Rihanna set to Launch New Album, Rated R, Through Ground-Breaking Global Listening Event With Nokia

Rihanna set to Launch New Album, Rated R, Through Ground-Breaking Global Listening Event With Nokia

LOS ANGELES, California, November 5/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

- Rihanna Fans Worldwide Will Join the Superstar for an Exclusive Live,
Streamed Performance From London on November 16th 2009

International superstar Rihanna will showcase new material from her
highly-anticipated forthcoming album Rated R exclusively to a Nokia
(NYSE: NOK) audience via a globally streamed live performance on November
16th 2009. This ground-breaking event in partnership with Nokia will preview
tracks from Rated R - set for a November 23rd release worldwide - performed
live from a secret London location.

From her breakthrough multi-platinum album A Girl Like Me to her
ubiquitous global smash Good Girl Gone Bad, in just a few short years,
Rihanna has helped redefine the path of popular music for a new generation.
She continues that musical and stylistic journey on one of the most hotly
anticipated new albums in recent history, her fourth original studio album,
Rated R. Rated R features the sultry, provocative first single "Russian
Roulette," which is rocketing up the charts at radio stations across the
globe.

This event places Rihanna at the forefront of cutting-edge technology to
deliver music and exclusive content to fans, whilst enabling fans to get
closer to the live action from wherever they are in the world.

Rihanna fans can:

- Sign up to watch the live stream.
- Invite their friends to watch the performance simultaneously with them
through Facebook and Twitter.
- Download a web widget counting down to the live performance.
- Download an exclusive Rihanna mobile application from Nokia's Ovi
Store.
- Download the album with an exclusive track either to their PC or over
the air to mobile from Nokia Music Store or Comes With Music.

In addition, Nokia will offer of an exclusive version of the new Rated R
album via Nokia Music Store, as well as a companion Rihanna application with
exclusive footage and other links on Ovi Store.

Rihanna stated, "I am so excited to partner up with Nokia. They are doing
some really revolutionary things with this album, enabling me to reach more
fans than ever before."

To secure your place in the making of music history, register at
http://www.nokia.com/rihanna.

About Nokia

Nokia is a pioneer in mobile telecommunications and the world's leading
maker of mobile devices. Today, we are connecting people in new and different
ways - fusing advanced mobile technology with personalized services to enable
people to stay close to what matters to them. We also provide comprehensive
digital map information through NAVTEQ; and equipment, solutions and services
for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.

Source: Nokia Corporation

For further information on Nokia, please contact: Huw Davies, Mission, Tel. +44-207-845-7800, Tel. +44-7939-886-219, Email: huw@thisismission.com; Thomas Bunn, Mission, Tel. +1-212-219-2787, Tel. +1-917-975-5786, Email: thomas @thisismission.com. For further info on Rihanna contact: Amanda Silverman, 42 West, Tel. +1-212-774-3683, Email: Amanda.Silverman@42West.net; Gabe Tesoriero, Island Def Jam Music Group, Tel. +1-212-445-3632, Email: Gabriel.Tesoriero@umusic.com.

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