First Watch: You Da One - Rihanna

 Rihanna has debuted the music video for her brand new single, You Da One, taken from her sixth studio album, Talk That Talk released last month.

 Take a look at the video above!

 Thoughts?

Album Review: Talk That Talk - Rihanna

 Rihanna is one of the most prolific artists of this generation. She has released an album per year since she first started out in the music business six years ago, and radio stations from all over the world have fallen in love with her hit songs.

 Now she´s back with Talk The Talk, a record which follows the signature style of pop-dance music she returned to with her previous effort, Loud (Rated R was the only exception and her biggest dissapointment up to this day).

 The album as a whole is no masterpiece, although it does have a variety of hits waiting to become DJ favourites at clubs everywhere.

 Let´s take a closer look with a track by track overview:

You Da One- Rihanna finally sings about positive love and she´s embracing it. Her vocals seem comfortable on a reggae-infused track mixed with a touch of dubstep courtesy of hitmaker producer Dr. Luke. 8/10

Where Have You Been - Definitely one of the highlights of the album, and will be a club banger for sure! Calvin Harris provides some crazy dance, dubstep and techno beats in what is sure to become a massive hit song on the dancefloor. 9/10

We Found Love - The first single we´ve all grown to know and love, and her latest song to hit the number one spot. A very appropiate choice for the first single from the album. 9/10

Talk That Talk - Rihanna reunites with Jay Z for the first time since her Umbrella era, but the result is not as half as appealing. An urban song complete with some dirty lyrics and hiphop beats. 5/10

Cockiness (Love It) - It is reminiscent of the old school Missy Elliot sound but fails to achieve the successfull outcome of the popular rapper tracks. Instead, it becomes an annoying imitation of a style that doesn´t suit the Barbados singer. 3/10

Birthday Cake - The sexual innuendos of the previous track continue on this interlude/song, along with some more annoying sounds that only seem to interrupt the flow of the album. 2/10

We All Want Love - Rihanna showcases a softer side on this one, and the anthemic and radio-friendly chorus definitely stands out. 7/10

Drunk On Love - The vocals on this track are powerful but the production team behind it seems beneath it which, as a result, substracts the brilliance that could have been. Destined to be just an average filler song. 6/10

'Watch n' Learn - This song really becomes more enjoyable with each listen. Rihanna´s vocals sometimes are reminiscent of those from TLC. Lots of strong bass and sensual lyrics. 6.5/10

Farewell - The album closes with a melodic and heartfelt ballad about saying goodbye to a loved one. Definitely not her best slow jam but an appropiate way of drawing the album to a close (plus, it has single potential). 7.5/10

You can listen to one of our favorite tracks on the album, Where Have You Been, below!

First Listen: You Da One - Rihanna

 Rihanna has unveiled You Da One the second single taken from her forthcoming album Talk That Talk.

 The track, produced by Dr. Luke and written by Ester Dean, John Hill, and Rihanna, features some of that signature Island style from the Barbados singer.

 Listen to it below!

What do you guys think? Hit or miss?

Rihanna "Talk That Talk" Album Preview

A new Rihanna album is almost among us!

On November 21, Talk That Talk, will be officially released but if you are too impatient to wait until then, a preview of the album containing 30-second snippets of each track has been made available.

Click below to listen to what Rihanna has in store for her fans!

Will you grab a copy of the new album?

First Listen: Princess of China - Coldplay feat. Rihanna

One of the most anticipated music collaborations of the year has leaked!

 Coldplay recently recorded a duet with pop superstar Rihanna called Princess of China for the band´s upcoming fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto which will be out on October 24th .

 Chris Martin explained early this year how the collaboration happened:

 “In like a dream scenario, we had a song that I’d secretly kind of written to see if Rihanna would want to sing it. And then the rest of the band wanted to keep it, so we came up with the idea of asking her to sing it with us, and, to our great surprise, she said OK.”

 The track will surely be a smash hit!

 This is the first time Coldplay features another fellow artist on one of their songs!

 Click below to listen!



Thoughts?

First Listen: We Found Love - Rihanna f/ Calvin Harris

 Rihanna´s new single from her upcoming brand new sixth studio album is here... and we are loving it!

 A sure new dance hit for her!

 Listen to We Found Love below!

Thoughts?

Rihanna 2011 and 2012 best song free download

Rihanna 2011 and 2012 best song free download.

First Watch: Man Down - Rihanna

  Rihanna is releasing hit singles like crazy! The singer recently released the music video for her reggae influenced track Man Down.

Click below to watch!

Billboard Music Awards 2011 Performances

 The Billboard Awards 2011 took place last night at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.

 One of the biggest moments of the night was when Britney joined Rihanna on stage to perform the S&M remix together.

 You can catch a complete list of the winners here.

