Update: 12 May 2019
Rihanna Fenty smashed over a dozen of World Records
RiRi smashed many world records along her 16 years career, including the Best Selling Digital Artist (US) and The First Female Artist to have UK.1 singles in seven consecutive years.
Rihanna Fenty rose to fame quickly, setting her first world record in 2007 for best debut on the US Dance Club Play chart. She currently holds the record titles for Most cumulative weeks on UK singles chart by a female (1127).
- In 2015, Robyn Fenty became The first act to achieve 100 million RIAA single certifications in the USA.
- In 2016, Rihanna’s songs amazed 2.9 billion streams on Spotify and was most Streamed Female Artist for three years in a row.
Rihanna was ranked as the best-selling download female act in the UK.
The Barbados Queen broke the incredible world record after selling over 2.5 million downloaded songs in the UK, between September 2005 and December 2008.
Between 2016-2017, Rihanna’s eighth album, Anti, produced 8 UK chart-toppers, ranking her as the artist with Most #1 songs from one album.
Riri scored the Best Start on
the Hot Dance Club Play chart.
On 8 December 2007, Rihanna Fenty scored the best debut on the US Dance Club play chart ranking at No.1 with her seventh release ‘Shut Up And Drive.’
- All six previously released songs from her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), have accomplished this incredible feat.
- Riri is the only artist to have scored five #1 songs in a calendar year on the Dance Club Songs Chart.
Rihanna is The First Female Artist with the Most #1 singles in a calendar year (US)
In 2010, Rihanna Fenty became the first female singer to score four #1 singles along a year, two singles as a solo-act:
“Rude Boy,” and “Only Girl (In The World),”
“Love the Way You Lie” feat. Eminem, and “What’s My Name?” feat. Drake.
In 2016, when her song “Work” ranked at #1 on the Hot 100 chart, Rihanna became the first and only artist with seven consecutive studio albums, which all have produced No.1 singles on the chart.
Rihanna holds the record for the Most Cumulative Weeks on the UK Singles chart in one year.
In 2008, Riri smashed a female record for the most cumulative weeks on the UK singles chart in a year with 129 weeks, which now ranks as the 6th best total for a calendar year.
In 2011, Rihanna Fenty smashed again the record, this time she amassed 224 weeks in a calendar year – 61 weeks more than her nearest rival, Adele (163 weeks). Rihanna’s world record has not been surpassed yet.
- Eight years later, she amassed an incredible total of 1127 cumulative weeks on the UK Singles chart, ranking on third place overall after Elvis Presley (1305 weeks) and Cliff Richard (1178 weeks).
Presley, Cliff Richard, Rihanna, and Ed Sheeran (1052 weeks) are the only artists to surpass the 1000 weeks threshold in the UK Singles Chart.
Rihanna holds the record for most consecutive years of UK #1 singles.
In the first instance, Rihanna broke the world record for the only female artist to have UK No.1 singles in five consecutive years (2007– 2011).
Two years later, Rihanna became the first female with seven consecutive years of UK No.1 singles. (2011-2013)
“Umbrella” in 2007. “Take a Bow” in 2008.
“Run this Town” (Jay-Z, Kanye West and Rihanna in 2009)
“Only Girl (In the World)” in 2010.
“What’s My Name?” featuring Drake in 2010.
“We Found Love” featuring Calvin Harris in 2011.
“Diamonds” in 2012.
“The Monster” Eminem feat. Rihanna in 2013.
In the entire history of the Official UK Singles Chart, only two acts beside Rihanna scored #1 singles in seven consecutive years.
- Elvis Presley (14 singles) between 1957-63 and The Beatles (17 singles) between 1963–69.
Most simultaneous hits on UK singles chart by a solo living female artist.
In 2011, Rihanna Fenty had the most simultaneous UK chart entries by a living solo female with seven, achieved for three consecutive weeks 4, 11 and 18 June.
- Rihanna earned this record title after Amy Winehouse died, and 9 years later, her record still hasnt been surpassed.
In August 2011 after her death, Amy Winehouse became the artist with most posthuman new entries in the UK top 75 with eight singles. One year later it was surpassed by the late Whitney Houston, with 12 posthuman simultaneous chart entries.
The Best-Selling Digital Songs Artist (US).
In 2012, Rihanna became The Best-Selling Artist (Digital Singles), after shipping a total of 58 million digital singles units in the US throughout her career.
- As of October 2017, she sold 120.5 million units according to RIAA and was named the Digital Songs Artist of the 2000s decade.
