GOOD GIRL GONE GREAT

Those legs? They’re insured. That haircut? Legendary. The chances that serial hit-maker Rihanna will keep churning out gold-whether in music, fashion, or film-for some time to come? Spectacular.

By Candice Rainey
Photographed by Gilles Bensimon
Styled by Joe Zee

There are those hits that climb to the top of the music charts, live in our iPods for a couple months, morph into ring tones, do a cameo on Grey’s Anatomy, and eventually reach their shelf life and disappear into the pop-music ether. And then there are hits, addictive sonic pleasures that burrow deep inside our brains. Songs that seduce not only the Sidekick-packing teens but also the snobby music critics: Madonna’s “Like a Virgin”; George Michael’s “Freedom 90.” Songs that stick.

Rihanna, the Barbados-born singer who landed on our shores only three years ago, launched her career by perfecting the formula for the first kind. There was “Pon de Replay,” a reggae-tinged dance-hall theme from her inaugural album, Music of the Sun, which stormed the radio in summer 2005. Then came her second record, A Girl Like Me, with “SOS,” a hook-driven club phenomenon that heavily sampled the ’80s cover of “Tainted Love” by new-wavers Soft Cell, and “Unfaithful,” a darkish ballad mostly memorable for its video, featuring the barely legal, emerald-eyed heartbreaker writhing atop a grand piano. They were all decent songs, just not unforgettable.

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GOOD GIRL GONE GREAT
Those legs? They’re insured. That haircut? Legendary. The chances that serial hit-maker Rihanna will keep churning out gold-whether in music, fashion, or film-for some time to come? Spectacular.
By Candice Rainey
Photographed by Gilles Bensimon
Styled by Joe Zee
There are those hits that climb to the top of the music charts, live in our iPods [...]

Rihanna is on the cover of the June 2008 issue of Company Magazine UK.

Exclusive Rihanna
on bondage, British men & being a diva!

Head over to their website to order a copy if you don’t live in the UK.

Rihanna is on the cover of the June 2008 issue of Company Magazine UK.
Exclusive Rihanna
on bondage, British men & being a diva!
Head over to their website to order a copy if you don’t live in the UK.

Rihanna takes the June 2008 cover of Elle.

She addresses those pesky rumors about a romantic relationship with her and Jay-Z, who is married to Beyonce now.

RiRi says:

“Well, it’s crazy that you ask me that. People know that it’s not true,” she says. “I think it’s kinda a cliche question, and people know it’s not true, so I don’t even know why it’s still addressed to this day. I get asked about it all the time and I’m like, You’re asking, but you know the answer. I don’t even like to address it anymore.”

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Rihanna takes the June 2008 cover of Elle.
She addresses those pesky rumors about a romantic relationship with her and Jay-Z, who is married to Beyonce now.
RiRi says:
“Well, it’s crazy that you ask me that. People know that it’s not true,” she says. “I think it’s kinda a cliche question, and people know it’s not [...]

Afro Magazine (April 2008) HQ Scans:

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SHE’S ONE OF THE HOTTEST BABES IN POP, BUT 20-YEAR-OLD SINGER RIHANNA – WHOSE HITS INCLUDE UMBRELLA – WORKS HARD TO LOOK THIS GORGEOUS
Interview by Vicki Grimshaw

YOU have an amazing figure. How do you stay in shape?
A lot of hard work and a lot of running on the treadmill. Cardio is the key. I have a personal trainer who travels with me if we have a big event coming up. I work out every day but I need a trainer to motivate me – I don’t find it much fun working out on my own.

What do you like about your body?
My bum, and I keep working at it as I want it to be perfect. It makes my clothes look good – and guys like it!

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SHE’S ONE OF THE HOTTEST BABES IN POP, BUT 20-YEAR-OLD SINGER RIHANNA – WHOSE HITS INCLUDE UMBRELLA – WORKS HARD TO LOOK THIS GORGEOUS
Interview by Vicki Grimshaw
YOU have an amazing figure. How do you stay in shape?
A lot of hard work and a lot of running on the treadmill. Cardio is the key. I [...]