Rihanna has joined what is now a truly global star-studded line-up for the BRIT Awards in Blighty on 2/24, with fellow Virgin EMI acts Justin Bieber and James Bay, Island's The Weeknd, XL’s Adele, Sony's SYCO band Little Mix and, from the WMG U.K. camp, Parlophone’s Coldplay and Atlantic breakout star Jess Glynne, also set to perform. It will be Ri-Ri’s fourth BRITs performance following her appearances in 2008, 2011 and 2012.
Her long-awaited ANTI arrived last week and is climbing up the U.K. charts with first-week sales forecast at around 23k—a number that is expected to rise considerably during week two when the set arrives at retail.
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