Rihanna

Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born on February 20, 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados. Growing up in a three-bedroom bungalow in Bridgetown and selling clothes with her father on a street stall,Rihanna's childhood was deeply affected by her father's addiction to crack cocaine, alcohol, and marijuana, and her parents' turbulent marriage ended when she was 14. Rihanna was an army cadet in asub-military programmer; the singer-songwriter Shontelle was her drill sergeant. Although she initially wanted to graduate from high school, she chose to pursue a musical career instead. Rihanna's careerbegan through her association with American record producer Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers; she met Rogers through mutual friends in Barbados in December 2003.[21] Rogers soon asked Rihanna to come to hishotel room, where she performed renditions of the songs "Emotion" ( Samatha Sang)and "Hero"( Mariah Carey).
Her debut single, "Pon de Replay", was released on August 22, 2005 and charted highlyacross the world, peaking at number two on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. Her debut album, Music of the Sun, was first released later that month and went on to sell over twomillion copies worldwide and received a Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Her second album A Girl Like Me was released in April 2006, less than eight monthsafter its predecessor. Its lead single, "SOS", was an international success following its March 2006 release as it charted in the top five in Canada, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand and the UnitedKingdom and reached number one in the US and Australia. Her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad was released in May 2007, the album topped the charts in multiple countries including the UK, Brazil,Canada, Ireland, Japan, Russia and at number two in the US and Australia. The album's lead single, "Umbrella", topped the charts in thirteen countries and stayed at number one in the UK for ten...