# The best Rihanna songs

From Pon de Replay to Love on the Brain: Rihanna's greatest songs, as ranked by critics, fan votes and her Hot 100 history.

- 620 votes · 18 items
- Jun 23, 2025 · vinylhead_grumpy
- https://even.best/en/l/3321/the-best-rihanna-songs

## Top 18

1. **Umbrella** (59 · ▲61 ▼2) — 2007. With Jay-Z; the song that made her a superstar.
2. **Diamonds** (55 · ▲55 ▼0) — 2012. Written by Sia.
3. **We Found Love** (47 · ▲51 ▼4) — 2011. With Calvin Harris; ten weeks at number one.
4. **Love on the Brain** (37 · ▲40 ▼3) — 2016. Doo-wop soul from Anti.
5. **Work** (30 · ▲36 ▼6) — 2016. With Drake, in Barbadian patois.
6. **Disturbia** (30 · ▲33 ▼3) — 2008. Dark electro-pop.
7. **Don't Stop the Music** (26 · ▲33 ▼7) — 2007. With a Michael Jackson sample.
8. **Rude Boy** (24 · ▲26 ▼2) — 2010. Dancehall from Rated R.
9. **Only Girl (In the World)** (22 · ▲32 ▼10) — 2010. A Grammy-winning dance hit.
10. **Stay** (22 · ▲29 ▼7) — 2012. A piano ballad with Mikky Ekko.
11. **Needed Me** (18 · ▲21 ▼3) — 2016. Cold and confident.
12. **Kiss It Better** (17 · ▲24 ▼7) — 2016. An eighties guitar ballad from Anti.
13. **Pon de Replay** (14 · ▲21 ▼7) — 2005. Her debut single.
14. **FourFiveSeconds** (12 · ▲16 ▼4) — 2015. With Kanye West and Paul McCartney.
15. **S&M** (9 · ▲15 ▼6) — 2010. Electro-pop provocation.
16. **Where Have You Been** (9 · ▲14 ▼5) — 2012. Another Calvin Harris collaboration.
17. **Lift Me Up** (4 · ▲11 ▼7) — 2022. The Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ballad.
18. **Take a Bow** (3 · ▲11 ▼8) — 2008. A breakup ballad, number one.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.