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Rihanna, real name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty. She was born on February 20, 1988 in Barbados. American R&B and pop singer and actress of Barbadian origin.
In 2005, Rihanna released her debut work Music of the Sun, which entered the top ten albums on the Billboard 200, and the single "Pon de Replay" became a success on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Less than a year later, the singer released her second studio album A Girl like Me, which peaked in the top five on the Billboard album chart, and "SOS" became Rihanna's first single to top the Hot 100 chart.
Third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad(2007) included four hit singles "Umbrella", "Take a Bow", "Disturbia", "Don"t Stop the Music" and received nine Grammy nominations, winning in the category "Best Collaboration (Vocals/ rap)" for the song "Umbrella" featuring rapper Jay-Z.
Her fourth studio album Rated R was released in November 2009. Several songs from the album became top ten singles, namely "Russian Roulette", "Hard" and "Rude Boy", which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Fifth studio album Loud(2010) included three number one singles: “Only Girl (In the World)”, “What’s My Name?” and "S&M".
Sixth studio album Talk That Talk was released on November 18, 2011 and included the hit single "We Found Love", which became Rihanna's 11th No. 1 on the Hot 100 and remained at the top for 10 weeks.
Seventh album Unapologetic was released on November 19, 2012, preceded by the lead single "Diamonds".
In 2016, the singer’s eighth album was released - Anti.
Rihanna is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold over 20 million albums and 60 million singles.
She is the youngest artist in Billboard history to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart fourteen times.
As of July 2015, the singer's singles have sold more than 100 million copies, making Rihanna the first artist in history to achieve this figure.
Billboard magazine named Rihanna the "Digital Artist of the 2000s" and ranked her 17th overall among artists of the 2000s.
The singer has received numerous awards, including the 2007 World Music Awards for Best Selling Pop Female Artist and Female Artist of the Year, and the BRIT Awards for Best International Female Artist.
Rihanna is the winner of eight Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards and a special Icon Award, eighteen Billboard Music Awards, and the singer is also the official honorary ambassador of culture for Barbados.
Rihanna - Pour It Up
She is the eldest child of Monica Braithwaite, a retired accountant of Afro-Guyanese descent, and Ronald Fenty, a warehouse supervisor at a clothing factory. Her mother is a native of Guyana, and her father is of Barbadian and Irish descent.
Rihanna has two younger brothers: Rorry and Rajad Fenty. In addition, there are two sisters and another brother on her father’s side, who were born from different mothers before the wedding of the singer’s parents.
She grew up influenced by Reggae music and began singing at the age of seven.
The future star's childhood was deeply affected by his father's addiction to crack cocaine, alcohol and marijuana. Her parents divorced when she was 14, although her father remained a part of her life.
From the age of eight until her parents' divorce, Rihanna suffered from excruciating headaches. Doctors believed that the girl had a brain tumor and subjected her to several CT scans.
The singer grew up in a modest three-room house in Bridgetown, and she had to sell clothes in a stall with her father. She attended elementary school at Charles F. Broome Memorial School in Barbados and later at Combermere School, where she formed a musical trio with her classmates. She was also a cadet in the military training program taught by the Barbadian military.
She originally wanted to finish high school, but then decided to drop out because she was busy with her music career.
Rihanna with her father, brothers and sister
In December 2003, the artist met American producer Evan Rogers through his wife, with whom he came to Barbados for the weekend. Rihanna and two members of the girl group came to audition at Rogers' hotel. Evan Rogers later said: “The minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was as if the other two members of the group didn’t exist.”.
At the audition, Rihanna sang a cover of Destiny's Child's song "Emotion." Impressed, Rogers made a second meeting with her, inviting her to do some recordings in a New York studio with Carl Starken, and he also wanted to meet the girl's mother. After that When the singer turned 16, she won the Miss Combermere school beauty contest and a creative competition by singing Mariah Carey's song "Hero".
Over the next year, Rihanna and her mother visited Rogers in Stamford, Connecticut. With Starken's help, she recorded a four-song demo that included the ballad "Last Time", a cover of Whitney Houston's "For the Love of You" and "Pon de Replay", which became her first hit. Due to her studies, she only had to work in the studio during the summer and Christmas holidays, so it took her a whole year to create the demos.
In 2005, Rogers began distributing Rihanna's demo tape to various record labels. One of the copies was sent to Def Jam Recordings, from where it was given to rapper Jay-Z. When he heard "Pon de Replay", he was initially skeptical of Rihanna because he felt that the song was too strong for her and argued: "A song with such scope is a big challenge for a new artist, you need to be remembered by people, and they will remember the song, not the artist. I don’t sign contracts with songs, but with artists.”
Def Jam was the first label to invite Rihanna to audition, where she sang "For the Love of You" for Jay-Z and Antonio L. Reid of Island Def Jam Music Group. The singer signed a contract on the same day and canceled all meetings with other labels.
After signing a contract with Def Jam in February 2005, the singer moved to the United States and lived with Rogers and his wife. She chose her middle name as her stage name.
After signing with Def Jam, Rihanna spent the next three months in the studio recording her debut album.
Producers Evan Rogers, Carl Starken, Stargate and Poke & Tone took part in the creation of the album. She first collaborated with rapper Memphis Bleek for his fourth studio album 534, which was released before her debut work.
On August 22, 2005, the singer released her first single "Pon de Replay", which rose to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart. The song became a worldwide hit and became a top ten single in 15 countries.
