Biographic - Sunday March 29, 2015 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 to the Def Jam record label. Her 2005 debut album "Music Of The Sun," spawned her first single, the reggae-influenced "Pon De Replay" which hit No. 2 on the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Her second album "A Girl Like Me," was released in 2006, and the lead single, "SOS" gave Rihanna her first U.S. chart-topper. She appeared in the movie "Bring It On: All OR Nothing" and made cameo appearances on TV's "All My Children" and "Las Vegas." Having won a slew of awards in 2006, she released her third album "Good Girl Gone Bad" In 2007, the album, and its 2008 re-release spawned the worldwide hits "Umbrella" "Take A Bow" "Disturbia" 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 her in the hospital and Brown in a Los Angeles courtroom. Her fourth studio album, 2009's "Rated R" was propelled to platium status by the smash-hit single "Rude Boy" She has guested on hits by a number of artists, including T.I. and Maroon 5, and was featured with Kanye West on the Double Grammy-winning Jay Z hit "Run This Town" before teaming up with Eminem on the worldwide No. 1 "Love The Way You Lie" (the pair topped the U.S. charts again in 2013 with Eminem's single "The Monster" The hits continued to come at an astonishing rate, including the U.S. chart-topping singles "Only Girl (In The World)" "What's My Name?" (With Drake), S&M", "We Found Love" (With Calvin Harris) and "Diamonds" the platinum albums "Loud" and "Talk Like That" were followed by 2012's "Unapologetic," which was Rihanna's first U.S. chart-topping album. In early 2015, she teamed up with Kanye West and Sir Paul McCartney on the No. 1 single "Fourfiveseconds." To date, she has sold more than 150 million records and earned 8 Grammys and 23 Billboard a=music awards! Having starred in the 2012 sci-fi action movie "Battleship" and made cameos in "This Is The End" and "Annie" this spring sees Rihanna voice the female lead in the animated movie "Home."

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