The Rise of a Barbadian SuperStar - Rihanna

Rihanna - Road To The Grammys !!

2005

Pon De Replay:
# 2 in USA on Billboard 100
# 2 in Britain
# 2 in Canada on Billboard
# 1 on Digital Tracks
Most requested song on Hot 97.
Gold in Australia.
Gold in USA after a few weeks.
Sold 450,000 copies by October.

Music in the Sun album:

Sold 69,000 in USA in a week.
Sold 200,00 in USA by October.
Gold in USA.
Platinum in Canada.
Double Platinum in Japan.
Million-seller worldwide.

Performances:

MTV Awards
World Music Awards
NFL kick-off

Movies: Bring It On (November)

Travelled: United Kingdom; Japan
France; Germany
Canada; Australia

2006

AWARDS
* Best Urban International for SOS - TMF Awards, Belgium
* Break Out Female Artist - Teen Choice Award
* R&B Artist 2006 - Teen Choice Award
* Best New Artist Video, Pon De Replay - MTV Video Music Award, Japan
* Best R&B Artist - MTV Europe Music Award
* Best R&B Artist - MOBO Award
* Pop 100 Artist of Year - Billboard Music Award
* Female Hot 100 Artist of Year - Billboard Award
* Female Artist of Year - Billboard Award
* Best International Artist, for SOS - Much Music Awards
* 8 Awards - Barbados Music Awards

OTHER:

· Nike deal worth approximately $20 million.
First non-athlete to endorse for Nike.
· Clinique Happy Fragrance Perfume deal worth $3000.000 US
· Cover Girl Cosmetic deal, worth over $20
million.
· LG Mobile Phones deal
· Celebrity Legs of a Goddess Award and endorsement - Proctor and Gamble, Venus Breeze Shavers; Her legs have been insured for $1 milliion
· Sang the USA Anthem at Yankee and Mets game.
· Hosted USA Teen Choice Awards.
· Hosted Preshow of MTV Awards.

Girl Like Me
· Sold close to 1 million copies in its first month.
· Debuted at # 1 in Canada on the Billboard
International Charts.

SOS
· Created history when SOS jumped 33 rungs to # 1 on Billboard and remained there for 3 weeks.
· # 1 Hot dance Air Play.
· # 1 Hot digital Songs.
· # 1 Pop 100.
· # 1 Hot Dance Club Play.

Appearances
· "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno.
· All My Children.
· Bring It On.
· So You Think You Can Dance.
· NBC Today.

2007

AWARDS
* World Best Selling Pop Female artist - World Music Award
* Female Entertainer of Year -World Music award
* R&B Artist 2007 - Teen Choice Award
* Best International Song, Unfaithful - NJR Music Award
* Video of Year, Umbrella - MTV Video Music Award
* Monster Single of Year, Umbrella - MTV Video Music Award
* Ultimate Urban Award - MTV Europe Music Award
* Best International Act - MOBO Award
* Favourite Soul R&B Female Artist -American Music Award
* 10 Awards - Barbados Music Awards
* Song of the Year; Umbrella - Premios Principales

OTHER:
· Gillette Shavers for women deal.
· Tote line of Umbrellas.
· Sexiest Female Musician - Victoria Secret's
· Among 100 most beautiful people in the world.
· 6 top ten records in two and a half years.

Umbrella:
· Debuted at # 1 in Britain before even being in Stores.( over 10 weeks at # 1)
· First female to enter at # 1 based on downloads, in Britain.
· Biggest debut single in itunes six-year history.
· # 1 on Billboard Hot 100
· # 1 on Billboard Pop 100
· # 1 in the U.K

Good Girl Gone Bad:
· Enters Charts at # 1 in Britain

2008

AWARDS:

* Favourite R&B Song, Shut Up and Drive - People's Choice Award USA
* International Song of Year, Don't Stop the Music - NJR Music Award
* Best International Video Artist, Don't Stop the Music - Much Music Video Award
* International Album of Year, Good Girl gone Bad, - Juno Award
* Best Song of Year; Umbrella - Swiss Mucic Awards
* Most watched Video; Umbrella - Much Music Video

**Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, Umbrella - Grammy Award***

OTHER:
· Cover Girl - "Instyle" magazine.
· Cover Girl - "Today's Black Woman" magazine.
· # 1 Best Hair Award - Touch magazine, America.
· Spokesperson - Gucci; UNICEF Ad

Take a Bow:
· Biggest jump for a female artist, from # 53 to # 1 on Billboard Hot 100.
· On top charts in 18 countries.
· # 1 on itunes in USA, Canada, UK, New Zealand, Denmark and Ireland.

Disturbia
#1 Billboard Hot 100 - August 2008.

Rihanna Scores! August 15, 2008

****It's Official: Rihanna ties Beyonce and Mariah for the most #1 hits by a female artist in this decade******

T.I. replaces himself at #1 with "Live Your Life," a duet with Rihanna. Not only did the song set a record by jumping from #80 to #1 being released last week-but it also gives Rihanna her fifth U.S. #1,.

