Top 10 Rihanna Songs
Not getting enough of Rihanna’s songs? Chill buddy, you are not an exception. This lovely singer, within few years of her career, has managed to find a place in the hearts of so many people out there. She transformed from this newbie teenager, whom no one knew, into one of the best pop singers of the century. Enlisted below are 10 of her songs that gave a tough competition to some of the best songs sung by other artists.
1. Pon de Replay
Pon de Replay was the song with which Rihanna made her grand debut. This song was a part of her studio album, ‘Music of the Sun’. It was exclusively written by Alisha Brooks, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers and Vada Nobles. It made it to song number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It also was Rihanna’s first top five single song. Apart from the said popularity, this song made it to number one in New Zealand and number two in UK. It also made it to song number six in Australia and number seven in Canada.
2. SOS
After less than a year of Pon De Replay reaching the pinnacle of fame, Rihanna released her second studio album in 2006. It was called A Girl like Me. One of the best songs of this studio album was SOS. SOS was remarked as the number one single in United States on the Billboard Hot list of 100. SOS, an uptempo dance number reached the list of top five in the music markets of Germany, Ireland, UK and Switzerland. It also topped the charts in Canada and Australia. SOS was also nominated for The Record of the Year in the United Kingdom.
3. Unfaithful
This number was the second single released from the studio album A Girl Like Me. Rihanna quoted this song as “personal” according to her. The song is about a girl who is unfaithful to her boyfriend and what all she goes through. It is a slow number with unconventional lyrics. It is written by Ne-Yo, Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriksen. It peaked to number six on Billboard Hot 100 list in the United States. It also reached number eight on Songs of the Summer of 2006 by the Billboard magazine.
4. Break It Off
Break It Off touched number eight on the list of Hot Digital Songs in the United States. Hardly a week after this song was released to the digital market, this number immediately rose from number fifty-two to number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This number sold out an average download of 75,316. Till date, this song has sold out as many as 1,000,000 digital downloads in the U.S. It also peaked at number nineteen on the chart of Canadian Hot 100.
5. Take A Bow
In the year 2007, Rihanna came up with her third studio album titled Good Girl Gone Bad. Take A Bow was one of the three U.S. number one singles. It is the fifth single from the studio album, but is the first single from the re-released version of this album. The Billboard Magazine listed this song as number three on the chart of Songs of the Summer of 2008. Till date, Take A Bow has sold about 3,000,000 paid digital downloads in the United States. This song was also the reason why Rihanna made her entry on the Billboard Hot 100 number one single for the third time after Umbrella and SOS.
