Rihanna Now Has More Top 10 Singles Than Michael Jackson

“Love On The Brain” is the singer’s thirtieth single to reach the Top 10.

February 21, 2017
Rihanna Now Has More Top 10 Singles Than Michael Jackson Rihanna performs "Love On The Brain" at the Billboard Music Awards, May 22, 2016.   Kevin Winter / Getty Images

Over a year after the release of Anti, Rihanna's "Love On The Brain" has just reached a new peak on the Hot 100, moving from No. 13 to No. 8. As Billboard points out, the song's new chart position marks the thirtieth Top 10 hit of Rihanna's career, placing her ahead of Michael Jackson and behind only Madonna, with 38, and The Beatles, with 34.

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Rihanna scored her first Top 10 hit with "Pon de Replay" in 2005. She earned the second-fastest accumulation of Top 10s —10 years, seven months and two weeks — behind The Beatles. "Love on the Brain" is the third single from Anti to reach the Top 10. Previously, "Work" reached the No. 1 spot, while "Needed Me" peaked at No. 7.

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Rihanna Now Has More Top 10 Singles Than Michael Jackson