NRJ Rihanna

Rihanna hasn't released an album since 2016, which makes a round-the-clock channel built on her catalog a gamble. Mostly, it pays off. The hits are here ('Umbrella', 'We Found Love', 'Diamonds'), but the smarter picks sit in the features and album cuts: her verse on Drake's 'Take Care', 'Consideration' with SZA, that towering hook on 'Love the Way You Lie'. The dance-pop era gets heavy airtime, and you can hear why French radio took to that sound so early. It sags when the playlist circles back to 'Work' before lunch. Nobody needs that. What saves it is range. A lesser station would play the s…