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Rihanna discography
Studio albums3
Singles13
Video albums1
Music videos12
B-sides7
Collaborations18
Other charted songs2
Unreleased songs3

This is a comprehensive listing of official releases by Rihanna, a Barbadian pop singer. Rihanna has released three studio albums, thirteen singles, and twelve music videos on her record label Def Jam.

Rihanna's debut album Music of the Sun was released in August 2005, and sold over a million copies worldwide.[1] It produced the top five single "Pon de Replay", which was certified Gold in 2006.[2] Her second album A Girl like Me was released the following year and enjoyed international chart success. The album's lead single "SOS" reached number one in the U.S. and the song "Unfaithful" won "Best International Song" at the NRJ Music Awards in 2007.[3] Good Girl Gone Bad, Rihanna's third album, was released in June 2007 and has sold over 5.9 million copies becoming her best selling album to date. Rihanna has sold over 11.5 million albums worldwide, and over 3.6 million in the U.S. She has also sold nearly 40 million singles worldwide and had eight number-one singles on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and six number-ones on the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Title Chart positions Sales/certification
U.S. CAN UK GER FRA NZ JAP AUS
2005 Music of the Sun 10 7 35 31 93 28 14
  • RIAA certification: Gold
  • US sales: 500,000+
  • Worldwide sales: 2 million
2006 A Girl like Me 5 1 5 13 18 8 4 9
  • RIAA certification: Platinum
  • US sales: 1.1 million
  • Worldwide Sales: 3.5 million
2007 Good Girl Gone Bad 2 1 1 4 11 3 7 2
  • RIAA certification: 2x Platinum
  • US sales: 1.85 million
  • Worldwide sales: 5,933,000
  • 2006: Sessions@AOL
  1. "SOS"
  2. "If It's Lovin' That You Want"
  3. "Unfaithful"
  4. "Pon de Replay"
  • 2007: Sessions@AOL
  1. "Umbrella"
  2. "Shut Up and Drive"
  3. "Unfaithful"
  4. "SOS"

DVD

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[4][5][6][7] Album
U.S. UK AUS NZ IRE CAN GER FRA NET ITA LT EU RIAA certification
2005 "Pon de Replay" 2 2 6 1 2 3 6 18 18 6 1 2 Platinum Music of the Sun
"If It's Lovin' That You Want" 36 11 9 9 8 48 25 10 17 22 43 350,000
2006 "SOS" 1 2 1 3 3 2 2 12 4 7 1 1 Platinum A Girl like Me
"Unfaithful" 6 2 2 4 2 1 2 7 1 14 4 1 Platinum
"We Ride" 107 17 24 7 17 45 45 33 15 27 300,000
"Break It Off" (featuring Sean Paul) 9 29 36 45 160 Gold
2007 "Umbrella" (featuring Jay-Z) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2x Platinum Good Girl Gone Bad
"Shut Up and Drive" 15 5 4 12 4 7 6 33 5 6 1 8 Platinum
"Don't Stop the Music" 3 4 1 3 6 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2x Platinum
"Hate That I Love You" (featuring Ne-Yo) 7 15 14 6 13 17 11 16 7 61 5 8 Platinum
2008 "Take a Bow" 1 1 3 2 1 1 6 12 3 45 1 3 Platinum
"Disturbia" 1 3 6 1 4 2 - - 8 9 9 3 2x Platinum
"Rehab"
Number-one songs 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 1 1 1 6 4
Top Ten songs 9 8 9 10 9 8 8 3 9 5 9
Top forty songs 11 12 14 11 12 11 10 9 11 11 11
Year Singles Chart positions Album
U.S. U.S. R&B UK AUS NZ IRE CAN GER AT SWI NET ITA POR FIN JPN
2007 "Roll It"
(J-Status featuring Shontelle & Rihanna)
33 89 20 8 The Beginning
2008 "Throw Your Hands Up"
(Elephant Man featuring Rihanna)
20 Let's Get Physical
"If I Never See Your Face Again"
(Maroon 5 featuring Rihanna)
51 28 11 21 16 12 54 52 11 15 It Won't Be Soon Before Long: Reloaded
"Just Stand Up!"
(featuring various female artists)
11 83 26 39 11 10 7 82 Charity Song
"Live Your Life"
(T.I. featuring Rihanna)
80 16 3 20 Paper Trail
"Numba 1 (Tide Is High)"
(Kardinal Official featuring Rihanna)
47 Not 4 Sale

Single certification

Guest appearances

These songs have not appeared on a studio album released by Rihanna:

Year Song Artist Album
2005 "The One" Memphis Bleek 534
"Boom Boom" Cham Ghetto Story
2006 "The Hotness" Shontelle Save the Last Dance 2 soundtrack
"Just Be Happy" Clinique 'Get Your Happy' CD sampler
2007 "First Time" Fabolous From Nothin' to Somethin'
"Roll It" J-Status & Shontelle The Beginning
"Throw Your Hands Up" Elephant Man Let's Get Physical
"Livin' A Lie" The-Dream Love Hate
"Winning Women" Nicole Scherzinger Her Name Is Nicole
"The Sweetest Girl" Lil Wayne & Akon & Wycleff
2008 "Where Do We Go" Razah Razah
"Live Your Life" T.I. Paper Trail
"Numba 1 (Tide Is High)" Kardinal Offishall Not 4 Sale
"Break You Off" Pretty Ricky Eighties Babies
2009 "Electric Guitar"(Album Version) Chris Brown Graffiti
"TBD" [15] Timbaland Shock Value 2

Music videos

Album Year Video Director(s)
Music of the Sun 2005 "Pon de Replay" Little X
"If It's Lovin' That You Want" Marcus Raboy
A Girl Like Me 2006 "SOS" Chris Applebaum
"Unfaithful" Anthony Mandler
"We Ride"
Good Girl Gone Bad
(and Reloaded edition)
2007 "Umbrella" Chris Applebaum
"Shut Up and Drive" Anthony Mandler
"Don't Stop the Music" Taj / Rihanna
"Hate That I Love You" Anthony Mandler
2008 "Take a Bow"
"If I Never See Your Face Again"
"Disturbia" Anthony Mandler / Rihanna

References