Rihanna Breaks Spotify Streaming Record As First Female Artist To Have 10 Songs Accumulate 1 Billion Streams

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Rihanna is adding another diamond to her career’s tiara. The Barbados-born pop star and entrepreneur, 35, who recently stepped down as the CEO of her Savage x Fenty lingerie label, took to Instagram on Saturday to celebrate an incredibly riveting milestone and record. READ MORE: Rihanna Steps Down As Savage X Fenty CEO With no new album since 2016, Rih-Rih has earned the shining title of the first-ever female artist with ten songs with one billion streams on Spotify.

The expecting mother, last spotted in Paris on the front-row sidelines of Pharell’s debut show as a Louis Vuitton menswear creative director, took to Instagram to share the news of the impressive accomplishment to her 152 million followers on the platform.

The makeup mogul shared a cheeky rap in the announcement, writing: “Bad Gal billi … / wit no new album… / lemme talk my sh**.” READ MORE: A$AP Rocky Calls Rihanna His ‘Beautiful Wife’ As She Cheers Him On At Spotify Concert Fellow industry powerhouse Nicki Minaj spread her own lyrical magic in the comment section: “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.” Some of the chart-topping smashes that helped Rih earn the coveted accolade include “We Found Love”, “Umbrella”, “Diamonds” and “Love On The Brain”.