"Talk That Talk (Rihanna song) ""Talk That Talk"" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna for her 2011 studio album of the same name. It features a rap verse by American rapper Jay-Z, who had previously collaborated with Rihanna on her song ""Umbrella"" in 2007 and ""Run This Town"" in 2009. The song was written by Jay-Z, Ester Dean, Christopher Wallace, Anthony Best, Sean Combs, and Chucky Thompson together with the Norwegian production duo StarGate. Def Jam Recordings serviced the track to urban radio in the United States on January 17, 2012, as the third single from ""Talk That"
"and ""Unfaithful"", and established her as an international star. In 2007 Rihanna scored one of the biggest singles of the year with ""Umbrella"" ; the follow up single ""Shut Up and Drive"" was written and produced by Sturken & Rogers, and became a top 10 hit worldwide, as well as being featured in the movies 21, ""I Love You Man"", and Cars. ""Good Girl Gone Bad"" went on to be one of the best selling albums of that year, selling over 15 million copies worldwide to date. As of November 2013, Rihanna sold over 50 million albums and 180 million"
"UK Singles Chart on July 28, 2007, at number 65. After six weeks, the song peaked at number five and became Rihanna's fifth UK top 10 single. It stayed on the UK Singles Chart for 31 weeks, becoming her sixth longest charting song there. ""Shut Up and Drive"" has sold more than 230,000 copies in the UK. In mainland Europe, the song achieved moderate success. It peaked in the top 10 in eight other countries including Hungary, the Republic of Ireland, Germany and Italy. In Switzerland and Sweden, the song reached number 14 and number 31, respectively. ""Shut Up and"
"2007, ranking it at No. 3. Writer for ""Time"" magazine, Josh Tyrandiel, cited Rihanna's vocal performance and special talent for vocal innuendo as the reason he declared it ""The Sexiest Song of 2007."" Umbrella was set at No. 2 at the Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart, behind Beyoncé's ""Irreplaceable"". In the United Kingdom, ""Umbrella"" broke a record on the UK Singles Chart by debuting at number one on the chart based on digital sales alone, becoming Rihanna's first chart-topper in the country. During the single's fourth week on the chart, both the single and album topped the UK Singles Chart"
"in various countries around the world on 27 February 2007, including Australia, Austria, Belgium and Spain. ""Break It Off"" is a futuristic""pop-dancehall"" song, which is layered over an electro-reggae beat. It received a comparison by Ruth Jamieson for ""The Guardian"" to Rihanna's debut single ""Pon de Replay"" from her first studio album, ""Music of the Sun"". According to Dan Charnas for ""The Washington Post"", ""Break It Off"" showcases Rihanna's Caribbean roots. ""We Ride"" is written in the key of D major and is set in common time with a moderate dance groove with 130 beats per minute (BPM). Rihanna's vocal"
"one single on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and earned a Platinum RIAA certification. ""Good Girl Gone Bad"" (2007), Rihanna's third studio album, peaked at number two on the US ""Billboard"" 200 and was certified five-times Platinum in the United States and six-times Platinum in the United Kingdom. The album's lead single, ""Umbrella"", became a massive commercial success, peaking at number one in fifteen countries, including on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, where it stayed atop the chart for seven consecutive weeks. Seven further singles were released from the album and its reissued version, including the international hits ""Don't Stop"
"US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. In the United Kingdom, the song topped the singles chart for ten consecutive weeks, while in the United States, it was at the top for seven consecutive weeks. As of June 2013, ""Umbrella"" has sold 4,236,000 digital copies there, making it Rihanna's fifth-best selling single in the country. Director Chris Applebaum shot the accompanying music video, which features scenes of Rihanna nude and covered in silver paint. The video earned the singer nominations at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Direction, Video of the Year and Monster Single of the Year; it won"
"and UK Albums Chart. ""Umbrella"" eventually reached a total of ten weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the country's longest-running number-one single of the 21st century since 1994. Rihanna has become the seventh artist in the history of the UK Singles Chart to top the chart for ten straight weeks. By the end of 2007, ""Umbrella"" had sold 512,730 units, making it her biggest-selling single to date and the second biggest-selling single of 2007 in the United Kingdom. It has since been certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry on July 20, 2007. ""Umbrella"" had a"
"as a departure from the themes of unhealthy relationships that were on Rihanna's previous singles and contain a prominent concept of love. ""Diamonds"" topped music charts in over twenty countries, including the United States, where it became Rihanna's twelfth number one single on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and tied her with Madonna and The Supremes for the fifth-most number one singles in the chart's history. ""Diamonds"" was certified quintuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sold over 3.5 million digital copies in the country. By May 2013, it had sold over 7.5 million copies worldwide and"
