The Year Rihanna Twerked on Water

About this episode

This episode discusses Rihanna's groundbreaking achievements in music and her impact on the portrayal of Black women.

Rihanna released the most-streamed album by a female artist in 2016. Rihanna tied Michael Jackson’s record for the most Top 5 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with said album in 2016. That same album became the first album by a Black woman to spend 500 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart, only to be beaten nine years later. Most importantly, it became one of the blueprints for multi‐dimensional portrayals of Black women in global music. Sign up for the newsletter: https://www.patreon.com/c/leadinglikealady/ Follow at: Threads: https://www.threads.com/@leadinglikealady TikTok - http://tiktok.com/@leadinglikealady Pinterest - https://pin.it/5ak7hFo LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadinglikealady/

Topics covered

• Rihanna
• music
• Black women
• Billboard charts

Keywords

• 2016
• most-streamed album
• Top 5 hits
• Billboard 200

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