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Born in Barbados, Rihanna has an estimated net worth of $72 million. At the age of sixteen she moved to the United States to pursue a career as a singer / songwriter. After one of her demo’s was heard by former rapper Sean Carter, aka Jay Z (CEO of Def Jam Records), Rihanna was invited to audition for him and was immediately signed afterwards.

Her debut album ‘Music of the Sun’ skyrocketed in the top ten of the Billboard 200, which was soon joined by her second album ‘A girl like Me’, which charted int he top five. Her third album ‘Good Girl Gone Bad, reached the number two spot and earned nin Grammy nominations. Her best selling album in the U.S.A. to date is her fourth album ‘Rated R’. Whe won a staggering number of awards, including three Grammys, three American music awards and three Billboard music awards.

She is not only limiting herself to music. She also started acting and she is a model for big companies like CoverGirl, Gucci, Clinique and numerable charity projects, including her own organization ‘The Believe Foundation’, which benefits terminally ill children around the world.

She sold well over 25 million albums and 45 million singles worldwide. She has achieved nine number-one singels on the Billboard Hot 100 since first appearing on the chart in June of 2005.

Rihanna's Popularity

This chart shows the evolution of Rihanna's popularity over time. The data is scaled based on the average search traffic seen by Google in the United States.