Rihanna

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Robyn Rihanna Fenty [ riænə ] (* 20th February 1988 in Saint Michael ) is a Barbadian R & B - and pop - singer , actress , fashion designer and entrepreneur .

She sold more than 250 million records, making her one of the most successful artists in the world . She is also the youngest solo artist to have 14 number one hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 . In 2012, 2013, and 2017 she was the most-streamed artist on Spotify . In 2019 she was named the richest musician in the world by Forbes Magazine, with a fortune of around $ 600 million .

Rihanna was named Most Influential People by Forbes and Time in 2012, named Artist of the Decade by Billboard in 2012 , and named "Music Icon" at the 2013 American Music Awards . She received nine Grammys and a 2016 MTV Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award for her influence in the music industry.

She is also the founder and owner of the cosmetics company Fenty Beauty , her own lingerie line Savage X Fenty and the fashion label Fenty.

Life

Rihanna was born in 1988 in the Parish Saint Michael , Barbados , and grew up in the capital Bridgetown . Her mother, Monica Braithwaite, is an accountant from Guyana , her father, Ronald Fenty, works as a warehouse worker in a clothing factory and is of Irish and Barbadian descent. She has two younger brothers and three half-siblings on her father's side who come from different relationships of her father. Rihanna first attended the Charles F. Broome Memorial School in Barbados and later the Combermere School. In 2004, she entered a school beauty pageant and was elected Miss Combermere School . As a teenager she participated in a military program where she trained with the Barbados military. Her training manager was the singer Shontelle . During her childhood, her father used drugs and beat up the mother. In 2004 the parents divorced after 14 years.

From 2007 to 2009 Rihanna was in a relationship with singer Chris Brown . The relationship ended after a violent altercation in February 2009. In March 2009, Brown was charged with assault and threats. During the trial, Brown pleaded guilty to the assault charge, following an agreement with the judge, and escaped prison sentence. Among other things, he was sentenced to five years suspended prison sentence.

From 2017 to January 2020, Rihanna was in a relationship with the Saudi Arabian entrepreneur Hassan Jameel.

In 2019, she sued her father for allegedly improper use of her brand name Fenty by pretending that his company was linked to Rihanna. However, it sells cosmetics and fashion itself under the brand names Fenty Beauty and Fenty .

Career

Musical discovery

In 2003, Rihanna formed a girls band with two classmates, which was introduced to producer Evan Rogers that same year. After the band had sung, Rihanna was asked into the room one more time and sang the song Emotion by Destiny's Child . With the help of Carl Sturken and Rogers, a demo CD was created with four songs. These included the ballad Last Time, a cover version of Whitney Houston's hit Saving All My Love for You, and Rihanna's first single Pon de Replay . After the CD had been sent to various record companies, she signed the Def Jam label after an audition in New York City . The audition took place in front of the then CEO of Def Jam Recordings, Jay-Z .

2005–2008: career start and global breakthrough

Rihanna (2006)

After signing a deal with Def Jam Recordings, she recorded her debut album, Music of the Sun, over the next three months . Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken, Stargate and Poke & Tone have worked as producers and songwriters . The single Pon de Replay , which was published internationally in advance on July 26, 2005 , reached number 2 on the American Billboard Hot 100 and the British single charts and was a worldwide success. In October 2005, work began on her second album A Girl Like Me , the single SOS Rihanna's first number one hit in the United States. The second single Unfaithful was released, which was also successful worldwide. The single reached the top 10 of the charts in 18 countries and number one in Canada and Switzerland.

Rihanna during the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour (2008).

On June 5, 2007, the album Good Girl Gone Bad was released , which became an international top 10 hit. With over nine million records sold worldwide, it is her most successful album to date. The first single, Umbrella, sold over six million copies and is one of the most successful hits worldwide. She received her first Grammy for this. Other singles such as Shut Up and Drive , Hate That I Love You and Don't Stop the Music were released. The latter became Rihanna's second number one hit in Germany. This was followed by Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad Tour , which lasted until January 2009. Take a Bow and Disturbia shot to the top of the charts in America and sold very successfully worldwide. In November 2008 rapper TI released the single Live Your Life from his album Paper Trail. The song, on which he worked with Rihanna, reached number 1 on the US singles chart.

2009–2011: Annual Publications

Rihanna on the Last Girl on Earth Tour (2011).

