R&B star Rihanna is a multi platinum R&B recording artist famous for her smash hit R&B songs and stunning Rihanna music videos. Born Robyn Rihanna Fenty in Barbados on February 20 1988 she released her debut album “Music Of The Sun” in 2005. This album featured collaborations with J-Status, Kardinal Offishall & production from Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken and spawned the hit Rihanna songs & Rihanna music videos “Pon Da Replay” and “If Its Lovin That You Want” helping Rihanna`s excellent debut album to debut at number 10 on the Billboard Album charts selling 69,000 copies in its first week of release giving Rihanna her very first top 10 album. Check out the cool Rihanna music video for her excellent single “Pon Da Replay” below. This stunning Rihanna music video was directed by Lil X and features a high profile cameo from Canadian rapper Kardinal Offishall. The Rihanna music video for this single also became a huge hit on BET`s 106 & Park show. Rihanna released her sophomore album “A Girl Like Me” in 2006. This excellent album featured collaborations with R&B singer Ne-Yo, Sean Paul & the hit production team of Stargate. The album debuted at number 5 on the Billboard Album charts selling 115,000 copies in its first week of release. It also spawned the excellent Rihanna songs & Rihanna music videos “SOS”, “Unfaithful”, “We Ride” & the fourth official single release “Break It Off” which featured another excellent Rihanna music video helping Rihanna`s excellent sophomore album “A Girl Like Me” to sell over 1.5 million copies in the US alone. Check out the cool Rihanna music video for her excellent single “SOS” below. This excellent Rihanna music video was directed by Chris Applebaum and became a huge hit on MTV. This stunning R&B music video also became one of the most popular music videos of the year in 2006. Rihanna released her third studio album “Good Girl Gone Bad” in 2007. The album featured high profile collaborations with Hip hop star Jay Z, Ne-Yo, Stargate, Timbaland & Tricky Stewart. The album debuted at number 2 selling 162,000 copies in its first week of release and spawned the excellent Rihanna songs & Rihanna music videos “Umbrella” featuring Jay Z, “Shut Up And Drive”, “Hate That I Love You”, “Don`t Stop The Music”, “Take A Bow”. “Disturbia” & “Rehab”. The album became Rihanna`s biggest selling album to date at that point selling over 2.6 million copies in the US alone. Check out the cool Rihanna music video for her smash hit single “Don`t Stop The Music” below. This stunning Rihanna music video was directed by Rihanna & Taj and shot on location in Club Radost in Prague, Czech Republic. This excellent Rihanna song featured a sample from Michael Jackson`s classic song “Wanna Be Startin Something” and its stunning music video became one of the most popular R&B music videos of the year. Rihanna released her fourth studio album “Rated R” on November 20 2009. This hugely successful Rihanna album featured collaborations Hip hop star Young Jeezy, Will.i.am & Rock Star Slash and spawned the hit Rihanna songs & Rihanna music videos “Russian Roulette”, “Hard”, “Rude Boy” amongst others and debuted at number 4 on the Billboard Album charts selling 181,000 copies in its first week of release. The album has now sold over one million copies in the US alone and become a huge global smash too giving Rihanna another Platinum selling album with the album also peaking at number 9 on the Official UK Album charts. Check out the cool Rihanna music video for her excellent single “Hate That I Love You” featuring Ne-Yo from her excellent “Good Girl Gone Bad” album in 2007. This stunning Rihanna music video was directed by Anthony Mandler and shot on location in Los Angeles on August 13 2007. This stunning Rihanna music video became a huge favorite on BET`s 106 & Park show. Rihanna released her fifth studio album “Loud” on November 12 2010. This hugely successful album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard Album charts selling 207,000 copies in its first week of release. The album also featured high profile collaborations with Hip hop superstar Eminem on the excellent sequel to their classic hit “Love The Way You Lie”, Drake & rap sensation Nicki Minaj. The album has now sold over 1.5 million copies and spawned the hit Rihanna songs & Rihanna music videos “Only Girl (In The World)”, “What`s My Name” featuring Drake, “S&M”, “California King Bed”, the dancehall flavored “Man Down” and her final single release “Cheers (Drink To That)”. Check out the cool Rihanna music video for her smash hit single “What`s My Name” featuring Hip hop star Drake below. This excellent Rihanna music video was directed by Philip Andelman and shot on location in the lower eastside of New York City on October 27 2010. This stunning Rihanna music video which features a cameo from rap star Drake who plays her love interest has become a huge hit with her fans and was recently voted one of the best R&B music videos of the year in an online poll. Rihanna released her sixth studio album “Talk That Talk” on November 21 2011. This excellent Rihanna album featured collaborations with Hip hop legend Jay Z, Alex Da Kid, Stargate and Calvin Harris and has already spawned the hit Rihanna song & Rihanna music video “We Found Love” which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts. Rihanna released her second single "You Da One" on November 14 2011. This hugely infectious Rihanna song also featured a stunning Rihanna music video directed by Melina Matsoukas. Rihanna is also expected to release more singles & more stunning Rihanna music videos in the next few months.
