RIHANNA "MAN DOWN" VIDEO

Check out Rihanna's new video for her "Man Down" single ~ It just might be her best yet!!

RIHANNA COVERS COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE

Check out the July 2011 cover of Cosmo Magazine - Rihanna looks stunning here I must say!

Inside the star reveals her deepest feelings, get your copy to see what she has to say!



RIHANNA PERFORMS ON THE TODAY SHOW

Rihanna kicked off The Today Shows Summer Concert Series on Friday - with a bang!

Watch closely in the first video, around 1:18 she is grabbed by a fan - shakes it off and flawlessly - keeps on going!

What's My Name ~

California King Bed ~

SNAPPED! RIHANNA IN L.A

Rihanna was recently SNAPPED! while she was out doing some shopping in L.A.
The firey haired songstress was looking fantasic in a Grey and White stripped shirt and knotted top - PS: The Shoes also rock!!

CHRIS BROWN TO PERFORM FOR "TODAY SHOW" SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

Chris Brown has been named one of the performers to take part in the 'Today Show' Toyota Concert Series.


Brown hasn't performed on the 'Today Show' in three years and is slated to appear July 15. Although his set list hasn't been revealed, the 22-year-old will likely perform music off his 'F.A.M.E.' album, which has sold over 500,000 copies since its release back in March.


This summer, the 'Today Show' is continuing its reputation for bringing some of music's biggest stars to its outside stage. Bruno Mars, Cee Lo Green, Rihanna, Maroon 5 and Pitbull with special guest T-Pain and Ne-Yo are just some of the names on the bill. 
The Toyota Concert Series takes place every Friday on the top rated morning show, and will wrap up September 2 with Lenny Kravitz.

RIHANNA PERFORMS FOR NIVEA 100TH ANNIVERSARY (PHOTOS)

Rihanna recently performed her hit "California King Bed" on May 5, 2011 in Milan, Italy in celebration of Nivea's 100th anniversary. 
The R&B Songstress sported side fishtail braid and a white Dolce & Gabbana dress, Im not even gonna speak on the shoes - I thought she looked fantastic till I saw the shoes...Rih Rih, why you pick those shoes bew?? There are HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of shoes you could have chosen that would have complimented that lovely dress!

SNAPPED! MADONNA, BEYONCE, JAY Z AND MORE!

The Star's shinned last night at the MET Ball at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the who's who of the music industry in the pic's below - Madonna, Rihanna, Jennifer Hudson and others ~

The Celebs sure do know how to dress up!!

BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS GO PINK AND GREEN!

(Rap-Up) - The Billboard Music Awards are going to be a few shades of pink and green. Nicki Minaj and Cee Lo Green have been tapped to perform at the revived ceremony, airing live from Las Vegas on May 22 on ABC.

The “Super Bass” rapper is nominated for four awards this year including Top New Artist, Top Rap Artist, Top Rap Album, and Top R&B Song for Trey Songz’ “Bottoms Up.” Although not a nominee, the “F**k You” singer will take the stage at the MGM Grand to perform one of his Lady Killer cuts.

Additional performers include Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Black Eyed Peas, and Pitbull. Comedian Ken Jeong will host the event, which marks its return for the first time in five years.

RIhanna's Gimmick Ends ..Katy Perry Returns To The Top

She may be one of the world’s biggest stars in the universe , but it’s Katy Perry’s single ‘E.T’ that shines the brightest  in this weeks Billboard Hot 100.

The single which features Kanye West has now sat at the top of the singles chart for five non consecutive weeks.

Shifting 344,000 downloads this week alone,  it has surpassed the 327,000 downloads it sold three weeks ago.

Last week, Katy and Kanye performed the smash hit on american idol which saw sales of the single rise shortly after airing.

To date, Katy’s sophomore album ‘Teenage Dream‘ has sold 1.3 million copies in the US alone.

source thatgrapejuice

RIHANNA REVEALS "CALIFORNIA KING BED" COVER ART

This just in - Rihanna has released the cover art for "California King Bed" earlier today - it's actually quite lovely, take a look ~

What do you think of this Cover Art?

BEYONCE & RIHANNA COLLAB?

Rihanna and Beyonce are rumored to be joining forces to collaborate on a “number one smash hit” song as early as this month!!


