Rihanna

Rihanna
Age: 22
Date of birth: February 20, 1988
Born: Saint Michael, Barbados
Genres: Pop, R&B, Dance, Reggae, Hip Hop

Rihanna burst on to the music scene in 2005 with the hit single Pon De Replay, and has since evolved to becoming one of today's most dominating pop stars. Her incredible music has won her more fans than awards, and has made her the most successful Barbadian recording artist in the world. Rihanna is currently the title-holder of the female artist with the most No. 1 songs since the year 2000, previewing the legendary success she will continue to enjoy for years to come. (read complete biography)

Quick facts

* 6 #1 singles
* 3 Grammy awards
* 16 million albums sold

Me and Rihanna

Favourite song
SOS, my all-time favourite song including other artists, largely attributed by the synth hook samples from Soft Cell's Tainted Love, which I heard long before even listening to SOS.

Favourite album
Good Girl Gone Bad. The first two albums were a bore (even though they contained Pon De Replay and SOS respectively). The fourth album was a little too over-done. Hence, the third album, Good Girl Gone Bad, is the best.

First song I heard
Unfaithful being played over the speakers in a talent show at a shopping mall for some teenage girl to cover.

How I became a fan
I watched Bring It On because it was playing on TV. I then watched the third movie in the Bring It On series, which featured SOS. Prior to this, I've already heard SOS but I didn't like it then. This time, I went to buy the whole album just for that song, and if I'm not wrong, Good Girl Gone Bad dropped a few weeks later, with Umbrella cementing me as a Rihanna fan.

Favourite Rihanna vocal performance
Photographs in the Rated R album. I think she sounded really good in Hate That I Love You as well.

Rihanna looked best in the year
2006. Miss the long hair in her SOS era. Her hair gets worse with each other. It was okay in 2007, then became even shorter in 2008, and by 2009, she had a cockatoo for a hairstyle.

Discography

*released as a single

Music of the Sun (2005)
First studio album
Billboard 200 position: #10
My favourite tracks:
• Pon De Replay*
• If It's Lovin' That U Want*











A Girl Like Me (2006)
Second studio album
Billboard 200 position: #5
My favourite tracks:
• SOS*
• Unfaithful*
• Break It Off*










Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Third studio album
Billboard 200 position: #2
My favourite tracks:
• Umbrella featuring Jay-Z*
• Shut Up And Drive*
• Hate That I Love You featuring Ne-yo*
• Don't Stop The Music*
• Take A Bow*
• If I Never See Your Face Again with Maroon 5*
• Disturbia*
• Breakin' Dishes
• Cry
• Good Girl Gone Bad
• Push Up On Me
• Sell Me Candy

Rated R (2009)
Fourth studio album
Billboard 200 position: #4
My favourite tracks:
• Russian Roulette*
• Wait Your Turn*
• Hard featuring Young Jeezy*
• Rude Boy*
• Firebomb
• Mad House
• Photographs featuring will.i.am






Other great records

Run This Town (2009)
Single with Jay-Z featuring Kanye West
Billboard Hot 100 position: #2







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