Rude Boy seems to be losing its power in the United Kingdom and Australia.

The track is down from #2 to #3 in the UK and from #1 to #3 in Australia. However, the album sales remain stable. It’s up from #15 to #12 in the UK (after 17 weeks) and down from #13 to #14 in Australia.

BUY AND REQUEST RUDE BOY!

Click the thumbs below to view the Australian Sunday Magazine scans (here you can view the phothoshoot, watch a backstage video and read the interview).

The gallery has also been updated with photos of Rihanna leaving Playhouse nightclub on Thursday, in Los Angeles.

Rihanna surprised who was at a charity concert last night at Hollywood & Highland, in Los Angeles. She performed Bob Marley’s Redemption Song for the second time (she first performed it at Oprah’s show, in January – watch here). She looked and sounded amazing! Click the banner above to view fan pictures of RiRi performing and rehearsing.

Watch the performance:

• European Airplay Chart: #1. Rude Boy
• European Hot 100: #3. Rude Boy (up 1)
• Euro Digital Songs: #1. Rude Boy; Copies sold: 83,848
• US Weekly digital sales of Rude Boy:
  1. 8,445 copies
  2. 25,886 copies
  3. 65,339 copies
  4. 124,114 copies
  5. 171,307 copies
  6. 170,012 copies (this week)
• In Canada Rude Boy is up from #18 to #10. This is Rihanna’s 3rd top ten from this album despite only two official singles released.
• Norway Singles Chart: Rude Boy up from #5 to #3; Russian Roulette down from #6 to #8.
• Switzerland Top 75 chart: Rude Boy up from #8 to #5; Russian Roulette down from #20 to #21.
• Ireland: Rude Boy is #4. Rated R is #17.
• Brazil: Hard (unreleased) is #10; Russian Roulette is #18.
• In Italy, Rude Boy is really helping the album as it skyrockets from #82 to #58.

Thanks, Platinum Grillz!

Director Anthony Mandler has left his mark on music icons such as Eminem, Beyoncé, and The Killers, but his most notable and frequent collaborator is Rihanna. The two have worked on a dozen videos together throughout her career, starting with “Unfaithful” in 2006 and most recently “Russian Roulette.”

Rap-Up.com spoke to him about taking the loyal pop star, who he calls his muse, from good girl to bad. Find out which video people believed would ruin her career, the concept that came to him in a dream, and what he thought of the Melina-directed clips for “Hard” & “Rude Boy.”

How did your relationship with Rihanna start?
I was working with Def Jam on some projects and she was kind of the big up-and-coming artist. They loved some stuff I had done with Nelly Furtado at the time, which was “Maneater,” and they wanted to try and take her image and give her a little more edge and still keep it beautiful. We just really connected. From that point on, it was “Unfaithful.” She saw me as someone who could support and drive her artistry and personality, eventually in a more sexual and womanly way. I saw it as an opportunity to work with somebody in the capacity of a muse. I really look at her like that. I feel like we’ve grown through each other, around each other, and because of each other, and will never take back the quality of work or the freedom that she’s given me to communicate. You kill for stuff like that in an artist, especially in this medium, which is filled with disloyalty and criticism. I can’t tell you how many number one videos I’ve had where the artist went somewhere else after. She’s the ultimate in loyalty.

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It’s time for a new download day!

This Saturday, March 20, you need to download and request Rude Boy as many times as you can!

Here you will find information of how to request it (100+ new radio stations have been added to the list) and here you can download the song on iTunes. It must remain at no. 01 on the Billboard Hot 100!

UPDATE: Make sure to watch Rihanna’s Rude Boy music video on AOL and Yahoo! Every 55,000 views = 1 point on the Billboard Hot 100!

REQUEST AND BUY! REQUEST AND BUY! REQUEST AND BUY!

Last night, March 18, Rihanna was spotted arriving at Playhouse and looked gorgeous! Looks like she will have her hair black again. Click the image above to view 6 HQs.

UPDATE: Watch below a video of Rihanna and her friends leaving the club.

Rude Boy climbs from #2 to #1 on The World Singles Chart selling over 336,000 copies worldwide in its 5th week. Total sales: 1,117,000.

Russian Roulette is #30 with sales of 82,000 bringing the grand total to 3,140,000 copies sold.

Congratulations, Rihanna!

Thanks, Platinum Grillz!

• Rihanna’s Rated R sold 21,700 albums in the US this week, bringing her total sales in the country to 731,900.

• Rihanna is rumoured to be planning a huge girls’ night out for her gal pal Katy Perry before her upcoming wedding to Russell Brand.  “Katy’s totally excited and keeps telling Russell her party is going to be every bit as wild as any party he and his boys will throw! She and Rihanna have become very, very close. So Rihanna has offered to plan a girls’ getaway and also help out with anything else Katy needs for the wedding.” a source tells Perez Hilton.

• Rihanna is going to cover a new magazine pretty soon – probably ELLE Magazine. The photos were taken earlier this week.

• 6 Rude Boy Remixes are currently available only at Masterbeat.com. If you wish to listen/buy them, click here. Masterbeat.com is a new major online music retailer — and while you’re there, check out the ten free tracks (including another Rihanna remix) the site’s offered up to celebrate their launch: http://masterbeat.com/free.

• Portuguese and Brazilian fans can now buy Rihanna’s NOKIA 5230 edition. Click here to watch the commercial.

• “#RihannaRudeBoy” was a Trending Topic on Twitter yesterday. Good job, fans! If you still don’t follow Rihanna Daily on Twitter, follow now!

Rihanna’s label website has been updated with awesome news!

Billboard  Hot 100 singles chart: “Rude Boy” by Rihanna jumps into the #1 spot, the 22-year old star’s 5th #1 solo single (and overall 6th #1 career single) in less than four years.

We are so proud, RiRi! You deserve it! And congratulations to the fans, we know you worked too hard this week – and it was worth it!

Rihanna is now the female artist with most number 1 singles (S.O.S., Umbrella, Disturbia, Take A Bow, Live Your Life, Rude Boy) in the United States since 2000 – she’s not tied with anyone. She also has 8 top 3 singles, 14 top 10, and 18 top 20 singles!

UPDATE: Billboard.com reported:

Rihanna  replaces labelmate Taio Cruz atop the Billboard Hot 100, set to be released tomorrow (Thursday, March 18), as her latest single “Rude Boy” jumps 4-1.

“Rude” is Rihanna’s sixth Hot 100 No. 1 and fifth as a lead artist. Her most recent chart-topper had been as a featured vocalist on T.I.’s “Live Your Life” in 2008. Her other leaders are “SOS” (2006, three weeks), “Umbrella,” featuring Jay-Z (2007, seven weeks), “Take A  Bow” (2008, 1 week) and “Disturbia” (2008, two weeks)

Since debuting on the scene in June 2005 with the No. 2-peaking “Pon De Replay,” Rihanna has posted more Hot 100 No. 1 than any other artist. Next in line is Justin Timberlake who’s scored five chart-toppers during this span.

With “Rude Boy” knocking Cruz’s “Break Your Heart” (1-3) out of the top slot, the Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) label posts back-to-back Hot 100 No. 1s for the first time since “Gold Digger” by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx replaced Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together” at the head of the chart dated Sept. 17, 2005. “Heart” continues to top the Digital Songs chart, moving 202,000 downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan (down 26%).