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{{Short description|Barbadian singer, actress, and businesswoman (born 1988)}}
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| honorific_prefix  = [[The Right Excellent]]
| name              = Rihanna Fenty
| name              = Rihanna
| honorific_suffix  = [[Order of National Heroes|NH]]
| image              = Rihanna Fenty 2018.png
| image              = Rihanna Fenty 2018.png
| caption            = Rihanna in 2018
| caption            = Fenty in 2018
| birth_name        = Robyn Rihanna Fenty
| birth_name        = Robyn Rihanna Fenty
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1988|2|20}}
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|2|20}}
| other_names        =
| birth_place        = [[Saint Michael, Barbados]]
| birth_place        = [[Saint Michael, Barbados|Saint Michael]], Barbados
| occupation        = {{Flat list|
| works = {{hlist|[[Rihanna albums discography|Albums]]|[[Rihanna singles discography|singles]]|[[List of songs recorded by Rihanna|songs recorded]]|[[List of Rihanna live performances|performances]]|[[Rihanna videography|videography]]}}<!--Her business works are in "organisation"-->
*Singer
| organisation      = {{plainlist|
*songwriter
* [[Clara Lionel Foundation]]
*actress
* [[Fenty Beauty]]
*fashion designer
* [[Fenty (manufacturer)|Fenty]]
*businesswoman
}}
}}
| occupation        = {{flatlist|
| height             = 173 cm
* Singer
| partner            = [[ASAP Rocky]] (2020{{ndash}}present)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a34834898/rihanna-asap-rocky-relationship-timeline/|title=Everything We Know About Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's Relationship|last1=Sanchez|first1=Chelsey|last2=Park|first2=Sabrina|last3=Mackelden|first3=Amy|magazine=[[Harper's Bazaar]]|date=January 31, 2022|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
* actress
| net_worth          = [[United States dollar|US $]]1.7 billion
* businesswoman
}}
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Rihanna|Full list]]
| years_active      = 2003–present
| partner            = [[Chris Brown]] (2007–2009; 2012–2013)<br>[[ASAP Rocky]] (2020–present)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a34834898/rihanna-asap-rocky-relationship-timeline/|title=Everything We Know About Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's Relationship|last1=Sanchez|first1=Chelsey|last2=Park|first2=Sabrina|last3=Mackelden|first3=Amy|magazine=[[Harper's Bazaar]]|date=January 31, 2022|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
| children          = 1
| children          = 1
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| misc              = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| website            = {{URL|rihanna.com}}
| years_active = 2003–present
| module            = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| instrument  = Vocals
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* [[Pop music|Pop]]
*[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
* [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
*[[Pop music|pop]]
* [[reggae]]
*[[reggae]]
* [[Hip hop music|hip hop]]
*[[Hip hop music|hip hop]]
* [[Electronic dance music|EDM]]
*[[Dance music|dance]]
*[[dubstep]]
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}}
| instrument = Vocals
| label       = {{Flat list|
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*Roc Nation
* [[Roc Nation]]
*[[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]
* [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]
*SRP
* SRP
*Westbury Road
* Westbury Road
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| associated_acts = <!--PLEASE NOTE: If you are going to add to this list, make sure that it is an artist who has formed a SIGNIFICANT part of Rihanna's career.-->{{flatlist|
| associated_acts = {{Flat list|
* [[Calvin Harris]]
*[[Chris Brown (entertainer)|Chris Brown]]
* [[Chris Brown]]
*[[Jay-Z]]
* [[David Guetta]]
*[[Eminem]]
* [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]
*[[Drake (entertainer)|Drake]]
* [[Eminem]]
*[[Ne-Yo]]
* [[Jay-Z]]
*[[Calvin Harris]]
* [[Kanye West]]
*[[Nicki Minaj]]
* [[Ne-Yo]]
}}
}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.rihannanow.com/|rihannanow.com}}
}}
}}
| module2            = {{Infobox officeholder|embed=yes
| office = [[Barbados|Barbadian]] [[Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary]]
| term_start = September 20, 2018
}}
}}
}}
'''Robyn Rihanna Fenty''' {{postnom|list=[[Order of National Heroes|NH]]}}<ref name=NationalHero>{{cite web |title=Barbados National Honours and Decorations 2021 |url=http://governmentprintery.gov.bb/portal/scripts/getpdf.php?i=1583&t=unofficial |publisher=Barbados Government Printing Department |access-date=9 December 2021 |date=1 December 2021 |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204223132/http://governmentprintery.gov.bb/portal/scripts/getpdf.php?i=1583&t=unofficial |url-status=dead }}</ref> (born February 20, 1988) ({{IPAc-en|r|i|ˈ|æ|n|ə}} {{Respell|ree|ANN|ə}})<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJP6q7XzLrQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/hJP6q7XzLrQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Rihanna shows AJ Hammer how to pronounce her name.|work=HLN|via=YouTube|access-date=May 2, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A$AP Rocky Answers 18 Questions From Rihanna |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AiDa3ZD20Y |website=YouTube |publisher=GQ|date=August 26, 2020|access-date=February 17, 2022}}</ref>{{refn|It is also common for English-language speakers to pronounce her name {{IPAc-en|r|i|'|a:|n|ə}} {{Respell|ree|AH|nə}}|group=n}} is a Barbadian singer, actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman. Born in [[Saint Michael, Barbados|Saint Michael]] and raised in [[Bridgetown]], Barbados, Rihanna was discovered by American record producer [[Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers|Evan Rogers]] who invited her to the United States to record demo tapes. After signing with [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]] in 2005, she soon gained recognition with the release of her first two studio albums, ''[[Music of the Sun]]'' (2005) and ''[[A Girl like Me (Rihanna album)|A Girl Like Me]]'' (2006), both of which were influenced by [[Caribbean music]] and peaked within the top ten of the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart.


Rihanna's third album, ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' (2007), incorporated elements of [[dance-pop]] and established her status as a [[sex symbol]] in the music industry. The chart-topping single "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]" earned Rihanna her first [[Grammy Award]] and catapulted her to global stardom. She continued to mix [[pop music|pop]], [[dance music|dance]], and [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] genres on her next studio albums, ''[[Rated R (Rihanna album)|Rated R]]'' (2009), ''[[Loud (Rihanna album)|Loud]]'' (2010), ''[[Talk That Talk]]'' (2011), and ''[[Unapologetic]]'' (2012), the latter of which became her first ''Billboard'' 200 number one. The albums spawned a string of chart-topping singles, including "[[Rude Boy (Rihanna song)|Rude Boy]]", "[[Only Girl (In the World)]]", "[[What's My Name? (Rihanna song)|What's My Name?]]", "[[S&M (song)|S&M]]", "[[We Found Love]]", "[[Where Have You Been]]" and "[[Diamonds (Rihanna song)|Diamonds]]". Her eighth album, ''[[Anti (album)|Anti]]'' (2016), showcased a new creative control following her departure from Def Jam. It became her second US number one album and featured the chart-topping single "[[Work (Rihanna song)|Work]]". During her musical career, Rihanna has collaborated with many artists, such as [[Drake (musician)|Drake]], [[Eminem]], [[Jay-Z]], [[Kanye West]], [[Adam Levine]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[Ne-Yo]], and [[Shakira]].
'''Robyn Rihanna Fenty''' (born 20 February 1988) is a Barbadian singer, actress, fashion designer and businesswoman. She started her music career in 2003. She has released eight studio albums and three [[DVD]]s. Rihanna has won many awards. These include five [[American Music Awards]], eighteen ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Music Awards, two [[BRIT Awards]], and nine [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-04|title=Rihanna|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/rihanna|access-date=2019-06-21|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en}}</ref> She has had fourteen number-one singles on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart. In 2012, the American magazine ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' named Rihanna one of the most influential people in the world.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=McCartney|first=Stella|date=April 18, 2012|title=Rihanna - 2012 Time 100: The Most Influential People in the World|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2111948,00.html|url-status=dead|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|publisher=[[Time Inc]]. ([[Time Warner]])|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501183410/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2111948,00.html|archive-date=May 1, 2013|access-date=April 18, 2012}}</ref>


With sales of over 250&nbsp;million records worldwide, Rihanna is the [[List of best-selling music artists|second-best-selling female music artist of all time]]. She has earned [[List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones#Most number-one singles|14 number-ones]] and 31 top-ten singles in the US and 30 top-ten entries in the UK. Her [[List of awards and nominations received by Rihanna|accolades]] include nine [[Grammy Award]]s, 13 [[American Music Awards]] (including the [[American Music Award for Icon|Icon Award]]), 12 [[Billboard Music Awards|''Billboard'' Music Awards]], six ''[[Guinness World Records]]'', and the [[NAACP]]'s [[NAACP Image Award – President's Award|President's Award]]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' named her one of the [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]] in 2012 and 2018. ''[[Forbes]]'' ranked her among the top ten [[Forbes Celebrity 100|highest-paid celebrities]] in 2012 and 2014. As of 2021, she is the wealthiest female musician, with an estimated net worth of $1.7 billion.<ref name="networth">{{Cite news|last1=Pandey|first1=Manish|last2=Brown|first2=Lindsay|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-58084543|title=Fenty Beauty: How make-up helped Rihanna become a billionaire|work=BBC News|date=August 11, 2021|access-date=August 12, 2021}}</ref>
Her third album, ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' (2007) made her popular in the music business. The chart-topping single "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]" earned Rihanna her first [[Grammy Award]]. Her next albums ''[[Rated R (Rihanna album)|Rated R]]'' (2009), ''[[Loud (Rihanna album)|Loud]]'' (2010), ''[[Talk That Talk]]'' (2011), and ''[[Unapologetic]]'' (2012) became very popular. From these albums, her best known singles were "[[Rude Boy (Rihanna song)|Rude Boy]]", "[[Only Girl (In the World)]]", "[[What's My Name? (Rihanna song)|What's My Name?]]", "[[S&M (song)|S&M]]", "[[We Found Love]]", "[[Where Have You Been]]" and "[[Diamonds (Rihanna song)|Diamonds]]".  


Aside from music, Rihanna is known for her involvement in humanitarian causes, entrepreneurial ventures, and the fashion industry. She is the founder of the nonprofit organisation [[Clara Lionel Foundation]], cosmetics brand [[Fenty Beauty]], and fashion house [[Fenty (manufacturer)|Fenty]] under [[LVMH]]; she is the first black woman to head a luxury brand for LVMH.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Bryant|first=Kenzie|title=Rihanna Is the First Black Woman to Head a Luxury Brand for LVMH|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/05/rihanna-luxury-brand-for-lvmh|access-date=April 11, 2021|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=May 10, 2019|language=en-us}}</ref> Rihanna has also ventured into acting, appearing in major roles in ''[[Battleship (film)|Battleship]]'' (2012), ''[[Home (2015 film)|Home]]'' (2015), ''[[Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets]]'' (2017), and ''[[Ocean's 8]]'' (2018). She was appointed as an ambassador of education, tourism, and investment by the [[Government of Barbados]] in 2018, and was declared a [[National Hero of Barbados]] on the first day of the [[Republicanism in Barbados|country's parliamentary republic]] in 2021, entitling her to the style of "[[The Right Excellent]]" for life.<ref name=NationalHero />
Rihanna was honored as a [[National Hero of Barbados]] on the first day of the [[Barbados|country]]'s independence in November 2021.<ref name=NationalHero>{{cite web |title=BARBADOS NATIONAL HONOURS AND DECORATIONS 2021 |url=http://governmentprintery.gov.bb/portal/scripts/getpdf.php?i=1583&t=unofficial |publisher=Barbados Government Printing Department |access-date=9 December 2021 |date=1 December 2021 |archive-date=4 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204223132/http://governmentprintery.gov.bb/portal/scripts/getpdf.php?i=1583&t=unofficial |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==Early life==
==Career==
Rihanna was also ranked the fourth most powerful celebrity in 2012.  She earned $53 million between May 2011 and May 2012, according to ''[[Forbes]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/genre/hip-hop/2012/05/16/jennifer-lopez-rihanna-land-atop-forbes-celebrity-100-list/|title=News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity|website=MTV News}}</ref> In 2013, Rihanna was given the first ever Icon Award at the [[American Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/blog/2013/11/25/Rihannas-mom-presents-her-with-Icon-Award-at-the-AMAs-VIDEO/3571385424849/|title=Rihanna's mom presents her with Icon Award at the AMAs [VIDEO]|website=UPI}}</ref> Rihanna's seventh album ''[[Unapologetic (Rihanna album)|Unapologetic]]'' (2012) became her first number-one album in the United States. It won Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 2014 Grammy Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/139431/Rihanna-Reveals-She-Was-So-Shocked-To-Win-7th-Grammy-Despite-Not-Turning-Up-To-Accept-It |title='It Was a Good Feeling': Rihanna Talks Shock over Grammy Award Win for Unapologetic - Celebrity Gossip, News & Photos, Movie Reviews, Competitions - Entertainmentwise |access-date=2014-01-30 |archive-date=2014-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131071205/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/139431/Rihanna-Reveals-She-Was-So-Shocked-To-Win-7th-Grammy-Despite-Not-Turning-Up-To-Accept-It |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2015, a movie called ''Home'' was released. Rihanna voiced one of the main characters in it<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/03/28/box-office-rihanna-jlo-power-dreamworks-home-to-15-6m-friday/|access-date=September 20, 2015|title=Box Office: Rihanna, JLo Power DreamWorks 'Home' To $15.6M Friday|first=Scott|last=Mendelson|work=Forbes|date=March 28, 2015}}</ref> and was also the executive producer of the movie's soundtrack.


Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born on February 20, 1988, in [[Saint Michael, Barbados]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bet.com/music/2017/02/20/-happy-birthday-to-a-real-boss---see-who-s-wishing-rihanna-s-a-h.html|title="Happy Birthday to a Real BOSS," See Who's Wishing Rihanna's A Happy 29th Birthday|work=BET|date=February 20, 2017}}</ref> She is the daughter of accountant Monica (née Braithwaite) and warehouse supervisor Ronald Fenty.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Spivey|first=Lisa|title=Rihanna, The New Cover Girl|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Sentinel]]|volume=72|issue=23|date=January 2007|page=B.5|issn=0890-4340}}</ref><ref name="People">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/rihanna/biography|title=Rihanna: Biography&nbsp;— Part 1 & 2|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=December 16, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217063124/http://www.people.com/people/rihanna/biography|archive-date=December 17, 2008}}</ref> Her mother is an [[Afro-Guyanese]], while her father is a [[Barbadian people|Barbadian]] of [[Afro-Barbadians|African]], [[Irish immigration to Barbados|Irish]], [[English people|English]], and [[Scottish people|Scottish descent]].<ref>{{Cite news|last= Spivey|first=Lisa|title=Rihanna, The New Cover Girl|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Sentinel]]|volume=72|issue=23|date=Jan 2007|page=B.5|issn=0890-4340}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/rihanna-out-revenge-2360129.html|title=Rihanna: Out for revenge|first=Tim|last=Walker|work=[[The Independent]]|date=October 31, 2011|access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/rhianna-reveals-wants-find-out-24811056|title=Singer Rhianna opens up about her Scottish roots and wants to find out more|last=Fulton|first=Rick|date=2021-08-22|website=[[Daily Record (Scotland)]]|access-date=2022-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aaregistry.org/story/entertainer-rihanna-born/|title=Rihanna, Multi-Media Entertainer born|website=AAREG|access-date=2022-02-09}}</ref> Rihanna has two brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty, and two half-sisters and a half-brother from her father's side, each born to different mothers from his previous relationships.<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine|last=Watson|first=Margeaux|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/06/22/caribbean-queen-rihanna/|title=Caribbean Queen: Rihanna|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=June 22, 2007|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Clark|first=Noelene|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/04/rihanna-half-siblings-family-sisters-brother.html|title=Rihanna's secret family: two half-sisters, a half-brother&nbsp;— and two nieces|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 18, 2011|access-date=July 21, 2011}}</ref> She grew up in a three-bedroom bungalow in [[Bridgetown]] and sold clothes with her father in a stall on the street. Her childhood was deeply affected by her father's [[alcoholism]] and [[crack cocaine]] addiction, which contributed to her parents' strained marriage. Rihanna's father used to physically abuse her mother, and Rihanna would try to get in between them to break up fights.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/brown-had-no-soul-in-his-eyes-during-attack-rihanna/2058673/|title=Rihanna: My Dad Used to Hit Mom|first=Scott|last= Ross|author2= Daniel Macht|date= November 6, 2009|website=NBC Connecticut|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
Her eighth studio album, ''[[Anti (album)|Anti]]'', was released to the streaming service Tidal and entered the ''[[Billboard charts|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard charts|200]] album chart at number 27. It was a limited-time free download sponsored by [[Samsung]].  It was certified [[RIAA certification|Platinum]] in the U.S. only two days after it was released.  The next week, after the album was released to other marketplaces, it reached number one on the ''Billboard'' 200.  ''Anti'' features the ''[[Billboard Hot 100|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] number-one single "[[Work (Rihanna song)|Work]]" (featuring [[Drake (entertainer)|Drake]]) and the top-ten hit "[[Needed Me]]". She also recorded a song, "[[This Is What You Came For]]", with [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[Disc jockey|DJ]] [[Calvin Harris]].  It reached the top ten on charts around the world. The following year, she was featured on DJ Khaled's song "Wild Thoughts", which reached number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/dj-khaled|title=DJ Khaled Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>


As a child, Rihanna had many [[CT scan]]s for the excruciating headaches she suffered, recalling, "The doctors even thought it was a tumor, because it was that intense."<ref name="ew"/> By the time she was 14, her parents had divorced, and her health began to improve.<ref name="People"/><ref name="Biography Today">{{cite journal|year=2008|title=Rihanna 1988–|journal=Biography Today|volume=17|issue=2|page=90|publisher=Omnigraphics|issn=1058-2347}}</ref> She grew up listening to [[reggae]] music.<ref name="ew"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |url= http://www.mtv.com/news/1652415/rihanna-says-louds-man-down-is-gangsta/ |title=Rihanna Says Loud's 'Man Down' Is 'Gangsta'|website=[[MTV]] |date=November 16, 2010 |access-date=July 27, 2011 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806073208/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1652415/rihanna-louds-man-down-gangsta.jhtml |archive-date=August 6, 2011}}</ref> She attended Charles F. Broome Memorial Primary School and [[Combermere School]], where she studied alongside future international cricketers [[Chris Jordan (cricketer)|Chris Jordan]] and [[Carlos Brathwaite]].<ref name="cricketer">{{cite news|last1=Venugopal|first1=Arun|title=As a kid, I was giving throwdowns to Lara, Chanderpaul and Hooper|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1097263.html|access-date=May 16, 2017|publisher=ESPN Sports Media Ltd.|date=May 15, 2017}}</ref><ref name="ew"/>As an 11 year-old, Rihanna was an army cadet in a sub-military programme, where the later Barbadian singer-songwriter [[Shontelle]] was her drill sergeant.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7880732.stm|title=Talking Shop: Shontelle|date=March 5, 2009|work=[[BBC]]|access-date=March 5, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/features/rihanna-exclusive-interview-i-break-the-rules-even-when-i-dont-intend-to-756937|website=[[NME]]|title=Rihanna Exclusive Interview 'I Break The Rules Even When I Don't Intend To'|date=2015-09-18}}</ref> Although she initially wanted to graduate from high school, she chose to pursue a musical career instead.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=DePaulo |first=Lisa |url=https://www.gq.com/women/photos/201001/rihanna-video-photos?currentPage=2 |title=Good Girl Gone Badass |magazine=[[GQ]] |date=January 2010 |access-date=July 27, 2011 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123063012/http://www.gq.com/women/photos/201001/rihanna-video-photos?currentPage=2 |archive-date=November 23, 2011}}</ref>
Rihanna created a line of beauty products called Fenty Beauty. On June 4, 2019, Natalie Robehmed of ''Forbes'' wrote that Rihanna had become the world's richest female musician, with a net worth of $600 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2019/06/04/rihanna-worth-fenty-beauty/|title=How Rihanna Created A $600 Million Fortune—And Became The World's Richest Female Musician|last=Robehmed|first=Natalie|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> Her net worth was updated in August 2021 to $1.7 billion.


==Music career==
On September 25, 2022, it was announced that Rihanna would be the headliner of the Super Bowl LVII halftime show on February 12, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|title=International icon Rihanna takes center stage for Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/international-icon-rihanna-takes-center-stage-for-apple-music-super-bowl-halftim|access-date=2022-09-25|website=NFL.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
===2003–2006: Beginnings and early releases===
In 2003, Rihanna formed a musical trio with two of her classmates.<ref name="ew"/> She was discovered in her home country of Barbados by American record producer [[Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers|Evan Rogers]]. Without a name or any material, the [[girl group]] managed to land an audition with Rogers, who commented, "The minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was like the other two girls didn't exist."<ref name="ew"/> Rihanna went to Rogers's hotel room, where she performed renditions of [[Destiny's Child]]'s "[[Emotion (Samantha Sang song)#Emotion (Samantha Sang song)|Emotion]]" and [[Mariah Carey]]'s "[[Hero (Mariah Carey song)|Hero]]".<ref name="TheGuardian1">{{cite news|last=Patterson|first=Sylvia|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/aug/26/popandrock|title=Singing in the rain|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|date=August 27, 2007|access-date=September 24, 2011|location=London}}</ref> Impressed, Rogers scheduled a second meeting with Rihanna's mother present and then invited Rihanna to his hometown in the United States to record some demo tapes that could be sent to record labels.<ref name="TheGuardian1"/> Recordings were intermittent, taking about a year because she was only able to record during school holidays. "[[Pon de Replay]]" and "The Last Time" were two tracks recorded for the demo tape, which were eventually included on her debut album ''Music of the Sun''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGidBbtrM08 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/GGidBbtrM08 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=2005 Rihanna Interview|via=YouTube|access-date=February 20, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> That same year, Rihanna was signed to Rogers's and [[Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers|Carl Sturken]]'s production company, Syndicated Rhythm Productions.<ref name="TheGuardian1"/>


Rihanna's demo was shipped out to [[Def Jam Recordings]], where Jay Brown, an [[Artists and repertoire|A&R]] executive at the record label, was one of the first to hear the demo. Brown played the demo tape for rapper [[Jay-Z]], who had recently been appointed as president and CEO of Def Jam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universalmusic.com/corporate/detail/231 |title=The Island Def Jam Music Group Appoints Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter to President & CEO, Def Jam Recordings |publisher=[[Universal Music Group]] |date=December 8, 2004 |access-date=February 22, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317183153/http://www.universalmusic.com/corporate/detail/231 |archive-date=March 17, 2015}}</ref> When Jay-Z first heard the track "Pon de Replay", he felt the song was too big for her.<ref name="Jay-ZPicks">{{cite web|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/yhif/jayz_picks/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830053302/http://www.mtv.com/news/yhif/jayz_picks/|archive-date=August 30, 2011|title=Jay-Z's Picks: Teairra Mari, Rihanna, Ne-Yo|website=[[MTV]]|access-date=September 24, 2011}}</ref> Despite being skeptical, he invited Rihanna to audition for the label. In early 2005, Rihanna auditioned for Def Jam in New York City, where Jay-Z introduced her to music mogul [[L.A. Reid|Antonio "L.A." Reid]].<ref name="TheGuardian1"/><ref name="USAToday1">{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Steve|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2005-08-01-otv-rihanna_x.htm|title=Rihanna has her day in the sun|work=[[USA Today]] |date=August 1, 2005|access-date=May 23, 2009}}</ref> At the audition, she sang [[Whitney Houston]]'s cover of "[[For the Love of You]]", as well as the demo tracks "Pon de Replay" and "The Last Time".<ref name="TheGuardian1"/> Jay-Z was absolutely certain about signing her after she performed her future single "Pon de Replay".<ref name="Jay-ZPicks"/> His boss, L.A. Reid, was also impressed with her audition, telling Jay-Z not to let Rihanna leave the building until the contract was signed.<ref name=Ried17Rih>{{cite magazine|last=Reid|first=Antonio|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/features/la-reid-on-meeting-rihanna-for-first-time-jay-z-beyonce-6836012/|date=January 7, 2016|title=L.A. Reid Recalls Meeting 17-Year-Old Rihanna for the First Time: Exclusive Memoir Excerpt|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> Reid left it to Jay-Z and his team to close the deal which resulted in a six-album record deal with Def Jam. She waited in Jay-Z's office until 3:00 in the morning to get lawyers to draft up a contract because he wanted to prevent her from signing with another label.<ref name="Jay-ZPicks"/>
==Early life==
Rihanna canceled other meetings with record labels and relocated from Barbados to the United States to live with Rogers and his wife.<ref name="RollingStone1">{{cite news|last=Eells|first=Josh|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rihanna-queen-of-pain-117943/|title=Rihanna, Queen of Pain: Rolling Stone's 2011 Cover Story|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=June 1, 2011|access-date=January 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111014184549/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rihanna-queen-of-pain-rolling-stones-2011-cover-story-20110606?page=5|archive-date=October 14, 2011 }}</ref>
Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born in [[Saint Michael, Barbados]] to Monica (of Guyanese ancestry) and Ronald Fenty (of Irish and West Indian ancestry).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Spivey|first=Lisa|title=Rihanna, The New Cover Girl|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Sentinel]]|volume=72|issue=23|date=January 2007|page=B.5|issn=0890-4340}}</ref><ref name="People">{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/rihanna/biography|title=Rihanna: Biography&nbsp;— Part 1 & 2|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|publisher=[[Time Inc]]|access-date=December 16, 2008|archive-date=December 17, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217063124/http://www.people.com/people/rihanna/biography|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has two younger brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty. She grew up in [[Bridgetown]].
 
