Rihanna breaks more records

To coincide with the first of her record breaking 10 shows at London's 02 Arena - Rihanna released her new single We Found Love featuring Calvin Harris on Wednesday 4th October. It reached the #1 position on iTunes that same day and stormed straight to the top spot on the UK's Official single chart despite having only been on sale for 4 days. We Found Love clocked up 87,000 sales in just over half a week and meant Rihanna has scored a phenomenal 6 Number 1's in five consecutive years, a record unequalled by any other female solo artist.

The Bajan superstar Rihanna shows no sign of slowing down. Her fifth album Loud released November 14th 2010 has now sold more in the UK than any other territory in the world, is already at 1.7 million sales and continues to grace the top 25 nearly a year after its release. Loud spawned the #1 singles Only Girl (In The World) and What's My Name. 2010 was also the year that saw her passing the landmark of 10 million records sold in the UK and picking up her first BRIT Award.

We Found Love is Rihanna's 20th Top 20 single in the UK - the first of which was the worldwide smash Pon De Replay back in 2005. Rihanna also broke records in 2007 when she scored the longest-running #1 single since 1994 with Umbrella, topping the UK chart for a 10th week and equalled Whitney Houston's record for weeks at #1 of any female artist in history.

Rihanna doesn't just break records with her incredible albums - she also is one of the hottest live acts in the UK. Rihanna has sold over a staggering 300,000 tickets for her UK 'Loud' Tour and to celebrate this record breaking feat she recently added her 10th and final show at the O2 London on Tuesday 20th December 2011. Rihanna has broken the venue's record with ten shows, the longest ever for a solo female artist at The O2 arena since it opened in 2007.

Last but not least, Rihanna is the #1 female artist on Facebook with over 45 million fans (http://www.facebook.com/rihanna).

RIHANNA 'Loud' Tour 2011

October 2011
Wednesday 05 London O2 Arena
Thursday 06 London O2 Arena
Friday 07 Liverpool Echo Arena
Sunday 09 Manchester Evening News Arena
Monday 10 Glasgow SECC
Tuesday 11 Glasgow SECC
Thursday 13 London O2 Arena
Saturday 15 Birmingham LG Arena
Sunday 16 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena

November 2011
Sunday 13 London O2 Arena
Monday 14 London O2 Arena
Tuesday 15 London O2 Arena
Tuesday 18 Birmingham LG Arena
Wednesday 19 Motorpoint Arena Sheffield
Friday 21 Manchester MEN Arena
Tuesday 22 Nottingham Capital FM Arena
Wednesday 23 Glasgow SECC
Sunday 27 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Monday 28 Manchester Evening News Arena
Tuesday 29 Birmingham NIA

December 2011
Thursday 1 London O2 Arena
Friday 2 Manchester Evening News Arena
Tuesday 20 London O2 Arena
Wednesday 21 London O2 Arena
Thursday 22 London O2 Arena

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