Biographic - Sunday November 28, 2010 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born in Saint Michael, Barbados, on February 20, 1988. After winning her school's beauty and talent pageant, performing a version of Mariah Carey's "Hero" Rihanna was introduced to vacationing producer Evan Rogers and soon found herself in New York, recording with him and his production partner, Carl Sturken. They arranged an audition with industry mogul Jay-Z, who signed her off to Def Jam record label. Her debut album, "Music Of The Sun" was released in the summer of 2005, and her first single, the reggae-influenced "Pon De Replay" soared to No. 2 on the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Her second album, "A Girl Like Me" was released in the spring of 2006, and the lead single "SOS" gave Rihanna her first Billboard chart-topper. She made her first forays into acting, appearing in the movie "Bring It On: All Or Nothing" as well as making cameo appearances on TVs "All My Children" and "Las Vegas" has won a slew of awards in 2006, she released her third album, "Good Girl Gone Bad." In 2007, the album spawned the worldwide hits "Umbrella" "Take A Bow" and "Don't Stop The Music." In early 2009, Rihanna was at the heart of a media feeding frenzy following an incident with her then-boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, that landed Rihanna in the hospital and brown in a Los Angeles courtroom. Her fourth studio album, 2009's "Rated R" was propelled to platinum status by the smash-hit single "Rude Boy" Having guested on hits by a number of artists, including T.I. and Maroon 5, she was featured with Kanye West on the double grammy-winning Jay-Z hit "Run This Town" before teaming up with Eminem on the worldwide chart-topper "Love The Way You Lie." Her next hit- "Only Girl (In the World)" paved the way for her fifth album "Loud."

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