Rihanna has promised her next album will have a lighter sound than what fans heard on her fourth album, Rated R, and turns out, we won’t have to wait very long to hear it. UK blogger Johnny Ikon, citing a source at Rihanna’s record label, Def Jam, reports the pop star will be releasing an album of all new material this summer. NeonLimelight.com can confirm the reports are true, as we were tipped off by another record label source a couple weeks ago and were waiting for details to be confirmed before the info leaked.
While the source at Def Jam tells Ikon the quick push to release a new album is because “Ri wants to get across that she’s moved on from the dark period she was in when recording the ‘Rated R’ songs,” our source says that’s only part of the reason. The label is said to be unhappy with Rated R’s current performance. The album has been certified platinum in the United States and has had two top 10 singles with another, the snappy island-flavored “Rude Boy,” moving up the charts quickly, but it appears it hasn’t yet lived up to the label’s big projections or massive investments.
Our source says “Rude Boy” will likely be Rated R’s final single with the new album and tour taking priority after promotion ends. As for the new album, fans should expect more “dance” songs in the same vein of Good Girl Gone Bad’s smash “Don’t Stop The Music.”
via NeonLimelight
