Pop stars strip for covers

Stars stripping down for magazines is not new, but pop singers going topless or posing nude for their album covers is the latest thing catching up. Recently Rihanna has stripped, let's look at the singers who have posed nude on the covers... American rap artist Lil' Kim's third album 'La Bella Mafia' sold 166,000 copies in the first week of its release in March 2003. It has since sold over 1 million copies worldwide and gone Platinum. Clearly Lil' Kim's voice is as sexy as her album cover!  (REUTERS/Brad Rickerby)

Mariah Carey stripped down to the basics for 'Touch My Body', her 2008 single cover. The cover artwork featured Mariah naked, eyes closed, covering herself with a witch hat while striking a pose against a pitch black background. (REUTERS/Desmond Boylan)

Our very own singer-item girl Sherlyn Chopra decided to do something quite outrageous for her debut album, appropriately called 'Outrageous'. Sherlyn posed topless for her album.

Singer Rihanna has sparked an Internet frenzy by going topless for her new single 'Wait Your Turn'. The cover jacket shows Rihanna with her left hand draped across her bare chest and right hand raised to the forehead. (Getty Images/Dave Hogan)

'Stripped', the title of Christina Aguilera's second album in 2002, was supposed to refer to her emotional state. But she also chose to make it her physical state by going topless for the album cover. (AFP/Carl De Souza)

Jennifer Lopez had posed topless for her 2005 album 'Rebirth'. JLo was topless but still managed to be coyly covered in the photos. (Getty Images/Carlos Alvarez)

Janet Jackson's topless cover of her 2004 album 'Damita Jo' created quite a stir. The cover that showed her wearing only low-rise jeans, with her arms wrapped around her shadow-bathed assets was termed as 'simple' and 'youthful'. Janet had also stripped down for the cover of her 2001 release 'All for You'. The tracks inside were just as suggestive. 'Would You Mind', 'Love Scene'. (REUTERS/Kimberly White)

American singer-songwriter and guitarist Liz Phair had shed her clothes for her debut album 'Exile in Guyville' in 1993. Ten years later she did it again for the album that carried her name. (REUTERS/Chris Pizzello)

International Belgian-Italian singer Lara Fabian released '9' in French in 2005. For the art work of the album Lara undressed to pose in some sensual positions. The cover had a photo of her symbolising 'rebirth'. (REUTERS/Andrew Wallace)