The singer from Barbados has not released an album since 2016. However, she is more popular than ever by continuing to be present on several fronts.
The one who sings What is my name no longer have to worry: no one has forgotten her name despite the absence of a new album since 2016. As proof, Rihanna became the first female artist in history to raise fifteen songs to more than a billion views each. In descending order, the titles concerned are: That’s why you came, We found love, Umbrella, I love the way you lie, I needed me, Love in the brain, Diamonds, Work, Stay, Wild thoughts, FourFiveSeconds, The only girl in the world), So good, The monster And S&M.
After eight years without an album since the release of Anti in 2016, his fans really wanted to ask him the question of his flagship song Where were you? But even if no album has been released in recent years, Rihanna’s popularity never seems to decline. And, even without a new title, we can say that she has not been idle.
Rihanna in the credits of Black Panther
Since 2016, the Barbadian megastar has still touched the microphone on several occasions, notably during appearances on the musical works of his fellow singers and rappers. She performs like this on the album HNDRXX by Future on the track Self-centeredparticipates in the album Grateful of DJ Khaled with the title Wild thoughtssing Loyalty with Kendrick Lamar for his album Condemn.appears on Lemon of the American group NERD and performs with PARTYNEXTDOOR on Believe it.
In 2022, the singer is chosen to perform one of the songs from the film’s soundtrack Black Panther: Wakanda Forever , Lift me upwhich appears in the end credits, after a final scene full of nostalgia which reveals on the screen the main actor of the first part of the saga, Chadwick Boseman, dead in August 2020.
In 2023, Rihanna makes a big splash and ignites the scene super bowl during halftime of the final of the annual championship of the American National Football League (NFL). These half-time shows are essential events of the sports tournament and it was Rihanna pregnant with her second child who sang and danced in front of more than 118 million viewers in February 2023. performance of thirteen minutes marked a spectacular return to the stage for the artist who had not performed in front of her audience since 2016.
The launch of its brands
Rihanna has somewhat abandoned music to come into contact with other sectors. She therefore becomes less and less a singer and always more of a businesswoman accomplished since the launch of her cosmetics brand Fenty Beauty in 2017 and her line of lingerie and sportswear Savage x Fenty, in 2019. Her numerous advertisements on her Instagram with 152 million subscribers and collaborations with other artists and influencers contribute to its thriving popularity.
Rihanna has revealed her acting talents several times since 2006 and has put them to good use in three films and a series since the release of her last album. We see her on the poster of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) directed by Luc Besson. She appears in two episodes of the hit series Bates Motel (2017) which traces the past of the famous character Hitchcockian and plays the role of Nine Ball in Ocean 8 (2018) alongside Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett. Latest film for Rihanna, Guava Island by Hiro Murai in 2019 which features Donald Glover, also known by his stage name Childish Gambino.
In the meantime, the one who sang Don’t stop the music has forgotten its own injunctions and favors other artistic and marketing levers to get people talking about it. She nevertheless declared last April, during an interview for Additional televisionthat his next songs were going to be “incredible” and that the reason an album hasn’t been released yet is because she wants it “represents its evolution” and an “growth demonstration”.