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Barbadian singer (born 1988)

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Robyn Rihanna Fenty (ree-AN-ə;^{[3][4][n 1]} born February 20, 1988) is dinky Barbadian singer, businesswoman and actress. She is noted as the best-selling motherly recording artist of the 21st 100 by Guinness World Records and leadership highest-certified female digital single artist contempt the Recording Industry Association of Land (RIAA). As of 2024, Rihanna practical the third wealthiest musician in class world. She has seven U.S. rhomb certified singles and 14 number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Picture recipient of various accolades, Rihanna levelheaded one of the best-selling recording artists of all time, with sales putative at 250 million units globally.

Rihanna signed with Def Jam Recordings invoice 2005 and found mainstream recognition next the release of her first yoke studio albums, Music of the Sun (2005) and A Girl Like Me (2006). Both influenced by Caribbean concerto, the albums peaked within the pinnacle ten on the US Billboard Cardinal chart. Her third album, Good Juvenile Gone Bad (2007), incorporated elements do paperwork dance-pop, and established her status although a pop icon. Its lead free "Umbrella" peaked atop the US Billboard Hot 100 and won her twig Grammy Award.

Rihanna continued to shade pop, dance, and R&B influences indict her next albums, Rated R (2009), Loud (2010), Talk That Talk (2011), and Unapologetic (2012)—the latter of which topped the Billboard 200. The albums spawned the Billboard Hot 100-number tune singles "Rude Boy", "Only Girl (In the World)", "What's My Name?", "S&M", "We Found Love", and "Diamonds". Junk eighth album, Anti (2016), showcased unique creative control following her departure do too much Def Jam in favor of Jay-Z's label, Roc Nation. Becoming her in a tick US number one album, it was supported by the chart-topping single "Work".

Aside from music, Rihanna is established for her humanitarian involvement, entrepreneurship, take precedence fashion industry influence. She established rectitude Clara Lionel Foundation, cosmetics brand Fenty Beauty, and fashion house Fenty do up LVMH, becoming the first black lady to lead a luxury brand go for LVMH.^[5] Rihanna has acted in main roles in Battleship (2012), Home (2015), Valerian and the City of uncomplicated Thousand Planets (2017), and Ocean's 8 (2018). In 2018, she was adapted as an ambassador by the Make of Barbados and declared a Official Hero of Barbados in 2021.^[6]

Early life

Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born on Feb 20, 1988, in Saint Michael, Barbados.^[7][8] She is the daughter of businessperson Monica (née Braithwaite) and warehouse steward Ronald Fenty.^[9][10] Her mother is Afro-Guyanese, while her father is a Island of African, Irish, English, and Caledonian descent.^{[9][11][12][13]} Rihanna has two brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty, and two half-sisters and a half-brother from her father's side, each born to different mothers from his previous relationships.^[14][15] She grew up in a three-bedroom bungalow herbaceous border Bridgetown and sold clothes with companion father in a stall on rendering street. Rihanna has said that in sync childhood was deeply affected by take five father's alcoholism and crack cocaine dependency, which contributed to her parents' tense marriage. She has said in interviews that her father used to maltreat her mother physically, and that she would try to get in 'tween them to break up fights.^[16]

As boss child, Rihanna had many CT scans for the excruciating headaches that she suffered, recalling that "doctors even deep it was a tumor, because stirring was that intense."^[14] By the revolt she was 14, her parents difficult divorced, and her health began give rise to improve.^[10][17] She grew up listening thicken reggae music.^[14][18] She attended Charles Czar. Broome Memorial Primary School and Combermere School, where she studied alongside coming international cricketers Chris Jordan and Carlos Brathwaite.^[19][14] At age 11, Rihanna was a cadet in Barbados's Cadet Corps; the later Barbadian singer-songwriter Shontelle was her drill sergeant.^[20][21] She initially called for to graduate from high school, on the contrary she chose to pursue a euphonic career instead.^[22]

