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{{Infobox musical artist
| background   = solo_singer person
| name         = Rihanna
| image        = Rihanna Cologne 6.JPG
| caption      = Rihanna performing during the Diamonds World Tour, June 2013
| birth_name   = Robyn Rihanna Fenty
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|2|20}}
| birth_place  = [[Saint Michael, Barbados]]
| occupation   = {{Flat list|
*Singer
*songwriter
*actress
*fashion designer
*rapper
}}businesswoman
}}
| net_worth = [[United States dollar|US $]]600 million
| misc = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| years_active = 2003–present
| instrument   = Vocals
| genre        = {{Flat list|
*[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
*[[Hip hop music|hip hop]]
*[[Pop music|pop]]
*[[reggae]]
*[[Dance music|dance]]
}}
| label        = {{Flat list|
*[[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]
*Roc Nation
*SRP
*Westbury Road
}}
| associated_acts = {{Flat list|
*[[Chris Brown (entertainer)|Chris Brown]]
*[[Jay-Z]]
*[[Eminem]]
*[[Drake (entertainer)|Drake]]
*[[Ne-Yo]]
*[[Calvin Harris]]
*[[Enca Haxhia]]
}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.rihannanow.com/|rihannanow.com}}
}}}}

'''Robyn Rihanna Fenty''' (born 20 February 1988) is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, and rapperbusinesswoman. She started her music career in 2003. She has released eight studio albums and three [[DVD]]s.

Rihanna has won many awards. These include five [[American Music Awards]], eighteen [[Billboard Music Awards]], two [[BRIT Awards]] and seven [[Grammy Awards]]. She has had fourteen number-one singles on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart. In 2012, the 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 earned $53 million between May 2011 and May 2012, according to ''[[Forbes]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/genre/hip-hop/2012/05/16/jennifer-lopez-rihanna-land-atop-forbes-celebrity-100-list/|title=News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity|website=MTV News}}</ref> In 2013, Rihanna was given the first ever Icon Award at the [[American Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/blog/2013/11/25/Rihannas-mom-presents-her-with-Icon-Award-at-the-AMAs-VIDEO/3571385424849/|title=Rihanna's mom presents her with Icon Award at the AMAs [VI(contracted; show full)ne on the ''Billboard'' 200.  ''Anti'' features the ''[[Billboard Hot 100|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] number-one single "[[Work (Rihanna song)|Work]]" (featuring [[Drake (entertainer)|Drake]]) and the top-ten hit "Needed Me".  She also recorded a song, "This Is What You Came For", with [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[Disc jockey|DJ]] [[Calvin Harris]].  It reached the top ten on charts around the world.
  The following year, she was featured on DJ Khaled's song "Wild Thoughts", which reached number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/dj-khaled|title=DJ Khaled Chart History|website=Billboard|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>

Rihanna created a line of beauty products called Fenty Beauty.  On June 4, 2019, Natalie Robehmed of ''Forbes'' wrote that Rihanna had become the world's richest female musician, with a net worth of $600 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2019/06/04/rihanna-worth-fenty-beauty/|title=How Rihanna Created A $600 Million Fortune—And Became The World’s Richest Female Musician|last=Robehmed|first=Natalie|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>

==Early life==
Rihanna was born in [[Saint Michael, Barbados]] to Monica (of Guyanese ancestry) and Ronald Fenty (of Irish and West Indian ancestry).<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)|(contracted; show full)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><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thefamouscelebrity.com/rihanna-wiki/|title=Rihanna Husband, Children, Family & More|last=|first=|website=|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref>



== Discography ==
;Studio albums
* ''[[Music of the Sun]]'' (2005)
* ''[[A Girl like Me]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Rated R (album)|Rated R]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Loud (album)|Loud]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Talk That Talk]]'' (2011)
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[[Category:R&B musicians]]
[[Category:Pop musicians]]
[[Category:Reggae musicians]]
[[Category:Hip hop musicians]]
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[[Category:1988 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]