
Past Blast! 16 years ago today, Rihanna unleashed her earth shattering fifth studio album, ‘Loud’.
The album debuted at no. 3 on the Billboard 200, moving 207,000 copies in its first week and marking Riri ‘s biggest first-week sales at the time.
It produced three no. 1 hits: “Only girl (in the world),” “What’s my name?” featuring drake, and “S&M”
Plus, “Only girl (in the world)” won the Grammy for best dance recording, and ‘loud’ later earned an album of the year nomination.






