Rihanna

At 36 years old, Rihanna has this physical status:

Music career

Rihanna formed a musical trio with two of her classmates in Barbados, 2003. "The moment Rihanna stepped into the room, it was like the other two girls didn't exist," the girl group auditioned with American record producer Evan Rogers, who explained, "it was like the other two girls didn't exist." Rihanna went to Rogers' hotel room, where she gave renditions of Destiny's Child's "Emotion" and Mariah Carey's "Hero." Rogers arranged a second meeting with Rihanna's mother, then welcomed Rihanna to the United States to record some demo tapes that could be sent to record labels. Recordings were irregular, taking about a year because she was only able to record during school holidays. The demo tapes "Pon de Replay" and "The Last Time" were two songs on her debut album Music of the Sun, and she eventually included "Pon de Replay" and "The Last Time" on the demo tape. Rihanna was signed to Syndicated Rhythm Productions in Rogers' and Carl Sturken's production firm, Syndicated Rhythm Productions, the same year.

The demo by Rihanna was sent out to Def Jam Recordings, where Jay Brown, an A&R executive at the record label, was one of the first to hear the performance. Brown appeared on the demo tape for rapper Jay-Z, who had been named president and CEO of Def Jam and had just been posted on the internet. When Jay-Z first heard the song "Pon de Replay," he said it was too large for her. Despite being skeptical, Rihanna was invited to audition for the brand. Rihanna auditioned for Def Jam in New York City, where Jay-Z introduced her to music mogul Antonio "L.A." Reid in early 2005. She sang Whitney Houston's "For the Love of You" at the audition, as well as "Pon de Replay" and "The Last Time" on the demo. After she sang her forthcoming single "Pon de Replay," Jay-Z was absolutely positive about signing her. L.A. Reid, Reid's manager, was also impressed with her audition, telling Jay-Z not to let Rihanna leave the building until the deal was signed. Reid pleaded with Jay-Z and his crew to end the contract, which culminated in a six-album record with Def Jam. She waited in Jay-Z's office until 3:00 a.m. to get lawyers to draft a deal because he wanted to stop her from signing with another name. Rihanna dropped other meetings with record labels and moved from Barbados to the United States to live with Rogers and his wife.

Jay-Z and his crew assisted Rihanna's debut album on Def Jam and spent the next three months recording and finishing her debut album. Rogers and his production partner Carl Sturken were among her first studio album's completed, and she worked with various designers to get their debut studio album out of the box. "Pon de Replay" was selected as the best song to pick as a lead single in the summer market, out of many others. "Pon de Replay," her debut single under her mononym "Rihanna," was released in May 2005. It has thrived around the world, with some countries ranking in the top five in fifteen countries, including No. 9 in the top five. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Chart. The song became a hit in the United States, peaking at No. 71. 1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs.

In August 2005, Music of the Sun was first published. It debuted at No. 1 on the charts at No. 1. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), a 10th edition of the Billboard 200, has been given a gold medal by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting deliveries of over 500,000 units. The album has been available in over 2 million countries. "If It's Lovin' That You Want" was not as popular as its predecessor, but it did place in top tens in Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand as a second single. Rihanna made her debut in a cameo role in the hit straight-to-DVD film Bring It On: All or Nothing, which was released in August 2006.

Rihanna began working on her second studio album a month after the release of her debut album. In April 2006, a girl like Me was first introduced. "The burning rock guitar" and haunted strings of some of the album's songs made "A Girl Like Me [...] likable," Rolling Stone found. The album was a commercial success, peaking in the top ten in 13 nations. The album debuted at No. 1 on the charts. In Canada, there are 1 and No. 1s, as well as No. 1. 5 in the United Kingdom and the United States, where it sold 115,000 copies in the first week. After selling over 1,000,000 units, the album became Rihanna's first Platinum by the RIAA. Its lead single, "SOS," was a worldwide success, peaking in the top five nations. The album debuted at No. 1. She is the first woman to achieve this chart position in Australia and the United States Billboard Hot 100 and Australia. "Unfaithful," the album's second single, debuted in 18 countries, including No. 10. In Canada and Switzerland, there are two. "We Ride" and "Break It Off" were two more singles from the album.

