Saturday, June 20, 2015

Rihanna surpasses Beyonce On ‘Billboard’ charts

Rihanna surpasses Beyonce

‘Drunk on Love’ singer Rihanna has surpassed a feat achieved by ‘Drunk in Love’ singer Beyonce on the Billboard charts. Not only has Rihanna sold more records than Beyonce (She’s in the top5 highest selling female artists of time) she has now surpassed Beyonce with the most No.1 hits on Billboard’s Dance Club chart

From Billboard Magazine

Rihanna reigns atop Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart (dated June 27) for the 23rd time with “Bitch Better Have My Money” (2-1). With her latest leader, she eclipses Beyonce (22 No. 1s), who last topped the chart in February with “7/11.”

Rihanna now trails only Madonna (45) for the most No. 1s in the chart’s nearly 39-year history, dating to its inception as a national survey in 1976.

As for Rihanna, her “Bitch” was remixed by its own cast of EDM stars, including Diplo & GTA, Flosstradamus, R3hab and Michael Woods, among others.

Here’s an updated recap of Rihanna’s 23 Dance Club Songs leaders over the years. (For titles that spent multiple weeks at No. 1, total frames on top are noted in parentheses.)

Rihanna’s Billboard Dance Club Songs No. 1s

2005, “Pon De Replay”

2006, “SOS”

2006, “Unfaithful”

2007, “We Ride”

2007, “Umbrella,” feat. Jay-Z (two)

2007, “Don’t Stop the Music”

2007, “Shut Up and Drive”

2008, “Disturbia”

2010, “Russian Roulette”

2010, “Hard,” feat. Jeezy

2010, “Rude Boy”

2010, “Only Girl (In the World)”

2011, “Who’s That Chick?” (David Guetta feat. Rihanna)

2011, “S&M”

2011, “California King Bed”

2011, “We Found Love,” feat. Calvin Harris (two)

2012, “You Da One”

2012, “Where Have You Been”

2012, “Diamonds”

2013, “Right Now,” feat. David Guetta

2013, “What Now”

2014, “Can’t Remember to Forget You” (Shakira feat. Rihanna)
2015, “Bitch Better Have My Money”