Cruz Docks at No. 1, Rihanna Rises on Hot 100

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Next week's Hot 100 is shaping up as a tough battle. An expected slip in sales for Cruz's "Heart" could open the door for either Lady Antebellum to slip into No. 1 or allow Rihanna's "Rude Boy" (8-4) to continue its quick ascension up the chart. "Rude" earns the chart's Airplay Gainer tag for a third week (18-11 on Radio Songs), while rising 6-2 on Hot Digital Songs (171,000, up 38%).

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Rihanna meet Matt Kemp's family

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Rihanna is head-over-heels with new boyfriend Matt Kemp then meet his family for the first time. Kemp,a star with the LA Dodgers baseball club,was excited that Rihanna fly in from Germany to meet his family and support his Ante Up for Autism charity fundraiser,where she mingled with his friends and relatives.Kemp's brother is autistic.

'Matt was happy she came. It was an awesome show of support,' a source told E! online. 'Rihanna fit right in as if they all knew each other.It was comfortable.' The baseball star recently surprised Rihanna by giving her a 22nd birthday party.He organised Caribbean food to be served to Rihanna and bought her a custom-made diamond necklace.

The party was extra-special for Rihanna because her 21st birthday celebrations last year has been cancelled in the aftermath of her assault by her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown in February 2009. 'It was so sweet and she was really surprised.She looked beautiful,' a source said. Matt, 25, has been couple to Rihanna since they were seen together in Mexico in January,but he had understated about it.

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Jasmina's Mom Hurt, but Thankful for Rihanna's Involvement

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The mother of Jasmina Anema, the 6-year-old girl who died of leukemia in January, is distancing herself from a Twitter post questioning Rihanna's motives in befriending her daughter – but says it would have been nice to hear from the singer when her daughter passed away.

The tweet in question, posted to the official ONEFORJASMINA account this weekend, read: "It has been a month since Jasmina's passing. Still not even a card or text message from Rihanna. Did she use my child for a publicity stunt?" The note has since been deleted, but was reposted a number of times by other Twitter users.

"Apparently there are some negative blogs out there. For the record, Rihanna has been nothing but really nice!!!" read an updated tweet Monday afternoon. In an e-mail to PEOPLE, Thea Anema denied writing the message herself, but said she is disappointed not to have heard from Rihanna, 22, since Jasmina passed away on Jan. 27.

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VIDEO: RIHANNA’S ECHO AWARDS PERFORMANCE

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AOL SESSIONS PHOTOSHOOT

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6 pictures from Rihanna’s AOL Sessions photoshoot.



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GUETTA TALKS ABOUT RIHANNA

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Internet rumours have David Guetta working with everyone from Madonna to Rihanna – and most of it is correct.

Rihanna?

“Same. I just need to find the right song for them. I think it’s going to happen.”

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PHOTOS: RIHANNA LEAVING BERLIN

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Rihanna and her bodyguard were spotted at Schoenfeld Airport in Berlin at 1am. RiRi is now in Moscow.



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WORLD CHARTS UPDATE + ITUNES POSITIONS

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Rihanna is the only artist to have three top 40 world singles this week. Rude Boy zips from #17 to #3 with 247,000 copies sold. It takes the “largest points increase” title for the second week in a row. The song has only been released to the UK, US and Australia. It will get a full worldwide release March 5th.

Russian Roulette sold another 105,000 copies last week, coming in at #25. The song is less than 56,000 copies away from surpassing the 3 million digital sales mark. Hard is #38 this week with another 66,000 copies surpassing the 1.3 million mark worldwide.

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RIHANNA ON HER WAY TO LOS ANGELES

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After a short trip to Moscow (RiRi is rumoured to have performed at a private party last night), Rihanna was spotted earlier today at Heathrow Airport, in London. According to Diddy, him, Rihanna and Lady Gaga are on the same plane to Los Angeles.



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RIHANNA LANDS IN LOS ANGELES

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After a 10-hour flight, Rihanna was photographed arriving in Los Angeles today. She and her band/dancers have lots of rehearsals for the tour, so we will probably don’t see RiRi much for a while.



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NE-YO AND KE$HA TALK ABOUT RIHANNA

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Ne-Yo talked about Rihanna recently. When asked which style he likes the most, Rihanna or Lady Gaga, he said:

“I like Rihanna’s fashion sense the most. Lady Gaga is definitely the most adventurous, we can say that. That’s a really, really hard decision.”

When an interviewer asked Ke$ha who she would invite to an all-girl sleepover, she said:

“Oh, my God, my fantasy would be Rihanna! We recently started being friends, and I think she is really cool. I would want Shakira to come because she is so hot. I would also invite Sarah Palin, and I would put her hand in hot water to piss herself.”

In other news, Rihanna attended a charity event last night in Phoenix, Arizona. The event, called Ante Up For Autism, was hosted by Matt Kemp.

