February 20, 1988: Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, Barbados on February 20, 1988, to Ronald Fenty, a warehouse supervisor, and Monica Fenty, an accountant. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
February 20, 1988: "Rihanna (born Robyn Rihanna
Fenty on February 20, 1988) is a young Barbadian
singer with musical influences from R&B, pop, reggae and dance." - Rihanna, Wikiquote.
February 20, 1988: Rihanna (born Robyn Rihanna Fenty; February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer, model, fashion designer and music director. - Rihanna, Music_wikia.
February 20, 1988: Rihanna (born Robyn Rihanna Fenty; February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer, model, fashion designer and music director. - Rihanna, Music_wikia.
February 20, 1988: Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988), better known by herstage nameRihanna (pronounced /riˈænə/), is a BarbadianR&B recording artist and model. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2000s
2000
2000s: Rihanna has attained six Hot 100 number one singles, becoming the female artist with the most number ones attained within the 2000s. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2003
2003: Friends introduced Rihanna and her two bandmates to record producer Evan Rogers, who was vacationing in Barbados with his wife. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2004
2004: She won the Miss Combermere Beauty Pageant. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2005
2005: She was originally marketed as a reggae singer since she burst on scene in 2005, with a styles of pop, R&B and dancehall. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2005: Rihanna came to fame in 2005 with the release of her debut album Music of the Sun, which featured her breakthrough single "Pon de Replay". - Rihanna, Music_wikia.
August 22, 2005: She released her debut single, "Pon de Replay", on August 22, 2005, which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
August, 2005: Her debut album, Music of the Sun, was released in August 2005[19] in the United States. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
October, 2005: Rihanna struck her first endorsement deal with Secret Body Spray[186] for them to sponsor her first tour. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2006
April, 2006: A Girl Like Me was released in April 2006,[28] less than eight months after her debut. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2006: She also received an endorsement deal from Clinique in 2006 to promote their Happy fragrance. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2006: Rihanna created her Believe Foundation in 2006 to help terminally ill children. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
August 8, 2006: She made her acting debut in a cameo role to the film Bring It On: All or Nothing, released on August 8, 2006. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
September 14, 2006: Jay-Z, Rihanna and West performed "Run This Town" on the series premiere of The Jay Leno Show on September 14, 2009. - Run This Town, Wikipedia.
November, 2006: After the release of the album, she embarked on the Rock The Block Tour and then toured with Pussycat Dolls from November 2006 to February 2007 in the United Kingdom. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2007: The song is listed number three on the 100 Best Songs of 2007 published by Rolling Stone magazine. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2007: She was nominated in four categories at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, winning Monster Single of the Year and Video of the Year. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2007: Rihanna began showing interest in making film appearances. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
, 2007: Rihanna spent ten weeks at number 1 with the song Umbrella, the longest stay for any artist at number 1 for thirteen years and the 2nd best successful single of the year, and Amy Winehouse had the biggest selling album of the year with Back to Black. - 2007 in British music charts, Wikipedia.
September, 2007: She became the official face of tourism for Barbados, being included in many of their ad campaigns. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
September 15, 2007: Rihanna embarked on a worldwide concert tour on September 15, 2007, three months after the release of the album. - Good Girl Gone Bad, Wikipedia.
September, 2007: The DSquared2 fashion show in Milan featured Rihanna entering the stage in an American muscle car, followed by a runway walk. - Dean and Dan Caten, Wikipedia.
2008
January, 2008: "He's one of my closest friends in the industry. He makes me
feel like a teenager — I have to act and think like an adult so
much. He makes me feel young again." - Rihanna, Wikiquote.
January, 2008: "They'd complain to my other neighbor, who was very close to my
mom, so we always got the message: I'm to loud. But we didn't
really care. They can't tell me what to do in my house!" - Rihanna, Wikiquote.
February 20, 2008: She additionally was honored by the Prime Minister David Thompson, who presented her several gifts at a national concert on 20 February 2008 in Barbados, called "Rihanna Day". - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
February 6, 2008: She performed at Madonna’s Raising Malawi fundraiser on February 6, 2008 in New York City. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
February, 2008: The line, called Fashion Against AIDS, was launched in February 2008 to raise awareness of the disease among teens and spread awareness about HIV/AIDS. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
February, 2008: Regardless, In February 2008, Rihanna thanked her country and honoured them during the acceptance speech for her win of "Best Rap/Sung Collaboration" at the Grammy Awards. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
February 10, 2008: The Time reunited at The 50th Grammy Awards on February 10, 2008
in a medley that included Rihanna and featured "Jungle
Love." - The Time (band), Wikipedia.
