- Was signed to Def Jam Records.
- Her musical inspirations include Alicia Keys, Beyoncé Knowles, and Mariah Carey.
- Attended Combermere which is a sixth form school similar to technical school in America.
- Performed Mariah Carey’s “Hero” at her school’s talent show.
- Won a beauty pageant at her school.
- Born to a black Barbadian father Ronald Fenty and a black Guyanese mother Monica Fenty.
- She has two younger brothers Rorrey and Rajad.
- Stated in an interview that her friend and former Island Def Jam record label artist Fefe Dobson was someone that she admired and looked up to. Having a fellow black artist writing, singing, and performing the music she truly loves.
- Ranked #8 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
- Sampled “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ ” by Michael Jackson from his ” Thriller” album in her song “Please Don’t Stop the Music”.
- Ranked #15 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
- She’s addicted to shopping and owns over 100 pairs of shoes.
- She had a cameo role in Bring It On 3: All or Nothing.
- She sold a million copies worldwide of her debut Music Of The Sun.
- In the Philippines, If It’s Lovin’ That You Want became Rihanna’s first #1 single.
- Rihanna says that the thing she misses most about Barbados is the food.
- Whenever Rihanna visits Barbodos, the first place she goes to is the beach.
- Her favourite movie is ‘Hangover’.
- Rihanna’s favorite hangout spot in Barbodos is the boatyard.
- Rihanna won as Cosmopolitan Magazine’s Ultimate Mistress of Music for 2007.
- Rihanna has put up her own foundation called “Believe” to help sick children get medical treatment, school supplies, and toys.
- The choreography for Rihanna’s videos Pon De Replay and If It’s Lovin’ was done by Fatima Robinson.
- Was on the cover of various magazines such as: Vogue (UK, US, Italia), Harper’s Bazaar US, Elle, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, GQ.
- The first artist to be featured on Coldplay’s album.
- She’s the most liked female artist on Facebook with almost 60 million likes.
- The first artist to hit 2 billion view on VEVO.
- 14 of her singles went No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
- In the UK, she became the only female; and the only artist in 52 years to have three top ten songs at once on the ‘UK Official Chart’. She also became the first female artist; in the history of the chart, to have a number one in five consecutive years.
- Named “Sexiest Woman” for 2011 by Esquire magazine [October 12, 2011]. Esquire gives the title of “sexiest woman” to a different celebrity each year.
- Organised a bachelorette party for her close friend Katy Perry in 2010.
- Named one of “The Most 100 Influential People In The World” – in 2012 by Time Magazine.
- Ranked 4th on Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2012, with earnings of $53 million.
- Was tagged “The Digital Download Queen” due to her songs being downloaded over 75,000,000 times combined.
- Her album ‘Talk That Talk’ returned to the No.1 spot in the UK 9 months after its premiere.
- She become the only female in American history to have her first single to go number one after the second. [What’s My Name? went no.1 before the first single from ‘LOUD’ – ‘Only Girl (In the World)’.
- She received two ICON Awards so far: in 2013 for her impact on music and in 2014 for her impact on fashion.
- She covered American Vogue three times.
- She covered Harper’s Bazaar two times.
- She is the artist with most videos that have over 100 million views on VEVO (19).
- She established Clara Lionel Foundation which helps children with cancer.
- Teamed up with Hard Rock Cafe in 2014 and created a T-shirt. The money earned will be directed to Clara Lionel Foundation.
- Made four collections for M.A.C Cosmetics and was the face of VIVA Glam 2014.
- Designed collections for River Island and two capsule collections for Armani.
- Gratuity ‘Tip’ Tucci, voiced by Rihanna in ‘HOME’, is the first black protagonist in a feature film by DreamWorks Animation.
- Rihanna is the first black woman to become the face of Dior.
- In 2014 Rihanna organized the first ‘Diamond Ball’ which raises funds to help people all over the world.