Quick news: AMAs, Rated R, ABC, France, Halloween

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• After Rap-Up, now PEOPLE confirmed that Rihanna will perform at this year’s American Music Awards, on November 22.

• There will be two versions of Rihanna’s new album, Rated R. When you buy yours, make sure to check if you’re buying the clean or explicit lyrics version.

• ABC released another part of Rihanna’s interview tomorrow, she said: “The more in love we became, the more dangerous we became for each other.” The interview airs tomorrow on Good Morning America and Friday night on 20/20!

• Rihanna is rumoured to be at a french TV show called Grand Journal, on November 26.

• Click here to watch a video of Rihanna at the Mariah Carey Halloween party last week in NYC. You can see her after 1:00.

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Rihanna Interview: Album Helped Recovery

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Rihanna has sold more than 12 million albums, and has had four No. 1 songs, but now her fame revolves mostly around one fight.

The singer hopes that will change on Nov. 16, when her first live performance since her Feb. 8 assault is streamed worldwide by Nokia mobile music. And when her album “Rated R” drops a week later, she believes fans will have insight into what transpired between her and ex-boyfriend Chris Brown in the wee hours of that morning.

“I can tell you that making this album was my recovery. It’s the way I vented and expressed myself,” a confident Rihanna said in our interview. “The minute I decided to leave the house again, I called up (Roc Nation A&R executive) Jay Brown and said ‘I want to do music, I want to go back in the studio,’ and we just did that. We started collecting songs and sounds and putting producers together, figuring out who we want to work with to develop new sounds.”

 

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“That’s embarrassing that that’s the type of person that I fell in love with,” Rihanna told “Good Morning America’s” Diane Sawyer in her first television interview discussing the assault. “So far in love. So unconditional that I went back. It’s humiliating to say this happened. To accept that? It’s a traumatizing experience.”
Her decision to go back to Brown, she said, was a mistake.

 

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Rihanna launches new album with Nokia

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Liz Schimel, Head of Global Music, Nokia, said:

“Nokia is extremely excited to collaborate with Island Def Jam and Rihanna to truly redefine the connection between artists and fans and to deliver unique experience and content across the globe. History will be made on November 16th when Rihanna performs for a global audience via Nokia’s live streamed concert to officially mark the launch of her much anticipated new album.”

Rihanna stated:

“I am so excited to partner up with Nokia. They are doing some really revolutionary things with this album, enabling me to reach more fans than ever before.”

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Rihanna partners with Nokia

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Some time ago we’ve added a random tweet about Nokia. Now we can say that we were excited about a news that Rihanna is going to do a special promotion of “Rated R” album together with the mobile company!

On November 16th Rihanna will perform all tracks from her new album! And you will be able to watch it online for free!

 

Selected bloggers at the event will record, broadcast and share elements of the exclusive live concert with fans around the globe. Fan participation in the groundbreaking live event will be free of charge from Nokia Music Stores.

Rihanna said, “I am so excited to partner up with Nokia. They are doing some really revolutionary things with this album, enabling me to reach more fans than ever before.”

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Russian Roulette” #1 on iTunes (forreal!)

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Finally, no jokes or glitches from iTunes this time! Rihanna hits the top spot on the third day since the digital release of her Rated R debut single “Russian Roulette”!

Congratulations Rihanna, Chuck Harmony, Ne-Yo and the crew at Def Jam!