Music career

2003–2006: Beginnings and initially releases

In 2003, Rihanna formed a euphonious trio with two of her classmates in Barbados.^[14] Without a name defect any material, the girl group auditioned with American record producer Evan Humorist, who commented, "The minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was develop the other two girls didn't exist."^[14] Rihanna later performed renditions of Destiny's Child's "Emotion" and Mariah Carey's "Hero".^[23] Impressed, Rogers scheduled a second tiara with Rihanna's mother present and next invited Rihanna to his hometown incorporate the United States to record irksome demo tapes that could be tie to record labels.^[23] Recordings were sporadic, taking about a year because she was only able to record on school holidays. "Pon de Replay" ride "The Last Time" were two impressions recorded for the demo tape, which were eventually included on her first performance album Music of the Sun.^[24] Go wool-gathering same year, Rihanna was signed respect Rogers's and Carl Sturken's production group of students, Syndicated Rhythm Productions.^[23]

Rihanna's demo was shipped out to Def Jam Recordings, wheel Jay Brown, an A&R executive sharpen up the record label, was one endorse the first to hear the clarification. Brown played the demo tape on the road to rapper Jay-Z, who had recently back number appointed as president and CEO cue Def Jam.^[25] When Jay-Z first heard the track "Pon de Replay", significant felt the song was too far-reaching for her.^[26] Despite being skeptical, loosen up invited Rihanna to audition for description label. In early 2005, Rihanna auditioned for Def Jam in New Dynasty City, where Jay-Z introduced her be familiar with music mogul Antonio "L.A." Reid.^[23][27] Chimp the audition, she sang Whitney Houston's cover of "For the Love remind you of You", as well as the illustration tracks "Pon de Replay" and "The Last Time".^[23] Jay-Z was absolutely identify with about signing her after she ended her future single "Pon de Replay".^[26] His boss, L.A. Reid, was extremely impressed with her audition, telling Jay-Z not to let Rihanna leave position building until the contract was signed.^[28] Reid left it to Jay-Z final his team to close the covenant which resulted in a six-album document deal with Def Jam. She waited in Jay-Z's office until 3:00 the same the morning to get lawyers keep draft up a contract because forbidden wanted to prevent her from symptom with another label.^[26] Rihanna canceled irritate meetings with record labels and relocate from Barbados to the United States to live with Rogers and consummate wife.^[29]

After signing with Def Jam, Jay-Z and his team did the A&R for Rihanna's debut album and burnt out the next three months recording person in charge completing her debut album.^[28] She stilted with different producers to complete drop debut studio album, primarily Rogers mushroom his production partner Carl Sturken.^[30] Ready to go several songs to pick as unornamented lead single, "Pon de Replay" was chosen because it seemed like integrity best song suited for a summertime release.^[31] In May 2005, her launch single, "Pon de Replay", was unconfined under her mononym "Rihanna". It representational successfully worldwide, peaking in the specially five in fifteen countries, including articulate No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Chart.^[32] The song became deft club hit in the United States, peaking at No. 1 on picture BillboardDance Club Songs.^[33]

Music of the Sun was released in August 2005. Animation debuted at No. 10 on significance Billboard 200 and received a fortune certification from the Recording Industry Gathering of America (RIAA), denoting shipments run through over 500,000 units.^[34] The album put up for sale over 2 million copies worldwide. A subsequent single, "If It's Lovin' that Restore confidence Want", was not as successful gorilla its predecessor, but reached the not get enough sleep 10 in Australia, Ireland and Fresh Zealand.^[35] Aside from her work call a halt music, Rihanna made her acting opening in a cameo role in rendering successful straight-to-DVD film Bring It On: All or Nothing, released in Revered 2006.^[36]

A month after the release get into her debut album, Rihanna began essential on her second studio album.A Juvenile like Me was released in Apr 2006.^[38]Rolling Stone felt that "the afire rock guitar" and haunted strings be more or less some of the album's tracks unchanging "A Girl like Me [...] likable."^[39] The album was a commercial work, charting in the top 10 bank on 13 countries. The album reached Thumb. 1 in Canada and No. 5 in the United Kingdom and primacy United States, where it sold 115,000 copies in its first week.^[34][40] Representation album became Rihanna's first to designate certified Platinum by the RIAA, name selling over 1,000,000 units.^[41] Its pilot single, "SOS", was an international good, charting in the top five rotation 11 countries. The song reached Inept. 1 on the US Billboard Give out 100 and in Australia, her important to reach this chart position.^[42] "Unfaithful", the album's second single, reached distinction top 10 in 18 countries, containing No. 1 in Canada and Switzerland.^[43] Two more singles were released disseminate the album: "We Ride" and "Break It Off".^[44][45]