Rihanna's debut album was released in August 2005. Music of the Sun on the territory of the United States of America. The LP appeared at number 10 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 69,000 copies. The album sold 2 million copies worldwide and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Rihanna - Pon De Replay
Her music album was sold in the Reggae section due to the singer's Caribbean heritage. The album received mixed reviews from music critics. Rolling Stone gave it 2.5 stars out of five, commenting that the record's lack of importance, the single's inventiveness and rhythm, with "unremarkable vocal hiccups and unnecessary song embellishments," American R&B mutates before its "Caribbean charm."
A month after the release of her debut work, Rihanna began recording her second studio album, which was worked on by producers Evan Rogers and Carl Starker, the creative team Stargate, Jonathan Rotem and singer-songwriter Ne-Yo.
During the recording of the album, Rihanna performed as an opening act for Gwen Stefani's concerts to promote her debut album.
Main single "SOS" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Rihanna's first hit in the United States.
A Girl like Me was released in April 2006, less than eight months after her debut album. The album peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 115,000 copies, subsequently receiving platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.
A Girl like Me peaked at number one on the Canadian chart and number five on the UK and Irish charts. The album received mixed reviews from music critics. Rolling Stone magazine commented: "The new album is similar to her debut, but is a superior follow-up only because of the lead single SOS."
Working on third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad(2007) Rihanna wanted to move in a new direction with the help of music producers Timbaland, Will.i.am and Sean Garrett, transforming some songs with a new, danceable sound. Unlike previous studio projects that focused on dancehall, reggae and ballads, a characteristic feature of Good Girl Gone Bad is its dance-pop sound. The album received positive reviews from music critics and became her most acclaimed project compared to her previous ones at the time.
Four songs from Good Girl Gone Bad became top three singles on the Billboard Hot 100 - including the worldwide hit "Umbrella" featuring Jay-Z, which spent ten consecutive weeks at number one in the UK, became the longest-running single at number one since Wet Wet Wet's "Love Is All Around", which spent 15 weeks at the top of the chart in 1994.
According to Rolling Stone magazine, the single is ranked third on the list of the 100 best songs of 2007.
Rihanna - Umbrella (Orange Version) ft. JAY-Z
In 2007, Rihanna won Best Soul/R&B Female Artist at the American Music Award.
The singer received four nominations at the 2007 MTV VMAs, winning two of them: Best Single of the Year and Video of the Year.
At the 50th Grammy Awards, Rihanna was awarded for Best Rap Collaboration and also received five other nominations, including Record of the Year, Best Dance Recording, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best R&B Song.
At the 2008 American Music Awards, Rihanna won in two categories: Best Pop/Rock Female Artist and Best Soul/R&B Female Artist.
On February 8, 2009, Rihanna's scheduled performance at the 51st Grammy Awards was canceled due to the singer being beaten by her boyfriend Chris Brown (see below for details).
For the first time since these events, she appeared as a central character in Kanye West's "Paranoid" video. She also collaborated with Jay-Z and West on the song "Run This Town", which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and charted high in ten countries around the world.
The singer's fourth studio album - Rated R- was released on November 23, 2009. Rolling Stone magazine gave the album a positive review, saying that "Rihanna has transformed her sound with one of the best albums of the year." Rated R debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of one million copies. The first three singles from the album: "Russian Roulette", "Hard" and "Rude Boy" reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
In January 2010, the performer won two awards at the Barbados Music Awards in the categories "Artist of the Decade" and "Song of the Decade" for the song "Umbrella".
At the NRJ Music Awards she received the title of "International Singer of the Year".
During the summer of 2010, she worked on the song with rapper Eminem "Love the Way You Lie", which later became a No. 1 hit on the US chart. The song became the seventh No. 1 single of Rihanna's career, making her the fifth-most No. 1 hit artist in Hot 100 history. In August, a wax figure of Rihanna was unveiled at Madame Tussauds Washington.
At the same time, she took part in the recording of a Kanye West song. "All of the Lights" for his fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
In 2010 she created her own company Rihanna Entertainment, in which she decided to unite her entire business, including music, films, perfumes, fashion and book publishing.
On November 16, 2010, the singer released her fifth studio album, Loud, which peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 207,000 copies, the best weekly album sales of her career. The lead single, "Only Girl (In the World)", peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, also in Australia, Canada and the UK. The song won Best Dance Recording at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.
Her third international single, "S&M", featured Rihanna, repeating the success of her previous two songs, making Rihanna the youngest artist in the history of the chart to appear at the top of the chart ten times.
Rihanna & Britney Spears - S&M (Live Billboard Music Awards 2011)
In October 2011, two songs featuring Rihanna were released: “Princess of China” from the Coldplay album Mylo Xyloto and “Fly” from the album Pink Friday.
Within a month, the singer appeared as a guest jury member on the American reality show The X Factor.
Rihanna's sixth studio album Talk That Talk was released on November 21, 2011 in two versions: De Luxe and Standard. On September 22, 2011, the radio premiere of the lead single “We Found Love” took place, which on the same day became available for commercial sale through iTunes. With "We Found Love" peaking at number 9 on the US chart, Rihanna became the fastest female solo artist in Hot 100 history to have twenty top ten singles, breaking the record previously set by her.
Rihanna took part in the filming of Peter Berg's film "Battleship", which was released on April 12, 2012. The film premiered in Russia on April 19, 2012.
On September 26, 2012, Rihanna released her first single entitled "Diamonds" from his seventh album. The lyrics were written by Australian singer Sia and produced by Benny Blanco and StarGate.
In November 2012, the singer's seventh album was released. Unapologetic. The album released 5 singles: “Diamonds”, “Stay”, “Pour It Up”, “Right Now” and “What Now”. Diamonds reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Stay reached number 3, and the rest of the singles were also quite successful on the charts. Video clips were shot for all singles, except for the song Right Now.
