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| | Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born on 20th February, 1988 on island Barbados. Parents of Rihanna - Ronald and Monica Fenty are native islanders. Rihanna has two younger brothers - Rajad and Rorrey. Childhood of the future singer did not differ from the childhood of majority of islanders - primary and then high school. Since childhood, future star loved to sing but not in public but for her. Though, the song of Mariah Carey's “Hero” sung by her in school brought her the deserved title "Miss school" in native school in 2004. At the age of 15 years, Rihanna has had the luck to meet producer Evan Rogers, who, at that time, was holidaying in Barbados. After listening to her song, he helped the talented girl by bringing her recorded songs to USA and dispatching them to all recording companies. One of the copies of Rhanna's work was sent to popular rapper Jay-Z. Jay-Z was impressed and eventually, Rihanna reached US for recording her first album.
Debut album of Rihanna was called “Music of the Sun”, which was released in August, 2005. First single from the album, which was called "Pon De Replay", immediately topped the charts in US, then in Europe. Second single "If It's Lovin' That You Want" was less successful, but nevertheless, even the second single too managed to sneak into the charts. The same year, Rihanna toured alongside with Gwen Stefani to promote the album. Efforts have not gone waste and approximately 2 million copies of album was sold of which, around 500 000 were sold only in USA.
In April, 2006, after only 8 months after the release of first album, she released her second album - "A Girl Like Me". Composition "SOS" from this album occupies No #1 position in hit parade Billboard Hot 100. Other singles from this album - "Unfaithful", "We Ride", "Break It Off" were not less successful. In total, 11 compositions from first two albums became world famous hits! In 2006, Rihanna debuted as an actress. She played small roles in "Bring It On: All or Nothing", soap opera "All my children" and drama "Las Vegas".
On 5th June 2007, Rihanna released new album - "Good Girl Gone Bad". Stars such as Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Ne-Yo, Jay-Z took part in new album. Result of album has not kept waiting for long as single "Umbrella" became a hit all over the world. We will keep track of further successes of the talented performer with unusual name Rihanna.
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Grammy award winning singer from Barbados, Rihanna celebrated her 20th birthday yesterday. Rihanna is the second person from Barbados who received a Grammy Award. Gillette called her legs 2007 Venus Breeze "Celebrity Legs of a Goddess" and insured them for $1 million. Forbes listed her as one on the four richest teens in Hollywood. Well, as of yesterday, she's no longer a teen. This is good-bye to the teen's world for Rihanna.
