In shorth

Full Name: Robyn "Rihanna" Fenty
Stage Name: Rihanna
Date of Birth: Feb. 18 1988
Nationality: Bajan/Guyanese
Born & Raised: Barbados (Parish of St. Micheal)



Rihanna (full name, Robyn Rihanna Fenty) was born on Feb. 18th 1988 and raised in the parish of St. Michael. Back home she lived a normal teenage, went to high school and enjoyed singing songs for fun with friends, never did she dream that one day she would be part of one of the biggest record companies out there today (DefJam).

Even though Rihanna won her school beauty & talent pageant she never realized how talented she really was.

Thanks to a mutual friend she was introduced to a New York music producer Evan Rogers and it took her just a few songs before he realized that she one day will be a great singer. Evan then invited Rihanna to New York to record some tracks, tracks that would change her life forever.

One in New York, Rihanna, Evan and Carl (Evan's partner who has produced tracks for other major artist) put together close to a dozen songs. The songs were inspired by the dancehall and reggae that is embedded in Rihanna's rich musical culture, they then fused it with a fresh R&B sound. Rihanna also says that "My music is mostly Caribbean beats mixed with R&B. I don't want to be pigeon holed into being just a dance artist because I can sing too. I have ballads on the album as well as upbeat tracks."

After releasing her first song from her debut album Music In The Sun, "Pon De Replay" was guaranteed to be a hit and with this song alone she won over bucket loads of music fans, as well as setting herself for the future. Oh and don't get me wrong the album was a great hit too, selling well over 1 million copies worldwide.

As well as releasing her debut album 2005 also saw Rihanna rocking the mic on tour with Gwen Stefani, making crowds sweat in Japan, posing for magazine covers in Los Angeles and shooting her first film role for Bring It On Yet Again. This was a long way from the quiet life she led in Barbados in the parish of St. Michael.


Source by http://www.rihannapict.net/