Rihanna albums discography

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Rihanna albums discography
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Rihanna performing in Toronto during the Diamonds World Tour in March 2013.
Studio albums8
EPs3
Soundtrack albums1
Remix albums2
Reissues1
Box sets7

Barbadian singer Rihanna has released eight studio albums, two remix albums, one reissue, seven box sets and three extended plays. Since the beginning of her career in 2005, Rihanna has sold 60 million album units and 215 million digital tracks worldwide, [1] [2] making her one of the best-selling artists of all time. [3] [4] All of her albums have been certified platinum and multi-platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and have totalled sales of over 10 million copies in the country. [5]

Contents

Rihanna released her debut studio album, Music of the Sun in August 2005. It reached the top ten on the Canadian Albums and the US Billboard 200 charts; [6] [7] it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) [8] and sold over 623,000 copies in the country. [9] As of 2015, Music of the Sun had sold over two million copies worldwide. [10] The next year, she released her second studio album, A Girl like Me (2006). It topped the albums chart in Canada and reached number five on both the UK Albums and the US Billboard 200 charts. [6] [7] [11] It was certified two-times platinum by Music Canada (MC), the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), and RIAA; [8] [12] [13] it sold over four million copies worldwide. [14] Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), Rihanna's third studio album, peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart and was certified five-times platinum by RIAA in the United States and six-times Platinum by BPI in the United Kingdom. [7] [8] [13] The next year, it was reissued under the title Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (2008) with several new songs. It had sold over nine million copies worldwide, as of 2017. [15]

Rihanna's fourth studio album, Rated R (2009), peaked at number one on the Swiss Albums Chart and sold over three million copies worldwide. [16] [17] It was also certified two-times platinum by both BPI and RIAA. [8] [13] Rihanna's fifth studio album Loud was released in November 2010. Loud peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart and was certified six-times platinum by the BPI. [11] [13] The album was also certified three-times platinum in the United States and had sold over eight million copies worldwide. [8] [18] The next year, she released her sixth studio album, Talk That Talk (2011). It became Rihanna's third number one record in the United Kingdom [11] and sold over one million copies in the country. [19] It was also certified three-times platinum by the RIAA and sold over 5.5 million copies worldwide. [8] [20]

Rihanna's seventh studio album, Unapologetic (2012) became Rihanna's first record to top the Billboard 200 chart and received a three-times platinum certification by RIAA. [7] [8] It also peaked at number one on the album charts in Canada, Ireland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom; [6] [11] [16] [21] it had sold over four million copies worldwide. [22] She released her eighth album, Anti in 2016; it peaked at number one in Canada and the United States and was certified three-times platinum by the RIAA. [6] [7] [8]

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales Certifications
AUS
[23]
BEL
(FL)

[24]
CAN
[6]
FRA
[25]
GER
[26]
IRL
[21]
NZ
[27]
SWI
[16]
UK
[11]
US
[7]
Music of the Sun [lower-alpha 1] 793311226383510
A Girl like Me
  • Released: April 11, 2006 (US) [33]
  • Label: Def Jam, SRP
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
9101181357655
Good Girl Gone Bad
  • Released: June 5, 2007 (US) [37]
  • Label: Def Jam, SRP
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD, LP, digital download, streaming
2918414112
Rated R
  • Released: November 23, 2009 (US) [44]
  • Label: Def Jam, SRP
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
12165104714194
  • RIAA: 2× Platinum [8]
  • ARIA: Platinum [45]
  • BEA: Gold [46]
  • BPI: 2× Platinum [13]
  • BVMI: Platinum [31]
  • IRMA: Platinum [47]
  • MC: Platinum [12]
  • SNEP: Platinum [48]
Loud
  • Released: November 16, 2010 (US) [49]
  • Label: Def Jam, SRP
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD, LP, digital download, streaming
2313214113
  • RIAA: 5× Platinum [8]
  • ARIA: 4× Platinum [51]
  • BEA: Platinum [46]
  • BPI: 7× Platinum [13]
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum [31]
  • IRMA: 5× Platinum [52]
  • MC: 3× Platinum [12]
  • RMNZ: Platinum [53]
Talk That Talk
  • Released: November 21, 2011 (US) [54]
  • Label: Def Jam, SRP
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
5332321113
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum [8]
  • ARIA: Platinum [55]
  • BEA: Gold [46]
  • BPI: 3× Platinum [13]
  • BVMI: Gold [31]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum [40]
  • IRMA: 3× Platinum [56]
  • RMNZ: Platinum [57]
Unapologetic
  • Released: November 19, 2012 (US) [58]
  • Label: Def Jam, SRP
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD, LP, digital download, streaming
8213315111
  • RIAA: 3× Platinum [8]
  • ARIA: Platinum [59]
  • BEA: Gold [60]
  • BPI: 3× Platinum [13]
  • BVMI: Platinum [31]
  • IRMA: 2× Platinum [61]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum [40]
  • MC: Platinum [12]
  • RMNZ: Gold [62]
Anti
  • Released: January 28, 2016
  • Label: Westbury Road, Roc Nation
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
5816325271
  • RIAA: 6× Platinum [8]
  • ARIA: Platinum [65]
  • BEA: 2× Platinum [66]
  • BPI: Platinum [13]
  • BVMI: Gold [31]
  • MC: 4× Platinum [12]
  • SNEP: 2× Platinum [43]
  • RMNZ: 4× Platinum [42]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