 Click below to watch some of the best performances of the night!

Rihanna & Britney Spears (S&M Remix)

Nicki Minaj feat Britney Spears ( Superbass + Till The World Ends Remix)

Cee Lo Green (Medley)

Beyoncé (Special Celebrities Intro + Who Run The World (Girls) + Millenium Award )

What was your favourite performance of the night?

First Watch: California King Bed - Rihanna

The new music video for Rihanna´s latest single, California King Bed, has been unveiled!

Such a powerful ballad was chosen by Rihanna after asking her fans for help when deciding on which song should be her next single.

Click below to watch!

Thoughts?

First Listen: S&M - Rihanna Feat. Britney Spears

 Today is a good day for pop music followers everywhere as two of the most important female acts of recent years, Rihanna and Britney Spears, have finally collaborated together on a song.

 The track is a remix for Rihanna´s latest single, S&M, for which the Umbrella singer has enlisted the help of Britney Spears after asking her fans via Twitter who would they love to see her collaborate with the most.

 Spears was the chosen one and Rihanna confirmed the news on her Twitter where she wrote:

 "I got a #SEXY collabo comin your way supa dupa soon!!!! OH YEAH!!! By popular demand. Its BRITNEY BITCH!!!! One of the biggest worldwide popstars! U gangsta #EPIC (sic)"

 Britney responded to her tweet by saying:

 "You're such a tease! I like it, like it…. You think they're ready Ri Ri?… -Britney."

 Are you curious to find out what the final result is?

 Then click below to listen! 

Thoughts?

Chris Brown Storms Off After Controversial GMA Interview

 Chris Brown is once again the center of attention and unfortunately its not all about his new music.

 The RnB artist who appeared on Good Morning America was asked by Robin Roberts about his 2009 assault to ex-girlfriend Rihanna and did not take it lightly.

 In fact, according to THR, the artist trashed his dressing room and broke a window following his performance on the show.

 According to ABC, security was called because of the loud noises coming from the singer´s dressing room. By the time they arrived and discovered the broken window, Brown and his people had already left.

 Later on, the singer took the time to share his thoughts about the incident on Twitter: "I'm so over people bringing this past s**t up!!! Yet we praise Charlie sheen and other celebs for there bulls**t." 

 Roberts also tweeted soon after the broadcast: "Sure has been an interesting AM @GMA. Still sorting thru everything myself. Just my 2nd day on twitter, wonder what tomorrow will bring?"

Click on the video above to watch the controversial interview!

 Do you believe Chris Brown had a point? Or was it a legitimate and fair interview?

 Sound off in the comments!

Best Grammy Awards Performances

 Once again, the 2011 Grammy Awards held at the Staples Center left us with some of the best performances of todays most successful artists in the music industry. Radio Pop Action! has collected some of the most memorable ones in this post:

 Among the best performances this year, the most theatrical one goes to Lady Gaga´s Born This Way with the singer being reborn out of a giant alien-like egg.

 Bruno Mars proved to us once again that he is capable of doing absolutely anything musically by transforming his number one hit song, Grenade, into a 50´s pop tune or playing drums for fellow artist Janelle Monae.

 

 Cee Lo Green stole the show with his performance of Forget You which featured the muppets as background singers and a duet with none other than Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow.

 Rapper Eminem and Rihanna teamed up once again to perform their smash hit Love The Way You Lie Part 2, joined by Dr Dre on stage and Maroon 5´s Adam Levine on the keys.

 Perhaps the most emotional moment of the awards show was Aretha Franklin´s all star tribute featuring Jennifer Hudson, Christina Aguilera, Yolanda Adams, Florence Welch, Yolanda Adams & Martina Mcbride.

 What was your favourite moment of the night? Sound off in the comments below!

53rd Annual Grammy Awards: Who Wore What? Rihanna in Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring 2011

Rihanna in Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring 2011, 53rd Annual Grammy Awards Red Carpet

Well Jean Paul Gaultier's PR team was working OVERTIME! They nabbed not just one big star on the 2011 Grammy Awards Red Carpet (Nicole Kidman, see posting below)--but TWO--with Rihanna! Both gowns from the same Haute Couture Spring 2011 "Punk Can Can" Collection. Rihanna just loves the whole intermittent transparency thing on dresses. And this gown has it. Placed between the transparent panels are also gradating layers of tulle gathered ruffles. It's a bit of a mess for me. I'm just not sure if it works. It just looks like someone might have taken the Christmas Tree garlands and used them to make a dress. But...her hair and make up look GORGEOUS!!! Just like Nicole, she was wise to go a softer more delicately pretty route.

Is it a 'Yea" or Nay" on Rihanna's Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring 2011 Gown? I would love to know what you guys think? Be sure to let me know!