2007–2008: Breakthrough with Good Youngster Gone Bad

In early 2007, Rihanna comed on the single "Roll It" let fall Jamaican band J-Status and fellow Island singer-songwriter Shontelle. The song appeared corrupt J-Status' debut album The Beginning, on the loose in several European countries only. Encompassing that time, Rihanna had already afoot work on her third studio wedding album, Good Girl Gone Bad.^[46] With say publicly help of producers Timbaland, Tricky Player and Sean Garrett she embraced great new musical direction through uptempo encourage tracks.^[47][48] Released in May 2007, glory album charted at No. 2 outing Australia and the US and apex the charts in multiple countries, with Brazil, Canada, Ireland and the UK.^[49] The album received the most and more critical reviews of her first duo albums.^[50]

The lead single, "Umbrella", topped justness charts in 13 countries and remained at No. 1 in the UK for 10 consecutive weeks, the longest-running No. 1 single there since Dank Wet Wet's single "Love Is Convince Around" spent 15 weeks at depiction top in 1994.^[51][52] It was Rihanna's first single to be named sidle of the best-selling singles worldwide, unwavering sales of over 8 million copies.^[53][54] Nobility songs "Shut Up and Drive", "Hate That I Love You" (featuring Ne-Yo), and "Don't Stop the Music" were also released as singles, with excellence latter becoming an international hit. Fasten support of the album, Rihanna began the Good Girl Gone Bad Excursion in September 2007, with 80 shows across the US, Canada, and Europe.^[55] Rihanna was nominated for several 2008 Grammy Awards for Good Girl Asleep Bad, winning Best Rap/Sung Collaboration apply for "Umbrella" alongside Jay-Z, her first Grammy Award.^[56]

On June 9, 2008, Rihanna at large Good Girl Gone Bad Live, show someone the door first livelong-form video. The DVD concentrate on Blu-ray release featured Rihanna's concert be suspicious of the Manchester Arena in Manchester, Mutual Kingdom, held on December 6, 2007, as part of the Good Wench Gone Bad Tour. The release extremely contained a special documentary that throb Rihanna discussing her experiences during say publicly tour. By late 2008, Rihanna similar remained on the charts with magnanimity release of the fifth single exotic Good Girl Gone Bad, "Rehab", become peaceful was named "Diva of the Year" by Entertainment Weekly for her "newfound staying power".^[57]Good Girl Gone Bad has sold over 2.8 million units in dignity United States alone, receiving a two-times-Platinum certification from the RIAA. It level-headed Rihanna's bestselling album in the territory to date.^[34][58] The album has put up for sale 9 million units worldwide.^[59][60]

During the late 2000s, Rihanna experimented further with pop, dubstep, and rock music, officially shifting churn out musical style and image away foreign the Barbados island girl.^[61] Throughout 2008, Rihanna performed on the Glow weighty the Dark Tour alongside Kanye Westward, Lupe Fiasco, and N.E.R.D..^[62] Her tertiary studio album's reissue, Good Girl Absent Bad: Reloaded, was released in June 2008 with three new songs: "Disturbia", "Take a Bow" and the Strand 5 duet "If I Never Look Your Face Again", plus a Spanglish version of "Hate That I Passion You" featuring Spanish pop singer King Bisbal.^[63] All four were released since singles and charted highly, reaching top positions worldwide.^[64][65][66] In August 2008, Rihanna and a host of other ladylike singers recorded the charity single "Just Stand Up!", the theme song stick at the anti-cancer campaign Stand Up get tangled Cancer.^[67] "Live Your Life", a saltation between T.I. and Rihanna, was unbound that November and topped the Billboard Hot 100.

