In 2005, Rihanna released her debut studio album, Music of the Sun, which peaked in the top ten of the Billboard 200 chart and features the Billboard Hot 100 hit single “Pon de Replay.” Less than a year later, she released her second studio album, A Girl Like Me (2006), which peaked within the top five of the Billboard albums chart, and produced her first Hot 100 number one single, “SOS”. Rihanna’s third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), spawned four chart-topping singles “Umbrella”, “Take a Bow”, “Disturbia” and “Don’t Stop the Music”, and was nominated for nine Grammy Awards, winning Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for “Umbrella,” which features Jay-Z. As of March 2010, Rihanna has sold approximately 7.3 million album units and over 33.7 million digital singles in the United States. She has received several accolades, including the 2007 World Music Awards for World’s Best-Selling Pop Female Artist and Female Entertainer of the Year, and the 2011 Brit Award for Best International Female Solo Artist. Her mother, a native of Guyana, is Afro-Guyanese, and her father is of Barbadian and Irish descent. Def Jam was the first label to respond and invited her to audition where she sang “For the Love of You” for Jay-Z and L.A. Reid of Island Def Jam Music Group. After signing with Def Jam, she spent the next three months recording and completing her debut album. Her music was marketed within the reggae genres because of her Caribbean descent.
Rihanna sued over ‘S+M’ video again Rihanna is being sued by a second photographer, Philipp Paulus, who claims her ‘S+M’ video steals his work. Rihanna is being sued by a second photogra… [link]