Robyn Rihanna Fenty is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman, who has been recognized for embracing various musical styles and reinventing her image throughout her career. She earned significant recognition following the release of her first two studio albums, Music of the Sun (2005) and A Girl like Me (2006), both of which were influenced by Caribbean music and peaked within the top ten of the US Billboard 200 chart. Rihanna’s third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), incorporated more elements of dance-pop and catapulted her to greater stardom, establishing her status as a sex symbol and a leading figure in the music industry. Its international chart-topping single “Umbrella” earned Rihanna her first Grammy Award, winning Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
Rihanna extended her fusion of pop, dance, and R&B on her next four studio albums, Rated R (2009), Loud (2010), Talk That Talk (2011), and the Grammy Award-winning Unapologetic (2012). All four releases incorporated experimentation of various musical styles and consolidated Rihanna’s international chart success, Unapologetic being her first number-one album in the US. Her eighth studio album, Anti (2016), showcased her control over artistic creativity after her departure from Def Jam. It became her second US number-one album and featured the chart-topping single “Work”. Having sold over 250 million records, Rihanna is one of the world’s best-selling music artists.
She has earned 14 number-one singles, 31 top-ten singles in the US, and 30 top-ten entries in the UK. Her accolades include nine Grammy Awards, 13 American Music Awards, 12 Billboard Music Awards, and six Guinness World Records. Alongside a successful music career, Rihanna is well known for her involvement in humanitarian causes, entrepreneurial ventures, and the fashion industry. She is the founder of the nonprofit organization Clara Lionel Foundation, cosmetics brand Fenty Beauty, and fashion house Fenty under LVMH. In 2018, the Government of Barbados appointed her as an ambassador with duties promoting education, tourism and investment.
Some of the best quotes from Rihanna are listed below.
- “Ask God for forgiveness, and leave your regrets in the past.” – Rihanna
- “Be a girl with a mind, a b**ch with an attitude, a lady with class.” – Rihanna
- “Because tomorrow I’m still going to be the same person. I’m still going to do what I want to do.” – Rihanna
- “Dancing was always part of my culture growing up in Barbados. When I shot my 1st video I worked really hard with my choreographer to perfect the routines.” – Rihanna
- “Don’t hide from who you are.” – Rihanna
- “Hurt me with the truth. Don’t comfort me with a lie.” – Rihanna
- “I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to.” – Rihanna
- “I don’t do things for the response or the controversy. I just live my life.” – Rihanna
- “I hate going to the gym and doing it the old-fashioned way. I hate anything that’s too straightforward, too routine, too familiar, and I get bored really, really quickly.” – Rihanna
- “I love music, and after my first experience with movies, I can’t wait to do more.” – Rihanna
- “I love reading people. I really enjoy watching, observing, and being able to figure out a person, the reason they wore that dress, the reason they smell the way they do.” – Rihanna
- “I stand up for what I believe in, and a lot of the time that can be against people’s opinions.” – Rihanna
- “I think a lot of people are afraid of being happy because of what others might think.” – Rihanna
- “I’m crazy, and I don’t pretend to be anything else.” – Rihanna
- “If I cry, it’s because I’m very angry and I can’t do anything about it because I’ve run into a dead end. That’s when the tears would come down.” – Rihanna
- “If you don’t live your life, who the f**k will?” – Rihanna
- “It’s nice to look back on your life and see things as lessons, and not regrets.” – Rihanna
- “It’s only up from here, no downward spiral.” – Rihanna
- “It’s tougher to be vulnerable than to actually be tough.” – Rihanna
- “Let go of the things that make you feel dead! Life is worth living!” – Rihanna
- “Nobody can understand what you’re feeling unless they burn the way you burned.” – Rihanna
- “People gonna talk whether you doing good or bad.” – Rihanna
- “People think, because we’re young, we aren’t complex, but that’s not true. We deal with life and love and broken hearts in the same way a woman a few years older might.” – Rihanna
- “Sure, you wish you did some things differently. But there is no sense in becoming burdened with regret over things you have no power to change.” – Rihanna
- “When I was fourteen and first started going out, I always wanted to be the opposite of everyone else. So I would go to the club in a polo T-shirt and pants and sneakers and a hat on backward, just so I would not be dressed like other girls.” – Rihanna
- “When it’s over and it’s gone, you almost wish that you could have all that bad stuff back so you can have the good.” – Rihanna
- “When you realize who you live for, and who’s important to please, a lot of people will actually start living. I am never going to get caught up in that. I’m gonna look back on my life and say that I enjoyed it – and I lived it for me.” – Rihanna
- “You almost feel ashamed, that someone could be that important that without them, you feel like nothing.” – Rihanna
- “You don’t want to live your life and then meet someone. You want to share your life with someone. That’s what I’m missing right now.” – Rihanna
- “You have to just accept your body. You may not love it all the way, but you just have to be comfortable with it, comfortable with knowing that that’s your body.” – Rihanna
- “You may never be good enough for everybody, but you will always be the best for somebody.” – Rihanna
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