Rihanna appeared on "Roll It" with Jamaican band J-Status and fellow Barbadian singer-songwriter Shontelle in early 2007. The song appeared on J-Status' debut album The Beginning, which was released in a variety of European countries only. Rihanna had already started recording her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad, around the time. Timbaland, Tricky Stewart, and Sean Garrett, among others, pioneered a new musical direction with upbeat dance tracks. The album debuted at No. 77 in May 2007. 2 in Australia and the United States have dominated charts in several nations, including Brazil, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. The album received the most critical praise of its first three albums.

In 13 countries, the lead single, "Umbrella," topped the charts and stayed at No. 1. The longest-running No. 1 in the United Kingdom has been in operation for ten weeks in a row. Since "Love Is All Around" by Wet Wet Wet's single "Love Is All Around" spent 15 weeks at the top in 1994, there has been a single there. It was Rihanna's first single to be named as one of the country's best-selling singles, with sales of over 8 million copies. Both "Shut Up and Drive," "Hate That I Love You" (featuring Ne-Yo) and "Don't Stop the Music" were also released as singles, with the former becoming a worldwide hit. Rihanna started the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour in September 2007, with 80 shows around the United States, Canada, and Europe. Rihanna was nominated for several Grammy Awards for Good Girl Gone Bad, including Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Umbrella" alongside Jay-Z, her first Grammy Award.

Rihanna released Good Girl Gone Bad Live, her first long-form film, on June 9, 2008. Rihanna's concert at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom, on December 6, 2007, as part of the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour, was included in the DVD and Blu-ray series. The collection also included a special documentary that featured Rihanna's travels during the tour. Rihanna's staying power had remained on the charts by late 2008 with the introduction of Good Girl Gone Bad's fifth single, "Rehab," and she was named "Diva of the Year" by Entertainment Weekly for her "newfound staying power." Gut Girl Gone Bad alone in the United States has sold over 2.8 million units in the United States, obtaining a two-times-Platinum award from the RIAA. It's Rihanna's best-selling album in the country to date. The album has sold 9 million units around the world.

Rihanna experimented with pop, dubstep, and rock music in the late 2000s, effectively shifting her musical style and image away from the Barbados island girl. Rihanna appeared on the Glow in the Dark Tour in 2008 alongside Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, and N.E.R.D. Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded, her third studio album, was released in June 2008 with three new songs: "Disturbia," "Take a Bow," and the Maroon 5 duet "If I Never See Your Face Again," as well as a Spanglish version of "Hate That I Love You" starring Spanish pop singer David Bisbal. Both four four foursome were launched as singles and charted highly, achieving international leaders. Rihanna and a group of other female singers recorded the charity single "Just Stand Up!" in August 2008. "The theme tune to the anti-cancer movement Stand Up to Cancer" is "Stand Up to Cancer." A duet between T.I. and M.I. "Live Your Life." Rihanna and Jack was released in November and topped the Billboard Hot 100.

Rihanna's planned appearance at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards on February 8, 2009, was postponed. According to reports, Chris Brown, the boyhood's brother, had physically assaulted her. He was arrested on suspicion of making criminal arrests. Brown was charged with assault and making criminal charges on March 5, 2009. Rihanna sustained apparent injuries in a leaked photo from the police department retrieved by TMZ.com. Rihanna appeared on Jay-Z's single "Run This Town," which also starred Kanye West and was released as the second single from Jay-Z's eleventh studio album The Blueprint 3.

Rihanna started working on her fourth studio album, Rated R. Rated R. In November 2009, she first recorded it in early 2009. Rihanna "transformed her music and released one of the year's best pop hits," Rolling Stone magazine said on the album, "rating R" had a darker and more foreboding tone than Rihanna's previous albums. On the US Billboard 200 chart, 4 are among the four. Six singles, including "Rude Boy," which was the album's biggest worldwide success, debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks and landed in 22 other countries, supported the album. Rihanna performed "Redemption Song" for the Hope for Haiti Now campaign in January 2010. She performed the song "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" with Jay-Z, Bono, and The Edge in the same effort to raise the 2010 Haiti earthquake relief fund.

Rihanna co-authored "Love the Way You Lie," a national hit that debuted at No. 1 in summer 2010. In over 20 countries, there are 1 in over 20 countries. The album debuted at number two in the United Kingdom, and the first of Rihanna's singles' singles to sell over a million copies in the country. Rihanna changed managers in October 2010 and joined Jay-Z's Roc Nation Management. Kanye West's "All of the Lights" from her debut studio album "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010), Nicki Minaj's "Fly," from her debut studio album Pink Friday (2010) and David Guetta's "Who's That Chick" were among three singles released in late 2010. "One More Love," was the album on the album One More Love (2010).

