Rihanna has made historical past as the primary lady to exceed 200 million RIAA singles certifications. Remarkably, she has achieved this milestone regardless of not having launched an album in a decade.
The 38-year-old “Diamond” singer has achieved third place on the all-time checklist, together with her complete certifications reaching 200.5 million models.
Main the ranks is Drake, with 277.5 million, adopted by Morgan Wallen, who has earned 215 million certifications.
Rihanna’s most up-to-date album, ANTI, got here out in 2016. Since then, her musical output has included “Carry Me Up,” recorded for the 2022 film Black Panther: Wakanda Without end, and “Associates of Mine,” which was featured in 2025’s Smurfs.
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For years, Rihanna has been discussing the creation of her subsequent studio album. In 2025, she shared with Harper’s Bazaar that she felt “actually good about” the progress of the album.
She stated, “There’s no style now. That’s why I waited. Each time, I used to be similar to, ‘No, it’s not me. It’s not proper. It’s not matching my progress. It’s not matching my evolution. I can’t do that. I can’t stand by this. I can’t carry out this for a 12 months on tour.’”
Rihanna continued, “After some time, I checked out it, and I used to be like, this a lot time away from music must depend for the following factor everybody hears. It has to depend. It has to matter. I’ve to point out them the price within the wait. I can’t put up something mediocre.”
The artist, a mom of three, additionally hinted that the brand new music would defy expectations, stating it wouldn’t be “business or radio digestible.”
Regardless of her music profession, Rihanna can also be thriving as an entrepreneur.
In 2025, she turned the primary Black lady to discovered two billion-dollar firms. Each of her manufacturers, Fenty Magnificence and Savage X Fenty, surpassed a $1 billion valuation, as reported by Parade.
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Rihanna’s two companies collectively achieved a valuation surpassing $3 billion, a big milestone in her profession as an entrepreneur.
Fenty Magnificence, launched in 2017, shortly garnered reward from each customers and the cosmetics trade, notably for its expansive basis line designed to accommodate a various spectrum of pores and skin tones.
The fast sell-out of the deeper basis shades at Sephora prompted opponents, together with Make Up For Ever and L’Oréal, to launch their very own campaigns specializing in ladies of shade.
Fenty Magnificence lately launched its merchandise in Guyana, increasing the globally famend cosmetics model’s attain into the Caribbean. The extremely anticipated launch was facilitated by Glamour Magnificence, Guyana’s main retail chain, which was based by Varsha Sharma.
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