2010 February - 2 Grammys - Best Rap Collaboration withjazy ; song : Run This town. and Bset Rap song : Run This town ,

March 2010- It's 6 for Rihanna. Rihanna scores sixth No. 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 this week with her third song from her platinum fourth album, "Rude Boy." You just can't keep a good girl down!

June 2010 Rated R's third chart hit, the runaway smash "Rude Boy" charged to #1 on a slew of charts, including Billboard's Hot 100, Hot 100 Airplay, Mainstream Top 40, Rhythmic, Mainstream R&B, Dance Club Songs and Dance Airplay and MediaBase's Pop, Rhythm, and Urban charts. With "Rude Boy'" s success, Rihanna became the first female artist of the past decade to chart six #1's on the Hot 100 and now ties Madonna in first place with seven #1's on the Hot Dance Airplay chart (launched in 2003). "Rude Boy" (released November 2009) followed up "Russian Roulette" (October 2009) and the RIAA platinum "Hard" featuring Jeezy (also November 2009). "Rude Boy" is Rihanna's 14th top 10 on the Hot 100, which ties her with Beyonce for most top 10s on the chart by a female artist since 2000.

OMG - It is now 7 number one hits for Rihanna. Rihanna and Eminem' s "Love the Way You Lie" is now #1 on Billboard Charts. (August 2010).

Congratulations to Eminem and Rihanna for breaking YouTube record with their brand new video "Love The Way You Lie"! The smash hit, produced by UK rising talent, Alex Da Kid, gained over 6.6 million hits in its first 24 hours, making it the Best 60 hour Gainer Rate in the history of You Tube! That figure has now risen to over 14 million hits in little over 60 hours!
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Rihanna Dazzles At Sold-Out New York Show
NEW YORK -- Rihanna threw one dance-friendly party at her sold-out gig at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night. It was a dazzling mixture of couture, high-flying dancing and lots of chart-toppers. And when MTV News caught up with some of Rihanna's biggest fans after the curtains closed on the show, they all said the "Love the Way You Lie" singer didn't disappoint.

"Rihanna was awesome," fan Elizabeth gushed. "She was amazing. It was the best concert I've ever been to."

Carib WorldNews, New York, NY, Mon. Aug. 16, 2010

Grammy Award-winning Barbadian singer, Rihanna, upped the ante late last week for her New York Madison Square Garden show.

Rihanna's Last Girl on Earth tour rolled into town on August 12th to play to a sold out Madison Square that was packed with kids and teens.

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"Only Girl (In the World)," the lead single for "Loud," presents Rihanna at her most confident, demanding undivided attention from her lover over impeccably calculated synths and bass. The song is another collaboration with Stargate, and when it reached No. 3 on the Hot 100 two weeks ago, Rihanna officially raised her sum of top 10 hits to 16, the sixth-best total among women in the chart's 52-year history. She now trails only Madonna with 37 top 10s, Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson (27 each), Whitney Houston (23) and Aretha Franklin (17).
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RI-WARDED: As "What's My Name?" vaults 60-1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Rihanna continues to enhance a commanding chart history that began the week of June 11, 2005, when "Pon De Replay" debuted at No. 97.

"What's My Name?" becomes Rihanna's eighth No. 1 (and featured artist Drake's first), a sum bested by only four women in the Hot 100's 52-year history.

Here is a look at the solo female artists with the most Hot 100 No. 1s:

Total No. 1s, Artist, No. 1 Span
18, Mariah Carey (1990-2008)
12, Madonna (1984-2000)
11, Whitney Houston (1985-95)
10, Janet Jackson (1986-2001)
8, Rihanna (2006-10)
6, Paula Abdul (1989-91)
6, Diana Ross (1970-81)
5, Beyonce (2003-08)
5, Olivia Newton-John (1974-81)
5, Barbra Streisand (1974-80)

Of the women with at least eight No. 1s, Carey reached the total the fastest, as "Vision of Love" became her first leader the week of Aug. 4, 1990, and "Hero," her eighth, reigned Dec. 25, 1993, a span of three years, four months and three weeks. Rihanna is the second-quickest, requiring just four years, six months and one week between her first and latest trips to the top.

Dating to May 13, 2006, when "SOS" became the first of Rihanna's eight Hot 100 No. 1s, Justin Timberlake ranks second with four leaders, followed by the Black Eyed Peas, Eminem, Fergie, Nelly Furtado, Ludacris, Katy Perry, T.I. and T-Pain, each with three.

"What's My Name?" storms in atop Digital Songs, marking Rihanna's ninth No. 1 on the survey, the highest total since the chart's data began contributing to the Hot 100 the week of Feb. 12, 2005.
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RIHANNA DOES IT AGAIN - Another #1 tkaes her to 8 November 2010

Rihanna has the International Charts locked down.

Canadian Charts #1 Only Girl ; #7 What's My Name

USA Charts #1 What's My Name (from #60 to #1) ; #4 Only Girl

UK Charts #1Only Girl

Aus Charts # 2 Only Girl (down from #1)
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