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Rihanna (pronounced /riːˈɑːnə/; born
Robyn Rihanna Fenty; February 20, 1988) is a
Barbadian/
Guyanese singer,
model and
fashion designer. She is the second artist, and first female, from Barbados to have received a
Grammy Award[The Nation Newspaper GRAMMY GIRL][[1]][The Nation Newspaper Bajan stars welcome Grammy] (the first being
Jimmy Senya Haynes).
[The Nation Newspaper Jimmy was first] Rihanna is currently signed to the
Def Jam Recordings label.
[Def Jam Recordings] She has attained four
Billboard Hot 100 number ones thus far ("
SOS", "
Umbrella", "
Take a Bow", and "
Disturbia"), tying her with
Mariah Carey and
Beyoncé as the female solo artist with the most number ones
this decade.
[www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003839063 Billboard] She has sold over 11 million albums and nearly 40 million singles worldwide.
Rihanna came to fame in 2005 with the release of her debut album
Music of the Sun, which featured her breakthrough single "
Pon de Replay". Less than a year later, Rihanna released
A Girl Like Me and gave her first number one single, "SOS". In 2007, Rihanna released her third studio album,
Good Girl Gone Bad. The album has yielded six hit singles including three worldwide number one singles including "Umbrella", "
Don't Stop the Music" and "Take A Bow". Since the release of her debut album, Rihanna has amassed twelve top 40 hit singles in the U.S.
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