Rihanna

Band Profile | Rihanna | Rihanna's sixth album, Talk That Talk, was released on November 21, 2011 in both deluxe and standard editions. With the ascension of the track to number nine on the Billboard Hot 100, Rihanna Became the fastest solo artist in the chart's history to Achieve twenty Hot 100 top ten singles, breaking the previous record set by Madonna. The song later Became Eleventh Rihanna's number one single on the chart. Additionally, Rihanna moved into third place, tied with Houston, for the female artist with the most number one singles, behind Carey and Madonna. "We Found Love" Ultimately spent ten non-consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, surpassing "Umbrella" as Rihanna's longest number one single, and was 2011's longest-running number one in the country. In the UK, the single Became Rihanna's second solo single (third overall) to sell over one million copies in the country alone, after "Love The Way You Lie" and "Only Girl (In The World)" (2010).

It Became Rihanna's highest-charting single on the Japan Hot 100 and her best-selling single in New Zealand. At the end of 2011, Rihanna was named the highest-selling singles artist of the year in the UK, having overtaken Adele sales by a margin of 6.000 units. On January 8, 2012, Rihanna was named the best-selling digital artist of all time in the United States, having sold 47,571,000 million singles and albums as of 2011, According to Nielsen SoundScan.In early 2012, two Collaborations featuring Rihanna were released; Coldplay's "Princess of China" from the album Mylo Xyloto and Drake's Take Care from his album of the same name. Both have currently reached the top twenty of the Billboard Hot 100 at numbers 20 and nine, respectively.In February, "All of the Lights" was nominated for Song of the Year, "Best Rap Song ', and' Best Rap / Sung Collaboration 'at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012, eventually winning the latter two awards, Bringing Rihanna's total Grammy awards to six.Later That month, Rihanna won her second BRIT Award for' Best International Female Artist ', following the same win the previous year. On February 16, 2012, it was speculated That former boyfriend Chris Brown was the featured artist on the full length version of Rihanna's track, "Birthday Cake", from Talk That Talk. These rumors were later confirmed when Rihanna posted the song on her Twitter account on her 24th birthday, February 20, 2012, after over a week of Speculation.

Becoming an international sensation, Rihanna is known for blending R & B with Caribbean music, reggae and dancehall Such as. Rihanna was originally marketed as a reggae singer since she burst into the music scene in 2005, with a styles of pop, R & B and dancehall. Her music include Various styles of musical genres, Including contemporary R & B, dance-pop and the Caribbean music styles of reggae and dancehall.With the release of Music of the Sun and its lead single "Pon de Replay", Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic described Rihanna's musical style as "synthesize Caribbean rhythms and beats with standard-issue urban dance-pop: Caribbean-inflected urban, if you will." Rihanna is described as utilizing "dancehall-lite beats and a reggae vocal cadence." "After the release of Good Girl Gone Bad, Allmusic's Andy Kellman credits Rihanna to be "as pop as pop gets." Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times described her hit "Umbrella" as a lightweight pop confection with a heavy hip-hop backbeat, a breezy love song enriched by Those Unexpectedly goth-sounding keyboards and by the incongruous hint of anguish in Rihanna's girlish voice. Her debut album featured production from pop veterans Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken WHO first Discovered her. Sturken and Rogers have collaborated with Rihanna many times, Including with her debut single "Pon de Replay", the which helped launch her career with the tradition of reggae and dance pop and collaborated on her second album. Rihanna then enlisted into the pop and contemporary R & B working with music producer Stargate and singer-songwriter Ne-Yo on "Unfaithful" and sampling the key section , bass line, and drum beat from Soft Cell's 1981 single "Tainted Love" on "SOS".

