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{{Infobox musical artist
| Name         = Rihanna
| Img          = Rihanna 2, 2012.jpg
| Img_capt     = Rihanna in 2012
| Background   = solo_singer
| birth_date= {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1988|2|20}}
| birth_place  = [[Saint Michael, Barbados]]
| Genre        = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[dance-pop]], [[reggae]]
| Occupation   = [[Singer]], [[songwriter]]
| Years_active = 2004–present
| Associated acts = [[Ne-Yo]], [[Chris Brown (entertainer)|Chris Brown]], [[Nicki Minaj]], [[Drake (entertainer)|Drake]], [[Justin Timberlake]], [[Britney Spears]], [[Jay-Z]], [[Kanye West]], [[T.I.]] 
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'''Rihanna''' (born '''Robyn Rihanna Fenty'''; February 20, 1988) is an [[R&B]] and [[pop music|pop]] singer. She started her music career in 2005. She has released 6 studio albums and 1 [[DVD]].

Rihanna's work has earned her numerous awards.  These include five [[American Music Awards]], eighteen [[Billboard Music Awards]], two [[BRIT Awards]] and five [[Grammy Awards]]. She has a total of eleven number one singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart.  She became the youngest solo artist to do this.<ref name="'S&M'Reigns">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/news/rihanna-s-s-m-reigns-on-hot-100-lady-gaga-1005144922.story|title=Rihanna's 'S&M' Reigns on Hot 100, Lady Gaga's 'Judas' Debuts|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=April 20, 2011|accessdate=January 29, 2012}}</ref>  In 2012, American magazine ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' named Rihanna one of the most influential people in the world.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2111948,00.html|title=Rihanna - 2012 Time 100: The Most Influential People in the World|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|publisher=[[Time Inc]]. ([[Time Warner]])|last=McCartney|first=Stella|date=April 18, 2012|accessdate=April 18, 2012}}</ref> Rihanna was also ranked the fourth most powerful celebrity in 2012.  She had earnings of $53 million between May 2011 and May 2012, according to Forbes.<ref>http://rapfix.mtv.com/2012/05/16/jennifer-lopez-rihanna-land-atop-forbes-celebrity-100-list/</ref>

== Biography ==
Rihanna was born in [[Saint Michael, Barbados|Saint Michael]], [[Barbados]] to Monica (of Guyanese descent) and Ronald Fenty (of Irish and West Indian descent).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Spivey|first=Lisa|title=Rihanna, The New Cover Girl|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Sentinel]]|volume=72|issue=23|date=Jan 2007|page=B.5|issn=08904340}}</ref><ref name="People">{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/rihanna/biography|title=Rihanna: Biography&nbsp;— Part 1 & 2|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|publisher=[[Time Inc]]|accessdate=December 16, 2008}}</ref> She has two younger brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty.  She grew up in [[Bridgetown]].

==Songs==
⏎
Birthday Cake
Breakin' Dishes
California King Bed
Cheers (Drink To That)
Cockiness (Love It)
Cold Case Love
Complicated
Diamonds
Disturbia
Do Ya Thang
Don't Stop the Music
Drunk on Love
Fading
Farewell
Fire Bomb
G4L
Get It Over With 
Good Girl Gone Bad
Half Of Me
Hard
Hate That I Love You
Jump
Lost In Paradise
Love The Way You Lie (Part I)
Love The Way You Lie (Part II)
Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary
Loveeeeeee Song
Mad House
Man Down
No Love Allowed
Nobody's Business
Numb⏎
* [[Umbrella]] "A defining song of the decade"<ref>http://top40.about.com/od/top10lists/tp/rihannatop10songs.htm</ref>
* [[Disturbia]]
* [[Only Girl (In Tthe World)⏎
Photographs
Phresh Off The Runway
Pon De Replay
Pour It Up
Raining Men
Red Lipstick
Rehab
Right Now
Roc Me Out
Rockstar 101
Rude Boy
Russian Roulette
S.O.S. (Rescue Me)
S&M
Shut Up And Drive
Skin
Stay
Stupid In Love
Take A Bow
Talk That Talk
Te Amo
Umbrella
Unfaithful
Wait Your Turn
Watch n' Learn
We Found Love
What Now
What's My Name?
Where Have You Been
Who's That Chick?
You Da One

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* [[S.O.S.]]
* [[Diamonds]]

== Chris Brown assault ==
On February 8, 2009 Rihanna was assaulted by her then-boyfriend [[Chris Brown (entertainer)|Chris Brown]] after Brown was sending messages to a girl.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/02/10/chaos-chris-brown-rihanna-mess/|title=Chaos in Chris Brown-Rihanna Mess|last=Friedman|first=Roger |date=February 10, 2009 |publisher=Fox News|accessdate=May 13, 2009}}</ref> Rihanna got angry and Brown beat her up. The [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] leaked a photograph to TMZ which showed Rihanna with cuts and bruises on her face.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Gossip Site Defends Posting Of Rihanna Photo|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1605588/20090223/rihanna.jhtml|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|publisher=MTV News|date=February 23, 2009|accessdate=May 14, 2009}}</ref> On June 24, 2009, Brown pled guilty to the felony assault and was ordered to five years probation and to stay fifty yards away from Rihanna, unless it is at a public event, which then will it will be reduced to ten yards.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/22/chris-brown-cops-plea-rihanna-assault/ |title=Chris Brown Cops Plea&nbsp;— No Jail Time |author=TMZ Staff |date=June 22, 2009 |work=[[TMZ.com]] |accessdate=June 22, 2009}}</ref>  In February 2011, the restraining order was changed to allow both singers to appear at awards shows together in the future.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chris Brown's Restraining Order Modified|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1658478/chris-brown-restraining-order-lifted.jhtml|publisher=MTV|accessdate=February 13, 2012|author=Ryan J. Downey|date=February 22, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pepey|first=Tracy|title=Rihanna's Restraining Order Against Chris Brown Lifted|url=http://www.ivillage.com/rihannas-restraining-order-against-chris-brown-lifted/1-a-325572|work=iVillage|accessdate=February 13, 2012|date=February 23, 2011}}</ref>

She has also been linked romantically to [[Drake (entertainer)|Drake]] and [[Matt Kemp]].

== Filmography ==
* 2004 - ''[[Bring It On: All or Nothing]]''.... As Herself
* 2006 - ''[[Mama Black Widow]]''.... Carol Tilson
* 2012 - ''Battleship'' Petty Officer (GM2) Cora Raikes

=== Television ===
* 2006 -''[[Punk'd]]''

== Tours ==
*[[Rihanna: Live in Concert Tour]] (2006)
*[[Good Girl Gone Bad Tour]] (2007–2009)
*[[Last Girl on Earth Tour]] (2010–2011)
*[[Loud Tour]] (2011)
*[[Talk That Talk: Summer Tour]] (2012)
*[[Diamonds World Tour]] (2013)

== Albums Discography ==
* ''[[Music of the Sun]]'' (2005)
* ''A Girl Like Me'' (2006)
* ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' (or ''Good Girl Gone Bad:Reloaded'') (2007)
* ''Rated R'' (2009)
* ''Loud'' (2010)
* ''Talk That Talk'' (2011)
* ''Unaplogetic'' (2012)

== Other websites ==
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* [http://www.thisisrihanna.com Rihanna] Official Website
* {{imdb name|id=1982597|name=Rihanna}}
* [http://www.believerihanna.com Rihanna's Believe Foundation]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Rihanna}}

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