Rihanna on Tattoos

On Monday’s Ellen DeGeneres Show, she reveals how many tattoos she actually has.

“Approximately 13,” she says.

Her latest one is across her chest.

“It reads, ‘Never a failure always a lesson,’” says the singer, 21, who split with Chris Brown last year after he violently beat her. “It’s basically saying that it’s ok to make a mistake, just don’t make them twice.”