In December 2008, Rihanna recorded demo songs for her fourth album. The original concept was discarded after a violent argument with her then boyfriend Chris Brown in February 2009, the incident and the relationship with Brown subsequently influenced the creation of the album. On this album she worked with Ne-Yo, Justin Timberlake, Chase & Status , Stargate, The-Dream , Brian Kennedy and James Fauntleroy II. For the first time Rihanna wrote lyrics herself, was co-producer on some songs, and she was allowed to determine the concept of the album herself. The fourth album, Rated R , was released on November 23 . It sold over three million copies but couldn't keep up with Good Girl Gone Bad's sales . Rihanna received consistently good to very good reviews for her fourth studio album, as it "shows a more serious, more adult Rihanna who has something to say".

Rihanna during the Loud Tour (2011).

The third single, Rude Boy , was released on March 5, 2010 in Germany and reached number 4. In England, Rude Boy made it into the charts a month before its official release, and shortly afterwards into the top 3. In the US, the Song top ten, and number 1 two weeks later, making Rihanna her sixth number 1 hit. On April 16, 2010 Rihanna started her second world tour in Europe, the Last Girl on Earth Tour . In July 2010, the song Love the Way You Lie , a collaboration with rapper Eminem that can be found on his album Recovery , went from second to first place on the Billboard Hot 100 after two weeks and became Rihanna's seventh number 1 hit. He reached second place in the UK charts. In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland and Germany he also reached number 1 in the singles charts.

On November 12, 2010 Rihanna's fifth album Loud was released in Germany and on November 16 in the USA. The album reached number one in the UK and Swiss album charts and was featured in numerous top 10 lists internationally. It sold over eight million units. The Singles Only Girl (In the World) , What's My Name? and S&M were a worldwide hit and became number one hits in the US. On June 4, 2011 Rihanna started her fourth world tour, the Loud Tour , which took her from North America to her home country Barbados and with a few concerts in South America to Europe. At the end of August 2010, filming of the action film Battleship began . Rihanna played a supporting role as Petty Officer Raines in this film , for which she received the 2013 Golden Raspberry for Worst Supporting Actress. The film was released in theaters in April 2012.

Rihanna's sixth studio album Talk That Talk was released on November 18, 2011. The first release, We Found Love , reached number 1 in Germany, Switzerland, the UK charts and the USA. It is one of the most successful songs in 2011 worldwide. She won her sixth Grammy with this song.

2012–2014: Unapologetic album and entry into the fashion business

Rihanna during the Diamonds World Tour (2013).

The first single from their seventh album Unapologetic was released on November 19, 2012 and is called Diamonds . The song reached z. B. Germany, Austria, France and Great Britain top the single charts. The second single Stay , which Rihanna sings together with singer Mikky Ekko , was released on February 15, 2013 and reached the top 5 of the charts in all countries.

Unapologetic reached number 1 in Switzerland, Great Britain and the USA. In Germany the album made it to number 3 and in Austria to number 5. The album sold better in the first week than all other Rihanna albums before. For the album, Rihanna received her seventh Grammy Award . In February 2013 Rihanna designed four fashion collections for the British clothing manufacturer River Island . She also brought out cosmetic products together with the cosmetics manufacturer MAC Cosmetics .

In March 2014, Rihanna appeared on the front page of American Vogue for the third time and later received the official style icon award from Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and the Council of Fashion Designers in June 2014 . "You'll never be stylish if you don't risk anything," said Rihanna when receiving the award. The jury of the CFDA is made up of over 450 fashion professionals such as designers, stylists and journalists. The head of the jury, Steven Kolb, justified the choice as follows: "Rihanna is the most exciting fashion representative of our time and has a great influence on the fashion industry as well as on pop culture." In the summer of 2014, she and Eminem entered the sold-out stadiums United States on.

2015–2016: Puma, animated film Home and album ANTI

Rihanna during the Anti World Tour (2016).

In mid-March 2015 it was announced that Rihanna was the new advertising face for the fashion brand Dior . She also became PUMA 's Global Women's Training Ambassador and Creative Director. Since 2015 she has also worked as the creative director for the American underwear and sock brand Stance . In February 2015, Rihanna released the song Towards the Sun , which is part of the soundtrack of the animated film Home - A Smectacular Trip by Dreamworks Animation . In this film she lends her voice to the lead role. The film was released on March 27, 2015 and grossed a total of 386 million US dollars, albeit with little praise from film critics. On the soundtrack, of which she is executive producer , there are two more songs by Rihanna with As Real as You and Me and Dancing in the Dark .

