Rihanna albums discography

Barbadian singer Rihanna has released eight studio albums, two remix albums, one reissue, seven box sets and three extended plays. Since the beginning of her career in 2005, Rihanna has sold over 250 million records and singles, making her one of the best-selling artists of all time.[1][2] She has released seven Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified platinum and multi-platinum albums in the United States, that have totalled sales of over 10 million copies in the country.[3]

Rihanna discography
Rihanna performing in Toronto during the Diamonds World Tour in March 2013.
Studio albums	8
EPs	3
Remix albums	2
Reissues	1
Box sets	7

Rihanna released her debut studio album, Music of the Sun in August 2005. It reached the top ten on the Canadian Albums and the US Billboard 200 charts;[4][5] it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)[6] and sold over 623,000 copies in the country.[7] As of 2015, Music of the Sun had sold over two million copies worldwide.[8] The next year, she released her second studio album, A Girl like Me (2006). It topped the albums chart in Canada and reached number five on both the UK Albums and the US Billboard 200 charts.[4][5][9] It was certified two-times platinum by Music Canada (MC), the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), and RIAA;[6][10][11] it sold over four million copies worldwide.[12] Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), Rihanna's third studio album, peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart and was certified five-times platinum by RIAA in the United States and six-times Platinum by BPI in the United Kingdom.[5][6][11] The next year, it was reissued under the title Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (2008) with several new songs. It had sold over nine million copies worldwide, as of 2017.[13]

Rihanna's fourth studio album, Rated R (2009), peaked at number one on the Swiss Albums Chart and sold over three million copies worldwide.[14][15] It was also certified two-times platinum by both BPI and RIAA.[6][11] Rihanna's fifth studio album Loud was released in November 2010. Loud peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart and was certified six-times platinum by the BPI.[9][11] The album was also certified three-times platinum in the United States and had sold over eight million copies worldwide.[6][16] The next year, she released her sixth studio album, Talk That Talk (2011). It became Rihanna's third number one record in the United Kingdom[9] and sold over one million copies in the country.[17] It was also certified three-times platinum by the RIAA and sold over 5.5 million copies worldwide.[6][18] Rihanna's seventh studio album, Unapologetic (2012) became Rihanna's first record to top the Billboard 200 chart and received a three-times platinum certification by RIAA.[5][6] It also peaked at number one on the album charts in Canada, Ireland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom;[4][9][14][19] it had sold over four million copies worldwide.[20] She released her eighth album, Anti in 2016; it peaked at number one in Canada and the United States and was certified three-times platinum by the RIAA.[4][5][6]

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Sales	Certifications
		AUS [21]	BEL (FL) [22]	CAN [4]	FRA [23]	GER [24]	IRL [19]	NZ [25]	SWI [14]	UK [9]	US [5]
Music of the Sun	Released: August 12, 2005 (US)[26] Label: Def Jam, SRP Formats: CD, CD/DVD, LP, digital download, streaming	—	—	7	93	31	12	26	38	35	10	UK: 148,660[lower-alpha 1] US: 623,000[lower-alpha 2] WW: 2,000,000[8]	RIAA: Gold[6] BPI: Gold[11] BVMI: Gold[28] MC: Platinum[10] RMNZ: Gold[29]
A Girl like Me	Released: April 11, 2006 (US)[30] Label: Def Jam, SRP Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	9	10	1	18	13	5	7	6	5	5	UK: 667,672[lower-alpha 1] US: 1,400,000[lower-alpha 2] WW: 4,000,000[12]	RIAA: 2× Platinum[6] ARIA: Platinum[31] BPI: 2× Platinum[11] BVMI: Platinum[28] IFPI: Platinum[32] IRMA: 2× Platinum[33] MC: 2× Platinum[10] RMNZ: Gold[34]
Good Girl Gone Bad	Released: June 5, 2007 (US)[35] Label: Def Jam, SRP Formats: CD, CD/DVD, LP, digital download, streaming	2	9	1	8	4	1	4	1	1	2	UK: 1,904,347[lower-alpha 3] US: 2,800,000[lower-alpha 2] WW: 9,000,000[lower-alpha 4]	RIAA: 6× Platinum[6] ARIA: 4× Platinum[36] BEA: 2× Platinum[37] BPI: 6× Platinum[11] BVMI: 7× Gold[28] IFPI: 3× Platinum[32] IFPI SWI: 3× Platinum[38] IRMA: 3× Platinum[39] MC: 5× Platinum[10] RMNZ: Platinum[40] SNEP: Gold[41]
Rated R	Released: November 23, 2009 (US)[42] Label: Def Jam, SRP Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	12	16	5	10	4	7	14	1	9	4	UK: 701,298[lower-alpha 1] US: 1,130,000[lower-alpha 2] WW: 3,000,000[lower-alpha 5]	RIAA: 2× Platinum[6] ARIA: Platinum[43] BEA: Gold[44] BPI: 2× Platinum[11] BVMI: Platinum[28] IFPI: Platinum[45] IFPI SWI: Platinum[38] IRMA: Platinum[46] MC: Platinum[10] SNEP: Platinum[47]
Loud	Released: November 16, 2010 (US)[48] Label: Def Jam, SRP Formats: CD, CD/DVD, LP, digital download, streaming	2	3	1	3	2	1	4	1	1	3	FRA: 355,000[lower-alpha 6] UK: 1,950,864[lower-alpha 3] US: 1,800,000[lower-alpha 2] WW: 8,000,000[lower-alpha 7]	RIAA: 3× Platinum[6] ARIA: 4× Platinum[50] BEA: Platinum[44] BPI: 6× Platinum[11] BVMI: 3× Gold[28] IFPI: 3× Platinum[51] IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum[38] IRMA: 5× Platinum[52] MC: 3× Platinum[10] RMNZ: Platinum[40]
Talk That Talk	Released: November 21, 2011 (US)[53] Label: Def Jam, SRP Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	5	3	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	3	FRA: 200,000[lower-alpha 6] UK: 1,000,000[lower-alpha 8] US: 1,150,000[lower-alpha 2] WW: 5,500,000[18]	RIAA: 3× Platinum[6] ARIA: Platinum[54] BEA: Gold[44] BPI: 3× Platinum[11] BVMI: Gold[28] IFPI: Platinum[51] IFPI SWI: Platinum[38] IRMA: 3× Platinum[55] RMNZ: Platinum[56]
Unapologetic	Released: November 19, 2012 (US)[57] Label: Def Jam, SRP Formats: CD, CD/DVD, LP, digital download, streaming	8	2	1	3	3	1	5	1	1	1	FRA: 240,000[lower-alpha 6] UK: 635,000[lower-alpha 3] US: 1,200,000[lower-alpha 2] WW: 4,000,000[lower-alpha 9]	RIAA: 3× Platinum[6] ARIA: Platinum[58] BEA: Gold[59] BPI: 2× Platinum[11] BVMI: Platinum[28] IRMA: 2× Platinum[60] IFPI SWI: Platinum[38] MC: Platinum[10] RMNZ: Gold[61]
Anti	Released: January 28, 2016 Label: Westbury Road, Roc Nation Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming	5	8	1	6	3	2	5	2	7	1	US: 603,000[lower-alpha 10] WW: 1,100,000[64]	RIAA: 3× Platinum[6] BPI: Platinum[11] MC: Gold[10] SNEP: Platinum[41]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remix albums

List of remix albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		GRE [65]	US [5]	US Dance [66]	US R&B [67]
Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes	Released: January 27, 2009 (US)[68] Label: Def Jam Formats: CD, digital download	—	106	4	59
Rated R: Remixed	Released: May 25, 2010 (US)[69] Label: Def Jam Formats: CD, digital download	4	158	6	33
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Reissues

List of album re-issues, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		AUT [70]	BEL (FL) [22]	CAN [4]	DEN [71]	GER [24]	IRL [19]	NZ [25]	SWI [14]	UK [9]	US [5]
Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded	Released: June 2, 2008 Label: Def Jam Formats: CD, CD/DVD, LP, digital download	36	62	6	4	38	8	4[lower-alpha 11]	32	12	7	RMNZ: Platinum[72]

Box sets

List of box sets, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		FRA [23]	US R&B [67]
3 CD Collector's Set	Released: December 15, 2009 (US)[73] Label: Def Jam Format: CD	—	80
Music of the Sun / A Girl Like Me / Good Girl Gone Bad	Released: June 22, 2011 (JPN)[74] Label: Def Jam Formats: CD box set	—	—
Coffret 4 CD	Released: October 17, 2011 (FRA)[75] Label: Def Jam Formats: CD box set	55	—
Music of the Sun / A Girl Like Me	Released: December 5, 2012 (JPN)[76] Label: Def Jam Formats: CD box set	—	—
Good Girl Gone Bad / Rated R	Released: December 5, 2012 (JPN)[77] Label: Def Jam Formats: CD box set	—	—
Rated R + Loud	Released: August 2, 2013 (GER)[78] Label: Def Jam Formats: CD	—	—
Vinyl Box Set	Released: December 16, 2016[79] Label: Def Jam Formats: 15-LP box set	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with details

Title	Details
Don't Stop the Music (Hit Pack)	Released: August 2007 (AUS)[80][81] Label: Def Jam Format: Streamed audio
Don't Stop the Music (5 Track)	Released: January 1, 2007 (DE)[82] Label: Def Jam Format: Digital download
Rated R (Nokia Singles Edition)	Released: March 3, 2010[83] Label: Def Jam Format: Digital download Includes: First three singles and Nokia bonus tracks

Notes

1. United Kingdom sales figures for Music of the Sun, A Girl like Me, Good Girl Gone Bad and Rated R as of November 2012.[27]
2. United States sales figures for all the studio albums as of June 2015.[7]
3. United Kingdom sales figures for Good Girl Gone Bad and Loud as of February 2016[49]
4. Worldwide sales figures for Good Girl Gone Bad as of June 2017.[13]
5. Worldwide sales figures for Rated R as of November 2010.[15]
6. France sales figures for Loud, Talk That Talk and Unapologetic as of May 2013.[17]
7. Worldwide sales figures for Loud as of 2011[16]
8. United Kingdom sales figures for Talk That Talk and Unapologetic as of May 2013.[17]
9. Worldwide sales figures for Unapologetic as of March 2015.[20]
10. US sales figures for Anti as of December 2016.[62] Although an additional 1.4 million copies were downloaded for free from Tidal, Billboard and Nielsen Music did not recognize them, because they were distributed for free by Samsung.[63]
11. Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded was classed as an individual release in New Zealand; in all other territories, it was combined with the original chart entry for Good Girl Gone Bad, and thus re-entered the chart as one release.

See also

• Rihanna singles discography
• List of best-selling music artists
• List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones

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External links

• Official website
• Rihanna at AllMusic
• Rihanna discography at Discogs
• Rihanna discography at MusicBrainz