In 2004, Jay-Z signed Rihanna to his Def Jam label. She got to work immediately and released two hit albums in eight months. In 2007 Rihanna chopped her hair and released Good Girl Gone Bad. After her summer anthem, “Umbrella,” topped the charts, she became a CoverGirl and won her first Grammy.
The singer returned to music in 2010 with her Grammy-lauded album Loud, 2011’s hit-boasting Talk That Talk and 2012’s Unapologetic. Unapologetic, Rihanna’s seventh studio album, featured some of her brashest material and was led by “Diamonds”, her 18th Top Ten single. Unapologetic became her first number one album, and eventually produced further Top Ten hits in “Stay” and “Jump.” In the fall of 2013 her feature on Eminem’s “The Monster” helped it hit number one on the pop charts, tying her with Michael Jackson for the most chart-toppers in Billboard chart history. The song won a Grammy Award in the category of Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
In early 2015, Rihanna released “FourFiveSeconds,” a stripped-down single featuring the unlikely duo of Kanye West and Paul McCartney. It topped the Hot 100 and was followed by the cruder “Bitch Better Have My Money,” which led the way to Anti several months later. Another song entitled “American Oxygen” debuted on Tidal in April 2015.
On August 13, 2015, it was announced that Rihanna will be joining the ninth season of The Voice as the main advisor for the show. Later that month it was announced that Rihanna had inked a $25 million contract with Samsung. The deal would see Rihanna promoting Samsung’s Galaxy line of products whilst Samsung would sponsor the release of Anti and its supporting tour. The Anti World Tour was announced in November 2015. The tour will start in February 2016, with Travis Scott supporting in North America, and The Weeknd and Big Sean supporting at selected European dates. Don’t miss her on March 4th at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin.
Rihanna w/ Travi$ Scott
Friday, March 4th
Buy Tickets: $45-$4,675
Doors: 7:30pm
All ages
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