[[File:RihannaJingle Ball cropped.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Rihanna performing at the [[KIIS-FM Jingle Ball]], December 2005]]
 
After signing with Def Jam, Jay-Z and his team did the [[Artists and repertoire|A&R]] for Rihanna's debut album and spent the next three months recording and completing her debut album.<ref name=Ried17Rih/> She worked with different producers to complete her debut studio album, primarily Rogers and his production partner [[Carl Sturken]].<ref name="SlantMag1">{{cite news|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/rihanna-music-of-the-sun/ |title=Review: Rihanna: Music Of The Sun|last=Cinquemani |first=Sal |date=August 31, 2005 |work=[[Slant Magazine]] |access-date=May 29, 2009 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112194905/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/rihanna-music-of-the-sun/619 |archive-date=November 12, 2010}}</ref> With several songs to pick as a lead single, "Pon de Replay" was chosen because it seemed like the best song suited for a summer release.<ref name="SingUni">{{cite news |last=Kawashima |first=Dale |url=http://singeruniverse.com/rihanna.htm |title=Special Interview (2005): Rihanna Tells How She Got Started, Getting Her Label Deal, And Her First Album |work=Singer Universe |access-date=February 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225150503/http://singeruniverse.com/rihanna.htm |archive-date=February 25, 2016 }}</ref> In May 2005, her debut single, "Pon de Replay", was released under her mononym "Rihanna". It charted successfully worldwide, peaking in the top five in fifteen countries, including at No. 2 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart and the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="BillChartS">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rihanna|chart=all}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080728075941/{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rihanna|chart=all}}|archive-date=July 28, 2008|title=Artist Chart History&nbsp;– Rihanna|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 6, 2009}}</ref> The song became a club hit in the United States, peaking at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' [[Dance Club Songs]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/rihanna-scores-20th-no-1-on-danceclub-play-chart-second-most-no/|title=Rihanna Scores 20th No. 1 on Dance/Club Play Chart; Second-Most No. 1s Ever|last=Murray|first=Gordon|date=August 8, 2013|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
 
''Music of the Sun'' was released in August 2005. It debuted at No. 10 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and received a gold certification from the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), denoting shipments of over 500,000 units.<ref name="RIAA-albums">{{cite web|url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Rihanna&format=ALBUM&perPage=25 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121211043636/http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Rihanna&format=ALBUM&perPage=25 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 11, 2012 |title=RIAA&nbsp;– Gold & Platinum |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |access-date=November 28, 2010}}</ref> The album sold over 2&nbsp;million copies worldwide. A second single, "If It's Lovin' that You Want", was not as successful as its predecessor, but reached the top 10 in Australia, Ireland and New Zealand.<ref name="PDRFollow">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1508016/rihanna-insists-shes-got-what-you-need-in-pon-de-replay-follow-up/ |title=Rihanna Insists She's Got What You Need In 'Pon De Replay' Follow-Up |last=Tecson |first=Brandee |date=August 19, 2005 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306212203/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1508016/20050819/rihanna.jhtml |archive-date=March 6, 2009}}</ref>
Aside from her work in music, Rihanna made her acting debut in a [[cameo appearance|cameo]] role in the successful straight-to-DVD film ''[[Bring It On: All or Nothing]]'', released in August 2006.<ref name="BringsOnActing">{{cite news|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1512953/rihanna-brings-on-acting-career-with-new-bring-it-on-flick/ |title=Rihanna Brings on Acting Career With New 'Bring It On' Flick |last=Tecson |first=Brandee J. |date=November 3, 2005 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104093324/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1512953/20051103/story.jhtml |archive-date=January 4, 2009}}</ref>
 
A month after the release of her debut album, Rihanna began working on her second studio album.<ref name="HerRockSide">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1524534/rihanna-getting-in-touch-with-her-rock-side-for-next-lp/|title=Rihanna Getting in Touch With Her Rock Side For Next LP |last=Tecson |first=Brandee J. |date=February 22, 2006 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226231134/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1524534/20060217/rihanna.jhtml |archive-date=December 26, 2008}}</ref> ''[[A Girl like Me (Rihanna album)|A Girl like Me]]'' was released in April 2006.<ref>{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rihanna|chart=all}} |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804183011/{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rihanna|chart=all}} |archive-date=August 4, 2008 |title=Billboard.com&nbsp;– Discography&nbsp;– Rihanna&nbsp;– A Girl Like Me |access-date=May 27, 2009 |magazine=Billboard }}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' felt that "the burning rock guitar" and haunted strings of some of the album's tracks made "''A Girl like Me'' [...] likable."<ref>{{cite news|last=Walters|first=Barry|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/a-girl-like-me-255278/|title=Rihanna – A Girl like Me|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> The album was a commercial success, charting in the top 10 in 13 countries. The album reached No. 1 in Canada and No. 5 in the United Kingdom and the United States, where it sold 115,000 copies in its first week.<ref name="RIAA-albums"/><ref name="acharts">{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/album/14395 |title=Rihanna&nbsp;– A Girl like Me&nbsp;– Music Charts |access-date=August 21, 2009 |work=αCharts.us |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224202125/http://acharts.us/album/14395 |archive-date=December 24, 2008}}</ref> The album became Rihanna's first to be certified [[RIAA certification|Platinum]] by the [[RIAA]], after selling over 1,000,000 units.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/rihanna-hits-10-million-in-us-album-sales/|title=Rihanna Hits 10 Million in U.S. Album Sales|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=November 16, 2013 |access-date=January 31, 2022|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> Its [[lead single]], "[[SOS (Rihanna song)|SOS]]", was an international success, charting in the top five in 11 countries. The song reached No. 1 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and in Australia, her first to reach this chart position.<ref name="SOSAcharts">{{cite news|url=http://acharts.us/song/7805 |title=Rihanna&nbsp;– SOS&nbsp;– Music Charts |work=[[Music Charts]] |access-date=August 24, 2009 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224055410/http://acharts.us/song/7805 |archive-date=February 24, 2009}}</ref> "[[Unfaithful (song)|Unfaithful]]", the album's second single, reached the top 10 in 18 countries, including No. 1 in Canada and Switzerland.<ref name="UnfaithfulAcharts">{{cite news|url=http://acharts.us/song/8433 |title=Rihanna&nbsp;– Unfaithful&nbsp;– Music Charts |work=[[Music Charts]] |access-date=August 24, 2009 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227054034/http://acharts.us/song/8433 |archive-date=December 27, 2008}}</ref> Two more singles were released from the album: "[[We Ride]]" and "[[Break It Off]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1535606/rihanna-lets-fans-be-her-guide-selects-summer-jam-we-ride-as-next-single/|title=Rihanna Lets Fans Be Her Guide, Selects Summer Jam 'We Ride' As Next Single |last=Moss |first=Corey |date=July 6, 2006 |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/mims-puts-the-hot-in-the-hot-100-at-no-1-1054358/|title= Mims Puts The 'Hot' In The Hot 100 At No. 1|magazine= Billboard|date=March 1, 2007|last=Hasty|first=Katie|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
 
===2007–2008: Breakthrough with ''Good Girl Gone Bad''===
In early 2007, Rihanna appeared on the single "[[J-Status|Roll It]]" with Jamaican band [[J-Status]] and fellow Barbadian singer-songwriter Shontelle. The song appeared on J-Status' debut album ''The Beginning'', released in several European countries only. Around that time, Rihanna had already begun work on her third studio album, ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]''.<ref name="neyo lessons">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1553347/rihanna-gets-voice-lessons-from-ne-yo-for-fresh-uptempo-new-tracks/ |title=Rihanna Gets Voice Lessons From Ne-Yo For 'Fresh, Uptempo' New Tracks |last=Moss |first=Corey |newspaper=MTV News |date=February 27, 2007 |access-date=September 4, 2013 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101055741/http://www.mtv.com/news/1553347/rihanna-gets-voice-lessons-from-ne-yo-for-fresh-uptempo-new-tracks/ |archive-date=January 1, 2015}}</ref> With the help of producers [[Timbaland]], [[Tricky Stewart]] and [[Sean Garrett]] she embraced a new musical direction through uptempo dance tracks.<ref name="LosesGoodImage">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1558496/rihanna-loses-good-girl-image-thanks-to-jay-z-justin-timbaland-ne-yo/ |title=Rihanna Loses Good Girl Image, Thanks To Jay-Z, Justin, Timbaland, Ne-Yo |last1=Reid |first1=Shaheem |last2=Richard |first2=Yasmine |website=[[MTV]] |date=May 2, 2007 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220135412/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1558496/20070501/rihanna.jhtml |archive-date=February 20, 2009}}</ref><ref name="VoiceLessons">{{Cite news|last=Moss |first=Corey |title=Rihanna Gets Voice Lessons From Ne-Yo For 'Fresh, Uptempo' New Tracks |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1553347/rihanna-gets-voice-lessons-from-ne-yo-for-fresh-uptempo-new-tracks/ |date=February 27, 2006 |access-date=January 31, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104042919/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1553347/20070226/rihanna.jhtml |archive-date=January 4, 2009}}</ref> Released in May 2007, the album charted at No. 2 in Australia and the US and topped the charts in multiple countries, including Brazil, Canada, Ireland and the UK.<ref name="GGGBcharts">{{cite news|url=http://acharts.us/album/26334 |title=Rihanna&nbsp;– Good Girl Gone Bad&nbsp;– Music Charts |work=[[Music Charts]] |access-date=August 24, 2009 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204193904/http://acharts.us/album/26334 |archive-date=February 4, 2009}}</ref> The album received the most positive critical reviews of her first three albums.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/rihanna/goodgirlgonebad |title=Rihanna:Good Girl Gone Bad (2007): Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=March 24, 2009 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226235849/http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/rihanna/goodgirlgonebad |archive-date=February 26, 2009}}</ref>
 
[[File:Rihanna-brisbane.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Rihanna performing during [[Good Girl Gone Bad Tour]] in Brisbane, 2008]]
The lead single, "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]", topped the charts in 13 countries and remained at No. 1 in the UK for 10 consecutive weeks, the longest-running No. 1 single there since [[Wet Wet Wet]]'s single "[[Love Is All Around (The Troggs song)|Love Is All Around]]" spent 15 weeks at the top in 1994.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://acharts.us/song/16150 |title=Rihanna and Jay-Z&nbsp;– Umbrella&nbsp;– Music Charts |work=[[Music Charts]] |access-date=August 24, 2009 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202080245/http://acharts.us/song/16150 |archive-date=February 2, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rihanna-makes-it-10-weeks-atop-uk-singles-chart-1050626/|title=Rihanna Makes It 10 Weeks Atop UK Singles Chart|last=Sexton|first=Paul|date=July 23, 2007|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> It was Rihanna's first single to be named one of the [[List of best-selling singles worldwide|best-selling singles worldwide]], with sales of over 8&nbsp;million copies.<ref name="ifpi2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2008.pdf |title=Top 10 Global Digital Singles 2007 |publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]] |page=6 |access-date=November 13, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126060231/http://ifpi.org/content/library/dmr2008.pdf |archive-date=November 26, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/DMR2008.pdf |title=Top 10 Digital Songs 2009 |date=February 15, 2012 |work=IFPI |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126060231/http://ifpi.org/content/library/dmr2008.pdf |archive-date=November 26, 2010}}</ref> The songs "[[Shut Up and Drive (Rihanna song)|Shut Up and Drive]]", "[[Hate That I Love You]]" (featuring Ne-Yo), and "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]" were also released as singles, with the latter becoming an international hit. In support of the album, Rihanna began the [[Good Girl Gone Bad Tour]] in September 2007, with 80 shows across the US, Canada, and Europe.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtvasia.com/Review/Event/E20081117001729.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711222550/http://m/ |archive-date=July 11, 2013 |title=Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad Tour |last=Leong |first=Cheryl |date=November 13, 2008 |work=[[MTV Southeast Asia]] |access-date=May 31, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Rihanna was nominated for several [[50th Annual Grammy Awards|2008 Grammy Awards]] for ''Good Girl Gone Bad'', winning [[Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration|Best Rap/Sung Collaboration]] for "Umbrella" alongside Jay-Z, her first [[Grammy Award]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/02/11/grammy-winners-are/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212091054/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C1567466_20010832_20177185%2C00.html |archive-date=February 12, 2008 |title= The Grammy winners are...|date=February 8, 2008 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=January 31, 2022 }}</ref>
 
On June 9, 2008, Rihanna released ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad Live]]'', her first [[live album|live]] [[music video|long-form video]]. The [[DVD-Video|DVD]] and [[Blu-ray Disc|Blu-ray]] release featured Rihanna's concert at the [[Manchester Arena]] in Manchester, United Kingdom, held on December 6, 2007, as part of the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour. The release also contained a special documentary that presented Rihanna discussing her experiences during the tour. By late 2008, Rihanna still remained on the charts with the release of the fifth single from ''Good Girl Gone Bad'', "[[Rehab (Rihanna song)|Rehab]]", and was named "Diva of the Year" by ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' for her "newfound staying power".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Rihanna: Diva of the year |url=https://ew.com/article/2008/12/29/rihanna-diva-of/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |last=Watson |first=Margeaux |date=December 29, 2008 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231635/http://music-mix.ew.com/2008/12/29/rihanna-diva-of/ |archive-date=December 2, 2013}}</ref> ''Good Girl Gone Bad'' has sold over 2.8&nbsp;million units in the United States alone, receiving a two-times-Platinum certification from the RIAA. It is Rihanna's best-selling album in the country to date.<ref name="RIAA-albums"/><ref name="May 2013 Sales">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rihanna-earns-sixth-million-selling-album-1565549/|title=Rihanna Earns Sixth Million-Selling Album|magazine=Billboard|date=May 31, 2013|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> The album has sold 9&nbsp;million units worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/beyonc-lady-gaga-rihanna-albums-to-hit-shelves-november-23-1821889.html|title=Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Rihanna albums to hit shelves November 23|date=November 17, 2009 |location=London|work=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/rihanna-celebrates-the-tenth-anniversary-of-her-breakthrough-album-good-girl-gone-bad-im-forever-grateful__19308/|title=Rihanna celebrates the tenth anniversary of her breakthrough album Good Girl Gone Bad: 'I'm forever grateful'|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=June 1, 2017|access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref>
 
During the late 2000s, Rihanna experimented further with [[Pop (music)|pop]], [[dubstep]], and rock music, officially shifting her musical style and image away from the Barbados island girl.<ref>{{cite web|last=Emina |first=Kyle |url=http://dailytrojan.com/2011/11/28/rihanna-revitalizes-tired-musical-style/ |title=Rihanna revitalizes tired musical style |date=November 28, 2011 |access-date=October 9, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111202157/http://dailytrojan.com/2011/11/28/rihanna-revitalizes-tired-musical-style/ |archive-date=January 11, 2016}}</ref> Throughout 2008, Rihanna performed on the [[Glow in the Dark Tour]] alongside Kanye West, [[Lupe Fiasco]], and [[N.E.R.D]].<ref name="mtv">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1580653/kanye-wests-glow-in-the-dark-tour-will-feature-rihanna-lupe-fiasco-nerd/|title=Kanye West's Glow in the Dark Tour Will Feature Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco, N.E.R.D. |last=Rodriguez |first=Jayson |website=[[MTV]] |date=January 30, 2008 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228075443/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1580653/20080130/west_kanye.jhtml |archive-date=December 28, 2008}}</ref> Her third studio album's [[reissue]], ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded]]'', was released in June 2008 with three new songs: "[[Disturbia (song)|Disturbia]]", "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]" and the [[Maroon 5]] duet "[[If I Never See Your Face Again]]", plus a [[Spanglish]] version of "Hate That I Love You" featuring Spanish pop singer [[David Bisbal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/es/album/good-girl-gone-bad-reloaded/id282044459|title=Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded by Rihanna|work=[[iTunes]] (Spain)|publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple]]|access-date=January 24, 2012}}</ref> All four were released as singles and charted highly, reaching peak positions worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/34994 |title=Rihanna&nbsp;– Take A Bow&nbsp;– Music Charts |publisher=Australian Record Industry Association|access-date=October 23, 2008 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924144330/http://acharts.us/song/34994 |archive-date=September 24, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/35570 |title=Maroon 5 and Rihanna&nbsp;– If I Never See Your Face Again&nbsp;– Music Charts |website=αCharts |access-date=October 23, 2008 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222075733/http://acharts.us/song/35570 |archive-date=December 22, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/36121 |title=Rihanna&nbsp;– Disturbia&nbsp;– Music Charts |website=αCharts |access-date=October 23, 2008 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923191553/http://acharts.us/song/36121 |archive-date=September 23, 2008}}</ref> In August 2008, Rihanna and a host of other female singers recorded the charity single "[[Just Stand Up!]]", the theme song to the anti-cancer campaign [[Stand Up to Cancer]].<ref name="SU2C"/> "[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]", a [[duet]] between [[T.I.]] and Rihanna, was released that November and topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.
 
===2009–2011: ''Rated R'' and ''Loud''===
On February 8, 2009, Rihanna's scheduled performance at the [[51st Annual Grammy Awards]] was cancelled.<ref name="swash1">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/feb/09/grammy-awards-rihanna-chris-brown |title=Grammys 2009: Rihanna cancels appearance after boyfriend Chris Brown arrested |last=Swash |first=Rosie |date=February 9, 2009 |work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=May 27, 2009}}</ref>
Reports surfaced that then-boyfriend, singer [[Chris Brown]], had physically assaulted her. He was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats.<ref name="friedman1">{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/02/10/chaos-chris-brown-rihanna-mess/ |title=Chaos in Chris Brown-Rihanna Mess |last=Friedman |first=Roger |date=February 10, 2009 |publisher=Fox News |access-date=May 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213031809/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/02/10/chaos-chris-brown-rihanna-mess/ |archive-date=December 13, 2009}}</ref> On March 5, 2009, Brown was charged with assault and making criminal threats.<ref name="people1">{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/chris-brown-charged-with-two-felonies-in-rihanna-beating/ |title=Chris Brown Charged with Two Felonies in Rihanna Beating |last=Lee |first=Ken |date=March 5, 2009 |work=People |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> A leaked photograph from the police department obtained by [[TMZ.com]] revealed that Rihanna had sustained visible injuries.<ref name="kaufman1">{{Cite news |title=Gossip Site Defends Posting of Rihanna Photo |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1605588/gossip-site-defends-posting-of-rihanna-photo/ |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=February 23, 2009 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319121911/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1605588/20090223/rihanna.jhtml |archive-date=March 19, 2009}}</ref>
A few months after the incident, Rihanna was featured on the single "[[Run This Town]]" by Jay-Z, which also featured [[Kanye West]] and was released as the second single from Jay-Z's eleventh studio album ''[[The Blueprint 3]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.battlefield.com/au/battlefield-4/videos/bf4-announce-trailer-with-rihanna|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404024942/http://www.battlefield.com/au/battlefield-4/videos/bf4-announce-trailer-with-rihanna|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 4, 2013|title=Battlefield 4 (BF4) Announce Trailer with Rihanna [Official]|date=April 4, 2013|access-date=February 11, 2018}}</ref>
 
In early 2009, Rihanna began working on her fourth studio album, ''Rated R''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rihanna Recording 'Inspiring' New Tracks With Producers Stargate |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1609873/rihanna-recording-inspiring-new-tracks-with-producers-stargate/|last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |date=April 23, 2009 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211073701/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1609873/20090423/rihanna.jhtml |archive-date=December 11, 2010}}</ref> ''Rated R'' was released in November 2009. The album had ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine stating that Rihanna "transformed her sound and made one of the best pop records of the year".<ref name=album2ew>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/10/14/rihanna-new-album/|title=Rihanna's new album: What can we expect?|last=Lynch|first=Joseph Brannigan|date=October 14, 2009|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Rosen">{{cite magazine|last=Rosen|first=Jody |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/rated-r-247575/ |title=Rated R: Rihanna: Review |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 23, 2009|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
''Rated R'' featured a darker and more foreboding tone than Rihanna's previous albums.<ref name="Kellman">{{cite web|last=Kellman |first=Andy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rated-r-mw0001791113 |title=Rated R&nbsp;– Rihanna |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=March 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315215107/http://www.allmusic.com/album/rated-r-mw0001791113 |archive-date=March 15, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
''Rated R'' debuted at No. 4 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1628415/rihanna-is-mtv-news-3-woman-of-the-year/|title=Rihanna Is MTV News' No. 3 Woman of the Year |website=[[MTV]] |date=December 17, 2009 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113050526/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1628415/rihanna-mtv-news-3-woman-year.jhtml |archive-date=November 13, 2012}}</ref><ref name="GGGB Debut Sales">{{cite magazine|last=Caulfield|first=Keith.|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/susan-boyle-sees-dream-soar-to-no-1-on-billboard-200-266540/|title=Susan Boyle Sees 'Dream' Soar To No. 1 on Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|date=December 2, 2009|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Susan Boyle Beats Adam Lambert, Rihanna For Billboard No. 1 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1627383/susan-boyle-beats-adam-lambert-rihanna-for-billboard-1/ |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=December 2, 2009 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304111322/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627383/20091202/boyle_susan.jhtml |archive-date=March 4, 2010}}</ref>
The album was supported by six singles, including "[[Rude Boy (Rihanna song)|Rude Boy]]", which was the biggest worldwide success from the album, topping the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for six weeks and reaching top 10 positions in 22 other countries.<ref name="Hardcharts">{{cite news|url=http://acharts.us/song/51902 |title=Rihanna and Young Jeezy&nbsp;– Hard&nbsp;– Music Charts |work=[[Music Charts]] |access-date=June 8, 2012 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615064757/http://acharts.us/song/51902 |archive-date=June 15, 2012}}</ref><ref name="rudeboycharts">{{cite news|url=http://acharts.us/song/53027 |title=Rihanna&nbsp;– Rude Boy&nbsp;– Music Charts |work=[[Music Charts]] |access-date=June 8, 2012 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615065241/http://acharts.us/song/53027 |archive-date=June 15, 2012}}</ref>
In January 2010, Rihanna released her charity [[cover song|cover version]] of "[[Redemption Song]]" for the [[Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief|'' Hope for Haiti Now'']] campaign. She also recorded the song "[[Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)]]" together with Jay-Z, [[Bono]] and [[The Edge]] for the same campaign to alleviate the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]].
 
[[File:Rihanna, LOUD Tour, Minneapolis 5.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Rihanna performing during the [[Loud Tour]] in 2011]]
In summer 2010, Rihanna collaborated with rapper Eminem on "[[Love the Way You Lie]]", which was a major worldwide success, reaching No. 1 in over 20 countries.<ref name="LTWYLcharts">{{cite news|url=http://acharts.us/song/55808 |title=Eminem and Rihanna&nbsp;– Love The Way You Lie&nbsp;– Music Charts |work=[[Music Charts]] |access-date=June 8, 2012}}</ref> Reaching number 2, the song became the [[List of best-selling singles by year (UK)|biggest-selling song of 2010 in the UK]] and the first of Rihanna's singles to sell over a million copies in the country.<ref name="official charts end of 2010">{{cite web|title=Eminem/Rihanna & Take That scoop 2010 crowns |website=[[OfficialCharts.com]] |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/cardle-at-no-1-again-eminemrihanna-take-that-scoop-2010-crowns/ |access-date=January 29, 2011 |date=January 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026060230/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/cardle-at-no-1-again-eminemrihanna-take-that-scoop-2010-crowns/ |archive-date=October 26, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Alan|title=Official Chart Analysis: Lana Del Rey scores biggest-selling album of 2012, Gotye shifts another 83k|url= https://www.musicweek.com/news/read/official-chart-analysis-lana-del-rey-scores-biggest-selling-album-of-2012-gotye-shifts-another-83k/048060 |work=[[Music Week]]|access-date=January 31, 2022|date=February 13, 2012}}</ref> In October 2010, Rihanna switched managers, joining Jay-Z's [[Roc Nation]] Management.<ref name="Rleaves">{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rihanna-leaves-manager-now-under-jay-zs-umbrella-1198815/|title=Rihanna Leaves Manager, Now Under Jay-Z's Umbrella|last=Fekadu|first=Mesfin|date=October 20, 2010|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref> In late 2010, she was featured on three singles: Kanye West's "[[All of the Lights]]", from the album ''[[My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy]]'' (2010),<ref name="Rihanna&nbsp;— All Of The Lights (MTV)">{{cite web|last=Montgomery |first=James |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1651991/rihanna-loved-working-with-kanye-west-on-all-of-the-lights/ |title=Rihanna 'Loved' Working With Kanye West On 'All of the Lights' |website=[[MTV]] |access-date=January 31, 2022 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219101412/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651991/20101110/rihanna.jhtml |archive-date=December 19, 2010}}</ref> [[Nicki Minaj]]'s "[[Fly (Nicki Minaj song)|Fly]]", from her debut studio album ''[[Pink Friday]]'' (2010)<ref>{{cite web|last=Rodriguez|first=Jayson|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1660416/nicki-minaj-fly-video/|title=Nicki Minaj Explains Postponing Rihanna 'Fly' Video|website=[[MTV]]|date=March 22, 2011|access-date=July 6, 2017}}</ref> and [[David Guetta]]'s "[[Who's That Chick?]]", from the album ''[[One More Love]]'' (2010).<ref>{{cite web|last=Bhansalo|first=Akshay|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1656364/david-guetta-honored-to-have-rihanna-on-whos-that-chick/|title=David Guetta 'Honored' To Have Rihanna On 'Who's That Chick'|website=[[MTV]]|date=January 20, 2011|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
 
''[[Loud (Rihanna album)|Loud]]'', Rihanna's fifth studio album, was released in November 2010.<ref name="NewLoud">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1647244/rihanna-reveals-title-of-new-album-loud/|title=Rihanna Reveals Title of New Album: Loud |last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=September 7, 2010|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
The album produced three US [[Billboard Hot 100]]s. Its lead single, "[[Only Girl (In the World)]]", "[[What's My Name? (Rihanna song)|What's My Name?]]", featuring rapper [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] and "[[S&M (song)|S&M]]", following the release of its official remix featuring [[Britney Spears]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2010-10-02|title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100: Week of October 2, 2010 |magazine=Billboard |date=January 2, 2013 |access-date=October 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Only+Girl+%28In+The+World%29&cat=s|title=Rihanna&nbsp;– Only Girl (In The World)|access-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20101113/7501/ |title=Archive Chart |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=November 27, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2010/11/11/rihanna-whats-my-name-no-1-billboard-hot-100/ |title=Rihanna's 'What's My Name?' jumps to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 chart |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |last=Wete |first=Brad |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112233814/http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/11/11/rihanna-whats-my-name-no-1-billboard-hot-100/ |archive-date=November 12, 2010}}</ref> Rihanna set a record as the solo artist with the fastest accumulation of 10 chart toppers in the Hot 100s history.<ref name="'S&M'Reigns">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rihannas-sm-reigns-on-hot-100-lady-gagas-judas-debuts-471954/|title=Rihanna's 'S&M' Reigns on Hot 100, Lady Gaga's 'Judas' Debuts|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=April 20, 2011|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> At the [[53rd Grammy Awards]], "Only Girl (In the World)" won the award for [[Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording|Best Dance Recording]].<ref name=Grammy2011>{{cite news|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/news/breaking/newsletter/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list,0,4822287.htmlstory|title=53rd Annual Grammy Awards nominees list|access-date=December 2, 2010|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
 
