Rihanna, whose real name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, is R & B singer from the Caribbean island of Barbados. Rihanna was first discovered in Barbados, music producer Evan Rogers, who along with his partner Carl Sturken, assisted Rihanna in recording a demo sent to the recording marked as Def Jam.
After the bankruptcy of the Director, Jay-Z, Rihanna was signed right there on the spot. In August 2005, she released her debut album, music of the Sun, which she wrote. The Album peaked in the top ten in the u.s., Canada, and the top forty in the U.K., powered by the hit single Pon de Replay, which climbed to # 2 in the u.s. Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. That year, Rihanna, also on tour with Gwen Stefani, which no doubt helped promote the album.
In April 2006, Rihanna released her album A Girl Like a student, which peaked at # 5 and # 6 in the UK the main single, "SOS (Rescue Me), climbed the Billboard Hot 100, Pop 100, Hot Dance Music/Club play # 1 and became the biggest first week single ever, selling more than 169,000 copies in its first week.
Her second single, unfaithful, written by Ne-Yo, became her third top 10 hit in the us, Rihanna has several endorsement deals under her belt, including those for Nike and J.C. Penney. She also had a cameo role in bring it on 3.
