Biography for Rihanna:
Date of Birth:-
20 February 1988, St. Michael, Barbados
Nickname:-
RiRi
Caribbean Queen
The Barbados Babe
Height:-
5' 8" (1.73 m)
Mini Biography:-
Rihanna was born in a parish in Barbados called St. Michael. She
lived the life of a normal island girl going to Combermere, a top sixth
form school. Rihanna won numerous beauty pageants and performed Mariah Carey
"Hero" in a school talent show. Her life changed forever when one of
her friends introduced her to Evan Rodgers, a producer from New York who
was in Barbados for a vacation with his wife, who is a native. Rodgers
arranged for her to go to New York to meet Jay-Z,
CEO of Def Jam Records. He heard her sing and knew she was going to be
incredibly successful. She was 16 when she was signed to Def Jam. Since
then, she's amassed phenomenal success.
Trade Mark:-
Leather outfits
Ever changing hairstyles
Bright red hair
Bajan accent
Revealing outfits
Her tattoos.
Trivia:-
Was signed to Def Jam Records
Her musical inspirations include Alicia Keys, 'Beyonce Knowles' and Destiny's Child, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Gwen Stefani, Bob Marley and Brandy Norwood.
Attended Combermere which is a sixth form school similar to high school in America.
Performed Mariah Carey's "Hero" at her school's talent show.
Won a beauty pageant at her school.
Born to a black Barbadian father Ronald Fenty and a black Guyanese mother Monica Fenty.
She has two younger brothers Rorrey and Rajad.
Stated in an interview that her friend and former Island Def Jam record label artist Fefe Dobson
was someone that she admired and looked up to. Having a fellow black
artist writing, singing, and performing the music she truly loves.
Ranked #8 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
Sampled "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' " by Michael Jackson from his " Thriller" album in her song "Please Don't Stop the Music".
Ranked #15 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
According
to Fashion Lifestyle she's had over 150 hairstyles since her music
career took off in 2005. Her trademarks are her Long Straight Brown
(2006), Medium Length Black Bob (2007) and Short Cropped look (2008).
Made an estimated $15,000,000 in 2008. (Source) - Forbes Magazine.
Was tagged "The Digital Download Queen" due to her songs being downloaded over 75,000,000 times combined.
Her
3rd studio album 'Good Girl Gone Bad' (2007) was the 3rd highest
selling album in the world in 2007 and was the 8th highest 2008. It has
sold just under 8 million copies worldwide and has spawned 3 number one
Hot 100 hits and 2 worldwide number ones.
Appeared on the cover of Italian Vogue for there "Extreme Couture" edition. [September 2009].
Her ex-boyfriend, Chris Brown,
was sentenced to five years of probation, six months of community
service and one year of domestic violence counseling as a result of his
attack on her in February, 2009 [August 29, 2009].
Is good friends with Katy Perry.
Her
3rd single 'Rude Boy', from her 4th studio album 'Rated R', became her
sixth US number one single. This makes her the most successful female
artist of the last 10 years.
She and then-boyfriend Chris Brown
canceled their performance at the Grammys in February 2009 just hours
before the show started after Brown was caught up in a late-night
domestic dispute, which later turned out to be a physical attack on Rihanna.
She's the highest paid female celebrity to sit front row at fashion shows. She's paid an estimated $100,000, followed by Beyoncé Knowles, who is estimated at $80,000.
Is a big fan of Depeche Mode, The Prodigy and Chase & Status. She worked with Chase & Status on her album "Rated R" after calling member Saul Milton up at 3 AM.
Selling
62 million records since 2005, she's the most successful artist over
the last decade. She also is the first ever artist ever to have 5, 3X
platinum selling digital singles.
Broke her own record by scoring her 7th US number one. "Love The Way You Lie" with Eminem became her 7th number one single in 5 years. This gives her the most number ones from an artist in the last 10 years.
Has
attained nine number one Hot 100 singles. Three of them were achieved
in 2010. She become the only female in American history to have her
first single to go number one after the second. [Febuary 2011].
In
the UK, she became the only female; and the only artist in 52 years to
have three top ten songs at once on the 'UK Official Chart'. She also
became the first female artist; in the history of the chart, to have a
number one in five consecutive years.
She has Seven number one
singles in Australia as of Febuary 2011, making her the only non
Australian artist to do so in the last 20 years.