A source told M Is For Music:

“Rihanna has wanted to work with Beyonce for some time now and after talking about a duet at this year’s Grammys they have finally managed to set aside some time to record together.”

The song is said to feature on Bey’s forthcoming studio album.


Rumor or not - what do you think of a possible collab between these two ladies?

BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED!

Rihanna, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber lead the finalists for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards, which were announced Wednesday morning (Apr. 13) at a press conference in Las Vegas.


Check out the Billboard Music Awards top nominations ~

The Billboard Music Awards take a holistic look at artist performance based on key fan interactions with music -- finalists and winners are determined by chart performance and social and streaming activity as chronicled in Billboard magazine and on Billboard.com during the eligibility period of Feb, 28, 2010 and Mar. 1, 2011.

The 46 award categories are based on measures provided by our data partners including sales data shared by Nielsen SoundScan, radio airplay monitored by Nielsen BDS, streaming data measured by Tubemogul and Nielsen BDS, social media consumption gauged by Next Big Sound and tour grosses tracked by Billboard Boxscore.

Today, Billboard launches a microsite for the 2011 Billboard Music Awards at www.Billboard.com/BBMA. Music fans can also follow news about the show and related events on Twitter or Facebook. (Source)

NEW JAMZ - RIHANNA & BRITNEY "S&M"

Here is the Britney\Rihanna version of "S&M". Im not a Rihanna fan and all this isnt a great song but the two sound ok together.


Listen and tell us what you think ~

(Music Link Via Toyazworld.com)

SONGS FOR JAPAN!

"Songs for Japan," the 38-track album featuring current hits, classic tracks and live performances benefitting Japan earthquake and tsunami relief, has been selling briskly since its exclusive release at the iTunes Store on Friday (Mar. 25) for the modest price of $9.99.

According to industry sources, the set moved approximately 25,000 units on its first day of release and could have shifted close to 75,000 units by the time the chart-tracking week concluded at the close of business Sunday (Mar. 27). That reported sum could land the album within the top five of next week's Billboard 200. As reported earlier this week, Chris Brown is set to lead the list with "F.A.M.E.," with industry prognosticators predicting debut week sales in the 250,000-300.000 range.  
The last major relief-effort album, "Hope for Haiti," which featured tracks performed on the "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon, moved 171,000 in no more than two full days upon its Jan. 23, 2010 release, although that album featured newly recorded songs and/or performances and was bolstered by MTV's live telethon special.
"Songs for Japan" is a joint effort among the four major label groups, Universal Music, Warner Music, Sony Music and EMI Music. Proceeds from the album's sale will benefit the disaster relief efforts of the Japanese Red Cross Society. A physical version will be released as a 2-CD set on Apr. 4.
The 38 tracks on the compilation consist of 21 Billboard Hot 100 hits, including 16 top 40 entries, nine top 10s and five No. 1s: Beyonce's "Irreplaceable," "Love the Way You Lie" by Eminem featuring Rihanna, Katy Perry's "Firework," Rihanna's "Only Girl (in the World)" and a remix of the list's most recent chart-topper, "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga.


To find out more about how you can help with earthquake and tsunami relief in Japan, go to RedCross.org 
(BILLBORAD)

RIHANNA FACES LOW TICKET SALES!

Is Rihanna really the last girl on Earth people want to see in concert? Apparently, yes. According to the NY Post, the pop star is having trouble selling tickets for “Loud,” her new tour that kicks off in Baltimore on June 4.

*Photo Via Some Creative Person on the Internet

Last year, Rihanna’s “Last Girl on Earth” tour also faced problems when shows in cities including Phoenix, Dallas, Atlanta, Denver and Indianapolis were cancelled because of low ticket sales. Pre-sales for “Loud” have been poor, so Rihanna was advised by her new manager Jay Brown to cancel several dates.
“It has been a big disappointment,” said a source to the Post. “The ticket sales in big US cities like Boston are so bad, they will barely cover basics like the lighting and other arena costs. Tour managers are begging local radio stations to do giveaways.”
Rihanna, seen here leaving the Giorgio Baldi restaurant after dinner in Santa Monica, is scheduled to perform in Boston in July with Cee Lo Green. But with less than 4,000 tickets sold and 15,000 needed to break even, things aren’t looking good. Tour operators are expecting to lose more than half a million dollars there alone.


