Rihanna has begun working on her ninth studio album, Urban Islandz sources accept confirmed.

Terminal week, the Bajan pop princess registered 2 new songs including a collaboration with Buju Banton which fueled rumors that she is working on a new project. DHH reached out to sources inside her circle who confirmed with us on Tuesday that she has begun work on her next album, which volition exist the follow-upwardly to her 2022 blockbuster LP ANTI. The titles of the 2 newly registered singles are "Merely One Who Knows" and "Phatty" which is a collaborative try with Buju Banton.

"Work has begun only it's still way as well early to divulge any details, but I can say things are coming together," our source told usa while requesting anonymity. "I know the Navy is hungry for some new music right now but permit's remember it'south quality over quantity. The new material that'south coming volition worth the expect." Earlier this month, Rihanna was spotted hit a studio in New York and on another occasion, she was spotted wearing a T-Shirt with Buju Banton paradigm. Our sources inside Buju'southward camp told us the material volition be from previously recorded unreleased music since the reggae singer tin can't record music in prison.

Rihanna's new album will exist her ninth solo project and if drop this yr will chronicle a decorated year for the Barbadian singer, who has been very active filming new movies and embarking on a host of philanthropic missions. She gave abroad one million copies of her last anthology ANTI through a deal with Samsung. The projection also debuts at number i on the Billboard 200 nautical chart for the week ending Apr 2nd. The LP also spawned 1 of the biggest pop/dancehall singles on the planet concluding yr "Work" featuring her now ex-beau Drake. "Work" has since been certified five times platinum in the U.s. by the RIAA.

For her ninth album, code name R9, Rihanna may follow the trend past mainstream artists these days to incorporate more than reggae/dancehall and island sound. That has worked very well for the likes of Drake and Justin Bieber, and being from Barbados, it wouldn't be a surprise if RiRi uses a sound close to habitation.