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Her Reign Is Over

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After two and a half months at the top of the U.K. singles charts, Rihanna's Umbrella has finally ceded the #1 slot to a new song, but not before notching up teen weeks in the pole position - the longest any single has done in over a decade.

Who replaced Rihanna? Timabaland!

The beatmaster has had a pretty good year himself and his new single, The Way I Are, is the new #1 in the U.K.

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    85 comments to “Her Reign Is Over”

    1. Charlita says – reply to this


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      love her

    2. Charlita says – reply to this


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      1st??

      I LOVE that crazy island child

    3. aaron says – reply to this


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      rihanna is amazing! beautiful.

    4. yourmom says – reply to this


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      she will be back on top in no time… but in the mean time… GO TIMBO!!!!

    5. rachael says – reply to this


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      YEEE I LOVE RIHANNA! she'll have more hitss coming soon

      btw may sucks

    6. taylor says – reply to this


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      FIRST

    7. yo mama says – reply to this


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      oh boo-freakin'-hoo

    8. mary says – reply to this


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      yawn…umbrella smumbrella NEXT!

    9. TAYLA says – reply to this


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      Oh well it had to stop raining eventually.. Had to put the umbrella away i guess ;}

    10. jess says – reply to this


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      that umbrella song is sooo annoying. people love the dumbest songs sometimes. ugh.

      haha and she is making a line of umbrellas — the koolest part of the video is when she does that ballerina tip toe walk - yeah cuz i cant do that. but meh the song still sucks.

    11. Other says – reply to this


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      Ok, this isn't about Rihanna…..but I was thinking about Britney's younger sister's pregnancy scare.

      Her sister is 16 (what's her name again??), and she is dating a 19 year old. So this means that by law, it's statutory (sp?) rape. Right?

      Just wondering….

    12. leslie says – reply to this


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      TIMABALAND!

    13. korndawg73@yahoo.com says – reply to this


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      isnt it….Her -Rain- is over.?!?!? cuz of her lame ass song and all ..Mmm Hmmm

    14. joeyOh says – reply to this


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      I Guess It Stopped Raining

    15. hubba bubba says – reply to this


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      damn perez get some sleep, u wrking to hard baby

    16. Sinead says – reply to this


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      OMG! love love love that song by Timbaland I put it in on repeat the whole weekend-my sisters are planning to steal the cd so that they don't have to hear it ever again..lol

    17. Wanderlust says – reply to this


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      Rihanna sucks! I just hate to let you know that! She has been fucking for tracks! She is talentless…..She will never be the black Madonna! She sucks! I just can't say it enough! Timberland on the other hand is the BOMB! He has the hottest beats..besides ghostly looking scott storch!

    18. NICOLE says – reply to this


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      IM SEEING HER AND AKON SEPTEMBER 15TH OH MAN CANT WAIT.
      love them both.

    19. Lucy says – reply to this


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      Just goes to show you what shit music is being produced at the moment. I mean how the fuck can a song titled "UMBRELLA" be no.1. It has got to be the worst song in the last 10 years.

    20. autumn says – reply to this


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      i love her, she has a great voice!

    21. WANDERLUST says – reply to this


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      @20
      ARE YOU SMOKING, OR SOMETHING! HER VOICE IS ANNOYING AS HELL..IT IS LIKE WRIST SLITTING!

    22. anonymous bastard says – reply to this


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      This umbrella song sucks. Really, why are people listening to this crap? Or even worse, buying the single?

      eee-eee-eee-um-b-rrrellla….

      yeah, eeh-eeh yourself.

    23. hannah says – reply to this


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      maybe it will finally stop raining now.

    24. nicole says – reply to this


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      i can't get over the fact that a song called "umbrella" was at number 1 for so long. wtf. seriously people.

    25. UKer says – reply to this


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      i fucking hate this bitch, the only people buying this shit are chavs and pikeys.

    26. Tim says – reply to this


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      Another manufactured bitch. Doesn't even write her shit. She just comes to the studio and does nothing.

    27. Sunny Sam says – reply to this


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      That umbErella song is just pure advertisment for her own line of umbrellas she's marketing. ;-)

    28. Anna says – reply to this


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      No: 17 stupid ass who the fuck wants to be the next Madonna, she has no talent what's so ever. Rihanna is young lady doing much better then the media whore Madonna- please give me a break if u want to be smart @ least use somebody's name who is talented.

    29. Jane says – reply to this


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      My God, about time……she's the reason it's been raining in Ireland for 2 freaking months……it's no coincidence that it's sunny today!!!

    30. Jane says – reply to this


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      My God, about time…..I blame her for the nonstop rain in Ireland for the last 2 months……it's no coincidence that it's sunny today……

    31. Jujupiter says – reply to this


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      Okay, now that she made lots of money, can she stop singing?

    32. Jenna says – reply to this


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      she is cute,song is ok.
      hey why is Brangelina moving to BERLIN??? we do not want them there, say away, please,both of them stay in the usa.