Rihanna released three songs over the year to promote her eighth studio album. FourFiveSeconds starring Kanye West and Paul McCartney was released in January 2015 and reached the top 5 of the charts in many countries. In March the song Bitch Better Have My Money was released. The song received a lot of attention after the release of the music video, which tells a bloody kidnapping story, in which actor Mads Mikkelsen plays a role. In April a third song, American Oxygen, was released on the streaming platform of musician Jay-Z Tidal, one of whose co-owners Rihanna is. For the music video of the song, she received a nomination at the MTV Video Music Awards 2015 in the category for "Best Video with a Social Message".

In January 2016, the single Work was released with the Canadian rapper Drake . The piece peaked at number 1 in the United States and became Rihanna's fourteenth number one hit. The next day, her eighth studio album, Anti, was made available for free download and streaming. The album debuted at number 1 on the American Billboard Hot 100 despite 1,000,000 copies made available for free download and downloaded within 14 hours. Due to the high sales and download numbers, the album was awarded platinum in the USA after just a few days. Furthermore, all single releases from Anti have been awarded platinum at least once in the USA. The album also brought her eight Grammy nominations, including in the categories “Recording of the Year” for the song Work , “Best Urban Contemporary Album” and further nominations in the areas of R & B / Soul for the songs Kiss It Better and Needed Me.

In the same year, Rihanna presented her Fenty x Puma collection , which was created in collaboration with the sporting goods manufacturer Puma . In April 2016 the song This Is What You Came For was released , a collaboration with Scottish DJ Calvin Harris , which became a worldwide top 5 hit. In Germany, it reached the top 5 and in the USA and Great Britain 3rd and 2nd place.

2017–2019: Fenty fashion and cosmetics company

Rihanna during the Fenty x Puma fashion show (2016).

In February 2017, the 5th season of Bates Motel aired, in which Rihanna plays a supporting role. She also had a small role in the movie Valerian - The City of a Thousand Planets alongside Cara Delevingne .

In September, Rihanna founded her cosmetics company Fenty Beauty, which offers makeup for different skin tones. In May, she introduced an underwear label called Savage X Fenty. Her first fashion show followed in September at New York Fashion Week , where she presented pregnant models.

In June 2018, she played a gangster named Nine Ball in the heist film Ocean’s 8 alongside Sandra Bullock , Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway . Since April 2019, Rihanna can be seen alongside actor Donald Glover in the thriller Guava Island on the streaming service Amazon Prime Video . The film premiered at the Coachella Festival .

Together with the French luxury goods group LVMH , Rihanna founded her own fashion label called Fenty in Paris in May 2019 . The first collection includes sunglasses, jewelry and shoes. She is the first woman to develop a brand for LVMH and the first black female chief designer to head a fashion house.

In September, the second Savage X Fenty show was shown at New York Fashion Week, the show has aired on Amazon Prime Video since September 20, and the underwear is on sale on Amazon. Her autobiography , Rihanna , was published by Phaidon in October .

In December she was awarded a prize by the British Fashion Council at the British Fashion Awards in London for her fashion label Fenty .

music

Musical style and singing

Rihanna at the Concert for Valor in 2014.

Rihanna mixes R&B music with elements from Caribbean music such as reggae and dancehall . Her style "fuses Caribbean rhythms with common elements of dance-pop ".

Her debut album included productions by the explorers Rihannas, Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken, such as the debut single Pon de Replay, which was influenced by traditional reggae and dance pop . The same styles of music can be found on her second music album. Rihanna then got into pop and R&B music. The music production team Stargate and Ne-Yo produced, among other things, their hit Unfaithful . With songs like Kisses Don't Lie and Shut Up and Drive , the style of music was more rock-oriented. The third album, Good Girl Gone Bad, is more related to dance pop than to the dancehall and reggae style of the previous albums.

Most of their love ballads, produced by Stargate and written by Ne-Yo, contain a pop-oriented sound with R&B influences with gently pounded acoustic guitars. Some of their faster dance-pop songs were produced by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers, Christopher Stewart and JR Rotem. Rihanna's pieces also include samples from other songs like Soft Cell Tainted Love in SOS, New Order's Blue Monday in Shut Up and Drive and a native of the 1970 piece Soul Makossa of Manu Dibango in Do not Stop the Music , the part of the chorus of Michael Jackson Wanna Be Startin 'somethin' contains.

Influences and reception

Rihanna names Mariah Carey , Madonna and Janet Jackson as her role models. Beyoncé also has a strong influence on Rihanna's music. According to Rihanna, she started singing after seeing Beyoncé performing with Destiny's Child . Other musical influences come from Bob Marley (Rihanna built a shrine for him in her Los Angeles home ), Alicia Keys , Whitney Houston , Destiny's Child, Celine Dion , Brandy and Gwen Stefani .

