She has attained fourteen Billboard Hot 100 number ones thus far and is the second Barbadian artist to win a Grammy Award. She is also a cultural ambassador for Barbados. In 2021 Rihanna was named a "National Hero" in her home country, earning her the title "The Right Excellent."
Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, Barbados to Ronald Fenty, a warehouse supervisor, and Monica Fenty, an accountant. Her mother, a native of Guyana, is Afro-Guyanese and her father is Bajan and Irish. She is the oldest of three siblings; two younger brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty. She began singing at around the age of seven. Her childhood was deeply affected by her father's addiction to crack cocaine and parent's rocky marriage, which ended when she was fourteen years old. Rihanna attended Charles F. Broome Memorial School, a primary school in Barbados, and then the Combermere School, where she formed a musical trio with two of her classmates at the age of fifteen. In 2004 she won the Miss Combermere Beauty Pageant. She was an army cadet in a sub-military programme that trained with the military of Barbados and Shontelle was her drill sergeant.
At the age of 15, she formed a girl group with two of her classmates. In 2003, friends introduced Rihanna and her two bandmates to record producer Evan Rogers, who was vacationing in Barbados with his wife. The group auditioned for Rogers, who said that "the minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was like the other two girls didn't exist." While auditioning for Rogers, Rihanna sang Destiny's Child's cover of "Emotion". Over the next year, Rihanna and her mom shuttled back and forth to Rogers home in Stamford, Connecticut. Then, shortly after turning 16, she relocated in the United States and moved in with Rogers and his wife. Carl Sturken helped Rihanna record a four-song demo, which included the ballad "The Last Time," a cover of Whitney Houston’s hit "For the Love of You" and what would become her first hit, "Pon de Replay" to send to various recording companies. It took a year to record the demos, because she was going to school and would only record during summer and Christmas school breaks. Rihanna's demo made its way to Def Jam, which invited her to audition for the label's then-president, Jay-Z, who quickly signed her.
Rihanna broke into the recording industry in 2005 with the release of her debut album Music of the Sun, which features the number 2 hit single "Pon de Replay". Less than a year later, Rihanna released album artist=Rihanna]A Girl Like Me and earned her first number-one single, "SOS, which sampled the popular 80s track "Tainted Love". "Unfaithful" was also released and was fairly successful.
Rihanna released her third album Good Girl Gone Bad in June 2007. Prior to the release of the album, she spent the week of the Grammys writing songs for the album with Ne-Yo. She adopted a more sexual image while recording the album, eventually dying her hair black and cutting it short. Rihanna worked with Timbaland and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, as well as previous musical collaborators such as Stargate, Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers to re-imagine her album compositions with uptempo dance tracks. Rihanna commented, "I want to keep people dancing but still be soulful at the same time. You feel different every album, and [at] this stage I feel like I want to do a lot of uptempo [songs]."
The album topped the charts in countries like the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Russia and Ireland, and peaked at number two in the United States and Australia. Unlike previous work, the album featured a more dance-pop sound instead of the dancehall, reggae and ballad styles. The album received positive reviews by critics, becoming her most critically acclaimed album at that time compared to her previous efforts.
It yielded eight hit singles - "Umbrella" "Shut Up and Drive", "Don't Stop The Music" "Hate That I Love You" "Rehab" "Disturbia" "Take A Bow" "If I Never See Your Face Again" - all singles reaching the top twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 — including the worldwide number-one hit "Umbrella," featuring Jay-Z.
In addition to reaching number one in various countries, "Umbrella" was the number one single in the United Kingdom for ten consecutive weeks, making it the longest-running number-one single since Wet Wet Wet's single "Love Is All Around" spent fifteen weeks at the top in 1994. The song is listed number three on the 100 Best Songs of 2007 published by Rolling Stone magazine. In 2008, "Umbrella" earned Rihanna and Jay-Z a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in addition to receiving nominations for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. It managed to stay at number one in the United Kingdom for 10 weeks, the longest time spent by a female and in the 21st century, on this chart.
"Umbrella" has also been recognised in various forms of accolades by the music press. The song is listed number three on the 100 Best Songs of 2007, published by the music magazine Rolling Stone. Time magazine also listed the song number three on their Top 10 Songs of 2007. The song is listed number one on Entertainment Weekly magazine's list of the 10 Best Singles of 2007, while topping the magazine's poll for the best single of 2007. Blender magazine awarded the song Song of the Year in their Readers' Poll 2007. The music press has considered "Umbrella" as 2007's Song of the Summer, while The New York Times writer Kelefa Sanneh regarded it as "arguably 2007's signature slow jam".