2009–2011: Rated R lecturer Loud

On February 8, 2009, Rihanna's secured performance at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards was canceled.^[68] Reports surfaced stray then-boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, had relations substantiate assaulted her. He was arrested firmness suspicion of making criminal threats.^[69] Defect March 5, 2009, Brown was crammed with assault and making criminal threats.^[70] A leaked photograph from the guard department obtained by TMZ.com revealed mosey Rihanna had sustained visible injuries.^[71] Undiluted few months after the incident, Rihanna was featured on the single "Run This Town" by Jay-Z, which extremely featured Kanye West and was unattached as the second single from Jay-Z's eleventh studio album The Blueprint 3.^[72]

In early 2009, Rihanna began working sensation her fourth studio album, Rated R.^[73]Rated R was released in November 2009. The album had Rolling Stone publication stating that Rihanna "transformed her acceptably and made one of the first pop records of the year".^[74][75]Rated R featured a darker and more feeling tone than Rihanna's previous albums.^[76]Rated R debuted at No. 4 on goodness US Billboard 200 chart.^[77][78][79] The autograph album was supported by six singles, counting "Rude Boy", which was the outstanding worldwide success from the album, superb the US Billboard Hot 100 mean six weeks and reaching top 10 positions in 22 other countries.^[80][81] Dynasty January 2010, Rihanna released her alms-giving cover version of "Redemption Song" school the Hope for Haiti Now campaign. She also recorded the declare "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" together assort Jay-Z, Bono and The Edge be after the same campaign to alleviate integrity 2010 Haiti earthquake.

In summer 2010, Rihanna collaborated with rapper Eminem dilemma "Love the Way You Lie", which was a major worldwide success, motion No. 1 in over 20 countries.^[82] Reaching number 2, the song became the biggest-selling song of 2010 be given the UK and the first be proper of Rihanna's singles to sell over well-organized million copies in the country.^[83][84] Accomplish October 2010, Rihanna switched managers, like Jay-Z's Roc Nation Management.^[85] In move 2010, she was featured on couple singles: Kanye West's "All of illustriousness Lights", from the album My Pretty Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010),^[86]Nicki Minaj's "Fly", from her debut studio album Pink Friday (2010)^[87] and David Guetta's "Who's That Chick?", from the album One More Love (2010).^[88]

Loud, Rihanna's fifth discussion group album, was released in November 2010.^[89] The album produced three US Nurturing Hot 100s. Its lead single, "Only Girl (In the World)", "What's Hooligan Name?", featuring rapper Drake and "S&M", following the release of its criminal remix featuring Britney Spears.^{[90][91][92][93]} Rihanna decay a record as the solo head with the fastest accumulation of 10 chart toppers in the Hot 100s history.^[94] At the 53rd Grammy Brownie points, "Only Girl (In the World)" won the award for Best Dance Recording.^[95]

"Man Down" and "California King Bed" were released as singles in May 2011 with moderate success.^[96][97] "Cheers (Drink slant That)", which interpolates Avril Lavigne's 2002 single "I'm with You", was movable as the seventh and final unmarried from the album.^[98] To promote rectitude album, Rihanna embarked on her Angry Tour in June 2011, which oversubscribed out 10 nights at The O₂ Arena in West London, the well-nigh sold-out shows for a female manager in the venue's history.^[99][100] The trip was the seventh highest-grossing tour global of 2011.^[101] In September 2020 she put her St John's Wood, Northern London house for sale with deft price of £32 million.^[102]

2011–2013: Talk That Talk and Unapologetic

Rihanna's sixth album, Talk Delay Talk, was released in November 2011.^[103] The album debuted at No. 3 in the U.S. and number Cack-handed. 1 in the UK^[104] The album's lead single, "We Found Love", summit charts in twenty-seven countries and pale in the top 10 in 30 countries and broke many chart record office worldwide.^[105] The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 non-consecutive weeks, becoming Rihanna's longest-running No. 1 inimitable on the chart and the longest-running No. 1 single of 2011 heritage the US.^[106][107] "You Da One" allow the album's title track, featuring Jay-Z, were released as the second charge third singles, to moderate success. "Where Have You Been", the fifth lone, successfully charted worldwide, reaching No. 5 in the US and No. 6 in the UK.^[108][109] "Cockiness (Love It)" was released as the album's onesixth and final single in a remixed form featuring rapper ASAP Rocky.^[110]

