RobynRihannaFenty(bornFebruary20,1988),betterknownmononymouslyasRihanna,isaBarbadianR&Brecordingartist,songwriterandmodel.BorninSaintMichael,Barbados,RihannamovedtotheUnitedStatesattheageof16topursuearecordingcareerundertheguidanceofrecordproducerEvanRogers.ShesubsequentlysignedacontractwithDefJamRecordingsafterauditioningforthen-labelheadJay-Z.

　　In2005,Rihannareleasedherdebutstudioalbum,MusicoftheSun,whichpeakedinthetoptenoftheBillboard200chartandfeaturestheBillboardHot100hitsingle"PondeReplay".Lessthanayearlater,shereleasedhersecondstudioalbum,AGirlLikeMe,whichpeakedwithinthetopfiveoftheBillboardalbumschart,andproducedherfirstUSnumberonehitsingle,"SOS",aswellasBillboardHot100toptenentries"Unfaithful"and"BreakItOff".Rihanna'sthirdstudioalbum,GoodGirlGoneBad,peakingatnumbertwoontheBillboard200,featuredfivetoptenhitsincludingthreeUSnumberonehitsingles—"Umbrella","TakeaBow"and"Disturbia"—andtheworldwidehit"Don'tStoptheMusic".ThealbumwasnominatedfornineGrammyAwards,winningBestRap/SungCollaborationfor"Umbrella,"whichfeaturesJay-Z.Herfourthstudioalbum,RatedR,wasreleasedinNovember2009,andpeakedatnumberfourontheBillboard200.Itsfirstthreesingles,"RussianRoulette","Hard"and"RudeBoy"peakedwithinthetoptenoftheBillboardHot100,with"RudeBoy"peakingatnumberone.

　　Rihannahasreceivedseveralaccolades,includingthe2007WorldMusicAwardsforWorld'sBest-SellingPopFemaleArtistandFemaleEntertaineroftheYear,aswellasthe2008AmericanMusicAwardsforFavoriteSoul/R&BFemaleArtistandFavoritePop/RockFemaleArtist.SheservesasoneofBarbados'shonoraryculturalambassadors.InJanuary2010,RihannareceivedtwoGrammyAwardsforJay-Z's2009single"RunThisTown".