At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, Rihanna's seventh studio album, Unapologetic, won Best Urban Contemporary Album and earned the singer her eighth statuette.
At the end of November 2013, the "Hate That I Love You" music video surpassed 100 million views, meaning Rihanna received her 16th Vevo certification.
On November 24, 2013, the American Music Awards ceremony took place. The singer received the AMA's first-ever Icon Award for her contributions to the music industry. Rihanna also won in the category “Best R&B/Soul Singer”.
At the end of October it became known that Rihanna and Eminem had recorded their fourth duet composition - "The Monster". A video was released for it. The track “The Monster” managed to top the Billboard Pop Songs chart. Thus, as many as 11 Rihanna singles reached the top of this chart, which is a record figure.
In December 2013, rumors about another duet of the singer - with Shakira - were confirmed. The song “Can’t Remember to Forget You” was released in January 2014 and became the lead single from the new album.
On January 24, 2015, the premiere of the new single “FourFiveSeconds”, recorded together with Kanye West and.
On November 22, 2015, at the American Music Awards, Rihanna won the Best Soul/R&B Female Artist category. This was Rihanna's record fifth victory in this category.
On January 28, 2016, the premiere of the eighth album took place Anti. The record's release was delayed numerous times throughout 2015 and was accompanied by much media speculation regarding its recording and promotional campaign. In anticipation of the album's release, three songs were released: "FourFiveSeconds", "Bitch Better Have My Money" and "American Oxygen", which were not included in the final Anti track listing.
Anti premiered on the streaming service Tidal. Listeners could listen to the entire album and download it for free. Thanks to this promotion, Anti was downloaded from the site in a million copies in the first 14 hours from the moment of release, and the record itself was listened to more than 13 million times per day, which became a kind of record. For the same reason, the album received a platinum certification from the RIAA on the second day of release. At the same time, the singer was awarded a certificate as the only artist in history to sell 100 million copies of her songs.
In its second week of debut, Anti topped the weekly Billboard 200 album chart.
The first single from the album was the song "Work", recorded together with Canadian rapper Drake, which later became the singer’s fourteenth hit to top the American Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Rihanna's height: 173 centimeters.
Rihanna's personal life:
The singer was in a relationship with hip-hop artist Chris Brown, who is two years younger than her.
In 2009, a 19-year-old (at that time) musician severely beat the singer and fled the scene of the crime.
On February 8, 2009, Rihanna's scheduled performance at the 51st Grammy Awards was canceled due to being beaten by her boyfriend.
On March 5, 2009, Brown was charged with assault and criminal endangerment. After photos from the Los Angeles Police Department were leaked and published by TMZ, everyone saw that Rihanna had suffered serious injuries.
The organization STOParazzi proposed a law named after the singer "Rihanna's Law", according to which “law enforcement officials do not have the right to distribute photographs or any other information regarding crime victims.”
Rihanna beaten by Chris Brown
Brown later voluntarily came to the station. At the first hearing, Brown denied his guilt, but the court sentenced the singer to community service and five years of probation. Some time after the verdict and execution of the punishment, Brown repented, which he openly spoke about more than once and publicly asked for forgiveness from his ex-girlfriend.
After breaking up with Brown, she dated Los Angeles Dodger baseball player Matt Kemp.
She then had a relationship with basketball player JR Smith.
In 2011, singer Usher became Rihanna's boyfriend.
In October 2012, Rihanna resumed her relationship with Chris Brown. But not for long. In the spring of 2013, they broke up again.
In 2015, the singer became involved with a French football player, Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema.
In the fall of 2015, it became known about Rihanna's affair with rapper Travis Scott, co-author of the singer's scandalous song "Bitch Better Have My Money."
The singer also has a long-term romance with the actor. They have been dating off and on for years. The last time they spent a romantic weekend in Paris was in January 2016, where they...
Over the years, Rihanna has also been credited with having an affair with racer Lewis Hamilton. However, the athlete himself states that he has known the singer for many years; they often spend time together, but only as friends.
Fans immediately gave Drake and Rihanna a common nickname - DriRi. They first met back in 2005. As Drake himself recalled, the young star was just filming her first video, “Pon de Replay,” in Toronto. The rapper was introduced to her as "a guy who played in a restaurant while people ate."
Rihanna is known for her numerous tattoos.
So, after being beaten by Chris Brown, she tattooed small pistols on her sides of the ribs and the inscription on her collarbone “Never a failure, always a lesson,” which translates as “Not a mistake, but a lesson.”
She also has a Pisces sign behind her ear, Shhh and Love inscriptions on her fingers, a falcon on her ankle (previously there was a treble clef and a note there), a small star on the cartilage of her ear and a starburst on her back, inscriptions (in Sanskrit, Arabic, two on English), best friend's date of birth, pistol on the right side, skull with bow on the ankle, Maori tribal pattern on the wrist, under the chest - the Egyptian goddess Isis, dedicated to Rihanna's late grandmother (Clara "Dolly" Braithwaite, who died on July 1, 2012 from cancer), an image of Nefertiti located on the left side.
In 2014, while on tour in New Zealand, she got an image of the Maori tribe tattooed on her arm.
