All she does is work, work, work, work... and it's paid off as Rihanna beats The Beatles
Rihanna has only gone and beaten The Beatles’ US chart record.
Her single Work has now spent nine weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, America’s most comprehensive music charts.
Rihanna and Drake perform at the Brit Awards (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
In total though, 14 of her songs have also spent 60 weeks in number one chart positions, according to Billboard.
Her record is one week more than the Beatles managed for consecutive number ones on the chart.
(AP)
However, Mariah Carey still holds the record, having managed to get a whopping 79 weeks worth of chart toppers.
The Beatles are in third spot behind Rihanna with 59 weeks and Boyz II Men are at 50 weeks.
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here