Rihanna: Top 50 Songs

Rihanna Top 50 Songs

Born February 20, 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados, Robyn Rihanna Fenty, better known as Rihanna, has become one of the biggest pop singers of all time with 14 #1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. On February 11, 2023, she performed at the Super Bowl halftime show. For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry. Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists. Spotify Podcast: Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast episode The Best of Rihanna, 2005-2022 based on this list. Premiere: February 14, 2023 at 7pm CST. New episodes based on Dave’s Music Database lists are posted every Tuesday at 7pm CST.

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Top 50 Songs Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. Songs which hit #1 on various charts are noted. (Click for codes to charts.) DMDB Top 1%: 1. Umbrella (with Jay-Z, 2007) #1 US, UK, CN, AU 2. We Found Love (with Calvin Harris, 2011) #1 US, RR, UK, CN 3. Love the Way You Lie (with Eminem, 2010) #1 US, RR, CN, AU 4. Work with Drake, 2016) #1 US, RB, CN 5. Only Girl in the World (2010) #1 US, RR, UK, CN, AU 6. Diamonds (2012) #1 US, RB, UK, CN 7. Disturbia (2008) #1 US, RB, RR DMDB Top 2%: 8. The Monster (with Eminem, 2013) #1 US, RR, RB, UK, CN, AU 9. Live Your Life (with T.I., 2008) #1 US, RR 10. Don’t Stop the Music (2007) #1 AU 11. Take a Bow (2008) #1 US, RR, RB, UK, CN 12. Stay (with Mikky Ekko, 2012) #1 RR, CN 13. This Is What You Came For (with Calvin Harris, 2016) #1 CN, AU DMDB Top 5%: 14. S.O.S. (Rescue Me) (2006) #1 US, RR, CN, AU 15. Rude Boy (2010) #1 US, AU 16. Wild Thoughts (with DJ Khaled & Bryson Tiller, 2017) #1 RB, UK 17. What’s My Name? (with Drake, 2010) #1 US, UK 18. S&M (2010) #1 US, RR, CN, AU 19. Four Five Seconds (with Kanye West & Paul McCartney, 2015) #1 RB, AU 20. Needed Me (2016) #1 RB 21. Pon De Replay (2005) DMDB Top 10%: 22. Unfaithful (2006) #1 CN 23. Love on the Brain (2016) 24. Where Have You Been (2011) 25. Too Good (with Drake, 2016) 26. All of the Lights (with Kanye West & Drake, 2010) 27. Take Care (with Drake, 2011) 28. Bitch Better Have My Money (2015) 29. Lift Me Up (2022) #1 RB 30. Run This Town (with Jay-Z & Kanye West, 2009) #1 UK 31. Hate That I Love You (with Ne-Yo, 2007) 32. Russian Roulette (2009) 33. Shut Up and Drive (2007) 34. Loyalty (with Kendrick Lamar, 2017) DMDB Top 20%: 35. Can’t Remember to Forget You (with Shakira, 2014) 36. Lemon (with N*E*R*D, 2017) 37. Pour It Up (2013) 38. California King Bed (2011) 39. Rehab (with Justin Timberlake, 2008) 40. Cheers (Drink to That) (2010) 41. You Da One (2011) 42. Hard (with Jeezy, 2009) 43. If I Never See Your Face Again (with Matchbox 20, 2008) 44. Man Down (2011) 45. Who’s That Chick? (with David Guetta, 2010) 46. Princess of China (with Coldplay, 2011) 47. Kiss It Better (2016) 48. Te Amo (2010) 49. What Now (2013) 50. Fly (with Nicki Minaj, 2010) Resources and Related Links: DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Rihanna Dave’s Music Database: “Acts’ Profile Pages and Best-of Lists” First posted 2/20/2017; updated 2/14/2023.

