Rihanna born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer. She is the first female and the second known person from Barbados to have received a Grammy Award. (The first being Jimmy Senya Haynes.) Rihanna is currently signed to the Def Jam Recordings label. On February 21, 2008, Rihanna was honored with a national holiday – Rihanna day – in her home country of Barbados, to be celebrated each year on the same date.
The fifth single was to be "Breakin' Dishes" according to Billboard and has so far peaked on #4 on the Hot Dance Club Play. However due to the high surge in airplay and digital sales of "Don't Stop the Music", it has replaced Breakin' Dishes as the next single.
Also in 2007, Rihanna won World's Best-Selling Pop Female Artist & Entertainer of the Year at the 2007 World Music Awards. On November 18, 2007, she won Favorite Female Artist - Soul/R&B at the 2007 American Music Awards. "Shut Up and Drive" won best R&B song at the 2008 People's Choice Award. "Don't Stop the Music" won best international song at the 2008 NRJ Music Awards in France. she also won four awards at the 2008 BMAs Barbados Music Awards including Pop/R&B Artist of the Year, Best Pop/R&B Single - Don't Stop the Music, Best Female Music Video - "Shut Up and Drive", Song of the Year - "Umbrella", Album of the Year - Good Girl Gone Bad, Female Entertainer of the Year and People's Choice Entertainer of the year
Starting September 12, 2007, Rihanna toured Canada and the United States in support of the album with several shows and then crossed to Europe. It is called the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour, which will be released on DVD in early 2008 and feature the show performed at the Manchester Evening News Arena on December 6 2007.
Rihanna received four Grammy Awards nominations:
Rihanna premiered a new single, "Take A Bow", on KIIS-FM's On Air with Ryan Seacrest. The song will be backed by the re-issue of Good Girl Gone Bad, which will be released on May 27, 2008.
Rihanna site is now online at rihannaforum.com. This site contains lyric, albums, biography, forum and other information for Rihanna.