- In June 2018, Drake surpassed Rihanna after has been certified for 163.5 million digital singles.
Currently, Rihanna ranks secondly on the Top Artists (Digital Singles) chart, with 125 million units, followed by Taylor Swift (120).
Most consecutive weeks on the UK singles chart (with multiple singles).
Between the #1 debut of “Run this Town” on 12 September 2009 and the final chart appearance of “Diamonds” on 8 June 2013, Rihanna spent a record-breaking of 196 consecutive weeks in the Top 75 of the UK singles chart.
Rihanna charted with 30 different singles between September 2009 and June 2013, including 23 entries as the lead singer.
- On 6 June 2012, while spending her 145th successive week inside the UK Top 75, Rihanna surpassed Elvis Pressly’s male record (144 consecutive weeks between 1960-1963).
- On 6 April 2013, while spending her 187th successive week on the UK Top 75, Rihanna passed the previous record-holder for the most consecutive weeks ever, The Shadows. (186 weeks between 1959-62)
Rihanna was the Artist with Most Digital #1 Singles in the US.
Robyn Fenty was the first artist ever to score 14 Number-One Hits on Digital Songs chart. Currently, Rihanna ranks #2, and the record title is held by Taylor Swift, with a total of 16 Number-One Digital Singles, including ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ and ‘Me!.’
With 11 digital chart-toppers scored, Drake, Justin Bieber, and Katy Perry, all tied for the third spot as the Artist with Most #1 Digital Songs.
Among Riri’s chart-toppers, ten of them are solo songs:
“Pon de Replay” (2005) – “SOS” (2006),
“Umbrella” (Rihanna feat. Jay-Z, 2007),
“Take a Bow” (2008) – “Disturbia” (2008),
“Live Your Life” (T.I. feat. Rihanna, 2008),
“Love the Way You Lie” (Eminem feat. Rihanna, 2010),
“Only Girl (In the World)” (2010),
“What’s My Name?” (Rihanna feat. Drake, 2010),
“S&M ” (Rihanna feat. Britney Spears, 2011),
“We Found Love” (Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris, 2011),
“Diamonds” (2012)
The first act to achieve 100 million RIAA single certifications.
In July 2015, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced that Rihanna Fenty became the first artist to achieve 100 million single sales certifications in the USA, that means many gold (500,000 units) and platinum certifications (1 million units).
- Riri Fenty received thirty-six new RIAA certifications in June 2015 alone, from which 8 platinum and 14 gold certifications that helped her hit the 100-million landmark.
There were thirty-seven songs that contributed to Robyn Fenty’s certifications tally, including the 9x multi-platinum “We Found Love” and other 6x multi-platinum hits like “What’s My Name?,” and “Only Girl (In the World).”
Currently, Rihanna reached 128 million sales certifications, ranking her #2 on the RIAA’s Top Artists (Digital Singles) chart, behind Drake (163.5) and followed by Taylor Swift (121).
Rihanna ranks as the Most-streamed female globally on Spotify
(in 2015, 2016 and 2017)
Rihanna Fenty’s songs had been played 6.6 billion times on Spotify as of 26 April 2017, making her the most-streamed female act on Spotify.
In 2016, songs by Rihanna amazed 2.9 billion streams on Spotify, and in 2017 it won the yearly record for the third time in a row.
Most streamed album on Spotify in 2016 (female).
In 2016, Rihanna Fenty broke the world record when her eight album ANTI was streamed 1.6 billion times on Spotify.
Her most popular track on Spotify is “Work,” which gathered over 600 million streams, is a collaboration with Drake, from her 2016 ANTI album.
Riri scored the Most weeks at #1 on Digital Songs Chart.
With a total of 40 weeks, Rihanna’s 14 chart-toppers held the world record for Most Weeks at No.1 on the Digital Song Chart, followed up by Katy Perry with 37 weeks.
The current record holder is Taylor Swift with 41 weeks atop, followed by Rihanna and Katy Perry, who both kept the same number of weeks.
- In 2010 “Love the Way You Lie” ruled for seven non-consecutive weeks at #1, becoming Rihanna’s longest-running #1 on Digital Chart.
- The song tracks “We Found Love” (2011), “Umbrella” (2007), and “Pon de Replay” (2005),” each spent five weeks at atop.
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Rihanna Miniwiki - Bio, Discography..
Who is Rihanna? Robyn Rihanna Fenty is a Barbadian singer which debuted in June 2005 with “Pon de Replay”. At 16 years old, after auditioning with Jay-Z.
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