Her background

Born in St Michael, Barbados on the 20TH February 1988

Her full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty

Rihanna is a Barbadian recording artist

At the age of 16 she moved to the US to pursue her recording career

Genre and Target audience

R&B, Pop, Hip Hop, Soul and Dance

Rihanna’s target audience is primarily girls but boys being second

Between the ages 17-19+

Rihanna is becoming quite a role model for teenagers having relationship problems recently due to the assault of Chris Brown Rihanna has been mainly focusing on making albums related to female empowerment

First Getting Signed

At first her music connections to the industry came when she met a vocationing music producer called Evan Rogers

Soon after they both moved to the big apple to search for a record deal

After one meeting with Jay Z her big break came when she was signed to the legendary label on the spot in 2004!

Her Label

Def Jam was created by Rick Rubin in his dorm room in Weinstein Hall in New York University

Founded in 1984

Its first release was a single by his punk rock group ‘Hose’

Its focused primarily on Hip Hop and Urban

Owned by major record label Universal Music Group

JLO, Neyo, Kanye West, Ludacris, Big Boi

Her Latest Album

Talk That Talk

Is her sixth album, released on November 21, 2011

Album was recorded from February 2011 till November 2011

There are 11 tracks on the album and 15 on the deluxe edition

Promotion

Two singles were released prior to the albums release ‘we found love’ and ‘you da one’

Upon its release the album received positive reviews

In the first were 198,000 copies were sold in the US

Shipments of 600,000 copies were sent to the UK

The album was $12.99 and in the UK £10.99

Its was promoted on iTunes, Spotify and through Twitter and Facebook

It is available in hardcopy and mp3 download

Future Plans

After making an impact on the music and faction industry Rihanna has decided to give back to the community that has given her support she has created the non profit organization called belief that is dedicated to giving medical services, school supplies and toys for children in need.

Plans to continue making her discography grow in the music industry

She would also like to settle down with a husband and children in the not so distant future