Rihanna // New Year (2010) Party in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Singer Rihanna deposited $500,000 into her bank account on New Year’s Eve after she performed for a packed house at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Friday (Jan 1). And judging by her sexy outfit, we suppose those rumors of her being ordered to “tone down her image” were 100% false.

Meanwhile, Rihanna revealed some of her resolutions for the the year 2010 in a recent interview.

She said: “I want to stop shopping, being late, start waking up early, stuff like that. I’d like to see my mum and grandparents more. … I want to learn the drums and I want to work with Depeche Mode so bad.”

Continue reading for a couple more pictures from the show…

Rihanna // New Year (2010) Party in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Rihanna // New Year (2010) Party in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

PHOTOS: WENN

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