Rihanna discography:
2005 - Music of the Sun
2006 - A Girl like Me
2007 - Good Girl Gone Bad
2009 - Rated R
2010 - Loud
2011 - Talk That Talk
2012 - Unapologetic
2016 - Anti
Filmography of Rihanna:
2006 - Bring It On 3: All or Nothing - cameo
2012 - Battleship - Cora Raikes
2012 - Katy Perry: Part of Me (Katy Perry: Part of Me) - cameo
2013 - The End of the World 2013: Apocalypse Hollywood Style (The End of the World) - cameo
2014 - Annie - Moon Goddess
2015 - mf House (Home) - Gift
2015 - Love Thy Neighbor - cameo
2016 - Dr. Ken - Lorraine
2017 - Valérian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Singer Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born on February 20, 1988 in the parish of Saint-Michel on the island of Barbados in the Caribbean archipelago. She was the eldest of three children of Monica Fenty, an accountant by profession, and Ronald Fenty, a warehouse manager. Rihanna's childhood was marred by her father's constant struggle with alcohol and drug addiction, as well as endless fights between her parents. Finally, when the girl was 14 years old, her mother and father divorced.
But since then, Rihanna's father finally managed to overcome his illnesses, and, today, the family is back together. “My father is the best man on Earth right now,” Rihanna shares. “He never interferes with me in anything. He just lets me live my life. In fact, he was like that even when I was little. He let me learn from my own mistakes and never interfered. My daddy! He allowed me to do everything to figure it out on my own.”
As a child, Rihanna struggled with migraines for several years, hiding the disease from friends and classmates so that no one would think that something was wrong with her. “I never talked about how bad I was,” she recalls. “I have always been silent about this. I went to school... and no one would ever even think that there was something wrong with me.”
A little later, Rihanna, escaping from domestic problems, grabs onto singing like a straw. Together with two classmates, she founded her own musical group of teenage girls. At the age of 15, Rihanna successfully auditions for music producer Evan Rogers, who came to the island with his wife, a native of Barbados. Roger was amazed by the girl's early revealed beauty and phenomenal talent, to the great disappointment of her girlfriends. “The minute Rihanna entered the room, the other two ceased to exist for me,” he admits in an interview.
Less than a year later, when she was already 16, Rihanna left Barbados and moved with Roberts and his wife to Connecticut, where she began working on a rough version of her first album. “I left Barbados and never looked back,” the singer says about this. “I wanted to do what I simply needed to do, even if I had to move to America to do it.”
"Def Jam Records"
In January 2005, Rogers arranged an audition for Rihanna at the Def Jam Records recording studio, where the legendary rapper Jay-Z had been appointed as the new director. “I sat in the waiting room and was shaking all over,” Rihanna will later say. But as soon as she opened her mouth and began to sing, all her fear disappeared. “I remember singing and looking straight into the eyes of those who were in the studio, and at that moment nothing bothered me,” says the singer. “But when I stopped singing, it suddenly dawned on me: “Oh, God!
And in front of me is Jay-Z himself!”
Rihanna's stunning voice and personal charm enraptures the hip-hop icon, as did Rogers two years before him, and he immediately signs a contract with the girl. Just eight months later, Rihanna released her first single, the heavily reggae-influenced club number “Pon de Replay,” which skyrocketed to number two on the US No. 1 Singles List and established the singer as pop's brightest rising star. Her first album, Music of the Sun, which included the single "If It's Love That You Need", released the same month, reached number ten on the chart. The following year, Rihanna released her second album, “A Girl Like Me,” which gave the world two new hits, “Unfaithful” and “SOS,” the singer’s calling card.
"Good girl turned bad"
In 2007, Rihanna transformed from a pretty young princess of pop music into a fully-fledged star, releasing her third album, “Good Girl Gone Bad,” whose popularity was enhanced by the undisputed hit, the album’s title single, “Umbrella,” performed in a duet with Jay-Z. “It reflects how much Rihanna has grown as a singer,” Jay-Z comments on the track. “If you listen to the words, you will understand the depth of the song and how much the girl managed to achieve.”
“Umbrella” tops the American charts and brings Rihanna her first Grammy in the category “Best Rap Collaboration.” The album, which also included the singles “Don’t Stop the Music” and “Shut up and Drive,” took second position on the charts. The new album “Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes” will feature two new hits – “Disturbia” and “Take a Bow”.
Continuing to persistently conquer the pop scene, in 2009 Rihanna released a new successful album “Rated R”, where the singles “Hard” and “Rude Boy” were heard for the first time. In 2010, the next album “Loud” again achieved great commercial success and received rave reviews from critics, largely thanks to the songs “What’s My Name”, “Only Girl (In the World)” and “S&M”. Along with a long list of her own songs, Rihanna performs duets with other singers: “Run This Town” with Jay-Z, “Love the Way You Lie” with Eminem and “All of the Lights” with Kanye West.
In 2011, Rihanna released her sixth studio album, “Talk That Talk.” The song “We Found Love” from this album, performed in a duet with DJ Kevin Harris, received a Grammy award for best video clip in 2013.
Gossip
The singer’s personal life also attracts keen interest, although often for reasons independent of her. The first rumors began to spread in 2006, when Rihanna was accused of having an affair with her mentor Jay-Z. But both stubbornly deny these rumors, calling them ridiculous. “At first I just nodded and laughed at it,” Rihanna says. “Now I ignore it and don’t pay attention. I can't stop people from talking about what they like."
Personal life
In 2009, Rihanna's name hit the front pages of newspapers and magazines, full of angry headlines about how her then-boyfriend Chris Brown beat the singer right before the awards ceremony. This incident sparks a wave of public support for Rihanna, and she has since become an active campaigner against domestic violence. “It happened to me personally,” the singer says in an interview with Diane Sawyer. - “And it can happen to anyone.”
Rihanna later became romantically involved with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp, but the couple separated after some time.
Since his first appearance on the scene, the Barbadian star has been appearing almost continuously at the top of the pop music charts. For almost six years now, turning on the radio and visiting dance clubs, we have invariably heard the enchanting rhythms of Rihanna's songs. But despite a steady stream of hits and a cool public image, the singer admits that she is just a vulnerable girl who has seen a lot of bad things in her life and now has to make a lot of effort to live with it.