Loud, Rihanna's fifth studio album, was released in November 2010. Three Billboard Hot 100s were released on the album. "Only Girl (In the World)" is its lead single, "What is My Name?" says the singer. Following the debut of its official remix starring Britney Spears, "Mega" starring rapper Drake and "S&M" appears on "S&M." Rihanna set a record as the solo artist with the most top 10 charts in the Hot 100s history. "Only Girl (In the World)" received the Best Dance Recording Award at the 53rd Grammy Awards.

In May 2011, "Man Down" and "California King Bed" were released as singles, with moderate success. The album's seventh and last single, "Cheers (Drink to That), interpolates Avril Lavigne's 2002 single "I'm With You," was released. Rihanna began performing on her Loud Tour in June 2011, which sold out ten nights at The O2 Arena in West London, making it the most sold-out shows for a female artist in the venue's history. In 2011, the tour was the seventh highest-grossing tour in the world. She listed her St John's Wood, North London home for auction in September 2020 for £32 million.

Talk That Talk, Rihanna's sixth album, Talk That Talk, was released in November 2011. At No. 1, the album debuted at No. 1. 3 in the United States and the No. 1 in the United States and the United States; no. 4 in the United States and No. No. 77. "We Found Love," the album's lead single, topped charts in twenty-seven countries and ranked in the top ten in 30 countries, as well as breaking numerous chart records worldwide. The single debuted on Billboard Hot 100 for ten weeks in a row, becoming Rihanna's longest-running No. 107. 1 single on the chart and the longest-running No. In the United States, one of the 2011 Census was the first of the year. The song was later named as the 24th most popular hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for the 24th time. The album's second and third singles, "You Da One" and Jay-Z's title track, were released with moderate success. The fifth single "Where Have You Been," charted globally, has descended to No. 1. In the United States, 5 people live in the United States and No. 4 in the United States and No. In the United Kingdom, there are six. The album's sixth and final single, starring rapper ASAP Rocky, was released as "Cockiness (Love It)" on the album's sixth and final single.

Two collaborations starring Rihanna were announced in early 2012: Coldplay's "Princess China," from their album Mylo Xyloto, and Drake's "Take Care" from his album of the same name. Rihanna was named Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 2012 Grammy Awards for her Kanye West collaboration "All of the Lights" in February 2012 and was named Best International Female Solo Artist at the 2012 BRIT Awards for the second year in a row. Two collaborations between Rihanna and Chris Brown, including remixes of her song "Birthday Cake" and his "Turn Up the Music," were released in March 2012. Due to the pair's history of domestic abuse, the recordings received mainly critical feedback. "We Found Love" received the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year in September 2012, making Rihanna the first woman to be honoured more than once.

Unapologetic, Rihanna's seventh studio album, was released in November 2012. The album debuted at No. 1 in the United States and debuted at No. 1. Rihanna's first No. 1 appears on the Billboard 200 albums chart, marking Rihanna's first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts. The country has only one album. "Diamonds," the album's lead single, debuted at No. 7. 1 in more than 20 countries worldwide, including on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it became Rihanna's 12 No. 1 for 12. On the chart, there are 1st on the list. "Stay," Mikky Ekko's album's second single, debuted in over twenty countries, including No. 5. Billboard Hot 100 #3 is number three. Rihanna embarked on the 777 Tour, a seven-day tour of seven countries, as a prelude to the album's debut. Fox aired a documentary about the tour on May 6, 2013, with a documentary DVD launching the next day as Rihanna's third live long-form video debut.

Rihanna received her sixth Grammy Award in February 2013 in the category Best Short Form Music Video for "We Found Love" (2011). Rihanna had sold 3,868,000 records in the country's first year, ranked No. 1 for the first time this month. No. 1 on the list of 2013 BRIT Awards Artist nominees. The Diamonds World Tour, Rihanna's fifth headlining concert tour, debuted in March 2013 in support of Unapologetic. Rihanna was first seen in the Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg comedy film This Is the End, which was released in June 2013. Wale, an American hip hop musician, debuted a remixed version of his single "Bad" starring Rihanna last month. Eminem's fourth studio album, "The Monster," was released in October 2013.

