Date of Birth
20 February 1988, St. Michael, Barbados
Birth Name
Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Nickname
RiRi
Caribbean Queen
The Barbados Babe
Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)
Rihanna Biography
Rihanna was born in a very parish in Barbados known as St. Michael. She lived the lifetime of a standard island lady attending to Combermere, a high sixth type faculty. Rihanna won varied beauty pageants and performed Mariah Carey "Hero" in a very faculty talent show. Her life modified forever when one in every of her friends introduced her to Evan Rodgers, a producer from the big apple who was in Barbados for a vacation together with his wife, who could be a native. Rodgers organized for her to travel to the big apple to fulfill Jay-Z, CEO of Def Jam Records. He heard her sing and knew she was attending to be incredibly successful. She was sixteen when she was signed to Def Jam. Since then, she's amassed phenomenal success.
Trade Mark
Leather outfits
Ever changing hairstyles
Bright red hair
Bajan accent
Revealing outfits
Her tattoos
Trivia
Was signed to Def Jam Records
Her musical inspirations embody Alicia Keys, 'Beyonce Knowles' and Destiny's kid, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Gwen Stefani, Bob Marley and Brandy Norwood.
Attended Combermere that may be a sixth kind college just like technical college in America.
Performed Mariah Carey's "Hero" at her school's talent show.
Won a beauty pageant at her college.
Born to a black Barbadian father Ronald Fenty and a black Guyanese mother Monica Fenty.
She has 2 younger brothers Rorrey and Rajad.
Stated in an interview that her friend and former Island Def Jam record label artist Fefe Dobson was somebody that she admired and found to. Having a fellow black artist writing, singing, and performing the music she actually loves.
Ranked #8 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
Sampled "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' " by Michael Jackson from his " Thriller" album in her song "Please Don't Stop the Music".
Ranked #15 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
According to Fashion Lifestyle she's had over 150 hairstyles since her music career took off in 2005. Her trademarks are her Long Straight Brown (2006), Medium Length Black Bob (2007) and Short Cropped look (2008).
Made an estimated $15,000,000 in 2008. (Source) - Forbes Magazine.
Was tagged "The Digital Download Queen" due to her songs being downloaded over 75,000,000 times combined.
Her 3rd studio album 'Good Girl Gone Bad' (2007) was the 3rd highest selling album in the world in 2007 and was the 8th highest 2008. It has sold just under 8 million copies worldwide and has spawned 3 number one Hot 100 hits and 2 worldwide number ones.
Appeared on the cover of Italian Vogue for there "Extreme Couture" edition. [September 2009].
Her ex-boyfriend, Chris Brown, was sentenced to five years of probation, six months of community service and one year of domestic violence counseling as a result of his attack on her in February, 2009 [August 29, 2009].
Is good friends with Katy Perry.
Her 3rd single 'Rude Boy', from her 4th studio album 'Rated R', became her sixth US number one single. This makes her the most successful female artist of the last 10 years.
She and then-boyfriend Chris Brown canceled their performance at the Grammys in February 2009 just hours before the show started after Brown was caught up in a late-night domestic dispute, which later turned out to be a physical attack on Rihanna.
She's the highest paid female celebrity to sit front row at fashion shows. She's paid an estimated $100,000, followed by Beyoncé Knowles, who is estimated at $80,000.
Is a big fan of Depeche Mode, The Prodigy and Chase & Status. She worked with Chase & Status on her album "Rated R" after calling member Saul Milton up at 3 AM.
Selling 62 million records since 2005, she's the most successful artist over the last decade. She also is the first ever artist ever to have 5, 3X platinum selling digital singles.
Broke her own record by scoring her 7th US number one. "Love The Way You Lie" with Eminem became her 7th number one single in 5 years. This gives her the most number ones from an artist in the last 10 years.
Has attained nine number one Hot 100 singles. Three of them were achieved in 2010. She become the only female in American history to have her first single to go number one after the second. [Febuary 2011].
In the UK, she became the only female; and the only artist in 52 years to have three top ten songs at once on the 'UK Official Chart'. She also became the first female artist; in the history of the chart, to have a number one in five consecutive years.
She has Seven number one singles in Australia as of Febuary 2011, making her the only non Australian artist to do so in the last 20 years.
