The song was a massive success, debuting at No.

Not only that: Adele’s “Hello” seemed to have both opening and immediately shut the door on the big female ballad with its massive surprise release in October 2015. Rihanna Rules Dance Club Songs With 'Love on the Brain,' Her 28th No. 5 peak on March 25 - more than a year after Anti’s release in January 2016. 80 and climbed slowly from there, becoming the Bajan icon’s landmark 30th top 10 hit on March 4, 2017, finally hitting a No. On the Novemissue date of the Hot 100, “Love on the Brain” reentered at No. The cut was first serviced to rhythmic and hip-hop/R&B radio stations, followed by Top 40 pop and adult contemporary. Later in June, the song would lead Billboard’s Top TV Songs chart for the month of May, helped by the dramatic closing four-minute sequence of Grey’s Anatomy’s season 12 finale, where “Love on the Brain” faintly played in the background.įollowing all this early promotion, along with the cut being a staple during Rihanna’s Anti World Tour and a highlight of her MTV Video Vanguard Award medleys, “Love on the Brain” finally became an official single on September 27, 2016.

7-peaking “Needed Me” - “Love on the Brain” remained ingrained in some of the public’s mind.

Although the tune would fall off the chart the following week - thanks to continued focus on the eventually No.

Rihanna love on the brain vevo