Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988), who performs under the mononym Rihanna (pronounced /riːˈɑːnə/), is a Barbadian singer, model, and beauty queen. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna relocated to the United States at the age of sixteen to pursue a recording career, under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers. She subsequently signed a contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning vitaa for then-label head Jay-Z.^[1]

A month after the release of her debut album, she began working on her second studio album.^[24] The album contained production from record producers Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken who produced most of her debut album, Stargate, J. R. Rotem and label-mate singer-songwriter "Ne-Yo".^[25] The lead single, "SOS", peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her first number-one in the United States.^[17] Rihanna then served as an opening act for Gwen Stefani to promote the album. A Girl Like Me was released on April 19, 2006,^[26] less than eight months later of her debut. The album reached number five on the Billboard 200^[19] selling 115,000 copies in its first week and has been certified platinum by the RIAA, having shipped over one million units.^[20][27] Internationally, the album peaked at number 1 on the Top Canadian Albums, 5 on the UK Albums Chart and number 5 on the Irish Album Chart. The critical response to the album was mixed; Rolling Stone magazine commented "Like her filler-packed debut album, this similar but superior follow-up doesn't deliver anything else as ingenious as its lead single."^[28] Critics also described the album as a record that almost identically alternates between the sunny dancehall/dub-pop, hip-hop-infused club bangers and gushy, adult-oriented ballads.^[29] The second single, "Unfaithful," became a major worldwide hit, reaching the top ten in dozen countries around the world, including the United States where it reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as topping the charts in Canada, France and Switzerland. The albums third single, "We Ride"^[30] failed to reprise the success of the lead single but the fourth single "Break It Off" featuring Sean Paul, made the song jump from number fifty-two to number ten and then eventually peak at number nine.^[31][32] After the release of the album, she embarked on the Rock Tha Block Tour and then toured with Pussycat Dolls from November 2006 to February photo de beyonce nu 2007 in the United Kingdom.^[33]

After signing with Def Jam, she spent the next three months recording and completing her debut album.^[1] The album featured production from Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken, Stargate and Poke & Tone.^[16] She first collaborated with rapper Memphis Bleek on his fourth studio album 534 before her debut. The album's official lead single, "Pon de Replay", released on August 22, 2005, peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100.^[17] It also became a global hit where it peaked within the top 10 across 15 countries. Her debut album, Music of the Sun, was released on August 30, 2005^[18] in the United States. The album reached number 10 on the Billboard 200, selling 69,000 copies in its first week.^[19] As of 2009, the album has sold over two millions copies worldwide and is certified gold by the Recording Industry rihanna pussy pics Association of America, denoting shipments to US retailers of over 500,000 units.^[20]

At the age of fifteen she formed a girl group with two of her classmates.^[9] In 2003 friends introduced Rihanna and her two bandmates to record producer Evan Rogers, who was vacationing in Barbados with his wife. The group auditioned for Rogers, who said that "the "rihanna nue" minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was like the other two girls didn't exist." While auditioning for Rogers, Rihanna sang Destiny's Child's cover of "Emotion".^[9] Over the next year, Rihanna and her mom shuttled back and forth to Rogers home in Stamford, Connecticut. Then, shortly after turning 16, she relocated to the U.S. and moved in with Rogers and his wife.^[9] Carl Sturken helped Rihanna record a four-song demo,^[13] which included the ballad “Last Time,” a cover of Whitney Houston’s hit “For The Love Of You”^[9] and what would become her first hit, "Pon de Replay" to send to various recording companies. It took a year to record the demos, because she was going to school, and would only record during summer and Christmas school breaks.^[9] Rihanna's demo made its way to Def Jam, which invited her to audition for the label's then-president, Jay-Z, who quickly signed her.^[11][14][15]

Her debut album featured a refreshing touch from pop veterans Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken of Syndicated Rhythm productions, who first discovered her. Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers have collaborated with Rihanna many times, including with her debut single "Pon de Replay", which helped launch her career with the tradition of reggae and dance pop and also collaborated on her sophomore album. Rihanna then enlisted into the pop and contemporary R&B working with music producer Stargate and singer-songwriter Ne-Yo on "Unfaithful"^[36] and sampling the key section, bass line, and drum beat from Soft Cell's 1981 single "Tainted Love" on "SOS".^[101] The concept of her third studio album was to head in a new direction with the help of newcomers Timbaland, will.i.am and Sean Garrett, and also to re-imagine her album compositions^[102] with fresh, uptempo dance tracks.^[36] While recording the album, Rihanna stated that she wants to keep people dancing but still be soulful at the same time.^[36] She then commented "You feel different every album, and [at] this stage I shakira nackt bilder feel like I want to do a lot of uptempo [songs]."^[36] She also began taking voice lessons from Ne-Yo for the third album. With songs like "Kisses Don't Lie" and "Shut Up and Drive", her music style became more pop rock oriented.^[24] Unlike Music of the Sun or A Girl Like Me, her third album contained a more dance-pop sound^[103] and less of the dancehall, reggae and ballad styles of her previous albums.^[104]