Jon Bream of the Star Tribune comments: "In the tradition of Madonna and Janet Jackson, Rihanna became the video beast of the 2000s ... Rihanna perfected the pout, long legs and style-defining hairstyles." George Epaminondas of InStyle magazine finds Rihanna's music videos " cinematic ", because of their" mixture of island rhythms and swinging pop and ... mischievous sensuality. "

In Barbados , a street was named after her 2017th

public perception

Rihanna at the Met Gala (2017).

At the beginning of her career, Rihanna had the image of a reggae musician. In addition, she was often compared with Beyoncé Knowles , which Rihanna herself found negative, as she was often referred to as a "copy" of Knowles. According to media reports at the time, the appearance and musical style of the two artists were particularly similar.

The public image of the artist changed with the release of her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad . This change of image was reflected in her music as well as in her public appearance. From now on, the singer's style of dress became more daring. 2009 took Tracey Lomrantz, author at Glamor , Rihanna's style as follows: "If style risks would be measured in miles, Rihanna would have circled the globe a thousand times." Because of their style of dress she landed in 2008 on the list of 10 Best Dressed Stars of 2008 by People magazine . In October 2011, she was voted by readers of US magazine Esquire for Sexiest Woman Alive selected. In August 2010, a wax figure of Rihanna was released at Madame Tussauds in Washington, DC.

Successes and Records

Rihanna set several records in the German single charts and in the Billboard Hot 100 . In November 2008, eight songs from her album Good Girl Gone Bad were in the Hot 100 charts at the same time, something that only Shania Twain had previously achieved. From June 8, 2007 to May 15, 2009 she was represented in the German single charts for 100 weeks uninterruptedly, longer than any other artist. This puts her in third place behind Michael Jackson and the Backstreet Boys . In the British charts, she holds the record with Umbrella with the longest number one placement. In addition, she is the only artist with a total of eight number one placements in Billboard Pop Songs in the United States . In 2010 Rihanna was able to place herself in the Guinness Book of Records with the success of her single Umbrella as "Best-Selling Download Female Artist in the UK". After Rihanna was able to place herself in the Guinness Book of Records in 2010, she also managed to be the "artist with the most number-one" in the 2012 edition with her four number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2010. Hits in a year ”.

Filmography

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• 2006: Girls United - All or Nothing (guest role)
• 2012: Battleship (cameo)
• 2013: This is the end (guest role)
• 2014: Annie (guest role)
• 2015: Home - A smectacular trip (dubbing voice)
• 2016: The First Monday in May (Documentary)
• 2017: Bates Motel (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2017: Valerian - The City of a Thousand Planets (cameo)
• 2018: Ocean's 8 (leading role)
• 2019: Guava Island (leading role)
• 2019: Savage X Fenty Show (Producer)
• 2020: Rihanna: Volume One (Documentation)

social commitment

Rihanna (2012)

Rihanna joined the Believe Foundation in 2006 , a charity that works for children with cancer . On July 7, 2007, Rihanna performed as part of the Live Earth concerts in the Japanese city of Chiba . In 2008 she took part in the charity project Stand Up to Cancer and sang the benefit song Just Stand Up! With many other singers . a.

Rihanna and the Believe Foundation have been supporting the international branch DKMS Americas of the German Bone Marrow Donor Center (DKMS) since 2008, and in 2009 she helped save the life of 41-year-old mother Lisa Gershowitz Flynn by calling for people to register with DKMS , whereupon over 5000 new bone marrow donors registered and 2000 potential new donors could be found.

After the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010 , Rihanna joined the aid organization Hope for Haiti Now and appeared at the associated donation gala alongside many other stars. They sang the song Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) together . The proceeds also went to Hope for Haiti Now .

In March 2011, Rihanna became part of the UNICEF Celebrity Tap Water campaign , in which stars bottle their own tap water and auction it on the Internet. The money raised will be used for people in countries that have problems with the water supply. After the earthquake , tsunami , and atomic disaster in Japan in March 2011, Rihanna participated in a benefit album, the proceeds of which will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross . Rihanna made her single "Only Girl (In the World)" available.

On April 28, 2011, she attended the fifth DKMS gala, supporting leukemia sufferers , in New York City . In an interview, she said that the subject of leukemia is very important to her because children in particular suffer from this disease. She received an award for her commitment.

On July 11, 2011, Rihanna performed as part of her Loud Tour in Birmingham, Alabama . The proceeds from this concert were intended for the victims of the April 2011 tornado disaster in Alabama. About $ 175,000 was raised. In March 2012, Rihanna also worked to ensure that the Kony 2012 campaign received attention.

