Rihanna’s Love Songs and Popular Tracks Ranking [2026]

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Rihanna – Lift Me Up (From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

Lift Me Up is a moving ballad from global Barbadian singer Rihanna.

Released in October 2022, the song serves as the lead single from the soundtrack to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and is dedicated to the late Chadwick Boseman, who starred in the original film.

Rihanna’s powerful vocals blend beautifully with poetic lyrics that are urgent yet hopeful.

The gentle, acoustic sound tenderly embraces the sorrow of an ending and lingers in the heart.

While it stands as an homage to a loved one lost, it also gives the strength to look ahead—truly a masterpiece that illuminates a farewell.

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Rihanna – What’s My Name? ft. Drake

Released as a single in 2010, it features Canadian rapper Drake as a guest vocalist.

This youthful, playful, and melodious track centered on romance became a global hit and won a Grammy Award.

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Eminem – Love The Way You Lie ft. Rihanna

One of the charms of duet love songs is the call-and-response.

“Love The Way You Lie” is a piece where you can enjoy that dynamic, released by Eminem and Rihanna.

The song portrays a complicated romantic relationship: it’s striking how the tsundere-style woman, angry at her boyfriend’s lies yet forgiving him, trades lines with the man who, despite initiating a breakup, ends up saying, “Come back to me after all.”

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Kendrick Lamar – LOYALTY. ft. Rihanna

A smooth track that sings about pledging loyalty in both platonic and romantic relationships.

It’s a collaboration between American rapper Kendrick Lamar and singer Rihanna, sampling Bruno Mars’s 2016 track “24K Magic.”

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Rihanna – Hate That I Love You ft. Ne-Yo

Rihanna and Ne-Yo’s first collaboration.

The lyrics portray a woman taking the initiative, telling the man she loves him, needs him, and can’t leave him.

Unable to endure a love spent apart, it’s a song where the woman boldly proposes that they stay together forever.

Why not try being proactive yourself, too?