Good news for Rihanna as she scores 11th number one single while battling exhaustion

Take a bow: Good news for Rihanna as she scores 11th number one single while battling exhaustion

By J J Anisiobi

Last updated at 4:12 PM on 4th November 2011

She may be not be fighting fit right now but that hasn't stopped Rihanna from breaking records.

The 23-year-old was forced to cancel shows in Sweden this week due to illness but managed to rack up her 11 number on single on the Billboard's Hot 100.

The Bajan singer hit the top of the US charts with the help of Calvin Harris on We Found Love and pulled one song ahead of Janet Jackson and Stevie Wonder who both have 10 number one singles.

Top of the pops: Rihanna has broken records with her 11th number one single

Riri is now tied with Whitney Houston, who also has 11 number one hit singles, but still falls short of Madonna who has 12.


She has a long way to go to catch the Beatles who are leading the pack with a massive 20 number one singles and Mariah Carey with 18.

Elvis Presley is in third place with 17 and the late king of pop Michael Jackson follows him with 13.

Good girl gone bad: Riri has cancelled shows in Sweden this week

Rihanna achieved the feat in record time beating Madonna's previous record of six years and nine months by five months and making herself the fastest solo artist to get 11 singles.

We Found Love managed to stay at the top of the UK charts for three weeks before being knocked off last week by Professor Green and Emeli Sande with Read All About It.

At finding out she had become the seventh artist in the 53-year-old history of the Billboards to score 11 number one singles Rihanna tweeted: 'YELLOW DIAMONDS IN THE LIGHT!!! #Rihannanavy you make me look so damn good!! Yall the illest!! Congrats on our 11th #1 We Found Love! Thank u!'

What's my name? Rihanna received criticism for the explicit content in her video for We Found Love

We Found Love registered 243,000 digital downloads in first week of release in the US and was criticised for showing drug-related and sexual content.

Riri's new album, Talk That Talk, is released November 18 and the superstar has been releasing video footage of her preparing the album.

In one clip we see her travel from her hotel, The London Savoy, to her concert at The O2 Arena.

Record breaker: Rihanna tweeted her 'navy' with the good news

Rihanna poses with fans on the London Underground whilst escorted along the Jubilee line by her entourage.

One excited fan says to her: 'I'm chilling with Rihanna!'

To which she coolly replies: 'I'm chilling with you.'

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