• Rihanna’s Rated R sold 21,700 albums in the US this week, bringing her total sales in the country to 731,900.

• Rihanna is rumoured to be planning a huge girls’ night out for her gal pal Katy Perry before her upcoming wedding to Russell Brand.  “Katy’s totally excited and keeps telling Russell her party is going to be every bit as wild as any party he and his boys will throw! She and Rihanna have become very, very close. So Rihanna has offered to plan a girls’ getaway and also help out with anything else Katy needs for the wedding.” a source tells Perez Hilton.

• Rihanna is going to cover a new magazine pretty soon – probably ELLE Magazine. The photos were taken earlier this week.

• 6 Rude Boy Remixes are currently available only at Masterbeat.com. If you wish to listen/buy them, click here. Masterbeat.com is a new major online music retailer — and while you’re there, check out the ten free tracks (including another Rihanna remix) the site’s offered up to celebrate their launch: http://masterbeat.com/free.

• Portuguese and Brazilian fans can now buy Rihanna’s NOKIA 5230 edition. Click here to watch the commercial.

• “#RihannaRudeBoy” was a Trending Topic on Twitter yesterday. Good job, fans! If you still don’t follow Rihanna Daily on Twitter, follow now!

Rihanna’s label website has been updated with awesome news!

Billboard  Hot 100 singles chart: “Rude Boy” by Rihanna jumps into the #1 spot, the 22-year old star’s 5th #1 solo single (and overall 6th #1 career single) in less than four years.

We are so proud, RiRi! You deserve it! And congratulations to the fans, we know you worked too hard this week – and it was worth it!

Rihanna is now the female artist with most number 1 singles (S.O.S., Umbrella, Disturbia, Take A Bow, Live Your Life, Rude Boy) in the United States since 2000 – she’s not tied with anyone. She also has 8 top 3 singles, 14 top 10, and 18 top 20 singles!

UPDATE: Billboard.com reported:

Rihanna  replaces labelmate Taio Cruz atop the Billboard Hot 100, set to be released tomorrow (Thursday, March 18), as her latest single “Rude Boy” jumps 4-1.

“Rude” is Rihanna’s sixth Hot 100 No. 1 and fifth as a lead artist. Her most recent chart-topper had been as a featured vocalist on T.I.’s “Live Your Life” in 2008. Her other leaders are “SOS” (2006, three weeks), “Umbrella,” featuring Jay-Z (2007, seven weeks), “Take A  Bow” (2008, 1 week) and “Disturbia” (2008, two weeks)

Since debuting on the scene in June 2005 with the No. 2-peaking “Pon De Replay,” Rihanna has posted more Hot 100 No. 1 than any other artist. Next in line is Justin Timberlake who’s scored five chart-toppers during this span.

With “Rude Boy” knocking Cruz’s “Break Your Heart” (1-3) out of the top slot, the Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) label posts back-to-back Hot 100 No. 1s for the first time since “Gold Digger” by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx replaced Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together” at the head of the chart dated Sept. 17, 2005. “Heart” continues to top the Digital Songs chart, moving 202,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan (down 26%).

• Rude Boy, Rihanna’s current single, is up from #4 to #3 on US iTunes. The peak was #2, but we need make it #1! Buy Rude Boy on iTunes!

• Rihanna seems to be back to Los Angeles, since she has worked with her nail designer today. Maybe she was photographed for a new photoshoot?

• Despite the recent rumours, Rihanna doesn’t have any plans on working with british band JLS.

• In exactly one month, Rihanna’s upcoming tour is going to kick off in Antwerp, Belgium. Let’s get excited!

During her recent stay in London Rihanna was interviews by 1Xtra Breakfast show with trevor Nelson and Gemma. Click the banner to listen to the interview and you’ll find out what’s on Rihanna’s mind. During the interview she talks about:

• She talks about the last naughty thing she did (Alan Carr’s interview)
• Her plans to launch a fashion line
• Creating “Rated R” album
• “Rude boy” single and video
• Her favourite british music
• She also explains a moodboard she created on the show
• She tells “Thriller” by Michael Jackson is the best album of all time in her opinion

After 6 days without being seen, Rihanna was photographed at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, before watching Matt Kemp’s game.

Click the banner above to view 3 pictures.

This week, Rude Boy remains at #2 in the United Kingdom and #1 in Australia! As you may have noticed, the song is doing pretty well worldwide. Make sure to request and buy Rude Boy on iTunes!

