#RIHANNA FULL ALBUM 2010 UPDATE#
Like a 2010 update to her 2007 smash “Don’t Stop The Music,” “Only Girl” quickly restored Rihanna’s reign as a radio chart topper with a dance-pop, synthesized beat and an anthemic, rallying call of a chorus: “Want you to make me feel like I’m the only girl in the world!”Īnd then came the promotional photos: Soft, dream-like portraits of a redheaded RiRi frolicking in open fields. Therefore, it was no surprise when the world received the first taste of Rihanna’s new music on September 7: “Only Girl (In The World),” the catchy, surging lead single from LOUD.
With the release of the bratty, bossy “Rude Boy” in February, the Barbadian sensation was already exuding the same playful, cocky confidence and breezy spirit that has come to define her since her debut single, “Pon De Replay.” Nonetheless, it was clear that Rated R was a temporary (albeit necessary) moment of darkness in the otherwise sunny Bajan songstress’ disposition. While Rated R proved less commercially viable than her 2007 multi-platinum Good Girl Gone Bad (which ‘artistic’ album ever gets its fair recognition?), Rated R stands as a career-defining record, one that completed Rihanna’s transition from a dime-a-dozen radio star to a full-fledged artist with depth and complexity. The album was a distinct break in image and sound for the young artist, complimented by stark visuals and a hard new sound: Promotional photos featured Rihanna wrapped in barbed wire and throwing gun signs, clad in spikes, chains or nothing much at all, while the music of the album was filled with grinding dub-step beats and cold, damning lyrics.
Only one year ago, Rihanna was in the midst of releasing her fourth studio album, Rated R, a reflection on the darker period of Rihanna’s life which has since come to be known simply as ‘the Chris Brown incident.’ On June 5, Rihanna‘s name graced headlines after she appeared onstage at the Rock in Rio concert in Madrid donning a fiery red, ultra-cropped new ‘do.Īnd although she was still in the midst of promoting her last album on The Last Girl on Earth Tour, it was clear that–with a small shock of red that would soon evolve into a bright, feathery mane–the LOUD era was born.īut it wasn’t just the hair that changed.
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