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Rihanna

Singer, songwriter, actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist

Born 1988

Rihanna is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist whose Caribbean-rooted debut grew into one of the defining pop careers of the 21st century. After Pon de Replay introduced her in 2005, SOS, Umbrella, Disturbia, Rude Boy, Only Girl (In the World), We Found Love, Diamonds and Work traced an unusually agile path through dancehall, R&B, dance-pop and electronic music. Her eighth album, ANTI, pushed that catalogue toward a looser, more intimate sound and produced Work, Needed Me and Love on the Brain. Beyond recording, she has acted in Battleship, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and Ocean's 8, headlined the Super Bowl LVII halftime show, and earned her first Academy Award nomination for Lift Me Up. Rihanna founded Clara Lionel Foundation and built Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Fenty Hair and Fenty Fragrance around an inclusive beauty brief; she also co-founded Savage X Fenty. Barbados appointed her Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in 2018 and named her its 11th National Hero in 2021. In 2025 she voiced and produced Smurfs, released Friend of Mine, marked 20 years since Music of the Sun, and welcomed a daughter with her partner A$AP Rocky. Her 2026 public work included new Fenty launches and the Edison Achievement Award while she continued to describe music as an active creative priority rather than announce an unsupported album date.

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ConnectionA$AP RockyPartner, co-parent and creative collaborator across fashion and Fenty projects.

ConnectionJay-ZEarly Def Jam advocate and collaborator on Umbrella, Talk That Talk and Run This Town.

ConnectionCalvin HarrisProducer and co-performer on We Found Love and This Is What You Came For.

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Recording Academy

Rihanna — Grammy Awards and Nominations

Identity, biography and award record.

Date not supplied OfficialOriginal

Fenty Beauty

Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin help and FAQs

Founder, CEO and ownership record.

Date not supplied OfficialOriginal

Phaidon

Rihanna — standard edition

Exact book edition, authorship, format, page count and ISBN.

Date not supplied OfficialOriginal

Fenty Beauty

Fenty Eau de Parfum — 75 ml

Exact fragrance product and Rihanna's stated application.

Date not supplied OfficialOriginal

Edison Awards

2026 Edison Achievement Award Honorees

Official 2026 achievement honour.

Apr 14, 2026 OfficialOriginal

Vogue

Rihanna gives birth to her third child, a daughter

Reports Rihanna's public announcement of Rocki's birth.

Sep 24, 2025 PrimaryOriginal

Recording Academy

Songbook: The Ultimate Guide to Rihanna's Reign

Career-spanning catalogue chronology updated for the 20th anniversary.

Aug 29, 2025 OfficialOriginal

Paramount Pictures

Smurfs

Voice, producer and film metadata.

Jul 18, 2025 OfficialOriginal

Rihanna / Roc Nation

Friend of Mine — official music video

Official soundtrack single release.

May 15, 2025 OfficialOriginal

Harper's Bazaar

Rihanna Is the People's Pop Star

Long-form biography, partner, family, business and new-music context.

Feb 22, 2025 PrimaryOriginal

Image rights ledger

Rihanna at the U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown in 2024

Media: U.S. Embassy Bridgetown

Official-duty federal government photograph; cropped on Commons.

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Rihanna performing on the Anti World Tour in 2016

Media: Paweł7

Uploader-owned performance photograph; date disclosed.

Source file CC BY-SA 4.0