“I try my best to control myself,” she will say after beating Chris Brown in 2009. “I don’t want people to see me cry. I don't want to look pathetic in their eyes. This period of my life was very painful, and I categorically did not want this to become my image. I wanted to be known as strong and successful. And I created this appearance until it became reality.”
In 2012, there were rumors that Rihanna and Brown were getting back together. The couple worked together on the song “Birthday Cake,” released the same year. And in August, the singer will give Oprah Winfrey a very frank interview about her relationship with Chris. She will talk about how Brown may be the love of her life and that they have a "very close connection."
Present time
In her next successful album “Unapologetic” in 2012, Rihanna presented the world with new hits, “Diamonds” and “Stay”. She also recorded the hit “Princess of China” with the group “Coldplay” and is working on the song “Love the Way You Lie” with rapper Eminem. And next year, her duet with Eminem in the song “The Monster” will conquer the top of the charts.
In June 2014, Rihanna, famous for her extravagant style, will once again be featured on magazine covers after the singer appeared in a very revealing dress in front of the American Council of Fashion Designers at the annual awards show. She was invited to the ceremony to receive the "Style Icons" award established by the Council. Her quote will appear in the Associated Press after this: “Style has always been a means of protection for me.” Rihanna admits that fashion has its own rules, although she notes that “rules are made to be broken.” At the same time, the singer made a bold step in her career: she broke her contract with Del Jam and moved to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label.
Quotes
“If the whole world turns left, I immediately go right. I need someone who will just let me be real."
"I believe in another chance, but I don't believe everyone deserves one."
“It’s not love that’s complicated, it’s people that are complicated.”
“I express my protest through my music, my style, my tattoos and my hairstyle.”
“In my love relationships, I am still conservative.”
“Boys will remain boys!!! Because they can't be men!
“People think that being young means you don’t understand anything in life, but that’s not true. In life, in love and in disappointments, we act the same way as an older woman would act.”
“I could never call myself this word: “weak.” If I were weak, I wouldn't be able to get out of all this. No effort."
“After so many years of suffering, after all the anger and sadness, I decided to become who I am and find balance. Now I'm able to hold it."
“I firmly decided for myself that it was more important for me to become happy, and I would not allow anyone to stand in my way. Even if I make a mistake, it will be my mistake.”
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Robyn Rihanna Fenty is an American singer, actress and world-famous producer. The girl's height is 173 cm, weight - 63 kg. Her zodiac sign is Pisces. Rihanna was born in the town of St. Michael (Barbados). “She is very sociable, positive and wise,” say the singer’s friends. She can often be found in the company of family, friends and colleagues. The girl doesn't like to be alone.
One of the most discussed topics is Rihanna's height, weight and the biography of the singer in general. From the very beginning of her creative career, she often finds herself in the spotlight of journalists.
The singer's childhood: biography
It would seem that there could be nothing more beautiful than the warm sea, the sun and the amazing beauty of nature. However, the family of the future singer lived very modestly, not noticing during their work how beautiful the world around them was. Parents worked to feed their large family. Besides Robin, they had two more sons. The singer also has half-sisters on her father’s side from his previous marriages. The Fenty family lived in a small three-room house that his father rented. He worked day after day at a clothing factory, holding the position of inspector. Robin's mother's name was Monica, she worked as an accountant.
Rihanna as a teenager
In Rihanna's life, her father was the most important person. He loved his daughter madly and always singled her out as his most beloved child. The two eldest sons reacted to this calmly, as they understood that she was the youngest in the family. However, this attitude on the part of the pope began to change over time. Ronald became addicted to drugs and alcohol. After this, Robin began to experience severe headaches due to nervousness. She was able to get rid of this problem only at the age of 15. Barbadian doctors diagnosed the future singer with cancer for a long time, but this turned out to be a mistake.
Also, Rihanna's biography is rich in events that she does not like to remember, as they are connected with her father's addiction.
Hobbies
The only joy for the young girl was music and singing. Rihanna has a beautiful voice, and she is also a creative person. When she was growing up in Barbados, reggae music was at its peak. It is this music that the singer associates with youth.
While studying at school, the girl managed to organize her own group, of which she herself was the soloist. Young talented Robin imagined herself as the famous singer Rihanna, whose biography and songs are known today all over the world. The teachers at school watched the girl with interest and knew that her dream of becoming a singer would definitely come true. Rihanna was a beautiful and spectacular girl, so she repeatedly won school beauty contests. She also loved to participate in plays and musicals.
First successes
A talented girl with an unusual voice was noticed by one of the most popular producers in America, Evan Rogers. Rihanna was 15 years old at the time. At that time, Evan had already worked with such world-class stars as Christina Aguilera and Rod Stewart.
Seeing Robin, Rogers did not hesitate; he invited her to the USA to record demo compositions, which were sent to many record companies. The popular rapper Jay-Z received one of these recordings, and he wanted to work with Robyn. The singer continues to work with Jay-Z today.
Music
The singer's career began when she was 17 years old. So, 2005 was the starting year, she released her debut hit called Ron de Replay. The listeners were captivated not only by the young singer’s voice, but also by her unusual appearance. You can often find photos of Rihanna on the covers of publications known all over the world. Biography, personal life and its successes are of interest to many people around the world.
The first song literally immediately became one of the best in the Hot 100 rating. After some time, the girl appeared on another composition, which was also rapidly gaining popularity and blowing up radio stations.
First music record
At the end of the summer of 2005, Rihanna's first album, Music of the sun, was released. It entered the top "Ten Best Discs in the World". In the USA alone, this copy was sold in the amount of 500 thousand. It was then that the girl gained real popularity.
