Robyn Rihanna Fenty is her full name.¹⁾

She is 34 years old. On February 20, 1988, she was born.²⁾

Rihanna was raised in Bridgetown, Barbados, and was born in Saint Michael, Barbados.³⁾

Her father is of Irish-Barbadian descent, while her mother is of Afro-Guyanese descent. When she was 14 years old, her parents split.⁴⁾

Her siblings include two biological brothers, two half-sisters, and a half-brother.⁵⁾

When Rihanna was in high school, she joined the army cadets, and her drill sergeant was singer Shontelle.⁶⁾

She won a talent event at the age of 15 by singing Mariah Carey's “Hero”.⁷⁾

Rihanna grew up listening to reggae music and began studying music in high school.⁸⁾

Rihanna won her high school beauty contest when she was 16 years old.⁹⁾

In 2003, she created a girl band in Barbados with two classmates.¹⁰⁾

Evan Rogers, an American record producer, found the girl group and asked the girls to an audition.¹¹⁾

Rihanna's strong voice stood out, so she was called back by Rogers for a second audition.¹²⁾

Rihanna's demo recordings were delivered to Def Jam Records, where Jay-Z listened to them and signed her.¹³⁾

Rihanna's debut album, “Music of the Sun” was released in August 2005 and peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling over two million copies worldwide.¹⁴⁾

Her second album, “A Girl like Me,” was released just a year after her debut in April 2006.¹⁵⁾

Rihanna received two honors at the Barbados Music Awards in 2006: Best New Artist and Best Female Artist of the Year.¹⁶⁾

Rihanna established the Believe Foundation in 2006 to assist terminally sick children.¹⁷⁾

S.O.S., her first number-one hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, was released in 2006.¹⁸⁾

“Good Girl Gone Bad,” RiRi's 3rd album, was released in 2007.¹⁹⁾

In 2007, she was placed eighth on Maxim's Hot 100 Women list.²⁰⁾

Rihanna was named Barbados' honorary “Ambassador for Culture and Youth” in 2007.²¹⁾

The previous president of Barbados established “Rihanna Day” in 2008, which is celebrated on February 22.²²⁾

Following the debut of her hit “Umbrella” in 2008, she was forced to prohibit the use of umbrellas at her concerts for fear of audiences hurting others.²³⁾

Rihanna received her first Grammy Award for her collaboration with Jay-Z, “Umbrella”.²⁴⁾

In 2008, Rihanna organized a series of free performances dubbed “A Girl's Night Out”, with all proceeds going to her charity, the Believe Foundation.²⁵⁾

Rihanna graced the cover of Italian Vogue Magazine in September 2009 as part of their “Extreme Couture” issue.²⁶⁾

Her track “S&M” earned her eighth number-one record on the Billboard chart in 2011.²⁷⁾

At the age of 23, she was the youngest singer to achieve ten Billboard number ones.²⁸⁾

Rihanna won International Female Solo Artist at the BRIT Awards for two years in a row, 2011-2012.²⁹⁾

Oliver, Rihanna's Maltese poodle cross, was adopted in 2015.³⁰⁾