"its ungainly title into 11 hypnotic, tongue-flicking syllables"". ""The New York Times"" Kelefa Sanneh described the song as ""a space-age hip-pop song"". ""Umbrella"" entered the Australian Singles Chart at number one on June 10, 2007, becoming Rihanna's second number one in the country following ""SOS"" (2006). It spent six consecutive weeks at the top, and has since earned earned a 5× Platinum certification by the Australian Recording Industry Association, denoting sales of 350,000 copies. It spent a total of 32 weeks on the chart, ending the year as the country's third best-selling single of 2007. ""Umbrella"" debuted on the New"
"charts worldwide. Following its release as a single, it reached number one in Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark and Israel and the top five in twenty-four countries worldwide including Australia, France, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It peaked at number three on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, becoming Rihanna's twenty-fourth top ten on the chart, thus surpassing Whitney Houston's tally. Furthermore, it has charted at number one on the US Pop Songs chart and 16 on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart. Worldwide the single has sold over 10 million copies making it one of"
"on 25 October 2013 on Bravo. Rihanna's seventh studio album, ""Unapologetic"", was released in November 2012. In the United States, the album debuted at number one on the ""Billboard"" 200 albums chart with first-week sales of 238,000 copies, marking Rihanna's first number-one album in the country. The album was Rihanna's third consecutive number-one album in the United Kingdom and fifth in Switzerland. The lead single from the album, ""Diamonds"", reached number one in more than twenty countries worldwide, including on the US' ""Billboard"" Hot 100, where it became Rihanna's twelfth number one on the chart. The album's second single, ""Stay"","
"All Your Luvin in 2012, and Minaj's fifth song in total to hit number-one. Barbadian singer and songwriter Rihanna has achieved 33 number-one songs on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Dance Club Songs chart. Rihanna's first number-one song was her debut single ""Pon de Replay"" in October 2005. It was followed by three number-ones from her second album ""A Girl like Me""; ""SOS"" in May 2006, ""Unfaithful"" in July 2006, and ""We Ride"" in February 2007. Her third studio album, ""Good Girl Gone Bad"" spawned four number-ones; the lead single, ""Umbrella"" featuring Jay-Z, peaked atop the chart for two consecutive weeks, and"
"song reached number one on the United States' ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, becoming Rihanna's fourteenth number-one single and making her the act with the fourth-most number-one songs on the chart (after The Beatles, Mariah Carey and Elvis Presley). The song remained at the top for nine weeks. The song also peaked at number one in Canada, Brazil, Denmark, France, Netherlands and the top five of the charts in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Germany. The song was accompanied by two music videos, which both premiered on February 22, 2016. The first of the two versions was directed by Rihanna's previous"
"one being Mariah Carey's ""Touch My Body"" (2008) which opened with 286,000 copies sold and the second the singer's own ""Umbrella"" which sold 277,000 copies for the week dated June 9, 2007. ""Disturbia"" became Rihanna's fourth number-one single on the Hot 100, which tied her at the time with Beyoncé Knowles and Mariah Carey for the most number-one hits in the decade of 2000–2010. Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded is the reissue of Barbadian singer Rihanna's third studio album ""Good Girl Gone Bad"" (2007). It was first released digitally in selected countries on June 2,"
"Rihanna and her then-boyfriend, singer Chris Brown. ""Russian Roulette"" received generally positive reviews from critics, with many praising Rihanna's vocal performance and the song's lyrics. It reached the top-ten in over twenty countries worldwide including number one in Czech Republic, Israel, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, and Switzerland. The song reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and number nine on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. ""Russian Roulette"" also topped the UK R&B and US Dance Club Songs charts. It was certified two-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) denoting sales of over two million copies"
"200 and features the international successful singles ""Diamonds"" which topped the charts in over 20 countries worldwide and ""Stay"". ""FourFiveSeconds"", a collaboration with West and Paul McCartney was released in January 2015, and reached number one in Australia and New Zealand. She released her eighth album, ""Anti"", the following year; it peaked at number-one in Canada and the United States. Its lead single ""Work"" topped the charts in Canada, France and the United States. Rihanna discography Barbadian singer Rihanna has released eight studio albums, two compilation albums, two remix albums, one reissue, and 71 singles (including eighteen as a featured"
"1 said, ""The 22-year-old star wore a floor-length black dress with red flashing lights on it to kick off the show at The O2 Arena, which began with last year's single, Russian Roulette. [...] Speaking afterwards most of the audience appeared impressed with the show. [...] The gig ended with the star's biggest hit to date, Umbrella, which managed to hold the number one spot for 10 weeks in 2007. The ""Daily Mirror"" said, ""Kicking off the Last Girl On Earth tour, where the running theme is Rihanna as the last human alive, she launches into a fiery Russian Roulette."