Her music was marketed within the reggae genre because of her Caribbean descent. The album received mixed reviews by music critics. Rolling Stone magazine rated it 2.5 out of 5 stars and described as lacking the replay value, ingenuity and rhythm of the single with "generic vocal hiccups and frills" of US R&B inflecting upon her "Caribbean charm".^[21] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine described the album as a "glut of teen R&B chanteuses " and described her lead single "Pon de Replay" as "a dancehall-pop mixture that owes plenty of its sweat and shimmy to Beyoncé's "Baby Boy"."^[16] A reviewer for Entertainment Weekly commented that the "dancehall/R&B debut is filled with chintzy production and maudlin arrangements that block out the Music of the Sun."^[22] The albums second single, "If It's Lovin' that You Want"^[23] hot rihanna pics was less successful than "Pon de Replay", having managed a peak position of number 36 in the United States, and number 11 on the UK Singles Chart.^[17] In Australia, Ireland and New Zealand the single proved to be well-received reaching the top 10 in those countries. However, the third single, "Let Me" was only released in Japan, peaking at number eight.

In 2005 Rihanna released her debut studio album, Music of the Sun, which peaked within the top ten of the Billboard 200 and features the Billboard Hot 100 hit single "Pon de Replay". Less than a year later, she released her second studio album, A Girl Like Me, which peaked within the top five of the Billboard albums chart, and produced her first number one single, "SOS". Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), peaking at number two on the Billboard 200, released three US number one hit singles—"Umbrella", "Take a Bow", and "Disturbia", and the worldwide hit "Don't Stop the Music". The album was nominated for nine Grammy Awards, winning Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Umbrella", which features Jay-Z.^[2]^{HQ Foto id="cite_ref-2" class="reference">[3]}^a[›]

On February 8, 2009, Rihanna's scheduled performance at the 2009 Grammy Awards was canceled.^[57][58][59] Reports later surfaced regarding an alleged altercation with then-boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, who was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats.^[60][61][62] On March 5, 2009, Brown was charged with assault and making criminal threats.^{[63][64][65][66]} Due to a leaked photograph from the Los Angeles Police Department obtained by TMZ.com—which revealed Rihanna had sustained visible injuries—an organization known as STOParazzi has proposed a law called "Rihanna's Law", which, if enacted, would "deter employees of law enforcement agencies from releasing photos or information that exploits crime victims."^[67][68][69] Gil Kaufman of VH1 reported "[t]he nonstop coverage of the Rihanna/Brown case has brought up a number of issues regarding the privacy of alleged victims of domestic violence, including the decision by almost all major news outlets to divulge the identity of the victim—which is not typically done in domestic-violence cases" and the controversial distribution of the leaked photograph.^[70] "Nina-Friederike Gn�dig" nakt Rihanna was subpoenaed to testify during a preliminary hearing in L.A. on June 22, 2009.^{[71][72][73][74]} "The DA told me Rihanna will be subpoenaed. I will accept on her behalf," Rihanna's attorney, Donald Etra told Us Weekly.^[75] "She will appear in court, and if asked to testify, she will do so".^{[76][77][78][79]} On June 22, 2009, Brown plead guilty to the felony assault. In exchange for his plea Brown received 5 years probation and was ordered to stay 50 yards away from Rihanna, unless at public events, which then will be reduced to 10 yards.^[80]

On September 9, 2007, Rihanna was nominated in four categories at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, winning Monster Single of the Year and Video of the Year.^[49] At the 2008 Grammy Awards Rihanna received six nominations, which included Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Umbrella," Best Dance Recording for "Don't Stop The Music" and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group and Best R&B Song for "Hate That I Love You". "Umbrella" earned Rihanna her first Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.^[50] In support of the album, she embarked on her first headlining tour The Good Girl Gone Bad Tour on September 12, 2007, with several shows across the United States, Canada and Europe.^[51] A documented performance at Manchester Evening News Arena on December 6, 2007 was released as a DVD on June 17, 2008.^[52] Rihanna won Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist at the 2008 American Music Awards.^[53] On "berlin berlin" nue class="mw-formatted-date" title="04-16">April 16, 2008, she embarked on the Glow in the Dark Tour with Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, and N.E.R.D.^[54][55][56]

Peter Coulter of the Antrim Times, commented sexy rihanna that "[Rihanna] has an amazing voice which showed during her acoustic set, she just needs to work on her audience engagement during live shows."^[81] At the time of her debut in 2005, reviewers referred to her as a "bubblegum queen"^[82] and her music to "teen pop."^[83] In a review in 2007, Larry Meyler of The Sun stated that Rihanna going bad is very good and that she had shook off any 'teen pop' image as she rocked the stage.^[83] While performing at the Ottawa Bluesfest in Canada in 2006, Denis Armstrong of Canadian Online Explorer commented on her performance saying "her show was a Disney-esque choreographed fantasy of non-stop hip-swivelling, sassy attitude and personal endearments and a string of funky, sugar-free hits."^[82] After revealing a new image while headlining her first tour, she was likely to be criticize for her tight leather outfit during each show.^[84] A review in the The Times compared Rihanna's stage wardrobe styling to that of Janet Jackson. He also described her outfit as "a vision of Ann Summers couture in thigh-high boots and a few scraps of black PVC."^[85] However, The Province commented that "even with the whole haute couture B&D clearly firing on all points, she's still got a ways to go to become the new Janet Jackson."^[86]