Biography Of Rihanna

Biography

Rihanna, pronounced, full name Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born in Saint Michael, Feb 20, 1988), she is a Barbadian singer, the first artist of her country to win a Grammy Award.

Rihanna debuted in 2005 with the album "Music of the Sun" and the hit single Pon de Replay, followed a year later by A Girl Like Me, SOS and Unfaithful and songs. In 2007 her consolidated reputation with "Good Girl Gone Bad" album, released in two different editions, and its singles, including "Umbrella", one of her best known songs. After a spell with an album sounding darker and more focused on R&B, "Rated R" released in 2009, the year after Rihanna returned to record songs from the style of dance pop for her fifth album, Loud. From its inception until today, Rihanna has sold 20 million albums and 60 million singles.

Childhood and beginnings

Rihanna was born in Barbados to Ronald Fenty, a warehouse a half Irish and half African-barbado, and Monica Fenty, a native of Guyana accounting, but half African-American. Rihanna is the eldest of three children her, and Rorrey Rajada. Rihanna childhood was profoundly marked by her father's cocaine addiction and her parents' divorce, which occurred when Rihanna was fourteen. Rihanna attended elementary school in Rihanna's hometown, at the Institute Charles F. Broome Memorial School. Rihanna later studied at the Combermere School, where her formed a musical trio with two of her classmates at the age of fifteen years. It was a cadet in a military program. Rihanna was trained by the military and Barbadian Shontelle was her sergeant.

In 2003 Rihanna and her group were presented to producer Evan Rogers, who spent his holidays in Barbados with her wife. While Rogers attended the hearing of the trio, said that "When Rihanna was moving in the room, the other two girls as if they had never existed." The band performed with the single of Destiny's Child Emotions . The following year, she went with her mother in Stamford in Connecticut to reach the house of Rogers. Just turned sixteen, Rihanna moved to the U.S. following the moves of Evan and his wife. Following Carl Sturken helped her to record four demo songs, including the ballad Last Time, a reinterpretation of Whitney Houston For the Love of You and what would become her first hit, Pon de Replay. The demos were sent to various record companies. Some of Rihanna recordings came to Def Jam Recordings, who offered her a contract for six albums.

Rihanna debut album, entitled Music of the Sun, was released August 30, 2005. The first single, Pon de Replay, was released on October 11 of that year and has enjoyed considerable success in the charts all over the world also getting massive airplay in radio stations and television stations. The second single, If It's Lovin That You Want, has achieved less success and was first published on Nov 13. The third single, Let Me, on January 1 year 2006, was released only in Japan.

In April 2006, less than one year earlier, was released from Rihanna's second album entitled A Girl Like Me The first single from the album, SOS, has reached the top ten of several international charts, including the United States. the second single was Unfaithful, proved a success as the previous European. the third single was We Ride, who has not achieved the success hoped getting disappointing sales results. solve this problem has been brought forward the publication of the next single, Break it Off, a duet with Sean Paul.

Also during this period Rihanna made her debut as an actress with a cameo in the movie Bring It On All or nothing, and in an episode of the soap opera All My Children. Rihanna also played herself in an episode of My Sweet Sixteen, which airs on MTV, and has performed in an episode of the TV show Numb3rs with the single Pon de Replay.

Between May and June 2007, provided for Def Jam Records, Rihanna released her third album of unreleased, Good Girl Gone Bad. The individual who has brought forward the release of the album was Umbrella, in collaboration with rapper Jay-Z. Published March 29, 2007 in the U.S. and in Europe May 25, 2007, the single jumped to the top of the charts of most countries in which it was published, including the United States and the United Kingdom, where Rihanna maintained the top spot for ten consecutive weeks. The second single, Shut Up and Drive, published worldwide between June and September 2007, reached the eighth position of the Italian charts, the fifth in the British and the fifteenth in the United States. The third single was Do not Stop the Music, published between August and November 2007. As the third single released in the UK is rather Hate That I Love You, collaboration with Ne-Yo has reached the fifteenth position in the UK and the seventh in the United States. The fourth single from Take a Bow was however, (fifth in Europe) was released in May 2008.

