Robyn Rihanna Fenty bio

Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born February 20, 1988, known as Rihanna . She is a Barbadian singer, model, and former beauty queen. She also serves as the cultural ambassador for Barbados. She is the first Barbadian artist to win a Grammy Award. Rihanna is currently signed to the Def Jam Recordings label. She has attained five Billboard Hot 100 number ones thus far "SOS", "Umbrella", "Take a Bow", "Disturbia" and T.I.'s "Live Your Life". info (c) wikipedia.org
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Rihanna broke into the recording industry in 2005 with the release of her debut album, Music of the Sun, which features the hit single "Pon de Replay". Less than a year later, Rihanna released A Girl Like Me and earned her first number-one single, "SOS". In 2007, Rihanna released her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad. The Reloaded edition of the album has yielded eight singles, including "Umbrella", "Don't Stop the Music" and "Take a Bow".
On December 24, 2008 Rihanna stated that she would be back in the recording studio in early 2009 to resume working on her fourth studio album. She expects the album to be released in 2009. There are conflicting reports about her next album. MTV.com reported that Rihanna has now gone into the studio to start recording her fourth album."Bad Girl" was the first single to be recorded and featured rap vocals from Chris Brown, the single was since re-recorded by the Pussycat Dolls and now features in the film "Shopaholics." Other singles and demos have leaked too.
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On February 8, 2009, Rihanna's scheduled performance at the 2009 Grammy Awards was canceled.Reports later surfaced regarding an alleged alteraction with her boyfriend, singer Chris Brown. Brown has been arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats.
Rihanna went into the studio in early 2007 with Ne-Yo, Stargate, and Timbaland among others to record her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad. The album was released on June 5, 2007.
chris brown and rihanna picture (c) by Express Monorail (°O°Joe) from flickr
The album so far has yielded eight hit singles, including the worldwide number one hit "Umbrella," featuring Jay-Z. In addition to reaching number one in various countries, "Umbrella" was the number one single in the United Kingdom for 10 consecutive weeks, making it the longest-running UK number-one single since Wet Wet Wet's single "Love Is All Around" spent 15 weeks at the top in 1994. Her other singles, "Shut Up and Drive" and "Don't Stop The Music" were able to mirror the success of "Umbrella," with "Don't Stop the Music" reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 while peaking at number one in various countries.
chris brown and rihanna photo (c) by Express Monorail (°O°Joe) from flickr
With the re-issue of her third album, titled Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded, which was released on June 17, 2008, Rihanna released the singles "Take a Bow" — which became a worldwide number-one hit — the duet with Maroon 5, "If I Never See Your Face Again," and "Disturbia", the latter of which also peaked at the number-one spot on the Hot 100 chart, giving the artist her fourth number-one singles. Rihanna has five Billboard Hot 100 number ones hits both as a lead artist thus far ("SOS," "Umbrella," "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia"), as well as T.I.'s "Live Your Life", on which she is featured. This makes her one of the two female solo artist with the most number ones this decade, with the other being Beyonce. Good Girl Gone Bad has shipped over two million units in the United States, receiving a two-time platinum certification from RIAA; this gave Rihanna her best-selling album, to date.
Starting September 12, 2007, Rihanna toured Canada and the United States in support of the album with several shows and then crossed to Europe. The tour was called the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour, and was the first tour headlined by her alone. A documented performance at Manchester Evening News Arena on December 6, 2007 was released as a DVD on June 17, 2008. Rihanna won Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist at the 2008 American Music Award.