robin rihanna fenty is a barbadian singer fashion designer actress and businesswoman she is one of
the best selling music artists of all time with sales of over 250 million records worldwide
rihanna has earned 14 number ones and 31 top 10 singles in the us and 30 top
10 entries in the uk her accolades include nine grammy awards 13 american music awards
12 billboard music awards and six guinness world records time named her one of the hundred most
influential people in the world in 2012 and 2018. forbes ranked her among the top 10 highest paid
celebrities in 2012 and 2014. as of 2022 she is the wealthiest female musician with an estimated
net worth of 1.7 billion u.s dollars rihanna is known for her involvement in humanitarian causes
entrepreneurial ventures and the fashion industry she's the founder of the non-profit organization
clara lionel foundation cosmetics brand fenty beauty and fashion house fenty under lvmh
she's the first black woman to head a luxury brand for lvmh rihanna was appointed as an ambassador of
education tourism and investment by the government of barbados in 2018 and was declared a national
hero of barbados on the first day of the country's parliamentary republic in 2021
entitling her to the style of the right excellent for life about rihanna's early life robin rihanna
fenty was born on february 20th 1988 in saint michael barbados she's the daughter
of accountant monica braithwaite and warehouse supervisor ronald fenty who was born in 1954
her mother is an afro-guyanese while her father is a barbadian of african and irish descent rihanna
has two brothers rory fenty who was born in 1989 and rajad fenty who was born in 1996 and two half
sisters and a half brother from her father's side each born to different mothers from his previous
relationships rihanna grew up in a three-bedroom bungalow in bridgetown and sold clothes with her
father in a stall on the street her childhood was deeply affected by her father's alcoholism and
crack cocaine addiction which contributed to her parents strained marriage rihanna's father used to
physically abuse her mother and rihanna would try to get in between them to break up fights
as a child rihanna had many ct scans for the excruciating headaches she suffered recalling
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 rihanna attended charles f broome memorial
primary school and combermere school where she studied alongside future international cricketers
chris jordan and carlos braithwaite she grew up listening to rey gay music rihanna was an army
cadet in a sub-military program where the later barbadian singer-songwriter chantel was her drill
sergeant although she initially wanted to graduate from high school she chose to pursue a musical
career instead rihanna is 5 feet 8 inches tall or 1.73 meters tall about rihanna's personal life
in 2007 rihanna began dating fellow singer chris brown their relationship ended in february 2009
after which rihanna dated drake on and off from 2009 to 2016. in a january 2013 interview with
rolling stone rihanna confirmed that she had rekindled her relationship with chris brown
though he remained under probation for the 2009 domestic violence incident
the confirmation followed persistent media speculation throughout 2012 regarding the
pair's reunion in a may 2013 interview brown stated that he and rihanna had broken up again
rihanna began a relationship with saudi arabian businessman hassan jameel in 2017. the couple
reportedly split in january 2020. she's currently in a relationship with american rapper asap
rocky which was revealed by the rapper through an interview with gq on may 19 2021 in january 2022
it was revealed that they're expecting their first child rihanna is consistently one of the
most philanthropic celebrities on the planet in 2020 she donated eight million dollars to support
coronavirus relief through her clara lionel foundation she is given more than two million
dollars to help abuse victims in los angeles and more than five million dollars to other charities
about rihanna's music career rihanna was discovered by american record producer
evan rogers who invited her to the united states to record demo tapes
after her demo was heard by rapper jay-z who was then ceo of def jam records rihanna was invited
to audition for him she was immediately signed to a six-album record deal with def jam in 2005.
she soon gained recognition with the release of her first two studio albums music of the sun in
2005 and a girl like me in 2006 both of which were influenced by caribbean music and peaked
within the top 10 of the us billboard 200 chart rihanna's third album good girl gone bad in 2007
incorporated elements of dance pop and established her status as a sex symbol in the music industry
the chart-topping single umbrella earned rihanna her first grammy award and catapulted
her to global stardom she continued to mix pop dance and rb genres on her next studio albums
rated r in 2009 loud in 2010 talked that talk in 2011 and unapologetic in 2012 which became her
first billboard 200 number one the album spawned a string of chart-topping singles including rude boy
only girl in the world what's my name s m we found love where have you been and diamonds her eighth
album anti in 2016 showcased a new creative control following her departure from death jam
it became her second us number one album and feature the chart-topping single work during
her musical career rihanna has collaborated with artists such as rappers drake eminem jay-z and
kanye west and singers adam levine paul mccartney neo and shakira aside from music rihanna has also
ventured into acting appearing in major roles in battleship in 2012 home in 2015 valerian in the
city of a thousand planets in 2017 and oceans 8 in 2018 about rihanna's other business ventures and
endorsements rihanna has successfully translated her fame into various successful business ventures
and deals in 2015 she signed a 25 million dollar contract with samsung to promote their galaxy line
of products other brands that she's worked with include secret body spray mac cosmetics
budweiser armani dior covergirl gucci clinique and river island in 2014 she became the creative
director of the fashion sportwear brand puma overseeing the brand's woman's line and releasing
sold out apparel and footwear collaborations she's also co-owner of the music streaming service title
along with other celebrities like jay-z madonna and kanye west in addition to fenty beauty rihanna
also co-owns the lingerie brand savage x fenty which launched in 2018 she owns 30 of this brand
today savage xfenty is estimated to be worth 1 billion us dollars about rihanna's real estate in
october 2014 rihanna paid 5.5 million dollars for a condo in la's century city neighborhood rihanna
owns a 14 million penthouse in manhattan new york she also purchased a house in west london for 9.4
million dollars in june of 2018 in order to be closer to her work with her fenty fashion label
in december 2018 rihanna put her hollywood hills mansion up for sale after a break in
six months before the mansion was reported to have been sold for 10.5 million dollars
in march 2021 rihanna paid 13.6 million dollars for a home in beverly hills she reportedly owns
a multi-million dollar property in barbados about rihanna's car collection rihanna owns or has owned
a porsche 997 turbo a chevrolet suburban ltz a porsche 911 turbo s a mercedes maybach 57s
a lamborghini aventador and a mercedes-benz slr mclaren sterling moss thanks so much for
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