Rihanna’s first music released after the incident was a collaboration with Jay-Z and Kanye West on “Run This Town.” The song peaked at number two on Billboard Hot 100 and also reached the top ten in ten other countries. She appeared on the cover of Vogue Italia for the September 2009 Issue. The photo shoot was influenced by Rihanna’s hair, which she had cut for the shoot into a mohawk-like style. The style of the shoot was Extreme Couture and very dark, and in one shot she appeared semi-nude. Rihanna performed “Run This Town” along with Jay-Z and West for the “Answer the Call” concert at Madison Square Garden in September 2009, making it her first musical performance since the altercation with Brown.
Rihanna started recording in the studio with numerous different producers, including The-Dream, Tricky Stewart, Chase & Status, Stargate, Slash, Justin Timberlake, Ne-Yo and Akon, on her fourth studio album Rated R in March 2009. On October 8, 2009, Rihanna shot the cover for her fourth album with Ellen von Unwerth in Berlin.
The new album was released November 23, 2009. The album’s lead single, “Russian Roulette”, was released on October 20, 2009.Rihanna performed the song on The X Factor on November 29, 2009. The official video was released on November 13, 2009. The second single, “Hard” which features Young Jeezy, was released on November 2, 2009.
Rihanna was named one of the Glamoour’s “Women of The Year”. She was also decade’s best female singer among with Beyonce. They both scored 5 #1 singles. However Rihanna’s success came in shorter period of time!
(2010) Rihanna has started the year with all media talking about her once again. This time thanks to her new love interest – Los Angeles Dodgers’s Matt Kemp.
But it’s the new world tour that the fans try to focus the most. In April Rihanna has started her “Last Girl on Earth” tour which might visit even 5 continents! This is definately the biggest tour Rihanna has ever went to and we can only hope that more dates will be added shortly.
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