It’s official: Rihanna is the most exciting performer in pop!
It’s no secret that Rihanna’s current album, Rated R, was my favorite release of 2009. I love how she pushed herself creatively, refusing to side step the events of her personal life, while also resisting the urge to let her music become a dour confessional about the trials and tribulations of an abused girlfriend.
She may not have the best voice in the business, and on Rated R, she cops a few moves from Beyoncé, but last night on American Idol, she showed us all what it means to be an American idol. “Rockstar 101″ lived up to it’s title; it was a brilliant primer on how to own the stage.
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I thought her Will.I.Am collaboration, “Photographs,” should be her next single. But let Usher score the easy hit with a Will.I.Am production (“OMG”). You read it here first: “Rockstar 101″ — sonically, the most daring song on Rated R — will be Rihanna’s next No.1 hit.
I’ve recently been debating with a True/Slant reader about whether Adam Lambert deserves to be a mentor on next week’s Idol. Throughout our conversation, I kept thinking about Rihanna, wondering if I should suggest her as a possibility. She’s not a conventionally great “singer,” so I left her out of it. But after her performance last night, she proved that she is exactly what the Idol stage needed.
Forget Gaga. Forget Ke$ha. And, for the moment, even forget Beyoncé. The search for the next Rihanna is on.
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