Rihanna

Rihanna —artistic name of Robyn Rihanna Fenty— was born on February 20, 1988, in the Parish of Saint Michael, Barbados, and grew up in Bridgetown. Her entry into the music world was quite direct: in 2003 she auditioned for the American producer Evan Rogers, who took her to the United States to record demos. Two years later she signed with Def Jam, and almost immediately her first two studio albums were released: Music of the Sun (2005) and A Girl Like Me (2006). Both have a Caribbean feel and both entered the top 10 of the Billboard 200.The turning point came with the third album. Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) incorporated dance pop and brought with it «Umbrella», the single that topped charts in several countries and gave her her first Grammy.

From then on came a streak of albums that mix pop, dance and R&B: Rated R (2009), Loud (2010), Talk That Talk (2011) and Unapologetic (2012). The last one was her first number one on the Billboard 200. From these albums several singles emerged that topped charts: «Rude Boy», «Only Girl (In the World)», «What's My Name?», «S&M», «We Found Love», «Where Have You Been» and «Diamonds».In 2016 came Anti, already outside Def Jam, with more creative control on her part. It was her second album to reach number one in the United States and has «Work» as its lead single, which also topped charts.