Rihanna Barbados Beach

Clad in a $300 designer black panther patterned one piece and crochet coverup Rihanna took to the beach at Sandy Lane hotel in Barbados yesterday during her Christmas holiday back home.

The Barbados-born singer, who will be partying at Pure nightclub in Las Vegas for New Years Eve, was looking super happy as she hung out with friends, including a cheeky blonde and tattooed pal who is rumored to be her bodyguard.

And during her relaxing afternoon Rihanna took a moment to let the world know how happy she was about her recent album sales in the UK…

…posting to her Twitter account, ‘306,107 this WEEK in the UK! You sneaky little fans you! I love u guys, Thank you!!! Santa was good to me…’