Leave it to Rihanna to finally break the Billboard Hot 100's women dry spell

Rihanna put in the WORK.

Rihanna became the first woman to appear on the Billboard's Hot 100 Top 5 in 12 weeks on Monday, for being a featured artist in DJ Khaled's "Wild Thoughts."

For 12 weeks straight the Billboard Hot 100 Top 5 featured zero female artists. Back in April, the last single with a female artist was Taylor Swift and Zayn Malik's “I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)."

This complete lack of women dominating the charts has not occurred since 1972.

Seriously, what better way to break this dry spell than with a sultry, summer jam from the QUEEN of summer jams?

While it's awesome that RiRi was able to put an end to this boys' cub nonsense, this is still the longest period of time in 35 years that the Top 5 has not featured a solo female artist.

Ok Rihanna we leave it to you, what's your next move?