It’s been nearly 10 years since Rihanna inspired her loyal followers to “shine bright like a diamond.” Now, a brand new milestone is proving that they had been listening.
Rihanna’s music video for her 2012 single “Diamonds” has formally surpassed 2 billion views on the platform. “Diamonds” joins two different songs from the Barbadian famous person within the prestigious class — her characteristic on Calvin Harris’s “This Is What You Came For,” in addition to her characteristic on Eminem’s “Love The Way You Lie.” That signifies that “Diamonds” formally turns into Rihanna’s first video as a solo performer to succeed in this peak.
Directed by Anthony Madler, the “Diamonds” video used creative pictures of fingers touching, vases breaking, and rooms falling aside in reverse, whereas Rihanna poses and sprints via scenic landscapes representing every of the 4 components — earth, wind, fireplace and water.
“Diamonds” stays certainly one of Rihanna’s largest hits on the Billboard charts. The monitor peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 again in December 2012, marking her twelfth entry on the chart’s summit and tying her (on the time) with Madonna and the Supremes for the fourth-most No. 1’s within the Hot 100’s historical past. Today, Rihanna has logged 14 No. 1 hits, which is the third-highest of any artist within the Hot 100’s historical past, solely behind The Beatles (20 No. 1’s) and Mariah Carey (19 No. 1’s).
Rihanna is much from the one artist to have an older hit attain 2 billion views this yr. In 2022 alone, Rosalía & J Balvin’s “Con Altura,” Bruno Mars’ “That’s What I Like” and Adele’s “Rolling In the Deep” all reached the uncommon milestone. The most-viewed music video in YouTube’s historical past remains to be Pinkfong’s “Baby Shark Dance,” which at the moment sits at greater than 11 billion views.
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