"[[Man Down (song)|Man Down]]" and "[[California King Bed]]" were released as singles in May 2011 with moderate success.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aolradioblog.com/new-song/rihanna-man-down/ |title=Rihanna, 'Man Down'&nbsp;– New Song |publisher=[[AOL Music]] |date=April 25, 2011 |access-date=April 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429054219/http://www.aolradioblog.com/new-song/rihanna-man-down |archive-date=April 29, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Copsey |first=Robert |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a308595/rihanna-announces-next-single/ |title=Rihanna announces next single |work=[[Digital Spy]] |date=March 12, 2011 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414145352/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a308595/rihanna-announces-next-single.html |archive-date=April 14, 2011}}</ref> "[[Cheers (Drink to That)]]", which interpolates [[Avril Lavigne]]'s 2002 single "[[I'm with You (Avril Lavigne song)|I'm with You]]", was released as the seventh and final single from the album.<ref>{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rihanna|chart=all}} |title=Cheers (Drink to That)&nbsp;– Rihanna|magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref> To promote the album, Rihanna embarked on her [[Loud Tour]] in June 2011, which sold out 10 nights at [[The O2 Arena (London)|The O<sub>2</sub> Arena]] in [[West London]], the most sold-out shows for a female artist in the venue's history.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rihanna-to-kick-off-north-american-loud-tour-in-june-473127/|title=Rihanna To Kick Off North American 'Loud' Tour in June |access-date=January 31, 2022 |last=Concepcion|first=Mariel |date=February 10, 2011|magazine=Billboard}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/rihanna/news/o2-arena-record/ |title=Rihanna Breaks O2 Arena Record With Final 'Loud' Tour Gig |access-date=December 22, 2011 |date=February 15, 2012 |work=Capital FM |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122134155/http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/rihanna/news/o2-arena-record/ |archive-date=November 22, 2012}}</ref> The tour was the seventh highest-grossing tour worldwide of 2011.<ref name="PSP">{{cite web|url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/charts/2011YearEndTop25WorldwideTours.pdf |title=Pollstar: Top 25 Worldwide Tours (1/1/2011&nbsp;– 12/31/2011) |date=December 28, 2011 |work=Pollstar |access-date=December 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407064507/http://www.pollstarpro.com/charts/2011YearEndTop25WorldwideTours.pdf |archive-date=April 7, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In September 2020 she put her [[St John's Wood]], North London house for sale with a price of £32 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://grmdaily.com/rihanna-north-west-london-home-on-market/|title=Rihanna's North West London home is up for sale|publisher=GRM Daily|date=September 12, 2020|last=Archibald-Powell|first=Naimah|access-date=May 7, 2021}}</ref>
 
===2011–2013: ''Talk That Talk'' and ''Unapologetic''===
Rihanna's sixth album, ''[[Talk That Talk]]'', was released in November 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a345070/rihanna-unveils-new-album-talk-that-talk-cover/ |title=Rihanna unveils new album 'Talk That Talk' cover |access-date=January 31, 2022 |last=Fowler|first=Tara |date=October 11, 2011 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028174136/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a345070/rihanna-unveils-new-album-talk-that-talk-cover.html |archive-date=October 28, 2011}}</ref> The album debuted at No. 3 in the U.S and number No. 1 in the UK<ref>Caulfield, Keith (November 30, 2011). "[https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/michael-buble-bests-nickelback-rihanna-on-billboard-200-464922/ Michael Buble Bests Nickelback, Rihanna on Billboard 200]". ''Billboard''. Retrieved January 31, 2022.</ref> The album's lead single, "[[We Found Love]]", topped charts in twenty-seven countries and peaked in the top 10 in 30 countries and broke many chart records worldwide.<ref name="wflcharts">{{cite news|url=http://acharts.us/song/65699 |title=Rihanna Calvin Harris&nbsp;– We Found Love |work=[[Music Charts]] |access-date=June 8, 2012}}</ref> The single topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for 10 non-consecutive weeks, becoming Rihanna's longest-running No. 1 single on the chart and the longest-running No. 1 single of 2011 in the US.<ref name="wflcharts2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rihannas-found-her-way-back-to-hot-100-summit-465364/|magazine=Billboard|title=Rihanna's 'Found' Her Way Back to Hot 100 Summit|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=November 2, 2011|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref><ref name="wflcharts3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rihannas-love-her-longest-leading-hot-100-no-1-464691/|magazine=Billboard|title=Rihanna's 'Love' Her Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1|first=Gary|last=Trust|date=December 21, 2011|access-date=September 7, 2012}}</ref> The song was later named the 24th biggest hit of all time on the ''Billboard ''Hot 100.<ref name="Fred Bronson – 55th" /> "[[You Da One]]" and the album's [[talk That Talk (Rihanna song)|title track]], featuring Jay-Z, were released as the second and third singles, to moderate success. "[[Where Have You Been]]", the fifth single, successfully charted worldwide, reaching No. 5 in the US and No. 6 in the UK.<ref name="USHot100July7Peak">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2012-07-07|title=The Hot 100: Week of July 7, 2012|magazine=Billboard|date=July 7, 2012|access-date=October 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name="WHYBPeakUK">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20120520/7501/ |title=Archive Chart |website=[[OfficialCharts.com]] |date=July 7, 2012 |access-date=May 26, 2012 }}</ref> "[[Cockiness (Love It)]]" was released as the album's sixth and final single in a remixed form featuring rapper [[ASAP Rocky]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2012/09/04/new-music-rihanna-f-asap-rocky-cockiness-love-it-remix/#more-134429 |title=New Music: Rihanna f/ A$AP Rocky&nbsp;– 'Cockiness (Remix)' |publisher=Rap-Up.com |access-date=October 24, 2012 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022101525/http://www.rap-up.com/2012/09/04/new-music-rihanna-f-asap-rocky-cockiness-love-it-remix/ |archive-date=October 22, 2012}}</ref>
 
[[File:Rihanna Diamonds World Tour 2013 (Cropped).png|upright|thumb|left|Rihanna performing during the [[Diamonds World Tour]] in 2013]]
In early 2012, two collaborations featuring Rihanna were released: [[Coldplay]]'s "[[Princess of China]]", from their album ''[[Mylo Xyloto]]'', and Drake's "[[Take Care (song)|Take Care]]", from his [[Take Care (album)|album of the same name]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/coldplays-paradise-video-stars-globe-trotting-elephant-465620/|title=Coldplay's 'Paradise' Video Stars Globe-Trotting Elephant|magazine=Billboard|date=October 19, 2011|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.allaccess.com/urban/future-releases |title=Take Care US urban radio release |date=February 15, 2012 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215195739/http://www.allaccess.com/urban/future-releases |archive-date=February 15, 2012 }}</ref> In February 2012, Rihanna won her third Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the [[2012 Grammy Awards]] for her Kanye West collaboration "All of the Lights" and was voted the Best International Female Solo Artist at the [[2012 BRIT Awards]] for the second consecutive year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/kanye-west/news/rihanna-best-rap-song-grammy-awards-2012/ |title=Kanye West And Rihanna Win Best Rap Song And Collaboration at Grammy Awards 2012 |publisher=[[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]] |date=February 12, 2012 |access-date=September 1, 2012 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823182321/http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/kanye-west/news/rihanna-best-rap-song-grammy-awards-2012/ |archive-date=August 23, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/news/2012/rihanna-wins-brits-2012-international-female-artist|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422180938/http://www.brits.co.uk/news/2012/rihanna-wins-brits-2012-international-female-artist|archive-date=April 22, 2012|title=Rihanna wins BRITs 2012 International Female Artist|date=February 21, 2012|access-date=September 1, 2012}}</ref> March 2012 saw the simultaneous releases of two collaborations between Rihanna and Chris Brown: remixes of her song "[[Birthday Cake (song)|Birthday Cake]]" and his "[[Turn Up the Music (Chris Brown song)|Turn Up the Music]]". The recordings received mainly negative responses due to the pair's history of domestic violence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a385634/rihanna-didnt-expect-negative-chris-brown-duet-reaction.html |title=Rihanna 'didn't expect negative Chris Brown duet reaction' |access-date=June 14, 2012 |last=Corner|first=Lewis |date=June 6, 2012 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615011849/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a385634/rihanna-didnt-expect-negative-chris-brown-duet-reaction.html |archive-date=June 15, 2012}}</ref> In September 2012, "[[We Found Love (video)|We Found Love]]" won the [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year]], making Rihanna the first woman to receive the accolade more than once.<ref name="2012 VMA">{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/awards/rihanna-one-direction-top-vmas-022745243.html |title=Rihanna, One Direction Top VMAs |publisher=[[Yahoo!]] |date=September 6, 2012 |access-date=September 7, 2012 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911032420/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/awards/rihanna-one-direction-top-vmas-022745243.html |archive-date=September 11, 2012}}</ref>
 
Rihanna's seventh studio album, ''[[Unapologetic]]'', was released in November 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/Entertainment/Celebrity/rihanna-clearly-unapologetic-about-777-tour-stop-in-toronto/wcm/663a216c-e407-4bd9-aa0a-20d234710155 |title=Rihanna clearly Unapologetic about 777 Tour stop in Toronto |work=[[The Vancouver Sun]] |access-date=November 16, 2012 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119041741/https://vancouversun.com/Entertainment/Celebrity/rihanna-clearly-unapologetic-about-777-tour-stop-in-toronto/wcm/663a216c-e407-4bd9-aa0a-20d234710155 |archive-date=November 19, 2012}}</ref> In the United States, the album debuted at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart, marking Rihanna's first No. 1 album in the country.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/rihanna-earns-first-no-1-album-on-billboard-200-chart/|title=Rihanna Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart |magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=November 27, 2012|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> The lead single from the album, "[[Diamonds (Rihanna song)|Diamonds]]", reached No. 1 in more than 20 countries worldwide, including on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it became Rihanna's 12 No. 1 on the chart.<ref name="Trust">{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rihannas-diamonds-shines-atop-hot-100-474056/|magazine=Billboard|title=Rihanna's 'Diamonds' Shines Atop Hot 100 |first=Gary|last=Trust|date=November 21, 2012|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> The album's second single, "[[Stay (Rihanna song)|Stay]]", featuring [[Mikky Ekko]], reached the top five in over twenty countries, including No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Trust|first=Gary|title=Baauer's 'Harlem Shake' Debuts Atop Revamped Hot 100|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/baauers-harlem-shake-debuts-atop-revamped-hot-100/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 31, 2022|date=February 21, 2013}}</ref> As promotion prior to the album's release, Rihanna embarked on the [[Rihanna 777 Documentary... 7Countries7Days7Shows|777 Tour]], a mini tour of seven shows in seven countries in seven days.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/rihanna-takes-fans-media-party-plane-trip-7-countries-article-1.1202950 |work=Daily News|location=New York|title=Rihanna takes fans, media on party plane trip to 7 countries|first=Joyce|last=Chen|date=November 23, 2012|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> On May 6, 2013, [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] aired a documentary about the tour, with a [[Rihanna 777 Documentary... 7Countries7Days7Shows|documentary DVD]] being released the following day as Rihanna's third live long-form video release.<ref name="777tour">{{cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/rihanna-777-documentary-coming-to-fox-in-may-101299/|title=Rihanna 777' Documentary Coming to Fox in May|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Danton|first=Eric R.|date=March 19, 2013|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
 
In February 2013, at the [[55th Grammy Awards]], Rihanna won her sixth Grammy Award, in the category [[Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video|Best Short Form Music Video]] for "[[We Found Love (music video)|We Found Love]]" (2011).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/early-grammy-winners-include-rihanna-jay-z-and-kanye-west-81353/|title=Early Grammy Winners Include Rihanna, Jay-Z and Kanye West|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 10, 2013|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> Also that month, the United Kingdom's [[Official Charts Company]] announced that Rihanna had sold 3,868,000 records in the past year in the country, ranking at No. 1 in the list of [[2013 BRIT Awards]] artist nominees.<ref name="officialcharts.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-brit-awards-2013-the-real-winners-revealed-1869/|title=The BRIT Awards 2013: The biggest selling nominees revealed|website=[[OfficialCharts.com]]|date=February 20, 2013|access-date=February 20, 2013}}</ref> Rihanna's fifth headlining [[concert tour]], the [[Diamonds World Tour]], began in March 2013, in support of ''Unapologetic''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |title=Rihanna Unveils Diamonds Tour Dates After Big VMA Night |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1693402/rihanna-tour-dates-vma-2012/ |publisher=MTV |access-date=January 31, 2022|date=September 7, 2012 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909225914/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1693402/rihanna-tour-dates-vma-2012.jhtml |archive-date=September 9, 2012}}</ref> Rihanna then appeared in the [[Seth Rogen]] and [[Evan Goldberg]] comedy film ''[[This Is the End]]'', which was released in June 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a469803/this-is-the-end-rihanna-seth-rogan-emma-watson-in-red-band-trailer/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420025002/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a469803/this-is-the-end-rihanna-seth-rogan-emma-watson-in-red-band-trailer.html|url-status=live|archive-date=April 20, 2013 |title='This Is the End': Rihanna doesn't make it in red band trailer |work=Digital Spy |date=April 2, 2013 |access-date=April 2, 2013 }}</ref> That same month, American [[hip hop music|hip hop]] artist [[Wale (rapper)|Wale]] released a [[Bad (Wale song)#Remix|remixed version]] of his single "[[Bad (Wale song)#Remix|Bad]]" featuring Rihanna.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bad-remix-feat.-rihanna/id657264827?i=657264828|title=iTunes Music&nbsp;– Bad [Remix] (feat. Rihanna)&nbsp;– Single by Wale |publisher=iTunes Store|date=June 5, 2013|access-date=June 3, 2013}}</ref> In October 2013, Eminem released his Rihanna-assisted single, "[[The Monster (song)|The Monster]]", as the fourth release from his eighth studio album ''[[The Marshall Mathers LP 2]]'' (2013).
 
===2014–2017: Standalone releases, ''Home'' soundtrack and ''Anti''===
 
In 2014, Rihanna appeared on [[Shakira]]'s single, "[[Can't Remember to Forget You]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/shakira-rihanna-team-up-on-cant-remember-to-forget-you-listen-5869585/|title=Shakira, Rihanna Team Up On 'Can't Remember To Forget You': Listen|magazine=Billboard|date=January 13, 2014 |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> Following the release of ''Unapologetic'' and its accompanying tour, Rihanna aimed to take a hiatus from recording music, stating: "I wanted to have a year to just do whatever I want artistically, creatively."<ref name="vogue">{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/rihanna-vogue-interview-anti-drake-work-puma-fenty |title= More From Rihanna's Interview With Vogue|work=Vogue|last=Aguirre|first=Abby|date=March 24, 2016|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> In May 2014, Rihanna left Def Jam Recordings to sign fully with Roc Nation, the record label that had managed her career since October 2010.<ref name=label>{{cite news|last=Nostro|first=Lauren|title=Rihanna Has Left Def Jam and Signed to Jay Z's Roc Nation Label|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2014/05/rihanna-roc-nation-management-label-deal|access-date=May 5, 2014|newspaper=Complex|date=May 5, 2014}}</ref>
 
A year after Rihanna began working on her eighth studio album, the single "[[FourFiveSeconds]]" was released, which featured Rihanna paired up with Kanye West and [[Paul McCartney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2058811/rihanna-four-five-seconds/|title=Rihanna Dropped Her New Song With Kanye And Paul McCartney—Hear 'FourFiveSeconds'|last=White|first=Caitlin|website=[[MTV]]|date=January 25, 2015|access-date=April 3, 2015}}</ref> Two further singles followed its release: "[[Bitch Better Have My Money]]" and "[[American Oxygen]]";<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Anderson|first=Stacey|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rihanna-debuts-bitch-better-have-my-money-at-iheartradio-awards-6516868/|title=Rihanna Debuts 'Bitch Better Have My Money' at iHeartRadio Awards|magazine=Billboard|date=March 29, 2015|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/3771826/rihanna-american-oxygen-tidal-jay-z-beyonce-march-madness-ncaa-basketball/ |magazine=Time |title=Rihanna Debuts Soulful 'American Oxygen' on Tidal |date=April 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/music/rihanna-debuts-american-oxygen-slams-rfra-at-115594321481.html|title=Rihanna Debuts 'American Oxygen,' Slams RFRA at March Madness Fest|date=April 5, 2015|publisher=Yahoo!}}</ref> neither made the final track listing for Rihanna's eighth studio album. During the creation of the album, Rihanna ventured into other endeavors and appeared in the voice role of Tip in the animated feature film ''[[Home (2015 film)|Home]]'' alongside [[Jim Parsons]] and [[Jennifer Lopez]], the film was based on ''[[The True Meaning of Smekday]]'' by [[Adam Rex]]. Rihanna also released a [[Home (soundtrack)|concept album]] soundtrack for the film.<ref>{{cite news|last=Graser |first=Marc |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/rihanna-to-make-concept-album-for-dreamworks-animations-home-1201120819/ |title=Rihanna to Make Concept Album for Upcoming Animated Movie |work=Variety |date=February 25, 2014 |access-date=April 23, 2014 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509172650/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/rihanna-to-make-concept-album-for-dreamworks-animations-home-1201120819/ |archive-date=May 9, 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Rihanna (cropped).png|thumb|upright|Rihanna performing on the [[Anti World Tour]] in 2016]]
In late 2015, Rihanna inked a $25&nbsp;million contract with [[Samsung]] that would see her promoting [[Samsung Galaxy|Samsung's Galaxy]] line of products whilst Samsung would sponsor the release of her eighth studio album and its supporting tour.<ref name="25Samsung">{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2015/10/29/rihanna-inks-25m-sponsorship-deal-with-samsung/|title=Rihanna inks $25M sponsorship deal with Samsung|work=New York Post|access-date=November 17, 2015|date=October 29, 2015}}</ref> The [[Anti World Tour]] was announced in November 2015 and began in March 2016, with [[Travis Scott (musician)|Travis Scott]] supporting in North America and [[Big Sean]] supporting at selected European dates.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=rihanna|number=668855691612958720|title= #ANTIWorldTour starts Feb 2016! Bringing along @trvisXX in N. America & @theweeknd @bigsean in EU!|date=November 23, 2015|author=Rihanna|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=September 2018}} [[The Weeknd]] had also initially planned to support at certain European sites, but he backed out citing "unforeseen changes in upcoming projects".<ref>{{cite news|last=Levine|first=Nick|date=March 23, 2016|title=The Weeknd drops out of Rihanna's Anti World Tour|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-weeknd-drops-out-of-rihanna-s-anti-world-tour-a6948306.html|work=The Independent|access-date=February 23, 2019}}</ref> On January 28, 2016, Rihanna released her eighth studio album, ''[[Anti (album)|Anti]]'', exclusively through [[Streaming media|streaming service]] [[Tidal (service)|Tidal]].<ref name="antireleasedate">{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/1/27/9075439/rihanna-anti-new-album-tidal-available-now|title=Rihanna's new album ANTI is available now|publisher=[[The Verge]]|last=Cox|first=Jamieson|date=January 28, 2016|access-date=January 28, 2016}}</ref> The album peaked at No. 1 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, becoming Rihanna's second No. 1 and eighth top 10 album on the chart.<ref name="antitops">{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/rihanna-anti-billboard-200-no-1/|title=Rihanna's 'Anti' Rules at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=February 7, 2016|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> The album was supported by the release of four singles, including the lead single "[[Work (Rihanna song)|Work]]", featuring Drake, which topped the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. Further Platinum-certified singles "[[Needed Me]]" and "[[Love on the Brain]]" both peaked inside the top 10 of the US Hot 100.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.musictimes.com/articles/66432/20160229/rihanna-drake-work-1-hot-100-again-justin-bieber-flo-rida.htm |title=Rihanna and Drake 'Work' Into No. 1 Spot on Hot 100 Again Over Justin Bieber, Flo RIda |date=February 29, 2016 |website=Music Times |access-date=January 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302080251/http://www.musictimes.com/articles/66432/20160229/rihanna-drake-work-1-hot-100-again-justin-bieber-flo-rida.htm |archive-date=March 2, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Singles">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/drake-no-1-hot-100-fourth-week-pink-hits-top-10/|title=Drake No. 1 on Hot 100 for Fourth Week, P!nk Hits Top 10|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=June 6, 2016|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
 
In 2016, Rihanna was featured on several singles. The first collaboration single was Kanye West's "[[Famous (Kanye West song)|Famous]]", where Rihanna provided uncredited guest vocals. She was then officially featured on Calvin Harris' "[[This Is What You Came For]]", which was a success.<ref name="Singles"/><ref name="Came">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/listen-rihanna-calvin-harris-this-is-what-you-came-for-dance-7350215/|title=Listen to Rihanna and Calvin Harris' 'This Is What You Came For''|magazine=Billboard|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=April 29, 2016|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> Rihanna was also featured on Drake's "[[Too Good (song)|Too Good]]" and on [[Mike Will Made It]]{{'}}s "[[Nothing Is Promised]]".<ref name="Views Booklet">{{cite AV media notes |year=2016 |title=Views |others=Drake |type=PDF digital booklet |publisher=[[Young Money Entertainment]]}}</ref><ref name="Promised">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/mike-will-made-it-rihanna-nothing-is-promised-7393452/|title=Mike Will Made-It Releases Rihanna Collab 'Nothing Is Promised'|magazine=Billboard|last=Brandle|first=Lars|date=June 3, 2016|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> In June 2016, Rihanna released "[[Sledgehammer (Rihanna song)|Sledgehammer]]", a single from the ''[[Star Trek Beyond]]'' movie soundtrack.<ref name="sledgehammer">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2898084/rihanna-sledgehammer-star-trek-beyond/ |title=Rihanna Is in Full Ballad Mode on New Song 'Sledgehammer' |publisher=MTV |date=June 27, 2016 |access-date=June 27, 2016 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627231753/http://www.mtv.com/news/2898084/rihanna-sledgehammer-star-trek-beyond/ |archive-date=June 27, 2016}}</ref> On August 28, 2016, Rihanna was honored with the [[Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award]] at the [[2016 MTV Video Music Awards]] after performing various medleys of her hit songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2910480/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-2016-vmas/|title=RIHANNA IS YOUR 2016 VMA VIDEO VANGUARD|last=Geffen|first=Sasha|publisher=MTV|date=August 11, 2016|access-date=August 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/rihanna-recipient-2016-mtv-video-vanguard-award-article-1.2749890 |title=Rihanna is the recipient of 2016 MTV Video Vanguard Award |last=Bitette |first=Nicole |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York |date=August 13, 2016 |access-date=August 15, 2016 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816201838/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/rihanna-recipient-2016-mtv-video-vanguard-award-article-1.2749890 |archive-date=August 16, 2016}}</ref>
 
Rihanna released several collaborations in 2017. First she was the featured part in [[Future (rapper)|Future]]'s "[[Selfish (Future song)|Selfish]]", the lead single from the rapper's sixth studio album, ''[[Hndrxx]]''. Summer 2017 saw the release of Rihanna's collaborations with record producer [[DJ Khaled]], "[[Wild Thoughts]]", which also featured [[Bryson Tiller]] and was a worldwide success, and [[Kendrick Lamar]]'s single, "[[Loyalty (Kendrick Lamar song)|Loyalty]]", which earned Rihanna her ninth Grammy Award at the [[60th Annual Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/dj-khaled-rihanna-bryson-tiller-wild-thoughts-grateful-7833688/|title=DJ Khaled's 'Wild Thoughts' Collaboration With Rihanna and Bryson Tiller Will Drop Tomorrow|magazine=Billboard|last=Platon|first=Adelle|date=June 15, 2017|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-grammys-2018-60th-grammy-awards-kendrick-lamar-and-rihanna-win-grammy-1517186708-htmlstory.html|title=Kendrick Lamar is 4-for-4 after 'Loyalty' wins the Grammy for rap/sung performance|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|last=Roberts|first=Randall|date=January 28, 2018|access-date=February 2, 2018}}</ref> In November 2017, Rihanna was part of [[N.E.R.D]]{{'}}s comeback single "[[Lemon (N.E.R.D and Rihanna song)|Lemon]]" from the band's album ''[[No One Ever Really Dies]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ortiz |first=Edwin |url=http://www.complex.com/music/2017/11/nerd-debut-new-album-complexcon-performance |title=N*E*R*D Debut New Album at ComplexCon With Electrifying Show |work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |date=November 5, 2017 |access-date=November 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lemon-single/1300805696 |title=Lemon – Single by N.E.R.D |website=[[iTunes Store]] (US) |date=November 2017 |access-date=November 15, 2017}}</ref>
 
===2018–present: Hiatus and upcoming ninth studio album===
In October 2017, [[Shakka (singer)|Shakka]] revealed that he was working with Rihanna on her "absolutely insane" album.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/rihanna/news/rihannas-songwriter-says-her-new-album-is-absolutely-insane |title=Rihanna's Songwriter Says Her New Album Is "Absolutely Insane" |publisher=MTV UK |access-date=October 20, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021055817/http://www.mtv.co.uk/rihanna/news/rihannas-songwriter-says-her-new-album-is-absolutely-insane |archive-date=October 21, 2017 }}</ref> In December 2018, Rihanna confirmed that the album would be released in 2019,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Stiernberg|first=Bonnie|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rihanna-new-album-2019-release-8491320/|title=Rihanna Confirms Her New Album Will Be Out in 2019|magazine=Billboard|date=December 22, 2018|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> and later announced that it is a [[reggae]] project.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sapanara|first=Michael|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/rihanna-confirms-reggae-album-t-magazine-interview-8512137/|title=Rihanna Confirms Upcoming Reggae Album in New Interview|magazine=Billboard|date=May 20, 2019|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> In August 2019, fans noticed that Rihanna and co-songwriters Collin Edwards, Monique Lawrence, and Alexander Ogunmokun registered a song titled "Private Loving" with the music publishing organization [[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a28737053/rihanna-new-music-2019/|title=Rihanna Just Registered New Music and People Are Freaking Out|work=Elle|date=August 18, 2019}}</ref>{{refn|While she neither unambiguously confirmed or denied the track, she said it is definitely not the title of her album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a29448309/rihanna-upcoming-album-title-rumor/|title=Rihanna Clears Up Rumor About Upcoming Album|work=Elle|date=October 12, 2019}}</ref>|group=n}} In September 2019, it was announced she had signed with [[Sony/ATV Music Publishing]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Aswad |first1=Jem |last2=Halperin |first2=Shirley |title=Rihanna Signs With Sony/ATV Music Publishing |url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/rihanna-publishing-deal-sony-atv-jon-platt-1203335436/ |website=Variety |access-date=September 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190916183510/https://variety.com/2019/music/news/rihanna-publishing-deal-sony-atv-jon-platt-1203335436/ |archive-date=September 16, 2019 |location=United States |language=en |date=September 16, 2019}}</ref> In December 2019, Rihanna alluded to her album being complete and indefinitely withholding the release date in an [[Instagram]] post.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/rihanna-teases-r9-album-with-house-of-pain-loving-pup-watch-8546967/|title= Rihanna Teases 'R9' Album With House of Pain-Loving Pup: Watch |magazine=Billboard|date=December 22, 2019|quote=Update: me listening to R9 by myself and refusing to release it.}}</ref> She was next featured on Canadian singer [[PartyNextDoor]]'s song "[[Believe It (PartyNextDoor and Rihanna song)|Believe It]]", which was released on March 27, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|website=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]|title=PartyNextDoor Recruits Rihanna for New Single 'Believe It'|date=March 27, 2020|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/partynextdoor-rihanna-new-song-973054/|last1=Spanos|first1=Brittany|last2=Legaspi|first2=Althea|access-date=March 27, 2020}}</ref>
 
