Pop Queen Rihann An Overview - 1405 Words

With the ascent of â€Å"work† by Barbadian pop queen Rihanna was able to collect 14th song to take the number one spot on Billboard’s Top 100 list, breaking her tie with Michael Jackson for the third-most number one singles (Thomas). Through countless successes as a solo female artist, she holds 8.5 billion views on YouTube and had sold over 215 million digital tracks worldwide (Roc Nation). Before releasing the album title ‘Anti† under the Westbury Road Entertainment (Owned by Rihanna) and Roc Nation Record, the leading single â€Å"Work† was released on streaming service provided by Tidal on January 27, 2016. According to Nielsen Music, Work had sold over 126,000 downloads and the eighth studio â€Å"Anti† album generated 4.7 million streams (Caulfield, Gary). To a new listener, Rihanna’s â€Å"Work† full of slangs with offbeat and repeats the lyrics simultaneously (Billboard). Some criticized that she spoke gibberish but Rihan na’s â€Å"work† vocal quality is known to be a unique with a distinctive tone. It’s a chilled song that makes you want to be in tropical, soaked with touches of the Caribbean flow. One of the remarkable facts is that the song Work is a dance hall/ reggae pop genre originating from Jamaica. (Billboard) The lyrics were written by Jahron Braithwaite (PartyNextDoor) a Jamaican native, Rihanna and Drake. It was also produced by a Jamaican Canadian named known as Matthew Samuels (Boi-1da), Allen Ritter and Sevn Thomas. Allowing her to be a widely_____. Inspired and sampled by