Rihanna

**Robyn Rihanna Fenty**  (born 20 February 1988), known simply as **Rihanna**, is a Barbadian singer, actress, fashion designer, businesswoman and model. She started her music career in 2003. She has released eight studio albums and three DVDs.

Her third album, _Good Girl Gone Bad_ (2007) made her popular in the music business. The chart-topping single "Umbrella" earned Rihanna her first Grammy Award. Her next albums _Rated R_ (2009), _Loud_ (2010), _Talk That Talk_ (2011), and _Unapologetic_ (2012) became very popular. From these albums, her best known singles were "Rude Boy", "Only Girl (In the World)", "What's My Name?", "S&M", "We Found Love", "Where Have You Been" and "Diamonds".

## Career

She was also ranked the fourth most powerful celebrity in 2012. She earned $53 million between May 2011 and May 2012, according to _Forbes_. In 2013, Fenty was given the first ever Icon Award at the American Music Awards. Fenty's seventh album _Unapologetic_ (2012) became her first number-one album in the United States. It won Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 2014 Grammy Awards. In 2015, a movie called _Home_ was released. Fenty voiced one of the main characters in it and was also the executive producer of the movie's soundtrack.

Her eighth studio album, _Anti_, was released to the streaming service Tidal. It entered the _Billboard_ 200 at number 27.  It was a limited-time free download sponsored by Samsung.  It was certified Platinum in the U.S. only two days after it was released.  The next week, after the album was released to other marketplaces, it reached number one on the _Billboard_ 200.  _Anti_ features the _Billboard_ Hot 100 number-one single "Work" (featuring Drake) and the top-ten hit "Needed Me".  Rihanna also recorded a song, "This Is What You Came For", with Scottish DJ Calvin Harris.  It reached the top ten on charts around the world.  The next year, she was featured on DJ Khaled's song "Wild Thoughts", which reached number two on the _Billboard_ Hot 100.

She created a line of beauty products called Fenty Beauty.  On June 4, 2019, Natalie Robehmed of _Forbes_ wrote that Fenty had become the world's richest female musician, with a net worth of $600 million. Her net worth was updated in August 2021 to $1.7 billion.

On September 25, 2022, it was announced that Rihanna would be the headliner of the Super Bowl LVII halftime show on February 12, 2023.

## Early life

Born in Saint Michael, Barbados to Monica (of Guyanese ancestry) and Ronald Fenty (of Irish and West Indian ancestry). She has five siblings. They grew up in Bridgetown. As a teenager, she was in Barbados' pre-military program where she met a singer named  Shontelle who was also her officer. This inspired the young Rihanna to get more into making music.

### Influences

Madonna, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Kanye West, Beyoncé, Pink, Destiny's Child, Diana Ross, Mary J. Blige, Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, FKA Twigs, Natalia Oreiro and Bob Marley have had a huge music influence on Rihanna.

## Artistry

Rihanna spans a three octave contralto vocal range. Her range can go as low as C3 to An Eb6 in a heavy belt and as high as a B5 in her head voice. She may have stretched beyond these notes in live performance adlibs and key changes.

## Personal life

On May 19, 2021, American rapper ASAP Rocky from New York confirmed that he and Rihanna were in a relationship. They have three children together.

### Domestic violence case

On 8 February 2009, Rihanna was assaulted by her then-boyfriend Chris Brown after Brown was sending messages to a girl. Rihanna got angry and Brown beat her up. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) sent a photograph to TMZ which showed Rihanna with cuts and bruises on her face. On 22 June 2009, Brown pled guilty to the felony assault. He was ordered to five years probation and to stay fifty yards way from Rihanna, unless it is at a public event, which it was ten yards.  In February 2011, the restraining order was changed to allow both singers to appear at awards shows together in the future.

## Awards

Rihanna has won many awards. These include five American Music Awards, eighteen _Billboard_ Music Awards, two BRIT Awards, and nine Grammy Awards. She has had fourteen number-one singles on the _Billboard_ Hot 100. In 2012, the American magazine _Time_ named Rihanna one of the most influential people in the world.

She is the most-followed female person on Twitter. She was honored as a National Hero of Barbados on the day the country became a republic and removed the Queen in November 2021.

### Studio albums

- _Music of the Sun_ (2005)
- _A Girl like Me_ (2006)
- _Good Girl Gone Bad_ (2007)
- _Rated R_ (2009)
- _Loud_ (2010)
- _Talk That Talk_ (2011)
- _Unapologetic_ (2012)
- _Anti_ (2016)
- Re-releases
- _Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded_ (2008)
- Remix albums
- _Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes_ (2009)
- _Rated R: Remixed_ (2010)
- Soundtrack albums
- _Home_ (2015)

## Tours

- Rihanna: Live in Concert Tour (2006)
- Good Girl Gone Bad Tour (2007–2009)
- Last Girl on Earth Tour (2010–2011)
- Loud Tour (2011)
- Diamonds World Tour (2013)
- The Monster Tour (2014) <small>(with Eminem)</small>
- Anti World Tour (2016)

## Filmography

- 2006 - _Bring It On: All or Nothing_.... As Herself
- 2006 - _Mama Black Widow_.... Carol Tilson
- 2012 - _Battleship_ Petty Officer (GM2) Cora Raikes
- 2013 - _This Is the End_.... As Herself
- 2017 - _Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets_ .... Bubbles
- 2018 - Ocean's 8

### Television

- 2006 - _Punk'd_

## Other websites

- https://newsusastory.com/rihannas-super-bowl-2023-halftime-show/Rihanna Official Website
- Rihanna's Believe Foundation

## Infobox (officeholder)

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- **office**: Barbados, Barbadian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- **term start**: September 20, 2018


## Infobox (musical artist)

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- **years active**: 2003–present
- **instrument**: Vocals


## Infobox (person)

- **honorific prefix**: The Right Excellent
- **name**: Rihanna
- **honorific suffix**: Order of National Heroes, NH
- **image**: Rihanna Fenty 2018.png
- **caption**: Rihanna in 2018
- **birth name**: Robyn Rihanna Fenty
- **birth place**: Saint Michael, Barbados, Saint Michael, Barbados
- **height**: 173 cm
- **partner**: ASAP Rocky (2020present)
- **net worth**: United States dollar, US $1.7 billion
- **children**: 3