Top 30 Artists of 2011:         #7 – Rihanna 

Total Points –             213

Charted Songs:

6          S&M – Rihanna           95 points

34        We Found Love – Rihanna Featuring Calvin Harris   67 points

57        Only Girl (In The World) – Rihanna   44 points

94        Fly – Nicki Minaj Featuring Rihanna  7 points

Last Year’s Rank:     1

Rihanna…what can I say about her that someone else hasn’t said? Everything ranging from her being amazing to her being awful. Her videos tend to be fun and her live performances have gotten more theatrical post-GaGa making everything a bit more visually stunning. She had a lot of hits, but “S&M” dominated the front half and “We Found Love” dominated the second half. Interestingly, she’s only 7 on my list. Meaning there was clearly some more influencial and prolific people.

Not the point.

Rihanna is good. She has one Grammy by herself (for “Only Girl (in the World)” and three others in collaboration. I forgot that she was in “Run this Town” which is a very catchy song. Interestingly, she never won any American award for “Love the Way You Lie.”

I loved this performance from I.aM.Me, who deserved their win on ABDC.