This week, Rihanna topped the Billboard album chart for the first time in her career with âUnapologetic,â her seventh studio album. It's one of the few milestones that had eluded Rihanna, who has 12 number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, tying her with Madonna and the Supremes for fourth on the list.
On this week's Popcast, host Ben Ratliff talks about âUnapologeticâ with pop critic Jon Caramanica, covering the music, the attitude, and the ongoing public psychodrama between Rihanna and her former boyfriend and abuser, the R&B singer Chris Brown.
Mr. Ratliff and Mr. Caramanica are also joined by music journalists Mary H.K. Choi and Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, both of whom were on Rihanna's seven-country, seven-day promotional tour in advance of the a lbum that turned from fun tag-along to dark night of the kidnapped soul.
RELATED
Jon Caramanica's article on Rihanna's âUnapologeticâ
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd's tour roundup
Mary H.K. Choi's tour roundup
PLAYLIST
âDiamonds'
âNumb (featuring Eminem)'
âPour It Up'
âNobody's Business (featuring Chris Brown)'
âLoveeeeeee Song (featuring Future)'
âWhat Now'