"The song was later certified Gold in the country for sales of 35,000 copies, despite no official release as a single at the time. On June 10, 2013, ""Right Now"" entered the US Pop Songs chart at number 37. The debut scored Rihanna a record-extending thirty-sixth entry, extending her lead as the artist with most appearances on the chart since 1992. On August 8, 2013, ""Right Now"" reached number one on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart, marking Rihanna's 20th chart topper of her career. With the feat, Rihanna moved into second place, ahead of Janet Jackson who has"
"it contains multiple references to cars and car parts including the '57 Cadillac. ""Shut Up and Drive"" was received with mixed reviews from music critics, who labeled its lyrics as fluffy and goofy. The song peaked at number 15 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart and at number one on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart. On the UK Singles Chart, it reached number five, becoming Rihanna's fifth top-five single. ""Shut Up and Drive"" peaked within the top 10 in nine other countries, including in Australia, Canada, Germany and Italy. Its accompanying music video was directed by Anthony"
"where she gave a performance of ""Shut Up and Drive"". On November 18, Rihanna performed a medley consisting of ""Umbrella"" and ""Hate That I Love You"" at the 2007 American Music Awards at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California. Ne-Yo accompanied her for the performance of ""Hate That I Love You"". Rihanna performed ""Don't Stop the Music"" at the 2008 NRJ Music Awards in Cannes, France, on January 26, 2008. She also performed the song at the 50th Grammy Awards on February 10 in a medley with ""Umbrella"". For the performance, she was joined by American funk band, The"
"the world's best-selling singles of all time, including the singles ""Umbrella"", ""Take a Bow"", ""Disturbia"", ""Only Girl (In the World)"", ""S&M"", ""We Found Love"", ""Diamonds"", ""Stay"" and ""Work"", as well as her collaborations ""Live Your Life"" with T.I., ""Love the Way You Lie"" and ""The Monster"", both with Eminem. Rihanna is the youngest solo artist to earn fourteen number-one singles and has a total of thirty one top-ten singles on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, she also has over thirty top-tens in the United Kingdom and Australia, making her the only artist in the 21st century to achieve that. She was"
"sample. Some critics compared ""SOS"" to Rihanna's debut single, ""Pon de Replay"" (""Music of the Sun"", 2005). ""SOS"" became a commercial success. In the United States, it topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart for three consecutive weeks, becoming Rihanna's first number one single on the chart. ""SOS"" peaked at number one on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart and Mainstream Top 40 chart. ""SOS"" was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of over 1,000,000 copies. The song was also successful in Europe as well as Australia, where it spent eight consecutive weeks at number"
"song at number three on the 100 Best Songs of 2007. The song has earned Rihanna several awards and nominations. In 2007, the song won two awards at the MTV Video Music Awards, when it was nominated for four. At the 2008 Grammy Awards, ""Umbrella"" also earned Rihanna and Jay-Z a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in addition to receiving nominations for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. The song is also listed on ""Rolling Stone""s ""The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"" at 412. The song serves as the lead single to the album, and"
"artist and fourth overall, following his feature on Rihanna's ""Umbrella"" (2007) and his wife Beyoncé's ""Déjà Vu"" (2006) and ""Crazy in Love"" (2003). It marked the third number one singles in that country for both Rihanna and Kanye West. For Rihanna, ""Run This Town"" gave her number ones one the chart in three consecutive years, following ""Take a Bow"" (2008) and ""Umbrella"" and followed West's chart leaders ""American Boy"" featuring Estelle (2008) and ""Stronger"" (2007). Throughout the rest of Europe, the song also performed well, reaching the top five in Ireland and Norway and the top ten in the Czech"
