This summer, Rihanna had the longest-running British No. 1 single by a female artist since Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You. Her song Umbrella spent ten weeks at the top, transforming the 19-year-old Barbadian from fluffy, frothy popster into international R&B superstar.

So, presumably, she could, if she chose to, make outrageous demands, be accompanied by an army of sycophants, demand things just so or refuse to play ball. But the cramped and freezing backstage area of the Berlin, Germany concert hall where she was about to appear witnessed no hissy fits. Her entourage is tiny, her dressing room curtained off with improvised, gaffer-taped cloth.
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This summer, Rihanna had the longest-running British No. 1 single by a female artist since Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You. Her song Umbrella spent ten weeks at the top, transforming the 19-year-old Barbadian from fluffy, frothy popster into international R&B superstar.
So, presumably, she could, if she chose to, make outrageous demands, be accompanied [...]

Rihanna (in Lanvin) lets her guard down in the January 2008 issue of Allure, as shot by Michael Thompson.

The Barbados babe shot the cover at New York City? ? !” s Lux Studio with Robin Thicke? ? !” s CD, The Evolution of Robin Thicke, playing in the background.
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Rihanna (in Lanvin) lets her guard down in the January 2008 issue of Allure, as shot by Michael Thompson.
The Barbados babe shot the cover at New York City? ? !” s Lux Studio with Robin Thicke? ? !” s CD, The Evolution of Robin Thicke, playing in the background.

She came out of Barbabos under the influence of Alicia Keyes and Beyonce, signed to Def Jam, toured with Gwen Stefani, then produced the biggest hit of 2007, Umbrella, no doubt helped by the additional vocals supplied by hip-hop giant Jay-Z, who also wrote and produced the tune. It spent ten weeks at the top, matching Whitney Houston’s record for a female artist with I Will Always Love You in 1991. The single also helped her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad, go to No. 1.
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She came out of Barbabos under the influence of Alicia Keyes and Beyonce, signed to Def Jam, toured with Gwen Stefani, then produced the biggest hit of 2007, Umbrella, no doubt helped by the additional vocals supplied by hip-hop giant Jay-Z, who also wrote and produced the tune. It spent ten weeks at the top, [...]

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Good girl gone bad Rihanna graces the latest issue of Britain’s YOU magazine. In the magazine she talks about her crack addict father, Justin Timberlake, and her new image. Here are some highlights from the interview…

Rihanna on her father, a former crack addict:
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S I had seen the marijuana and cocaine around him but I didn? ? !” t know what it was. I just knew that my mum didn? ? !” t like it, and they were always fighting about it. My mother was a very strong woman and tried to shelter us from as much as she could. But she was working, and he was at home, so there was only so much that she could hide from us. He? ? !” s OK, he? ? !” s drug-free now. He got over it a while ago because my mother wouldn? ? !” t let us go and see him otherwise. So he gave it up for us.? ? ?
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Good girl gone bad Rihanna graces the latest issue of Britain’s YOU magazine. In the magazine she talks about her crack addict father, Justin Timberlake, and her new image. Here are some highlights from the interview…
Rihanna on her father, a former crack addict:
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S I had seen the marijuana and cocaine around him but [...]

Rihanna recently sat down with Choice FM’s George Kay and answered some fan questions and cleared up some of the rumors that have been running rampant lately. Click the link below to access the stream.

Rihanna interview with George Kay.

Rihanna recently sat down with Choice FM’s George Kay and answered some fan questions and cleared up some of the rumors that have been running rampant lately. Click the link below to access the stream.
Rihanna interview with George Kay.