The Top 50 Songs of 2010

Dave’s Music Database: Top 50 Songs of 2010

These are the top 50 songs of the year based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from year-end lists. Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here. DMDB Top 1%: Adele “Rolling in the Deep” Bruno Mars “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)” Eminem & Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie” Katy Perry “Firework” Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg “California Gurls” Cee-Lo Green “Fuck You (aka “Forget You”)” Bruno Mars “Grenade” Rihanna “Only Girl in the World” Taio Cruz “Dynamite” DMDB Top 2%: Usher with will.i.am. “OMG” Foster the People “Pumped Up Kicks” Eminem “Not Afraid” Katy Perry with Kanye West “E.T.” Pink “Raise Your Glass” Justin Bieber with Ludacris “Baby” Katy Perry “Teenage Dream” Usher with Pitbull “DJ Got Us Falling in Love” DMDB Top 5%: B.o.B. with Bruno Mars “Nothin’ on You” AWOL Nation “Sail” Katy Perry “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)” The Band Perry “If I Die Young” Rihanna with Drake “What’s My Name?” Black Eyed Peas “The Time (Dirty Bit)” B.o.B. with Hayley Williams “Airplanes” Rihanna with Britney Spears “S & M” Kanye West with Pusha T “Runaway” Bruno Mars “The Lazy Song” Ellie Goulding “Lights” Miranda Lambert “The House That Built Me” Christina Perri “Jar of Hearts” Wiz Khalifa “Black and Yellow” Robyn “Dancing on My Own” Michael Franti & Spearhead “The Sound of Sunshine” Flo Rida with David Guetta “Club Can’t Handle Me” Taylor Swift “Mine” Ke$ha “We R Who We R” Bruno Mars “Marry You” Katy Perry “The One That Got Away” Far East Movement with Cataracs & Dev “Like a G6” Pink “Fuckin’ Perfect” California Swag District “Teach Me How to Dougie” Kanye West & Dwele “Power” Enrique Iglesias with Pitbull “I Like It” Travie McCoy with Bruno Mars “Billionaire” DMDB Top 10%: Janelle Monáe with Big Boi “Tightrope” Mike Posner & Big Sean “Cooler Than Me” The Black Keys “Tighten Up” Enrique Iglesias with Ludacris & DJ Frank E “Tonight I’m Lovin’ You” Kings of Leon “Radioactive” Arcade Fire “Ready to Start” Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: Top Songs and Albums by Year lists Dave’s Music Database: Songs of the Year lists First posted 12/27/2021; last updated 1/18/2023.

Rihanna “Only Girl in the World” hit #1

Only Girl in the World Rihanna

Writer(s): Crystal Johnson, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Sandy Wilhelm (see lyrics here) Released: September 10, 2010 First Charted: September 12, 2010 Peak: 11 US, 13 RR, 17 AC, 11 A40, 12 UK, 14 CN, 14 AU, 16 DF (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 6.0 US, 1.29 UK, 7.78 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 0.4 radio, 968.20 video, 1010.37 streaming

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About the Song: “Only Girl in the World” was the lead single from Rihanna’s fifth album, 2010’s Loud. It topped the Billboard Hot 100, but not until after the album’s second single, “What’s My Name?” had reached the pinnacle. It was the first time that an album’s lead single got to #1 after the second single had reached that peak. WK It was her fourth #1 of the year, making her the first female to achieve that feat. SF “Only Girl” also hit the top in the UK, Australia, Austria, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand. Rihanna approached the Norwegian production duo of Stargate (Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel Storleer Eriksen) about writing a song for the Loud album. She had worked with them on her top-10 hits “Don’t Stop the Music” and “Hate That I Love You” as well as the #1 song “Rude Boy.” She told them she wanted “happy, uptempo songs.” WK “Only Girl” was the first song written for the album. Cyrstal Nicole and Sandy Vee were also songwriters on the song. They had just produced Katy Perry’s “Firework” and Perry was also interested in “Only Girl” but it went to Rihanna. SF Lyrically, the dance-pop song is about the narrator demanding her lover’s physical attention, i.e. wanting to feel like the only girl in the world. Critics praised the song and Rihanna’s decision to move away from some of the previous album’s darker themes. Los Angeles Times’ Gerrick D. Kennedy called it a “surefire hit” WK and Billboard’s Monica Herrera said the song “aims squarely for dance-floor domination.” WK Rolling Stone’s James Dolan wasn’t as complimentary, saying “the trance beat won’t keep you in the club unless someone else is paying for the drinks.” WK The song won a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Recording. Resources: SF Songfacts WK Wikipedia Related Links: First posted 2/10/2023; last updated 3/31/2024.