Rihanna Is The Inaugural Female Artist To Achieve 10 Songs With One Billion Streams On Spotify

In the absence of a forthcoming album, Rihanna persists in demonstrating her impact on music and culture.

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On Instagram, Badgalriri announces a significant achievement in her career, being the first female artist to have ten songs with one billion plays on Spotify.

Seven and a half years have elapsed since she released her latest album, ANTI, yet the Barbadian entrepreneur continues to have significant impact through her music. The 35-year-old mother has engaged in other enterprises beyond music, including her Fenty Beauty/Skin and Savage x Fenty lines. The "Diamond" artist has been occupied with global travel, anchoring the latest Super Bowl Halftime Show, which garnered more viewers than the game itself. She was recently observed in Paris with A$AP Rocky, attending Pharrell's inaugural presentation as the creative director of Louis Vuitton's menswear. The couple is currently in Barbados, where Rocky was observed recording a song video.

Rihanna utilised Instagram to highlight her significant achievement, captioning her post with a few lines: “Bad Gal billi … / wit no new album… / lemme talk my shit.” In the comments, Nicki Minaj, another undisputed queen of the industry, riffed off Rihanna’s caption with a quick freestyle to celebrate her friend, “Not Bad Gal billi / Poppin s**t like a wheelie / I mean poppin like a pilly, like a really / Man Down ‘cuz she making a killy,” her bars began. “SILLY! / Bout to be pushin out a new kid like Gillie / Caribbean girls run it and AWWLLL these b**ches know da dilly 🙄. Okay bars 🤧 🇧🇧 🇹🇹 #babydaddytellmeIGOTprettyeyes.”