Rihanna appeared on Shakira's album, "I Can't Remember to Forget You." Rihanna decided not to record music after the unveiling of Unapologetic and its accompanying tour, saying, "I wanted to have a year to do whatever I want artistically and creatively." Rihanna left Def Jam Recordings to join Roc Nation in May 2014, the first label to have dominated her career since October 2010.

The single "FourFiveSeconds" was released a year after Rihanna began recording on her eighth album, starring Rihanna and Kanye West and Paul McCartney. Two more singles followed its launch: "Bitch Better Have My Money" and "American Oxygen" were among the final track listings for Rihanna's eighth studio album. Rihanna delves into other ventures and appeared in Tip in the animated feature film Home alongside Jim Parsons and Jennifer Lopez, based on Adam Rex's True Meaning of Smekday. For the film, Rihanna also released a concept album soundtrack.

Rihanna announced a $25 million deal with Samsung in late 2015, which would see her advertising Samsung's Galaxy series of products, but Samsung will not sponsor the debut of her eighth studio album and its support tour. The Anti World Tour debuted in November 2015 and began in March 2016, with Travis Scott assisting in North America and Big Sean supporting selected European dates. At some European sites, the Weeknd had initially intended to help, but he turned down due to "unforeseen developments in forthcoming projects." Rihanna unveiled her eighth studio album, Anti, on January 28, 2016, primarily through Tidal's subscription service. The album reached No. 1 on the charts. Rihanna's second No. 1 on the US Billboard 200, marking her second No. 1 on the US Billboard 200. This is the eighth top ten album on the charts. The album was backed by the debut of four singles, including Drake's lead single "Work," which debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Needed Me" and "Love on the Brain," two platinum-certified singles, both reached the top ten of the US Hot 100.

Rihanna appeared in several singles in 2016. Kanye West's "Famous," where Rihanna provided uncredited guest vocals. She was later on Calvin Harris' "This Is What You Came For" show, which was a huge success. Rihanna appeared on Drake's "Too Fine" and Mike Will Made It's "Nothing Is Promised" as a result. Rihanna released "Sledgehammer," a single from the Star Trek Beyond film soundtrack, in June 2016. Rihanna received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards on August 28, 2016, after appearing in various medleys of her hit songs.

In 2017, Rihanna began a number of collaborations. She appeared in Future's "Selfish," the rapper's sixth studio album, Hndrxx, for the first time. Rihanna's collaborations with record producer DJ Khaled, "Wild Thoughts," which also starred Bryson Tiller and was a worldwide success, and Kendrick Lamar's single "Loyalty" earned Rihanna her ninth Grammy Award at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards in summer 2017. Rihanna appeared on N.E.R.D's comeback single "Lemon" from the band's album "No One Ever Dies" in November 2017.

Shakka revealed in October 2017 that he had been working with Rihanna on her "completely insane" album. Rihanna revealed that the album would be released in 2019 in December 2018, and later announced that it would be a reggae project. Fans of Rihanna and co-songwriter Collin Edwards, Monique Lawrence, and Alexander Ogunmokun discovered a song called "Private Life" with the music publishing company BMI in August. She had signed with Sony/ATV Music Publishing in September 2019. In an Instagram post in December 2019, Rihanna hinted to her album being complete and indefinitely withholding the publication date. She will be next featured on Canadian singer PartyNextDoor's album "Believe It" when it was released on March 27, 2020. Rihanna announced on September 25, 2022, that she would be headlining the Super Bowl LVII halftime show. She's debut in over five years as well as the conclusion of her long-imposed exile from the event, which she triggered in honor of Colin Kaepernick. Rihanna will do a stadium tour in 2023, according to HDD's October that they were confirmed in October.

Business career

Reb'l Fleur, Rihanna's first fragrance, was launched in January 2011. Reb'l Fleur, according to Rolling Stone, was a financial success and was expected to gross US$80 million at retail by the end of 2011. Rebelle, Rihanna's second fragrance, was launched in February 2012. Anthony Mandler, a director who also shot the promotional campaign for Reb'l Fleur, shot Rebelle's promotional film. Rihanna debuted Nude, her third fragrance, in November 2012. Rogue, Rihanna's fourth women's fragrance, was launched on September 14, 2013, followed by a male version dubbed Rogue Men, which was released in 2014.

