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{{Infobox person
| name         = Rihanna
| image        = Rihanna Fenty 2018.png
| caption      = Rihanna 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|
*Singer
*songwriter
*actress
*fashion designer
*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]]
*[[Pop music|pop]]
*[[reggae]]
*[[Hip hop music|hip hop]]
*[[Dance music|dance]]
}}
| label        = {{Flat list|
*Roc Nation
*[[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]
*SRP
*Westbury Road
}}
| associated_acts = {{Flat list|
*[[Chris Brown (entertainer)|Chris Brown]]
*[[Jay-Z]]
*[[Eminem]]
*[[Drake (entertainer)|Drake]]
*[[Ne-Yo]]
*[[Calvin Harris]]
*[[Nicki Minaj]]
}}
| 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 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 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|access-date=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 [VIDEO]|website=UPI}}</ref> Rihanna's seventh album ''[[Unapologetic (Rihanna album)|Unapologetic]]'' (2012) became her first number-one album in the United States. It won Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 2014 Grammy Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/139431/Rihanna-Reveals-She-Was-So-Shocked-To-Win-7th-Grammy-Despite-Not-Turning-Up-To-Accept-It |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-01-30 |archive-date=2014-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131071205/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/139431/Rihanna-Reveals-She-Was-So-Shocked-To-Win-7th-Grammy-Despite-Not-Turning-Up-To-Accept-It |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2015, a movie called ''Home'' was released. Rihanna voiced one of the main characters in it<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/03/28/box-office-rihanna-jlo-power-dreamworks-home-to-15-6m-friday/|access-date=September 20, 2015|title=Box Office: Rihanna, JLo Power DreamWorks 'Home' To $15.6M Friday|first=Scott|last=Mendelson|publisher=Forbes|date=March 28, 2015}}</ref> and was also the executive producer of the movie's soundtrack.

Her eighth studio album, ''[[Anti (album)|Anti]]'', was released to the streaming service Tidal and entered the ''[[Billboard charts|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard charts|200]] album chart at number 27.  It was a limited-time free download sponsored by [[Samsung]].  It was certified [[RIAA certification|Platinum]] in the U.S. only two days after it was released.  The next week, after the album was released to other marketplaces, it reached number one 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=January 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]]|access-date=December 16, 2008}}</ref> She has two younger brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty.  She grew up in [[Bridgetown]].

==Personal life==
On 8 February 2009, Rihanna was [[assault]]ed 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|access-date=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|access-date=May 14, 2009}}</ref> On 22 June 2009, Brown pled guilty to the felony assault. He was ordered to five years probation and to stay fifty yards way from Rihanna, unless it is at a public event, at which it was 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]] |access-date=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|access-date=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|access-date=February 13, 2012|date=February 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thefamouscelebrity.com/rihanna-wiki/|title=Rihanna Husband, Children, Family & More|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-09|archive-date=2019-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419124156/https://thefamouscelebrity.com/rihanna-wiki/|url-status=dead}}</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)
* ''[[Unapologetic (Rihanna album)|Unapologetic]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Anti (album)|Anti]]'' (2016)
;Re-releases
* ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded]]'' (2008)
;Remixed albums
* ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Rated R: Remixed]]'' (2010)
;Soundtrack albums
* ''[[Home (soundtrack)|Home]]'' (2015)
[[File:RihannaJingle Ball cropped.jpg|thumb|Rihanna during her concert ]]
'''Songs'''

== Tours ==
* Rihanna: Live in Concert Tour (2006)
* Good Girl Gone Bad Tour (2007–2009)
* Last Girl on Earth Tour (2010–2011)
* Loud Tour (2011)
* Diamonds World Tour (2013)
* The Monster Tour (2014) <small>(with [[Eminem]])</small>
* Anti World Tour (2016)


[[File:Mari på konsert.jpg|thumb| fans show love placards at a [[Rihanna]] concert]]

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Madonna, Mariah Carey and Bob Marley had a huge influence on Rihanna 
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== Filmography ==
* 2004 - ''[[Bring It On: All or Nothing]]''.... As Herself
* 2006 - ''[[Mama Black Widow]]''.... Carol Tilson
* 2012 - ''Battleship'' Petty Officer (GM2) Cora Raikes
* 2013 - ''[[This Is the End]]''.... As Herself
* 2017 - [[wikipedia:Valerian_and_the_City_of_a_Thousand_Planets|''Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets'']] .... Bubbles
* 2018 - [[:en:Ocean's_8|Ocean's 8]]

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

== References ==
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== Other websites ==
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* [http://www.thisisrihanna.com Rihanna]{{Dead link|date=December 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Official Website
* {{imdb name|id=1982597|name=Rihanna}}
* [http://www.believerihanna.com Rihanna's Believe Foundation]

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