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Yesterday Rihanna performed in London wearing the blonde wig that she was previously seen wearing on the “You Da One” video shoot!

what do you think about the new look?

Billboard 200: Arriving in the No. 3 slot this week is Rihanna’s “Talk That Talk,” selling 197,000. It’s the diva’s sixth top 10 album and follows “LOUD,” which also launched at No. 3 a year ago (but with a bigger week: 207,000).

FYI: Rihanna’s “LOUD” has sold almost 6 million copies worldwide in less than a year.

Congratulations to Jessica from London for winning our Jingle Bell Ball’s contest! We hope you will have an amazing time at the event!

In case you haven’t heard yet this Saturday Rihanna will perform in front of thousands of screaming fans at London’s O2 Arena as she headlines Capital FM’s Jingle Bell Ball.

Even if you won’t be there you will be able to catch all the action from the event as it happens on CapitalFM and @capitalofficial on Twitter.

In the meantime to get you in the mood check out the answers to the ‘Ten Most Asked RiRi Questions’ here.

UK Navy goes hard! Rihanna’s latest album “Talk That Talk” was certified platinum after just a week since the release in the United Kingdom! According to British Recorded Music Industry, the album sold (as well as been shipped) 300,000 copies!! Well done!

UK Navy! Get access to tickets from 01:00 (1am) on Thursday 17 November for Rihanna at Barclaycard Wireless on Sunday 8 July 2012! Simply pre-order Rihanna’s hotly tipped new album, `Talk That Talk’, for only £7.99, along with your Barclaycard Wireless tickets.

Rihanna’s album and tickets are sold together as a bundle. The CD album will be delivered by Universal Music by the 21 November or 14 days from purchase if booked from 18 November.

Don’t miss out seeing Rihanna on her only confirmed UK date of 2012! Buy your album and tickets from 01:00 (1am) on Thursday 17 November.

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Rihanna has given fans a taste of her November 21 release Talk That Talk in the form of two singles: the Calvin Harris party starter “We Found Love” and the Dr. Luke club banger “You Da One.”

The album features nine other booty-shaking, NSFW tunes about getting frisky, with production credits from a number of noted hitmakers like Stargate, Bangladesh and The-Dream. Another producer, Hit-Boy, made the final cut with his sexy, instructional “Watch n’ Learn.”

“She definitely murdered it vocally,” he told MTV News. “I was just at the studio last week listening to a mix of it, and man, she killed it. I really feel like, this song, it’s going to be big. I’m really excited about it.”

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As the ongoing “Rihanna: UNLOCKED” campaign gathers momentum around the world, Island Def Jam’s reigning queen of the Billboard Hot 100 earns a second week at #1 with “We Found Love“ (feat. Calvin Harris), setting the stage for Rihanna’s performance of the song on FOX’s The X Factor next Thursday night, November 17th. The excitement is building up to the release of TALK THAT TALK, Rihanna’s upcoming sixth Island Def Jam studio album, arriving November 21st, coinciding with her appearance on Ellen the same day.

In the final week and a half leading up to the release of TALK THAT TALK, Rihanna’s 46 million-plus Facebook fans (where she is the #1 female artist) and 9 million-plus Twitter followers are feverishly working overtime to unlock all the exclusives from the new album. Recently the Rihanna Navy unlocked the iTunes pre-order for the new album (http://idj.to/rihTTTitunes). Today Rihanna will reward her tens of millions of fans worldwide by unlocking TALK THAT TALK’s second single pick, “You Da One“ (produced by hitmaker Dr. Luke). Thus far UNLOCKED has garnered over 500 million Facebook impressions and significant Twitter and Facebook fan growth, 2 million and 1.5 million fans, respectively.

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Via 4Music: “Talk That Talk” is Rihanna’s sixth studio album and, according to her manager, Jay Brown, her desire to keep recording is driven by her love of music and her wish to satisfy demand from her fans.

Introducing the album at SARM Studios in London’s Notting Hill, Jay Brown said she was right to keep on releasing albums as “kids are always looking for new music.”

He also revealed plans for her to shoot the video for her next single “You Da One” in London and confirmed that they’re talking to Melina Matsoukas, who was at the helm on the “We Found Love” shoot, about possible concepts.

When asked about her plans for 2012, Brown said Rihanna would be promoting her movie debut Battleship, which is due for release in the UK on 18 April, and would begin work on a second big screen project towards the end of the year.

Via BBC:

“I think you become disposable when you put out an album every three years. It’s not like we force her. She goes into the studio because she likes it. Nobody, when they’re buying an album, wants to skip over tracks. If there are too many songs, you dilute what you’re trying to do. When we were deciding the tracks to put on there, I wasn’t thinking about minutes and seconds. I just wanted to make sure it was all hits,” said Jay Brown.

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Rihanna on WhoSay

Go behind the scenes with Rihanna as she chooses her album covers.

Tonight’s scheduled performance by Rihanna at the Malmö Arena has been cancelled due to the flu.

Tour Promoter, Live Nation hopes to reschedule a performance with details to follow in the next few days.

All tickets purchased will be honoured for the planned future date. Refunds will be available at the original point of purchase.

Get well RiRi!

UPDATE: Swedish websites are reporting that RiRi is in Stockholm and is feeling better. Hopefully she will be OK for tonight’s show (November 1st).

UPDATE: Tonight’s show was not cancelled! Click here to view a fan picture.

Rihanna will headline the opening day of this year’s Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball in London, it’s been announced. The singer was added to the day one line-up during Capital Breakfast this morning (31st October). This year’s event will once again take place at the O2 Arena over the weekend of the 3rd and 4th December.

Rihanna joins a line-up for the first day that already features Olly Murs, The Wanted, Pixie Lott, Calvin Harris and Jason Derulo.

The Ball will mark RiRi’s eleventh performance at the O2 Arena this winter – she is currently in the middle of a record-breaking ten solo dates at the venue.

In previous years, the Jingle Bell Ball has featured performances from the likes of JLS, The Saturdays and the Black Eyes Peas. Tickets for the 2011 Jingle Bell Ball with Windows 7 go on general sale on Monday (31^st October) at 8am. Find out how to buy your Jingle Bell Ball tickets on our ticket information page now.

Picture: Rihanna performing at 2008 Jingle Bell Ball in London

Though it’s not an official single, Rihanna and Coldplay’s duet “Princess Of China” off the band’s Mylo Xyloto disc is already No. 4 on iTunes. So Coldplay decided to say a quick “Thanks” to their girl Ri by covering her latest smash “We Found Love” during their stop at BBC’s Radio 1 Live Lounge.

As you might expect, Coldplay completely reworked Rihanna’s Calvin Harris-produced club jam and turned it into a soft, uptempo ballad. Led by a piano melody, Chris’s voice puts a new spin on the dance-pop track: “Yellow diamonds in the light/Now we’re standing side by side/As your shadow crosses mine/What it takes to feel alive/It’s the way I’m feeling, I just can’t describe/It’s the way I’m feeling now.” Chris throws in a few of his signature falsetto notes too, just in case anyone didn’t think this cover was emo enough.

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