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{{Infobox person
| name               = Rihanna Fenty
| image              = Rihanna Fenty 2018.png
| caption            = Fenty in 2018
| birth_name         = Robyn Rihanna Fenty
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|2|20}}
| birth_place        = [[Saint Michael, Barbados]]
| occupation         = {{Flat list|
(contracted; show full)*[[Calvin Harris]]
*[[Nicki Minaj]]
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| website = {{URL|http://www.rihannanow.com/|rihannanow.com}}
}}
}}

'''Robyn Rihanna Fenty''' (born 20 February 1988) is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, actress and businesswoman. 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 (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Music Awards, two [[BRIT Awards]], and nine [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-04|title=Rihanna|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/rihanna|access-date=2019-06-21|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en}}</ref> 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 magazine|last=McCartney|first=Stella|date=April 18, 2012|title=Rihanna - 2012 Time 100: The Most Influential People in the World|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2111948,00.html|url-status=dead|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|publisher=[[Time Inc]]. ([[Time Warner]])|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501183410/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2111948,00.html|archive-date=May 1, 2013|access-date=April 18, 2012}}</ref>

Fenty's third album, ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' (2007) made her popular in the music business. The chart-topping single "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]" earned Rihanna her first [[Grammy Award]]. Her next albums ''[[Rated R (Rihanna album)|Rated R]]'' (2009), ''[[Loud (Rihanna album)|Loud]]'' (2010), ''[[Talk That Talk]]'' (2011), and ''[[Unapologetic]]'' (2012) became very popular. From these albums, her best known singles were "[[Rude Boy (Rihanna song)|Rude Boy]]", "[[Only Girl (In the World)]]", "[[What's My Name? (Rihanna song)|What's My Name?]]", "[[S&M (song)|S&M]]", "[[We Found Love]]", "[[Where Have You Been]]" and "[[Diamonds (Rihanna song)|Diamonds]]". 

Rihanna Fenty was honored as a [[National Hero of Barbados]] on the first day of the [[Barbados|country]]'s independence in November 2021.<ref name=NationalHero>{{cite web |title=BARBADOS NATIONAL HONOURS AND DECORATIONS 2021 |url=http://governmentprintery.gov.bb/portal/scripts/getpdf.php?i=1583&t=unofficial |publisher=Barbados Government Printing Department |access-date=9 December 2021 |date=1 December 2021 |archive-date=4 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204223132/http://governmentprintery.gov.bb/portal/scripts/getpdf.php?i=1583&t=unofficial |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career==
Rihanna has won many awards. These include five [[American Music Awards]], eighteen ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Music Awards, two [[BRIT Awards]], and nine [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/rihanna|title=Rihanna|date=2019-06-04|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-21}}</ref> 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 magazine|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|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|publisher=[[Time Inc]]. ([[Time Warner]])|last=McCartney|first=Stella|date=April 18, 2012|access-date=April 18, 2012|archive-date=May 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501183410/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2111975_2111976_2111948,00.html|url-status=dead}}</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://ww(contracted; show full) 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> Her net worth was updated in August 2021 to $1.7 billion.


On September 25, 2022, it was announced that Rihanna would be the headliner of the Super Bowl LVII halftime show on February 12, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|title=International icon Rihanna takes center stage for Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/international-icon-rihanna-takes-center-stage-for-apple-music-super-bowl-halftim|access-date=2022-09-25|website=NFL.com|language=en-US}}</ref>⏎
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==Early life==
Robyn Rihanna Fenty 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=January 2007|page=B.5|issn=0890-4340}}</ref><ref name="People">{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/rihanna/biography|title=Rihanna: Biography&nbsp;— Part 1 & 2|work=[[Peo(contracted; show full)[[Category:Barbadian musicians]]
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