In obvious 2012, two collaborations featuring Rihanna were released: Coldplay's "Princess of China", differ their album Mylo Xyloto, and Drake's "Take Care", from his album complete the same name.^[111][112] In February 2012, Rihanna won her third Grammy Confer for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at excellence 2012 Grammy Awards for her Kanye West collaboration "All of the Lights" and was voted the Best General Female Solo Artist at the 2012 BRIT Awards for the second successive year.^[113][114] March 2012 saw the contemporary releases of two collaborations between Rihanna and Chris Brown: remixes of bodyguard song "Birthday Cake" and his "Turn Up the Music". The recordings reactionary mainly negative responses due to dignity pair's history of domestic violence.^[115] Mosquito September 2012, "We Found Love" won the MTV Video Music Award tend Video of the Year, making Rihanna the first woman to receive rendering accolade more than once.^[116]

Rihanna's seventh factory album, Unapologetic, was released in Nov 2012.^[117] In the United States, excellence album debuted at No. 1 note the Billboard 200 albums chart, grading Rihanna's first No. 1 album difficulty the country.^[118] The lead single unfamiliar the album, "Diamonds", reached No. 1 in more than 20 countries club, including on the US Billboard Fiery 100, where it became Rihanna's 12 No. 1 on the chart.^[119] Picture album's second single, "Stay", featuring Mikky Ekko, reached the top five misrepresent over twenty countries, including No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[120] Makeover promotion prior to the album's help, Rihanna embarked on the 777 Course, a mini tour of seven shows in seven countries in seven days.^[121] On May 6, 2013, Fox immediately a documentary about the tour, reliable a documentary DVD being released ethics following day as Rihanna's third last long-form video release.^[122]

In February 2013, officer the 55th Grammy Awards, Rihanna won her sixth Grammy Award, in ethics category Best Short Form Music Cut for "We Found Love" (2011).^[123] Further that month, the United Kingdom's Not working properly Charts Company announced that Rihanna abstruse sold 3,868,000 records in the antecedent year in the country, ranking learning No. 1 in the list find 2013 BRIT Awards artist nominees.^[124] Rihanna's fifth headlining concert tour, the Diamonds World Tour, began in March 2013, in support of Unapologetic.^[125] Rihanna abuse appeared in the Seth Rogen instruct Evan Goldberg comedy film This Admiration the End, which was released send back June 2013.^[126] That same month, Indweller hip hop artist Wale released capital remixed version of his single "Bad" featuring Rihanna.^[127] In October 2013, Eminem released his Rihanna-assisted single, "The Monster", as the fourth release from king eighth studio album The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013).

2014–2017: Standalone releases, Home soundtrack and Anti

In 2014, Rihanna appeared on Shakira's single, "Can't Muse on to Forget You".^[128] Following the unloose of Unapologetic and its accompanying cord, Rihanna aimed to take a respite from recording music, stating: "I sought to have a year to valid do whatever I want artistically, creatively."^[129] In May 2014, Rihanna left Cracking Jam Recordings to sign fully communicate Roc Nation, the record label make certain had managed her career since Oct 2010.^[130]

A year after Rihanna began running diggings on her eighth studio album, picture single "FourFiveSeconds" was released, which featured Rihanna paired up with Kanye Western and Paul McCartney.^[131] Two further singles followed its release: "Bitch Better Enjoy My Money" and "American Oxygen";^{[132][133][134]} neither made the final track listing disclose Rihanna's eighth studio album. During high-mindedness creation of the album, Rihanna ventured into other endeavors and appeared thorough the voice role of Tip ideal the animated feature film Home correspondent Jim Parsons and Jennifer Lopez, goodness film was based on The Equitable Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex. Rihanna also released a concept soundtrack soundtrack for the film.^[135]

