The chart runs for 'Needed Me' and 'Kiss It Better' are so annoying. But at least she's still up in the charts with 'Too Good' and 'This Is What You Came For'.

Sales for the Top 8 (#7 aside) best sellers from Rihanna have been revealed by Music Week:

 

01 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris - We Found Love 1,551,697

02 Eminem ft. Rihanna - Love the Way You Lie 1,368,731

03 Rihanna - Diamonds 1,236,405

04 Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World) 1,223,737

05 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella 929,979 (859,219 paid for (128,341 CDs, 730,878 downloads), 67,760 streams)

06 Eminem ft. Rihanna - The Monster 927,317

07 Rihanna ft. Drake - What's My Name?

08 Rihanna ft. Drake - Work 892,062

 

Using sales only data given in January 2016, 'We Found Love' has managed 160k streams, 'Love the Way You Lie' 150k, 'Diamonds', 165k, 'Only Girl' 70k, and 'The Monster' 250k.

 

'Umbrella' has sold 5.8k in that time.

Thanks Liam!

 

05 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella 929,979 (859,219 paid for (128,341 CDs, 730,878 downloads), 67,760 streams)

 

128,341 + 730,878 + 67,760 = 926,979, I wonder where the missing 3k belongs?

 

 

Noticed another MW mistake: "[umbrella] ended its residency at the top on paid-for sales (admittedly the only criterion at the time) of just 255,981" - they must mean 355,981?

128,341 + 730,878 + 67,760 = 926,979, I wonder where the missing 3k belongs?

Actually, I think they may have meant 926,979. The report says 'Umbrella' is her sixth best seller and I thought that was the mistake, but a total of 926k puts it behind 'The Monster'. Therefore, this is what the list should look like:

 

01 Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris - We Found Love 1,551,697

02 Eminem ft. Rihanna - Love the Way You Lie 1,368,731

03 Rihanna - Diamonds 1,236,405

04 Rihanna - Only Girl (In the World) 1,223,737

05 Eminem ft. Rihanna - The Monster 927,317

06 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella 926,979 (859,219 paid for (128,341 CDs, 730,878 downloads), 67,760 streams)

07 Rihanna ft. Drake - What's My Name?

08 Rihanna ft. Drake - Work 892,062

Thanks to streaming 'Umbrella' will finally become a deserved million seller.

 

I do not like the sight of her two sub-par Eminem features in that top 8 though :mellow:

Added in some recent sales/chart runs ^_^

Thanks very much Kath and Sam for doing all of this so far, I'll get it updated later!

Kiss It Better - 175,000

Needed Me - 225,000

Updated some recent chart runs!

liamk97 in the charts forum has estimated Rihanna's singles in order of sales (up to 'Needed Me'):

 

01 We Found Love (ft. Calvin Harris)

02 Love the Way You Lie (with Eminem)

03 Diamonds

04 Only Girl (In the World)

05 This is What You Came For (with Calvin Harris)

06 Work (ft. Drake) 1,000,000+

07 The Monster (with Eminem)

08 Umbrella (ft. Jay-Z)

09 What's My Name? (ft. Drake) 900,000+

10 Too Good (with Drake)

 

11 FourFiveSeconds (ft. Kanye West & Paul McCartney)

12 S&M 800,000+

13 Rude Boy

14 Stay (ft. Mikky Ekko) 700,000+

15 Take Care

16 Princess of China (with Coldplay)

17 Who's That Chick? (with David Guetta)

18 Disturbia 600,000+

19 Take a Bow

20 Where Have You Been

 

21 Russian Roulette

22 Live Your Life (with T.I)

23 Don't Stop the Music 500,000+

24 Unfaithful

25 Run This Town (with Jay-Z & Kanye West)

26 All of the Lights (with Kanye West) 400,000+

27 Needed Me 376,238

Too Good has just passed 900,000 sales. Poor Umbrella is going to be pushed down to 9th soon. :snif:

 

TIWYCF has also exceeded 1,200,000 sales, making it her fifth single to achieved double platinum status.

