Rihanna maintains her No. 1 standing on the Billboard Hot 100 as Rude Boy holds at No. 1 for a second week. The track earns the Airplay Gainer award for a fifth straight frame, the longest streak since Black Eyed Peas had an equal run with “I Gotta Feeling” in July/August 2009.

Rude Boy bounces 7-2 on Radio Airplay with 98.3 million listener impressions (up 16.2 million).

Congratulations, RiRi!

Keep requesting and buying Rude Boy on iTunes.

Rihanna was photographed arriving at Spanish Kitchen restaurant in Los Angeles last night. It’s been said that the entire restaurant closed for only her and her friends – including her new tour crew. Click the banner above to view the pictures and here to watch a video.

As we reported before, Rihanna performed Bob Marley’s Redemption Song at a charity concert in Los Angeles, on Saturday night. However, that was not the only charity event she attended that night. She also performed at the Center For Education Charity Event – pictured above. If you were there and took pictures/videos, please email us at rihannadailycom@gmail.com.

According to Amazon, Rihanna’s first book release date has been changed to September 14, 2010. Click here to pre-order the book.

Back in February, Rihanna said:

“It’s like a look into my life, behind the scenes, what you don’t really get to see, but also fashion shots.”

Click here to read more about The Last Girl On Earth.

Rihanna met up with Travis Barker on Monday (March 22) for a little “Rockstar 101.” The Blink-182 drummer posted the photos above and had this to say on Twitter:

“Teaching Rihanna some things on drums. She JAMS!!!!! Watch out for her!!”

Rude Boy seems to be losing its power in the United Kingdom and Australia.

The track is down from #2 to #3 in the UK and from #1 to #3 in Australia. However, the album sales remain stable. It’s up from #15 to #12 in the UK (after 17 weeks) and down from #13 to #14 in Australia.

BUY AND REQUEST RUDE BOY!

Click the thumbs below to view the Australian Sunday Magazine scans (here you can view the phothoshoot, watch a backstage video and read the interview).

The gallery has also been updated with photos of Rihanna leaving Playhouse nightclub on Thursday, in Los Angeles.

Rihanna surprised who was at a charity concert last night at Hollywood & Highland, in Los Angeles. She performed Bob Marley’s Redemption Song for the second time (she first performed it at Oprah’s show, in January – watch here). She looked and sounded amazing! Click the banner above to view fan pictures of RiRi performing and rehearsing.

Watch the performance:

• European Airplay Chart: #1. Rude Boy
• European Hot 100: #3. Rude Boy (up 1)
• Euro Digital Songs: #1. Rude Boy; Copies sold: 83,848
• US Weekly digital sales of Rude Boy:
  1. 8,445 copies
  2. 25,886 copies
  3. 65,339 copies
  4. 124,114 copies
  5. 171,307 copies
  6. 170,012 copies (this week)
• In Canada Rude Boy is up from #18 to #10. This is Rihanna’s 3rd top ten from this album despite only two official singles released.
• Norway Singles Chart: Rude Boy up from #5 to #3; Russian Roulette down from #6 to #8.
• Switzerland Top 75 chart: Rude Boy up from #8 to #5; Russian Roulette down from #20 to #21.
• Ireland: Rude Boy is #4. Rated R is #17.
• Brazil: Hard (unreleased) is #10; Russian Roulette is #18.
• In Italy, Rude Boy is really helping the album as it skyrockets from #82 to #58.

Thanks, Platinum Grillz!

Director Anthony Mandler has left his mark on music icons such as Eminem, Beyoncé, and The Killers, but his most notable and frequent collaborator is Rihanna. The two have worked on a dozen videos together throughout her career, starting with “Unfaithful” in 2006 and most recently “Russian Roulette.”

Rap-Up.com spoke to him about taking the loyal pop star, who he calls his muse, from good girl to bad. Find out which video people believed would ruin her career, the concept that came to him in a dream, and what he thought of the Melina-directed clips for “Hard” & “Rude Boy.”

How did your relationship with Rihanna start?
I was working with Def Jam on some projects and she was kind of the big up-and-coming artist. They loved some stuff I had done with Nelly Furtado at the time, which was “Maneater,” and they wanted to try and take her image and give her a little more edge and still keep it beautiful. We just really connected. From that point on, it was “Unfaithful.” She saw me as someone who could support and drive her artistry and personality, eventually in a more sexual and womanly way. I saw it as an opportunity to work with somebody in the capacity of a muse. I really look at her like that. I feel like we’ve grown through each other, around each other, and because of each other, and will never take back the quality of work or the freedom that she’s given me to communicate. You kill for stuff like that in an artist, especially in this medium, which is filled with disloyalty and criticism. I can’t tell you how many number one videos I’ve had where the artist went somewhere else after. She’s the ultimate in loyalty.

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