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| Curious about Rihanna? Here's all you need to know | | | | her from being a one-hit wonder. |
| about the R&B sensation! | | | | Awards and Records |
| If you haven’t already heard her name, Rihanna | | | | Rihanna’s number one singles on the Billboard |
| is a 20 year-old R&B singing sensation with a slew of | | | | charts include her most famous songs: SOS, |
| music awards already under her belt. Boys love her | | | | Umbrella and Take a Bow. She is also accumulating a |
| because she’s beautiful, and girls love her | | | | rather large collection of awards from the American |
| because she sings from a girl’s perspective in | | | | Music Awards, the MTV Video Music Awards, the |
| her own unique mix of R&B, reggae, and hip hop. | | | | MTV Europe Music Awards, the Billboard Music |
| The Basic Facts | | | | Awards and the Teen Choice Awards. After being |
| Sometimes you just want the basic facts. Here they | | | | nominated for a couple of years in a row, Rihanna just |
| are: | | | | won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung |
| Rihanna appeared on the scene in 2005 with her first | | | | Collaboration with Jay-Z for Umbrella. To top it off, her |
| album Music of the Sun. | | | | most recent single, Take a Bow, just made history by |
| Her other albums to date are: A Girl Like Me from | | | | making the biggest jump on the Billboard charts from |
| 2006 and the most recent Good Girl Gone Bad. | | | | number fifty-three to number one. |
| Rihanna hails from Saint Michael, Barbados. | | | | What You Didn’t Know |
| She was born on February 20, 1988. | | | | While all those facts are interesting, here are some of |
| She has two younger brothers. | | | | the fun facts you may not already know, but always |
| Rihanna’s musical inspirations include: | | | | wanted to: |
| Beyoncé and Mariah Carey. | | | | Rihanna is a pisces, which means she is creative, |
| What You Already Know | | | | sensitive, and kind, but prone to melancholy. |
| If you’re a fan, then you probably already know | | | | Her first name is Robyn and her nickname is RiRi. |
| a lot beyond the basics about Rihanna. Just in case | | | | She made a cameo in the film Bring It On: All or |
| you missed something, here it is again. | | | | Nothing and is set to appear in the upcoming Mama |
| How It All Started | | | | Black Widow. |
| Rihanna met music producer Evan Rogers when she | | | | Her celebrity crush is Adrian Grenier from |
| was only fifteen and he was vacationing in Barbados. | | | | HBO’s Entourage. |
| After hearing Rihanna sing, he helped her record | | | | Her first hit, Pon de Replay, was not a number one |
| demos of her music that eventually landed in the lap of | | | | single (but it did hit number two). |
| Jay-Z. So impressed with her music, Jay-Z signed her, | | | | She is rumored to be dating singer Chris Brown. |
| at the tender age of sixteen, to Def Jam Records. Her | | | | She once won a beauty pageant as a teenager at |
| very first hit, Pon de Replay, put her on the R&B map, | | | | her school in Barbados. |