Rihanna came out of retirement for Ambani’s wedding concert and a big payday

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Rihanna, photographed performing at the 95th annual Academy Awards in 2023.
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  • Rihanna performed at the private pre-wedding party for the son of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani.
  • It was their first full live show in almost eight years, not counting the 2023 Super Bowl.
  • There has been widespread speculation about how much he was paid, with estimates exceeding $5 million.

It’s the concert we all want to be at but unfortunately had to watch through grainy camera phone footage: Rihanna’s return in a single night.

The 36-year-old singer performed her first full live show in almost eight years, not counting her 15-minute slot at the 2023 Super Bowl halftime show and Performance at the 2023 Academy Awards – at the pre-wedding party of Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, and his future wife, Radhika Merchant.

For more than 1,200 lucky guests, including Mark Zuckerberg, Ivanka Trump and Bollywood stars, the singer took the stage in Jamnagar, India, for an all-day concert. set of 19 songs, including hits such as “Umbrella”, which launched his career, and number one hits “Diamonds” and “Work”, according to NME.

The show also included live performances of the songs “We Found Love,” “Stay,” “Rude Boy” and “All Of The Lights,” and ended with the entire Ambani family joining Rihanna on stage.

“I am here tonight in honor of Anant and Radhika. Thank you for inviting me here. God bless your union. I wish you all the best. Congratulations,” he told the couple, according to The National.

Rihanna received a salary of between 5 and 9 million dollars, according to estimates

There has been a lot of speculation about how much Rihanna was paid for her performance. According to anonymous sources cited by India todayHis acting fees range between $8 and $9 million.

The Daily Mail Meanwhile, he estimated an asking price of $6 million for the concert.

Both will not be completely wild conjectures if you take into account that the budget of the pre-wedding celebration could be 120 million dollars, stated the Daily Mail, citing anonymous sources.

Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Isha Piramal, Rihanna, Shloka Mehta Ambani, Akash Ambani and Radhika Merchant react on stage during Anant and Radhika’s pre-wedding celebrations.
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There is no doubt that the three-day party, which continues until Monday, is wildly extravagant, even by Indian wedding standards.

The elder Ambani, chairman of Fortune 500 company Reliance Industries, has a Estimated net worth of $113 billionand it is clear from the drone show to the decor and the flowers and the festivities to come (including the wedding itself, scheduled for July) that no expense has been spared.

The Ambani family reportedly spent more than $100 million on the pre-wedding ceremony of their daughter Isha Ambani and her now husband Anand Piramal, according to The Guardian.

Hiring megastars is also something the family has done before. At Anant’s sister’s wedding in 2018, Beyonce done.

A year later, in 2019, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and The Chainsmokers entertaining guests attending Akash Ambani, Ambani’s soon-to-be-married elder brother, and Shloka Mehta’s pre-wedding party in Switzerland. The couple also featured Adam Levine. serenade them at their after-wedding party.

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