But low ticket sales haven’t stopped Rihanna from going all out. “It’s the normal diva requests,” the source said, “which is tolerated, when you make money.
SOURCE

BILLBOARDS SOCIAL 50 - LAST 4 WEEKS RECAP

Here is a recap of the last four weeks of Billboards Social 50 Chart - this particular chart is from what we are listening to and talking about via Social media, we actually control this chart. 

Week of February 13th to the 19th

Rihanna

Akon

Lady Gaga

Shakira

Justin Bieber

Week of February 20th to the 26th

Lady GaGa

Rihanna

Justin Bieber

Shakira

Eminem

Week of February 27th to March 5th

Justin Bieber

Lady Gaga

Rihanna

Nicki Minaj

Eminem

Week of March 6th to the 12th

Justin Bieber

Lady GaGa

Rihanna

Eminem

Katy Perry

PRINCE & CO COVER RHIANNA'S "RUDE BOY"

Rihanna is getting the Purple treatment. Prince and his New Power Generation band gave a special treat to concertgoers at Monday night’s gig at Oakland’s Oracle Arena. The music icon slipped a cover of Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” into his set, allowing the female singers to handle vocal duties with Sheila E. on the drums, but he took over at the end as everyone from fans to security guards boogied in the aisles. Watch Prince and company catch island fever.

MUSICAL OASIS MUSIC AND ARTIST DISCUSSION FORUMS OFFICIALLY OPEN

I have always had it at the back of my mind to create my own music/artist discussion forum but never really got the motivation and push until  recently ..i visit a lot of forums from Michael Jackson discussion boards to Janet..Adam Lambert end even less popular artists  like Jojo and Jordin Sparks ..but of late there has been a lot of negativity on most boards especially the Janet and MJ boards..this  just pushed me to the limit one day when i was banned from a forum because i cursed out some members  for being so negative ..if this wasn't a sign for me to create my own then i don't know what is..i discussed it with a friend of mine who gave me ideas and we did this..(click on the picture to join the forum)



Right now there are 16 represented artist  discussion sections ..the number will increase and more artist categories will be added as this forum gets more popular....currently the most popular sections of the forums are the Michael Jackson,Chris Brown and  .. Rihanna sections..make sure you join and ask all you friends to..its a safe place to discuss your favorite artist /music or anything on your mind ....


mensah  ..forum administrator

New Video: Kanye West – ‘All of the Lights (ft. Rihanna)’

In somewhat of a Saturday surprise, Kanye West today premiered the video for ‘All of the Lights’ - the latest single to be lifted from his Platinum ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ LP.

Check out the Rihanna-featured clip after the jump…

BILLBOARDS SOCIAL 50 - MONTH RECAP

I decided not to post the Social 50 once a week and instead I'm going to recap the month in one post. I will only be posting the top 5 from the month because all 50 would be one looooooong post!


See The Entire Social 50 Chart


From the week of January 22nd up to the week of February 12th ~

January 22

Justin Bieber

Rihanna

Lady GaGa

Black Eyed Peas

Eminem

January 29

Justin Bieber

Rihanna

Akon

Black Eyed Peas

Lady GaGa

February 5th

Justin Bieber

Rihanna

Akon

Black Eyed Peas

Lady GaGa

February 12th

Justin Bieber

Rihanna

Akon

Lady GaGa

Shakira

As you can see for the last 4 weeks Justin Bieber is the top of the Social 50 chart, remember this chart is what we are listening to and talking about via social websites such as Facebook, Twitter and My Space.

One thing I can say about this is people seem to be listening to the same things week after week - Justin Bieber and Rihanna are the most played artists. Neither of them are who I listen to so none of the data keeping them on this chart comes from me LOL 

This week Shakira has replaced Black Eyed Peas, I do listen to the Peas from time to time and I do love Shakira!

Lady GaGa has held on to a spot on this chart for quite some time. Her fans love her, Im not a fan. GaGa seems to have the same sort of following that Madonna had in the 80ies and to me "It's Been Done" for the most part.

Eminem was blown off the top 5 in mid January so no need to even speak on him (not a fan)

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