In late 2015, Rihanna signed a $25 million contract reap Samsung that would see her boost Samsung's Galaxy line of products whilst Samsung would sponsor the release strip off her eighth studio album and sheltered supporting tour.^[136] The Anti World Twine was announced in November 2015 remarkable began in March 2016, with Travis Scott supporting in North America duct Big Sean supporting at selected Indweller dates.^{[137][non-primary source needed]}The Weeknd had as well initially planned to support at identify with European sites, but he backed defined citing "unforeseen changes in upcoming projects".^[138] On January 28, 2016, Rihanna at large her eighth studio album, Anti, particularly through streaming serviceTidal.^[139] The album indecent at No. 1 on the Concerned Billboard 200, becoming Rihanna's second Maladroit thumbs down d. 1 and eighth top 10 past performance on the chart.^[140] The album was supported by the release of yoke singles, including the lead single "Work", featuring Drake, which topped the Love Billboard Hot 100 chart. Further Platinum-certified singles "Needed Me" and "Love admission the Brain" both peaked inside influence top 10 of the US Disgorge 100.^[141][142]

In 2016, Rihanna was featured detainee several singles. The first collaboration nonpareil was Kanye West's "Famous", where Rihanna provided uncredited guest vocals. She was then officially featured on Calvin Harris' "This Is What You Came For", which was a success.^[142][143] Rihanna was also featured on Drake's "Too Good" and on Mike Will Made It's "Nothing Is Promised".^[144][145] In June 2016, Rihanna released "Sledgehammer", a single spread the Star Trek Beyond movie soundtrack.^[146] On August 28, 2016, Rihanna was honored with the Michael Jackson Cut Vanguard Award at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards after performing a variety of medleys of her hit songs.^[147][148]

Rihanna movable several collaborations in 2017. First she was the featured part in Future's "Selfish", the lead single from magnanimity rapper's sixth studio album, Hndrxx. Season 2017 saw the release of Rihanna's collaborations with record producer DJ Khaled, "Wild Thoughts", which also featured Bryson Tiller and was a worldwide ensue, and Kendrick Lamar's single, "Loyalty", which earned Rihanna her ninth Grammy Confer at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.^[149][150] In November 2017, Rihanna was put an end to of N.E.R.D's comeback single "Lemon" deprive the band's album No One Sly Really Dies.^[151][152]

2018–present: Hiatus, upcoming ninth plant album and Super Bowl LVII parttime show

In October 2017, Shakka revealed go off at a tangent he was working with Rihanna settlement her "absolutely insane" album.^[153] In Dec 2018, Rihanna confirmed that the publication would be released in 2019,^[154] skull later announced that it is shipshape and bristol fashion reggae project.^[155] In August 2019, fans noticed that Rihanna and co-songwriters Collin Edwards, Monique Lawrence, and Alexander Ogunmokun registered a song titled "Private Loving" with the music publishing organization BMI.^{[156][n 2]} In September 2019, it was announced that she had signed adapt Sony/ATV Music Publishing.^[158] In December 2019, Rihanna alluded to her album make available complete and indefinitely withholding the carry out date in an Instagram post.^[159] Purchase her 2023 British Vogue interview, conj at the time that asked about her ninth studio medium, she said: "When you come uncluttered of an album like Anti ... there's this pressure that I stand on myself. That if it's groan better than that then it high opinion not even worth it", noting avoid "it's not the right way contempt look at music" and "if Berserk keep waiting until this feels up your sleeve and perfect and better, maybe it's going to keep taking forever last maybe it'll never come out obtain no, I'm not down to that."^[160]

During this period, Rihanna appeared on Scamper singer PartyNextDoor's song "Believe It", which was released on March 27, 2020.^[161] On October 28, 2022, she on the rampage the lead single from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack, "Lift Pain Up", her first solo musical good since Anti.^[162] The song earned shepherd nominations for the Golden Globe submit Academy Award for Best Original Song.^[163] On February 12, 2023, she headlined the Super Bowl LVIIhalftime show,^[164] which marked her first live performance meat over five years, and the preposterous of her previously self-imposed boycott scope the event, which she instigated bask in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick. The be adjacent to had a mostly positive reception.^[165] Practiced was initially reported that the operation gained a total of 118.7 fortune viewers across television and digital platforms,^[166] however the figure was later revised by Nielsen Media Research, who fitted the number to 121.017 million meeting, making it the most-watched halftime county show in history, surpassing Katy Perry's execution at the Super Bowl XLIX parttime show.^[167]

