Rihanna 101

In February 2008, it was revealed that Barbados was creating a national holiday to honor Rihanna. Rihanna accepted the honor and put on a free concert for her fans.

Rihanna is a big fan of Whitney Houston.

Rihanna has put up her own foundation called "Believe" to help sick children get medical treatment, school supplies, and toys.

Aside from her singing voice, Rihanna gets awards for her legs-they're even insured for a million dollars. She admits that she has to work out regularly to make them look fit.

While growing up, her make-up artist mom didn't let Rihanna play with beauty products. Now she gets to have all the make-up she wants-Rihanna is now the endorser of big make-up label, Cover Girl.

Rihanna doesn't eat Mexican, Indian, Japanese, or Chinese food. Instead, she snacks on local fruit and lots of water to keep healthy.

Rihanna was ranked #78 on Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2007 for her music video featuring Ne-Yo "Hate That I Love You".

At the 2007 American Music Awards, Rihanna was chosen as the Favorite Female Artist for Soul/R&B category.

Rihanna won as Cosmopolitan Magazine's Ultimate Mistress of Music for 2007.

In the 2007 Teen Choice Awards, Rihanna won in the category "Choice Music: R&B Artist".

Rihanna ranked #8 in Maxim's 2007 Hot 100 List.

The song "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" by Panic! at the Disco was actually a song wroted by Patrick Stump, from the band, Fall Out Boy.

Rihanna and the band, Fall Out Boy, sang "Shut Up and Drive," which was a song by Rihanna.

Rihanna is tutored 15 hours a week.

Rihanna's favorite hangout spot in Barbados is the boatyard.

Rihanna enjoys watching the show Entourage.

Rihanna's biggest pet peeve is when people are dishonest.

Whenever Rihanna visits Barbodos, the first place she goes to is the beach.

Rihanna's favorite subjects were chemistry and math.

Rihanna is very picky when it comes to food. She won't eat Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, or Indian food. She also hates vegetables.

Rihanna is the official sponsor for the Barbados Tourism Agency.

If Rihanna didn't have a music career, she would like to go into psychology.

Rihanna has a turtle and a Pomeranian named Marley.

Rihanna attended Combermere High School in Barbados.

Rihanna is the daughter of Ronald and Monica Fenty.

Rihanna's nickname is RiRi.

Rihanna says she had much more control over her new album "Good Girl Gone Bad" than she did in "A Girl Like Me".

Rihanna says that the thing she misses most about Barbados is the food.
Rihanna’s favorite fashion designers are Zac Posen and Dsquared.

Rihanna performed her songs "Pon de Replay", "SOS", "Unfaithful", "Shut Up and Drive" and "Umbrella" on July 7th, 2007 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Japan as part of the Live Earth concert.

Rihanna was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in May 2007.

Her third album is titled Good Girl Gone Bad and is to be released on June 5, 2007. The first single is Umbrella featuring Jay-Z.

She won four honors at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards including Female Artist of the Year.

She and Christina Aguilera helped launch the new colors of the LG Chocolate phones.
She is the new face of Cover Girl.

On A Girl Like Me, We Ride is her favorite song.

Unfaithful is based on a relationship Rihanna had when she was 14-years-old. Her relationship "was not physical" though.

Christina Milian was originally asked to record S.O.S. (written by Jonathan Rotem) by Def Jam but she declined. Rihanna was then offered to record it.

In the Philippines, If It's Lovin' That You Want became Rihanna's first #1 single.

In 2006, Rihanna received two Video Music Award nominations for "Best New Artist" and "Viewer's Choice" for S.O.S..

In 2006, she appeared on All My Children and performed Kisses Don't Lie and S.O.S..

Her second album, A Girl Like Me, debuted at #5 in the United States.

Her second album, A Girl Like Me, was released less than eight months after her debut album, Music of the Sun.

Her musical influences include Dancehall, Pop, Reggae, and Soca.

She has two brothers Rorrey and Rajad.

She has a few tattoos, including a pisces sign behind her right ear and music notes on her right foot.

Her second album A Girl Like Me recently reached platinum.

She sold a million copies worldwide of her debut Music Of The Sun.

Her obvious talent impressed Def Jam Records CEO Jay-Z enough for the label to sign her to a 6 album contract at the young age of 16.

She was discovered by producer Evan Rogers (known for work with Christina Aguilera, *NSYNC, Jessica Simpson, and others).

Def Jam's contract offer was so strong that Rihanna turned down meetings with other major record labels.

Her song Unfaithful, a slow ballad very different from Rihanna's earlier work, addresses the feelings of guilt a girl faces as she cheats on her boyfriend.

Her album A Girl Like Me, was leaked onto the internet via illegal download sites.

The lead single off her album A Girl Like Me, "S.O.S." was recorded for her recent endorsement deal with Nike.

She had a cameo role in Bring It On 3: All or Nothing.

In 2006, Rihanna landed several endorsement deals, including ones for Nike and J.C. Penney.

She toured as an open act for Gwen Stefani to promote her own album.

She was discovered by music producer Evan Rogers while he was vacationing in Barbados with his wife Jackie.

She won the Miss Combermere Pageant in 2004 at her school.

She performed Mariah Carey's "Hero" at her school's talent show.

She attended Charles F. Broome Memorial School and Combermere School, which is a sixth form school similar to technical school in the United States.

Her musical inspirations include Alicia Keys, Beyoncé Knowles and Mariah Carey.

She once said she would risk her life for her mother and her brother.

She is of African, Creole and Guyanese descent.

She's addicted to shopping and owns over 100 pairs of shoes.

She is 5 feet 8 inches tall.

The only Rihanna song not available on CD is "Bring It Back". It might've been a demo or just unreleased on CD.

She has worked with Sizzla, Rupee, J-Status, Memphis Bleek, and Kardinal Offishall on duets.

She worked with Ne-Yo on her sophomore album, A Girl Like Me.