7 of Rihanna’s best ever guest appearances

The baddest gal in the biz is back (we're talking about you, RiRi...) and racking up features on some major summer tracks. From the Adele Roberts-approved 'Loyalty' - the Kendrick Lamar track that's currently Adele's 'Tune of the Week' - to DJ Khaled's sunshine smash Wild Thoughts, Rihanna is well and truly dominating the airwaves...

Kendrick Lamar - Loyalty ft. Rihanna

But before you start thinking that summer '17 is the year RiRi thrived in the features department, let's take a moment to look back at some of her other hits. From Coldplay to Kanye, here are seven tracks that reached stratospheric heights thanks to that Bad Gal touch...

Rihanna, Kanye West, Paul McCartney - FourFiveSeconds

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Name a more iconic trio. We'll wait.

Calvin Harris - This Is What You Came For ft. Rihanna

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Co-written by Calvin Harris and then-girlfriend Taylor Swift, 'This Is What You Came For' has amassed over 1.7 billion YouTube views and counting. We're going to attribute at least half of those views to RiRi's vocals and video antics.

Drake - Take Care ft. Rihanna

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AubRih is the gift that keeps on giving. From 2010's 'What's My Name?' to 2016's 'Work', the Canadian rapper and Barbadian singer regularly give us life with their collabs and 'Take Care' is no different...

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Kanye West - All Of The Lights ft. Rihanna & Kid Cudi

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Artists aplenty lent their vocals for Yeezy's 'All of the Lights', including John Legend, Alicia Keys, The Dream, Elton John, Fergie, Kid Cudi, Drake and Elly Jackson. And yet RiRi still reigns supreme, scoring the credit as sole featured artist on the single.

T.I. - Live Your Life ft. Rihanna

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If you're thinking 'huh, that backing track sounds familiar' it's because T.I. sampled O-Zone's viral hit 'Dragostea Din Tei'. The combination of O-Zone, T.I. and RiRi afforded the Atlanta rapper his most successful single worldwide. An oldie but a goldie.

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Your favourite tracks don't always start off as blank canvases. Some of the biggest bangers out there began life borrowing snippets from other songs...

Nicki Minaj - Fly ft. Rihanna

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Prepare to feel old: Nicki Minaj's 'Fly' was released SIX YEARS AGO. But even way back in 2011, Rih and her formidable fringe were killing it...

Coldplay - Princess Of China ft. Rihanna

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What's the process behind getting one of the biggest stars in the world to feature on your track? Just ask Chris Martin:

"The album is designed as a whole piece. It has boy and girl lead characters and top of our list for the girl part was Rihanna, but it took a while to pluck up the courage to ask her," the Coldplay frontman told Metro. "We did a show in Las Vegas and I met her and said, 'Do you think there’s any chance?' I was very Hugh Grant-like and spluttering about it."

So, there you have it: RiRi is such a big deal she even makes Chris Martin nervous.