Then Rihanna toured with the famous American singer Gwen Stefani, as she was not ready for solo concerts. The singer's producer played her songs during breaks between Gwen's performances.
Over time, Rihanna became interested in writing lyrics and realized that she was also good at it. Thus, many of the singer’s popular hits are compositions written by her personally. Fans are constantly interested in the details of the biography of singer Rihanna. Photos of this sizzling beauty can often be seen on the front pages of magazines popular around the world.
Further career
Two months after the release of Rihanna's first disc, she releases her second. It also becomes one of the top five in the US and UK. This becomes an additional incentive for the girl not to stop there. The hit called SOS, which the singer recorded at the beginning of her career, is considered by music critics to be the most successful. The song became a hit in many countries, especially for a long time it held leading positions on radio stations in Canada and the USA.
Throughout the summer of 2005, the young singer toured the United States with solo concerts. The tour is called Rihanna: Live in Concert Tour. The halls and stadiums where Rihanna performed attracted many people who were looking forward to meeting the rising global star.
Soon, Rihanna received an offer to become a model for the famous global brand Nike, and the girl also became the face of Miss Bisou.
Debut as an actress
The year 2006 became important in its own way in Rihanna's life, she starred in the film Bring It On 3. The debut role turned out to be quite simple, because the girl played herself.
Rihanna was also invited to the filming of the series “Las Vegas” and “The Setup,” which were no less popular among young people. Her participation in these projects caused many discussions about the singer’s acting talents.
First image change
The singer decided to change her image for the first time in 2007. She changed her gentle and feminine image to a more provocative one. Rihanna dyed her hair black, cut her hair short, and began wearing black (mostly leather) clothing with metallic accents. From that moment on, Rihanna more and more often began to surprise fans with experiments on her appearance and appearance.
The most memorable were the images with a mohawk, bleached hair and hair dyed red. The girl dedicated her third album to one of her images, which she appropriately called Good girl Gone Bad. Famous rappers Jay-Z and NE-YO contributed to the work on this disc.
The singer’s collaboration with world stars
Famous singer Justin Timberlake occupies not the last place in Rihanna's work. It was he who helped the girl refine her famous hit Rehab. After this, their communication did not stop; they maintain warm, friendly relations.
However, it was not this song that became the best in Rihanna’s third album, but the composition that she performed with Jay-Z - Umbrella. In 2007, the track about an umbrella became a bomb that blew up all radio stations, and after the release of the video, also TV channels.
Without exception, all the singer’s albums became a world event in a matter of days. The singer has been recognized as the best at many ceremonies more than once. And in 2008, Rihanna received her first Grammy statuette.
In the fall of 2009, the singer released her fourth disc called Rated R. In the videos filmed for compositions from this album, Rihanna surprises everyone with her brutality. However, this did not stop her from gaining recognition from the general public again.
The following year, the girl began working with rapper Eminem, with whom they wrote and performed the song Love the way you lie. For a long time she was the leader among the top singles and took first positions in the hit parades on radio stations in the USA, Canada and Australia.
Personal life
Rihanna's biography cannot be ignored, since, despite her worldwide fame, her life is not always fabulous. So, in the singer’s personal life, everything is also far from rosy. The singer does not like to advertise the events of her personal life, but some moments still cannot be hidden, and they go on public display. So, everyone knows about her short relationship with P Diddy. After the breakup, the girl did not worry for long and was immediately spotted in the company of Chris Brown. Journalists have long considered this couple the most interesting and wrote about them in almost every news release about stars.
But after some time, Chris began to beat his girlfriend. One day he severely beat a girl and ran away. The singer filed a lawsuit, and the guy was given a suspended sentence of 5 years. In 2010, Chris publicly admitted that he wanted Rihanna back, and as an apology he got a tattoo of her on his body. But the girl did not agree to renew this relationship.
In 2015, Rihanna was spotted in the company of Leonardo DiCaprio. However, both celebrities insisted that apart from friendship, nothing else binds them. Then it became known that the girl began a relationship with DiCaprio’s close friend, Richie Akiva. They met on New Year's Eve in the Caribbean. The couple dated briefly.
In 2016, the singer began to openly talk about her relationship with rapper Drake. They often went to social events with him. The couple did not hesitate to exchange warm glances in public and even kiss in front of journalists’ cameras. Fans believed that they would get married in the near future, but Rihanna and Drake separated. So far, the girl has not managed to arrange her personal life.
In the biography of singer Rihanna, a new round of events began in 2017; she discovered another talent in herself. The celebrity decided to work as a clothing designer and signed a contract with the global brand Puma.
In 2017, the girl shocked fans at the Louis Vuitton Awards when she went out in public in a loose-fitting coffee-colored outfit; with this attire she was clearly trying to hide her extra pounds. Such changes in the parameters of the singer Rihanna have become a very discussed topic. Today there are rumors on the Internet that she is expecting a child. Who the father is and how further events in this girl’s life will develop is still unknown.
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To forgive her young boyfriend for the beatings and break up with him again, to become the owner of more than a dozen awards (including 8 Grammys, and at the 2015 ceremony she and Eminem shared the award for the best rap duet), sell more than 60 million singles and more than 20 million copies of albums, earn a Golden Raspberry for the role of a “brutal” naval officer. And all this is the biography of Rihanna, who has accomplished so much, and all before she was thirty!
Biography of Rihanna
Musical Cinderella: poverty was approaching
When she began her showbiz career, Barbados-born Robyn Rihanna Fenty chose her middle name as her stage name, so we know her simply as “Rihanna.” Accountant Monica and warehouse worker Ronald became the parents of three children: the eldest Rihanna and two boys, Rorry and Rajad. The girl was born on February 20, 1988.
