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Originally posted by NewRihannaStan
didn't Billboard cite Rihanna as one of the most successful R&B acts of the 2000's ..
anyway Rihanna like Beyoncé are urban contemporary artist.
if you break it down Rihanna does all genres, it just so happen that her major hits are pop and because of that she isn't really looked at as an urban artist. but since TTT things have changed and her urban songs are becoming hits
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Nah, Rihanna is mainly a pop artist. The fact that some of her fans have to mention some of her urban hits along with features such as All Of The Lights + Run This Town to back up their point says enough. If the OP was asking about if Rihanna considers herself pop, her fans wouldn't need to prove that.
As a Beyoncé fan, I could easily say ALL her albums are urban expect IASF but that has Video Phone anyways.
Rihanna touches various genres such as reggae and dance and R&B and hip hop etc but I think she's mainly pop and the thing is with black artists is that the media pins urban music onto them anyways so yeah.