==Artistry==
===Music and voice===
Rihanna is a [[mezzo-soprano]], with a [[Vocal range|range]] spanning from [[B (musical note)|B<sub>2</sub>]] to [[C♯ (musical note)|C{{sharp}}<sub>6</sub>]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/03/rihanna-best-hip-hop-collaborations/|title=19 OF RIHANNA'S BEST HIP-HOP COLLABORATIONS OVER THE YEARS|work=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]|date=March 21, 2017|access-date=April 12, 2018|first=Sidney|last=Madden}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://parade.com/586115/walterscott/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-rihanna/|title=5 Things You Didn't Know About Rihanna |work=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]|date=July 14, 2017|access-date=April 12, 2018|first=Walter|last=Scott}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/top-artists-vocal-range_n_5357698|title=Comparing The Top Artists, Past And Present, By Vocal Range|work=[[HuffPost]]|date=May 20, 2014|access-date=January 31, 2022|first=Ryan|last=Kristobak}}</ref> While recording tracks for her third studio album, ''Good Girl Gone Bad'' (2007), Rihanna took vocal lessons from Ne-Yo. Speaking of the experience she stated, "I've never had vocal training, so when I'm in the studio, he'll tell me how to breathe and stuff... He'll call out these big fancy words: 'OK, I want you to do [[staccato]].' And I'm like, 'OK, I don't know what that is.'"<ref name="VoiceLessons"/> Her vocal performance on ''Loud'' (2010) received positive reviews from music critics. James Skinner from [[BBC]] praised Rihanna's vocals on the song "[[Love the Way You Lie (Part II)]]" and wrote that her voice is powerful and that "it is Rihanna's vocal&nbsp;– at once commanding, soulful and vulnerable&nbsp;– that anchors the song, and Loud itself".<ref name="BBCLoudReview">{{cite news|last=Skinner|first=James|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/x5fd |title=Music&nbsp;– Review of Rihanna&nbsp;– Loud|publisher=BBC|date=November 15, 2010|access-date=January 29, 2011}}</ref> Andy Gill from ''[[The Independent]]'' feels that "California King Bed" features her best vocal performance.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gill|first=Andy|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-rihanna-loud-mercury-2131509.html|title=Album: Rihanna, ''Loud'' (Mercury)|work=[[The Independent]]|date=November 12, 2010|access-date=October 25, 2012|location=London}}</ref> In a review of ''Unapologetic'', ''Billboard'' magazine wrote, "Diamonds finds Rihanna doing one of her throatiest, most impassioned vocals to date, on this inspirational pop ballad."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rihanna-unapologetic-track-by-track-review-1066751/|title=Rihanna, 'Unapologetic': Track-By-Track Review|magazine=Billboard|first=Andrew|last=Hampp|date=November 17, 2012|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> Jon Caramanica of the ''New York Times'' stated, "over the years, as her game face froze in place, her voice cured into a weapon of emotional chill and strategic indifference. It's decidedly unfriendly, made to give orders".<ref>{{cite news|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/arts/music/rihannas-album-unapologetic-makes-most-of-her-talent.html|title=Rihanna's Album 'Unapologetic' Makes Most of Her Talent
|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 20, 2012|access-date=July 10, 2013}}</ref>
 
{{Quote box|width=25em|align=right|quote="[My music is] just imagination, being creative; that's what my music is composed with. Being creative and thinking of situations, whether situations I went through or situations I've observed people going through. I can't tell you where I'll see myself in five years, but I can tell you I will work my best to be the most successful artist that I can be in five years. [I want to be] Remembered as Rihanna. Remembered as being the artist from the Caribbean who came here and made it internationally. Just remembered as me, 'cause I'm true to my music, and I just want people to realize that and appreciate me for that"|source=—Rihanna during her first interview with MTV News<ref>{{cite news|last=Jones |first=Steve |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1627016/rihanna-plotted-her-path-to-success-in-first-mtv-news-interview/ |title=Rihanna Plotted Her Path To Success in First MTV News Interview |publisher=[[MTV]] |date=November 21, 2009 |access-date=February 17, 2016 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328050240/http://www.mtv.com/news/1627016/rihanna-plotted-her-path-to-success-in-first-mtv-news-interview/ |archive-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref>
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Growing up in Barbados, she mainly listened to [[reggae]], [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] and [[soca music]].<ref name="RockSideLP">{{cite web|last=Tecson |first=Brandee J. |title=Rihanna Getting in Touch With Her Rock Side For Next LP |website=[[MTV]] |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1524534/rihanna-getting-in-touch-with-her-rock-side-for-next-lp/ |date=February 22, 2006 |access-date=September 27, 2012 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605075807/http://www.mtv.com/news/1524534/rihanna-getting-in-touch-with-her-rock-side-for-next-lp/ |archive-date=June 5, 2014}}</ref> When she first came to the US, she was exposed to different types of music with "rock being one of them, and I fell in love with it. [Now] I love rock music."<ref name="RockSideLP"/> During her debut, she recorded songs that were inspired by her [[Caribbean music|Caribbean roots]] and described her early sound as "a fusion of reggae, hip-hop and R&B, with a little something different thrown in".<ref name="USAToday1"/><ref name="RockHall">{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/meet-the-8-artists-youd-n_6_b_5606910|title=Meet the 8 Artists You'd Never Guess Were in the Rock Hall (#8: Rihanna)|work=[[HuffPost]]|date=July 21, 2015|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> Her early dancehall roots can be found on her debut album, ''Music of the Sun'', and its follow-up, ''A Girl like Me''.<ref name="AllmusicLikeMe">{{cite web|last=Jeffries|first=David|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-girl-like-me-mw0000348566|title=A Girl Like Me&nbsp;– Rihanna|publisher=[[AllMusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]]|access-date=November 25, 2015}}</ref> Her debut album demonstrates the influence of Rihanna's musical heritage of the Caribbean. Kelefa Sanneh of the ''New York Times'' complimented its combination of dancehall and reggae, who said, "Dancehall reggae sometimes seems like a furiously insular form of music, but ... Rihanna is only the latest singer to discover how versatile the genre's spring-loaded electronic rhythms can be".<ref>{{cite news|last=Sanneh|first=Kelefa|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html|title=Critics Choice: new CDs|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 27, 2012|date=September 5, 2005}}</ref> Her debut single, "Pon de Replay" features a dancehall-pop mixture that infuses a reggae style, while "[[If It's Lovin' that You Want]]" talks about a girl seducing a guy to be her boyfriend.<ref name="PDRFollow"/> Aiming for artistic growth, ''A Girl like Me'' expresses personal experiences that typical 18-year-old girls go through with ballads that were described as elegant and mature.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jeffries|first=David|title=Review: A Girl like Me|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-girl-like-me-mw0000348566|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|date=April 25, 2006 |access-date=September 28, 2012}}</ref> After her second album, she slowly dismissed her [[dancehall]] and reggae roots.
 
Rihanna's musical career has been an experiment with new musical ideas and stated that she wants "to make music that could be heard in parts of the world that I'd never been to".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/rihanna-learned-to-sing-by-mimicking-celine-dion-1.2291713 |title=Rihanna learned to sing by mimicking Celine Dion |date=March 22, 2015 |work=[[CTV News]]|publisher=Bell Media |access-date=November 21, 2015 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121175534/http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/rihanna-learned-to-sing-by-mimicking-celine-dion-1.2291713 |archive-date=November 21, 2015}}</ref> With its provocative subject matter and lyrics, she began incorporating a wide range of genres including, pop, [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], reggae, [[dubstep]], hip hop and [[electronic dance music|EDM]].<ref name="Vogue2016">{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.com/article/rihanna-anti-review|title=Rihanna's Anti Album Is Anti-Pop—And That's Not a Bad Thing|date=January 28, 2016|first=Patricia |last=Garcia|work=Vogue|access-date=July 29, 2017}}</ref> During a review for ''Good Girl Gone Bad'', ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' to write that Rihanna "finally figured out that she's a dance artist and the majority of the album is {{sic|comprised |hide=y|of}} [[uptempo]] dance-pop [songs like]" "Push Up on Me" and "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don't Stop the Music]]".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cinquemani |first=Sal |title=Rihanna Good Girl Gone Bad&nbsp;– Slant Magazine |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/rihanna-good-girl-gone-bad |work=Slant Magazine |date=May 22, 2007 |access-date=November 13, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111202201/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/rihanna-good-girl-gone-bad |archive-date=January 11, 2016}}</ref> It represents a departure from the Caribbean sound of her previous albums and is described as a turning point in her career.<ref>{{cite web|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|title=Review: A Girl like Me|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rihanna-mn0000367188/biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|date=April 25, 2006 |access-date=November 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6690000/newsid_6690400/6690467.stm |title=Album Review: Rihanna&nbsp;— Good Girl Gone Bad |date=May 25, 2007 |publisher=BBC |access-date=June 1, 2009}}</ref> While the first half of the record shares many 1980s pop influences with songs like "Don't Stop the Music" and "[[Shut Up and Drive (Rihanna song)|Shut Up and Drive]]", the second half retreats into standard R&B.<ref name="ew"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Robinson|first=Peter|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/jun/17/popandrock.shopping|title=Review: Good Girl Gone Bad |work=The Guardian|access-date=November 14, 2015|date=June 16, 2007}}</ref>
 
Recorded after the assault by her then-boyfriend, Chris Brown, ''Rated R'' had a much darker tone and was filled with various emotions she experienced throughout 2009.<ref name="VentedOnLP">{{cite web|last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |title=Rihanna 'Vented' On Her Just-Released Rated R Album |website=[[MTV]] |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1626934/rihanna-vented-on-her-just-released-rated-r-album/|date=November 24, 2009 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113001754/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1626934/rihanna-vented-on-her-just-released-rated-r-album.jhtml |archive-date=November 13, 2012}}</ref> In her fifth album ''Loud'', Rihanna reflects on the fun and energetic vibe she had while recording the album.<ref name="NewLoud"/> The album is a mixture of ballads, party anthems and empowering love songs.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |title=Rihanna's Loud Preview: Eminem Gets Dark On Otherwise Light LP |website=[[MTV]] |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1651058/rihannas-loud-preview-eminem-gets-dark-on-otherwise-light-lp/ |date=October 29, 2010 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825082709/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651058/rihannas-loud-preview-eminem-gets-dark-on-otherwise-light-lp.jhtml |archive-date=August 25, 2012}}</ref> ''Talk That Talk'' was similar to ''Rated R'', as both contain hip hop, R&B, dancehall and dubstep genres.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sciarretto |first=Amy |url=https://popcrush.com/rihanna-talk-that-talk-album-review/|title=Rihanna&nbsp;– 'Talk That Talk'&nbsp;– Album Review |publisher=Popcrush |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127185515/http://popcrush.com/rihanna-talk-that-talk-album-review/ |archive-date=November 27, 2011}}</ref> ''Loud'' and ''Talk That Talk'' saw her explore sexuality in her work ("[[S&M (Rihanna song)|S&M]]" and "[[Birthday Cake (song)|Birthday Cake]]") and return to her dancehall roots ("Man Down" and "[[Watch n' Learn]]").<ref>{{cite web|last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |title=Rihanna's Loud Continues To Leak Online |website=[[MTV]] |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1651820/rihannas-loud-continues-to-leak-online/|date=November 9, 2009 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514133358/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651820/rihannas-loud-continues-leak-online.jhtml |archive-date=May 14, 2013}}</ref> She also branched out into house music with tracks like "We Found Love", "Only Girl (In the World)" and "[[Complicated (Rihanna song)|Complicated]]".<ref name="NewMadonna">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2581672/is-rihanna-really-the-new-madonna/ |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130129134415/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2011/10/20/is-rihanna-really-the-new-madonna/ |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |title=Is Rihanna Really The New Madonna? |publisher=MTV |date=October 20, 2011 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |last=Vena |first=Jocelyn }}</ref> Her songs are also inspired through record [[Sampling (music)|sampling]] from other artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/rihanna-samples-avril-lavigne-on-loud/7709017 |title=Rihanna Samples Avril Lavigne on 'Loud' |date=October 21, 2010 |first=Amy |last=Sciarretto |publisher=[[Artistdirect]] |access-date=September 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022123420/http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/rihanna-samples-avril-lavigne-on-loud/7709017 |archive-date=October 22, 2012}}</ref>


===Influences===
===Influences===
[[File:Rebel Heart tour 2016 - Melbourne 1 (25681497614).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Rihanna has cited [[Madonna]] (''pictured'') as her idol and biggest influence.]]
[[File:Madonna_Rebel_Heart_Tour_2015_-_Stockholm_(23051472299)_(cropped).jpg|frameless|176x176px]] [[File:Mariah_Carey_WBLS_2018_Interview_4.jpg|frameless|177x177px]] [[File:Bob-Marley.jpg|frameless|179x179px]]
Rihanna has named [[Madonna]] as her idol and biggest influence. She said that she wanted to be the "black Madonna" and praised her ability to reinvent herself throughout her career.<ref name="biggest">{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a330967/rihanna-madonna-is-my-biggest-inspiration/|title=Rihanna: 'Madonna is my biggest inspiration'|first=Lewis|last=Corner|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=July 21, 2011|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> She noted, "I think that Madonna was a great inspiration for me, especially on my earlier work. If I had to examine her evolution through time, I think she reinvented her clothing style and music with success every single time. And at the same time remained a real force in entertainment in the whole world."<ref name="biggest"/>
Another major influence on Rihanna's music and career has been [[Mariah Carey]], whose song "Hero" she performed when Rihanna was still a teenager at her high school talent show.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/11178/rihanna-sings-mariah-carey-hero-as-a-teenager/ |title=Watch a Teenage Rihanna Belt Out Mariah Carey's "Hero" at Her High School Talent Show |work=[[VH1]]|date=April 29, 2015 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121224426/http://www.vh1.com/news/11178/rihanna-sings-mariah-carey-hero-as-a-teenager/ |archive-date=November 21, 2015}}</ref> She revealed that Carey's song "[[Vision of Love]]" "was the song that made [her] want to do music."<ref>{{cite web|title=the tracks that shaped rihanna's life|url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_au/article/the-tracks-that-shaped-rihannas-life|website=i-D|date=February 5, 2015|access-date=November 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rihanna says she's inspired by Mariah Carey|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/people/2015/03/22/rihanna-inspired-mariah-carey/25176945/|work=The Arizona Republic|publisher=The USA Today Network|access-date=November 15, 2015}}</ref>
 
In her youth, she would see [[Bob Marley]] on television because of his fame in the Caribbean.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/rihanna-admits-which-divas-she-copied-while-growing-up/11512077 |title=Rihanna Admits Which Divas She Copied While Growing Up |publisher=[[Artistdirect]] |date=March 31, 2015 |access-date=November 25, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511120940/http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/rihanna-admits-which-divas-she-copied-while-growing-up/11512077 |archive-date=May 11, 2015}}</ref> She stated, "He's one of my favourite artists of all time – he really paved the way for every other artist out of the Caribbean".<ref>{{cite web|title=Rihanna's Bob Marley Shrine
|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/rihannas-bob-marley-shrine_1180876|publisher=[[Contactmusic.com]]|access-date=June 13, 2012|date=November 8, 2010}}</ref> She built a [[shrine]] in her home dedicated to the reggae legend and has covered Marley's "[[Is This Love (Bob Marley song)|Is This Love]]" and [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]]' "[[Redemption Song (Rihanna song)|Redemption Song]]" during her concert tours.<ref name="MarleyTribute">{{cite web|title=Rihanna builds shrine to commemorate Bob Marley
|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/music/rihanna-builds-shrine-to-commemorate-bob-marley-65187
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014025654/http://www.ndtv.com/article/music/rihanna-builds-shrine-to-commemorate-bob-marley-65187
|archive-date=October 14, 2012|publisher=[[NDTV]]|access-date=June 13, 2012|date=November 9, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Kreps |first=Daniel |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rihanna-covers-bob-marleys-redemption-song-for-haiti-relief-111258/ |title=Rihanna Covers Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" for Haiti Relief |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=January 20, 2010 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126074058/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/01/20/rihanna-covers-bob-marleys-redemption-song-for-haiti-relief/ |archive-date=January 26, 2010 }}</ref>
During her childhood, she would go around singing [[Whitney Houston]] songs and "[[A Whole New World]]" into her hairbrush so much that her neighbors started calling her "Robyn Redbreast".<ref name="RollingStone1"/> She also stated that one of the first songs she remembers falling in love with was Houston's version of "[[I Will Always Love You]]" and that it "was really inspiring, and it made me develop a passion for music, so really, she's partly responsible for me being here in this industry."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/rihanna-ill-learn-from-whitneys-mistakes_05_05_2006 |title=Rihanna: 'I'Ll Learn From Whitney'S Mistakes' |publisher=Contactmusic.com |date=May 5, 2006 |access-date=October 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mtv.com/news/1682310/rihanna-whitney-houston-biopic/ |last=Warner |first=Kara |title=Rihanna Would Give Her 'Entire Life' To Play Whitney Houston |website=[[MTV]] |date=April 2, 2012 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127105532/http://www.mtv.com/news/1682310/rihanna-whitney-houston-biopic/ |archive-date=November 27, 2015}}</ref>
 
Rihanna was also influenced by [[Janet Jackson]], [[Aaliyah]], [[Beyoncé]] and [[Destiny's Child]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Collins|first=Hattie|title=Janet Jackson on surviving the family circus and missing Michael|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/janet-jackson-on-surviving-the-family-circus-and-missing-michael-rln7rztk906|journal=The Times |location=UK |date=November 29, 2009|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>[http://shelby.tv/video/youtube/lxSfNdx5Ac4/rihanna-fashion-inspired-by-bob-marley-tupac-aaliyah Rihanna – Fashion Inspired By Bob Marley, Tupac & Aaliyah] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213064755/http://shelby.tv/video/youtube/lxSfNdx5Ac4/rihanna-fashion-inspired-by-bob-marley-tupac-aaliyah |date=December 13, 2013 }}. Shelby.tv. Retrieved June 5, 2014.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Rihanna advises Idols to work like they have a hit |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070717/CI5_rihanna/20070717/?s_name=idol2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519000337/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070717/CI5_rihanna/20070717/?s_name=idol2007 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 19, 2008 |publisher=[[CTV.ca]] |access-date=May 23, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/remember-that-time-rihanna-performed-destinys-child-songs-for-6297016/|title=Remember That Time Rihanna Performed Destiny's Child Songs for Destiny's Child?|last=Strecker|first=Erin|magazine=Billboard|date=October 30, 2014|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> Other musical influences and idols include [[Celine Dion]],<ref name=artistdirect>{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0,,3655378,00.html |title=ARTISTdirect's Exclusive Interview With Rihanna! |publisher=[[Artistdirect]] |quote=those were the kinds of artists that always influenced me. Celine Dion, Mandy Moore, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Destiny's Child. |date=May 12, 2006 |access-date=May 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423045459/http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/news/article/0%2C%2C3655378%2C00.html |archive-date=April 23, 2008}}</ref> [[Grace Jones]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/10-things-you-never-knew-about-grace-jones |title=10 Things You Never Knew About... Grace Jones |work=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]] |access-date=January 1, 2012}}</ref> [[Lil' Kim]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=Rihanna on the '90s Beauty Icon Who Has Inspired Her Many Looks |url=http://www.vogue.com/article/rihanna-riri-perfume-90s-beauty-trends-lil-kim-lipstick |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803045958/http://www.vogue.com/article/rihanna-riri-perfume-90s-beauty-trends-lil-kim-lipstick |url-status=live |archive-date=August 3, 2017|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |access-date=August 22, 2017}}</ref> [[Alicia Keys]],<ref name="Sixshot">{{Cite news|title=Jay-Z's Latest Def Jam Artist 'Rihanna' Ready To Take Over! |url=http://www.sixshot.com/articles/5228/ |publisher=SixShot.com |date=June 8, 2005 |access-date=May 23, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427203025/http://www.sixshot.com/articles/5228/ |archive-date=April 27, 2006 }}</ref> [[Prince (musician)|Prince]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/14-artists-that-wouldnt-be-the-same-without-prince |title=21 Artists That Wouldn't Be The Same Without Prince |work=NME |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426125043/http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/14-artists-that-wouldnt-be-the-same-without-prince |archive-date=April 26, 2016}}</ref> [[Fefe Dobson]],<ref name=kidzworld>{{cite web|url=http://www.kidzworld.com/article/5853-rihanna-interview |title=Rihanna Interview |publisher=kidzworld |quote=You mention that some of your musical influences are Beyoncé, Alicia Keys and Mariah Carey. |access-date=February 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131012131/http://kidzworld.com/article/5853-rihanna-interview |archive-date=January 31, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Rihanna: A Dream Come True |url=http://soundslam.com/articles/interviews/interviews.php?interviews=in050802rihann |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302122753/http://soundslam.com/articles/interviews/interviews.php?interviews=in050802rihann |archive-date=March 2, 2009 |publisher=SoundSlam.com |access-date=May 23, 2009}}</ref> and [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]].<ref name="ew"/> Rihanna takes influence from the different types of music she discovered when she came to America and revealed that rock music was one of the first genres she fell in love with.<ref name="RockSideLP"/> She commented, "as I grow older, I want to know more about music. I want to discover more types of music".<ref name="ew"/> She cited Brandy's fourth studio album, ''[[Afrodisiac (Brandy album)|Afrodisiac]]'' (2004), as her main inspiration for her third album, ''Good Girl Gone Bad'' (2007).<ref name="ew"/> In her early career, her music contained strong influences of [[Caribbean music]], including [[reggae]] and [[dancehall]].<ref name="RudeBoyArt">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1632454/rihanna-says-clip-for-rude-boy-is-a-pop-art-video/|title=Rihanna Says Clip For 'Rude Boy' Is 'A Pop Art Video'|last=Rodriguez|first=Jayson|date=February 23, 2010|publisher=MTV|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> The music video of the song "Rude Boy" featured images inspired by her Caribbean roots.<ref name="RudeBoyArt"/>
 
===Videos and stage===


Rihanna has worked with music video director [[Anthony Mandler]] on more than a dozen [[music videos]], the first being "[[Unfaithful (song)|Unfaithful]]" (2006).<ref name="ManDownVid">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1663924/rihanna-man-down-music-video/|title=Rihanna Director Talks Upcoming 'Man Down' Video|publisher=MTV|date=May 16, 2011|access-date=January 31, 2022|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn}}</ref> "We've done 16 videos together; they're not all tough, [...] Yeah, I mean, I'm known for the 'Disturbia's and the 'Russian Roulette's and things like that, but 'Only Girl (In the World)' is certainly an ethereal kind of empowering, beauty-filled video," Mandler said.<ref name="ManDownVid"/> Jocelyn Vena of MTV wrote, "Rihanna, like Madonna, also has a tendency to make truly thought-provoking music videos that fit the songs they represent. Smattered in between glitzier, more glamorous clips, Madge and Ri want us to think about bigger issues".<ref name="NewMadonna"/> Jon Bream of the ''[[Star Tribune]]'' commented "[i]n the tradition of Madonna and Janet Jackson, Rihanna has become the [[video vixen]] of the '00s&nbsp;... Rihanna has perfected the pout, the long-legged strut, and trend-setting hairdos that keep women and men alike checking her out on YouTube."<ref name="star tribune">{{Cite news |last=Bream |first=Jon|title=Hush Hush Rihanna; The decade's hottest pop diva is all a-twitter about Monday's Jingle Ball. But don't ask about costar and boyfriend Chris Brown&nbsp;– her lips are sealed. |newspaper=[[Star Tribune]] |page=E.1|year=2008|issn=0895-2825}}</ref> George Epaminondas of ''[[InStyle]]'' considers Rihanna's music videos to be "cinematic" due to her "blend of lush island rhythms and swinging pop and&nbsp;... mischievous sensuality."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Epaminondas |first=George|title=Rihanna, Revealed |newspaper=[[InStyle]] |volume=15 |issue=8|page=196|date=August 2008|issn=1076-0830}}</ref>
[[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[Mariah Carey]], and [[Bob Marley]] had a huge influence on Rihanna.
 
[[File:RihannaLastGirlOnEarthSnapMar2011.jpg|thumb|upright|Rihanna performing on [[Last Girl on Earth]] Tour in Australia]]
 
Many of her music videos were shot as short films exploring issues such as love triangles, abuse and substance abuse romance, including "We Found Love" and "Man Down".<ref name="NewMadonna"/> Her music video for "Umbrella" shows Rihanna's transition into adulthood and her newly adopted image.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1568860/20070904/rihanna.jhtml|title=Rihanna's 'Painful' 'Umbrella' Shoot Kept Her on Her Toes: VMA Lens Recap|last=Rodriguez|first=Jayson|publisher=MTV|date=September 5, 2007|access-date=September 24, 2012}}</ref> The "dark, creepy" scenes of "Disturbia" have been compared to ''[[Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video)|Michael Jackson's Thriller]]''.<ref name="star tribune"/><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Wener |first1=Ben|last2=Fadroski |first2=Kelli Skye |title=Making mix discs for your creeptastic party? Pick from our Halloween 50 |newspaper=[[The Orange County Register]] |date=October 2, 2008}}</ref> The video for "Russian Roulette" features Rihanna in a padded room playing a game of [[russian roulette]] with her partner. A scene of Rihanna being approached by a speeding car at night was compared to the altercation with Chris Brown.<ref name="Top5MostVids">{{cite news|last=Graham|first=Charne|url=http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2011/10/rihanna_we_found_love.php?page=2|title=Rihanna's Top 5 Most Controversial Videos|work=[[Houston Press]]|date=October 25, 2011|access-date=September 26, 2012|archive-date=May 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510204014/http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2011/10/rihanna_we_found_love.php?page=2|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2011, Rihanna released three controversial music videos about sadomasochism, rape and domestic violence.<ref name="Top5MostVid">{{cite news |last=Graham |first=Charne |title=Rihanna's Top 5 Most Controversial Videos |url=http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2011/10/rihanna_we_found_love.php |work=Houston Press |date=October 25, 2011 |access-date=September 25, 2012 |archive-date=February 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226104835/http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2011/10/rihanna_we_found_love.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Man Down", which features Rihanna shooting a man in a train station, was criticized by the [[Parents Television Council]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Dinh|first=James|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1664864/rihanna-man-down-video/|title=Rihanna Pulls The Trigger In 'Man Down' Video|website=[[MTV]]|date=May 31, 2011|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> "We Found Love", which shows Rihanna and her love interest in a drug-filled unhealthy relationship,<ref name="Top5MostVids"/> sparked criticism from the Rape Crisis Centre for its message.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/rihanna/60035|title=Rihanna's video for 'We Found Love' is "a disgrace", say anti-rape campaigners|work=[[NME]]|date=October 26, 2011|access-date=September 25, 2012}}</ref> Charne Graham of the ''[[Houston Press]]'' defended her, asking, "Why should Rihanna's music videos get everyone riled up when others' equally sexual and controversial videos are in rotation? [...] she just like[s] to make music videos that give us something to talk about."<ref name="Top5MostVid"/> Rihanna was the first woman to pass 2&nbsp;billion cumulative views on the music video website [[Vevo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/68140/Rihanna-Beats-Lady-GaGa-To-2-Billion-YouTube-Hits |title=Rihanna Beats Lady GaGa To 2 Billion YouTube Hits |date=May 4, 2013 |access-date=January 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128094252/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/68140/Rihanna-Beats-Lady-GaGa-To-2-Billion-YouTube-Hits |archive-date=January 28, 2012 }}</ref> As of December 2016, she has accumulated over 10&nbsp;billion views on the site.
 