"Around the time of the release of her second album, many felt Critics That Rihanna's sound and musical material were too similar to Those of Beyoncé. Appeared negative reviews, in the which her music, music videos, performances and her images were compared to Those of Beyoncé, Rihanna the which garnered much criticism. Tracey Lomrantz of Glamour commented, "If style risks Could be Measured in miles, Rihanna would have Criss-crossed the globe a thousand times over already." Rihanna was also declared as Woman of the Year 2009 by Glamour. In October 2011, Esquire declared as the Sexiest Woman Rihanna Alive for 2011. Rihanna has four wax figures of herself at Madame Tussauds Wax Museums in Washington DC, Vienna, Berlin and London. In October 2005, Rihanna struck her first endorsement deal with Secret Body Spray for them to sponsor her first tour, Rihanna's Secret Body Spray Tour In 2006, Rihanna participated in Several endorsement deals, Including Nike sportswear for the launch of her "SOS" and J .

Rihanna also recorded a song called "Winning Women" with Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger for Procter & Gamble's female deodorant Secret. In 2007, Rihanna signed with CoverGirl and a celebrity spokesperson Became the which included appearances on TV commercials and in the Barbados Tourism Authority's tourism commercials. In December 2008, Rihanna contracted with Gucci to Appear in their ads for the Tattoo Heart Collection, a special-edition Gucci handbag line.In the ad, Rihanna is seen hanging from a giant hoop, scantily clad in a barely-there white bodysuit and wearing an oversized white Gucci purse.The success of her single, "Umbrella" earned her an endorsement deal with Totes. Her handlers pitched her hit "Umbrella" to Totes and the song Became the soundtrack for commercials in the which she starred.On April 8, 2009, Announced That it was Rihanna inked a fragrance deal with Jay-Z's licensing company Iconic Fragrances.The fragrance is named Reb'l Fleur and was released in 2011.Rihanna was working with her artistic director for Rated R, Simon Henwood, on the book Rihanna. It was released on September 14, 2010. Rihanna began in August 2010 Appearing in an Australian television advert for Optus, a position held by Pink Previously In May 2011, Rihanna Became a spokeswoman for the German skincare brand Nivea. Rihanna's song "California King Bed" was featured as a part of Nivea's "100 Years of Skincare" commercial campaign. Rihanna created her Believe Foundation in 2006 to help terminally ill children.  In February 2008, Rihanna thanked and honoured her country during the acceptance speech for her win of" Best Rap / Sung Collaboration "at the Grammy Awards. " Rihanna states she was bullied at school. " Rihanna has performed a number of concerts to raise funds for both Charities and the Foundation and is a 2008 Cartier Love Charity Bracelet Ambassadors. The collection features t-shirts and hoodies designed by Rihanna, Timbaland and other well-known designers, musicians and artists.The line, called Fashion Against AIDS, was launched in February 2008 to raise awareness of the disease Among teens and spread awareness about HIV / AIDS. In August 2008, Rihanna and other pop, rock, R & B and country singers Such as Carrie Underwood, Ciara, Beyoncé Knowles, Leona Lewis, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, and Fergie recorded the charity single, "Just Stand Up!", The theme song to the anti-cancer campaign Stand Up to Cancer and its theme song.The singers performed the song live on September 5, 2008.Rihanna was also selected as the spokesmodel for Gucci's first United Nations Children's Fund ad campaign She Appeared in the fashion house's Tattoo Heart campaign, the which premiered in December 2008. Rihanna was photographed in series of special edition print ads with United Nations Children's Fund items, twenty-five percent of sales will benefit the children's charity.

Rihanna has been a part of many benefit concerts to help raise money for Various Illnesses, Such as cancer for Hope Rocks. Rihanna performed on January 20, 2009, at the Recording Industry Association of America's Presidential Inauguration Charity Ball to raise money for the largest anti-hunger world organization.On April 2, 2009, Rihanna visited the NYU Medical Center to help look for another bone marrow donor for a young girl named Jasmina Anema. Rihanna first learned about Anema's Plight in February 2009, when she saw the moving video Anema's best friend, Isabelle Huurman, and her mother, Karen Detrick, made appealing for donors to save Anema.Rihanna honored Anema's best friend, Isabella, for her Efforts for Trying to save her best friend at a DKMS Gala on May 7, 2009. In September 2009, Rihanna performed at Jay-Z's "Answer the Call" concert, the which paid tribute to the police officers and WHO Firefighters Died on the September 11 attacks.

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