Rihanna celebrates record-breaking shows at The O2 (From News Shopper)

Rihanna receives award for 10-date run at The O2 in Greenwich

12:16pm Thursday 22nd December 2011 in Music By Matthew Jenkin

R&B superstar Rihanna will become a record-breaker after her final show at The O2 tonight.

The 10th performance of her Loud tour at the Greenwich arena will break the record for the most sell-out dates at the venue by a female artist.

Rihanna will have performed to more than 170,000 fans, beating Britney Spears who packed houses over eight nights in June, 2009, during her Circus world tour.

Last night she was presented with a specially commissioned framed award in recognition of her achievement.

Sally Davies, events director at The O2, said: “To put Rihanna’s achievement into perspective, no other female artist has played more nights at The O2 as part of the same tour.

“We at The O2 felt that this amazing record could not pass unrecognised and as Rihanna has spent so much of her time in London at our venue, we wanted to give her something to remember us by. We hope to see her here again very soon.”

Rihanna’s performance tonight at The O2 arena will be the final show of her 98-date Loud tour, which has taken the singer across North America, South America and Europe.