Rihanna has been using the SKM 5200 since its adoption in their first tour in late 2007. According to monitor engineer Brian Evans, on this tour her two background vocalists are also using the SKM 5200 / MD 5235 combination. Wireless vocal microphones are used in conjunction with Sennheiser EM 3732, twin receivers, he said.
If a television production is unable to provide the SKM 5200 wireless RF background singers, says Evans, can usually rely on the availability of an alternative model of vocal microphone Sennheiser G2 or G3 with personal monitoring systems.
Rihanna's music has always had the sensitivity of the rock, but the music on her new album Rated R, and the current live band line-up really brings a touch harder to the fore. "It's a serious group of players," says Evans, "We have the all time classic, Sennheiser MD 421 II in our guitarist, Nuno Bettancourt from Extreme, and drummer Chris Johnson of the live band Stevie Wonder, used Sennheiser e-901 boundary microphone and several e 902s on your computer. "Rihanna hours of television show promotional dates have included a live performance on NBC's Today Show and Saturday Night Live, the X factor in the UK, and an appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.
Evans, who has a long association with the trip and also manages the rights monitor for both Mary J. Blige and Jay-Z headlining tour together in 2008, said: "I am a big fan of the SKM 5200. I love it. I brought the 5200 tour at the camp last year and used it in his lead singer. Everyone loved it.
At the recent 52nd Grammy Awards held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Rihanna received two Grammy awards for his collaboration with Jay-Z and Kanye West in "Run This Town", Best Rap Song and Best Rap Collaboration / Song. Previously, he was honored as Favorite Soul / R & B and Best Female Artist Favorite Pop / Rock Female Artist at the 2008 American Music Awards and Best Female Pop World and Female Artist of the Year at the World Music Awards 2007. Rihanna, who is also honorary ambassadors of cultural Barbados, where he was born, has the record for most number one singles during the decade of 2000, a position he shares with Beyoncé Knowles, another longtime Sennheiser user.