Her 5th studio
album 'Loud', sold 2.8 million copies worldwide in 3 months. The album
also marks the launch of her business "Rihanna Entertainment"[Febuary
2011].
Billboard named Rihanna the Digital Songs Artist of the 2000s decade.
Is worth an estimated $143 million. [Forbes Febuary 2011].
Her
controversial music video for "S&M", was banned in 11 countries
within a day of it's release. This is Rihanna's second video to cause
controversy as "Te Amo" was banned in many countries due to its same-sex
nature.
As of March 1st, she's reached over 1.2 billion YouTube views on her official Vevo page.
Q Magazine named her one of the top 100 acts of the last century. [November 2009].
Became the youngest black female to grace the cover of American-Vogue [March 2011].
The song S&M featuring Britney Spears become her 10th No. 1 song on Billboard Hot 100.
At
the 2011 BET awards, Rihanna was mistakenly announced as the winner of
the Viewer's Choice Award. The actual winner was her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, who later received the award.
Ranked #43 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
Named
"Sexiest Woman" for 2011 by Esquire magazine [October 12, 2011].
Esquire gives the title of "sexiest woman" to a different celebrity each
year.
While filming a music video for her song "We Found Love" in
Ireland, the farmer whose land was borrowed as a setting for the video,
asked the crew to stop filming and leave the land after he objected to
Rihanna's revealing outfits and state of undress, which he deemed as
"inappropriate". (2011).
She has 14 tattoos so far in 2011.
In a 2011 interview with Esquire, Rihanna stated that she is a fan of the music by Chris Brown.
"We found love" is her 11th number one song.
Friends with Beyoncé Knowles and Jay-Z.
Organised a bachelorette party for her close friend Katy Perry in 2010.
In
the 2011 Billboard online poll, Rihanna's song "We Found Love" was
voted as the 3rd Best Music Video for 2011 (receiving 11% of all votes),
behind "Till the World Ends" by Britney Spears (45% of all votes), and "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga (23% of all votes). Rihanna also won for Best Awards Show Performance with Britney Spears at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards.
In 2012 she collaborated with Chris Brown.
On February 20 2012 (her 24th Birthday), Rihanna released the remix of
her fourth single 'Birthday Cake', featuring Chris Brown. The single
comes from her album 'Talk That Talk.' Brown also released a remix of
his song 'Turn up the Music' featuring Rihanna.
Named one of "The Most 100 Influential People In The World" - in 2012 by Time Magazine.
Ranked 4th on Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2012, with earnings of $53 million.
Personal Quotes
I love the high-risk (guys). I don't like cream puff, corny guys.
Usually they are the nice guys, the ones that won't hurt you. They'll
pull out the chair for you and the whole nine yards. Everything is
perfect and boring. I like the risk, I like the edge. That's the thrill
for me.
[on Fashion] Wear the clothes. Don't let them wear you.
[on Jesse Williams] Jesse, who's in my music video for 'Russian Roulette', is so hot!
I
love flirting at the moment. I'm single and I'm enjoying my freedom.
But I don't give my phone number out that often. But if I'm dating, I
check the boy from the top to the bottom.
[on what a man needs to
impress her] He has to be good in bed and the size matters. You know
what I mean? The inner beauty counts as well, but without a toy it
doesn't make it fun.
[on her musical sound change] Everyone was
really surprised when i started liking new things and changing my image.
I was 16 when i was signed and i'm 22 now. My musical taste and image
is going to change naturally. It's not forced, i do what comes natural
to me. Sometimes i like to be dark... other times i like to be really
light and lady-like.
[on size zero models] Being a size zero is a
career in itself so we shouldn't try and be like them, it is not
realistic and it is not healthy. You shouldn't be pressured into trying
to be thin by the fashion industry, because they only want models that
are like human mannequins. They know that if we see an outfit on a
mannequin in a shop window we will love it and want to buy it whatever
size we are. That's why they have size zero models - they want to sell
clothes. But you have to remember that it's not practical or possible
for an everyday woman to look like that."
[on Homophobia] I know
that a large part of my fanbase is gay. They've shown me love from the
start. I mean in this industry, everyone from my glam people to my
dancers are gay. You can't be homophobic in this line of work, i'm a
popstar! It hurts me when i read fan mail from a fan who have been
called names for liking me.
My weight fluctuates, but I don't weigh myself every day. I'm 5ft 8in and weigh around 9st 7lb.
