Did you know that Rihanna is listed as a songwriter in the credits of only one of her #1 hits?
‘Rude Boy’ is only song among Rihanna’s twelve Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles that she co-wrote. The Bajan is currently tied with Madonna and The Surpremes in fourth place among acts with the most chart-toppers. Madonna, however, co-wrote ten of her #1 songs whereas Mariah Carey, who is ranked first among solo acts with the most leading titles and second only to The Beatles (twenty), co-wrote seventeen of her eighteen hits.
Interestingly, late Whitney Houston wrote none of her eleven Hot 100 #1 singles but she did co-produce several of her songs, including the 1987 smash ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’. Watch the video for Rihanna’s chart-topper, ‘Diamonds’, below: