Rihanna Biography | NewsOrena

Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born on February 20, 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados. Her life she spent in the Caribbean island of Barbados that is called, belongs to the Lesser Antilles and lies like most island on the east side.She still lives at home with her ​​parents, her father, Ronald, addicted to drugs and a difficult relationship with her ​​mother, Monica. Her brothers, Rorrey Rajad and tries to protect them while her mother with broken things ended up in hospital, Rihanna quickly grew into an adult and promised himself never want anyone to know if her father. Her parents divorced when Robyn 14 years. Rihanna, insecure and shy, seeks refuge in music, an ordinary girl who went to school: Combermere, a school that in the Netherlands you can compare to the high school / college. Throughout the years she entertained her friends and family by singing . She won her school on the “Beauty” award and sang Mariah Carey’s “Hero” in a talent show.

2004

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Rihanna was with two friends to act when they had to do an audition for Evan Rogers, a producer from America who was vacationing in Barbados.

Evan Rogers: “When Rihanna walked in it felt like the other two girls did not exist …”

She went along with Evan in Connecticut, United States, to live with his wife for four demos to record.

Rihanna: “When I went away from Barbados, I did not look back, I will do what I always wanted to do, even if I get to America had to move”

Rihanna’s demos were sent to various recording companies including Def Jam, where Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter is owner of, among other things, this is known as a man of Beyonce.

Rihanna: “I was in the lobby shaking”, “I saw a piece of Jay’s face in the hall and it was, ‘Oh my God!” I’ve never met a famous person, let alone a record executive, that’s crazy! “

Jay-Z did not have long to decide after Rihanna Whitney Houston’s “For the Love of You” was sung …

Jay-Z: “It has taken me two minutes to see that she was a star”

They had until 4:30 in the morning working on her contract …

Rihanna: “Everywhere I had to put my name always made me happier”

2005

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Rihanna had her dream come true, with favorite artists like Beyonce, Alicia Keys and Mariah Carey made together with Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken her first album. They found that Rihanna was a talented songwriter who has helped a lot, then 16 years old.

Rihanna: “Music is just in my DNA”

Her first single was Pon de Replay (Bajaans for: Play it again) Throughout this plate was rotated and it was a real hit, everyone got to know Rihanna but many did not know that she was still a very young singer. Collaborations with Elephant Man and Vybz Kartel, Rihanna was guaranteed a real hit machine for radios and clubs.

Rihanna: “I realize how beautiful everything is, if I had never met Evan and Carl, I would probably still be dreaming … I’m so grateful to them for everything they have done for me!”

In late 2005, her second single, “If It’s Lovin ‘That You Want”, a less successful than her first single, but still not the end.

2006

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Rihanna: “There’s already so much has happened in my life, it seems like I’m five years have grown in 1 year!”, “I’ve Barbados left, my parents, family, friends … move to America was a big step, a little scary because I knew no one, had no friends and no family around me, I was much in the studio “ “2005 has given me the side of life show to make this dream come true, get up around 5 o’clock in the morning to go exercise, training, schoolwork, interviews, video shoots … it goes throughout the day, it appears sometimes glamorous but it is ‘real’ work! My love for music and singing will never change because it does not always seem fun as I thought it was … ” “It was a difficult time, I had no one around me who are as old as I am, people think that girls my age can not much because we are young, but that is not true, we are still dealing with life as people who are a bit older, the purpose of my album “A Girl Like Me” was to show people that young women want to say things but do not know how. “ It was clear that Rihanna was more than a one-hit wonder. Posing for the biggest magazines, on tour with Gwen Stefani and her first film role.Not even 4 months later, her third single, “SOS”, offering electro, 80s sound had to be a song for love at a young age.

Rihanna: “I was so excited when I heard this song, three days later we had it included”

“SOS” is used for the female line of mega sports brand NIKE.

Rihanna: “It was a new experience, an advertising spot record … it took six days but with choreographer Jamie King (Madonna and Shakira known) to work, it was great!”

A heartbreaking song, Unfaithful, came out, Ne-Yo, also signed to Def Jam has teamed with Stargate this song.

Rihanna: “In many songs they talk about cheating as a game, but for me, ‘Unfaithful’ is not about running away from your husband, but the pain that comes from both sides” ”I come from Barbados, where we have never heard of ‘Rock’ music, while I was on tour with Gwen Stefani has my outlook on music changed a great deal, I was talking to LA Reid, Chairman of Island Def Jam Records , and said that I ever wanted to create a new experiment with a little rock in it ”

2007

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Early in 2007, Rihanna back in the studio to begin her third album in three years time with the name: Good Girl Gone Bad, this album was released on June 1, other countries quickly followed that week. Rihanna collaborates with big names like Jay-Z, Ne-Yo and Justin Timberlake for her “Rehab” writes. The album is good for 8 singles, taking about the big word-wide number 1 hit “Umbrella”, a song with Jay-Z. “Umbrella” was a big one  but stopped in 25 countries . In England this whopping 10 weeks at number 1 stood and thus keeps the record of a song at number 1 since Wet Wet Wet’s single “Love Is All Around” in 1994 and as a female artist she defeated Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”. “Shut up and Drive” and “Do not Stop The Music” were songs that the success of “Umbrella” were able to match. Also “Hate That I Love You” featuring Ne-Yo holds a 7th place in the Top 40. On 12 September Rihanna started her second tour, this time however, it was a World Tour that the album “Good Girl Gone Bad” represented and arrived in June 2008 on DVD, recorded in Manchester on 6 December 2007. On November 21, 2007 Rihanna was in a packed, sold out Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam.

2008

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 Rihanna’s success was unprecedented and they released a new version of her third studio album called “Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded” – then there were 3 new songs to find that all 3 were released. “Take a Bow” was a # 1 single, a duet with Maroon 5, “If I Never See Your Face Again” and “Disturbia”.
After these 3 bangers came “Rehab” from, the number that contained vocals from Justin Timberlake, this number was on the ‘normal’ version of Good Girl Gone Bad.

Good Girl Gone Bad has so far sold 6.2 million copies worldwide and 2x Platinum in the United States has become, 4x Platinum in the UK and Canada, 5x Platinum in Russia, and 6x Platinum in Ireland

Rihanna was at the time one of the greatest artists in the world. She was invited to a deal with Gucci’s first UNICEF campaign. She appeared in every store in the Tattoo Heart Campaign that came out in December. Madonna went to her earlier.

What was still unclear how the relationships were with R & B star Chris Brown, the couple was “The Hottest Couple in the Business” and were both artists of the year 2008.
She knew, however, each longer than the day it became known, she was 16 and he was 15 when they met each other.

2009

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Rihanna had her early 2009 tour, which began in 2007, ended in Mexico and was on the schedule for the Grammy Awards. This was later canceled because there is something the matter would be Rihanna, nobody knew yet what.
Police reports went around and it became clear that Chris Brown was arrested for criminal acts. Los Angeles Police Department had pictures in possession of a bond-and-blue beaten Rihanna, it was leaked to the media and it became clear what was going on. Rihanna was 20, he 19.

Read a report of the interview here!

Rihanna’s comeback in the music was a collaboration with Jay-Z and Kanye West for the song “Run This Town” and began performing again in September 2009 at the Madison Square Garden during Jay-Z’s “Answer The Call Tour”

During the silence about Rihanna, she went into the studio to start her new album where she works with: The-Dream, Tricky Stewart, Chase & Status, Stargate, Slash, Justin Timberlake, Ne-Yo and Akon. On October 8 shoot them in Berlin with Ellen Von Unwerth a photoshoot for her album: Rated R

On October 14, Rihanna posted a message on her Twitter page, with the text “The Wait is Ova. November 23 09 “(the wait is over, November 23, 2009). The album is indeed on 23 November 2009 with lead single, “Russian Roulette” – Released October 20 on Rihanna’s website.
Russian Roulette’s highest position was number 7 in the Dutch Top 40 and stayed there 15 weeks in it.

2 November is her next single, “Hard”, a collaboration with Young Jeezy
Europe is second single “Rude Boy” which now reputed to be Rihanna’s most successful song in the United States.

Rihanna has the title “Woman of The Year” address of Glamour.
She and Beyonce best female singers of the past 10 years. They were together in America 5 number 1 hits. But Rihanna’s success came in a smaller period!

2010

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In the beginning of a new year starts with Rihanna developing a new tour. The Last Girl On Earth Tour goes around the world. On 16 April launch this fact in Antwerp, Belgium then they also third of the Arnhem Gelredome know to fill.

Rihanna released her fifth studio album, Loud, on November 16, 2010.It debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, selling 207,000 copies in its first week, making it her biggest opening week of sales. Its lead single, “Only Girl (In the World)”, Reached number one in more than at zoals countries Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Also the song won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording at the 53rd Grammy Awards. The album’s second single, “What’s My Name?”, Featuring Canadian rapper Drake, Also Reached number one in the United States and on the official UK singles chart, making Rihanna the first female solo artist to have five number one singles in the United Kingdom in consecutive years. The song Reached number one on the Hot 100 before “Only Girl (In the World)”, making it the first time in Hot 100 history That an album’s debut single Reached number one after the second single. With her third international single from Loud, she earned another milestone when “S & M”, featuring Britney Spears Reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the youngest artist in the chart’s 52-year history to achieve at number-one singles. “Man Down” and “California King Bed” were the other two Subsequent singles released from the album.

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