Her 5th studio album 'Loud', sold 2.8 million copies worldwide in 3 months. The album also marks the launch of her business "Rihanna Entertainment"[Febuary 2011].
Billboard named Rihanna the Digital Songs Artist of the 2000s decade.
Is worth an estimated $143 million. [Forbes Febuary 2011].
Her controversial music video for "S&M", was banned in 11 countries within a day of it's release. This is Rihanna's second video to cause controversy as "Te Amo" was banned in many countries due to its same-sex nature.
As of March 1st, she's reached over 1.2 billion YouTube views on her official Vevo page.
Q Magazine named her one of the top 100 acts of the last century. [November 2009].
Became the youngest black female to grace the cover of American-Vogue [March 2011].
The song S&M featuring Britney Spears become her 10th No. 1 song on Billboard Hot 100.
At the 2011 BET awards, Rihanna was mistakenly announced as the winner of the Viewer's Choice Award. The actual winner was her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, who later received the award.
Ranked #43 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
Named "Sexiest Woman" for 2011 by Esquire magazine [October 12, 2011]. Esquire gives the title of "sexiest woman" to a different celebrity each year.
While filming a music video for her song "We Found Love" in Ireland, the farmer whose land was borrowed as a setting for the video, asked the crew to stop filming and leave the land after he objected to Rihanna's revealing outfits and state of undress, which he deemed as "inappropriate". (2011).
She has 14 tattoos so far in 2011.
In a 2011 interview with Esquire, Rihanna stated that she is a fan of the music by Chris Brown.
"We found love" is her 11th number one song.
Friends with Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z.
Organised a bachelorette party for her close friend Katy Perry in 2010.
In the 2011 Billboard on-line poll, Rihanna's song "We Found Love" was voted because the third Best Music Video for 2011 (receiving Martinmas of all votes), behind "Till the planet Ends" by Britney Spears (45% of all votes), and "Born This Way" by girl Gaga (23% of all votes). Rihanna additionally won for Best Awards Show Performance with Britney Spears at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards.
In 2012 she collaborated with Chris Brown. On February twenty 2012 (her twenty fourth Birthday), Rihanna released the remix of her fourth single 'Birthday Cake', that includes Chris Brown. the one comes from her album 'Talk That speak.' Brown additionally released a remix of his song 'Turn up the Music' that includes Rihanna.
Personal Quotes
I love the high-risk (guys). i do not like cream puff, corny guys. sometimes they're the good guys, those that will not hurt you. they will pull out the chair for you and therefore the whole 9 yards. Everything is ideal and boring. i prefer the chance, i prefer the sting. that is the thrill on behalf of me.
[on Fashion] Wear the garments. do not allow them to wear you.
[on Jesse Williams] Jesse, who's in my music video for 'Russian Roulette', is so hot!
I love flirting at the instant. i am single and i am enjoying my freedom. however i do not provide my phone range out that usually. however if i am dating, I check the boy from the highest to the lowest.
[on what a person has to impress her] He needs to be sensible in bed and therefore the size matters. you recognize what I mean? The inner beauty counts similarly, however while not a toy it does not create it fun.
[on her musical sound change] everybody was extremely stunned once I started liking new things and changing my image. i used to be sixteen once I was signed and i am twenty two currently. My musical style and image goes to alter naturally. it is not forced, i do what comes natural to me. typically i prefer to be dark... different times i prefer to be extremely light-weight and lady-like.
[on size zero models] Being a size zero may be a career in itself therefore we tend to should not try to be like them, it's not realistic and it's not healthy. you mustn't be pressured into attempting to be skinny by the style business, as a result of they solely need models that are like human mannequins. They apprehend that if we tend to see an outfit on a mannequin in an exceedingly search window we'll am fond of it and wish to shop for it no matter size we tend to are. that is why they need size zero models - they require to sell garments. however you've got to recollect that it is not sensible or potential for an everyday lady to seem like that."
[on Homophobia] i do know that an oversized a part of my fanbase is gay. They've shown me love from the beginning. I mean during this business, everybody from my glam folks to my dancers are gay. you cannot be homophobic during this line of labor, i am a popstar! It hurts me once I browse fan mail from an admirer who are known as names for liking me.
My weight fluctuates, however i do not weigh myself each day. i am 5ft 8in and weigh around 9st 7lb.