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CHARTS UPDATE – MARCH 7, 2010

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• UK Charts:

Rude Boy has jumped from #3 to #2 on the UK Singles Chart. UK fans, keep requesting and buying the song, it must be #1 next week! Rated R is up 7 places to #9 on the Albums Chart. This is her 3rd consecutive top 10 album.

• Australian Charts:

Rude Boy is #1 in Australia! Good job, Australian fans! RiRi is now the black female artist with the most number ones in Australia (SOS, Umbrella, Don’t Stop The Music and Rude Boy). Rated R remains at #12 on the albums chart.

• European Charts:

Rude Boy is up from #19 to #7 and Russian Roulette is down from #9 to #14 on the European Hot 100 Singles.

Congratulations, Rihanna!

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PHOTO: RIHANNA AT CHARITY EVENT IN PHOENIX

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Rihanna attended a charity event last night in Phoenix, Arizona. The event, called Ante Up For Autism, was hosted by Matt Kemp.



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NOKIA DANCE FANS TO STAR IN RIHANNA VIDEO

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How do you create a music video with hundreds of music fans, all dancing the same moves to the same tune at the same time, in three different cities? It looks like the folks at Nokia Italy have figured a way. Forming the centre point of their Play campaign, Nokia Italy are encouraging users to submit their own dance moves on video with help and guidance offered by top Italian coreographer, and star of Italian TV talent show Amici, Garrison Rochelle.

Together with videos submitted by users to the Nokia website, he will then create a final music video for Rihanna’s track Rude Boy which will be released in May. Over the course of the next two months, user’s videos will be collated and three flash-mob dance sessions arranged. In late April, Milan, Rome and Catania will play host to three flash-mob dance offs, which will be videod by top director, Domonico Liggeri (of Italian X-Factor fame).

You can log on to the Nokia.it/play website right now and watch the introduction from Garrison and check out the six videos which you can use to perfect your dance moves. Users are encouraged to upload their own videos to the site, the best of which will be included in the final video.

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VIDEO: RIHANNA SENDS MESSAGE TO ISRAELIS FANS

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“The concert in Israel will not be completely open to the public and is indeed sponsored by the Orange cellular company and another charity organization. The concert is intended to Orange customers aged 16-26 who will volunteer for 4 hours for the community in various projects such as beach cleaning, street cleaning, renovating houses of people in need and more. They will do so through registering at a website specially set up for that, and will get a ticket for the volunteering. Rihanna herself announced she will donate 4 hours of her time as well to volunteer and kudos for her as well.”

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KELLY ROWLAND LOVES “RUDE BOY”

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“Rude Boy” is getting more and more success worldwide and some of the celebs admit the song stuck in their heads as well. The last performer to become a fan of Rihanna’s latest single is Destiny’s Child’s Kelly Rowland. In her recent interview she says:

What was the last song that you listened to that you honestly enjoyed?

“Rude Boy” By Rihanna, I love that song and I love the music video! ” — Kelly Rowland

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ITUNES UPDATE

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Below you can see Rude Boy’s iTunes positions in 19 countries. She’s top 10 in 11 of them! It doesn’t matter where you live, buy Rude Boy on iTunes and request it now! It must be #1 worldwide!

1. Ireland
2. Australia
2. United States
2. France
3. United Kingdom
4. Germany
4. New Zealand
4. Norway
4. Denmark
4. Switzerland
5. Canada
5. Belgium
6. Greece
6. Austria
8. Finland
10. Luxembourg
11. Holland
18. Sweden
21. Italy

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WORLD CHARTS UPDATE

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Rude Boy climbs from #3 to #2 on the world singles chart selling 315,000 copies. Russian Roulette is down one spot to #26 selling 98,000 copies officially surpassing the 3 Million mark in downloads!

Rated R is also #14 on the world albums chart with another 59,000 copies sold, nearing 1.8 million albums sold! Projected sales indicate the album will surpass 2 million albums sold in 4 weeks.

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MEGAN FOX & JAY SEAN TALK ABOUT RIHANNA

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Megan Fox admits that she is a big fan of Rihanna, but could not dare to dress-up like that.

“It would be nice to be like Rihanna and go to Burger King in six-inch heels and a mini-dress. It’s admirable. But I don’t have the motivation. I have lots of casual clothes and one side of my wardrobe is oddly grown up: pencil skirts and Prada turtlenecks for when, once in a while, I feel like going in that direction,” Fox said.

When interviewed by Us Magazine, Jay Sean said he would like to work with RiRi in the future:

Us Magazine: Are there any artists you’d like to work with in the future?
Jay Sean: Rihanna is probably at the top of my list. Beyonce and Rihanna, those are the two artists I would love to work with.

Us Magazine: Have you talked to either of them about it?
Jay Sean: I did, actually. I talked to Rihanna about it twice. Once, she came to my party in London and she came and chilled out there and had a drink. We talked about it, and then I saw her again at the Grammys. Hopefully our schedules allow it.

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