  Rihanna grew up in Barbados and
after moving to the US in 2005 while still in
her late teens, she was able to get a
recording contract with Jay-Z's Def Jam Recordings
and had one of the biggest hits of that
summer with a debut LP soon following.
 # 10
Singles Artist of the Year
 Rihanna hit the Top 40 with
"Pon De Replay."
Rihanna hit the Top 10 with "Pon De Replay."
 Rihanna released her debut LP Music
Of The Sun.
Rihanna hit #1 for a week with "Pon De Replay."
Rihanna topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Music Club Play chart and Dance Radio
Airplay chart with "Pon De Replay."
Rihanna hit the Top 40 with
"If It's Lovin' That You
Want."
 Rihanna hit the Top 10 with "If It's Lovin' That You
Want."
 # 2
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Female Artist of the Year)
Music
Of The Sun was certified gold.
The single "Pon De Replay" was certified 2x
platinum.
 Rihanna hit the Top 40 with
"SOS."
The single "Pon De Replay" was certified 3x
platinum.
Rihanna hit the Top 10 with "SOS."
 Rihanna hit #1 for 2 weeks with "SOS."
Rihanna topped the Billboard
Dance Airplay chart with "SOS."
Rihanna released her next LP A
Girl Like Me.
Rihanna hit the Top 40 with
"Unfaithful."
Rihanna topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart, Pop 100 chart, Hot Dance Club Play
chart, and Hot Digital Songs chart with
"SOS."
Rihanna topped the Canadian LP
chart with A
Girl Like Me.
 Rihanna hit the Top 10 with "Unfaithful."
Rihanna topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Club Play chart with the remixes of
"Unfaithful."
A
Girl Like Me was certified platinum.
Rihanna topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Airplay chart with "Unfaithful."
Rihanna won 2 Teen Choice Awards
for Choice Music R&B Artist and Choice
Music Breakout, Female.
 The video for "SOS" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards including Best New Artist and Viewer's Choice.
Rihanna hit the Top 40 with
"We Ride."
 Rihanna won a MTV Europe Music
Award for Best R&B Artist.
Rihanna hit the Top 40 with Sean Paul with
"Break It Off."
Rihanna topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Pop Artist
- Female (singles & albums), Top Hot 100
Singles Artist - Female, Top Pop 100 Artist,
and with the Top Hot Dance Airplay Track
("SOS").
 # 7
Singles Artist of the Year
Rihanna topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Club Play chart with "We Ride."
Rihanna hit the Top 10 with Sean Paul with
"Break It Off."
 Rihanna hit the Top 40 with Jay-Z with
"Umbrella."
Rihanna topped the UK and Canada
singles chart with Jay-Z with
"Umbrella."
Rihanna hit the Top 10 and #1 for
3 weeks
with Jay-Z with
"Umbrella."
Rihanna topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart, Hot Digital Songs chart, Hot
Digital Tracks chart, Hot Dance Airplay
chart, and Pop 100 chart with Jay-Z with
"Umbrella."
 Rihanna released Good
Girl Gone Bad.
Rihanna could be heard on Fabolous' LP From
Nothin' To Somethin' on the track
"First Time."
Rihanna topped the UK and
Canadian LP charts with Good
Girl Gone Bad.
Rihanna hit the Top 40 with
"Shut Up And Drive."
Rihanna topped the Billboard Hot
100 Airplay chart and Hot Dance Club Play
chart with Jay-Z with
"Umbrella."
On July 7th, Rihanna performed
at the Live
Earth
concert in Japan. The 7-continent concert
organized by Al Gore brought together over
100 artists to perform and raise the world's
awareness about the climate crisis and how to
make a difference to help the environment and
the world.
 Rihanna hit the Top 10 with "Shut Up And Drive."
Rihanna topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Club Play chart with "Don't Stop The Music."
Rihanna won 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Video of the Year and Monster Single of
the Year ("Umbrella" with Jay-Z) and was nominated for
Best Direction ( Chris Applebaum)
("Umbrella" with Jay-Z) and Female Artist of the Year.
 Rihanna hit the Top 40 with Ne-Yo with
"Hate That I Love You."
Rihanna hit the Top 10 with Ne-Yo with
"Hate That I Love You."
