It’s been years since the release of Rihanna’s last album, but she doesn’t even have to drop new music to break records. The R&B icon officially became the first female artist to have 10 songs reach one billion streams in the history of this streaming platform.
Spotify recently confirmed the news about Rihanna’s new milestone on social media, and the singer was quick to react. She reposted the news on her Instagram, and captioned the photo with words, “Bad Gal billi… wit no new album… lemme talk my s—t!”
Rihanna hasn’t dropped a new studio album since 2016 when she made quite a splash with Anti. She returned to music in small doses and gave us several new songs along the way. She recorded two tracks for the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack, including “Lift Me Up”, which received an Academy Award nomination for best original song.
Rihanna’s music experienced a huge surge in popularity following her Super Bowl performance earlier this year. The list of her ten songs in Spotify’s billion-streams club includes “Diamonds”, “We Found Love” ft. Calvin Harris, “Love on the Brain”, “Stay” ft. Mikky Ekko, “This Is What You Came For” ft. Calvin Harris, “Needed Me”, “Four Five Seconds” ft. Kanye West & Paul McCartney, “Work” ft. Drake, “Umbrella” ft. Jay-Z, and “Love the Way You Lie” ft. Eminem.