Denis Armstrong of [[Canadian Online Explorer]] commented on her performance at the [[Ottawa Bluesfest]], saying "her show was a Disney-esque choreographed fantasy of non-stop hip-swiveling, sassy attitude and personal endearments and a string of funky, sugar-free hits."<ref name="JamCanoe">{{cite news |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/R/Rihanna/ConcertReviews/2006/07/15/1685868.html |title=CANOE&nbsp;– JAM! Music&nbsp;– Artists&nbsp;– ConcertReviews&nbsp;– Concert Review |last=Armstrong |first=Denis |date=July 14, 2006 |publisher=[[Canoe.ca]] |access-date=June 4, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://www.freezepage.com/1352019177AGSFUOMNUS?url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/R/Rihanna/ConcertReviews/2006/07/15/1685868.html |archive-date=November 4, 2012 }}</ref> Her performance of "Disturbia" at the [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards]] was ranked tenth best on the [[MTV Video Music Awards]], according to a ''Billboard'' poll.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/mtv-vmas-15-best-performances-ever-poll-results-467799/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330213107/http://www.billboard.com/articles/photos/live/467799/mtv-vmas-10-best-performances-ever-poll-results|archive-date=March 30, 2013|title=MTV VMAs' 10 Best Performances Ever: Poll Results|magazine=Billboard|date=August 23, 2011|access-date=January 31, 2022|last=Mapes|first=Jillan}}</ref> Her revealing leather costumes during her Good Girl Gone Bad Tour were highly criticized by Malaysia's conservative Islamic party, who recommended that her concert tour should be banned.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/4314175/Malaysia-Muslims-want-Rihanna-concert-banned-because-she-is-too-sexy.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/4314175/Malaysia-Muslims-want-Rihanna-concert-banned-because-she-is-too-sexy.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Malaysia Muslims want Rihanna concert banned because 'she is too sexy' |date=January 22, 2009 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=September 24, 2012 |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Whilst commenting on her third album's accompanying tour, ''[[The Times]]'' compared Rihanna's stage wardrobe styling to that of Janet Jackson and called her "a vision of [[Ann Summers]] couture in thigh-high boots and a few scraps of black PVC."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article3065539.ece |title=Rihanna Live Reviews |last=Sinclair |first=David |date=December 18, 2007 |work=The Times |location=UK |access-date=September 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615073437/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article3065539.ece }}</ref> In the October 2011 issue of ''[[British Vogue]]'', Rihanna said her performance outfits and appearances are all an act; "[t]hat's not me. That's a part I play. You know, like it's a piece of art, with all these toys and textures to play with".<ref name="RoleModel">{{cite news|url=http://m.mtv.com/news/article.rbml?id=1671882 |title=MTV Mobile News: Rihanna Says She's No Role Model |last=Montgomery |first=James |date=October 3, 2011 |publisher=MTV |access-date=June 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514131350/http://m.mtv.com/news/article.rbml?id=1671882 |archive-date=May 14, 2013 }}</ref>
 
==Public image==
Known for her style and image, the evolution of Rihanna's music and fashion sense have been constantly followed by the media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2014/03/24/rihanna-cfda-fashion-icon-award/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324191309/http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2014/03/24/rihanna-cfda-fashion-icon-award/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 24, 2014 |title=Rihanna to Be Named CFDA Fashion Icon: A Look Back at Her Most Head-Turning Style Moments |work=People |publisher=StyleWatch |first=Aja |last=Mangum |date=March 24, 2014 |access-date=September 6, 2015 }}</ref> In 2009, ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine described Rihanna's early look as that of "a cookie-cutter teen queen", noting she has the ability "to shift looks dramatically and with such ease".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/06/rihannas_beauty_evolution.html |title=Rihanna: Beauty Chameleon |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |first=Aja |last=Mangum |date=June 3, 2009|access-date=June 5, 2009}}</ref> Around the time of the release of her second studio album, ''A Girl like Me'' (2006), many critics felt that Rihanna's style, sound and musical material were too similar to those of Beyoncé.<ref name="Washingtonpost">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/25/AR2006042501896.html |title=Quick Spin |last=Charnas |first=Dan |date=April 26, 2006 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=May 23, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/nov/25/popandrock2 |title=Move over, Beyoncé |last=Taylor |first=Amina |date=November 25, 2005 |work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=June 1, 2009}}</ref> In an interview with ''Look'' magazine, Rihanna spoke about comparisons to Beyoncé: "Beyoncé is a great artist and I feel honored to be mentioned in the same sentence, but we're different performers with different styles".<ref name="MyLeague">{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a359052/rihanna-theres-nobody-really-in-my-league.html|title=Rihanna: "There's nobody really in my league"|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=January 9, 2012|access-date=June 17, 2012}}</ref> She revealed during ''[[Oprah's Next Chapter]]'' that Def Jam's pop-princess blueprint made her feel claustrophobic during her early years with the label.<ref>{{cite web|last=Markman|first=Rob|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1692110/rihanna-oprah-def-jam/|title=Rihanna 'Felt Stifled' By Def Jam's Pop-Princess Blueprint|publisher=MTV|date=August 20, 2012|access-date=October 8, 2015}}</ref> According to Rihanna, "I felt like they were giving me a blueprint. [...] They had a brand, they had an idea of what they wanted me to be without figuring out who I was."<ref>{{cite web|last=Markman|first=Rob|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2498933/rihanna-oprah-interview-early-days-def-jam/|title=Rihanna Felt 'Claustrophobic' In Early Def Jam Days|publisher=MTV|date=August 20, 2012|access-date=January 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824012505/http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/08/20/rihanna-oprah-interview-early-days-def-jam|archive-date=August 24, 2012}}</ref> With the release of her third album, ''Good Girl Gone Bad'' (2007), Rihanna dismissed her innocent image for an edgier look with a new hairstyle, which was inspired by [[Charlize Theron]]'s bob cut in the science fiction thriller ''[[Æon Flux (film)|Æon Flux]]'' (2005).<ref>{{cite web|title=Rihanna's Hair Through The Years|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-beauty/pictures/rihannas-hair-through-the-years-2012172/20926|work=[[Us Magazine]]|date=May 17, 2012|access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref> She followed the likes of recording artists Janet Jackson and [[Christina Aguilera]] who also shed their innocent image for an edgier look and sound.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/rihanna/biography/|title=Rihanna Biography|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=November 20, 2014}}</ref>
 
[[File:Rihanna Met Gala 2017.jpg|thumb|left|Rihanna at the 2017 [[Met Gala]], whose theme was "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art Of The In-Between"]]
Nico Amarca of ''Highsnobiety'' magazine wrote "over the course of her now 10-year career, [Rihanna] has undergone one of the most significant [[Aesthetics|aesthetic]] metamorphoses the world has ever seen".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highsnobiety.com/2015/11/25/rihanna-style/ |title=Rihanna's Aesthetic Evolution |work=Highsnobiety |last=Amarca |first=Nico |date=November 25, 2015 |access-date=November 27, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160703200558/http://www.highsnobiety.com/2015/11/25/rihanna-style/ |archive-date=July 3, 2016}}</ref> Her image and fashion has changed several times with different hairstyles since the release of [[Good Girl Gone Bad|her third album]].<ref name="Hebert">{{cite news|url=http://www.elle.com/beauty/hair/rihannas-hairstyles-385221|title=Rihanna's Hairstyles Gallery|last=Hebert|first=Emily|date=June 3, 2010|work=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Rihanna's hairstyles in pictures">{{cite news|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/galleries/TMG8426687/Rihannas-hairstyles-in-pictures.html|title=Rihanna's hairstyles in pictures|date=September 7, 2012|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=October 19, 2012|location=London}}</ref> She commented that as a child she "used to watch her [mother] get dressed" and that her love and admiration for fashion started with her mom.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/10/youll-never-believe-who-inspires-rihannas-passion-for-fashion/|title=You'll Never Believe Who Inspires Rihanna's Passion for Fashion|publisher=ABC|date=October 1, 2013|access-date=November 27, 2015}}</ref> When putting together her own wardrobe she stated, "It's become more about taking a risk ... I always look for the most interesting silhouette or something that's a little off."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/celebrity/news/a309551/rihanna-i-take-risks-with-fashion.html|title=Rihanna: 'I take risks with fashion'|last=Harp|first=Justin|date=March 17, 2011|work=Digital Spy|access-date=October 18, 2012}}</ref> Jess Cartner-Morley of ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote that "Rihanna's wardrobe is the most talked-about, influential and dissected in pop right now" and that whatever she wears "is immediately reproduced on the high street, because it sells".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jul/17/rihanna-evolution-style-icon|title=Rihanna: evolution of a style icon|last=Cartner-Morley|first=Jess|date=July 17, 2012|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=October 18, 2012|location=London}}</ref> Country singer [[Miranda Lambert]] admires Rihanna's fashion and style stating, "I don't necessarily get inspired by the whole no-bra thing, but I love that you never know what she's going to wear. It always keeps you guessing, which makes her sassy and interesting."<ref name="LambertAdmire">{{cite news|url=http://www.okmagazine.com/blogs/miranda-lambert-admires-rihanna%E2%80%99s-fashion-risks |title=Miranda Miranda Lambert admires Rihanna Admires Rihanna's Fashion Risks |last=Nome |first=Valerie |date=October 2, 2009 |work=[[OK!]] |access-date=October 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219192945/http://www.okmagazine.com/blogs/miranda-lambert-admires-rihanna%E2%80%99s-fashion-risks |archive-date=December 19, 2012 }}</ref>
 
In an interview with [[Alexa Chung]] during ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' Festival 2015, [[Balmain (fashion house)|Balmain]] designer [[Olivier Rousteing]] praised Rihanna by stylistically comparing her to some of the biggest fashion icons in music history, such as Madonna, [[David Bowie]], Michael Jackson, and Prince.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.complex.com/style/2015/04/olivier-rousteing-says-rihanna-is-the-new-madonna-david-bowie-and-prince-of-fashion|title=Balmain Designer Olivier Rousteing Says Rihanna Is the New Madonna, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, and Prince of Fashion|first=Andrew|last=Lasane|date=April 27, 2015|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|access-date=November 27, 2015}}</ref> Commenting on the cultural expectation for pop stars to be [[role model]]s, Rihanna said "[being a role model] became more of my job than I wanted it to be. But no, I just want to make music. That's it."<ref name="RoleModel"/> In a May 2013 interview with MTV, ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]'' writer and feminist [[Eve Ensler]] said, "I'm a huge Rihanna fan, I think she has a kind of agency over her sexuality and she's open about her sexuality, she has enormous grace and she's immensely talented."<ref name="PraisedVagina">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a480105/rihannas-daring-sexuality-praised-by-vagina-monologues-writer.html|title=Rihanna's 'daring sexuality' praised by 'Vagina Monologues' writer|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=May 11, 2013|access-date=May 9, 2013}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peoplestylewatch.com/people/stylewatch/gallery/0,,20226392_2,00.html |title=PEOPLE'S 10 Best Dressed Stars of 2008 |work=People |first=Melissa |last=Liebling-Goldberg |date=September 17, 2008 |access-date=May 26, 2009 |archive-date=April 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422213814/http://www.peoplestylewatch.com/people/stylewatch/gallery/0,,20226392_2,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
Described as one of the sexiest women of her generation,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esquire.com/women/the-sexiest-woman-alive/rihanna-naked-1111|title=Rihanna Is the Sexiest Woman Alive|work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]|date=October 11, 2011|access-date=October 15, 2011}}</ref><ref name="ComplexSingers">{{cite web|title=The 100 Hottest female Singers of All Time|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/12/the-100-hottest-female-singers-of-all-time/lisa-loeb#./rihanna?&_suid=1376241379128009237337561526393|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|access-date=August 11, 2013|first1=Lauren |last1=Nostro |first2=Julian |last2=Patterson|date=December 10, 2012}}</ref> she revealed that being a [[sex symbol]] is not a priority and that "it's definitely flattering, but also uncomfortable."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/rihanna/263029-rihanna-sex-symbol|title=Rihanna "Uncomfortable" Being A Sex Symbol|work=[[MTV]] UK|date=March 21, 2011|access-date=August 11, 2013}}</ref> Her appearance has landed her on the cover of magazines such as ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'', ''[[FHM]]'', ''[[Rolling Stone]]'',<ref name="BET20Covers">{{cite web|title=Rihanna 'Felt Stifled' By Def Jam's Pop-Princess Blueprint|url=http://www.bet.com/news/fashion-and-beauty/photos/2012/11/rihanna-top-20-hottest-magazine-covers.html#!111312-fashion-beauty-rihanna-mag-covers-gq-5|publisher=[[Black Entertainment Television|BET]]|access-date=August 11, 2013|archive-date=October 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005131910/http://www.bet.com/news/fashion-and-beauty/photos/2012/11/rihanna-top-20-hottest-magazine-covers.html#!111312-fashion-beauty-rihanna-mag-covers-gq-5|url-status=dead}}</ref> and in December 2012, Rihanna became the first woman to be featured on the cover of ''[[GQ]]'' magazine's "Men of the Year" issue.<ref name="BET20Covers"/>
 
Rihanna made her first appearance at the [[Met Gala]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/met-gala-2019-rihanna-best-looks-style-dress-theme-camp-a8899456.html|title=RIHANNA'S BEST LOOKS AT THE MET GALA THROUGH THE YEARS|work=The Independent|last=Barr|first=Sabrina|date=May 4, 2019}}</ref> She has made eight appearances in the years since; notably in 2015, for [[China: Through the Looking Glass]], her [[Guo Pei]]-designed yellow dress garnered the most attention of the event, accruing a billion impressions on social media.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://video.vogue.com/watch/rihanna-november-2019-cover-video-go-ask-anna-wintour|title=Go Ask Anna: Rihanna Talks Her Dream Wedding Dress, the Met Ball, and Her New Album|work=Vogue Videos}}</ref> The dress, which had taken two years to make before Rihanna came across it,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/oct/18/guo-pei-chinese-designer-who-made-rihanna-omelette-dress|title=Guo Pei: the Chinese designer who made Rihanna's omelette dress|work=The Guardian|last=Graham|first=Bre|date=October 18, 2017}}</ref> became the subject of a documentary by [[Pietra Brettkelly]], entitled ''Yellow Is Forbidden''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/guo-pei-yellow-is-forbidden-documentary-rihanna-met-gala-2015|title=There's a Mesmerizing New Documentary About Guo Pei, Designer of Rihanna's 2015 Met Gala Gown|work=Vogue|last=Bobb|first=Brooke|date=April 23, 2018}}</ref>
She co-chaired the 2018 ''Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination'' themed event, wearing [[Maison Margiela]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/rihanna-outfit-pope-met-gala-2018|title=Rihanna Showed Up to the 2018 Met Gala Dressed Like an Actual Pope|work=Glamour|last=Park|first=Andrea|date=May 8, 2018}}</ref>
 
==Legacy==
Rihanna is regarded by the media as a pop and fashion icon, particularly since her third studio album ''Good Girl Gone Bad'' (2007).<ref name="Billboard black madonna">{{cite magazine|last1=Smith|first1=Da'Shan|title=10 Years After 'Good Girl Gone Bad,' Rihanna Has Surpassed Her Goal of Becoming the 'Black Madonna'|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rihanna-good-girl-gone-bad-anniversary-black-madonna-7809391/|magazine=Billboard|date=June 2017|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Agafonov|first1=Mikhael|title=Ten years ago, 'Umbrella' turned Rihanna into a pop icon|date=March 29, 2017|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/35332/1/rihanna-umbrella-10th-anniversary-retrospective|publisher=DazeDigital|access-date=November 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Gracie|first1=Bianca|title=Rihanna's 'Good Girl Gone Bad' Turns 10: Crafting A Rule-Breaking Pop Culture Icon|url=https://www.vibe.com/2017/06/rihanna-good-girl-gone-bad-10-year-anniversary/|work=Vibe|date=June 2, 2017|access-date=November 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Cartner-Morley|first1=Jess|title=Rihanna: the pop star who became a fashion powerhouse|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2017/sep/15/rihanna-pop-star-fashion-powerhouse-beauty-brand|work=The Guardian|date=September 15, 2017|access-date=November 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Murphy|first1=Sam|title='Good Girl Gone Bad' Transformed Rihanna From A Popstar to an Icon|date=June 6, 2017|url=https://theinterns.net/2017/06/06/good-girl-gone-bad-transformed-rihanna-from-a-popstar-to-an-icon/|publisher=The Interns|access-date=November 24, 2017}}</ref> Nick Levine of ''[[Digital Spy]]'' described ''Good Girl Gone Bad'' as "the closest thing to a ''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]'' that 2007/08 is likely to produce".<ref name="digital spy">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a98660/rihanna-good-girl-gone-bad-reloaded.html|title=Rihanna: 'Good Girl Gone Bad Reloaded'|publisher=Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK|last=Levine|first=Nick|date=June 10, 2008|access-date=April 11, 2013}}</ref> According to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', her single "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]" and her eighth album ''[[Anti (album)|Anti]]'' are regarded as among the [[500 Greatest Songs of All Time]] and [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]], respectively.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-151127/rihanna-featuring-jay-z-umbrella-168907/|title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time: Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z, 'Umbrella'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=December 11, 2003|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/rihanna-anti-4-1063003/|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 22, 2020|access-date=September 22, 2020}}</ref> Her single "[[We Found Love]]" was ranked by ''Billboard'' as the 24th biggest US ''Billboard ''Hot 100 hit of all time<ref name="Fred Bronson – 55th">Bronson, Fred. "[https://www.billboard.com/lists/the-hot-100-all-time-top-songs/ Hot 100 55th Anniversary: The All-Time Top 100 Songs]". ''Billboard''. Retrieved January 31, 2022.</ref> and her single "[[Work (Rihanna song)|Work]]" has been credited by a ''Billboard'' editor for bringing the [[dancehall]] genre to the forefront of mainstream American music.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Rani|first1=Taj|title=How Rihanna's 'Work' Made Dancehall Reign in Pop (Again)|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/rihanna-work-dancehall-essay-6889497/|magazine=Billboard|date=March 2, 2016|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> Music critic Jayson Greene of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' described Rihanna as the most influential singer of the past decade, writing:<blockquote>"Rihanna Voice has become an industry-wide idea, a creative property like the Korg synth or LinnDrum [...] We crave the thrill that you can only get when a dozen or so good ideas manifest themselves in a single voice. For the past 10 years, that voice has more or less been Rihanna's. Now that she's gleefully shredding it apart, she'll probably generate a whole new comet trail of Rihannabes. Inevitably, none of them will carry the charge, the glassy cool and subterranean heat, of the real thing."<ref name="Pitchfork legacy">{{cite web|last1=Greene|first1=Jayson|title=Is Rihanna the Most Influential Pop Singer of the Past Decade?|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/overtones/10052-is-rihanna-the-most-influential-pop-singer-of-the-past-decade/|work=Pitchfork|access-date=24 November 2017}}</ref> </blockquote>
 
''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine included Rihanna on its [[100 Most Influential People in the World]] issue in 2012 and 2018,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The World's 100 Most Influential People: 2012|url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2111948,00.html|magazine=Time|date=April 18, 2012|access-date=September 9, 2016|last1=McCartney|first1=Stella}}</ref> with [[Stella McCartney]] writing: "She's one of the coolest, hottest, most talented, most liked, most listened to, most followed, most impressive artists at work today, but she does it in her own stride. She works hard, very hard. She gives to her fans, friends and foundation not just herself but her energy and spirit."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2058044_2061021_2061023,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407095525/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2058044_2061021_2061023,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 7, 2011|title=The 2011 Time Pool|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=February 22, 2013|date=April 4, 2011}}</ref> Rihanna was ranked one of the best dressed women in 2018, by luxury fashion retailer Net-a-Porter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Best Dressed 2018 |url=https://www.net-a-porter.com/gb/en/porter/article-f0fe0982c9ceac88/cover-stories/cover-stories/best-dressed-2018 |website=Net a Porter}}</ref> On June 2, 2014, Rihanna was presented with the Fashion Icon lifetime achievement award from [[Council of Fashion Designers of America]] (CFDA), a special prize reserved for "an individual whose style has made a significant impact on popular culture on an international stage".<ref name="cfda.com">[http://cfda.com/the-latest/introducing-the-2014-cfda-fashion-icon-of-the-year Introducing the 2014 CFDA Fashion Icon of the Year...] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405051757/http://cfda.com/the-latest/introducing-the-2014-cfda-fashion-icon-of-the-year |date=April 5, 2014 }}. CFDA (March 24, 2014). Retrieved June 5, 2014.</ref> In August 2018, ''Billboard'' ranked Rihanna as the tenth biggest Hot 100 artist of all time, as well as the fifth biggest female act of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Hot 100's Top Artists of All Time |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/hot-100-top-artists-all-time-list/ |magazine=Billboard |date=August 2, 2018 |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Zellner |first1=Xander |title=Hot 100 Turns 60! The Top 60 Female Artists of All-Time, From Madonna to Mariah Carey & More |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/hot-100-turns-60-top-60-female-artists-all-time-madonna-mariah-carey-janet-jackson/|magazine=Billboard |date=August 2, 2018 |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
''Billboard'' also ranked Rihanna the top [[Hot 100]] artist of the 2010s decade.<ref name="Hot1002010s">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/hot-100-55th-anniversary-top-100-songs-word-cloud-top-artists/|title=Hot 100 55th Anniversary: Top 100 Songs Word Cloud, Top Artists Map & More|magazine=Billboard|date=August 4, 2013|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> In 2014, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's pop stardom ranking metric ranked Rihanna second in history, based on all-time chart performance and contemporary significance.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Ultimate Ranking of Pop Stardom|url=http://time.com/music-ranking|magazine=Time|access-date=March 10, 2016}}</ref>
 
Rihanna has become a dominating figure on social media and internet streaming, ranking at No. 1 on ''Forbes''<nowiki/>' 2012 list of Social Networking Superstars.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2012/08/09/rihanna-tops-our-list-of-social-networking-superstars/|title=Rihanna Tops Our List of Social Networking Superstars|date=August 9, 2012|access-date=August 19, 2013|last=Pomerantz|first=Dorothy|work=Forbes}}</ref> In 2013, Rihanna was also named the most influential pop star in the United Kingdom by UK channel [[4Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/rihanna-named-britain-s-most-influential-pop-star_3581506|title=Rihanna Named Britain's Most Influential Pop Star|publisher=Contact Music|date=March 29, 2013|access-date=June 23, 2013}}</ref> Rihanna's work has directly influenced numerous artists such as [[Lorde]],<ref name="Lorde influence">{{cite news|last1=Lang|first1=Cady|title=Lorde Says Rihanna Inspired One of the Most Emotional Tracks on Her Latest Album|url=http://time.com/4923621/rihanna-inspired-lorde-melodrama/|magazine=Time|access-date=November 24, 2017}}</ref> [[Sam Smith]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wright|first1=Hayden|title=Sam Smith Talks George Michael, Rihanna's Influence|url=http://news.radio.com/2017/11/16/sam-smith-george-michael-rihanna/|publisher=Radio.com|access-date=November 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040337/http://news.radio.com/2017/11/16/sam-smith-george-michael-rihanna/|archive-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Little Mix]], [[Rita Ora]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressparty.com/pg/newsdesk/londonnewsdesk/view/62148/ |title=Little Mix cite Rita Ora and Rihanna as style influences |publisher=Press Party |date=November 22, 2012 |access-date=November 22, 2013}}</ref> [[Billie Eilish]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Garza |first1=Frida |title=Billie Eilish Says She Uses Fashion As a 'Defense Mechanism' |url=https://jezebel.com/billie-eilish-says-she-uses-fashion-as-a-defense-mechan-1835939678 |website=Jezebel.com |date=June 28, 2019 |access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref> [[Selena Gomez]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.disneydreaming.com/2009/12/01/selena-gomez-looks-up-to-rihanna/ |title=Selena Gomez Looks Up To Rihanna |publisher=Disney Dreaming |date=December 1, 2009 |access-date=November 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103130202/http://www.disneydreaming.com/2009/12/01/selena-gomez-looks-up-to-rihanna/ |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Justin Bieber]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musica.univision.com/premios-musicales/billboard-music-awards/article/2011-05-25/rihanna-no-quiso-hablar-con-justin-bieber-billboard|title=Rihanna no quiso hablar con Justin Bieber en los Billboard|access-date=February 23, 2013|language=es}}</ref> [[Ellie Goulding]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/meet-brit-pop-star-ellie-goulding-2011125/ |title=Meet Brit Pop Star Ellie Goulding |work=[[Us Weekly]] |date=May 12, 2011 |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> [[Kim Petras]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Get to Know: Kim Petras|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/mtv-push/news/get-to-know-kim-petras|agency=[[MTV (British and Irish TV channel)|MTV]]|date=August 22, 2019|access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> [[Jennie (singer)|Jennie]] from [[Blackpink]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2155008/jennie-blackpink-new-zealand-raised-k-pop-singer-who-any-good-cub|title=Jennie's No. 1 idol|website=Elle Korea}}</ref> [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2017/09/marilyn-manson-announces-new-album-heaven-upside-down-shares-we-know-where-you-fucking-live-stream/|title=Marilyn Manson announces new album, Heaven Upside Down, shares "WE KNOW WHERE YOU FUCKING LIVE": Stream|date=September 11, 2017|access-date=January 31, 2022|last=Kaye|first=Ben|work=Consequence}}</ref> [[Jessie J]],<ref name="Rihanna">{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/01/06/jessie-j-glad-she-kept-rihanna-song-for-herself/|date=January 6, 2011|title=Jessie J Glad She Kept Rihanna Song for Herself|work=[[Rap-Up]]|access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> [[SZA (singer)|SZA]],<ref>{{cite web |title=SZA shares 'CTRL' release date & how Rihanna influenced the album |date=January 23, 2017 |url=https://revolt.tv/stories/2017/01/23/sza-shares-ctrl-release-date-rihanna-influenced-album-060059c81f |publisher=Revolt.TV |access-date=January 11, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101216/https://revolt.tv/stories/2017/01/23/sza-shares-ctrl-release-date-rihanna-influenced-album-060059c81f |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Fifth Harmony]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teennick.com/blog/teennick-top-10-an-interview-with-fifth-harmony.html |title=TeenNick Top 10: An Interview With Fifth Harmony |work=[[Teen Nick]] |date=August 22, 2013 |access-date=March 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822150229/http://www.teennick.com/blog/teennick-top-10-an-interview-with-fifth-harmony.html |archive-date=August 22, 2013 }}</ref> [[Camila Cabello]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7657634/camila-cabello-billboard-cover-story-2017-album|title=Camila Cabello Covers 'Billboard,' Previews New Music: 6 Photos|date=February 16, 2017|access-date=November 24, 2017|last=Lee|first=Christina|work=Idolator}}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Demi Lovato]],<ref name="Demi Lovato influence">{{cite web|title=Lovato 'inspired by Rihanna R&B sound'|date=August 7, 2010|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a257783/lovato-inspired-by-rihanna-rb-sound/|publisher=Digital Spy|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> [[Alexandra Stan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2012/06/alexandra-stan/|title=CLUBGIRL: Alexandra Stan – Wonderland Magazine|date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> [[Grimes (musician)|Grimes]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Jon|last=Pareles|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/18/arts/music/grimes-a-diy-indie-sensation-ramps-up-her-sound.html|title=Grimes, a D.I.Y. Indie Sensation, Ramps Up Her Sound|date=November 17, 2015 |work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=October 10, 2016}}</ref> [[Sleater-Kinney]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Daramola |first1=Israel |title=Sleater-Kinney Talk Janet Weiss' Departure and Being Inspired by Rihanna in New Interview |url=https://www.spin.com/2019/07/sleater-kinney-janet-weiss-departure-rihanna-new-interview/ |website=Spin |date=July 29, 2019 |access-date=July 31, 2019}}</ref> [[Tegan and Sara]],<ref name="under the radar">{{cite web|last=Trunick|first=Austin|date=January 22, 2013|url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/track-by-track_tegan_and_sara_heartthrob_part_two/|title=Track-by-Track: Tegan and Sara's Heartthrob Part Two|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530082018/http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/track-by-track_tegan_and_sara_heartthrob_part_two/|archive-date=May 30, 2013|work=[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]|access-date=April 7, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Rihannadigitalspy">{{cite web|last=Copsey|first=Robert|date=February 13, 2013|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a458439/tegan-and-sara-song-i-was-a-fool-inspired-by-rihanna/|title=Tegan and Sara song 'I Was A Fool' inspired by Rihanna|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> [[Cover Drive]],<ref>{{cite web |first1=Lewis |last1=Corner |first2=Chris |last2=Allen|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a379612/cover-drive-we-are-influenced-by-bob-marley-gwen-stefani/|title=Cover Drive: 'We are influenced by Bob Marley, Gwen Stefani'|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=May 3, 2012|access-date=December 4, 2015}}</ref> [[Cher Lloyd]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teenvogue.com/story/cher-lloyd-x-factor-interview|title=Cher Lloyd on Her Star-Studded Collaborations with Demi Lovato and Ne-Yo|first=Casey|last=Lewis|date=May 9, 2013|access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref> and [[Bad Gyal]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sherburne |first=Philip |author-link=Philip Sherburne |date=October 5, 2017 |title=Bad Gyal Is a Rihanna-Loving Dancehall Badass from Barcelona |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/bad-gyal-is-a-rihanna-loving-dancehall-badass-from-barcelona |access-date=May 25, 2022 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref>
 
