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Rihanna has used her Instagram account (@badgalriri) to show Rihanna Navy the single cover for “Where Have You Been”, the 4th single from her latest album, “Talk That Talk”.

“‘Where Have You Been’ is the single that is going to start kicking in,” Rihanna told Capital FM. “We just shot the video with Dave Mars a couple of weeks ago. We wanted to use a lot of natural habitat. You know, we built a stage but everything went back to either a little bit of tribal or different cultures, and all mixed in to nature somehow, and it was fun. [There is] some dancing. We had to dance because that song is just dance central. You can’t stop moving when you hear it.’”

The track has already been added to the United States’ biggest radio stations: Z100 and KIIS FM. Make sure to start RIHquesting it!

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Choreographer HiHat and Rihanna herself have confirmed that RiRi is shooting fans’ favorite “Where Have You Been” music video! HiHat tweeted:

First day of rehearsals for @rihanna video. Long day 2day! #Wherehaveyoubeen
Intense rehearsal tonight with @rihanna…. Ri you’re working it out! #WHYB

Rihanna tweeted:

Eating snacks in rehearsal #WHYB @HIHatprod

Great single choice! Can’t wait!

Chase & Status have revealed that they could feature on Rihanna’s next album. The duo said that they recently met up with her to discuss producing songs for her next studio LP.

Will Kennard said: “We hope so. We saw her recently and caught up with her at the O2 a few months ago and we talked about it then. She’s always looking to write on interesting sides of music. It’s just finding the time really, we’re still artists as well as producers.”

Chase & Status previously collaborated with Rihanna on 2009′s “Rated R” and her latest record “Talk That Talk”.

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Rihanna and Chris Brown have collaborated on remixes of each other’s tracks. The singing duo posted the new tracks on file sharing sites, also talking about them on their Twitter pages.

It was rumoured last week that they had been working together on Rihanna’s track ‘Birthday Cake’, which originally appeared on her latest album ‘Talk That Talk’. Listen to Rihanna and Chris Brown’s remix of ‘Birthday Cake’ below:

Earlier today, the Grammy winner posted a message to Rihanna wishing her a happy birthday. When she asked who wanted some “cake”, Brown responded: “Cake, cake cake!” and posted a link to a remix of ‘Birthday Cake’ on ZShare.

Rihanna wrote to Brown on Twitter: “‘Turn up the music’ remix,” then added: “It’s a download OVERLOAD!!! Working on more links for u guys, so err body could have some #CAKE.”

Listen to Chris Brown and Rihanna’s remix of ‘Turn Up The Music’ below:

Via Digital Spy

The Road to “Talk That Talk” Pt 1: Rihanna takes us back back stage on the last day of the LOUD Tour, to the studio and to Barbados with her family.

The Road To “Talk That Talk” Pt 2 – Rihanna takes us to her native Barbados, behind the scenes on the Talk That Talk album photo shoot, then talks to us about her fans.

“Birthday Cake producers Da Internz recently talked about extended “Birthday Cake” version. They have confirmed the song is COMING! And we might get it even this week!
They have also confirmed there’s a collaboration included! We just can’t wait! Who do you think will join Rihanna on this track?

• It has only been announced that Rihanna will perform “Princess Of China” with Coldplay at the Grammys this weekend. However, Rihanna’s dancers are rehearsing as well. Maybe we should expect a few surprises… The 54th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 12, 2012, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles being broadcast on CBS 8:00 p.m. ET.

• Would you like “Birthday Cake” to be a single? That’s what Rihanna asked her 13 million Twitter followers yesterday. She also tweeted: “Now here’s the trick question! #IF I put collaborator on it, who would u wanna see lick the icing off????? #CAKE I need somebody #DIRRRTY on my Birthday #CAKE ;) lol And please!!!! No girls allowed on #CAKE” Thoughts??

• Rihanna is this year’s 9th most desirable woman according to AskMen.com. “In her memoir Bossypants, Tina Fey cheered Beyonce for “bringing back the leg meat.” Well, Rihanna has taken that “leg meat” torch and run with it. Watching her dance makes us forget that we ever desired supermodels with sticks for legs. Even the snooty Brits can’t get enough of her. When Coldplay’s Chris Martin needed a female vocalist for his recent “Princess of China,” he got Rihanna — even though his wife Gwyneth Paltrow is trying to jumpstart her singing career. Sorry, Gwyneth, you’ve got no “leg meat.”"

• Rihanna’s 24th birthday is just 2 weeks away! If you wish to be a part of our Birthday Project, make sure to click here.

Less than 2 months after its release, Rihanna’s sixth album “Talk That Talk” has sold over 2 million copies worldwide.

In other news, Rihanna’s hit single “We Found Love” is #1 worldwide for 11 weeks!

Congratulations, RiRi!

Rihanna tweeted the single cover of “Talk That Talk” feat. Jay-Z, the 3rd single of her latest album.

Thoughts??

With hit singles like “We Found Love” and “You Da One” as part of the tracklist, it was only a matter of time until Rihanna’s Talk That Talk was certified gold in the United States.

Back on Dec. 16 of last year, the RIAA solidified RiRi’s sixth studio album as gold status after shipping out over 500,000 copies of the project. This week Riri actually passed the 500k mark by selling another 42,000 copies this week, bringing the total sales to 514,000.

Her gold status comes less than 2 months after her Nov. 21, 2011 release of TTT. Congrats, Rihanna!

RiRi tweeted:

#YOUDAONEVIDEO you know im already in trouble 4 this but, i like to keep yall in the loop.

“You Da One” is the second single off of Rihanna’s sixth album, “Talk That Talk”.
Request “You Da One”; Buy “You Da One” on iTunes.

After the success of Grammy-nominated Loud, Rihanna and Def Jam’s VP of A&R, Bu Thiam, were faced with a dilemma. Namely, how to top that record on the pop star’s sixth go at a full-length album, Talk That Talk.

To understand how passionate Thiam is about that first collabo with Ms. Fenty, know that when MTV News caught up with him last week, he half-jokingly threatened to “pull a Kanye” if the Bajan superstar doesn’t take home the coveted Album of the Year in February. The follow-up (Rih and Bu’s second walk down the studio aisle) to Loud needed to do no less than “change music.”

“My job as an A&R is to always bring her different records that are hit records but doesn’t sound like anything she’s done in the past,” Thiam explained.

The stylish VP (and brother of hip-hop star Akon) was sporting some extra scruff and a full head of hair thanks to coming out on the losing end of a bet with Young Jeezy, whose highly anticipated TM 103 Thiam also helped steer to its December 20 drop date. We were eager to hear about how Rih’s team strategized early on for her latest LP. The exec recalled the initial meeting he and Rihanna had when Talk That Talk was still just chatter.

“Her whole thing is, ‘How can we be different? How can we change music? How can we go from having a great album like Loud and still come with a better album and keep pushing and keep hitting the bar?’ The good thing about Rihanna,” he said, “is that she doesn’t want to be in the same realm as anybody else. She wants to be in a zone where when you think of Rihanna, you think of new, you think of different.”

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