Rihanna — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 88 songs across 8 albums by Rihanna. They use 2,021 unique words out of 14,820 (lexical richness MATTR 0.64), with an average of 168 content words per song. Emotional tone: 35% of songs positive, 50% neutral, 15% negative.
Most used words by Rihanna
- love (445)
- baby (343)
- know (321)
- come (260)
- let (224)
- boy (186)
- take (176)
- want (154)
- make (135)
- say (135)
- need (135)
- one (134)
- right (122)
- girl (116)
- turn (114)
- see (113)
- time (110)
- way (107)
- tell (101)
- feel (99)
Signature phrases
- “come mr dj” (42)
- “mr dj turn” (28)
- “dj turn music” (28)
- “love eat love” (27)
- “let know” (23)
- “shine bright diamond” (20)
- “ma ma ko” (20)
- “sa ma ma” (20)
- “ma ko ssa” (20)
- “mama sa ma” (20)
Colors in the lyrics
- black (8)
- white (6)
- gold (4)
- blue (3)
- yellow (2)
- rose (1)
- red (1)
- navy (1)
Albums analyzed
- Music of the Sun (2005)
- A Girl Like Me (2006)
- Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
- Rated R (2009)
- Loud (2010)
- Talk That Talk (2011)
- Unapologetic (2012)
- ANTI (2016)