Rihanna
Score Position: #2
Longevity Score: 7/10
Potency Ranking: 78.68 (#12)
Lead vs. Featuring Rate: 73.68%
Best Year: 2010
Other Awards: Artist of the Year 2010
She began the 2010s with the release of her fifth studio album, “Loud,” which spawned hit singles such as “Only Girl (In the World),” “What’s My Name?,” and “S&M.” In 2011, she released her sixth studio album, “Talk That Talk,” which included the hit singles “We Found Love” and “You Da One.”
Riri continued to release critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums throughout the 2010s, including “Unapologetic” (2012) and “Anti” (2016). She also released a number of successful singles, including “Diamonds,” “Stay,” “Work,” and “Love on the Brain.” She won a total of eight Grammy Awards during the 2010s.
Biggest songs of the decade:
- “Hard” (featuring Jeezy) (2009 – charted in 2010)
- “Rude Boy” (2010)
- “Only Girl (In the World)” (2010)
- “Love the Way You Lie” (2010) (Eminem featuring Rihanna) (Certified Tune)
- “What’s My Name?” (featuring Drake) (2010)
- “S&M” (featuring Britney Spears) (2011)
- “Cheers (Drink To That)” (2011)
- “We Found Love” (featuring Calvin Harris) (2011)
- “Where Have You Been” (2012)
- “Diamonds” (2012) (Certified Tune)
- “Take Care” (2012) (Drake featuring Rihanna)
- “Stay” (featuring Mikky Ekko) (2013)
- “The Monster” (2013) (Eminem featuring Rihanna) (Certified Tune)
- “FourFiveSeconds” (2015) (collaboration with Kanye West and Paul McCartney)
- “Work” (featuring Drake) (2016)
- “Needed Me” (2016)
- “Love on the Brain” (2016)
- “This Is What You Came For” (2016) (Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna) (Certified Tune)
- “Wild Thoughts” (2017) (DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller)