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Rihanna's Birthday: What's Your Favorite Rihanna Studio Album? | Poll

In honor of the nine-time GRAMMY winner's 30th birthday, cast your vote for your favorite Rihanna studio album

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Feb 20, 2018 - 10:36 am

Since debuting on the music scene in 2005, Rihanna has flipped the tables on popular music … a few times.

Whether it's earworm candy such as "Diamonds,” amazing collabs like "The Monster" (with Eminem) and "Umbrella" (with Jay-Z) or chart-burners like "Only Girl In The World," Rihanna's catalog has been marked by plenty of diamonds.

Rihanna is the youngest and fastest solo artist to earn 14 No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 — she currently holds 31 Top 10 singles on the chart. Her last two studio albums, 2012's Unapologetic and 2016's Anti, hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

She's earned nine GRAMMYs and 33 nominations and graced the stage on Music's Biggest Night multiple times, including her 2018 performance of "Wild Thoughts" with DJ Khaled and Bryson Tiller.

Style-wise, Rihanna is an icon. Her every move is studied by the media and the fashion industry. In 2014 she was presented with the Fashion Icon lifetime achievement award from Council of Fashion Designers of America a special prize reserved for "an individual whose style has made a significant impact on popular culture on an international stage."And all this before her 30th birthday!

In celebration of her B-day today, cast your vote below for your favorite studio album from Rihanna.

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Cast your vote: What is your favorite studio album by Rihanna?

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Adele, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Taylor Swift: Favorite Debut Album | Poll

The soul of '19,' the craziness of 'Dangerously In Love,' the hot factor of 'Music Of The Sun,' or the teen innocence of 'Taylor Swift' — which is your favorite?

Tim McPhate

GRAMMYs

Apr 20, 2018 - 2:56 pm

Collectively, they've hauled in more than 50 GRAMMY Awards between them. Individually, each made a huge splash with their first musical impression — their debut studio album.

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Adele, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Taylor Swift: Which debut album from these GRAMMY winners is your favorite?

After her reign in Destiny's Child, Beyoncé set out on her own with 2003's Dangerously In Love. Her solo debut featured a "good balance of ... ballads and ... mid-tempos with just ridin'-in-your-car feels, to a lot of ... up-tempo club songs, to really sexy songs," as Bey put it. It spawned two No. 1 jams — "Crazy In Love" and "Baby Boy" — and earned the Texas native five GRAMMYs, including Best Contemporary R&B Album.

Spanning dancehall songs and R&B ballads, Rihanna struck gold, literally, with her debut, 2005's Music Of The Sun. The LP no doubt lit the fire for the Barbadian beauty's career, yielding the hits "Pon De Replay" and "If It's Lovin' That You Want" on its way to a No. 10 position on the Billboard 200. Music Of The Sun was certified gold by the RIAA, marking the first hint of RiRi's future sales dominance.

Released in 2006, Taylor Swift offered an impressive glimpse into the promising songcraft of one Taylor Alison Swift — and she was only 16 when she released it. The countryfied debut featured five big singles — each attaining RIAA platinum status by the RIAA — including "Tim McGraw," "Teardrops On My Guitar" and "Our Song." AllMusic labeled her a "talent to be reckoned [with]" — indeed, Swift earned her first GRAMMY nomination for Best New Artist at the 50th GRAMMY Awards.

Adele's career hit the ground running with the release of 19 in 2008. Blue-eyed soul hits such as "Chasing Pavements," "Hometown Glory" and "Make You Feel My Love" provided compelling testimony to Adele's powerful voice, which BBC Music described as "stunning." It all yielded an equally stunning first act for the English singer, who earned a No. 4 Billboard 200 debut, sales of more than 3 million, and her first career GRAMMYs for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Chasing Pavements."

It goes without saying, each of these albums made a huge dent on pop culture. But we want to know: Which of these debut albums is your favorite? Cast your vote!