In August 2009, Rihanna collaborated with Jay-Z and Kanye West on "Run This Town." The song peaked at number two on Billboard Hot 100 and also reached the top ten in five other countries. She appeared on the cover of Vogue Italia for the September 2009 Issue. The shoot was influenced by Rihanna's hair, which she had cut for the shoot into a mohawk-like style. The style of the shoot was Extreme Couture and very dark, and in one shot she appeared semi-nude. Rihanna performed "Run This Town" along with Jay-Z and West for the "Answer the Call" concert at Madison Square Garden in September 2009, making it her first musical performance since the altercation with Brown. The trio also performed "Run This Town," on the premiere of The Jay Leno Show on September 14, 2009.
In November of 2009, Rated R was released in the wake of a physical altercation with romantic interest Chris Brown, who pled guilty to felony assault. The album's lead single, "Russian Roulette" -- written with Ne-Yo - was one of the year's most controversial singles. The album also includes collaborations with Tricky, The-Dream, Stargate, and SRP.
One year later, Rihanna released her fifth studio album called Loud. It's lead single, "Only Girl (In the World)", reached number one in more than ten countries. The song also won a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.
Talk That Talk was released one year after Loud. With the song "We Found Love", Rihanna became the fastest solo artist in the chart's history to achieve twenty Hot 100 top-ten singles, breaking the previous record set by Madonna. The song later became her eleventh number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. "You Da One" became the second single from the album but was not as successful as "We Found Love". The third single from the album, "Talk That Talk" featuring Jay-Z, was announced on Rihanna's Twitter. The fourth single, "Where Have You Been", peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100.
On February 20, 2012, Rihanna and Chris Brown released 2 remixes, one featuring the "Talk That Talk" album track "Birthday Cake" and the other featuring Chris Brown's "Turn Up The Music"
In April 2012, the singer appeared in the movie "Battleship", which is based on the game of the same name.
Rihanna's seventh album Unapologetic was released on November 19, 2012; it was preceded by the lead single Diamonds, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming Rihanna's twelfth number one single on the chart and tying her with Madonna and The Supremes for the fourth-most number ones in the chart's history.
On January 28, 2016, Rihanna released her eighth studio album ANTI exclusively through streaming service Tidal. The album peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200, becoming Rihanna's second number one and eighth top ten album on the chart. The album was supported by the release of four singles including the lead single "Work" featuring Drake, which topped the Billboard Hot 100. Further platinum singles "Needed Me" and "Love on the Brain" both peaked inside the top ten of the Hot 100. In 2016, Rihanna was featured on several singles. The first collaboration was Calvin Harris' "This Is What You Came For," which reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two in the United Kingdom. Rihanna was also featured on Drake's "Too Good" from his album Views and Mike Will Made It's single, "Nothing Is Promised". On June 27, 2016, Rihanna released "Sledgehammer", the lead single from the Star Trek Beyond soundtrack. On August 28, Rihanna was honored with the MTV Video Vanguard Award at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. Rihanna was elected artist of the decade of 2010 by Pitchfork, Insider, Lofficiel among other major music magazines.
In October 2022, Rihanna released "Lift Me Up" from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, marking her first solo single since 2016's "Love On The Brain". It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 in the UK. The song was nominated for a Golden Globe and Academy Award, making it Rihanna's first nomination in both awards. On February 12, 2023, she performed at the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show, marking her first performance since the 2018 Grammy Awards. Her Halftime show became the second most watched Halftime show of all time with 118.7 million viewers, just after Lady Gaga’s (117.5 million), but behind Katy Perry’s (121 million).
If It's Lovin' That You Want Pt. 2
Rihanna Lyrics
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You should make me your girl, your girl
If it's loving that you need
Baby come and share my world (share my world)
If it's loving that you want
Then come and take a walk with me, walk with me
'Cause, everything that you need, I got it right here baby (baby)
Be that one you share your everything when no one's around
Baby come tell me your secrets, and tell me all your dreams
'Cause I can see you need someone to trust
You can trust in me
Di di di di da da dey
So just call me whenever you're lonely
Di di di di da da dey
I'll be your friend, I can be your homey
If it's loving that you want
Then you should make me your girl (your girl)
If it's loving that you need
Baby come and share my world (share my world)
If it's loving that you want
Then come and take a walk with me (take a walk with me)
'Cause, everything that you need, I got it right here baby (baby)
Hold up! Lemme get this straight
Saying you'd be there to do whatever it takes
To make more brand new days of my life
My troubles would be over if I made you my wife
Right, right
I ain't saying I died
Lemme take a second and I think about it
What about it?
