Rihanna caught the lucky star when she was only 16 years old. This sultry Barbados beauty instantly won the hearts of listeners and became one of the highest paid stars of show business. After working on stage for only a few years, Ri-Ri received the nickname of style icon and pop idol. Of course, this is the merit of the girl herself and her talent, but to throw aside the work of her team is also not worth it.
short biography
The future musical star was born on February 20, 1988 in a small town on the island of Barbados, in the most ordinary family. The chosen name of the singer, Rihanna, is real. In the passport she is Robin Rihanna Fenty. At age 14, Rihanna's parents divorced. Despite the fact that her father had a craving for alcohol and marijuana, she always maintained a relationship with him. The life of the future singer proceeded to the rhythms of reggae music. The girl began to sing at the age of seven, and even managed to organize her own trio at school. It was as a part of this trio that Rihanna went in 2003 to audition with Evan Rogers at the hotel, in which he accidentally stayed in Barbados. This was a decisive step in Rihanna’s career. It was Evan Rogers who saw in her the future world star. The two girls who came along with her producer did not even pay attention.
Carier start
Evan Rogers helped Rihanna record her first demos. It took almost a year, because the girl tried to combine her studies in high school and could come to a recording studio only on vacation. But demos were recorded, and Rogers set about searching for a contract with one of the music labels. In 2005, the recording of the young singer came to Jay-Z, who at that time was the president of the music label Def Jam Recordings. The rapper decided to personally meet with Rihanna and listen to her. Their meeting ended successfully, and Rihanna, without hesitation, signed her first contract with Def Jam. After that, she immediately canceled appointments with other labels, dropped out of school and started recording her first album. It took exactly three months, and the beginning of a stellar career was laid.
Recognition and further career
The first Ri-Ri album, Music of the Sun, was released in 2005 and sold two million copies. Her first single immediately took a leading position in the lists of the most popular singles in 15 countries.
Just a month after the release of the first album, Rihanna began recording the second, called A Girl like Me. He came out the following year. The main single was the song SOS, which took a leading position in the American charts.
A year later, in 2007, the singer released another album - Good Girl Gone Bad. The main hit of this album was the song Umbrella, recorded with Jay-Z. Then, in 2008, this album was reissued under the name Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded and included three completely new songs.
In 2009, Rihanna recorded the fourth album - Rated R, whose songs traditionally took the first lines of the charts of the world.
The fifth album of the singer Loud was released in 2010. Rihanna does not stop working, and according to tradition, a year later, in 2011, the next album, Talk That Talk, is released.
In 2012, Rihanna released her seventh album - Unapologetic.
Then in the annual recordings of the albums there is a pause and the next, eighth album - Anti, was released in January 2016.
Awards
During her dizzying career, Rihanna was rightfully recognized and repeatedly marked with nominations and victories in various music awards. So, the American Music Awards nominated the singer 15 times for the award, and 8 times Rihanna won.
The ASCAP Pop Music Awards awarded Rihanna a nomination 11 times, and she won each. Also, all the nominations of the performer ended with an unconditional victory in such awards as BMI Pop Music Awards (10 awards), BMI Urban Awards (6 awards), IFPI Platinum Europe Awards (5 awards), Z Awards (8 awards).
At The Barbados Music Awards, the pop diva won 38 awards and received 49 nominations.
Also in the most important music award - Grammy Awards - the singer was noted in 23 nominations and took 8 of them.
During her career, Rihanna won in dozens of competitions and received hundreds of nominations, and new and new conquests and victories await the singer ahead.
Rihanna's Boyfriends
Like many famous people, Rihanna tries not to advertise her personal life and leave her behind the scenes of photographers, but, like other celebrities, she cannot go completely unnoticed. To date, reporters have managed to count five lovers of Rihanna. This list includes:
- Negus Sealy. Rihanna's first love in those days when she still lived in Barbados and was not famous throughout the world. The singer’s departure to the USA led to the end of their stormy romance.
- Rihanna's civil husband is Chris Brown. The relationship between them ended in court in 2009, but then in 2012, the lovers reunited again in 2013 to separate and, probably, forever.
- Baseball player Matt Kemp.
- Basketball player Jay Ar Smith. Relations with one and the second athlete were short-lived and lasted only a few months.
- Usher. Information appeared in the press in 2011, but was not confirmed in any way.
Also, over the years, rumors about Rihanna’s relationship with rapper Drake have not ceased. But judging by how these rumors appear and then quietly disappear, we can conclude that they are either good friends or use each other as a screen for journalists.
Relationship with Chris Brown
Rihanna and Chris Brown were never officially married, but their relationship was all called civil marriage. And Chris Brown was not official, but the real husband of Rihanna. Their relationship began back in 2008. At first, this information leaked to the Internet and had no confirmation. But later the couple stopped hiding the relationship and without hesitation began to be shown to the public. The split in relations occurred in 2009, after the tragedy that occurred with Rihanna.
The personal tragedy of Rihanna
On February 8, 2009, at the annual Grammy Awards, Rihanna's performance was suddenly canceled. The reason for this was a quarrel with Rihanna's husband. Chris Brown beat the singer the night before the ceremony in the car and fled the scene. Rihanna was found on the street by police. The beatings were so strong that the girl could not walk on her own. The public learned about this tragic incident from the Internet. Somehow, the photos of Rihanna, beaten by her husband, leaked to the Web, and the whole world knew about it in no time.
Court
In the same year, Chris Brown was tried. The singer was present at the trial and testified. Rihanna's ex-husband fully admitted his guilt and, as it turned out, after escaping from the scene of the crime, he himself came to the police station with a confession. Chris Brown was sentenced to correctional labor and five years of probation, and he was officially banned from approaching Rihanna by more than 50 yards. The exception was official and public events, where the distance was allowed to be reduced to 10 yards. Chris Brown also publicly apologized to his ex-wife, and it would seem that this was the end of their relationship once and for all.