The single "Umbrella" was certified 2x
platinum, "Unfaithful" was certified
platinum, and "Pon De Replay" was certified
gold.
Good
Girl Gone Bad was certified platinum.
Rihanna won an American Music
Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist.
Rihanna also performed at the ceremony.
 Rihanna topped the Billboard Hot
Dance Club Play chart with "Shut Up And Drive."
Rihanna hit the Top 40 with
"Don't Stop The Music."
"Umbrella" was the top song
of the year in the UK.
Rihanna topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Hot Dance
Airplay Track ("Umbrella").
 # 1
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Female Artist of the Year)
Rihanna hit the Top 10 with "Don't Stop The Music."
 Rihanna won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Umbrella" with Jay-Z), and was nominated
for n Record of the Year ("Umbrella" with Jay-Z), Best Dance Recording ("Don't Stop The Music"), and Best R&B Vocal
Performance by a Duo or Group ("Hate That I Love You" with Ne-Yo). Rihanna performed at
the ceremony.
Rihanna hit the Top 40 with
"Take A Bow" from the
up-coming re-release of the LP Good
Girl Gone Bad.
 Rihanna hit the Top 10 with "Take A Bow."
Rihanna topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart, Hot Digital Tracks chart, and Hot
Digital Songs chart with "Take A Bow."
Rihanna topped the UK and
Canadian singles chart with "Take A Bow."
Rihanna hit the Top 40 helping
out Maroon 5 with "If I Never See Your
Face Again."
Rihanna hit #1 for 5 weeks with "Take A Bow."
 Rihanna released Good
Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded with the additional
tracks "Take A Bow," "If I Never See Your
Face Again" with Maroon 5 and
"Disturbia."
Rihanna hit the Top 40 with
"Disturbia."
Rihanna topped the Billboard Pop
100 Airplay chart and Hot 100 Airplay chart
with "Take A Bow."
 Rihanna hit the Top 10 with "Disturbia."
Rihanna topped the Billboard Hot
R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (for the first
time) and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart
with "Take A Bow."
Rihanna topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart, Hot Digital Songs chart, and Hot
Digital Tracks chart with "Disturbia."
Good
Girl Gone Bad was certified 2x platinum.
 The single "Hate That I Love You" was certified
gold.
Rihanna topped the Billboard Pop
100 chart, Hot Dance Club Play chart, Hot
Dance Airplay chart with "Disturbia."
The video for "Take A Bow" was nominated
for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Female Video and Best Direction (Anthony Mandler).
Rihanna performed at the ceremony.
Rihanna hit #1 for 4 weeks with "Disturbia."
 Rihanna hit the Top 40 as part
of Artists Stand Up For Cancer
with the charity single "Just Stand Up!"
Rihanna topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart, Hot Digital Tracks chart, and Hot
Digital Songs chart helping out T.I. with "Live Your Life."
Rihanna topped the Billboard Pop
100 Airplay chart with "Disturbia."
 Rihanna hit the Top 40 helping
out T.I. with "Live Your Life."
Rihanna hit the Top 40 with
"Rehab."
Rihanna hit the Top 10 helping out T.I. with "Live Your Life."
Rihanna topped the Billboard Hot
100 chart, Hot 100 Airplay chart, and Hot Rap
Tracks chart helping out T.I. with "Live Your Life."
Rihanna won 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist
and and Favorite Pop/Rock
Female Artist.
 Rihanna topped the Billboard Pop
100 chart and Pop 100 Airplay chart helping
out T.I. with "Live Your Life."
Rihanna hit #1 helping out T.I. with "Live Your Life."
Rihanna topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Pop Artist
- Female (singles & albums), Top Hot 100
Singles Artist - Female, Top Pop 100 Artist,
Top Digital Songs Artist, Top Hot Mainstream
Top 40 Artist, and Top Hot Dance Airplay
Artist.
 Good
Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes was released.
Rihanna was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards including Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("If I Never See Your
Face Again" with Maroon 5), Best Dance Recording ("Disturbia"), and Best Music Video, Long Form (Good
Girl Gone Bad Live).
Rihanna cancelled her
performance at the Grammy Awards. Rihanna was
reportedly the victim of assaults and threats
by boyfriend Chris Brown. Rihanna also
cancelled appearances at the NAACP Image
Awards and an Asian concert schedule.
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