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Rihanna’s songs get 390% boost in sales after Super Bowl
Headline from WTOP Washington DC, on the newest of 3 developments
The pop star saw a 390% boost in song sales, according to Luminate. Her catalog also saw a 140% surge in on-demand streams in the U.S., the data firm said.
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Rihanna promises 'jam-packed' Super Bowl halftime show in 1st live event in 7 years
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Rihanna facing backlash for "honoring" Kanye West at Super Bowl
Headline from Newsweek ·
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Rihanna’s songs get 390% boost in sales after Super Bowl
“The Super Bowl is one of the biggest stages of the world. As scary as that was, because I hadn’t been on stage in seven years, there’s something exhilarating about the challenge of it all," she said.
Rihanna is putting in the work ahead of her Super Bowl halftime show, focusing so hard on what she promises will be “a jam-packed show” that her upcoming birthday and Valentine’s Day almost slipped her mind.
Rihanna teased her upcoming Super Bowl LVII halftime performance with the release of an Apple Music social media video as new details about her show emerged.
"It’s going to be a celebration of my catalog in the best way that we could have put it together," Rihanna said of her upcoming Super Bowl halftime show.
Pop and R&B superstar Rihanna made a grand return to the stage on Sunday, floating high above the Super Bowl field, thrilling the crowd with a fast-paced medley of her hits and revealing that she is…
Rihanna, like past performers, wasn't paid for her Super Bowl halftime show performance on Sunday but the exposure is likely to make her music sales skyrocket.
The pop star saw a 390% boost in song sales, according to Luminate. Her catalog also saw a 140% surge in on-demand streams in the U.S., the data firm said.