When I added new year end lists, previous post was too long so I removed the songs/video section and will update + post during the weekend most probably in new post.
The-Dream - Rih-Flex
Yo Gotti - Rihanna
The Wanted - Walks Like Rihanna
Young Zerka - Like Rihanna
Flo Rida - Rihanna
Clean Bandit - Rihanna
Jacquees - Girls Love Rihanna
Joey Da Prince - Bad Like Rihanna
Kirko Bangz - Love Rihanna
OK, so it’s hard to complain about Rihanna being snubbed when she’s tied for the second-most nominations overall, behind Beyoncé, with eight (the same as Drake and Kanye). And it’s only right that she got a Record of the Year nod for “Work,” one of her two standout Drake collaborations this year. But historically, the Grammys love Rihanna. They love Rihanna so much they nominated 2010’s Loud, which never made it above No. 3 on the album charts, as Album of the Year. And Anti—which, as the commercially minded Recording Academy should know, did hit No. 1—is so clearly Rihanna’s best album as an album, the sort of artistically inventive, full-length listening experience you’d think the AOTY category ought to celebrate. Alas, Rihanna will have to cry herself to sleep on all the trophies she could still pick up for Urban Contemporary Album, Best R&B Performance, Best R&B Song, Best Rap/Sung Performance, and on and on. Just kidding—she probably doesn’t even care and instead is smoking skull-sized blunts as we type.
