Rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty ( ree-AN-ə; born February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer, businesswoman, and actress. An influential figure in both music and fashion, her accolades include nine Grammy Awards, 12 Billboard Music Awards, and 13 American Music Awards, with nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. Rihanna has been deemed one of the greatest artists in history by publications such as Rolling Stone and Billboard. Rihanna was discovered by producer Evan Rogers and signed to Def Jam Recordings in 2005. She debuted with the Caribbean-inspired records Music of the Sun (2005) and A Girl Like Me (2006), both of which reached the top ten of the U.S. Billboard 200. The albums spawned the singles "Pon de Replay" and "SOS", which peaked at number two and one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, respectively. Adopting a more mature image, Rihanna transitioned to dance-pop and R&B on the album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) and its reissue, subtitled Reloaded (2008). The project spawned a string of successful singles, including the U.S. number-one songs "Umbrella", "Take a Bow", and "Disturbia". After exploring darker and more personal themes on the rock-imbued record Rated R (2009), Rihanna returned to her more upbeat sound on the dance-pop album Loud (2010), later incorporating R&B on Talk That Talk (2011); the synth-pop set Unapologetic (2012) became her first album to top the Billboard 200. After her departure from Def Jam in favor of Jay-Z's label, Roc Nation, she released the dancehall-influenced record Anti (2016)—her second number-one album. The albums contained the U.S. number-one singles "Rude Boy", "Only Girl (In the World)", "What's My Name?", "S&M", "We Found Love", "Diamonds", and "Work". Her films include Battleship (2012), Home (2015), Ocean's 8 (2018), and Smurfs (2025). Rihanna is one of the best-selling musicians of all time, with estimated sales of 250 million records. The highest-certified female digital single artist by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she has seven U.S. diamond certified singles and 14 number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. She has become one of the wealthiest musicians through her business ventures, founding the nonprofit Clara Lionel Foundation, the cosmetics brand Fenty Beauty, and fashion brand Fenty under LVMH, becoming the first Black woman to lead a luxury brand for the group. She was named an ambassador by the Government of Barbados and declared a National Hero of Barbados in 2021.