List of soundtrack albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[23]
BEL
(FL)

[24]
CAN
[6]
FRA
[25]
GER
[26]
IRL
[21]
NZ
[27]
SWI
[16]
UK
[11]
US
[7]
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Music from and Inspired By
(with Tems and various artists)
79507477321731312

Remix albums

List of remix albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
GRE
[68]
US
[7]
US
Dance

[69]
US
R&B

[70]
Good Girl Gone Bad:
The Remixes
  • Released: January 27, 2009 (US) [71]
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Formats: CD, digital download
106459
Rated R: Remixed
  • Released: May 25, 2010 (US) [72]
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Formats: CD, digital download
4158633
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Reissues

List of album re-issues, with selected chart positions and certifications
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
NZ
[27]
JPN
[73]
Good Girl Gone Bad:
Reloaded
  • Released: June 2, 2008
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD, LP, digital download
495
  • RMNZ: Platinum [74]

Box sets

List of box sets, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
FRA
[25]
US
R&B

[70]
3 CD Collector's Set
  • Released: December 15, 2009 (US) [75]
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Format: CD
80
Music of the Sun / A Girl Like Me / Good Girl Gone Bad
  • Released: June 22, 2011 (JPN) [76]
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Formats: CD box set
Coffret 4 CD
  • Released: October 17, 2011 (FRA) [77]
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Formats: CD box set
55
Music of the Sun / A Girl Like Me
  • Released: December 5, 2012 (JPN) [78]
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Formats: CD box set
Good Girl Gone Bad / Rated R
  • Released: December 5, 2012 (JPN) [79]
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Formats: CD box set
Rated R + Loud
  • Released: August 2, 2013 (GER) [80]
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Formats: CD
Vinyl Box Set
  • Released: December 16, 2016 [81]
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Formats: 15-LP box set
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

EPs

List of extended plays, with details
TitleDetails
Don't Stop the Music (Hit Pack)
Don't Stop the Music (5 Track)
  • Released: January 1, 2007 (DE) [84]
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Format: Digital download
Rated R (Nokia Singles Edition)
  • Released: March 3, 2010 [85]
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Format: Digital download
  • Includes: First three singles and Nokia bonus tracks

Notes

  1. Music of the Sun did not enter the ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the ARIA Top 20 Hitseekers Albums Chart. [29]
  2. 1 2 3 United Kingdom sales figures for Music of the Sun, A Girl like Me, Good Girl Gone Bad and Rated R as of November 2012. [30]
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 United States sales figures for all the studio albums as of June 2015. [9]
  4. 1 2 3 United Kingdom sales figures for Good Girl Gone Bad and Loud as of February 2016 [50]
  5. 1 2 3 France sales figures for Loud, Talk That Talk and Unapologetic as of May 2013. [19]
  6. United Kingdom sales figures for Talk That Talk and Unapologetic as of May 2013. [19]
  7. US sales figures for Anti as of December 2016. [63] Although an additional 1.4 million copies were downloaded for free from Tidal, Billboard and Nielsen Music did not recognize them, because they were distributed for free by Samsung. [64]

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