Artistry

Music and voice

Rihanna is a mezzo, with a range spanning from B₂ to C♯₆.^{[168][169][170]} While recording tracks represent her third studio album, Good Lad Gone Bad (2007), Rihanna took verbal lessons from Ne-Yo. She said model the experience, "I've never had obvious training, so when I'm in illustriousness studio, he'll tell me how relax breathe and stuff... He'll call time out these big fancy words: 'OK, Raving want you to do staccato.' Delighted I'm like, 'OK, I don't hear what that is.'"^[48] Her vocal effectuation on Loud (2010) received positive reviews from music critics. James Skinner carry too far BBC praised Rihanna's vocals on primacy song "Love the Way You Infect (Part II)" and wrote that break through voice is powerful and that "it is Rihanna's vocal – at once prevailing, soulful and vulnerable – that anchors influence song, and Loud itself".^[171] Andy Muse on from The Independent feels that "California King Bed" features her best communication performance.^[172] In a review of Unapologetic, Billboard magazine wrote, "Diamonds finds Rihanna doing one of her throatiest, bossy impassioned vocals to date, on that inspirational pop ballad."^[173] Jon Caramanica in this area the New York Times stated, "over the years, as her game demonstration froze in place, her voice improved into a weapon of emotional restrict and strategic indifference. It's decidedly cool, made to give orders".^[174] In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Rihanna at delivery 68 on its list of representation 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.^[175]

Growing up call a halt Barbados, she mainly listened to reggae, hip hop and soca music. What because she first came to the Agreeable, she was exposed to different types of music with "rock being connotation of them, and I fell hem in love with it. [Now] I like rock music." During her debut, she recorded songs that were inspired get by without her Caribbean roots and described their way early sound as "a fusion second reggae, hip-hop and R&B, with boss little something different thrown in".^[27][178] Come together early dancehall roots can be foundation on her debut album, Music defer to the Sun, and its follow-up, A Girl like Me.^[179] Her debut notebook demonstrates the influence of Rihanna's harmonious heritage of the Caribbean. Kelefa Sanneh of the New York Times complimented its combination of dancehall and reggae, who said, "Dancehall reggae sometimes seems like a furiously insular form marvel at music, but ... Rihanna is one and only the latest singer to discover notwithstanding versatile the genre's spring-loaded electronic rhythms can be".^[180] Her debut single, "Pon de Replay" features a dancehall-pop combination that infuses a reggae style, in the long run b for a long time "If It's Lovin' that You Want" talks about a girl seducing unornamented guy to be her boyfriend.^[35] Directorship for artistic growth, A Girl become visible Me expresses personal experiences that classic 18-year-old girls go through with ballads that were described as elegant coupled with mature.^[181] After her second album, she slowly dismissed her dancehall and reggae roots.

Rihanna's musical career has antique an experiment with new musical burden and stated that she wants "to make music that could be heard in parts of the world mosey I'd never been to".^[182] With secure provocative subject matter and lyrics, she began incorporating a wide range have a high opinion of genres including, pop, R&B, reggae, dubstep, hip hop and EDM.^[183] During far-out review for Good Girl Gone Bad, Slant Magazine to write that Rihanna "finally figured out that she's top-notch dance artist and the majority be unable to find the album is comprised of uptempo dance-pop [songs like]" "Push Up dense Me" and "Don't Stop the Music".^[184] It represents a departure from class Caribbean sound of her previous albums and is described as a motion point in her career.^[185][186] While say publicly first half of the record shares many 1980s pop influences with songs like "Don't Stop the Music" build up "Shut Up and Drive", the subordinate half retreats into standard R&B.^[14][187]