Rihanna has an honorary title of Ambassador for Culture and Youth in Barbados.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nationnews.com/story/295723732175256.php |title=All hail Rihanna |access-date=February 22, 2008 |first=C |last=G |date=February 22, 2008 |work=[[The Daily Nation (Barbados)|Nation Newspaper]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226083036/http://www.nationnews.com/story/295723732175256.php |archive-date=February 26, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On February 22, 2008, former Barbados Prime Minister [[David Thompson (Barbadian politician)|David Thompson]] launched the national "Rihanna Day" in their country. Although it is not a [[bank holiday]], Barbadians celebrate it every year in honour of Rihanna.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rihanna Day in Barbados|url=http://www.barbadospropertylist.com/rihanna-day-in-barbados/|access-date=November 17, 2016|archive-date=November 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118035834/http://www.barbadospropertylist.com/rihanna-day-in-barbados/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Celebrate 'Rihanna Day' in Barbados|date=January 31, 2009|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/280129/Celebrate-Rihanna-Day-in-Barbados|access-date=November 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=50 Things You Didn't Know About Rihanna|website=[[Complex Networks]]|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2013/06/50-things-you-didnt-know-about-rihanna/barbados-has-nationall-rihanna-day|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Did You Know That in Barbados People Celebrate a national "Rihanna"….|url=http://www.factswt.com/did-you-know-that-in-barbados-people-celebrate-a-national-rihanna/|access-date=November 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117212345/http://www.factswt.com/did-you-know-that-in-barbados-people-celebrate-a-national-rihanna/|archive-date=November 17, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 2017, Rihanna was named [[Harvard University]]'s "Humanitarian of the Year" by the Harvard Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rihanna named Humanitarian of Year|url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/02/rihanna-named-humanitarian-of-year/|website=[[Harvard Gazette]]|date=February 22, 2017}}</ref> During Rihanna's third annual "Diamond Ball", former [[President of the United States|U.S. president]] [[Barack Obama]], praised Rihanna's work and stated: "[She's] become a powerful force in the fight to give people dignity."<ref name="auto2">{{cite news|last1=Bruner|first1=Raisa|title=What It's Like Inside Rihanna Power Player-Filled Diamond Ball|url=http://time.com/4940425/rihanna-diamond-ball-report/|access-date=September 28, 2017|magazine=Time}}</ref> On September 20, 2018, Rihanna was appointed by the government of Barbados to be an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, with special duties of promoting "education, tourism and investment for the island."<ref>{{cite news |last=Respers France |first=Lisa |publisher=CNN |title=Rihanna appointed an ambassador of Barbados |date=September 21, 2018 |access-date=September 21, 2018 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/21/entertainment/rihanna-ambassador-barbados/index.html}}</ref><ref name="gisbarbados">{{cite news |last=Austin |first=Sharon |publisher=Barbados Government Information Service |title=Rihanna – Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary |date=September 20, 2018 |access-date=January 23, 2019 |url=https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/rihanna-ambassador-extraordinary-and-plenipotentiary/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=BBC News |title=Rihanna appointed as ambassador by Barbados |date=September 22, 2018 |access-date=September 23, 2018 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45609656}}</ref> As of 2021, Rihanna is the world's wealthiest female musician with an estimated net worth of $1.7 billion.<ref name="networth"/> She was also listed among ''Forbes''{{'}} Top 100 Most Powerful Women of 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/13/forbes-100-most-powerful-women-of-2019.html|title=Forbes names the world's most powerful women of 2019|work=CNBC|date=December 12, 2019|last=Gilchrist|first=Karen}}</ref> In 2020, she debuted on the ''[[Sunday Times Rich List]]'', claiming third place on the list of Britain's richest musicians.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-52637811|title=Rihanna rockets on to Sunday Times Rich List|work=BBC News|date=May 13, 2020|access-date=May 13, 2020}}</ref>
 
At the 2020 [[NAACP Image Awards]], hosted by [[BET]], Rihanna accepted the President's Award from [[Derrick Johnson (activist)|Derrick Johnson]]. Johnson stated that "Rihanna has not only enjoyed a groundbreaking career as an artist and musician, but has also distinguished herself as a stellar public servant. From her business achievements through Fenty, to her tremendous record as an activist and philanthropist, Rihanna epitomizes the type of character, grace, and devotion to justice that we seek to highlight in our President's Award."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |title=See Rihanna's Powerful NAACP Image Awards Speech |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rihanna-naacp-image-awards-speech-presidents-award-956922/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=February 23, 2020 |publisher=Rolling Stone |access-date=June 30, 2020}}</ref>
 
== Business career ==
Rihanna's first fragrance, [[Reb'l Fleur]], was released in January 2011.<ref name="cocoperez1">{{cite web |url=http://cocoperez.com/2010-10-20-rihannas-rebl-fleur-perfume-packaging-and-bottle-revealed-in-cannes |title=Coco Perez A Sneak Peek at Rihanna's Perfume! |publisher=cocoperez.com |date=October 20, 2010 |access-date=December 18, 2010 |archive-date=December 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230214144/http://cocoperez.com/2010-10-20-rihannas-rebl-fleur-perfume-packaging-and-bottle-revealed-in-cannes |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Reb'l Fleur was a financial success and was expected to gross US$80&nbsp;million at retail by the end of 2011.<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |last=Nika |first=Colleen |date=November 21, 2011 |title=Rihanna Rebels With New Fragrance, Shocking Shoes |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/rihanna-rebels-with-new-fragrance-shocking-shoes-85249/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429115354/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/thread-count/rihanna-rebels-with-new-fragrance-shocking-shoes-20111121 |archive-date=April 29, 2012}}</ref>
Rihanna's second fragrance, [[Rebelle (fragrance)|Rebelle]], was released in February 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bet.com/article/tqma11/rihanna-to-launch-new-fragrance-rebelle|title=Rihanna to Launch New Fragrance Rebelle|publisher=BET|date=November 21, 2011|access-date=January 31, 2022|archive-date=November 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125020503/http://www.bet.com/news/fashion-and-beauty/2011/11/21/rihanna-to-launch-new-fragrance-rebelle.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The promotional campaign for Rebelle, was shot by director, [[Anthony Mandler]], who also shot the promotional campaign for Reb'l Fleur.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/meet-rebelle-rihannas-new-fragrance-465780/ |title=Meet Rebelle, Rihanna's New Fragrance&nbsp;– The Hook |magazine=Billboard |date=October 19, 2011 |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
In November 2012, Rihanna released her third fragrance, [[Nude by Rihanna|Nude]].<ref name=Nude>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-friday-2012-rihanna-mac_n_2155112|title=Black Friday Deals 2012: Rihanna's New Fragrance Plus Big Deals on Smashbox, MAC Cosmetics And More (PHOTOS)|work=HuffPost|date=November 23, 2012|first=Simone|last=Kitchens|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
Rihanna's fourth women's fragrance, titled [[Rogue by Rihanna|Rogue]] was released on September 14, 2013, followed by a male version entitled Rogue Men which was released in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/07/17/rihanna-unveils-rogue-fragrance-ad/ |title=Rihanna Unveils 'Rogue' Fragrance Ad |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date=July 17, 2013 |access-date=January 19, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ballerstatus.com/2015/07/22/rihanna-reveals-new-fragrance-riri/ |title=Rihanna Reveals New Fragrance: RiRi |publisher=BallerStatus.com |date=July 22, 2015}}</ref>
 
On March 30, 2015, it was announced that Rihanna is a co-owner, with various other music artists, in the [[music streaming]] service [[Tidal (service)|Tidal]]. The service specializes in [[Lossless compression|lossless]] audio and high definition music videos. Jay-Z acquired the parent company of Tidal, [[Aspiro]], in the first quarter of 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/14/business/media/jay-z-buys-the-music-streaming-firm-aspiro.html|title=Jay Z Buys the Music Streaming Firm, Aspiro|work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 13, 2015|access-date=March 31, 2015|first=Ben|last=Sisario}}</ref> Including Beyoncé and Jay-Z, sixteen artist stakeholders (such as [[Kanye West]], Beyoncé, Madonna, [[Chris Martin]], [[Nicki Minaj]] and more) co-own Tidal, with the majority owning a 3% equity stake.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/jay-z-tidal-launch-artist-stakeholders/|title=It's Official: Jay Z's Historic Tidal Launches With 16 Artist Stakeholders|magazine=Billboard|first=Andrew|last=Flanagan|date=March 30, 2015|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> "The challenge is to get everyone to respect music again, to recognize its value", stated Jay-Z on the release of Tidal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/31/business/media/jay-z-reveals-plans-for-tidal-a-streaming-music-service.html|title=Jay Z Reveals Plans for Tidal, a Streaming Music Service|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Ben|last=Sisario|date=March 30, 2015|access-date=March 31, 2015}}</ref>
In 2016, it was revealed that Rihanna would be releasing her music through her own label Westbury Road Entertainment,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/08/magazine/rihannas-anti-is-the-record-you-make-when-you-dont-need-to-sell-records.html|title=Rihanna's 'Anti' Is the Record You Make When You Don't Need to Sell Records|work=The New York Times|first=Jenna |last=Wortham|date=February 8, 2016}}</ref> which was established in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businesslookup.org/WESTBURY_ROAD_ENTERTAINMENT_LLC|title=Westbury Road Entertainment, LLC|publisher=Business Lookup|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906040224/http://www.businesslookup.org/WESTBURY_ROAD_ENTERTAINMENT_LLC|archive-date=September 6, 2017|access-date=September 5, 2017}}</ref>
Westbury Road is the name of her [[Barbados]] residence. The music would be distributed through [[Universal Music Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thatgrapejuice.net/2015/01/rihanna-launches-record-label/|title=Rihanna Launches Her Own Record Label|date=January 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/coalition-of-copyright-industries-highlights-major-impediments-to-foreign-markets-in-special-301-submission/|title=Rihanna Is First Artist To Cross 100 Million Song Certifications, Becomes RIAA's Top Awarded Singles Artist|publisher=RIAA|date=July 1, 2015}}</ref> Westbury Road Entertainment's artist roster includes Melissa Forde as the label's photographer,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stylecaster.com/melissa-forde-rihanna/|title=Meet Melissa Forde: Everything You Need To Know About Rihanna's BFF|date=July 23, 2013}}</ref> and KazeLoon.
 
In November 2015, Rihanna and Benoit Demouy launched a beauty and stylist agency named [[Fr8me]]. The business based in Los Angeles was set up in order to assist artists in booking commercials, editorial shoots, ad campaigns, and red-carpet appearances. Rihanna stated, "Hair, makeup, and styling play an important role in creativity; I am very involved with that part of my process, so this agency was an organic thing for me to do." The roster includes Rihanna's makeup artist Mylah Morales, wardrobe stylist Jason Bolden, hairstylist Patricia Morales and Marcia Hamilton.<ref name="rap-up.com1">{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2015/11/11/rihanna-launches-beauty-photo-agencies/|title=Rihanna Launches Beauty and Photo Agencies|work=Rap-Up|access-date=November 17, 2015}}</ref> In addition to Fr8me, Rihanna opened a photo agency called "A Dog Ate My Homework", which represents photographers Erik Asla and Deborah Anderson.<ref name="rap-up.com1"/>
 
===Fenty===
{{Main|Fenty (fashion house)}}
[[Fenty (fashion house)|Fenty]] was a fashion brand by Rihanna under the luxury fashion group [[LVMH]], which launched in May 2019.<ref name="bbc.com">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48231978|title=Rihanna makes history with new label|date=May 10, 2019|access-date=May 11, 2019|language=en-GB}}</ref> She was the first woman to create an original brand for LVMH and also the first woman of color to lead an LVMH brand.<ref name="bbc.com"/> The house launched in a pop-up store on May 22, 2019, in Paris, before launching worldwide online on May 29 and included clothing, accessories, and footwear. It was the first line that LVMH had launched since 1987. The fashion brand was described as groundbreaking, and in a statement regarding the launch, Rihanna said that she had been given a "unique opportunity to develop a fashion house in the luxury sector, with no artistic limits."<ref name="bbc.com"/> Due to the impacts of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], in February 2021, Rihanna and LVMH decided to "put on hold" her Fenty fashion house and continue building on the SavagexFenty lingerie line.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/fashion/fenty-rihanna-lvmh.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/fashion/fenty-rihanna-lvmh.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited|title= Rihanna and LVMH Are Taking a Break|work=[[The New York Times]]|last1=Friedman|first1=Vanessa|last2=Paton|first2=Elizabeth|date=February 10, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
 
Rihanna exclusively uses her surname for business endeavors not related to her music career so as not to conflate the two.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/20/t-magazine/rihanna-fenty-louis-vuitton.html|title=Rihanna Opens Up About Her New Clothing Line, the Future of Fashion, and Her Next Album|work=T: The New York Times Style Magazine|date=May 20, 2019|last1=Harris|first1=Jeremy O.}}</ref> In January 2019, Rihanna filed a lawsuit against her father, Ronald Fenty, over the use of the Fenty name for commercial purposes. The lawsuit alleges Rihanna's cosmetics brand, Fenty Beauty, was damaged commercially by her father's company, Fenty Entertainment, through misrepresentation of his company being affiliated with her.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |title=Rihanna sues father overuse of Fenty brand name |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/16/rihanna-sues-father-over-use-of-fenty-brand-name |website=The Guardian |access-date=January 17, 2019 |date=January 16, 2019}}</ref> In September 2021 Rihanna dropped the lawsuit against her father.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-09-08|title=Rihanna drops legal case against her father|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58491164|access-date=2022-01-28}}</ref>
 
====Fenty Beauty====
{{Main|Fenty Beauty}}
[[File:Rihanna Fenty 2018 2.png|thumb|Rihanna in a promotional video for [[Fenty Beauty]] in 2018]]
 
In 2017, Rihanna launched her critically acclaimed cosmetics company [[Fenty Beauty]] under [[LVMH]]'s Kendo Brands. Rihanna owns 50 percent of Fenty Beauty, according to Forbes.<ref name="Fenty's Fortune">{{cite news |title=Fenty's Fortune: Rihanna Is Now Officially A Billionaire |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2021/08/04/fentys-fortune-rihanna-is-now-officially-a-billionaire/?sh=4179f26d7c96 |access-date=4 August 2021 |work=Forbes |date=4 August 2021}}</ref> The partnership was worth $10&nbsp;million and would see Rihanna release various beauty products.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2017/05/31/rihanna-to-launch-fenty-beauty-line-this-fall/|title=Rihanna to Launch Fenty Beauty Line This Fall|website=Rap-Up|access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref> The first installment of Fenty Beauty was released on September 8, 2017, in stores and online, available in over 150 countries.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/lifestyle/rihanna-fenty-beauty-new-details-7957592/|title=Rihanna's Fenty Beauty Collection Has Arrived|magazine=Billboard|last=Karsen|first=Shira|date=September 7, 2017|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> It included an array of products including [[Foundation (cosmetics)|foundations]], [[Highlighter (cosmetics)|highlighters]], [[bronzers]], [[Rouge (cosmetics)|blush]] compacts, lip glosses and blotting sheets and was praised for its diverse range for all skin colours.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teenvogue.com/story/rihanna-fenty-beauty-products-instagram|title=EVERY SINGLE Fenty Beauty Product You Need Is Now on Instagram|first=Sarah|last=Wu|date=September 7, 2017}}</ref> [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] magazine named Fenty Beauty as one of "The 25 Best Inventions of 2017", citing the breadth of its range.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/5023212/best-inventions-of-2017/|title=The 25 Best Inventions of 2017|magazine=Time}}</ref> In what has been dubbed the "Fenty Effect", the brand revolutionized the way other cosmetic brands approached diversity in marketing and product formulation: "Suddenly beauty houses – niche, establishment and those in between – began extending their shade ranges to accommodate a wider variety of skin tones. Forty shades became the new standard."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/article/rihanna-fenty-beauty-diversity|title=How Fenty Beauty Changed The State Of Play In The Industry|website=Vogue|last=Fetto|first=Funmi|date=April 6, 2020}}</ref>
 
====Savage X Fenty====
{{Main|Savage X Fenty}}
In 2018, Rihanna launched a lingerie brand named [[Savage X Fenty]]. The line was born from Rihanna's vision creating an inclusive brand. Products come in a variety of shades to match all skin tones and a range of sizes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/fenty-savage|title=Savage X Fenty: Everything We Know About Rihanna's Underwear Line|website=British Vogue|last=Newbold|first=Alice|date=June 29, 2018}}</ref> She showcased the brand at the [[New York Fashion Week]] in September 2018. The brand has been positively reviewed by the public for including plus size models in their promotion, though some fans argued there were not enough plus sizes.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/05/11/rihannas-savage-x-fenty-lingerie-really-inclusive-internet-skeptical/573410002/ |title= Is Rihanna's Savage X Fenty lingerie really size inclusive?| work=USA Today|last=Moniuszko|first=Sara M.|date=May 11, 2018}}</ref>
 
In September 2019, Rihanna promoted the brand in a show again during the New York Fashion Week held at the [[Barclays Center]] with modeling appearances from models [[Alek Wek|Alex Wek]], [[Bella Hadid]], [[Cara Delevingne]], actress [[Laverne Cox]], and musicians [[Normani]] and [[21 Savage]]. And featured performances by [[DJ Khaled]], [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]], [[ASAP Ferg]], [[Big Sean]], [[Migos]], [[Fat Joe]], [[Fabolous]] and [[Tierra Whack]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/normani-rihanna-savage-x-fenty-fashion-show-star|title=Normani Was the Real Star of the Savage x Fenty Fashion Show|last=Marine|first=Brooke|website=W Magazine|language=en|access-date=October 24, 2019}}</ref> The show premiered on [[Amazon Prime Video]] on September 20, 2019, as ''[[Savage X Fenty Show]]''. The show was renewed for a third time in 2020, with appearances from musicians such as [[Travis Scott]], [[Rosalía (singer)|Rosalía]], [[Bad Bunny]], [[Ella Mai]], [[Lizzo]], [[Big Sean]], [[Miguel (singer)|Miguel]], [[Roddy Ricch]] and [[Rico Nasty]]. This version also premiered on Amazon Prime Video on October 2, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yoo|first=Noah|date=September 17, 2020|title=Rihanna Announces 2020 Savage x Fenty Fashion Show Special With Travis Scott, Rosalía, More|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/rihanna-announces-2020-savage-x-fenty-fashion-show-special-with-travis-scott-rosalia-more/|access-date=September 17, 2020|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref>
 
====Fenty Skin====
In July 2020, Rihanna launched a [[skin care]] brand called Fenty Skin.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Valenti |first1=Lauren |title=Fenty Skin Is Finally Here—Here's Everything You Need to Know, According to Rihanna Herself |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/fenty-skin-rihanna-interview |website=Vogue |date=July 30, 2020 |access-date=December 18, 2020}}</ref>
 
==Other ventures==
[[File:Rihanna at Fenty x Puma fashion show.png|thumb|upright|Rihanna at her Fenty X [[Puma (brand)|Puma]] fashion show in February 2016]]
 
Rihanna has ventured into other businesses and industries. In October 2005, Rihanna struck an endorsement deal with Secret Body Spray.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Block |first=Valerie |title=Record biz's new threat: advertising; Brands use spots to promote artists, cut out middleman; licensing fees drop.(News) |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-138070371.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120703145136/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-138070371.html|url-status=dead |archive-date=July 3, 2012 |publisher=AccessMyLibrary.com |date=October 24, 2005 |access-date=May 23, 2009}}</ref> In 2010, Rihanna featured in the [[Optus]] commercial, in conjunction with Optus supporting Rihanna's [[Last Girl on Earth]].<ref name="optus">{{cite web|url=http://www.campaignbrief.com/2010/08/optus-penguins-to-rock-rihanna.html|title=Optus penguins to rock Rihanna's Last Girl on Earth Tour in February/March, starting tonight|date=August 17, 2010|publisher=Campaign Brief|access-date=March 7, 2012}}</ref> The same year Rihanna also featured in the [[Eastman Kodak|Kodak]] commercial along with rapper Pitbull.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2010/10/15/video-rihannas-so-kodak-commercial/|title=Video: Rihanna's 'So Kodak' Commercial|work=Rap-Up|publisher=Devine Lazerine|access-date=October 15, 2010}}</ref> In October 2010, she released [[Rihanna (book)|a photo book]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rizzoliusa.com/book.php?isbn=9780847835102 |title=Rihanna (trade paperback) |work=Rizzoli USA |publisher=[[Angelo Rizzoli|Rizzoli New York]] |access-date=September 6, 2010}}</ref> featuring photos from the [[Last Girl on Earth]] tour and served as an accompaniment to her fourth studio album ''Rated R'' (2009). In 2011, Rihanna was the face of [[Nivea]] and Vita Coco.<ref name="popcrush1">{{cite web|url=http://popcrush.com/rihanna-cruise-nivea-campain/ |title=Long-Haired Rihanna Boards Cruise for Nivea Campaign |publisher=PopCrush |access-date=May 30, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Erika |last=Brooks Adickman |url=http://www.idolator.com/6572392/rihanna-vita-coco-terry-richardson |title=Rihanna's Vita Coco Campaign With Terry Richardson: Go Behind The Scenes |publisher=Idolator.com |date=June 4, 2012 |access-date=January 19, 2014}}</ref>
 
