept fuggin up my concentration.
but all that aside. the album really didnt sell 2 million. its not hating if u actually go and look up the facts. first week sold 180k, second week went down 70% in sales, 3 week went up 40% in sells, than magically 6 weeks later rihanna sold over 1mill copies.
now 12 weeks later DEF JAM expect us to believe rihanna sold 2.5 million copies by herself..
come on now DEF JAM, i know yall have to save face, because its obvious yall overspend on rihanna.
i guess they finaly add up all the pity sells
caribbean girls dont dance we ‘wine’ or ‘whine’ however u guys wanna spell it it dont matter so she can never be a dancer like ciara or beyonce or anything. caribbean girls ar not choreographed or anything like that for the most part. wining/whining is inante to most (especially trini’s i swear to god that’s some true s***) of us that’s why she does it cuz she has to learn to dance still. apart from that, i tend to agree a lil wit everybody. she cant sing but she does well, we will never understand why…maybe her lack of vocal ability is considered a unique voice to most or absolute mess to others, who cares?atleast she is kinda popular worldwide if not in d states… thats great for her, she needs to find her niche and maybe a fusion of pop,island vibes and r&b might work for her. i aint her biggest fan but i can listen to some not all of her songs (cuz god alone knows how d hell u ppl could listen to rockstar101 no matter how good slash is!!) hope she gets her s*** together cuz honey if jlo could get so famous after underwhelming albums, worse performances and an even worse voice, who d ass is a pretty, young, moderately talented rihanna right?? girl get your numbers(or lack of numbers, whichever way you ppl wanna put it), your money (cuz no matter how crappy or not crappy or how little or how much albums u sell u still gettin it) then fly your ass back home to barbados and laugh at every f’in body lol.
pity and s** sells even if everybody dont agree she used it to her advantage, i mean robin givens made mad money after she got beat by her boxer ex husband. like it or not she doing good.
who wants to mad at this, oh well
lol, i made some boo boos, you guys can discern the errors i hope. i meant inate
@Tratre – “Power in her name?!?” … Well, there sure is: “Power in her name” as much as there’s “power in Chris Brown’s name!” To have, yes, an admitted-unfortunate incident, on Feb 8th 09, but to THEN “disappear” ; to THEN be linked to, no-less than 6 men, but ONLY after 8 months, just BEFORE your CD is to be released to do an interview with some 8 million watching; I’d say that “power” of hers was “misappropriated” and wantonly-mishandled!
….That said, Rihanna is a Liar, a User – an Aggressor and Instigator – who ALSO smashed bottles upside HER brother’s head and BRAGGED ’bout it during an ’07 interview! …Other than that, I think she’s a wonderful individual and even-better role model!
X,Y,”and Z” — OUT!!
LOL@X,Y,andZ
That was kind of fast. How long has Rated R been out?
I’m sorry but to be real…ALICIA,BEYONCE,RIHANNA, & LADY GAGA are toppin all these other ladies at the moment and I ain’t mad!! Get real people these ladies are bad a$$ and you know it haha!!!!
JUST SAYIN DON’T HATE!!!