From Barbados to the Super Bowl show: Rihanna, the superstar who returns to the theater after 6 years

In 2005, the music industry world was shocked to hear Press replaya single with which pop lovers, and even those who are not devoted to the genre, have turned to see and want to meet their interpreter: Rihanna. 18 years later, the singer is set to join the exclusive list of female artists to headline one of the world’s biggest mass shows, the Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Although today anyone can identify the songs as Diamonds, love the way you lie oh Umbrella, his story began two years before his solo debut. In 2003, she was “found” by American music producer Evan Rogers during a visit to Barbados.

She is from said paradise island, a place that, before her international success, very few knew about. In 2021, when the country officially declared itself a republic and ended 396 years of dependence on the British crown, it was declared “National Hero of BarbadosThanks to the fact that the singer managed to make the world go round to see her hometown thanks to her great artistic and commercial impact.

It’s the story of a superstar who has always enjoyed success, rising from music to fashion, from the beauty industry to one of the most demanded and consumed lingerie brands in the world; a singer who makes history.

Robyn Rihanna Fentyreal name, was born on February 20, 1988, into a family nucleus consisting of his parents Monica Braithwaite, an accountant, and Ronald Fenty, a tradesman and warehouse supervisor, who may have already given a small indication of this which was in store for the long-term singer.

Moreover, the famous model has two brothers, Rorey and Rajad Fenty, two sisters and a brother from another marriage of his father. Something she preferred to keep secret, avoiding at all times to talk about her family so as not to expose her to the media attention she frequently generates.

Checking that she had great vocal and artistic skills since she was little, with only 16 years old He signs his first contract with a renowned record company. Rihanna sang Mariah Carey and Destiny’s Child songs for Rogers, the producer, impressed by the young woman’s talent, asked to have a meeting with her mother to allow her to take her to the United States to record songs and send them to record companies, something that was a complete success.

For this action, Evan Rogers has even been cited in numerous articles in the specialized music press as one of the most important “star discoverers” in history, alongside Scooter Braun, who found Justin Bieber thanks to YouTube.

Although “every head is a world”, some of Rihanna’s songs became classics that over time became cultural references for specific eras and the generations who enjoyed them at the time.

In March 2022, the singer confessed during an appointment with the press to present her new makeup line, what are her favorite songs, surprising more than one fan and present since in the past she had refused to list her creations, because he considered that doing could deduce the individual perception that the followers of his music have.

“What song are you most proud of?” asked Mikayla, a famous American content creator for ICT Tac. “Oh, shit*”, he first replied between two laughs. The influencer first had to give her opinion in order to encourage the interpreter of “It’s Unfaithful”; Rihanna opened “I love them I needed me there Diamonds”.

However, for professional critics, their fans, and statistics provided by music platforms via streaming and physical sales, these would be the most popular and acclaimed:

We Found Love, Work, Only girl in the world, Don’t Stop the Music, What’s My Name, Love on the brain, Umbrella, Diamonds, Stay there lift me up.

It is important to specify that before her debut as a businesswoman, Rihanna had already sold 250 million musical productions in the world, something for which more than one underlined that show business “has been too small for her” and it was demonstrated with her success in beauty lines.

Your makeup brand Fenty Beautywhich it owns with luxury conglomerate LVMH, supplied it in 2019, according to Forbes, good part of the $600 million in which the fortune of the singer is valued.

Plus, since 2017 when the project kicked off, it’s made it clear that it won’t repeat the patterns big companies have adopted: making makeup and underwear something exclusive for each gender. He didn’t shy away from betting on sexual diversity, so he created this makeup line with absolutely everyone in mind.

Rihanna has over 600 nominations and won over 200 awards, she is one of the artists who have generated the most fortune from music sales in history, with more than 250 million records sold worldwide , according to data published for its own label.

This singer received 9 Grammy Awards, 13 American Music Awards, 8 People’s Choice Awards, 12 Billboard Music Awards, 2 BRIT Awards and 8 iHeartRadio Music Awards. During her career, she broke 6 world records and received other awards such as CFDA Fashion Icon of the Year in 2014.

As part of the protocol that each artist who directs the Halftime show of the big sporting event, Rihanna gave a press conference on February 9, where she shared some details about the difficulty of preparing for a show after being away from the stage for so long.

“It will be a holding my catalog the best way we could have. We had to set aside some issues, but I think we did a really good job of narrowing it down, for a 13-minute number,” he said.

Considering the high expectations, the superstar is expected to release some unreleased material after his presentation, so that his followers can not only have an impressive show, but also the start of a new musical era.

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