{"id":388695,"date":"2026-04-20T12:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/388695\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T12:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:21:07","slug":"rihanna-makes-history-again-despite-not-releasing-an-album-in-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/388695\/","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna makes history again despite not releasing an album in 10 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Barbados <\/a>Barbados singer cum business mogul, Rihanna<\/p>\n

Rihanna has made history as the first woman to exceed 200 million RIAA singles certifications. Remarkably, she has achieved this milestone despite not having released an album in a decade.<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old \u201cDiamond\u201d singer has achieved third place on the all-time list, with her total certifications reaching 200.5 million units.<\/p>\n

Leading the ranks is Drake, with 277.5 million, followed by Morgan Wallen, who has earned 215 million certifications.<\/p>\n

Rihanna\u2019s most recent album, ANTI, came out in 2016. Since then, her musical output has included \u201cLift Me Up,\u201d recorded for the 2022 movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and \u201cFriends of Mine,\u201d which was featured in 2025\u2019s Smurfs.<\/p>\n

For years, Rihanna has been discussing the creation of her next studio album. In 2025, she shared with Harper\u2019s Bazaar that she felt \u201creally good about\u201d the progress of the album.<\/p>\n

She said, \u201cThere\u2019s no genre now. That\u2019s why I waited. Every time, I was just like, \u2018No, it\u2019s not me. It\u2019s not right. It\u2019s not matching my growth. It\u2019s not matching my evolution. I can\u2019t do this. I can\u2019t stand by this. I can\u2019t perform this for a year on tour.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Rihanna continued, \u201cAfter a while, I looked at it, and I was like, this much time away from music needs to count for the next thing everyone hears. It has to count. It has to matter. I have to show them the worth in the wait. I cannot put up anything mediocre.\u201d<\/p>\n

The artist, a mother of three, also hinted that the new music would defy expectations, stating it wouldn\u2019t be \u201ccommercial or radio digestible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite her music career, Rihanna is also thriving as an entrepreneur.<\/p>\n

In 2025, she became the first Black woman to found two billion-dollar companies. Both of her brands, Fenty Beauty and Savage X Fenty, surpassed a $1 billion valuation, according to Parade.<\/p>\n

Rihanna\u2019s two businesses collectively achieved a valuation surpassing $3 billion, a significant milestone in her career as an entrepreneur.<\/p>\n

Fenty Beauty, launched in 2017, quickly garnered praise from both consumers and the cosmetics industry, notably for its expansive foundation line designed to accommodate a diverse spectrum of skin tones.<\/p>\n

The rapid sell-out of the deeper foundation shades at Sephora prompted competitors, including Make Up For Ever and L\u2019Or\u00e9al, to launch campaigns focused on women of color.<\/p>\n

Fenty Beauty recently launched its products in Guyana, expanding the globally renowned cosmetics brand\u2019s reach into the Caribbean. The highly anticipated launch was facilitated by Glamour Beauty, Guyana\u2019s leading retail chain, which was founded by Varsha Sharma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barbados singer cum business mogul, Rihanna Rihanna has made history as the first woman to exceed 200 million…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-388695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}