Robyn Rihanna Fenty, better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados on February 20, 1988, it is her birthday today!
Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers. Rihanna subsequently signed a contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for then-label head Jay-Z.
In 2005, Rihanna released her debut studio album, Music of the Sun, which peaked in the top ten of the Billboard 200 chart and features the Billboard Hot 100 top-five hit single "Pon de Replay". In less than a year, she released her second studio album, A Girl Like Me (2006), which peaked within the top-five of the Billboard albums chart, and produced her first Hot 100 number one single, "SOS". Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad released in May 2007, spawned the international hit singles "Umbrella", "Don't Stop the Music", "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia".
Rihanna is not just popular amongst the public, but she has also managed to receive a lot of acclaim. Rihanna has four wax figures of herself at Madame Tussauds Wax Museums in Washington D.C., Vienna, Berlin and London. In October 2011, Esquire declared Rihanna as the Sexiest Woman Alive for 2011.
Apart from changing hair colour and hair-styles, she is also popular for her tattoos. She has as many as 14 tattoos.
Apart from singing, Rihanna has ventured into many different things. 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. She did many other deals like Nike, J.C. Penny.
Rihanna is also involved in a lot of social work. Rihanna created her Believe Foundation in 2006 to help terminally ill children. Rihanna has performed a number of concerts to raise funds for both charities and the Foundation and is a 2008 Cartier Love Charity Bracelet Ambassador. On November 19, 2008, Rihanna was enlisted by Gucci's Frida Giannini along with Madonna to light the United Nations Children's Fund Christmas snowflake in New York City at the Grand Army Plaza.
Fridaymoviez wishes Rihanna, the star who has made a lot of difference with her singing and her social work, a Very Happy Birthday!