Her first television program, ''[[Styled to Rock (UK TV series)|Styled to Rock]]'', premiered in the UK in August 2012 on [[Sky Living]]. In the 10-week series, Rihanna, [[Nicola Roberts]], Lysa Cooper and [[Henry Holland (fashion designer)|Henry Holland]] assist up-and-coming British designers with their clothing lines.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/rihanna-appear-uk-fashion-series-styled-rock-348677/|title=Rihanna to Appear on UK Fashion Series 'Styled to Rock' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Arati |last=Patel |date=July 12, 2012|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> The [[Styled to Rock (American TV series)|US version of ''Styled to Rock'']] premiered on October 25, 2013, on [[Bravo (American TV channel)|Bravo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a519696/rihannas-fashion-show-styled-to-rock-to-air-on-bravo/ |title=Rihanna's fashion show 'Styled to Rock' to air on Bravo|work=Digital Spy |date=September 30, 2013 |access-date=January 19, 2014}}</ref> In 2013, Rihanna collaborated with [[MAC Cosmetics]] and released her own summer, fall and holiday lines of makeup called "RiRi hearts MAC".<ref>{{cite web|last=Hislop |first=Rachel |url=http://globalgrind.com/2013/10/21/rihanna-holiday-mac-cosmetics-makeup-collection-photos/ |title=Rihanna Announces Holiday Collection With M.A.C. (PHOTOS) |publisher=Global Grind |date=October 21, 2013 |access-date=January 19, 2014}}</ref> In July 2013, [[pale lager|lager]] production company [[Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch)|Budweiser]] announced that Rihanna had become a part of their global "Made For Music" campaign, also co-starring Jay-Z.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vibe.com/article/rihanna-and-jay-z-partner-budweiser-global-made-music-campaign|title=Rihanna And Jay-Z Partner With Budweiser For Global 'Made For Music' Campaign|publisher=VIBE|access-date=July 10, 2013|date=July 10, 2013|archive-date=July 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711214702/http://www.vibe.com/article/rihanna-and-jay-z-partner-budweiser-global-made-music-campaign|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
Early in her career, Rihanna made clear her interest in fashion and desire to work in the clothing design industry. Regarding this, she said, "Fashion has always been my defense mechanism".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/rihanna-201257#personal-life |title=Rihanna says Fashion is her defense mechanism after receiving Fashion Icon Award |date=April 30, 2005 |website=[[Biography.com]] |access-date=November 8, 2016}}</ref> In November 2011, Rihanna announced her first fashion venture with [[Armani]].<ref name="armani">{{cite news|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2011/11/22/rihanna-launches-armani-fashion-collection|title=Rihanna Designs|work=[[Vogue (British magazine)|Vogue]]|access-date=June 8, 2012|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223519/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2011/11/22/rihanna-launches-armani-fashion-collection|url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 2013, Rihanna presented her first women's fashion collection at [[London Fashion Week]] for British brand [[River Island]], collaborating with her personal stylist Adam Selman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/rihanna/375531-rihanna-launches-river-island-collection-london-fashion-week|title=Rihanna launches River Island collection|publisher=MTV|date=February 17, 2013|access-date=February 17, 2013}}</ref> They published three more collections for the brand.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2013/0515/450394-rihanna-on-her-second-river-island-line/|title=Rihanna on her second River Island line|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|date=May 15, 2013|access-date=May 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2013/10/21/rihanna-for-river-island-final-christmas-collection---pictures-and-videos |title=Rihanna For River Island Final Christmas Collection&nbsp;– Pictures and Videos (Vogue.com UK) |work=Vogue |location=UK |date=October 21, 2013 |access-date=January 19, 2014 |archive-date=August 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804151254/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2013/10/21/rihanna-for-river-island-final-christmas-collection---pictures-and-videos |url-status=dead }}</ref> Rihanna then collaborated with numerous fashion house's including Dior, [[Stance (brand)|Stance]] and [[Manolo Blahnik]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ballerstatus.com/2015/07/15/rihanna-teams-up-with-stance-for-sock-collection/ |title=Rihanna Teams Up With Stance For Sock Collection |publisher=BallerStatus.com |date=July 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2016/03/03/rihanna-new-show-line-manolo-blahnik-photos/|title=Rihanna's Latest Work: An All-Denim Shoe Line with Manolo Blahnik!|website=People|access-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305093756/http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2016/03/03/rihanna-new-show-line-manolo-blahnik-photos/|archive-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref><ref name="New sunglasses">{{cite web |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/rihanna-partners-with-dior-to-create-sunglass-collection-news.21830.html|title=Rihanna partners with Dior to create sunglasses |last=Low |first=Carver |date=May 25, 2016 |website=Hotnewhiphop |access-date=May 25, 2016}}</ref>
In March 2015, Rihanna was chosen as the new face of [[Dior]]; making her the first black woman to be the face of the brand.<ref>{{cite web |first=Avery |last=Thompson |url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2015/03/14/rihanna-dior-campaign-first-black-woman/ |title=Rihanna's Dior Campaign: Singer Is First Black Woman To Be Face Of Iconic Brand |publisher=Hollywood Life |date=March 14, 2015 |access-date=March 19, 2015 |archive-date=March 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317010222/http://hollywoodlife.com/2015/03/14/rihanna-dior-campaign-first-black-woman/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
In 2014, Rihanna became the [[creative director]] of the fashion sportswear [[Puma SE|Puma]], overseeing the brand's women's line which will include collaborations in apparel and footwear.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciaadamczyk/2014/12/16/rihanna-named-creative-director-of-puma/ |work=Forbes |title=Rihanna Named Creative Director of Puma |date=December 16, 2014 |last=Adamczyk |first=Alicia |access-date=October 13, 2015}}</ref> The following year, Rihanna released her first trainer with Puma and it sold out online with three hours of its pre-sale launch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/05/rihanna-puma-creeper-shoe|title=How Rihanna's Puma Creeper Became the Year's Must-Have Shoe|first=Amirah|last=Mercer|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=May 25, 2016|access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref> Over the next two years, Rihanna released various other footwear in different colorways and styles, which were all met positively by both critics and buyers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://time.com/4350882/rihanna-puma-sneakers-sold-out/|title=Guess How Quickly Rihanna's Puma Sneakers Sold Out Online|first=Cady|last=Lang|magazine=Time|access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Shoe release">{{cite web |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/rihannas-quarry-puma-fenty-trainer-hits-stores-this-week-news.22235.html|title=Rihanna's PUMA collection set to release |last=Rooney |first=Kyle |date=June 14, 2016 |website=Hotnewhiphop |access-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref> 2016 saw Rihanna debut her first clothing line in collaboration with Puma at New York Fashion Week; the collection was met with rave reviews from fashion critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inquisitr.com/3048389/puma-sales-sky-rocket-thanks-to-kylie-jenner-and-rihanna-kylie-not-backing-down-despite-kanyes-competition/#sGEc5imGk1dZLPpK.99|title=Puma Sales Skyrocket Thanks To Kylie Jenner And Rihanna, Kylie Not Backing Down Despite Kanye's Competition|date=April 30, 2016|access-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref>
 
===Acting career===
{{see also|Rihanna videography}}
[[File:Rihanna Cannes 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Rihanna at the [[Cannes Film Festival]], May 2017]]
Rihanna made her acting debut in a [[cameo appearance|cameo]] role in the straight-to-DVD film ''[[Bring It On: All or Nothing]]'', released in August 2006.<ref name="BringsOnActing"/> Rihanna starred as Petty Officer (GM2) Cora Raikes in her first theatrical feature film ''[[Battleship (film)|Battleship]]'', which was released on May 18, 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1647050/rihanna-begins-filming-battleship-in-hawaii/ |title=Rihanna Begins Filming 'Battleship' In Hawaii |last=Dinh |first=James |date=September 2, 2010 |publisher=MTV |access-date=January 31, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904235102/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1647050/20100902/rihanna.jhtml |archive-date=September 4, 2010}}</ref> Loosely based on the [[Battleship (game)|game of the same name]], both the film and Rihanna's performance received mixed-to-negative reviews; the ''New York Times'' said she was "just fine in the rather generic role".<ref>{{cite news|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|title=Aliens, Your Weapons Are Utterly Useless Against Our Rogues|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/movies/aliens-fight-heroic-earthlings-in-battleship.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 11, 2012|date=May 17, 2012}}</ref>
In 2015, Rihanna appeared in the voice role of Tip in the animated feature film ''[[Home (2015 film)|Home]]'' alongside [[Jim Parsons]] and [[Jennifer Lopez]]; the film was based on [[The True Meaning of Smekday]] by [[Adam Rex]].
 
Rihanna played the recurring role of [[Marion Crane]] in the fifth and final season of ''[[Bates Motel (TV series)|Bates Motel]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/01/31/bates-motel-rihanna-photos-video/ |title=Bates Motel: Get your exclusive first look at Rihanna |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |last=Abrams |first=Natalie |date=January 31, 2017 |access-date=January 31, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204042039/http://ew.com/tv/2017/01/31/bates-motel-rihanna-photos-video/ |archive-date=February 4, 2017}}</ref> The show received universal acclaim from critics.<ref name="Reviews">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/bates-motel/season-5 |title=Bates Motel: Season 5 Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=February 25, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223080935/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/bates-motel/season-5 |archive-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref> Rihanna also had a major role in the [[Luc Besson]] film ''[[Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets]]'', an adaptation of the comic book series ''[[Valérian and Laureline]]''. Also starring [[Dane DeHaan]] and [[Cara Delevingne]], the film was released by [[STX Entertainment]] on July 21, 2017, in the US<ref>{{cite web|first=Kaitlyn |last=Tiffany|url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/10/28/9628326/rihanna-luc-besson-valerian-movie-cara-delevigne |title=Rihanna has been cast in 'a big part' in Luc Besson's next sci-fi epic |publisher=The Verge |date=October 28, 2015 |access-date=October 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/12/8592391/valerian-luc-besson-sci-fi-film-announced|title=Luc Besson's next movie is his biggest sci-fi film since The Fifth Element|date=May 12, 2015}}</ref> Rihanna was one of the all-female cast in the heist film ''[[Ocean's 8]]'', directed by [[Gary Ross]] and released by [[Warner Bros.]] on June 8, 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Washington|first1=Arlene|title=All-Female 'Ocean's 8' Gets Summer 2018 Release|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oceans-8-set-summer-2018-935626/|access-date=January 31, 2022|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=October 5, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006013758/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oceans-8-set-summer-2018-935626|archive-date=October 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/10/oceans-eight-cast-rihanna-helena-bonham-carter-mindy-kaling-anne-hathaway|title=Ocean's Eight: Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, and more join Sandra Bullock|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|last=Coggan|first=Devan|date=August 10, 2016|access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref> The movie grossed $300&nbsp;million worldwide and became a major box office success.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=wbeventfilm2018c.htm|title=Ocean's 8 worldwide box office gross|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
 
In August 2018, it had been reported that Rihanna had been filming a secret project in Cuba titled ''[[Guava Island]]'' throughout that summer alongside [[Donald Glover]]. Glover's ''[[Atlanta (TV series)|Atlanta]]'' collaborator [[Hiro Murai]] was directing, with [[Letitia Wright]] and [[Nonso Anozie]] also involved.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vistarmagazine.com/childish-gambino-cantante-this-is-america-estuvo-fabrica-arte-cubano/|title=Childish Gambino visitó la Fábrica de Arte Cubano (+ Foto)|date=August 14, 2018|website=Vistar Magazine}}</ref> The trailer for the full-length movie premiered on November 24<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/watch-surprise-trailer-rihanna-donald-glovers-new-film-guava-island-2412638|title=Watch the surprise trailer for Rihanna and Donald Glover's new film 'Guava Island' - NME|date=November 25, 2018|work=NME|access-date=November 25, 2018}}</ref> at the PHAROS festival in New Zealand. The exact details project were not announced until April 2019 when advertisements for Guava Island appeared on [[Spotify]] indicating something happening on "Saturday Night | April 13".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/08/rihanna-donald-glover-guava-island-bigger-than-music-video-hiro-murai-ibra-ake-1201995624/|title=Rihanna and Donald Glover in Cuba: 'Guava Island' Is Likely Much Bigger Than a Music Video – Report|first=Chris|last=O'Falt|date=August 17, 2018|website=indiewire.com|access-date=November 6, 2018}}</ref> It was later revealed [[Amazon Studios]] would distribute the film and [[Regency Enterprises]] had financed the film, with it being released on April 13.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/04/exclusive-amazon-donald-glover-rihanna-movie|title=Exclusive: Inside Amazon's Plan for Donald Glover's Secret, Rihanna-Starring Movie|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|first=Nicole|last=Sperling|date=April 10, 2019|access-date=April 10, 2019}}</ref>
 
==Activism==
===Philanthropy===
{{Main|Clara Lionel Foundation}}
 
In 2006, she created her Believe Foundation to help terminally ill children.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20186594,00.html |title=Rihanna Touring for Kids in Need |last=Silverman |first=Stephen M. |date=March 27, 2008 |work=People |access-date=June 9, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.believerihanna.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603011719/http://believerihanna.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 3, 2008 |title=The Believe Foundation&nbsp;– founded by Rihanna |publisher=Believerihanna.com |access-date=August 27, 2010 }}</ref>
In 2007, Rihanna was named as one of the [[YouthAIDS#Corporate partnerships|Cartier Love Charity Bracelet]] Ambassadors, with each celebrity representing a different global charity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2007/06/02/new-love-bracelet-celebs-announced/ |title=New "Love" Bracelet Celebs Announced |publisher=TMZ.com |date=February 6, 2007 |access-date=January 19, 2014}}</ref> To help raise awareness and combat [[HIV/AIDS]], Rihanna and other public figures designed clothing for the February 2008 [[H&M]] Fashion Against AIDS line.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2007/12/20/rihanna-good-charlotte-timbaland-team-up-with-hm-to-fight-aids/ |title=Rihanna, Good Charlotte & Timbaland Team Up With H&M To Fight AIDS |last=Tamar |first=Anitai |date=December 20, 2007 |publisher=MTV |access-date=May 14, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525104018/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2007/12/20/rihanna-good-charlotte-timbaland-team-up-with-hm-to-fight-aids |archive-date=May 25, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/01/56917/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418011652/http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/01/56917/index.html|archive-date=April 18, 2008 |title=Rihanna Hooks Up With H&M For New Line |date=January 1, 2008 |work=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |access-date=June 25, 2009}}</ref> In 2008, Rihanna performed a series of charity concerts entitled [[A Girl's Night Out]]<ref name="people">{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20186594,00.html |title=Rihanna Touring for Kids in Need |last=Silverman|first=Stephen M.|date=March 28, 2008 |work=People|access-date=February 23, 2010}}</ref> to benefit the Believe Foundation. The concerts were made free for the public. Money from sponsors and advertisers were to be donated to provide medical supplies, school supplies and toys to children in need.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/rihanna/35467 |title=Rihanna kicks off series of charity shows |date=March 27, 2008 |work=NME |access-date=February 23, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/buzz-briefs-remy-ma-rihanna/ |title=Buzz Briefs: Remy Ma, Rihanna |date=March 27, 2008 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |publisher=CBS News |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025222138/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/27/entertainment/main3972034.shtml}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theinsider.com/news/766157_Rihanna_Plans_Charity_Concerts |title=Rihanna Plans Charity Concerts |work=The Insider |access-date=February 23, 2010 |date=March 30, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215141712/http://www.theinsider.com/news/766157_Rihanna_Plans_Charity_Concerts |archive-date=February 15, 2010 }}</ref> In September 2008, Rihanna contributed to the song "[[Just Stand Up!]]" with fifteen other female artists, who shared the stage to perform the song live on September 5, 2008, during the "[[Stand Up to Cancer]]" television special. The proceeds from the single were given to the fundraiser.<ref name="SU2C">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1593043/mariah-carey-beyonce-rihanna-fergie-miley-cyrus-more-collaborate-on-cancer-benefit-single/ |title=Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Fergie, Miley Cyrus, More Collaborate on Cancer Benefit Single |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=August 19, 2008 |publisher=MTV |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> The television special helped raise $100&nbsp;million for cancer research.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/female-stars-team-for-cancer-charity-tune-1044410/ |title=Female Stars Team for Cancer Charity Tune |date=August 19, 2008 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
 
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Rihanna founded the Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF) in 2012, in honor of her grandparents, Clara and Lionel Braithwaite. Programs include the Clara Braithwaite Center for Oncology and Nuclear Medicine at the [[Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown|Queen Elizabeth Hospital]] in Barbados, and education programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://claralionelfoundation.org/about/mission-vision-of-clf/ |title=Mission / Vision of CLF |website=claralionelfoundation.org|access-date=April 21, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501082735/http://claralionelfoundation.org/about/mission-vision-of-clf/ |archive-date=May 1, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/373760/rihanna-donates-1-75-million-to-barbados-hospital-in-honor-of-her-late-grandma|title=Rihanna Donates $1.75 Million to Barbados Hospital in Honor of Her Late Grandma|publisher=[[E!]]|access-date=April 21, 2016|date=December 23, 2012}}</ref> The CLF hosts an annual Diamond Ball charity fundraiser event. The inaugural event in 2014 raised over $2&nbsp;million and the second raised over $3&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://claralionelfoundation.org/diamond-ball/ |title=Diamond Ball |website=claralionelfoundation.org|publisher=Clara Lionel Foundation|access-date=April 21, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419215626/http://claralionelfoundation.org/diamond-ball/ |archive-date=April 19, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/rihanna-diamond-ball-2015-recap-lionel-richie-6805614/|title=Rihanna Raises Over $3 Million & Lionel Richie Reclaims 'Hello' at Diamond Ball|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> On February 12, 2012, Rihanna performed a benefit show at the House of Blues to raise money for the Children's Orthopaedic Center and the Mark Taper-Johnny Mercer Artists Program at [[Children's Hospital Los Angeles|Children's Hospital]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rihanna-calvin-harris-oth_n_1245427 |title=Rihanna, Calvin Harris, Other Celebs Perform For Charity on Grammy Night |work=HuffPost |date=January 31, 2012 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |first=Eleanor |last=Goldberg}}</ref> In November 2012, Rihanna gave $100,000 to food bank donation for [[Hurricane Sandy]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-named-2012s-most-charitable-star-rihanna-gives-175-million-1481248/ |title=Taylor Swift Named 2012's Most Charitable Star, Rihanna Gives $1.75 Million |magazine=Billboard |date=December 26, 2012 |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> On January 3, 2014, Rihanna was part of the [[Mac AIDS Fund#Viva Glam|MAC Viva Glam]] campaign, which benefits women, men and children living with HIV/AIDS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2014/01/03/rihanna-strips-down-for-mac-viva-glam/ |title=Rihanna Strips Down for MAC Viva Glam |publisher=Rap-Up.com |access-date=January 19, 2014}}</ref> In March 2020, Rihanna donated $5,000,000 to [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] relief<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-03-21/rihanna-coronavirus-donation-claral-lionel-foundation-5-million|title=Rihanna's Clara Lionel Foundation donates $5&nbsp;million toward coronavirus relief|last=Lee|first=Wendy|date=March 21, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 5, 2020}}</ref> and followed that up with additional donations of personal protective equipment to the state of New York<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rihanna-coronavirus-donation-new-york-974042/|title=Rihanna Donates COVID-19 Protective Supplies to New York State|last=Shaffer|first=Claire|date=March 27, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=April 11, 2020}}</ref> and an offer of $700,000 worth of ventilators to her home country [[Barbados]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/celebrities/news/a31910183/rihanna-donates-help-coronavirus/|title=Rihanna donates $5&nbsp;million to help coronavirus relief|last=Davis|first=Jessica|date=March 24, 2020|website=Harper's Bazaar|access-date=April 11, 2020}}</ref> In April 2020, Rihanna further donated an additional $2,100,000, matching [[Twitter]] CEO [[Jack Dorsey]] for a total of $4,200,000, to provide support and resources to individuals and children suffering from domestic violence amid the lockdown.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/rihanna-jack-dorsey-donate-usd4-2-million-coronavirus-victims.html|title=Rihanna Donates $2.1 Million to Domestic Violence Victims Affected by Quarantine|last=Murphy|first=Chris|date=April 9, 2020|website=Vulture|access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref>
 
===Advocacy===
During her performance at the [[NCAA]] March Madness Music Festival, Rihanna expressed her disagreement with [[Religious Freedom Restoration Act (Indiana)|Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act]] that allows companies and individuals to use their religious beliefs as protection, in case of being accused of [[LGBT rights in Indiana|discrimination against LGBT people]].<ref name="Cavan Sieczkowski 2015">{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rihanna-indiana-gay-law_n_7011358|title=Rihanna Gets Explicit Telling Indiana Crowd How She Really Feels About Anti-LGBT Law |work=[[HuffPost]]|first=Cavan |last=Sieczkowski|date=February 2, 2016 |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> Rihanna along with numerous other high-profile celebrities featured in an online video titled "23 Ways You Could Be Killed If You Are Black in America". The video was released in partnership with the We Are Here Movement and called for action against police brutality.<ref name="usmagazine.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/beyonce-rihanna-more-stars-team-up-for-intense-23-ways-psa-w213011|title=Beyonce, Rihanna: '23 Ways You Could Be Killed If You Are Black'|date=July 14, 2016}}</ref>
 
In January 2017, Rihanna participated in the [[2017 Women's March]], which took place in New York among protests the day after US President [[Donald Trump]]'s [[Inauguration of Donald Trump|inauguration]].<ref name="billboard.com">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/rihanna-president-trump-immigration-order-7669987/|title=Rihanna Calls President Trump 'An Immoral Pig' Over Immigration Order|last=Iasimone|first=Ashley|date=January 28, 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> She has also criticized President Trump's immigration policies–including [[Executive Order 13769]], which sought to ban citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering the United States–and his response to the 2019 shootings in [[2019 El Paso shooting|El Paso]] and [[2019 Dayton shooting|Dayton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/rihanna-trump-fenty-immigration-policy-instagram-t-shirt-a8972476.html|title=Rihanna criticises Trump's immigration policies with Fenty Instagram post|website=The Independent|date=June 24, 2019|last=Petter|first=Olivia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/08/el-paso-dayton-mass-shooting-terrorism-hollywood-reactions-donald-trump-mitch-mcconell-gun-control-rihanna-andy-richter-julianne-moore-adam-scott-1202661011/|title=Hollywood Reacts To El Paso and Dayton Shootings; Celebs Call Out Trump and McConnell, Demand Gun Control|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=August 4, 2019|last=Ramos|first=Dino-Ray}}</ref> In October 2019, she stated that she declined to perform at the [[Super Bowl LIV halftime show|2020 Super Bowl halftime show]] in support of [[Colin Kaepernick]] following the controversy surrounding his role in the [[U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)|national anthem protests]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5696356/rihanna-super-bowl/|title='I Couldn't Be an Enabler.' Rihanna Discusses Why She Turned Down the 2019 Super Bowl Halftime Show|date=October 9, 2019|magazine=TIME|last=Gajanan|first=Mahita}}</ref> In February 2021, Rihanna extended her support to [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest|Indian farmers' protest]] against the [[2020 Indian agriculture acts|farm bills]] through Twitter.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rihanna on India protests: 'Why aren't we talking about this?!'|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/3/rihanna-creates-flutter-in-india-with-tweet-on-farmer-protests|access-date=February 5, 2021|website=www.aljazeera.com|language=en}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
[[File:Rihanna2012.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Rihanna wearing a black top and hoop earrings|Rihanna in 2012]]
On May 19, 2021, American rapper [[ASAP Rocky]] confirmed that he and Rihanna were in a relationship.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hine |first=Samuel |date=May 19, 2021 |title=A$AP Rocky on Rihanna, Swedish Prison, and His Next Album|url=https://www.gq.com/story/asap-rocky-june-july-2021-cover|access-date=October 23, 2021 |website=GQ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=May 20, 2021 |title=A$AP Rocky confirms he is dating Rihanna|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57180714|access-date=October 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Carras |first=Christi |date=May 19, 2021 |title=ASAP Rocky confirms what everyone knew: He and Rihanna are in love|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-05-19/asap-rocky-rihanna-dating-gq-interview|access-date=August 25, 2021 |website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gulla |first=Emily |date=September 23, 2021 |title=Rihanna just shared an insight into her and ASAP Rocky's sex life |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a37593877/rihanna-asap-rocky-relationship-timeline/ |access-date=October 23, 2021 |website=Cosmopolitan|language=en-GB}}</ref> On January 31, 2022, it was revealed that Rihanna was pregnant with the couple's first child. She gave birth to a boy 4 months later.<ref>{{cite web |last1=VanHoose |first1=Benjamin |last2=Slater |first2=Georgia |title=Rihanna Is Pregnant! Singer and Fashion Icon Expecting First Baby with A$AP Rocky |url=https://people.com/parents/rihanna-pregnant-expecting-first-baby/ |website=PEOPLE.com |access-date=January 31, 2022 |date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
 
Rihanna owns a $14&nbsp;million penthouse in [[Lower Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://therealdeal.com/2013/10/11/rihanna-will-pay-39k-per-month-for-chinatown-penthouse/|title=Rihanna will pay $39K per month for Chinatown penthouse|access-date=October 11, 2013}}</ref> She also purchased a house in [[West London]] for £7&nbsp;million in June 2018, in order to be closer to her work with her FENTY fashion label.<ref name="nytimes.com"/> In December 2018, Rihanna put her [[Hollywood Hills]] mansion up for sale after a break-in six months before. The mansion was reported to have sold for $10.4m.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com.au/vogue-living/design/a-look-inside-the-hollywood-hills-home-rihanna-is-selling/image-gallery/e4dfe0c6de88a296008471a1204b3844?pos=1|title=A Look inside the Hollywood Hills home Rihanna is selling|work=Vogue Australia|date=December 10, 2018}}</ref>
 
''[[Forbes]]'' began reporting on Rihanna's earnings in 2012.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|last=Pomerantz|first=Dorothy |url=https://www.forbes.com/celebrities/#p_1_s_a0_All%20categories_|title=The World's Most Powerful Celebrities|work=[[Forbes]]|date=May 16, 2012|access-date=October 18, 2012}}</ref>
 
Rihanna began dating American singer [[Chris Brown]] in 2007. After their relationship ended in February 2009, she entered an [[On-again, off-again relationship|on-again off-again relationship]] with Canadian rapper [[Drake (musician)|Drake]], which lasted from 2009 to 2016.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8454000/drake-rihanna-relationship-timeline|title=A Timeline of Rihanna & Drake's Complicated Relationship|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 6, 2019|date=May 3, 2018|first=Nerisha|last=Penrose}}</ref> During an interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' in January 2013, Rihanna confirmed that she had rekindled her relationship with Brown,<ref name="telegraph2013">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9837484/Rihanna-breaks-silence-over-Chris-Brown-if-its-a-mistake-its-my-mistake.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9837484/Rihanna-breaks-silence-over-Chris-Brown-if-its-a-mistake-its-my-mistake.html |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Rihanna breaks silence over Chris Brown: 'if it's a mistake, it's my mistake'|work=The Telegraph|access-date=January 31, 2013|date=January 30, 2013|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref> although he remained under probation for their 2009 domestic violence case.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/09/24/us/ap-us-people-chris-brown.html|title=Judge Seeks More Review of Chris Brown's Probation|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 24, 2012 |access-date=October 6, 2012}}</ref> Their reunion followed persistent media speculation that occurred throughout 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2499382/rihanna-chris-brown-road-to-friendship/|title=Rihanna And Chris Brown's Road To Friendship|publisher=MTV|date=October 5, 2012|access-date=January 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007081402/http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/10/05/rihanna-chris-brown-road-to-friendship/|archive-date=October 7, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1695001/chris-brown-rihanna-karrueche-love/|title=Chris Brown Expresses His Love For Both Rihanna And Karreuche Tran|publisher=MTV|date=October 5, 2012|access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007081529/http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/10/05/chris-brown-loves-rihanna-karreuche-tran/|archive-date=October 7, 2012}}</ref> In May 2013, Brown stated during an interview that he and Rihanna had broken up again.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/chris-brown-confirms-rihanna-breakup-i-cant-focus-on-wife-ing-her-201365|title=Chris Brown Confirms Rihanna Breakup: "I Can't Focus on Wife-ing" Her|work=Us Weekly|access-date=May 6, 2013|date=May 6, 2013|first=Justin|last=Ravitz}}</ref> In 2017, Rihanna began dating Saudi businessman [[Hassan Jameel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.vogue.me/culture/rihanna-hassan-jameel-relationship/|title=A Complete Timeline of Rihanna and Hassan Jameel's Romance|work=Vogue Arabia|date=February 1, 2018|access-date=May 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/rihanna-vogue-cover-june-issue-2018 |work=Vogue |title=Rihanna on Body Image, Turning 30, and Staying Real—No Matter What |first=Chioma |last=Nnadi |date=May 3, 2018 |access-date=May 4, 2018}}</ref> They split in January 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/music/rihanna-and-billionaire-boyfriend-hassan-jameel-split/|title= Rihanna and Billionaire Boyfriend Hassan Jameel Split After Nearly 3 Years of Dating|website=People |date=January 22, 2020 |access-date=January 25, 2020|last=Boucher|first=Ashley}}</ref>
 