"was followed by ""Don't Stop the Music"", ""Shut Up and Drive"" and ""Disturbia"". Her fourth album, ""Rated R"" charted three number one songs: ""Russian Roulette"", ""Hard"" featuring Jeezy and ""Rude Boy"". With ""Hard"" reaching the top spot, Rihanna logged to shortest time span of reaching ten number-one songs, doing so in four years and five months. However, Lady Gaga broke this record in August 2011, achieving 10 in just two years, five months and three weeks. Rihanna's fifth album, ""Loud"", garnered three number-ones: ""Only Girl (In the World)"", ""S&M"" and ""California King Bed"". In between the release of ""Only Girl"
"her the fourth most number-one singles on the chart. She is the only artist that produced number-one singles on the Hot 100 chart from seven consecutive albums. Rihanna made her chart debut in June 2005 with ""Pon de Replay"", which reached the top five in twelve countries. It was followed by the release of her debut studio album, ""Music of the Sun"" (2005), which reached the top ten in Canada and on the US ""Billboard"" 200. Rihanna's second studio album ""A Girl like Me"" (2006) produced four singles, including the chart-toppers ""SOS"" and ""Unfaithful"". The former became Rihanna's first number"
"revolve around themes of love and affection that hear Rihanna singing in an accent. ""Loveeeeeee Song"" received general acclaim, some of whom complimented Rihanna's vocals and called it a ""stand-out track, while others called the song a ""touching duet"". It has since then peaked at number 55 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and charted on the R&B Chart at number 17 in the United Kingdom. The song is also included on the setlist of her Diamonds World Tour (2013). Rihanna began ""working on the new sound"" for her seventh studio album in March 2012, even though she had not"
"over 7,500 digital copies. In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number 68 on December 15, 2007. After seven weeks on the chart, it peaked at number four. In July 2013, the song was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of over 400,000 digital copies. The single was 24 on the 2008 year-end UK Singles Chart. ""Don't Stop the Music"" debuted atop the French Singles Chart on October 27, 2007, Rihanna's first number-one single on the chart. Remaining at number one for two weeks, the song spent a total of 34 weeks on the chart."
"thirty countries and broke many chart records worldwide. The single topped the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 for ten non-consecutive weeks, becoming Rihanna's longest-running number-one single on the chart and the longest-running number-one single of 2011 in the US. The song was later named the 24th biggest hit of all time on the ""Billboard ""Hot 100. ""You Da One"" and the album's title track, featuring Jay-Z, were released as the second and third singles, to moderate success. ""Where Have You Been"", the fifth single, successfully charted worldwide, reaching number five in the US and number six in the UK. ""Cockiness (Love It)"""
"in France and for Hit of the Year at the 2013 Echo Awards in Germany. ""Diamonds"" received a nomination for Best Song at the 2013 MTV Europe Music Awards. In the US, ""Diamonds"" debuted at number 16 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and sold 133,000 copies in its first week. In its fourth week, it climbed to number eight on the chart and became Rihanna's twenty-third top-ten single. For the week ending December 1, 2012, the song became Rihanna's twelfth number-one on the chart, which ended the nine-week reign of Maroon 5's ""One More Night"". With the feat, Rihanna tied"
"the chart for two consecutive weeks. For the ""Billboard"" issue dated September 13, 2008, ""Disturbia"" also topped both the Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Airplay charts. The song also peaked at number one on the US ""Billboard"" Pop Songs, becoming her third number one on the chart, after ""Unfaithful"" and ""Take a Bow"". ""Disturbia"" has been certified six-times platinum by the RIAA, having sold 4.8 million digital copies as of June 2015, marking Rihanna's third best-selling single in the country. The song was also successful in Canada, where it peaked at number two on the Canadian Hot 100,"
"and Elton John as the artists with fifth-most top ten songs on the chart. The singer reached 27 top ten singles on the Hot 100 in a span of 10 years and eight months between her first song, ""Pon de Replay"" and ""Work"" and became the fastest solo artist to reach the plateau. In its fourth week, ""Work"" peaked at number one on the Hot 100 chart and became Rihanna's fourteenth number-one song in the United States and the 1,052nd number-one single on the chart overall. Subsequently, she became the artist with the third-most number-one songs on the chart following"