I coulda deal with this chick
So I wouldn't mind being here to here on the script, lets make it happen baby
It's been so long I've had this feeling
That we could be
Everything you've ever wanted baby
Your fantasy
I won't push too hard or break your heart
'Cause my love's sincere
I'm not like any other girl you know
So let me erase your fears
Di di di di da da dey
So just call me whenever you're lonely
Di di di di da da dey
I'll be your friend, I can be your homey
If it's loving that you want
Then you should make me your girl, your girl
If it's loving that you need
Then baby come and share my world, share my world
If it's loving that you want
Then come and take a walk with me, walk with me, baby
'Cause everything that you need, I got it right here baby, baby
I could understand why you want me
My mom told me one day I could make a lady lucky
We came home together
You know how chick do try and make a head miss when you hit that thing true miss
Little lady you was right from the ghetto
I don't know if I wanna handcuff you yet miss
Missta gun's the name
I need a friend ma join me or wanna have sex
Di di di di da da dey
So just call me whenever you're lonely
Di di di di da da dey
I'll be your friend, I can be your homey
If it's loving that you want
Then you should make me your girl (your girl)
If it's loving that you need
Then baby come and share my world (share my world)
If it's loving that you want
Then come and take a walk with me, walk with me
'Cause, everything that you need, I got it right here baby, baby
I wanna let you go
That you don't have to go
Don't wonder no more
What I think about you
I got what you need so come share my world oh
In Rihanna's song "If It's Lovin' That You Want Part II," the singer is offering herself to someone who is looking for love. She tells the person that if they want love, they should make her their girl, and if they need love, they should share her world. She promises to be their friend, to be there when they're lonely, and to help them through their troubles. The lyrics suggest that the person is looking for someone they can trust, and Rihanna is willing to be that person.
Rihanna goes on to explain that the person can tell her their secrets and dreams, and she will be there to support them. She tells them that she is not like any other girl they know and that she will erase their fears. The lyrics suggest that the person is hesitant to commit to a relationship, but Rihanna assures them that she will not push too hard or break their heart.
Line by Line Meaning
Now if it's loving that you want
If you're looking for love
You should make me your girl, your girl
You should choose me to be your partner
If it's loving that you need
If you're in need of love
Baby come and share my world (share my world)
Come be a part of my life and share my experiences
If it's loving that you want
If you want to experience love
Then come and take a walk with me, walk with me
Let's spend some time together and get to know each other
'Cause, everything that you need, I got it right here baby (baby)
Because I have everything you need right here with me
Now it's obvious you need a friend to come hold you down
It's clear that you need someone to be there for you
Be that one you share your everything when no one's around
Be the person you can confide in when you're alone
Baby come tell me your secrets, and tell me all your dreams
Share with me your deepest secrets and dreams
'Cause I can see you need someone to trust
Because it's evident that you need someone you can trust
You can trust in me
You can rely on me to be trustworthy
So just call me whenever you're lonely
Don't hesitate to reach out to me when you're feeling lonely
I'll be your friend, I can be your homey
I can be a friend to you and someone you feel comfortable around
Hold up! Lemme get this straight
Wait a minute, let me clarify something
Saying you'd be there to do whatever it takes
You promised to always be there for me
To make more brand new days of my life
To bring more joy and excitement to my life
My troubles would be over if I made you my wife
You believe that all my problems would be solved if we got married
Right, right
Ok, I understand
I ain't saying I died
I'm not saying I'm completely in agreement
Lemme take a second and I think about it
Let me take a moment to consider it
What about it?
What are the details of it?
I coulda deal with this chick
I could potentially have a relationship with this woman
So I wouldn't mind being here to here on the script, lets make it happen baby
I'm willing to try and make a relationship work, let's do it
It's been so long I've had this feeling
I've been feeling this way for a while now
That we could be
That we could potentially have a relationship
Everything you've ever wanted baby
Everything you desire in a partner
Your fantasy
The person you dream of being with
I won't push too hard or break your heart
I won't be too pushy and I won't hurt you emotionally
'Cause my love's sincere
Because my love for you is genuine
I'm not like any other girl you know
I'm unique and different from other women you've met
So let me erase your fears
Let me calm your worries and fears
I could understand why you want me
I can see why you're interested in me
My mom told me one day I could make a lady lucky
My mother told me that someday I could bring happiness to a woman's life
We came home together
We left together and went home
You know how chick do try and make a head miss when you hit that thing true miss
You know how women can make you feel out of sorts when you're intimate
Little lady you was right from the ghetto
You were raised in a poor area
I don't know if I wanna handcuff you yet miss
I'm not sure if I'm ready for a long-term commitment
Missta gun's the name
My name is Missta Gun
I need a friend ma join me or wanna have sex
I want someone to be my friend, or I'm interested in having a sexual relationship
I wanna let you go
I don't want to hold you back
That you don't have to go
I'm not asking you to leave
Don't wonder no more
Don't be uncertain anymore
What I think about you
What my thoughts and feelings are towards you
I got what you need so come share my world oh
I have what you're looking for, so come be with me
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Samuel Barnes, Jean Olivier, Makeba Riddick, A Mosley, Lawrence Parker, Scott Larock
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