    33. Ok people! says – reply to this


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      For the final time I Are? For fucks sake learn how to conjugate Timbaland you fucking simpleton:
      I am
      YOU are (as in you are a douchebag)
      He is
      She is
      It is
      We are
      You are
      They are
      FUUUUUUCCCKKKK!

    34. edith says – reply to this


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      I thought people in the U.K. had good taste in music. I don't know what this is all about.

    35. Loes says – reply to this


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      I HATE RIHANNA

    36. bored lady says – reply to this


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      No. 34 you are too funny!

      I will definately buy her umberella-ella-ella-eh-eh-eh………

    37. Katie says – reply to this


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      Kate Nash should be no.1 ! rawrrr

    38. Jil says – reply to this


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      Jay-Z Lost.

    39. Did you mean TEN weeks? says – reply to this


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      Z

    40. lina says – reply to this


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      i saw her do a 5 minute promo for Sprint and she lyp sinced the whole show and no joke she looked coked up

    41. ben says – reply to this


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      Who cares?

    42. Laura says – reply to this


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      "teen weeks" how about ten? You would think you'd edit your own work before publishing it. You're pretty cool Mr. Perez who can't spell!

    43. fran says – reply to this


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      actually, kate nash is number one, not timbaland.

    44. Laurie Lu says – reply to this


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      That girl is beautiful and what a talent!

    45. aran says – reply to this


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      she is beautiful but her music is crap.

    46. naomi says – reply to this


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      im over that song

    47. Lol says – reply to this


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      Rihanna is so overrated.
      So is the song umbrella.
      You can stand under my umbrella, ella, ella, eh eh eh…. yeah i get it stfu.

    48. Lamb Chop says – reply to this


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      Timbaland's single may be #1 on the UK charts but interestingly enough, the #1 CD is from Paul Potts - the sweet Brit with the golden voice & wonky teeth(I love the guy). Timbaland's CD came in at #2.

    49. ROSANGELA BABY says – reply to this


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      I LOVE TIMBALAND…HE'S ONE OF THE BEST PRODUCERS OUT THERE!!! PERHAPS RIHANNA AND TIMABALAND SHOULD JOIN FORCES AND MAKE ANOTHER SMASH CHART-TOPPING HIT…AND LET'S FACE IT PPL..THERE ARE ONLY A VERY FEW "TRUE" ARTIST OUT THERE …. FOR THE PAST FEW YRS ALL WE'RE FEEDING INTO ARE THESE STUDIO MANUFACTURED SO-CALLED ARTISTS EX. BRITNEY SPEARS,JESSICA SIMPSON,RYAN CABRERA,TO NAME A FEW AND LET ME NOT GET STARTED ON THE SO-CALLED ROCK/ALTERNATIVE WANNABE BANDS..LOL.. SO WHY BE SHOCKED THAT RIHANNA IS AS POPULAR AS SHE IS?

    50. Eliann says – reply to this


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      ugh…stop doing posts on rihanna or i'm gonna fuckin puke….the girl is talentless…stop giving credit where its not due

    51. Calisto says – reply to this


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      Single sales are miniscule in UK and no indication that something is good, this talentless waste of space's long run at number 1 is proof that crap sells. I don't know anyone that thinks the stupid, monotonous ditty is good. R&B is mysogynistic trash, its day will soon be over, and when it is it hopefully good taste will return.

    52. eva says – reply to this


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      FINALLY. i hated that song.

    53. Wet in England says – reply to this


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      Oh thank the perez! i personally blame this awful song for all the rain and flooding we've had in England this summer!!

    54. jimena says – reply to this


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      hah, that song being #1 is the evidence of how cheap and mediocre are the general musical tastes… the song is so ridiculously pretentious, dull, cliché, aghh..! still can't understand HOW a song like that reached so high. well, a clear signal of massive deafness i think…

      in an interview, this girl said she wanted to be "the Black Madonna" as in pop success, musical recognition etc. oh yes she might want, but she better keep her mouth shut if she doesn't want everybody laugh at her. she's nothing but a bleep. there are way more talented singers out there, she's really average and would be nothing if not by her mainstream producers.

      yeah, a million of flies can't be wrong when they stick to the shit…

    55. taylor says – reply to this


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      I HOPE SHE KILLS BEYONE! GO RIHANNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    56. Kimber L. says – reply to this


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      I don't understand how this song was ever at #1 it is the most annoying song ever. It completely suxxx.

    57. justme says – reply to this


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      What do the Brits know about music? Why do we care what's on their charts? The spice girls came from there, for God's sake!

    58. Louuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu says – reply to this


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      FUCKING YES. I loved that song when it first came on but it made the UK's weather absolute shite. Now shes off the top of the charts it bloody sunny!! FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEKY

    59. Rebel in GA says – reply to this


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      Arguably one of the shittiest excuses for music EVER, Jay-Z must've doled out lots of payola to get that played no radio. How stupid can people be????

    60. Kat says – reply to this


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      I think Rihanna is gorgeous! Everyone says how Lindsay Lohan is beautiful, but I don't see it. She is cute, but in the looks department she doesn't have a thing on Rihanna.

