Rihanna Shines Bright Like 'Diamonds' on New Single

Rihanna has unveiled the very first taste of her forthcoming seventh album: empowering new single "Diamonds" premiered online, prior to the still-untitled disc drops prior to the end of 2012.

Continuing the mineral motif after shouting out "yellow diamonds" on "We Found Love," Rihanna implores her partner to "shine bright just like a diamond" as her voice grasps in the upper tips of ecstasy.

Made by longtime collaborators Stargate as well as Benny Blanco, "Diamonds" notably slows the electronic stomp of previous lead singles "Only Girl (Within the World)" and "We Found Love," instead offering a lush, mid-tempo pool of synthesizers and Rihanna's powerful pipes.

After releasing album in three straight Novembers -- Rated R in '09, Loud in 2010 and Talk That Talk this past year -- Rihanna is expected to decrease a new album "before no more this year," according to a press release from Island Def Jam issued the 2009 week. An album title and official track list has not yet been unveiled.

Earlier this month, Rihanna's music video for "We Found Love" won Video of the season at the MTV Video Music Awards, and weeks later, the pop singer headlined the very first night of the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas.

Next year, Rihanna brings her stage show across The united states on the "Diamonds" world tour, which begins on March 8, 2013 in Buffalo, N.Y.