26 interesting facts about Rihanna

  1. Rihanna (born February 20, 1988), is a Barbadian recording artist and model.
  2. She worked with Maroon 5 on a song called If I Never See Your Face Again.
  3. Her single, Take a Bow, remained in the Top 10 songs on iTunes for about a month in June 2008.
  4. Rihanna is 5 feet 8 inches tall.
  5. Rihanna claims that her dark skin color faded away because she spends so much time traveling in cold countries.
  6. She banned fans from bringing umbrellas to her U.K. concerts because she does not want anyone getting hurt if the fans try to copy her dance moves with the umbrellas when she performs her song Umbrella.
  7. Rihanna doesn't smoke.
  8. In her song Don't Stop the Music, she samples a part of the Michael Jackson song Wanna Be Startin' Something from his Thriller album.
  9. In February 2008, it was revealed that Barbados was creating a national holiday to honor Rihanna. Rihanna accepted the honor and put on a free concert for her fans.
  10. Rihanna is a big fan of Whitney Houston.
  11. While she was a child, Rihanna's mother, a professional make-up artist, did not allow her to use beauty products. Ironically, she grew up to became the spokesperson for Cover Girl cosmetics.
  12. Rihanna won as Cosmopolitan Magazine's Ultimate Mistress of Music for 2007.
  13. Rihanna's biggest pet peeve is when people are dishonest.
  14. If Rihanna didn't have a music career, she would like to go into psychology.
  15. Rihanna has a turtle and a Pomeranian named Marley.
  16. Rihanna was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in May 2007.
  17. She won four honors at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards including Female Artist of the Year.
  18. Unfaithful is based on a relationship Rihanna had when she was 14-years-old. Her relationship "was not physical" though.
  19. In 2006, Rihanna received two Video Music Award nominations for "Best New Artist" and "Viewer's Choice" for S.O.S..
  20. Her musical influences include Dancehall, Pop, Reggae, and Soca.
  21. Rihanna has two brothers Rorrey and Rajad.
  22. She sold a million copies worldwide of her debut Music Of The Sun.
  23. The lead single off her album A Girl Like Me, "S.O.S." was recorded for her recent endorsement deal with Nike.
  24. Her musical inspirations include Alicia Keys, Beyoncé Knowles, Mariah Carey, Sean Paul, Luther Vandros, Shaggy, DC, and Diana Ross.
  25. Rihanna once said she would risk her life for her mother and her brother.
  26. Rihanna is of African, Creole and Guyanese descent.
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