The Fentys lived in the capital of Barbados, Bridgetown. The father was an alcoholic and did not disdain drugs, so Monica eventually left him (her daughter was 14 years old at the time). Rihanna adored listening to music from the cradle and dreamed of becoming a singer.
Although there was no time for dreams yet: the family was on the verge of poverty, the schoolgirl often took a place next to her father in the trading tent in order to feed herself and her brothers. So the biography of teenage Rihanna is suitable for a melodrama script: everything was too hopeless. But she was not going to retreat and already at the age of 15 she began to take serious steps towards this.
Invited to the "ball"
Meeting an American producer opened doors to the big world for the girl. Evan Rogers was spending the weekend in Barbados when Rihanna and her two friends caught up with him. They came straight to the hotel room and stunned the man. Or rather, he was delighted with one vocalist of the trio - Rihanna, whose biography has since become the biography of a star.
Thanks to Rogers, the debutante's demo was born. It included the song "Pon de Replay". Having heard the composition, Jay-Z (he, among other “show business bigwigs” was sent the recording) was impressed. Already at the beginning of 2005, the singer from Barbados settled in the States and signed a contract with Def Jam Recordings. This was the beginning of worldwide fame!
“The Crystal Slipper”: to the top of the charts
The debut album, which the girl recorded for several months, sold two million copies, and the main composition took first place in a dozen and a half countries. Rihanna, encouraged by her success, immediately returned to the studio. She opened for Gwen Stefani and worked on her second disc. This was followed by the singer's first concert tour.
If earlier Rihanna’s compositions had more reggae notes, then in the third album dance compositions prevail (new producers Sean Garrett and Timbaland tried this). Second place in the US charts and leadership in the charts of Canada, Ireland, Great Britain, Russia and Japan - it was a victory again. At the same time, the vocalist received 6 Grammy nominations (winning one award).
Already a princess: Rihanna the businesswoman
In 2010, Rihanna created a company within which she was going to combine all areas of her work (except for music - clothing design, filming, book publishing, creating perfumes). And the star’s fifth album sold out with lightning speed in the first seven days of sales (more than 207 thousand copies).
Released in September 2012, the single “Diamonds” boomed for many months from all kinds of sound-reproducing devices in the world - it topped dozens of charts, including the Billboard Hot 100. The composition was included in the seventh album of the pop diva.
Should I become a film actress? Easily!
Also in 2012, the film “Battleship” was released. Rihanna had one of the main roles in the blockbuster. Alas, the film turned out to be a weak (although not without loud patriotic pathos) story about how brave sailors (under the leadership of Admiral Liam Neeson and the courageous hero Taylor Kitsch) repelled the attacks of aliens who were about to occupy our planet. The film debut was a failure: the newly minted actress was awarded the Golden Raspberry.
Rihanna was able to rehabilitate herself by starring in the role of... Rihanna in the funny “prank” film “Apocalypse, Hollywood Style.” The MTV channel awarded the beauty its award (for best cameo).
And in 2017, the singer appeared in a guest role in the fifth (final) season of the horror series “Bates Motel.” Rihanna played the role of Hitchcock's iconic heroine, Marion, who, as you remember, was brutally stabbed to death in the shower stall in the master's legendary film. It’s interesting that the show’s writers dealt with Marion-Rihanna in their own way. How? See for yourself, we won’t spoil your fun!
Rihanna's personal life
Victim of the violent "prince"
The whole world was shocked when Rihanna's personal life took a dramatic turn: she was severely beaten by her boyfriend.
The 21-year-old girl was dating musician Chris Brown. Despite his youth (he was only 19 at the time), the guy turned out to have a violent temper. After mutilating his girlfriend, he ran away from her. But then the brawler surrendered to the police and was sentenced to 5 years in prison (albeit suspended). This was in 2009.
Do the lessons teach you nothing?
Rihanna moved on from what happened and got herself several tattoos (now there are too many tattoos on the girl’s body to count!). Apparently, to remind herself of the beating, she decorated her collarbone with the inscription: “Not a mistake, but a lesson,” and elegant pistols appeared on the singer’s ribs.
Rihanna was credited with having affairs with the athlete Kemp and another big guy, basketball player Smith, but she surprised everyone by returning to the bully Chris in the fall of 2012. This cannot be called a long romance - the couple were together for only a few months.
After this, Rihanna’s personal life was not marked by anything extraordinary. She often appeared “in public” with her friend Melissa Ford, but the paparazzi did not notice the new man next to her for a long time. Then it became known about Rihanna’s affair with Canadian rapper Drake. They recorded songs together and starred in a music video. However, they say that this connection has exhausted itself. Be that as it may, Rihanna is not yet married or even engaged.
Singer Rihanna, whose biography arouses genuine interest among fans, is a truly bright personality. Her magnificent voice and inimitable style, which combines R’n’B, reggae and pop, are familiar to all young people today. And the total number of singles that took first place in the American charts even managed to surpass the success of the world famous Madonna. Rihanna not only sings, but also acts in films and designs.
Childhood years
The singer, better known in childhood under the name Robin Fenty, was born where almost all travelers dream of visiting - on sultry Barbados with its blue sea, warm sands and hypnotizing musical rhythms. The child loved to walk, swim, and play with the neighbor kids. Rihanna showed an interest in creativity and performances, the origin of which was determined by many reasons, from childhood. She never missed an opportunity to participate in various events:
- theatrical productions;
- beauty contests;
- concerts.