    61. Lela says – reply to this


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      The United Kingdom has produced plenty of tremendous musical talents:

      The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, the Moody Blues, the Who, Lulu,
      Shirley Bassey, Annie Lennox, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Herman's Hermits, Amy Winehouse, Charlotte Church, Phil Collins, Yes, etc,.

    62. Annoying song says – reply to this


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      ELLA ELLA ELLA EH EH EH… THAT SONG DROVE ME INSANE! Hope that damn song is off the radio soon. That chorus with the ella ella ella shit was so annoying. I thought her voice sounded horrible in this song.

    63. hate the song says – reply to this


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      The Umbrella song is SO ReTarded-arded-arded
      re-re-re-re-tarded-arded-arded-arded
      re-re-re-re-tarded-arded-arded-arded
      re-re-re-re-tarded-arded-arded-arded
      re-re-re-re-tarded-arded-arded-arded

    64. YoMom says – reply to this


      64

      Thanks for keeping us informed on Music News!

    65. happyhooker says – reply to this


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      "the way i are"?
      great– another rap star dumbing down the american ublic with his stellar speaking skills. who needs grammer, anyhow?

    66. cccceejay says – reply to this


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      SONG SUCKS!

    67. nunya says – reply to this


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      "notching up teen weeks " WTF is teen weeks?

    68. MB says – reply to this


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      LOVE HER HAIR!!!

    69. uriel says – reply to this


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      finally, that stupid song sucks and R, is a precoz prostituta.

    70. Coco Bliss says – reply to this


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      I like Rhi Rhi- the album is great and full of energy ,and shes gorgeous.

      For all you Lovehaters out there
      Quit hatin!!
      lol

    71. Jennette says – reply to this


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      Shes preetier than beyonce, but i can stand her nasally voice…its annoying!

    72. says: says – reply to this


      72

      I have heard numerous complaints from black entertainers (not A-list) and black patrons, that they have a hard time getting into some of L.A.’s trendiest nightspots. Some of these clubs have a “black quota,” and they employ African-American doormen to reject black patrons to protect themselves from racial discrimination suits. But, I recently learned, their is another element at play here. A white female celebrity has called a few of these clubs and openly complained about the number of blacks in attendance when she attends. She says, “being around too many blacks make me uncomfortable.” If you don’t exclude some of them, I will make sure, “my young white Hollywood friends,” find another club to attend. I will call them all and ask them not to patronize your establishment. Club owners cave in to her demands because this celebrity and her friends bring notoriety to their clubs as well as good publicity. This white celebrity is often in the company of blacks despite the deep resentment she harbors and she talks about these same blacks like a dog behind their backs with her white friends. It’s common for her to use racial epithets to describe her “so called black friends,” when they’re out of earshot. (It’s Paris Hilton…)

    73. FaShionHilton says – reply to this


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      RIHANNA HAS THE BIGGEST HEAD IN THE WORLD… SHE LOOKS PART ALIEN 2 ME!….IMAGINE NO MAKE-UP…LOL

    74. cplusg says – reply to this


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      I like her hair like that , her forehead doesn't look so big.

    75. william says – reply to this


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      omg this is so strang!!! when her song was number 1 it rained non stop and the where lots of floods!! and now. as soon as shes not number 1 its SUNNY! woooohoooo omg shes hot

    76. karen says – reply to this


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      Isn't Timbaland's song called The Way Am Are????

    77. Gwen says – reply to this


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      One no-talent replaces another. We should care why…?

    78. meangirl says – reply to this


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      Good girl gone hag

    79. baje says – reply to this


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      i am a bajan like her. Rihanna to be honest i am happy for your success but you cannot sing , period. i am amazed at how much you are really loved , for your songs are tasteless and you sing through your nose.i saw you perform your first album here in north america and to me you lyp synched through the songs. i maybe wrong . you dissed the bajans back home yet still i realised on your album you sang reggae no soca beats as you are bajan. would i pay to see u again, or buy your cds ? HELL NO. YOU ARE TRULY bajan. when we get money we forget our country . talk about u didnt have to put the trident in your video. thats why jamaicans and other caribbean people are proud of their country. would u think your boss at DEF JAM WOULD EVER DISS AMERICA like that? Remeber the higher you climb the harder you fall.GOD blessings.

    80. Shannon says – reply to this


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      She is lovely. Just a beautiful girl with a beautiful voice. She reminds me of Karyn White.

    81. liz says – reply to this


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      Eew. Annoying. She's like nails on a chalkboard.

    82. h2123 says – reply to this


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      because Rihanna's single is #1 anymore; its stopped raining in the UK!!!
      its now sunny and lovely here!

    83. pat says – reply to this


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      good- bitch cursed our summer.

    84. Kirsten says – reply to this


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      I love her stuff, but didnt her career just pop off because shes boinking JayZ? I heard this a few months ago, but now I kinda believe it.

    85. Pirate.x says – reply to this


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      THANK GOD!!! That whore shouldnt have been up there that long anywayz!!! F* Skank should go burn herself alive and stop torturing the rest of us with her BullS.hit "Music"!!!!!!!!!!!