• In a year that saw pop singer Rihanna ejected from a farmer’s land for filming inappropriately sexual scenes, it must come as a relief to the Barbadian singer to discover there are still plenty of people out there who appreciate her more raunchy poses.

She may not have won over the rural folk, but the 23-year-old has captured the hearts of the ad world, who voted her sizzling adverts for Armani Underwear the sexiest of 2011.

The daring display was hailed the best of the year in a poll of advertising industry chiefs carried out by U.S. magazine Advertising Age.

The magazine rhapsodized about the We Found Love singer, saying she had never looked better.

‘It’s Rihanna at her sexiest. She’s never looked this good,’ they said, adding: ‘She’s in amazing shape and the pictures are stunning.’