[on Cheryl Cole]
I think she is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Like, how do
you have a face like that, with hair like that and dimples, and a body
like that, that's proportioned like that? And you have a successful
career, something about that is not right.
[on Russell Brand]
I first met him when he was interviewing me on TV. I was sick and it
was the worst interview I have ever done... Nothing was funny to me. I
thought it was the most stupid interview I ever did in my life. Why am I
talking to this idiot? He made me want to throw up again.
I spend more time over there (in London) than I spend in L.A., and that's where I live. London is more like my home.
[on doing a duet with Katy Perry]
We're actually working on some music together - hell yeah. I would love
to tour with Katy. She's a rock star. And when I see her live, she just
brings such a fun vibe, like a colorful rock star.
[on planning
Katy Perry's bachelorette party] I have to come up with something cool,
because she's getting married in India. So I'm like, 'OK, now what do I
do to match that?' That's at the end of the year, so we've got some time
to plan that.
[on Katy Perry]
When I first met her, her personality was so on point, I felt like she
had no edit button, she was really fun and had a great sense of humor.
[on
missing her friend, Katy Perry's wedding] I will never ever forgive
myself for that, it was a crazy time, it was a crazy week. I'm switching
management. I'm really sad that I missed it.
[on having children]
I don't really plan on the age. It could be a year from now. It could
be 10 years from now. Whenever is right. I mean, I have a lot of other
stuff to accomplish before I get to kids. Whenever the time is right,
I'll just know. If I had a girl, she'd probably be really rebellious.
She would be like a bundle of karma. I would love to bring them up in
Barbados.
I definitely think a child deserves both parents. It
would be selfish of me, because of my pride and independence to say,
'Oh, I just want a sperm donor, because I can do it myself.' I can do it
myself, but that's not fair. I'm just saying that whatever comes my way
I'll be able to handle it, but in a perfect book, there would be
marriage and kids.
(jokingly responding when being questioned about a rumored relationship) I hate to burst your bubble but I'm dating girls!
[on collaborating with Britney Spears]:
I asked my fans last week who they wanted me to collaborate with, and
Britney was one of the most popular names. It's very strange because
Britney never does features. It was really amazing that she really
wanted to be part of this song. She really liked the song to begin with,
but it was a different story when she had to sing it, and she really
wanted to be a part of it. So it made it really, really special, because
you never see two pop female artists doing songs together any more.
Just call us 'R&B'.
[on Chris Brown]
It's incredible to see how he pulled out of it the way he did. Even
when the world seemed like it was against him, you know? I really like
the music he's putting out. I'm a fan of his stuff. I've always been a
fan. Obviously, I had some resentment toward him for a while, for
obvious reasons. But I've put that behind me. It was taking up too much
of my time. It was too much anger. I'm really excited to see the
breakthrough he's had in his career. I would never wish anything
horrible for him. Never. I never have. (2011).
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.
[on recording music with Chris Brown
in 2012] I reached out to him about doing 'Birthday Cake' because
that's the only person that really - it made sense to do the record.
Just as a musician - despite everything else - that was going to be the
person. You know I thought about rappers, and I've done that so many
times, and the hottest R&B artist out right now is Chris Brown.
So I wanted him on the track, and then in turn he was like 'Why don't
you do the remix to my track?' and it was a trade off. We did two
records. One for my fans. One for his fans, and that way our fans can
come together. There shouldn't be a divide. You know? It's music, and
it's innocent.
[on her weight loss in 2012] The Five Factor Diet
has gone straight out the window ever since I went on tour. I mean, It's
difficult to have any kind of routine when your schedule is that crazy.
So I really have no idea how I'm continuously losing weight. It's
actually pretty annoying, because now I don't have a butt, and I have no
boobs. I already had no boobs to start with. So annoying! and I'm
eating everything! (March, 2012)
[on some people criticizing her reunion with Chris Brown
after the two recorded music together in 2012] I respect what other
people have to say. The bottom line is that everyone thinks differently.
It's very hard for me to accept, but I get it. People end up wasting
their time on the blogs or whatever, ranting away, and that's all right.
I don't hate them for it. Because tomorrow I'm still going to be the
same person. I'm still going to do what I want to do.
[when asked
if she is at ease posing in revealing clothing] Totally, especially when
it's Photoshopped. I'm comfortable in my underwear around the right
people.
My mother would kill me if I posed nude. She raised me with certain standards.
