Rihanna Biography

About Rihanna

Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers. She subsequently signed a contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for then-label head Jay-Z.

In 2005, Rihanna released her debut studio album, Music of the Sun, which peaked in the top ten of the Billboard 200 chart and features the Billboard Hot 100 hit single “Pon de Replay.” Less than a year later, she released her second studio album, A Girl Like Me, which peaked within the top five of the Billboard albums chart, and produced her first Hot 100 number one single, “SOS“. Rihanna’s third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad, spawned four chart-topping singles “Umbrella“, “Take a Bow“, “Disturbia” and “Don’t Stop the Music“, and was nominated for nine Grammy Awards. Her fourth studio album Rated R, produced the top 10 singles “Russian Roulette“, “Hard” and “Rude Boy“, which achieved the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot 100. Loud contains the number-one hits “Only Girl“, “What’s My Name?” and “S&M“.

Rihanna has sold more than 20 million albums and 60 million singles which makes her one of the best selling artists of all time. She is the youngest artist in Billboard charts history to achieve ten number-one singles on the Hot 100. As of March 2010, Rihanna has sold approximately 5.4 million album units and over 33.7 million digital singles in the United States. Billboard named Rihanna the Digital Songs Artist of the 2000s decade, and ranked her as the 17th Artist of the 2000s decade. She has received several accolades, including the 2007 World Music Awards for World’s Best-Selling Pop Female Artist and Female Entertainer of the Year, and the 2011 Brit Award for Best International Female Solo Artist. She has also amassed a total of four Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, and eighteen Billboard Music Awards. Rihanna has also been apointed the offical ambassador of youth and culture for Barbados.

Rihanna Facts

Birth Name: Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Date of Birth: February 20 1988
Nationality: Bajan, Guyanese
Hometown: Barbados – Parish of St. Micheal
Height: 5′ 9″
Weight: 133lbs
Measurements: 34-24-36
Education: Combermere High School
Mother: Monica Fenty (Guyanese)
Father: Ronald Fenty (Bajan)
Pets: A turtle, dog named Marley, and DJ
Official Website: http://rihannanow.com/
Official Twitter Account: @rihanna

Rihanna Trivia

She banned fans from bringing umbrellas to her U.K. concerts because she does not want anyone getting hurt if the fans try to copy her dance moves with the umbrellas when she performs her song Umbrella. However, this was not on her own accord, the venues said it was ‘a safety risk’ as she said on the Jonathan Ross show in London.
In February 2008, it was revealed that Barbados was creating a national holiday to honor Rihanna.
Aside from her singing voice, Rihanna gets awards for her legs-they’re even insured for a million dollars. She admits that she has to work out regularly to make them look fit.
While she was a child, Rihanna’s mother, a professional make-up artist, did not allow her to use beauty products.
Rihanna is tutored 15 hours a week.
Unfaithful is based on a relationship Rihanna had when she was 14-years-old. Her relationship “was not physical” though.
Christina Milian was originally asked to record S.O.S. (written by Jonathan Rotem) by Def Jam but she declined. Rihanna was then offered to record it.

Rihanna Discography

2005 – Music of the Sun
2006 – A Girl like Me
2007 – Good Girl Gone Bad
2009 – Rated R
2010 – Loud

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