While Rihanna’s new single “Russian Roulette” rockets up the charts, Def Jam is capitalizing on its golden goose by releasing a 3-CD collector’s package featuring the hits that made her famous.

The box set, due December 15, contains her first three albums, Music of the Sun, A Girl Like Me, and Good Girl Gone Bad, with space for a fourth disc, Rated R, which will be released on November 23.

Among the tracks included are “Umbrella,” “S.O.S.,” “Take a Bow,” “Disturbia,” “Pon De Replay,” “Hate That I Love You,” “Don’t Stop the Music,” and “Unfaithful.”

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Rihanna’s official website has added two new “Rated R” promotional pictures to the website:

Click the image to view the “Rated R” back cover in high quality. That’s a hot picture!

And we will probably have the album’s booklet scans tomorrow morning.

We can now vote for the “Wait Your Turn” music video on BET 106 & Park. Vote for the video as many times as you can!

We heard a rumour that Rihanna will be there on Monday, November 23.

Despite reports that Rihanna is now dating again, the singer told Access Hollywood and “The Billy Bush Show” that she’s very much single and ready to meet new guys.

“I’m not dating anyone… I’m not dating anyone,” the singer told Billy Bush on Thursday.

She might not be attached to any one particular guy, but she revealed that she has her eyes open when it comes to possible new suitors.

“I’m single and ready to mingle!” she said, but added that her main focus is her music. “I don’t really want to date night now,” she continued. “I don’t want a serious relationship only because it’s a lot of time and energy and a big commitment. And right now I’m just focused on ‘Rated R,’ [which] is like a child, it needs a lot of attention and is a lot of hard work and a lot of sleepless nights.

And Rihanna would like her fans to know she’s not having any sleepless nights with “90210’s” Tristan Wilds, which has been reported by numerous online gossip Web sites recently.

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Rihanna wrote or co-wrote 9 of the 13 songs! Thanks, Kedrew!

Rihanna’s official website has been update with the following news:

• Want the chance to join an exclusive listening party for Rihanna’s new album Rated R before its release on November 23rd? For just one tweet you can gain access to the exclusive stream of the entire, highly anticipated new album from Rihanna and chat on Twitter with fellow fans about it. Click back here Friday to hear it first!

• Best Buy Union Square In Store Signing: 5 pm – New York City
  Your Chance to Meet Rihanna in Person! Monday Nov 23 Best Buy | Union Square NYC
  Be one of the first customers to purchase her new CD RATED R beginning at 8:00 AM on Monday at Best Buy Union Square to obtain your wristband for a very special event later that day: RIHANNA signing copies of her highly anticipated Def Jam album RATED R beginning at 5:00 PM! That’s Monday, November 23rd @ 5:00 PM @ Best Buy Union Square in NYC! Hurry, space and time are limited.

• In the New York City area on Tuesday, Nov 24th? You could be in VIP for Rihanna’s Good Morning America performance! Text RiGMA to 66937 and enter to win! Msg&Data rates may apply.

Rihanna says Kate Moss inspired her to design a clothes range.

The singer’s interest in fashion has led her to launch her own collection. Rihanna is a huge fan of British supermodel Kate’s designs for high street chain Topshop and is keen to create a line which is just as successful.

“I’ve started work on the collection, we are getting it together. It is in the beginning stages. Fashion is something I have always loved,” Rihanna told Grazia magazine. “I love Kate Moss. She’s just hands-down one of the baddest badasses in the land. Nobody can take her down. I really admire Kate because every photo shoot she does is different. Every time you see her there is a different energy that she puts out in whatever outfit she is wearing. I think she is amazing.”

Rihanna is thrilled to have been given the opportunity to design clothes because it gives her an avenue to express herself away from her music career.

She explained: “I am a very creative person, so it is another way for me to get my creativity out.”

The 21-year-old beauty has been taking advice from Gucci’s creative director Frida Giannini after being unveiled as the face of the Italian fashion house’s accessories last year. Rihanna is hoping to work with a range of fashion experts for the new line.

“I love designing. Frida has been helping me develop as a designer. I will probably work with some cool designers who I think have a similar sense of style and design to me.”

Below you can see “Rated R”, Rihanna’s upcoming album, back cover. We will be able to see it in high quality very soon. And by the way, Rihanna and LA Reid are the album’s executive producers. Thanks, Giamma!

“Russian Roulette”, the first single from Rihanna’s upcming album, has fallen from #9 to #16 on Billboard Hot 100 this week. It’s still not that bad, today the song climbed from #9 to #8 on iTunes, and the video is currently #2. We have to keep supporting Rihanna: buy the song and the video on iTunes, and request the song in all the radio stations that we can!

“Hard” debuted on Bubbling Under at #3 (which means #103 on Billboard Hot 100).

On Billboard R&B 100, “Russian Roulette” has fallen from #56 to #73 and “Hard” has climbed from #41 to #20.

In other news, the “Wait Your Turn” music video is #5 on iTunes!

Don’t forget: buy the songs and the videos on iTunes and request the songs on the radio stations!