Since September 12, 2007 the singer has taken around the world the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour, recorded and released on DVD in the new edition published in the June 2008 album, Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded, which also contains three new unpublished Take a Bow, If I Never See Your Face Again and Disturbia. The new edition has been brought forward by Take a Bow, danced by the great success of sales in several countries.

In the following months, the album was promoted as a single track from the If I Never See Your Face Again, a duet with Maroon 5, Disturbia, Live Your Life, a duet with TI and Rehab, Rihanna collaboration with Justin Timberlake.

On 8 February 2009, following the success of Rihanna third album and its single, have participated in the fifty-first award ceremony of the Grammy Awards, but had to give up for some problems arise with the ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, then accused of domestic violence and the attack on the singer. On 4 May 2009 Rihanna participated at the Costume Institute Gala held at the Metropolitan Museum in New York after months of absence from the scene.

The project related to Rihanna third album is completed with the publication in January 2009, with the release of Good Girl Gone Bad The Remixes, containing remixes of the songs that made up the original album.

The output of the Rihanna's fourth album, titled Rated R, took place November 23, 2009, again for the label Def Jam. The first official single is Russian Roulette, written and produced by Ne-Yo, who has reached the top ten in both the U.S. and many European countries. Following are excerpts Hard (only for U.S. market), Rude Boy, Rihanna has climbed the charts of most countries in which it was published, Rockstar 101 (only for U.S. market) and I love you. Moreover Recovery Eminem album was extracted as the second international single the song Love the Way You Lie, in collaboration with Rihanna. The single itself debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at the second position and then reaching the summit for seven consecutive weeks. Rihanna also topped the charts in many other nations. The remixed version titled Rated R Rated R: Remixed was released May 24, 2010.

In the autumn of 2010 Rihanna was also released the single Who's That Chick, Collaboration with David Guetta is the singer of the latter album, One More Love, who has obtained a commercial success.

Rihanna fifth studio album, Loud, was released November 16, 2010 and debuted at the third position of the U.S. Billboard chart, selling 207,000 copies in its first week. The single launch, Only Girl (In The World) , was published in the United States and around the world in September 2010. After several weeks, the song has enjoyed considerable success in several countries, obtaining the highest positions in many charts. The second single is What's My Name, Collaboration with Drake, released digitally October 29, 2010 pending the album's release, the song reached the top position of ranking first in the previous U.S. Only Girl (In the World). On January 27 following was published in the United States the artist's first fragrance, called Fleur Reb'l. The third single, featuring Nicki Minaj Raining Men is only released in America shortly before Christmas. The promotion of the album continues with the publication as a third single (fourth in the U.S.) the song S & M, which has however been some criticisms in the text, because of certain words considered vulgar, and in the title in the United Kingdom changed Come On . In May 2011 were published two more singles Man Down California King Bed. Man Down for the U.S. market, while California King Bed in the European market. The former has found some success in France, while the second has sold in many European countries, coming in fourth place in Australia and New Zealand.

Awards and prizes of Rihanna

During Rihanna career, the artist has been repeatedly awarded with several awards. In 2007 Rihanna won two awards at the Video Music Awards in the category "Video of the Year" and "Monster Single of the Year" Umbrella. Rihanna also received a Grammy Award in 2007 and again for Umbrella to Run This Town in 2009.

Rihanna had ten singles to the first position on the Billboard Hot 100 SOS, Umbrella, Take a Bow, Disturbia, Live Your Life TI, Rude Boy, Love the Way You Lie Eminem, What's My Name With Drake, Only Girl (in the World), S&M. Rihanna was the artist with the most number one singles in the United States since 2000, and the fifth female artist ever for the number of individuals in the first place. Rihanna also set the Guinness World Record in 2010 in the category "Music" as an "artist who has sold more singles and albums in the United Kingdom."

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