2008: Rihanna's fashion and style also landed her on the list of People's 10 Best Dressed Stars of 2008. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2008: She constantly surprised, switching from pretty and sweet in pastels on the red carpet to dominatrix-leaning wear on stage and at awards shows. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2008: She became the global representative and the face of the 4th annual Gucci Campaign to Benefit United Nations Children's Fund. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2008: A remix featuring Rihanna was recorded in the
Fall of 2008 and was intended to be sent to US radio on January 20,
2009 as the album's third single, however, the release was
canceled. - Paranoid (Kanye West song), Wikipedia.
2008: Rihanna also won Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist at the 2008American Music Awards. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2008: Margeaux Watson of Entertainment Weekly wrote an article entitled "Rihanna: Diva of the year" which he refers to her breakout success of 2008. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
November 19, 2008: The campaign aimed to raise funds for children in Africa through the sale of its Tattoo Heart collection of bags, which launched worldwide on November 19, 2008. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
December, 2008: Rihanna contracted with Gucci to appear in their ads for the Tattoo Heart Collection, a special-edition line. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
December, 2008: She appeared in the fashion house’s Tattoo Heart campaign, which premiered in December 2008. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2009
January 20, 2009: Rihanna performed on January 20, 2009 at the Recording Industry Association of America's Presidential Inauguration Charity Ball to raise money for the world largest anti-hunger organization. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
February 8, 2009: Rihanna's scheduled performance at the 2009 Grammy Awards was cancelled. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
February, 2009: Rihanna first learned about Anema's plight in February 2009, when she saw the moving video Anema's best friend, Isabelle Huurman, and her mother, Karen Detrick, made appealing for donors to save Anema. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
February 10, 2009: In the wake of Chris Brown's arrest on felony and assault charges by physically assaulting fellow singer Rihanna (whom he was also dating), several radio stations, including the syndicated American Top 40, announced that they will temporarily stop airing Brown's songs. - 2009 in radio, Wikipedia.
March 5, 2009: Brown was charged with assault and making criminal threats. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
April 16, 2009: Rihanna also announced dates for the Rated R Tour which is scheduled to begin on April 16, 2010. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
April 2, 2009: Rihanna visited the NYU Medical Center to help look for another bone marrow donor for a young girl named Jasmina Anema. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
April 8, 2009: It was announced that Rihanna inked a fragrance deal with Jay-Z’s licensing company Iconic Fragrances. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
May 7, 2009: Rihanna honored Anema's best friend, Isabella, for her efforts for trying to save her best friend at a DKMS Gala on May 7, 2009. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2009: Glamour also awarded Rihanna with the seventeenth most glamorous woman of 2009 out of fifty. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
2009: Maxim named Rihanna the eighth-sexiest woman on earth. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
September, 2009: She appeared on the cover of Vogue Italia for the September 2009 Issue. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
September 14, 2009: The trio also performed "Run This Town," on the premiere of The Jay Leno Show on September 14, 2009. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
September, 2009: Rihanna performed "Run This Town" along with Jay-Z and West for the "Answer the Call" concert at Madison Square Garden in September 2009, making it her first musical performance since the altercation with Brown. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
September, 2009: Rihanna performed at Jay-Z's "Answer to Call" concert, which paid tribute to the police officers and firefighters who died on the September 11 attacks. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
October 27, 2009: The album cover was released on October 27, 2009, which features Rihanna in a moody, contemplative pose wearing a leather top with her hand covering her right eye and each finger wrapped in an intricate set of rings. - Rated R (Rihanna album), Wikipedia.
November, 2009: Her fourth studio album, Rated R, was released in November 2009. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
November, 2009: Rihanna's fourth studio album, Rated R, was released in November 2009. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
November 16, 2009: Rihanna premiered songs from the album during her first solo concert since allegedly incident with Brown at the Brixton Academy in London which was sponsored by Nokia. - Rated R (Rihanna album), Wikipedia.
November 3, 2009: The following day, Rihanna shot a promotional music video for "Wait Your Turn" which premiered on her official website on November 3, 2009. - Rated R (Rihanna album), Wikipedia.
December 1, 2009: A four-night launch celebration began, in which singer Rihanna performed onboard, before the ship left Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on 5 December 2009. - MS Oasis of the Seas, Wikipedia.
2010s
January 31, 2010: In addition, Rihanna won the "Best Rap Song" and "Best Rap/Sung Collaboration" awards for "Run This Town" at the Grammy Awards on January 31, 2010. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
January, 2010: Rihanna received two Grammy Awards for Jay-Z's 2009 single "Run This Town", bringing her total number of Grammys won to three. - Rihanna, Wikipedia.
February 25, 2010: In the United Kingdom, Rihanna performed the song on Alan Carr: Chatty Man on February 25, 2010 and on GMTV the following day. - Rude Boy (song), Wikipedia.
March 3, 2010: Rihanna then promoted the album in Berlin when she signed autographs and performed at the ECHO Awards on March 3, 2010. - Rated R (Rihanna album), Wikipedia.