Rihanna
Rihanna performing at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Born	February 20, 1988 (1988-02-20) (age 20)
Origin	Saint Michael, Barbados
Genre(s)	Pop, R&B, dance-pop, reggae, electropop
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, model, fashion designer
Years active	2005–present
Label(s)	Def Jam Recordings
Website	www.thisisrihanna.com

Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988), known as Rihanna (pronounced /riːˈɑːnə/), is a Barbadian singer, model and fashion designer. She also serves as the cultural ambassador for the island of Barbados. She is the first Barbadian artist to officially win a Grammy Award (Barbados born producer Jimmy Senya Haynes produced and arranged Babylon The Bandit for the band Steel Pulse, but he was never credited as a member of the band on the winner and nomination lists). Rihanna is currently signed to the Def Jam Recordings label. She has attained five Billboard Hot 100 number ones thus far, four as a solo artist and one as featured artist, and is currently tied with fellow singer Beyoncé Knowles as the female solo artist with the most number ones in this decade.

Rihanna broke into the industry in 2005 with the release of her debut album Music of the Sun, which features her hit single "Pon de Replay". Less than a year later, Rihanna released A Girl Like Me and earned her first number-one single, "SOS". In 2007, Rihanna released her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad. The album has yielded seven hit singles, including four worldwide number one singles: "Umbrella", "Don't Stop the Music", "Take a Bow", and "Disturbia". Since the release of her debut album, Rihanna has amassed twelve top 40 hit singles in the U.S.