Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born 20 February 1988), known simply as Rihanna, is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, 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
She was born in Saint Michael, Barbados to Monica (of Guyanese ancestry) and Ronald Fenty (of Irish and West Indian ancestry). She has two younger brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty. 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, rapper ASAP Rocky from New York confirmed that he and Rihanna were in a relationship. On January 31, 2022, it was revealed that Rihanna was pregnant with the couple's first child. She gave birth to a boy four months later. The son was name RZA, after the lead rapper of Wu-Tang Clan. In 2023, She gave birth to her second son.
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.