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SZA Helps Rihanna Become Queen Of Dance With "Consideration"

Eighth for Rihanna breaks another record with eigth No. 1 from a single album on Billboard Dance Club Songs chart

Philip Merrill

GRAMMYs

Feb 21, 2018 - 4:07 pm

Rihanna has broken a new record on the Feb. 24 Billboard Dance Club Songs chart as "Consideration" featuring SZA becomes the first time one album — 2016's GRAMMY nominated Anti — had eight tracks reach No. 1. This is SZA's first time at No. 1 on Dance Club Songs.

The previous record of seven was held by Katy Perry's 2010 Teenage Dream. Although Queen Of Dance might not be a title Rihanna sought, she's earned it. However, Madonna totaled 46 No. 1 Dance Club Songs in total, leading Rihanna's now-updated total of 33. Beyoncé places next with 22 at No. 1 on the chart. Looking over at awards territory, Queen Bey has the same number of GRAMMY wins, 22, exceeding Rihanna's 8, and it was Beyoncé's recognized classic Lemonade that beat Anti in the Best Urban Contemporary Album category at the 59th GRAMMY Awards.

A beauty mogul, philanthropist and Best Rap/Sung Performance GRAMMY winner at the 60th GRAMMY Awards with Kendrick Lamar for "Loyalty," Rihanna recently celebrated a birthday on Feb. 20, and even though it's just passed, it's still not too late to vote in our Black History Month poll What's Your Favorite Rihanna Studio Album?

As her loyal fans have been known to say: Go Navy!

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Unexpected GRAMMY Moments: Little Richard, Evanescence & More

You never know what’ll happen during Music’s Biggest Night

Jennifer Velez

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Dec 28, 2018 - 8:42 am

Every year, noted music veterans, up-and-coming artists and everyone in between come together under one roof at the GRAMMY Awards to recognize some of the industry's most talented individuals. But with so many personalities in the room, you never know what could happen!

As 2018 draws to a close and we inch closer to the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 10, we're looking back at some of the most surprising moments that have taken place on the GRAMMYs stage.

7 Unexpected GRAMMY On-Stage Moments

For starters, at the 30th GRAMMY Awards in 1988, pop icon Little Richard didn't exactly stick to the script when he was announcing the Best New Artist Award alongside proto-punk king Buster Poindexter.

Clad in a tan suit and aviators, Little Richard cracked: "And the Best New Artist is… Me!" Fortunately, the crowd loved it and broke into uproarious laughter.

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"I have never received nothing,” he continued. “Ya'll ain't never give me no GRAMMY. And I've been singing for years. I am the architect of rock and roll."

Another unexpected moment happened when Taylor Swift was not present to accept her Best Pop Vocal Album win for 1989 during the 58th GRAMMY Awards in 2016. Jack Antonoff, who wrote and produced a number of songs on the album, went onstage to accept the award and phoned Swift to let her know.

"She's gonna freak, hold on," Antonoff says as the phone rings.

"Hello," Taylor answers.

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"Taylor, it’s Jack. I'm not doing a bit. We just won Pop Vocal Album."

"What!?" she replies as the crowd cheers. "We won!!" Taylor can be heard over the cheering crowd.

What’ll happen at the 2019 show? Tune in to the 61st GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 10 to find out, and click on the video above to watch more unexpected GRAMMY moments from years past.

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Who Do You Think Voters Will Choose For Best Metal Performance?

Between The Buried And Me, Deafheaven, High On Fire, Trivium and Underoath—which metal nominee hit the hardest this year?

Nate Hertweck

GRAMMYs

Dec 19, 2018 - 4:21 pm

Metal is alive and well in 2018, and the range of heavy music represented in this year's GRAMMY nomination in the Best Metal Performance category show there are many was to make extreme music.

From North Carolina's experimental stalwarts Between The Buried And Me to heatseekers Deafheavan, who dropped one of the most talked about heavy releases of the year, or consider the crushing chaos of metal mainstays High On Fire, the technical brilliance of Trivium and the triumphant return of hardcore heroes Underoath, back with their first new material in eight years. The competition of this year's nominees reflect the intensity of the music itself. Who would you choose?

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Who Will Voters Pick For Best Metal Performance?

Which track do you think GRAMMY voters will choose for Best Metal Performance at the 61st GRAMMY Awards? Vote here and tune to CBS Feb. 10 to see if Recording Academy voters agreed with your pick.

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