Rihanna has also ventured into acting, appearing in major roles in Battleship (2012), Home (2015), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), and Ocean's 8 (2018). She is the founder of the nonprofit organisation Clara Lionel Foundation, cosmetics brand Fenty Beauty, and fashion house Fenty under LVMH she is the first black woman to head a luxury brand for LVMH. Īside from music, Rihanna is known for her involvement in humanitarian causes, entrepreneurial ventures, and the fashion industry. As of 2021, she is the wealthiest female musician, with an estimated net worth of $1.7 billion. Forbes ranked her among the top ten highest-paid celebrities in 20. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 20.
Her accolades include nine Grammy Awards, 13 American Music Awards (including the Icon Award), 12 Billboard Music Awards, six Guinness World Records, and the NAACP's President's Award. She has earned 14 number-ones and 31 top-ten singles in the US and 30 top-ten entries in the UK. With sales of over 250 million records worldwide, Rihanna is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. During her musical career, Rihanna has collaborations with artists such as rappers Drake, Eminem, Jay-Z, and Kanye West and singers Adam Levine, Paul McCartney, Ne-Yo, and Shakira. It became her second US number one album and featured the chart-topping single " Work". Her eighth album, Anti (2016), showcased a new creative control following her departure from Def Jam.
The albums spawned a string of chart-topping singles, including " Rude Boy", " Only Girl (In the World)", " What's My Name?", " S&M", " We Found Love", " Where Have You Been" and " Diamonds". She continued to mix pop, dance, and R&B genres on her next studio albums, Rated R (2009), Loud (2010), Talk That Talk (2011), and Unapologetic (2012), the latter of which became her first Billboard 200 number one.
The chart-topping single " Umbrella" earned Rihanna her first Grammy Award and catapulted her to global stardom. Rihanna's third album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), incorporated elements of dance-pop and established her status as a sex symbol in the music industry. After signing with Def Jam in 2005, she soon gained recognition with the release of her first two studio albums, Music of the Sun (2005) and A Girl Like Me (2006), both of which were influenced by Caribbean music and peaked within the top ten of the US Billboard 200 chart. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados, Rihanna was discovered by American record producer Evan Rogers who invited her to the United States to record demo tapes. Robyn Rihanna Fenty NH (born February 20, 1988) ( / r i ˈ æ n ə/ ree- ANN-ə) is a Barbadian singer, actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman.
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