Rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born 1988) born in Barbados is a pop artist and model that moved to US to begin her massively successful career when she was just 16.

At the age of just 15 Rihanna and her class mates performed a few songs to music producer Evan Rogers who was vacationing in Barbados with his wife at the time.

Rihanna was subsequently signed to Jay Z’s then label Def Jam recordings who helped her secure her place within the thriving label.

The summer of 2005 saw Rihanna release her debut single release Pon de Replay which was followed by SOS (2006), the massively successful single Umbrella (2007) and Disturbia (2008).

However it was the Rihanna album CD launch of Good Girl Gone Bad that established Rihanna fully in the charts.

Rihanna can't wear white anymore, because it gets stained with her red hair dye.

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Rihanna can't wear white anymore.

The 'Only Girl In The World' singer has recently dyed her hair a shocking bright red colour, but the style means she can't wear light garments because it runs, ruining them.

Rihanna explained: "Red suits my mood right now, it's fun, playful and flirty. But I can't wear white anymore, and my god, my pillows! I wake up thinking, 'What The Hell? Who's died in here?' my pillows, my sheets, I open my eyes and see red."

The 'Rude Boy' hitmaker is also constantly touring the world and relies on laundry services to keep her clothes clean, but says she still washes all her own underwear by hand, as it is "too personal to send out".

Barbados born Rihanna is also said to be considering becoming a UK resident, and moving from California to London.

She said: "I spend more time over there than I spend in Los Angeles, and that's where I live. London is more like my home."

Rihanna's fifth album 'Loud' is released on November 10.

'Russian Roulette' singer Rihanna admits she has learned to put herself first and be ''true'' to herself.

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Rihanna has learned to put herself first.

The 'Russian Roulette' hitmaker - who is dating baseball star Matt Kemp - has realised the most important thing in life is to support her own decisions and not do things just to please other people.

She told Britain's Marie Claire magazine: "The most important thing is to be happy and true to yourself.

"I don't want to look back at this in 30 years from now and say, 'I did it all to make them happy and I didn't enjoy.'

"I want to be able to say people loved me because of who I am. People have a lot more respect for you when you're yourself and let them see your imperfections. That's the big connection."

The Barbados-born beauty was assaulted at the hands of then-boyfriend Chris Brown in February 2009 but believes her ordeal made her the person she is now.

She explained: "I couldn't have been the woman I am today, or the friend, or the sister, or the artist, or the role model I am today if I didn't go through what I went through in the last year and a half."

Rihanna has swapped her management, joining her former mentor, Jay-Z's, Roc Nation group.

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Rihanna has swapped management to join Jay-Z's Roc Nation group.

The 'Only Girl In The World' singer has moved to the New York rapper's company, dropping manager Marc Jordan, ahead of the release of her fifth album, 'Loud', next month.

She said in a statement: "I'm so excited to take this next step in my career."

Rihanna, 22, has a long standing association with Jay - he signed her to the record label Def Jam, which he was formerly president of, in 2005 and acted as her mentor in her early career. He also guest starred on the Barbadian singer's single 'Umbrella', her biggest worldwide hit to date.

The pair also collaborated again last year on Jay's track 'Run This Town', which also featured Kanye West.

Jay records for his own record label, Roc A Fella - and Rihanna is also making a similar move, forming Rihanna Entertainment, a new company which will, according to a source: "Merge all of her businesses, including music, film, fragrance, fashion and book ventures."

It was also confirmed yesterday (20.10.10) that 'Loud' will feature guest appearances from female rapper Nicki Minaj, and male rappers Drake and Eminem.

'Loud' is set for release on November 12.