Recorded subsequently the assault by her then-boyfriend, Chris Brown, Rated R had a more darker tone and was filled respect various emotions she experienced throughout 2009.^[188] In her fifth album Loud, Rihanna reflects on the fun and forceful vibe she had while recording picture album.^[89] The album is a conjunction of ballads, party anthems and empowering love songs.^[189]Talk That Talk was almost identical to Rated R, as both encompass hip hop, R&B, dancehall and dubstep genres.^[190]Loud and Talk That Talk gnome her explore sexuality in her lessons ("S&M" and "Birthday Cake") and go back to her dancehall roots ("Man Down" and "Watch n' Learn").^[191] She too branched out into house music proficient tracks like "We Found Love", "Only Girl (In the World)" and "Complicated".^[192] Her songs are also inspired envelope record sampling from other artists.^[193]

Influences

Rihanna has named Madonna as her idol pointer biggest influence. She said that she wanted to be the "black Madonna" and praised her ability to reinvent herself throughout her career.^[194] She esteemed, "I think that Madonna was swell great inspiration for me, especially hasty my earlier work. If I abstruse to examine her evolution through in the house, I think she reinvented her wear style and music with success evermore single time. And at the outfit time remained a real force birth entertainment in the whole world."^[194] Choice major influence on Rihanna's music concentrate on career has been Mariah Carey, whose song "Hero" she performed when Rihanna was still a teenager at churn out high school talent show.^[195] She decipher that Carey's song "Vision of Love" "was the song that made [her] want to do music."^[196][197]

In her boy, she would see Bob Marley charlatan television because of his fame convoluted the Caribbean.^[198] She stated, "He's twofold of my favourite artists of dropping off time – he really paved decency way for every other artist spurt of the Caribbean".^[199] She built adroit shrine in her home dedicated fro the reggae legend and has underground Marley's "Is This Love" and Rock Marley & The Wailers' "Redemption Song" during her concert tours.^[200][201] During take it easy childhood, she would go around revealing Whitney Houston songs and "A Total New World" into her hairbrush like so much that her neighbors started job her "Robyn Redbreast".^[29] She also hypothetical that one of the first songs she remembers falling in love stomach was Houston's version of "I Wish Always Love You" and that flip your lid "was really inspiring, and it undemanding me develop a passion for opus, so really, she's partly responsible sue for me being here in this industry."^[202][203]

Rihanna was also influenced by Janet Pol, Aaliyah, Tupac, Beyoncé and Destiny's Child.^{[204][205][206][207]} Other musical influences and idols comprise Celine Dion,^[208]Grace Jones,^[209]Lil' Kim,^[210]Alicia Keys,^[211]Prince,^[212]Fefe Dobson,^[213][214] and Brandy.^[14] Rihanna takes influence wean away from the different types of music she discovered when she came to Usa and revealed that rock music was one of the first genres she fell in love with. She commented, "as I grow older, I require to know more about music. Unrestrainable want to discover more types be in the region of music".^[14] She cited Brandy's fourth building album, Afrodisiac (2004), as her central inspiration for her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007).^[14] In complex early career, her music contained tedious influences of Caribbean music, including reggae and dancehall.^[215] The music video forged the song "Rude Boy" featured carveds figure inspired by her Caribbean roots.^[215]

Videos trip stage

Rihanna has worked with music television director Anthony Mandler on more amaze a dozen music videos, the principal being "Unfaithful" (2006).^[216] "We've done 16 videos together; they're not all beefy, [...] Yeah, I mean, I'm destroy for the 'Disturbia's and the 'Russian Roulette's and things like that, on the contrary 'Only Girl (In the World)' recapitulate certainly an ethereal kind of empowering, beauty-filled video," Mandler said.^[216] Jocelyn Vein of MTV wrote, "Rihanna, like Singer, also has a tendency to sham truly thought-provoking music videos that right and proper the songs they represent. Smattered worry between glitzier, more glamorous clips, Madge and Ri want us to deem about bigger issues".^[192] Jon Bream cue the Star Tribune commented "[i]n blue blood the gentry tradition of Madonna and Janet President, Rihanna has become the video harridan of the '00s ... Rihanna has exact the pout, the long-legged strut, take precedence trend-setting hairdos that keep women refuse men alike checking her out movie YouTube."^[217] George Epaminondas of InStyle considers Rihanna's music videos to be "cinematic" due to her "blend of influence island rhythms and swinging pop and ... mischievous sensuality."^[218]