Rihanna Takes a Bow at Number 1

Posted by James W. Coates May 19, 2008

One year after releasing her fantastic urban dance album Good Girl Gone Bad, Rihanna tops the charts once more with new single “Take a Bow”.

The track, ripped from the re-release of her album that includes new songs, videos and artwork, plows to number one on the Billboard charts powered by an impressive 267,000 downloads, according to the publication.

Produced by Stargate and written by Ne-Yo, this ballad about a failed relationship sounds strikingly similar to their previous collaboration, “Hate That I Love You”.

Jumping from a low debut of 53 last week, the track charges up the chart to bump the unshakable Leona Lewis from the summit.

This massive hike marks the second biggest jump to number one in history, following the 64-1 leap Maroon 5 took last year with their single "Makes Me Wonder".

Stranger still, Rihanna and Maroon 5 have teamed up on a re-working of the band’s single "If I Never See Your Face Again", which also debuts this week at a respectable 57.

Until the release of Mariah Carey’s “Touch My Body” which shifted 286,000 digital copies in one week, Rihanna held the record as the artist with the biggest one week sales of any digital single, set by “Umbrella” last year. That single sold 277,000 copies in its first week.

Former top ten single, “Don’t Stop The Music”, remains in the top forty this week at number 22 after 25 weeks on the chart.

Rihanna’s expanded release of Good Girl Gone Bad is scheduled for June 17.