• Rumour alert: Rihanna is back to Phoenix, Arizona, according to a few people on Twitter. She was at a mall yesterday and watching Matt Kemp’s game today. UPDATE: FOX News has just confirmed that Rihanna was at the game today.

• Click here to watch a commercial for The Kids Choice awards 2010, which Rihanna will be performing at. It hasn’t been confirmed which song she’s going to perform.

• A new tour date has been added to our tour calendar: Luxembourg. Her first concert there will happen on May 4 and tickets are for sale on atelier.lu. New tour dates coming soon!

• Tap Tap Revenget, the #1 most-downloaded iTunes music game of all time, has just added 2 smash hits by Rihanna to its library of playable songs! Get the Rihanna Pack and tap and shake your iPhone/iPod Touch to the rhythm of Disturbia and Rude Boy in Tap Tap Revenge, featuring specially themed game screens inspired by the albums, music, and graphics of Rihanna! Rack up points and coins to score music, avatar gear, and more in the Tap Store. Download Tap Tap Revenge for FREE from iTunes here right now.

Thanks, iDruski!

If you bought Rihanna’s DVD Good Girl Gone Bad Live, you’ve seen Bryan Tanaka, her dancer. He worked with RiRi during the Good Girl Gone Bad era and is now going back on tour with her – according to his official website.

Back in 2008, Rihanna Daily asked Bryan 10 questions. Click here to read them!

Blog Agency has recently updated their website with the following message:

“Bloc choreographer Tanisha Scott with Luther Brown and Hollywood are currently in Los Angeles choreographing for Rihanna’s upcoming tour. Congrats to bloc dancers Chase Benz, Khasan Brailsford and Whyley Yoshimura who will join Rihanna on the road starting with Europe in mid April!”

Tanisha Scott: Tanisha is known for her Jamaican moves and has worked with Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Mary J Blige, Aaliyah, Ne-Yo, Shaggy and many others. Click here to read more about her.

Luther Brown: He iss Jamaican and has worked for Brandy, Mario, Diddy, Danity Kane, Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Sean Paul and more. Click here to visit his official website.

Hollywood: If you watched Rihanna’s Rude Boy music video, you’ve seen him! He is going to be coreographing a few numbers for the tour. Click here and follow him on Twitter.

Chase Benz: Chase has worked with Britney Spears during her latest tour and was rumoured to be dating her.

Khasan Brailsford: Khasan has recently worked with Bryan Tanaka and Beyonce during her 2009-2010 tour.

Whyley Yoshimura: Whyley is better known for dancing with Janet Jackson during her latest North-American tour.

Besides these, Rihanna is going to keep working with Tina Landon, her choreographer since 2005, and 2 female dancers. However, one of the male dancers seems to have been replaced (probably Whyley).

Please credit RihannaDaily.com for these infos.

Russia Update:
The album was officially certified GOLD this week. Making it the 9th certification from the album.

Poland Update:
“Rude Boy” is up from #5 to #2. “Russian Roulette” is down from #21 to #27. “Rated R” is at #31.

Ireland Update:
“Rated R” is down from #9 to #12 in Ireland. “Rude Boy” is currently #6, but expected to take the #1 spot next week.

New Zealand Update:
“Rude Boy” is up to #16 from #5. “Rated R” remains at #25.

Germany Update:
“Rude Boy” is up from #27 to #26. “Russian Roulette” is down from #16 to #21. “Rated R” is down from #39 to #53.

Norway Update:
“Rated R” is up from #7 to #6. “Rude Boy” is up from #16 to #5. Russian Roulette remains in the top 10.

Brazil Update:
“Rated R” is down from #6 to #7. “Russian Roulette” is down from #12 to #18.

Switzerland Update:
“Rated R” is down from #12 to #15.

Canada Update:
“Rude Boy” up from #21 to #18 on airplay. The song is also top ten on iTunes. “Rated R” is down from #33 to #36.

In all of Europe Rated R is up from #13 to #11. Rude Boy is up from #7 to #4.

Thanks, Platinum Grillz!

Make sure to tweet #WeSupportRihanna on Twitter! It’s currently a trending topic!

The gallery has been updated with more pictures from Rihanna’s latest appearance, the “Ante Up for Autism” charity event in Phoenix, on March 6. Click the thumbs below to view them.

Thanks, RihannaDemos!

Keep requesting and buying Rude Boy on iTunes.

UPDATE: Comments are closed until tomorrow. You guys are arguing way too much!

UPDATE: #WeSupportRihanna is a trending topic on Twitter! Good job, fans!