A little later, the girl, inspired by music, formed her own group, in which, along with her, there were two friends who shared her worldview. Rihanna's first triumph came at a performing competition, where she sang a Mariah Carey song called “Hero.” She was even awarded a valuable prize.
At the age of 16, a turning point occurred in the girl’s life. Mutual friends introduced her to producer I. Rogers, who was vacationing in Barbados. His career has been quite impressive as he has already collaborated with various celebrities, including Christina Aguilera.
Mom Monica Braithwaite and father Ronald, who were living separately at that time, had nothing against her wishes, so, without even receiving a school diploma, the girl flew away from her native island. Of course, the parents were worried about their daughter, but they did not interfere with her in any way.
First successes
As Rihanna herself later admits, at that time she was making grandiose plans. With the assistance of a producer impressed by her talents, short recordings from the audition were sent to various recording companies, one of which was owned by the famous and sought-after rapper under the pseudonym Jay Z.
During the conversation, he recognized amazing abilities in the girl and he was right. He provided Rihanna with invaluable support at first, which was of great importance then, but in the future they did not stop collaborating, which lasted for a long time. In fact, the performer’s entire youth was spent under the auspices of the rapper.
The singer’s career started in 2005 with the single “Pon de Replay,” which introduced all music lovers to the aspiring African-Hawaiian celebrity, who emanated a Barbadian flavor. The cheerful song took first place in the charts, the main one of which was the Billboard Hot 100 from the USA. Many began to become interested in the life and nationality of the newly-minted star, but finding out about this was not so easy at that time. But today all fans know that the singer is Guyanese.
After some time, Rihanna's debut album entitled “Music of the Sun” was released., which sold 500,000 copies. The girl was in no hurry to perform, but to popularize her work she often sang as an opening act for various performers, and at the same time created music for potential hits. Rihanna's songs are truly a miracle and many young people have been truly inspired by them.
The next album will be released very soon. “A girl like me,” dated 2006, was among the five most popular records in America and England.
The song “SOS” included in it was played on literally every radio station, where it was the leader in the number of plays on the air. Later it was used to promote Nike brand sportswear.
A real triumph
Along with performing songs, in 2006 Rihanna began to take part in filming films. Her first film was a comedy called “Bring It On,” in which she starred as herself. Designer M. Blahnik has repeatedly spoken in interviews about the girl’s acting talent, which, in his opinion, is characteristic only of real stars.
In 2007, the singer released the album “Good Girl Gone Bad,” which changed her whole life. It has become in demand not only in the USA, but also in the countries of the former Soviet Union, as well as in Brazil and Japan.
The main hit “Umbrella” gained popularity all over the world, which led to the Grammy Award and the title “Breakthrough of the Year”. The single became the first song in which Rihanna fully demonstrated her singing talent. The hit was performed together with Jay-Z, and was created with the assistance of D. Timberlake, who after some time became a member of the group “Rehab”. The record motivated the girl to change her style, he became:
- defiant;
- brutal;
- matching the album title.
Rihanna had interesting short hairstyles and wore costumes that showed off all the charms of her figure. All this undoubtedly pleased the fans, who were inspired by the changes that had taken place.
After the singer’s difficult breakup with K. Brown in 2009, the album “Rated R” appeared with the song “Russian Roulette,” which took first place in all the charts. Fans immediately noticed that the album's singles were quite dark and brutal, because their creation was influenced by the star's secret experiences. A year later, the cheerful and reckless “Loud” was released with the main hit called “Only Girl”, for which a video was subsequently shot. During this period, Rihanna changed a lot, as the whole world learned about. She became:
- sincere;
- self-sufficient;
- frank;
- not limiting itself to any boundaries.
In 2010, the performer was awarded her second Grammy. And 12 months after her sixth album, “Talk That Talk,” she achieved the status of the most sought-after singer in England.
In 2012, the song “Diamonds” appeared on radio stations, part of the next album “Unapologetic”, which became the undisputed winner of the world charts, and after some time, the single “The monster” performed together with Eminem achieved the same popularity. During the same period, Rihanna showed her acting skills on the set of the science-fiction film “Battleship,” which starred L. Neeson.
The singer was in no hurry to present her eighth album to the world; it was released only in 2016, receiving the name “Anti”. Critics' thoughts about her varied greatly: some noted her magnificent voice and high-quality sound, while others noted the lack of any taste. By the way, the album was distributed free of charge, which appealed to millions of fans. It is worth noting that the singer’s entire discography evokes conflicting feelings among critics and listeners, but the girl is not upset.
During her musical career, Rihanna collaborated not only with Eminem, but also with Shakira, P. McCartney, C. West. The number of impressive awards for the performer in the field of singing exceeded all expectations. In terms of the number of singles that won on the seminal American Hot 100 chart, the singer even surpassed Madonna. Only M. Jackson had a similar triumph.
Relationships with men
The singer always tried to keep silent about the details of her novels in interviews, but the paparazzi found out all the details. Rihanna's personal life has always become public knowledge. The press constantly gossiped about relationships with various celebrities, often with black rap artists - P. Daddy, Drake, Usher. Once the singer was credited with an affair with L. DiCaprio, but it later turned out that this was just gossip. Although, perhaps, he was also impressed by Rihanna’s magnificent parameters.
In 2008, it became known about the singer’s relationship with African-American hip-hop and R’n’B singer K. Brown, which ended rather sadly. Shortly before the Grammy Awards, Rihanna's common-law husband beat her, as a result of which the girl acquired numerous bruises.
Brown received five years of probation and six months of community service, and after some time he tried to return his beloved, but he did not succeed. Of course, the girl dreams of a family and having children, but so far her personal life is not going well. However, her age is not very old yet - only 31 years old.
