Swapping her innocent teen star look for an edgy bad girl vibe, Rihanna transformed her image into an independent rebellious woman. She adopted a new spiky asymmetrical hairstyle and raunchy stage performances.
The track featured an introductory rap from Jay-Z. Umbrella earned her a Grammy award and put her on the international music map. Her strong work ethic showcased a new creative control in her eighth album Anti, in , following her departure from Def Jam. The album has since spent five full years on the Billboard and made her a bestselling female artist. Plus recurring appearances in season 5 of Bates Motel.
Record labels will go far to keep a mega-selling star. But fans have been excited to hear she plans to drop another album this year. Posting on Instagram in February , the singer revealed she was back in the studio. A mixture of luck, incredible talent, hard work and great business acumen. And she continues to get involved with new projects. She has a great attitude, something aspiring musicians can learn from.
She offered some sage advice for the future when speaking with NME…. My creativity is within my control though, and I want to take my music and my brands to a different level. Fenty is a beauty brand owned by the singer , comprising make-up and skincare products. It previously included the sale of clothing and lingerie, although this side of the business has since been paused. After this, she had a long-term boyfriend, Saudi businessman Hassan Jameel.
But they have since broken up. Are you a Rihanna fan? Have you covered any of her songs? Let us know and share them in the comments below. Skip to content Main Navigation.
Events and Tickets Career advice Apply Now. How did Rihanna get famous? Where did Rihanna grow up? The move to America Evan Rogers invited Rihanna to the United States to record some demo tapes to send to record labels. In Rihanna also became the first artist in history to have million singles digitally downloaded and streamed. In late January , Rihanna released the album Anti , allowing Jay-Z's online streaming site Tidal to exclusively feature the collection of tracks for a week. The gambit paid off for the struggling service, with one million trial subscribers joining Tidal in less than a day to partake in a download promotion for Anti.
The album's lead single, "Work," featuring rapper Drake , earned two Grammy nominations. In , Rihanna scored another No. Branching out to screen work, Rihanna co-starred in the sci-fi flick Battleship and later voiced the lead character in the animated blockbuster Home In , Rihanna made recurring appearances in season 5 of Bates Motel , and earned a prominent role in the science fiction flick Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
That year, fans also got their first glimpse of the pop superstar alongside Sandra Bullock , Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway in trailers for Ocean's 8 , a female-led spinoff of the popular Ocean's Trilogy which hit theaters in June In , Rihanna launched the nonprofit Clara Lionel Foundation, named after her grandmother, which supports and funds education and early response programs around the world.
Rihanna has also made headlines in her personal life, although often for circumstances beyond her control. She first made gossip column headlines in when rumors swirled that she was having an affair with her mentor, Jay-Z, though she and Jay-Z dismissed such allegations as ridiculous. Later, she was romantically linked to billionaire Saudi businessman Hassan Jameel, before their split was reported in early In , Rihanna was the center of a media firestorm after a domestic violence incident in which her then-boyfriend Chris Brown assaulted her before an awards show.
The incident sparked a huge public outpouring of support for Rihanna, and she became a spokesperson against domestic violence. I didn't want people to feel bad for me. It was a very vulnerable time in my life, and I refused to let that be the image. I wanted them to see me as, 'I'm fine, I'm tough. In , Rihanna appeared to be reconnecting with Brown. The pair worked together on the song "Birthday Cake" released that year. When she became 14 years old, her parents had divorced and her previously declining health and begun to improve.
From a young age, Rihanna really liked Reggae music and practically grew up listening to it. She eventually became passionate about music and chose to drop out of highschool and pursue a career in music. Do you enjoy singing? The journey of Rihanna in the music industry began in when she teamed up with two of her classmates from the Combermere School to create a musical group of three people.
At this point, Rihanna was still attending high school according to the wishes of her mother, who she was staying with after their divorce. Initially, didn't manage to gain national recognition, but they did manage to catch the attention of Evan Rogers an American record producer while he was on a trip to Barbados.
The trio was given the chance of performing in an audition before this record producer and this was the point where Rihanna's amazing talent was initially discovered.
The producer was baffled by Rihanna's amazing voice and musical talent to the point wherein the performance of the girl group, she far outshined the other two girls. Being incredibly impressed by the innate talent of this girl, Evans Rogers set a meeting with Rihanna, but this time, with her guardian mother present as well. She was then invited by the producer to the United States for recording a bunch of demo tapes so that record labels could recognize her talent, with the permission of her mother to which she agreed.
The demo tape-recorded in this visit was later included in her debut album "Music of the Sun" which signaled to the world the rising of an amazing singer. During the same year her first album debuted, Rihanna got the opportunity to be in an official contract with a production company. However before her first album debuted, Rihanna's initial demos which were recorded by Rogers went knocking on the doorstep of Def Jam Recordings.
The demo was first listened to by Jay Brown, who was an executive at the label. He then recommended Jay-Z to listen to the demo and played "Pon de Replay" for him. Even though Jay-Z was skeptical of the prospects of Rihanna in the music industry, he still sent out an invitation to Rihanna for an audition.
Rihanna accepted the invitation and appeared for the audition in the year in NYC where she was introduced to Antonio "L. A" Reid who is considered a music mogul. Her performance had such an impact that not only Jay-Z was adamant at signing her to the label right away but Antonio also told Jay-Z to not let her leave the premises until the contract was completed.
On the same date, Rihanna signed a six-album contract with Def Jam Recordings and then relocated to the United States to record songs with the label. Many producers were involved in the production of her first album, out of which she primarily worked with Rogers and Carl Sturken. Once all of the tracks which were to be included in the album were finished, the next thing that needed to be done was to pick a lead single for the album. For this, the track "Pon de Replay" was chosen because of the free-spirited vibes that made it perfect to be released as a summer anthem.
Two months before the release of the album, the song "Pon de Replay" was released as a single by the artist "Rihanna". Soon after the release, "Pon de Replay" effortlessly climbed the global charts and peaked by securing the number 5 spot in over 15 different countries. Taking advantage of the incredible success of the single, the rest of the album was released in August The album collectively reached a total sales number of 2 million copies worldwide jump-starting her career as a successful singer.
Do you like singing? Imagine being recognized by everyone. After the incredible success of her first studio album "Music of the Sun" and her second studio album "A Girl Like Me" which went on to become her first platinum-certified album, Rihanna went to solidify her identity in the music industry in as well with her album "Good Girl Gone Bad".
She collaborated with artists like Timbaland, Tricky Stewart, and Sean Garrett for the production of her third studio album. This collaboration shifted the style Rihanna adopted in her songs which would lead her future in the same direction as well.
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