page_title: What's My Name? (Rihanna song)
section_title: Live performances
hierarchical_section_title: What's My Name? (Rihanna song) / Live performances
caption_attribution_description: English: Rihanna live at Bankatlantic Center, Sunrise, Florida, on her tour The LOUD Tour. 14th July 2011
context_page_description: "What's My Name?" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna, for her fifth studio album Loud. Featuring guest vocals from Canadian rapper Drake, the song was released as the second single from Loud on October 26, 2010 through Def Jam Recordings. The electro-R&B song was produced by the Norwegian production duo Stargate, and was written by the duo along with Ester Dean, Traci Hale, and Drake. Lyrically, it incorporates themes of romance and sex.
  "What's My Name?" topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, giving Rihanna her third number-one single in 2010, as well as her eighth overall on the chart. The song also topped the charts in Hungary and the United Kingdom and reached the top five in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway and Slovakia. The song received a nomination at the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
  An accompanying music video, directed by Philip Andelman, plays a romantic encounter between Rihanna and Drake in a grocery store along with romantic scenes between the pair and Rihanna walking through Manhattan's Lower East Side. "What's My Name?"
context_section_description: "What's My Name?" was performed for the first time (without Drake) on October 30, 2010, during her stint on the NBC television series Saturday Night Live. Her outfit for the performance (high-waisted Daisy Dukes and a bikini top) drew comparisons to an outfit worn by Rihanna's friend, singer Katy Perry. Then on November 15, prior to the album's release, Rihanna returned to her performance of "What's My Name?" for MTV's The Seven, Live from Times Square, New York. Just a day later, she performed the single again, this time on the Late Show with David Letterman. On November 17, 2010, she was interviewed for and performed the song as part of her set list for her appearance on Good Morning America. At the American Music Awards of 2010 on November 21, 2010, Rihanna performed a short medley of hits which included "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)", "What's My Name?" and ended with "Only Girl (In the World)".
  In the United Kingdom, Rihanna was invited back to series 7 of The X Factor on December 11, 2010, to perform "Unfaithful" with finalist Matt Cardle and a solo performance of "What's My Name?". The finale was watched by fifteen million viewers but attracted complaints, in the thousands, about Rihanna's choice of outfit and sexual performance. Vivienne Patterson, director of Mediawatch UK, said "I don't think it was suitable for a pre-watershed broadcast, I think that's quite clear". UK's media regulator, Ofcom, later confirmed that it had launched an investigation into the affair after 4000 complaints were registered regarding Rihanna and Christina Aguilera's appearances at The X Factor finale. Rihanna performed the song with Drake for the first time at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011, as well as performing the song as a part of a medley with "Only Girl (In the World)" and "S&M" live at the 2011 Brit Awards on February 15, 2011. Rihanna also performed the song with Drake at the NBA All Star Game on February 20, 2011 as well as performing the song as a part of a medley of "Umbrella" / "Only Girl (In the World)" / "Rude Boy" / "All of the Lights" (with Kanye West). The song was part of the set list for the Australian leg of the Last Girl on Earth tour, Loud Tour and the Diamonds World Tour. In May 2011 Rihanna gave a performance of "What's My Name?" on the Today show, as a part of the Summer Concert series, along with "Only Girl (In the World)", "S&M" and "California King Bed". Rihanna performed "What's My Name?" at Radio 1's Hackney Weekend on May 24, 2012, as the sixth song on the set list. She also performed the song at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in a medley with "Rude Boy", "Pon de Replay" and "Work".
caption: Rihanna performing "What's My Name?" on her 2011 Loud Tour.
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