Rihanna’s “S&M” rises to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 granting the singer her 10th No. 1 on the survey and ownership of a pair of historic chart records.
Having first reigned atop the Hot 100 the week of May 13, 2006, with “SOS,” Rihanna logs the shortest span between a solo artist’s first and 10th No. 1s in the chart’s 52-year history, a stretch of four years, 11 months and two weeks.
Among all acts, Rihanna trails only the Beatles (one year, eight months and one week) and The Supremes (two years, eight months and three weeks) for the fastest accumulation of 10 Hot 100 No. 1s.








