Rihanna has just broken yet another Billboard record while in the midst of one era concluding and another one beginning. “Cheers”, the final single lifted from ‘LOUD’ toasts to coming in at No. 7 on this week, while “We Found Love” picks up the rear at No. 9. Thereby earning Rihanna the solo distinction of having two songs in the Top 10 from two separate albums at the same time! There’s more…

Having first graced the Hot 100 the week of June 11, 2005, with the eventual No. 2-peaking “Pon De Replay,” Rihanna reaches 20 top 10s in a span of just six years and four months, besting Madonna for the quickest collection of top 10s among soloists (from an artist’s first Hot 100 appearance) in the chart’s 53-year history. Madonna tallied her 20th top 10, “Hanky Panky,” the week of July 28, 1990, for a stretch of six years and nine months after her chart introduction with “Holiday.” Rihanna, thus, bests Madonna’s mark by five months.

Among all acts, Rihanna’s run to 20 top 10s is the second-fastest. Only the Beatles sprinted to the sum more quickly, taking just two years, seven months and one week between their chart entrance with “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (Jan. 18, 1964) and “Yellow Submarine,” which sailed 52-8 the week of Aug. 27, 1966. The Supremes are pushed to third-place among all artists, having collected their 20 career top 10s in a span of six years, five months and one week in 1964-70.

With the vault, Rihanna becomes the 14th artist to garner as many as 20 Hot 100 top 10s and just the fifth woman to earn the honor. Among women, Madonna leads with 37 top 10s – the highest total among all artists – followed by Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson (27 each) and Whitney Houston (23).

Prior to Rihanna this week, Carey had been the last artist to reach 20 top 10s when “Thank God I Found You,” featuring Joe and 98 Degrees, blasted 22-2 on the Feb. 12, 2000, chart (a week before it led the Hot 100 for one frame).

Notably, in an era where songs can scale the Hot 100′s upper reaches in their debut week solely on the strength of hefty first-week digital sales, all 20 of Rihanna’s top 10s have received radio support concurrent with their moves into the Hot 100′s top 10. Seventeen of the 20, in fact, have reached the top 10 on Radio Songs, with eight bounding all the way to No. 1. And, even the three songs that missed the Radio Songs top 10 still made the list’s top 40 (“Break It Off,” No. 11; “Russian Roulette,” No. 35; and, “Cheers (Drink to That),” No. 13).

“We Found Love” jumps into the Hot 100′s top 10 with dual Digital and Airplay Gainer accolades. The first single from Rihanna’s sixth studio album, due Nov. 21, charges 7-6 on Digital Songs (147,000 downloads sold, up 25%, according to Nielsen SoundScan) and 75-38 on Radio Songs (33 million audience impressions, up 129%, according to Nielsen BDS).

All charts, including the Hot 100, Digital Songs and Radio Songs, will be refreshed tomorrow (Oct. 6) on Billboard.com.

Here is a recap of Rihanna’s 20 Billboard Hot 100 top 10s:

Year, Peak Position, Title

2005, No. 2, “Pon De Replay”
2006, No. 1 (three weeks), “SOS”
2006, No. 6, “Unfaithful”
2007, No. 9, “Break It Off” (Rihanna and Sean Paul)
2007, No. 1 (seven weeks), “Umbrella” (featuring Jay-Z)
2007, No. 7, “Hate That I Love You” (featuring Ne-Yo)
2008, No. 3, “Don’t Stop the Music”
2008, No. 1 (one week), “Take a Bow”
2008, No. 1 (two weeks), “Disturbia”
2008, No. 1 (six weeks), “Live Your Life” (T.I. featuring Rihanna)
2009, No. 2, “Run This Town” (Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West)
2009, No. 9, “Russian Roulette”
2010, No. 8, “Hard” (featuring Jeezy)
2010, No. 1 (five weeks), “Rude Boy”
2010, No. 1 (seven weeks), “Love the Way You Lie” (Eminem featring Rihanna)
2010, No. 1 (one week), “Only Girl (In the World)”
2010, No. 1 (one week), “What’s My Name?” (featuring Drake)
2011, No. 1 (one week), “S&M” (featuring Britney Spears)
2011, No. 7, “Cheers (Drink to That)”
2011, No. 9 (to-date), “We Found Love” (featuring Calvin Harris

Source: Billboard

” Rihanna reaches 20 top 10s in a span of just six years and four months, besting Madonna for the quickest collection of top 10s among soloists"

buuuuuuuuut she was a featuring guest in 2 of other singer's songs...that should count 4 "soloists"

Some of those were either her being featured or featuring artists that did more than she did. Madonna had no such problem.

And guess what?

NOBODY gives a fuck...

idegaf I enjoy her music, but that's about it.

I swear people just make up some stuff just to say somebody breaks records nowadays...

silverchild said:

I swear people just make up some stuff just to say somebody breaks records nowadays...

I'm surprised she hasn't made records for most sold ringtones (yeah there's a record for that!)

Timmy84 said:

silverchild said:

I swear people just make up some stuff just to say somebody breaks records nowadays...

I'm surprised she hasn't made records for most sold ringtones (yeah there's a record for that!)

Who holds it? I bet it's Kesha.

Timmy84 said:

Some of those were either her being featured or featuring artists that did more than she did. Madonna had no such problem.

I don't really mind that Rihanna beat out Madge's record. She is a spectacular singles artist,

but we'll see if 20 top 10 hits into her career if she can finally score a #1 album.

Yeah, more newly manipulated categories and numbers.

purplethunder3121 said:

Yeah, more newly manipulated categories and numbers.

No, she's not Katy Perry.

All of Madonna top 10s were of her, and her alone. No cameos, features, or her playing hook singer on somebody else's record.

*shrugs*

Timmy84 said:

Some of those were either her being featured or featuring artists that did more than she did. Madonna had no such problem.

Well one record she FAILED to break that still stands is Richard Marx's first 7 singles made the Top 5, he owns that, not even Elvis, the beatles or madonna came near it. And this was back in the 80's when there was competition, and also singles werent 99cents, u had to actually go to a store and buy them.

They purposely planned to release her new record this year so she could break the record, and paid her to say Loud sucks so the kiddies on her twitter fall for it and buy her new shit.

I just broke another record FASTEST PERSON TO NOT GIVE A FUCK.

HonestMan13 said:

I just broke another record FASTEST PERSON TO NOT GIVE A FUCK.

Your to slow... I already broke that record! lol

LOL! I'll drink to that!

alphastreet said:

They purposely planned to release her new record this year so she could break the record, and paid her to say Loud sucks so the kiddies on her twitter fall for it and buy her new shit.

Yup. Its all strategy. Too bad they don't strategize in the studio as much as they do in the label's boardroom.

I don't know why the beginning of Drink to That reminded me of Another Part of Me and Diggin' On You's video intros

Timmy84 said:

silverchild said:

I swear people just make up some stuff just to say somebody breaks records nowadays...

I'm surprised she hasn't made records for most sold ringtones (yeah there's a record for that!)

THAT^ record is currently held by The Black Eyed Peas. The digital downloads for I Got Feelin' is currently at 6,000,000+ worldwide.

Ok well good for Rih

mjscarousal said:

HonestMan13 said:

I just broke another record FASTEST PERSON TO NOT GIVE A FUCK.

Your to slow... I already broke that record! lol

mjscarousal said:

HonestMan13 said:

I just broke another record FASTEST PERSON TO NOT GIVE A FUCK.

Your to slow... I already broke that record! lol