Get your dancing shoes on. You're going to need them.

Tonight, the Bryce Jordan Center will host two superstars who are gradually becoming icons of the dance/hip-hop scene -- if they aren't already.

Kicking off the show will be 19-year-old Barbados-born Rihanna, who has already had a big year. Her single "Umbrella" not only hit No. 1 in eight countries -- including the UK where it topped the charts for 10 consecutive weeks -- but the songstress also won two MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year and Single of the Year.

"She has a different sound," Ashley Cooper (sophomore-kinesiology) said. "Because she's from Barbados, I think she has a different type of feel. Her music is catchy and has a good beat."

On her latest album Good Girl Gone Bad, Rihanna collaborated with some of the pop world's biggest names including Ne-Yo, Timbaland and Justin Timberlake. Timberlake provided background vocals on the song "Rehab" and even co-wrote the tune as well.

"She's really good working with all different kinds of artists," Courtney Wolfson (freshman-special education) said.

After Rihanna, Grammy-nominated Akon will provide the rest of the night's entertainment, churning out club favorites like "Smack That" and "Locked Up."

Akon has gained international fame not only for his rapping skills, but for his talents as an R&B singer, songwriter and producer as well.

He is the only artist to hold the No. 1 and 2 spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 List -- No. 1 being "Smack That" and No. 2 being Gwen Stefani's "Sweet Escape," which featured his vocals.

"Before him, there was just a whole bunch of hip-hop going on," Taylor Wright (junior-telecommunications) said. "I'm a big fan of hip-hop but I like how he was one of the frontrunners to bringing back the R&B scene and the actual talent of singing."

It's not just his voice that fans pay attention to, it's also his beats. Growing up in Senegal, Africa not only influenced his vocal styling, but gives his beats a different type of flavor, Wolfson said.

"Whenever you hear his beats, you know it's him right away," Wolfson said. "It kind of makes him who he is."

For some students, this will mark their first Penn State concert. Wright, a transfer student, said he is excited for his first experience at the BJC.

"I've always heard of big tours that come through here," Wright said. "I'm from close to Pittsburgh and not a lot of the tours that come here even go to Pittsburgh."

For Cooper, the low price of tickets convinced her to attend.

"I would have paid more money for it than $20," Cooper said. "I think it's worth it. I'd pay $50."

The cheap prices are a result of the involvement of the Student Programming Association (SPA), said Bernie Punt, director of BJC public relations.

"We want to give credit where credit is due, which is to SPA, who has helped in funding this for students to make affordable," Punt said. "If we did not have SPA's involvement, it would be $37.50 a ticket. For $20, it is a tremendous ticket price. When the [BJC] first opened in 1996 and 1997, ticket prices averaged $22 to $25. So this is actually less expensive than what concert tickets were 10 years ago."

"We're letting students take ownership of this as far as making entertainment affordable and available to University Park students," Punt added.