[on Cheryl Cole] i believe she is that the most lovely lady I even have ever seen. Like, how does one have a face like that, with hair like that and dimples, and a body like that, that is proportioned like that? And you've got a successful career, one thing that isn't right.
[on Russell Brand] I initial met him when he was interviewing me on TV. i used to be sick and it had been the worst interview I even have ever done... Nothing was funny to me. i assumed it had been the foremost stupid interview I ever did in my life. Why am I talking to the current idiot? He created me need to present once more.
I pay longer over there (in London) than I pay in L.A., and that is where I live. London is additional like my home.
[on doing a duet with Katy Perry] We're really performing on some music along - hell yeah. i might like to tour with Katy. She's a rock star. And once I see her live, she simply brings such a fun vibe, sort of a colourful rock star.
[on coming up with Katy Perry's bachelorette party] I even have to come back up with one thing cool, as a result of she's obtaining married in India. therefore i am like, 'OK, currently what do I do to match that?' that is at the top of the year, therefore we have got a while to set up that.
[on Katy Perry] once I initial met her, her temperament was therefore on purpose, I felt like she had no edit button, she was extremely fun and had a good sense of humor.
[on missing her friend, Katy Perry's wedding] i'll never ever forgive myself for that, it had been a crazy time, it had been a crazy week. i am switching management. i am extremely unhappy that I missed it.
[on having children] i do not extremely set up on the age. It may well be a year from currently. It may well be ten years from currently. Whenever is correct. I mean, I even have plenty of different stuff to accomplish before i purchase to youngsters. Whenever the time is correct, i am going to simply apprehend. If I had a woman, she'd most likely be extremely rebellious. She would be sort of a bundle of karma. i might like to bring them up in Barbados.
I undoubtedly suppose a toddler deserves each oldsters. it might be selfish of me, thanks to my pride and independence to mention, 'Oh, I simply need a sperm donor, as a result of I will do it myself.' I will do it myself, however that is not honest. i am simply saying that no matter comes my approach i will be able to handle it, however in an exceedingly good book, there would be wedding and children.
(jokingly responding when being questioned a couple of rumored relationship) I hate to burst your bubble however i am dating girls!
[on collaborating with Britney Spears]: I asked my fans last week who they wished me to collaborate with, and Britney was one amongst the foremost common names. it is very strange as a result of Britney never will options. it had been extremely superb that she extremely wished to be a part of this song. She extremely liked the song to start with, however it had been a unique story when she had to sing it, and he or she extremely wished to be an area of it. therefore it created it extremely, extremely special, as a result of you never see 2 pop feminine artists doing songs along any longer. simply decision us 'R&B'.
[on Chris Brown] It's unbelievable to examine how he pulled out of it the approach he did. Even when the planet looked like it had been against him, you know? i actually just like the music he is putting out. i am an admirer of his stuff. I've continuously been an admirer. Obviously, I had some resentment toward him for a short time, for obvious reasons. however I've place that behind me. it had been taking over an excessive amount of of my time. it had been an excessive amount of anger. i am extremely excited to examine the breakthrough he is had in his career. i might never want something horrible for him. Never. I never have. (2011).
I think that Madonna was a good inspiration on behalf of me, particularly on my earlier work. If I had to look at her evolution through time, i believe she reinvented her clothing vogue and music with success each single time. And at a similar time remained a true force in entertainment within the whole world.
[on recording music with Chris Brown in 2012] I reached out to him regarding doing 'Birthday Cake' as a result of that is the solely individual that extremely - it created sense to try to to the record. simply as a musician - despite everything else - that was reaching to be the person. you recognize i assumed regarding rappers, and i have done that such a lot of times, and therefore the hottest R&B artist out without delay is Chris Brown. therefore I wished him on the track, and then in flip he was like 'Why do not you are doing the remix to my track?' and it had been a trade off. we tend to did 2 records. One for my fans. One for his fans, which approach our fans will come back along. There should not be a divide. You know? It's music, and it's innocent.
[on her weight loss in 2012] The 5 issue Diet has gone straight out the window ever since I went on tour. I mean, It's tough to own any quite routine when your schedule is that crazy. therefore i actually haven't any plan how i am continuously losing weight. It's really pretty annoying, as a result of currently i do not have a butt, and that i haven't any boobs. I already had no boobs to begin with. therefore annoying! and i am eating everything! (March, 2012)
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