
Over the next year, Rihanna and her mom shuttled back and forth to Rogers home in Stamford, Connecticut. The group auditioned for Rogers, who said that "the minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was like the other two girls didn't exist." While auditioning for Rogers, Rihanna sang Destiny's Child's cover of "Emotion". In 2003, friends introduced Rihanna and her two bandmates to record producer Evan Rogers, who was vacationing in Barbados with his wife. She was an army cadet in a sub-military programme that trained with the military of Barbados and Shontelle was her drill sergeant.Īt the age of 15, she formed a girl group with two of her classmates. In 2004 she won the Miss Combermere Beauty Pageant. Broome Memorial School, a primary school in Barbados, and then the Combermere School, where she formed a musical trio with two of her classmates at the age of fifteen.
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Her childhood was deeply affected by her father's addiction to crack cocaine and parent's rocky marriage, which ended when she was fourteen years old. She began singing at around the age of seven. She is the oldest of three siblings two younger brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty. Her mother, a native of Guyana, is Afro-Guyanese and her father is Bajan and Irish. Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, Barbados to Ronald Fenty, a warehouse supervisor, and Monica Fenty, an accountant. She is also a cultural ambassador for Barbados. She has attained twelve Billboard Hot 100 number ones thus far and is the second Bajan artist to win a Grammy Award. Her song Umbrella was one of the highest-selling songs of 2007 and her 3rd album Good Girl Gone Bad was critically acclaimed, helping propel her to superstar status. Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988), known by her stage name, Rihanna, is a Bajan singer.


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