Rihanna Star

Rihanna- A Star In The Making

Article by Gen Wright

Do you know who Robyn Rihanna Fenty is? Are you familiar with the song, “Unfaithful”? Do you often dance to the tune of “Umbrella”? If you are an R&B fan, you must know all the answers to these questions.

The song “Unfaithful” is one of Billboard’s Hot 100 Top Ten entries in 2006. “Umbrella” however, took the US by storm as it became the United States’ number one hit single on the same year that this single was released. Furthermore, “Umbrella” won the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in the Grammy Awards in that same year. Indeed, Rihanna has become one of the hottest female artists in history.

Born in February 20, 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue her singing career. At this young age, Rihanna was able to have a fresh head start of her recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers. A year after, she signed a contract with DefJam Recordings and released her first studio album, Music of the Sun. Despite her young age, the album peaked in the Top Ten Billboard 200 chart. This was the start of Rihanna’s recording career.

In just a matter of a few months after the release of her first album, she was able to record her second studio album, A Girl Like Me. As expected, this album also made it to the Billboard albums chart, making her name a mainstay in the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Indeed, there is no stopping for this Barbadian girl, as her third album which was released in 2007 peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. Moreover, this same album featured five top ten hits, including “Umbrella”, “Disturbia”, “Don’t Stop the Music”, and “Take a Bow”. Correspondingly, because of these amazing hit singles, the album was nominated for nine Grammy Awards. Her latest album, Rated R, which is also her fourth album, once again peaked at number four on the Billboard 200. Three singles from this album peaked within the top ten of Billboard Hot 100.

From 2005 to 2010, Rihanna was able to establish her name in almost all recording stores all over the world. In less than five years of her recording career, she was able to achieve seven number one singles on Billboard Hot 100. And, as of July of 2010, she has sold more than 5, 563,000 album units in the United States alone. She was able to receive awards from prestigious award-winning bodies such as the World Music Awards, the American Music Awards, and the most coveted Grammy Awards. With all these achievements in such a short span of time, Rihanna is indeed one of the most phenomenal artists of the new generation. Today, there is practically no one that does not know her in the United States, and in other parts of the world. At such a young age, Rihanna has still a long way to go.

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