Man Down went Silver on Friday.

Man Down went Silver on Friday.

Very good sales for it's peak :o

'Take a Bow' has become her 19th Platinum single! :o

'Take a Bow' has become her 19th Platinum single! :o

I had no idea it had sold that much! :o 'Needed Me' to become the 20th *.*

Looking at her sales-only list, it would seem 'Where Have You Been' will be next.

Using available data, this is what I think Rihanna's best sellers list looks like - including streams, with sales rounded to the nearest 50k:

 

01 1,600,000 | We Found Love (ft. Calvin Harris) [#1, 2011]

02 1,400,000 | Love the Way You Lie (with Eminem) [#2, 2010]

03 1,350,000 | This is What You Came For (with Calvin Harris) [#2, 2016]

04 1,250,000 | Diamonds [#1, 2012]

05 1,250,000 | Only Girl (in the World) [#1, 2010]

06 1,200,000 | Work (ft. Drake) [#2, 2016]

07 1,050,000 | Too Good (with Drake) [#3, 2016]

08 950,000 | The Monster (with Eminem) [#1, 2013]

09 950,000 | Umbrella (ft. Jay-Z) [#1, 2007]

10 900,000 | What's My Name? (with Drake) [#1, 2010]

 

11 850,000 | FourFiveSeconds (with Kanye West & Paul McCartney) [#3, 2015]

12 800,000 | S&M [#3, 2010]

13 750,000 | Rude Boy [#2, 2009]

14 750,000 | Stay (ft. Mikky Ekko) [#4, 2012]

15 750,000 | Take Care (with Drake) [#9, 2011]

16 650,000 | Princess of China (with Coldplay) [#4, 2011]

17 600,000 | Who's That Chick? (with David Guetta) [#6, 2010]

18 600,000 | Disturbia [#3, 2008]

19 600,000 | Take a Bow [#1, 2008]

20 500,000 | Where Have You Been [#6, 2011]

 

21 500,000 | Russian Roulette [#2, 2009]

22 500,000 | Live Your Life (with T.I.) [#2, 2008]

23 500,000 | Don't Stop the Music [#4, 2007]

24 450,000 | Needed Me [#38, 2016]

25 450,000 | Unfaithful [#2, 2006]

26 450,000 | Run This Town (with Jay-Z & Kanye West) [#1, 2009]

27 450,000 | All of the Lights (with Kanye West) [#15, 2010]

28 350,000 | SOS [#2, 2006]

29 350,000 | Pon de Replay [#2, 2005]

30 300,000 | California King Bed [#8, 2010]

 

31 300,000 | Te Amo [#14, 2009]

32 300,000 | Shut Up and Drive [#5, 2007]

33 300,000 | Bitch Better Have My Money [#27, 2016]

34 250,000 | Fly (with Nicki Minaj) [#16, 2010]

35 250,000 | Cheers (Drink to That) [#15, 2010]

36 250,000 | You da One [#16, 2011]

37 250,000 | Hate That I Love You (ft. Ne-Yo) [#15, 2007]

38 250,000 | Rehab (ft. Justin Timberlake) [#16, 2007]

39 250,000 | Can't Remember to Forget You (with Shakira) [#11, 2014]

40 200,000 | What Now [#21, 2012]

 

41 200,000 | Kiss It Better [#46, 2016]

42 200,000 | Man Down [#54, 2010]

 

I suspect 'Talk That Talk' is on the brink of getting a Silver certification, whilst 'Hard' and 'Pour It Up' might not be that far away either.

From Music Week:

 

Stargate first worked with Sia when they co-wrote Rihanna’s Diamonds in 2012. The track has sold 1,305,409 copies in the UK to date, according to the Official Charts Company.

I suspect 'Talk That Talk' is on the brink of getting a Silver certification, whilst 'Hard' and 'Pour It Up' might not be that far away either.

Certified Silver this week.

'Work' has gone 2x platinum and is now her third best selling single! :o Not sure I'd put it anywhere near that high in her discography but pleased to see it do so well nonetheless.

 

Updated all chart runs!