Rihanna (Robyn Rihanna Fenty) was born on February 20, 1988 is a Barbadian singer, currently living in San Diego, California.

Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, Barbados as the oldest child to Ronald Fenty, a Barbadian father of African and European (Irish) ancestry, and Monica Fenty, a Guyanese mother.

Rihanna's debut album Music of the Sun was released 30 August 2005 from which, further singles were released, the first being "Pon de Replay" which was released on October 11, 2005 and reached position #2 in both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the UK Singles Chart due to considerable airplay and gained several #1 positions in various niche charts.

The single itself was written by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers alongside Rihanna herself and described by Rolling Stone magazine as a "poppy piece of dancehall reggae with slapping, syncopated beats recalling big-band jazz."

In 2006, Rihanna participated in several endorsement deals, including for Nike and J.C. Penney. She released her second album, A Girl Like Me, in April 2006, less than eight months after the release of her first album.

The album debuted at number five in the U.S. and number four in the UK. The lead single, "SOS", was used in her endorsement deal with Nike.

On July 7, 2007, Rihanna performed at the Japanese leg of Live Earth in Tokyo.

Rihanna was recently named 2007 Venus Breeze 'Celebrity Legs of a Goddess' by Gillette, and she insured her legs for $1,000,000. Ironically, she injured her feet sometime after she insured her legs.

On September 9, 2007, Rihanna won the Monster Single of the Year at the MTV Music Video Awards for "Umbrella". She also won the Video of the Year for "Umbrella". These two awards made her the big winner of the show alongside Justin Timberlake.