Rihanna's father used to beat her mother and she would try to get in between them to break up fights.Īs a child, Rihanna had many CT scans for the excruciating headaches she suffered: "The doctors even thought it was a tumor, because it was that intense." By the time she was 14, her parents had divorced and her health began to improve. She grew up listening to reggae music. She attended Charles F. Her childhood was deeply affected by her father's alcoholism and crack cocaine addiction, which contributed to her parents' strained marriage.
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She is of Afro-Barbadian, Afro-Guyanese and Irish descent. 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. She grew up in a three-bedroom bungalow in Bridgetown and sold clothes with her father in a stall on the street. Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born on February 20, 1988, in Saint Michael, Barbados, the daughter of accountant Monica (née Braithwaite) and warehouse supervisor Ronald Fenty.
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Life and music career 1988–2003: Early life In 2018, the Government of Barbados appointed her as an ambassador with duties promoting education, tourism and investment. She is the founder of nonprofit organization Clara Lionel Foundation, cosmetics brand Fenty Beauty, and fashion house Fenty under LVMH. Alongside a successful music career, Rihanna is well known for her involvement in humanitarian causes, entrepreneurial ventures and the fashion industry. Forbes ranked her among the top ten highest-paid celebrities in 20, and Time named her as one of the 100 most influential people in the world twice (20). Her accolades include nine Grammy Awards, 13 American Music Awards, 12 Billboard Music Awards, and six Guinness World Records. She has earned 14 number-one singles and 31 top-ten singles in the US, and 30 top-ten entries in the UK. Having sold over 250 million records, Rihanna is one of the world's best-selling music artists. Besides solo materials, Rihanna has collaborated with recording artists such as Drake, Eminem and Calvin Harris. It became her second US number-one album and featured the chart-topping single "Work". Her eighth studio album, Anti (2016), showcased her control over artistic creativity after her departure from Def Jam. The records spawned a string of chart-topping singles, including "Rude Boy", "Only Girl (In the World)", "What's My Name?", "S&M", "We Found Love", "Diamonds" and "Stay". All four releases incorporated experimentation of various musical styles and consolidated Rihanna's international chart success, Unapologetic being her first number-one album in the US.
Rihanna extended her fusion of pop, dance and R&B on her next four studio albums, Rated R (2009), Loud (2010), Talk That Talk (2011) and the Grammy Award-winning Unapologetic (2012). Its international chart-topping single "Umbrella" earned Rihanna her first Grammy Award, winning Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), incorporated more elements of dance-pop and catapulted her to greater stardom, establishing her status as a sex symbol and a leading figure in the music industry.
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She earned significant recognition following the release of her first two studio albums Music of the Sun (2005) and A Girl like Me (2006), both of which were influenced by Caribbean music and peaked within the top ten of the US Billboard 200 chart. Robyn Rihanna Fenty (/riˈænə/ ree-AN-ə born February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, fashion designer, actress and businesswoman, who has been recognized for embracing various musical styles and reinventing her image throughout her career.īorn in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the US in 2005, when she signed with Def Jam Recordings.