Rihanna has become the first woman to have 10 songs reach one billion streams on Spotify

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Rihanna has made history by becoming the first female artist to have 10 songs reach one billion streams on Spotify.In recent years, the Barbados-born singer has been focused on her clothing and beauty companies under her Fenty brand.

She also became a mother after giving birth to her son, RZA in May 2022 and is expecting another child sometime this year.Despite not releasing an album since 2016’s ‘ANTI’, Rihanna posted a graphic to her Instagram, showing fans that she had made Spotify history on July 1.

In the caption, she wrote:”Bad Gal billi … wit no new album… lemme talk my shit!”The streaming platform then confirmed the news afterwards.A post shared by badgalriri (@badgalriri)A post shared by Spotify (@spotify)Nicki Minaj commented under Rihanna’s original post, praising her fellow collaborator in a creative rhyme. “Not bad gal Billi, poppin’ shit like a wheelie,” she wrote. “I mean poppin’ like a pilly, like really.

Man down ’cause she making a killy!!! SILLY! Bout to be pushin’ out a new kid like Gillie. Caribbean girls run it & AWWLLL these bitches know da dilly.”The 10 songs from Rihanna’s catalogue to hit a billion streams are ‘Diamonds’, ‘We Found Love’, ‘Love on the Brain’, ‘Stay’, ‘This Is What You Came For’, ‘Needed Me’, ‘Four Five Seconds’, ‘Work’, ‘Umbrella’ and ‘Love the Way You Lie’.The most recent music the Grammy Award winner dropped came on the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack.