U.S. Charts Update
The U.S. Charts have just been updated.
‘Hard’ has fallen from #8 to #9 (not too bad) However, it has jumped 1 place to #15 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, 2 places to #13 on Dance/Club Play Songs and 2 places to # 11 on the Pop Songs too!
‘Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)’ has debuted at #16 (this gives Rihanna her 17th Top 20 Billboard Hot 100 hit!)
‘Russian Roulette’ has fallen from #90 to #100
‘Hope For Haiti’ has debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200!
‘Rated R’ has fallen from #13 to #19 on the Billboard 200
REMEMBER: KEEP BUYING THE ALBUM AND REQUESTING THE SINGLES!
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Rihanna On “Valentine In The Morning Radio Station”
Rihanna visited two radio stations yesterday, 97.1 AMP Radio and Valentine In The Morning Radio Station. There she talked about her new perfume “Route 22″, which will be available in fall 2010, Rated R, her performance on Oprah, 2010 Tour, her Grammy appearance [she's going alone], Matt Kemp and that she’s “still single”.
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Rihanna Set To Perform at Rock In Rio [Spain]
Rihanna will be performing at Rock in Rio Madrid, with her international success as “Pon de Replay”, “SOS”, “Unfaithful”, “Do not Stop The Music”, “Disturbia” and “Umbrella” sales top yet. The performance is taking place on June 5th in Madrid, and celebrities as Shakira are also confirmed to attend.
2 years ago, Rihanna performed “Don’t Stop The Music” and “Hate That I Love You”.
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Rihanna To Perform “Don’t Stop The Music” & “Hard” on Ellen
According to RihannaNow.com [which will soon change name to Rihanna.com] Rihanna will perform “Don’t Stop the Music” and “Hard” on Ellen DeGeneres Exclusive Grammy Show.
But, Rihanna’s band has mentioned “Rude Boy” in several tweets when they rehearsed for the Ellen Show.
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Rihanna Visit AMP Radio
Rihanna popped by to chat with Carson Daly about contributing to the Hope For Haiti telethon with Jay-Z and Bono, her new video “Rude Boy,” her Glam squad and more.
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Ellen’s Grammy Show – Feb 1st
If Sunday night is music’s biggest night, then today is music’s biggest day — it’s Ellen’s Grammy Show! Ellen will celebrate the best in music all show long. Joining Ellen will be Grammy winner RIHANNA. She’s back stronger than ever with her latest album, “Rated R.” Rihanna will chat with Ellen and sing one of her latest songs and a favorite hit — it’s a performance you can’t miss!
Ellen will also have the greatest highlights directly from the Grammy red carpet… and you never know what other surprises she’s planning!
The show will air on Monday, February 1st. She might be performing “Rude Boy”, her keyboardist tweeted a few days ago “At rehearsal with Rihanna and MadHouse. Come on rude boy!!“. And Rihanna’s backup singer also tweeted “RUDE BOY…”. Madhouse tweeted “In rehearsal right now!!! MadHouse is killing it as usual!!!!”
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Rihanna Not Performing At Grammys
Looks like Rihanna won’t be getting a Grammy do-over.
Despite rumors that she’d perform at this year’s awards show, Rihanna told Carson Daly on his Amp Radio show today (January 27) that she’ll attend, but won’t be hitting the stage.
“We messed their show up pretty bad last year,” she said. “They might be a little mad at me.”
Rihanna is, of course, referring to the Grammy morning brawl with her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown that caused both of them to miss their scheduled performances, and left the Grammy producers scrambling at the last minute to fill the time.
No biggie to Rihanna, though. She’ll still go into the show nominated twice for “Run This Town,” her collaboration with Jay-Z and Kanye West. They’ll vie for the Best Rap/Sung Category (the same category that earned Rihanna her first Grammy for “Umbrella”) and Best Rap Song.
Rihanna did an interview with Carson Daly today, which will soon be posted!
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NRJ HQ Photo Updates
Here’s 35 HQ’s from the Red Carpet, and 2 from the performance!
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Jay-Z, Rihanna & Bono Raise $61 Mill For Haiti
The recent “Hope For Haiti” telethon that featured everyone from actors to artists like Jay-Z has reportedly generated more than sixty-one million dollars for relief efforts in Haiti. According multiple reports, the event last week brought in close to eighty-five million viewers, with broadcasts on multiple networks.
“Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” had a gross average audience of around twenty-four million viewers in the United States alone according to Nielson Media Research. Across the web and mobile networks, the “Hope For Haiti Now” effort has got more than 1.9 million video streams plus on MTV.com alone there have been over 5.8 million streams throughout the weekend.
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Justin Bieber Shows Off Rihanna’s Kiss
Justin Bieber shows off the place on his cheek where Rihanna kissed him in this new spread from VMan mag.
The 15-year-old opened up to the mag about his rising star. Justin shared, “I never knew it was going to be a big thing. I started posting and then a month and a half later, a lot, like tons of viewers were coming in.”
YES! Justin has a famous friend now! Remember back in november? He asked RiRi on a date! Watch the video after 2:31. And watch the video where RiRi gives Justin a kiss! And view a video where he says “I’ll keep it on there [lipstick on his cheek] as long as possible”.
Go to JustJared JR to view all photos.
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