On May 19, 2021, American rapper [[ASAP Rocky]] confirmed during an interview with ''[[GQ]]'' that he and Rihanna are currently in a relationship.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hine |first=Samuel |date=May 19, 2021 |title=A$AP Rocky on Rihanna, Swedish Prison, and His Next Album|url=https://www.gq.com/story/asap-rocky-june-july-2021-cover|access-date=October 23, 2021 |website=GQ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=May 20, 2021 |title=A$AP Rocky confirms he is dating Rihanna|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57180714|access-date=October 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Carras |first=Christi |date=May 19, 2021 |title=ASAP Rocky confirms what everyone knew: He and Rihanna are in love|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-05-19/asap-rocky-rihanna-dating-gq-interview|access-date=August 25, 2021 |website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gulla |first=Emily |date=September 23, 2021 |title=Rihanna just shared an insight into her and ASAP Rocky's sex life |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a37593877/rihanna-asap-rocky-relationship-timeline/ |access-date=October 23, 2021 |website=Cosmopolitan|language=en-GB}}</ref> On January 31, 2022, it was revealed that the couple are expecting their first child.<ref>{{cite web |last1=VanHoose |first1=Benjamin |last2=Slater |first2=Georgia |title=Rihanna Is Pregnant! Singer and Fashion Icon Expecting First Baby with A$AP Rocky |url=https://people.com/parents/rihanna-pregnant-expecting-first-baby/ |website=PeopLe |access-date=January 31, 2022 |date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> On May 19, 2022, it was confirmed that Rihanna had given birth to a son.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 19, 2022 |first=Georgia |last=Slater |title=Rihanna Welcomes First Baby with A$AP Rocky |url=https://people.com/parents/rihanna-welcomes-first-baby-with-asap-rocky/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=People}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yasharoff |first=Hannah |title=Rihanna, A$AP Rocky welcome first child after internet-breaking pregnancy: Reports |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/05/19/rihanna-baby-singer-asap-rocky-welcome-first-child/6646816001/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=USA TODAY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Mier |first1=Tomás |date=2022-05-19 |title=Rihanna Welcomes Baby With A$AP Rocky |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rihanna-asap-rocky-baby-born-1355864/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>


===Domestic violence case===
===Domestic violence case===
On February 8, 2009, Rihanna's scheduled performance at the [[51st Annual Grammy Awards]] was canceled.<ref name="swash1"/> Reports surfaced that her boyfriend at the time, [[Chris Brown]], had physically assaulted her. He turned himself into the police and was booked on suspicion of making criminal threats.<ref name="friedman1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/09/chris.brown/index.html|title=Sources: Brown's alleged victim was girlfriend Rihanna |publisher=CNN | access-date=March 30, 2010 | date=February 9, 2009}}</ref> On March 5, 2009, Brown was charged with assault and making criminal threats.<ref name="people1"/> Due to a leaked photograph from the police department obtained by [[TMZ.com]]—which revealed that Rihanna had sustained extensive visible injuries—an organization known as STOParazzi proposed "Rihanna's Law", which, if enacted, would "deter employees of law enforcement agencies from releasing photos or information that exploits crime victims."<ref name="kaufman1"/> Gil Kaufman of [[VH1]] reported the "nonstop coverage of the Rihanna/Brown case has brought up a number of issues regarding the privacy of alleged victims of domestic violence, including the decision by almost all major news outlets to divulge the identity of the victim—which is not typically done in domestic-violence cases" and discussed the controversial distribution of the leaked photograph.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kaufman|first=Gil |title='Rihanna's Law,' Spurred By Photo Leak, Aims To Prevent Victim Exploitation |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1607684/rihannas-law-spurred-by-photo-leak-aims-to-prevent-victim-exploitation/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327064650/http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1607684/20090325/rihanna.jhtml|archive-date=March 27, 2009|website=MTV|date=March 25, 2009|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> Rihanna was subpoenaed to testify during a preliminary hearing in Los Angeles on June 22, 2009.<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://ew.com/article/2009/05/28/rihanna-may-tes/ |title=Rihanna may testify in Chris Brown hearing June 22 |last=Greenblatt |first=Leah |date=May 28, 2009|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> On June 22, 2009, Brown pleaded guilty to felony assault. Brown received five years of probation and was ordered to stay {{convert|50|yd}} away from Rihanna unless at public events, which then would be reduced to {{convert|10|yd|sigfig=1}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tmz.com/2009/06/22/chris-brown-cops-plea-rihanna-assault/ |title=Chris Brown Cops Plea&nbsp;– No Jail Time |date=June 22, 2009 |website=[[TMZ.com]] |access-date=June 22, 2009}}</ref>
On 8 February 2009, Rihanna was [[assault]]ed by her then-boyfriend [[Chris Brown (entertainer)|Chris Brown]] after Brown was sending messages to a girl.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/02/10/chaos-chris-brown-rihanna-mess/|title=Chaos in Chris Brown-Rihanna Mess|last=Friedman|first=Roger |date=February 10, 2009 |publisher=Fox News|access-date=May 13, 2009}}</ref> Rihanna got angry and Brown beat her up. The [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] leaked a photograph to TMZ which showed Rihanna with cuts and bruises on her face.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Gossip Site Defends Posting Of Rihanna Photo|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1605588/20090223/rihanna.jhtml|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|publisher=MTV News|date=February 23, 2009|access-date=May 14, 2009}}</ref> On 22 June 2009, Brown pled guilty to the felony assault. He was ordered to five years probation and to stay fifty yards way from Rihanna, unless it is at a public event, at which it was ten yards.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/22/chris-brown-cops-plea-rihanna-assault/ |title=Chris Brown Cops Plea&nbsp;— No Jail Time |author=TMZ Staff |date=June 22, 2009 |work=[[TMZ.com]] |access-date=June 22, 2009}}</ref> In February 2011, the restraining order was changed to allow both singers to appear at awards shows together in the future.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris Brown's Restraining Order Modified|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1658478/chris-brown-restraining-order-lifted.jhtml|publisher=MTV|access-date=February 13, 2012|author=Ryan J. Downey|date=February 22, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pepey|first=Tracy|title=Rihanna's Restraining Order Against Chris Brown Lifted|url=http://www.ivillage.com/rihannas-restraining-order-against-chris-brown-lifted/1-a-325572|work=iVillage|access-date=February 13, 2012|date=February 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thefamouscelebrity.com/rihanna-wiki/|title=Rihanna Husband, Children, Family & More|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-09|archive-date=2019-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419124156/https://thefamouscelebrity.com/rihanna-wiki/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
On September 2, 2009, Brown spoke about the domestic violence case in a pre-recorded ''[[Larry King Live]]'' interview, his first public interview about the matter.<ref name="www.cnn.com">{{cite news|first=Amy|last=Huggins|title=Chris Brown says he still loves Rihanna|website=[[CNN]]|date=August 31, 2009|access-date=September 3, 2009|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/31/chris.brown.interview/index.html}}</ref><ref name="Today">{{cite news|title=Yes, Chris Brown remembers Rihanna beating|website=[[Today.com]]|date=September 1, 2009|access-date=September 3, 2009|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/yes-chris-brown-remembers-rihanna-beating-wbna32634846}}</ref><ref name="www.rollingstone.com">{{cite news|title=Chris Brown Clarifies King Interview, Says He Recalls Rihanna Incident|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|date=September 1, 2009|access-date=January 31, 2022|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chris-brown-clarifies-king-interview-says-he-recalls-rihanna-incident-237497/}}</ref><ref name="www.nydailynews.com">{{cite news|first=Issie|last=Lapowsky |title=Chris Brown on 'Larry King Life': Relationship with Rihanna 'was sort of like Romeo and Juliet' |newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]] |date=August 31, 2009|access-date=January 31, 2022|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/chris-brown-larry-king-live-relationship-rihanna-sort-romeo-juliet-article-1.383526}}</ref> He was accompanied to the interview by his mother, Joyce Hawkins, and attorney [[Mark Geragos]], as he discussed growing up in a household with his mother being repeatedly assaulted by his stepfather. Brown said of hearing details of his assault of Rihanna, "I'm in shock, because, first of all, that's not who I am as a person, and that's not who I promise I want to be."<ref name="www.cnn.com"/>
 
==Awards and achievements==
{{see also|List of awards and nominations received by Rihanna}}
 
{{As of|2018|9}}, Rihanna has sold over 250&nbsp;million records worldwide, making her one of the [[List of best-selling music artists|best-selling music artists of all time]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45609656|title=Rihanna appointed as ambassador by Barbados|date=September 22, 2018|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=December 14, 2018}}</ref> Throughout her career, she has received numerous awards and honors, including 9 [[Grammy Award]]s, 12 [[Billboard Music Award|''Billboard'' Music Awards]], 13 [[American Music Award]]s, 8 [[People's Choice Awards]], among others. Rihanna received the "Icon Award" at the 2013 American Music Awards<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rihanna-to-receive-ama-icon-award-5793154/|title=Rihanna to Receive 'AMA Icon Award'|magazine=Billboard|date=November 15, 2013|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/523962/20131121/rihanna-icon-award-american-music-awards-live.htm#.Uo6o0-Iast0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032237/http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/523962/20131121/rihanna-icon-award-american-music-awards-live.htm#.Uo6o0-Iast0|archive-date=January 6, 2014|title=Rihanna to Perform and Receive First Ever Icon Award at the 2013 American Music Awards|work=International Business Times|date=November 21, 2012|last=Tewari|first=Nidhi|access-date=November 22, 2013}}</ref> and the [[Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award]] at the [[2016 MTV Video Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/rihanna-michael-jackson-video-vanguard-award-2016-mtv-vmas-7469334/ |title=Rihanna to Receive Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at 2016 MTV Video Music Awards |magazine=Billboard|date=August 11, 2016 |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> She holds six [[Guinness World Records]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=http://www.gobarbados.org/list-of-rihanna-guinness-world-records/|title=List of Rihanna's Guinness world records|website=Go Barbados}}</ref> In the United States, Rihanna has sold over 10&nbsp;million albums,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/rihanna-hits-10-million-in-us-album-sales/|title=Rihanna Hits 10 Million in U.S. Album Sales |magazine=Billboard|date=November 17, 2013|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> while [[Nielsen SoundScan]] ranked her as the best-selling digital artist in the country, breaking a [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] for digital single sales of over 58&nbsp;million as of 2012.<ref name="billboard cover story 2012">{{cite magazine|last=Hampp|first=Andrew|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rihannas-unapologetic-the-billboard-cover-story-474075/|title=Rihanna's 'Unapologetic': The Billboard Cover Story|magazine=Billboard|date=November 20, 2012|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref><ref name="DigitalSales">{{cite press release|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120105005547/en/The-Nielsen-Company-Billboard%E2%80%99s-2011-Music-Industry-Report |title=The Nielsen Company & Billboard's 2011 Music Industry Report |publisher=[[Business Wire]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108044835/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120105005547/en/Nielsen-Company-Billboard%E2%80%99s-2011-Music-Industry-Report |archive-date=January 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2012/9/rihanna-lady-gaga-and-adele-break-world-records-with-digital-music-sales-44685/|title=Rihanna, Lady Gaga and Adele break World Records with digital music sales|publisher=[[Guinness World Records]]|date=September 9, 2012|access-date=February 22, 2013}}</ref>
 
On July 1, 2015, the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) announced that Rihanna had surpassed more than 100&nbsp;million Gold and Platinum song certifications. In doing so, Rihanna has the most digital single awards and is the first and only artist to surpass RIAA's 100&nbsp;million cumulative singles award threshold.<ref name="rap-up.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2015/07/01/rihanna-surpasses-100-million-singles-certifications/|title=Rihanna Surpasses 100 Million Singles Certifications|work=Rap-Up}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, she has sold over 7&nbsp;million albums, making her the third best-selling female artist this century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-sam-smith-returns-to-top-singles-and-albums-charts/061165 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150316100420/http://www.musicweek.com/businessanalysis/read/official-charts-analysis-sam-smith-returns-to-top-singles-and-albums-charts/061165 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 16, 2015 |title=Official Charts Analysis: Sam Smith returns to top Singles and Albums Charts |last=Jones |first=Alan |work=Music Week |date=March 16, 2015}}{{subscription needed}}</ref> According to ''Billboard'', her total album sales stand at 54&nbsp;million copies sold worldwide.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/rihanna-anti-million-anti-downloads-6859178/|title=Rihanna Celebrates a Million 'Anti' Downloads on Twitter|magazine=Billboard|last=Platon|first=Adelle|date=January 28, 2016|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>


Rihanna has accumulated 14 No. 1 singles on the US ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] chart for the third most No. 1 songs in the chart's history.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/rihanna-drake-no-1-work-hot-100/|title=Rihanna & Drake Rise to No. 1 on Hot 100 With 'Work'|magazine=Billboard|date=February 23, 2016 |access-date=January 31, 2022|last=Trust|first=Gary}}</ref> She has been named the top [[Mainstream Top 40]] chart artist of the past twenty years by ''Billboard''; she ranks first with most entries (36), most top tens (23) and most No. 1 songs (10).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/macklemore-ryan-lewis-make-history-on-pop-songs-chart/|title=Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Make History on Pop Songs Chart|magazine=Billboard|date=June 10, 2013|access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> {{As of|2014|3}}, Rihanna has sold over 18&nbsp;million singles and 6&nbsp;million albums in the United Kingdom.<ref name="UKSinglesSales">{{cite web|url=http://localuknews.co.uk/othernews/music/localnews/official-charts-analysis-pharrell-williams-lp-sells-69k |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310170110/http://localuknews.co.uk/othernews/music/localnews/official-charts-analysis-pharrell-williams-lp-sells-69k |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |title=Official Charts Analysis: Pharrell Williams LP sells 69k |publisher=[[MusicWeek]] |date=March 10, 2014 |access-date=March 10, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="UKRecordSales">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/rihanna-racks-up-20-million-record-sales-in-the-uk-1462/|title=Rihanna racks up 20 million record sales in the UK!|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=April 12, 2013 |access-date=June 26, 2012}}</ref> She is the tenth best-selling<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-singles-charts-biggest-selling-artists-of-all-time-revealed-1431/|title=The Official Singles Charts' biggest selling artists of all time revealed!|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=April 12, 2013 |access-date=June 4, 2012}}</ref> and the second best-selling female singles artist in the country, only behind Madonna<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-10-biggest-selling-female-singles-artists-of-all-time-revealed-1670 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030193230/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-10-biggest-selling-female-singles-artists-of-all-time-revealed-1670 |archive-date=October 30, 2012|title=The Official Top 10 biggest selling female singles artists of all time revealed!|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=April 12, 2013 |access-date=October 27, 2012}}</ref> and is second only to [[the Beatles]] for the most million-selling singles in the UK of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/adele-and-rihanna-score-million-selling-singles-2801/|title=Adele and Rihanna score UK's latest million selling singles|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=March 7, 2014 |access-date=March 25, 2014}}</ref> Her collaboration with Eminem, "Love the Way You Lie", along with "Umbrella", "Disturbia", "Only Girl (In the World)", "We Found Love" and "Diamonds", are among the [[List of best-selling singles|best-selling singles of all time]]. Rihanna has seven No. 1 singles on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart,<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/rihanna/chart-history/bsi/|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 8, 2017}}</ref> and [[R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay|Airplay]] chart,<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/rihanna/chart-history/rbm/ |title=R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 8, 2017}}</ref> as well as sixteen No. 1 singles on the [[Rhythmic (chart)|Rhythmic]] chart.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/rihanna/chart-history/tfc/ |title=Rhythmic|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 8, 2017}}</ref> She has also earned over 30 top-ten songs in the UK and Australia, making her the only artist in the 21st century to achieve this feat so far.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/12203/rihanna/|title=Rihanna's 30 Top 10 UK singles|website=Official Charts}}</ref>
== Discography ==
;Studio albums


==Discography==
{{Main|Rihanna albums discography|Rihanna singles discography|List of songs recorded by Rihanna}}
* ''[[Music of the Sun]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Music of the Sun]]'' (2005)
* ''[[A Girl like Me (Rihanna album)|A Girl like Me]]'' (2006)
* ''[[A Girl like Me]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Rated R (Rihanna album)|Rated R]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Rated R (album)|Rated R]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Loud (Rihanna album)|Loud]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Loud (album)|Loud]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Talk That Talk]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Talk That Talk]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Unapologetic]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Unapologetic (Rihanna album)|Unapologetic]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Anti (album)|Anti]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Anti (album)|Anti]]'' (2016)
;Re-releases
* ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded]]'' (2008)
;Remix albums
* ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Rated R: Remixed]]'' (2010)
;Soundtrack albums
* ''[[Home (soundtrack)|Home]]'' (2015)
[[File:RihannaJingle Ball cropped.jpg|thumb|Rihanna during a concert]]


==Selected filmography==
== Tours ==
{{See also|Rihanna videography}}
* Rihanna: Live in Concert Tour (2006)
* ''[[Bring It On: All or Nothing]]'' (2006)
* Good Girl Gone Bad Tour (2007–2009)
* ''[[Battleship (film)|Battleship]]'' (2012)
* Last Girl on Earth Tour (2010–2011)
* ''[[This Is the End]]'' (2013)
* Loud Tour (2011)
* ''[[Home (2015 film)|Home]]'' (2015)
* Diamonds World Tour (2013)
* ''[[Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets]]'' (2017)
* The Monster Tour (2014) <small>(with [[Eminem]])</small>
* ''[[Ocean's 8]]'' (2018)
* Anti World Tour (2016)
* ''[[Guava Island]]'' (2019)


==Tours==
{{Main|List of Rihanna live performances}}


'''As a headliner'''
[[File:Mari på konsert.jpg|thumb|Fans show love placards at a Rihanna concert]]
* [[Rihanna: Live in Concert]] (2006)
* [[Good Girl Gone Bad Tour]] (2007–2009)
* [[Last Girl on Earth|Last Girl on Earth Tour]] (2010–2011)
* [[Loud Tour]] (2011)
* [[Diamonds World Tour]] (2013)
* [[Anti World Tour]] (2016)


'''As a co-headliner'''
== Filmography ==
* [[The Monster Tour (Eminem and Rihanna)|The Monster Tour]] (with [[Eminem]]) (2014)
* 2004 - ''[[Bring It On: All or Nothing]]''.... As Herself
* 2006 - ''[[Mama Black Widow]]''.... Carol Tilson
* 2012 - ''Battleship'' Petty Officer (GM2) Cora Raikes
* 2013 - ''[[This Is the End]]''.... As Herself
* 2017 - [[wikipedia:Valerian_and_the_City_of_a_Thousand_Planets|''Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets'']] .... Bubbles
* 2018 - [[:en:Ocean's_8|Ocean's 8]]


'''Promotional tours'''
=== Television ===
* [[A Girl's Night Out]] (2008; a series of charity concerts to benefit the "Believe Foundation")
* 2006 - ''[[Punk'd]]''
* [[Rihanna 777 Documentary... 7Countries7Days7Shows|777 Tour]] (2012; in support of her seventh [[studio album]] ''Unapologetic'')


==See also==
== References ==
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* [[Culture of Barbados]]
* [[Music of Barbados]]
* [[Honorific nicknames in popular music]]
* [[List of Billboard Social 50 number-one artists|List of ''Billboard'' Social 50 number-one artists]]
* [[List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones|List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones]]
* [[Rihanna (given name)]]
 
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Rihanna Fenty
Fenty in 2018
Born
Robyn Rihanna Fenty

(1988-02-20) 20 February 1988 (age 38)
Saint Michael, Barbados
Occupation
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
  • fashion designer
  • businesswoman
Net worthUS $1.7 billion
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Partner(s)ASAP Rocky (2020–present)[1]
Children1
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2003–present
Labels
  • Roc Nation
  • Def Jam
  • SRP
  • Westbury Road
Associated acts
Websiterihannanow.com

Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born 20 February 1988) is a Barbadian singer, actress, fashion designer and businesswoman. She started her music career in 2003. She has released eight studio albums and three DVDs. Rihanna has won many awards. These include five American Music Awards, eighteen Billboard Music Awards, two BRIT Awards, and nine Grammy Awards.[2] She has had fourteen number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In 2012, the American magazine Time named Rihanna one of the most influential people in the world.[3]

Her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) made her popular in the music business. The chart-topping single "Umbrella" earned Rihanna her first Grammy Award. Her next albums Rated R (2009), Loud (2010), Talk That Talk (2011), and Unapologetic (2012) became very popular. From these albums, her best known singles were "Rude Boy", "Only Girl (In the World)", "What's My Name?", "S&M", "We Found Love", "Where Have You Been" and "Diamonds".

Rihanna was honored as a National Hero of Barbados on the first day of the country's independence in November 2021.[4]

Career[edit | edit source]

Rihanna was also ranked the fourth most powerful celebrity in 2012. She earned $53 million between May 2011 and May 2012, according to Forbes.[5] In 2013, Rihanna was given the first ever Icon Award at the American Music Awards.[6] Rihanna's seventh album Unapologetic (2012) became her first number-one album in the United States. It won Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 2014 Grammy Awards.[7] In 2015, a movie called Home was released. Rihanna voiced one of the main characters in it[8] and was also the executive producer of the movie's soundtrack.

Her eighth studio album, Anti, was released to the streaming service Tidal and entered the Billboard 200 album chart at number 27. It was a limited-time free download sponsored by Samsung. It was certified Platinum in the U.S. only two days after it was released. The next week, after the album was released to other marketplaces, it reached number one on the Billboard 200. Anti features the Billboard Hot 100 number-one single "Work" (featuring Drake) and the top-ten hit "Needed Me". She also recorded a song, "This Is What You Came For", with Scottish DJ Calvin Harris. It reached the top ten on charts around the world. The following year, she was featured on DJ Khaled's song "Wild Thoughts", which reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100.[9]

Rihanna created a line of beauty products called Fenty Beauty. On June 4, 2019, Natalie Robehmed of Forbes wrote that Rihanna had become the world's richest female musician, with a net worth of $600 million.[10] Her net worth was updated in August 2021 to $1.7 billion.

On September 25, 2022, it was announced that Rihanna would be the headliner of the Super Bowl LVII halftime show on February 12, 2023.[11]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born in Saint Michael, Barbados to Monica (of Guyanese ancestry) and Ronald Fenty (of Irish and West Indian ancestry).[12][13] She has two younger brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty. She grew up in Bridgetown.

Influences[edit | edit source]

Madonna, Mariah Carey, and Bob Marley had a huge influence on Rihanna.

Personal life[edit | edit source]

On May 19, 2021, American rapper ASAP Rocky confirmed that he and Rihanna were in a relationship.[14][15][16][17] On January 31, 2022, it was revealed that Rihanna was pregnant with the couple's first child. She gave birth to a boy 4 months later.[18]

Domestic violence case[edit | edit source]

On 8 February 2009, Rihanna was assaulted by her then-boyfriend Chris Brown after Brown was sending messages to a girl.[19] Rihanna got angry and Brown beat her up. The LAPD leaked a photograph to TMZ which showed Rihanna with cuts and bruises on her face.[20] On 22 June 2009, Brown pled guilty to the felony assault. He was ordered to five years probation and to stay fifty yards way from Rihanna, unless it is at a public event, at which it was ten yards.[21] In February 2011, the restraining order was changed to allow both singers to appear at awards shows together in the future.[22][23][24]

Discography[edit | edit source]

Studio albums
Re-releases
Remix albums
Soundtrack albums
Rihanna during a concert

Tours[edit | edit source]

  • Rihanna: Live in Concert Tour (2006)
  • Good Girl Gone Bad Tour (2007–2009)
  • Last Girl on Earth Tour (2010–2011)
  • Loud Tour (2011)
  • Diamonds World Tour (2013)
  • The Monster Tour (2014) (with Eminem)
  • Anti World Tour (2016)


Fans show love placards at a Rihanna concert

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Television[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Sanchez, Chelsey; Park, Sabrina; Mackelden, Amy (January 31, 2022). "Everything We Know About Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's Relationship". Harper's Bazaar. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Rihanna". GRAMMY.com. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  3. ↑ McCartney, Stella (April 18, 2012). "Rihanna - 2012 Time 100: The Most Influential People in the World". Time. Time Inc. (Time Warner). Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  4. ↑ "BARBADOS NATIONAL HONOURS AND DECORATIONS 2021". Barbados Government Printing Department. 1 December 2021. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity". MTV News.
  6. ↑ "Rihanna's mom presents her with Icon Award at the AMAs [VIDEO]". UPI.
  7. ↑ "'It Was a Good Feeling': Rihanna Talks Shock over Grammy Award Win for Unapologetic - Celebrity Gossip, News & Photos, Movie Reviews, Competitions - Entertainmentwise". Archived from the original on 2014-01-31. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  8. ↑ Mendelson, Scott (March 28, 2015). "Box Office: Rihanna, JLo Power DreamWorks 'Home' To $15.6M Friday". Forbes. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
  9. ↑ "DJ Khaled Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  10. ↑ Robehmed, Natalie. "How Rihanna Created A $600 Million Fortune—And Became The World's Richest Female Musician". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  11. ↑ "International icon Rihanna takes center stage for Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show". NFL.com. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  12. ↑ Spivey, Lisa (January 2007). "Rihanna, The New Cover Girl". Los Angeles Sentinel. 72 (23): B.5. ISSN 0890-4340.
  13. ↑ "Rihanna: Biography — Part 1 & 2". People. Time Inc. Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved December 16, 2008.
  14. ↑ Hine, Samuel (May 19, 2021). "A$AP Rocky on Rihanna, Swedish Prison, and His Next Album". GQ. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  15. ↑ "A$AP Rocky confirms he is dating Rihanna". BBC News. May 20, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  16. ↑ Carras, Christi (May 19, 2021). "ASAP Rocky confirms what everyone knew: He and Rihanna are in love". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  17. ↑ Gulla, Emily (September 23, 2021). "Rihanna just shared an insight into her and ASAP Rocky's sex life". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  18. ↑ VanHoose, Benjamin; Slater, Georgia (January 31, 2022). "Rihanna Is Pregnant! Singer and Fashion Icon Expecting First Baby with A$AP Rocky". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  19. ↑ Friedman, Roger (February 10, 2009). "Chaos in Chris Brown-Rihanna Mess". Fox News. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
  20. ↑ Kaufman, Gil (February 23, 2009). "Gossip Site Defends Posting Of Rihanna Photo". MTV News. Retrieved May 14, 2009. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  21. ↑ TMZ Staff (June 22, 2009). "Chris Brown Cops Plea — No Jail Time". TMZ.com. Retrieved June 22, 2009.
  22. ↑ Ryan J. Downey (February 22, 2011). "Chris Brown's Restraining Order Modified". MTV. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  23. ↑ Pepey, Tracy (February 23, 2011). "Rihanna's Restraining Order Against Chris Brown Lifted". iVillage. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
  24. ↑ "Rihanna Husband, Children, Family & More". Archived from the original on 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2019-04-09.

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