• Rihanna's full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty
• She was born in St Michael, Barbados and moved to the US at 16.
• Rihanna has sold more than 20 million albums and 60 million singles
• She has been appointed the official ambassador of youth and culture for Barbados.
• When Jay Z first heard "Pon de Replay", he was skeptical about Rihanna because he felt that the song was too big for her.
• On February 8, 2009, Rihanna's scheduled performance at the 2009 Grammy Awards was cancelled because her then boyfriend, Chris Brown, beat her up.
• Rihanna created her Believe Foundation in 2006 to help terminally ill children
• She became the fastest solo artist in the chart's history to achieve twenty Hot 100 top-ten singles, breaking the previous record set by Madonna.
• She is the eldest of three siblings. she has two brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty
• Rihanna has named Madonna as her idol and biggest influence, and said she wants to be the "black Madonna"

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