In October 2012 she founded the Clara Lionel Foundation for socially disadvantaged people in the name and in memory of her maternal grandparents . The foundation focuses particularly on the areas of health, education, art and culture.

On the occasion of World AIDS Day 2016, Rihanna supported Prince Harry in his commitment to AIDS sufferers by taking a public blood test with him.

In February 2017 she was named “Humanitarian of the Year 2017” by the Harvard Foundation at Harvard University . Because of her social commitment, her Clara Lionel Foundation and for building a breast cancer treatment center in Bridgetown, Barbados, she was awarded this prize.

In solidarity with Colin Kaepernick and the protests against racism, Rihanna canceled an appearance at the Super Bowl 2019 .

Discography

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Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2005	Music of the Sun Def Jam / SRP	DE31 gold (7 weeks)DE	AT45 (5 weeks) AT	CH38 (10 weeks) CH	UK35 gold (10 weeks)UK	US10 gold (35 weeks)US	First published: August 12, 2005 Sales: + 930,500
2006	A Girl like Me Def Jam / SRP	DE13 platinum (37 weeks)DE	AT21 (23 weeks) AT	CH6th platinum (39 weeks)CH	UK5 × 2 Double platinum (43 weeks)UK	US5 × 2 Double platinum (45 weeks)US	First published: April 10, 2006 Sales: + 2,770,000
2007	Good Girl Gone Bad Def Jam / SRP	DE4th × 7 Sevenfold gold (101 weeks)DE	AT3 platinum (63 weeks)AT	CH1 × 3 Triple platinum (91 weeks)CH	UK1 × 6 Six-fold platinum (177 weeks)UK	US2 × 6 Six-fold platinum (99 weeks)US	First published: May 31, 2007 Sales: +10,568,002
2009	Rated R Def Jam / SRP	DE4th platinum (41 weeks)DE	AT7 (22 weeks) AT	CH1 platinum (43 weeks)CH	UK9 × 2 Double platinum (74 weeks)UK	US4th × 2 Double platinum (45 weeks)US	First published: November 20, 2009 Sales: +2,413,000
2010	Loud Def Jam / SRP	DE2 × 3 Triple gold (56 weeks)DE	AT3 gold (40 weeks)AT	CH1 × 2 Double platinum (56 weeks)CH	UK1 × 6 Six-fold platinum (111 weeks)UK	US3 × 3 Triple platinum (75 weeks)US	First published: November 12, 2010 Sales: + 5,408,000
2011	Talk That Talk Def Jam / SRP	DE3 gold (18 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (10 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (32 weeks)CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (58 weeks)UK	US3 × 3 Triple platinum (55 weeks)US	First published: November 18, 2011 Sales: + 2,533,000
2012	Unapologetic Def Jam / SRP	DE3 platinum (36 weeks)DE	AT5 platinum (20 weeks)AT	CH1 platinum (37 weeks)CH	UK1 × 2 Double platinum (38 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (65 weeks)US	First published: November 19, 2012 Sales: + 4,355,500
2016	Anti Roc Nation / Westbury Road	DE3 (30 weeks) DE	AT7th platinum (11 weeks)AT	CH2 (27 weeks) CH	UK7th platinum (60 weeks)UK	US1 × 3 Triple platinum (226 weeks)US	First published: Jan 28, 2016 Sales: + 3,640,000

Tours

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• Rihanna: Live in Concert Tour (2006)
• Good Girl Gone Bad Tour (2007-09)
• Last Girl on Earth Tour (2010-11)
• Loud Tour (2011)
• 777 Tour (2012)
• Diamonds World Tour (2013)
• The Monster Tour (with Eminem ) (2014)
• Anti World Tour (2016)

Awards

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Rihanna has won eight Grammy Awards , eighteen Billboard Music Awards and two BRIT Awards, among others . She has also received multiple MTV Video Music Awards , MTV Europe Music Awards , American Music Awards , NRJ Music Awards , People's Choice Awards, and Teen Choice Awards . In 2016 she received an honorary award from MTV, the "Michael Jackson Vanguard Award". In her native Barbados , Rihanna won over 30 Barbados Music Awards. February 21st has been named "Rihanna Day".

Web links

Commons : Rihanna  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Rihanna at Allmusic (English)
• Rihanna at Discogs (English)
• Rihanna at SoundCloud
• Rihanna in the Internet Movie Database (English)

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predecessor	Office	Successor
Minka Kelly	Sexiest Woman Alive 2011	Mila Kunis