Rihanna is a co-owner, alongside various other music artists, in Tidal's music streaming service on March 30, 2015. The service specializes in lossless audio and high definition music videos. In the first quarter of 2015, Jay-Z acquired Tidal, Aspiro's parent company. Beyoncé and Jay-Z, sixteen artist stakeholders (such as Kanye West, Beyoncé, Madonna, Chris Martin, Nicki Minaj, and others) co-own Tidal, with the majority owning a 3% stake. On the introduction of Tidal, Jay-Z said, "The challenge is to get everybody to respect music once more and to recognize its value." Rihanna will be releasing her music through her own label Westbury Road Entertainment, which was established in 2005. The name of her Barbados home, Westbury Road, is the spelling of her Westbury Road. Universal Music Group will sell the album. Melissa Forde as the label's photographer and KazeLoon are among Westbury Road Entertainment's artist roster members.

Rihanna and Benoit Demouy formed Fr8me, a beauty and stylist firm established in November 2015. The Los Angeles firm was established in the hopes of assisting artists in securing commercials, editorial shoots, ad campaigns, and red-carpet appearances. "I am really involved in my process, so this agency was an organic thing for me to do," Rihanna said. Mylah Morales, costume stylist Jason Bolden, hairstylist Patricia Morales, and Marcia Hamilton are among the roster's makeup artists. Rihanna opened "A Dog Ate My Homework," a photographic group that represents photographers Erik Asla and Deborah Anderson, in addition to Fr8me.

Fenty was a fashion brand established by Rihanna under the luxury fashion brand LVMH, which launched in May 2019. She was the first woman to design an original brand for LVMH and the first woman of color to lead an LVMH company. The house debuted in a pop-up store in Paris on May 22, 2019 before launching worldwide on May 29 with clothing, accessories, and footwear. It was the first time LVMH had launched a new line since 1987. The fashion brand was praised as groundbreaking, and Rihanna said she had been given "unique opportunity to create a fashion house in the luxury market with no artistic constraints" in a tweet. Rihanna and LVMH decided to "put on hold" her Fenty fashion house and continue building on the SavagexFenty lingerie line due to the COVID-19 pandemic's effects in February 2021.

Rihanna only uses her surname for company ventures that are not connected to her music career in order not to conflate the two entities. Rihanna filed a lawsuit against her father, Ronald Fenty, in January 2019 alleging the use of the Fenty name for commercial purposes. The lawsuit claims that Rihanna's cosmetics brand, Fenty Beauty, was damaged by her father's firm, Fenty Entertainment, through misrepresentation of his firm as associated with her. Rihanna dropped the case against her father in September 2021.

Fenty Beauty, Rihanna's critically acclaimed cosmetics firm, was launched in 2017 under the supervision of LVMH's Kendo Brands. According to Forbes, Rihanna owns 55% of Fenty Beauty. The partnership was worth $10 million and Rihanna will continue to sell various beauty items. On September 8, 2017, Fenty Beauty's first series was available in over 150 countries in both bricks and online. It featured a variety of foundations, highlighters, bronzers, blush compacts, lip glosses, and blotting sheets, and was lauded for its broad collection of skin tones. The breadth of its product range was cited by Time Magazine as one of "The 25 Best Inventions of 2017" based on its breadth. The brand, which has been dubbed the "Fenty Effect," changed the way other cosmetic companies approached diversity in marketing and product formulation: "Now beauty stores – niche, company, and those in between – are expanding their color palettes to include a wider variety of skin tones." The new standard was four shades.

Savage X Fenty, Rihanna's lingerie brand, was launched in 2018. Rihanna's dream of creating an inclusive brand was born in the line. Products are available in a variety of shades to suit all skin tones and a variety of sizes. In September 2018, she represented the brand at the New York Fashion Week. The brand has been lauded by the public for including plus size models in its advertisements, but some consumers complain that there are not enough plus sizes.

Rihanna sponsored the brand in a show at the Barclays Center in September 2019, bringing together models Alex Wek, Bella Hadid, Cara Delevingne, actor Laverne Cox, and musicians Normani and 21 Savage. DJ Khaled, Halsey, ASAP Ferg, Big Sean, Migos, Fat Joe, Fabolous, and Tierra Whack were among the featured performers. On September 20, 2019, the show premiered on Amazon Prime Video as the Savage X Fenty Show. In 2020, the spectacle was revived for the third time, with performances from Travis Scott, Rosal'a, Bad Bunny, Ella Mai, Lizzo, Big Sean, Miguel, Roddy Ricch, and Rico Nasty. On October 2, 2020, this version debuted on Amazon Prime Video.

Rihanna unveiled Fenty Skin, a skin care company, in July 2020.

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