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Rihanna surprised her fans by sharing a clip of her at the recording studio, hinting at an upcoming album. Her last studio album was released in 2016. Read to know more.
Renowned pop singer Rihanna is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. She has delivered several popular tracks, including Diamonds, Work, Umbrella, Stay and Where Have You Been, among others. Apart from her music career, Rihanna is also an influential figure in other ventures, including the Fenty Beauty cosmetics line. The This Is What You Came For hitmaker gave a treat to her fans after sharing a clip of her in the recording studio, hinting at a new project.
Taking to her Instagram handle, Rihanna shared a clip of her in the recording studio late at night around 2 am. Along with the clip, the caption read, "Commercial break."
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Soon fans couldn't stop gushing about the video and began speculating if she is going to come back with a new album. One user wrote, "Now this album is really coming!!" Another user wrote, "Love, we need music." “Commercial Break” would be a SICK album title. Have it be the most experimental thing," wrote the third user.
For the unversed, Rihanna's last studio album, titled Anti, was released on January 28, 2016, through Roc Nation and Westbury Road. The eighth studio album featured hit tracks including Work (feat. Drake) and Needed Me. Although she had released several singles post that and performed many times, she has not released a full-length project since Anti.
Rihanna made her debut with Caribbean-inspired records Music of the Sun (2005) and A Girl Like Me (2006), both of which reportedly reached the top ten of the US Billboard 200. She rose to global stardom after her transition to dance-pop and R&B with the album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) and its reissue, subtitled Reloaded (2008).
After exploring more personal themes on the rock-influenced record Rated R (2009), Rihanna returned to her more upbeat sound with the dance-pop albums Loud (2010) and Talk That Talk (2011). Since 2017, Rihanna has been releasing singles and performing sporadically. As an actress, she has acted in films like Battleship (2012), Home (2015), Ocean's 8 (2018), and Smurfs (2025).