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Rihanna is a Barbadian singer and actress born in 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados. After her audition with rapper and then Def Jam President Jay-Z, she signed a contract with Def Jam Records. Her first two albums, Music of the Sun and A Girl Like Me, reached top ten status in the Billboard 200. Other albums she released include Good Girl Gone Bad, Rated R, Loud, Talk that Talk and Unapologetic. Some of her most popular songs include Umbrella, We Found Love, Diamonds, and Take a Bow. Rihanna has won seven Grammy Awards, 22 Billboard Music Awards, eight American Music Awards, and two Brit Awards. She has formerly dated rapper Drake and singer Chris Brown.

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21 Apr, 2014

Will star in Home

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Rihanna announces star role in the new DreamWorks film Home, her first lead role in a film. Rihanna plays a tomboy who help a group of aliens, that have taken over the world, called Boovs find a new home. Co-stars of the film are Jennifer Lopez and Steve Martin. Home is due to be released in theatres on November 26. Until then DreamWorks has created a 4 minute prequel titled Almost Home to the movie as a sneak peek.

1 Mar, 2014

V cover

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rihanna-nude-with-kate-moss-for-v-magazine-spring-2013Rihanna and Moss appear on the cover of the Spring 2013 issue of V magazine. Rihanna talks about not knowing Moss had a kid, Moss joining in the photoshoot, and not reading gossip.

I don’t read it anymore. I already have too many voices in my head right now! I don’t have room for that other stuff. If I let that other stuff in, it’ll take the space of productive sh*t, and that isn’t good.

18 Feb, 2014

Vogue cover

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1392752862_rihanna-vogue-lgRihanna appears on the March 2014 issue of Vogue magazine. She talks about how she feels about being a celebrity.

I never wanted to be famous. I just wanted my music to be heard all over the world. Then it happened and the fame came with it. I can’t ever imagine feeling used to it.

13 Feb, 2014

Wins Grammy

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Rihanna wins Grammy for Best Dance Recording for Only Girl (In The World).

Thanks for letting us accept this. Thank to these guys we made the record with.

"Only Girl (In The World)" wins the GRAMMY for Best Dance Recording - 53rd GRAMMY Pre-Tel | GRAMMYs

26 Jan, 2014

Grammy nomination

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Rihanna and Ekko are Grammy nominees for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for Stay. Ekko:

I’m honored to announce…Grammy nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group for “Stay“…So excited. Thanks for all your love and support, guys. It means the world.

Wins Grammy

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Rihanna wins a Grammy for Best Urban Contemporary Album for Unapologetic.

I was at home and one of my friends hit me and said, ‘You just won a Grammy,’ and I was like, ‘What’?

1 Jan, 2014

Glamour UK cover

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Glamour-January14_cover_3dec13_PR_bbbtRihanna appears on the cover of the January 2014 issue of Glamour UK magazine. She talks about how she went away for a bit, going home to Barbados, and her new tv show.

They’re going to keep knocking away until all this comes crashing down. But I’m not ever gonna crash. I’m in control.

1 Nov, 2013

Glamour cover

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01-rihanna-glamour-november-cover-h724Rihanna appears on the cover of the November 2013 issue of Glamour magazine. The cover photo is taken by Tsiolis. The singer talks about the difference between her real name Robyn and Rihanna.

When people call me Robyn, my head just flies around because I feel like that person knows me. But Rihanna, that tends to be people’s own [creation]. Robyn is who I am. Rihanna—that’s an idea of who I am.

28 Oct, 2013

British GQ cover

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R1382986902_rihanna-articleihanna appears on the cover of the December 2013 issue (25th anniversary) of British GQ. The magazine also features a 12 photo spread of Rihanna and live artist, Damien Hirst.

Love playing with dominant animals! These 2 were double the trouble but they’re superstars!

The Monster

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Rihanna and Eminem collaborate on The Monster from Eminem’s album, Marshall Mathers LP 2. 

Marshall Mathers LP 2, is not necessarily a sequel, as much as it is a revisitation. So there’s not gonna be, like, continuations of every old song on there or anything like that. To me, it’s more about the vibe, and it’s more about the nostalgia.

Eminem - The Monster (Edited) ft. Rihanna

23 Aug, 2013

Princess of China

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Rihanna and Coldplay create music video for song Princess Of China. The video for the rock song, depicts Rihanna and Chris Martin in a Asian-style battle is directed by Adria Petty, who says:

It’s a music video, you’re not really held to any narrative structure. Once we had the movie trailer format, we wanted to celebrate something visual and Asian-inspired across the board, but nothing too prescriptive. Thus, they planned a sequence of acrobatic martial arts scenes and dubbed Rihanna’s violent damsel character the “Geisha Assassin” and Chris Martin’s hero “The Returning Ronin.”

Coldplay - Princess Of China ft. Rihanna (Official Video)

18 Jun, 2013

RiRi Hearts Mac collection

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download (5)Rihanna announces launch of her new mac summer cosmetics line, RiRi Hearts.

That’s right baby, I’m a #MACgal now! Get into it, package designed and products created from scratch by yours truly! Thanks to the EPIC team at #MAC for giving me the opportunity to play and share my favorite sh*t with my fans and yours.

16 Jun, 2013

Twickenham Stadium performance

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music-rihanna-diamonds-tour-cardiff-opening-night-7Rihanna performs at Twickenham Stadium in London live with David Guetta. The pair perform Phresh Out The Runway from Rihanna’s Unapologetic album.