For years, it has seemed like even though the Barbadian singer creates success after success in music, she's unlucky in love, having dated a string of wrong men such as Chris Brown, who infamously beat her in a widely publicized case - is this time the charm for Rihanna's boyfriends?

Most recently, although she hasn't confirmed any rumors, Rihanna has dated Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio and Real Madrid French soccer player Karim Benzema, the latter of whom was Rihanna's boyfriend until a recent cheating scandal - and now, as rumors surface about her and Lewis Hamilton, the British Formula One racer for team Mercedes AMG, are currently an item.

According to Latin Post, there have been rumors that Hamilton's Rihanna's boyfriend for years, as the pair have reportedly been friends for a long time, but things were sparked up once more when the two were spotted at a romantic date at Da Silvano restaurant in New York, later being spotted at 1OAK nightclub.

Harper's Bazaar reports that even more people wondered if Hamilton was Rihanna's boyfriend after they both reportedly took things further and went to his penthouse in the city.

"They've had a flirtation for years and have always fancied each other, but since May this year they've been talking a lot," an insider told Glamour Magazine UK. "Finally their schedules allowed them to spend a weekend in the same part of the world and they made the most of it."

Prior to being rumored to be Rihanna's boyfriend, the 30 year-old racecar driver went out with Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger, with whom he had an on-again off-again relationship for a few years; most recently, he has been linked to Kardashian supermodel sister Kendall Jenner, although he's kept private about his personal life in the past.

So far, neither of them has confirmed if Lewis Hamilton is indeed Rihanna's boyfriend.