15 incredible facts about Rihanna

Rihanna is pregnant with her first child. This Monday, January 31st, photos were released of singer Rihanna showing her baby bump. But, before we talk about this big news, let’s list some interesting facts about Rihanna, one of the most prominent celebrities today.

In short, Rihanna became a huge success in 2008, with the hit Umbrella and since then, she hasn’t stopped. Furthermore, in addition to being a singer, Rihanna is also an actress, songwriter, model, fashion designer, executive, producer, businesswoman and philanthropist. In other words, it never stops. Furthermore, she is fun, engaged, full of personality and very demanding of herself. And she is always involved in philanthropic actions.

Recently, Rihanna was elected national hero of Barbados, a Caribbean island that became a republic and has approximately 287 thousand inhabitants. Furthermore, it is the country where the singer was born. Interestingly, she never finished high school.

Well, at 16 he dropped out of school in Barbados to follow his dream, then moved to New York. Which proved to be an excellent choice by the artist. After all, not only did she achieve her dream, she also became one of the greatest singers in history.

Currently, Riahanna has become one of the most prominent personalities, transforming paradigms about fashion, style and representation. Mainly, at big events she attends, like VMAs and MetGala. Anyway, she finds out 15 interesting facts about Rihanna.

15 Fun Facts about Rihanna

1- Rihanna is pregnant with her first child

This Monday, January 31, it was confirmed that singer Rihanna is pregnant with her first child with rapper A$AP Rocky. Furthermore, the confirmation came after the famous paparazzo Miles Diggs published a photo of the singer walking alongside her boyfriend with her belly on display.

In short, the relationship between the artists began in November 2020, however, they had already been friends for years. Therefore, A$AP Rocky only spoke about their relationship in May 2021. In fact, at the time the rapper referred to his girlfriend as the “love of my life”, during an interview with the American GQ magazine.

Anyway, interestingly, in December 2021, Rihanna even denied the rumor that she was pregnant, even joking saying “You guys get me pregnant every year”. However, now the rumors have been confirmed. And in March, she will come to Brazil as the headliner of Lollapalooza.

2- Fun facts about Rihanna: Christian name

Among the curiosities about Rihanna is that her given name is Rihanna and Robyn Rihanna Fenty. In fact, she uses her surname in her cosmetics brand. But before her fame, she was called Robyn by her family and close friends.

Furthermore, the artist was born on February 20, 1988, in the city of Saint Michael, in Barbados. Finally, she studied elementary education at F. Broome Memorial School. Already in high school, she studied at Combermere High School, although she did not finish her studies.

3- Likes to eat junk food

Another interesting fact about Rihanna is that she loves eating junk food. Therefore, her favorite snack is Flaming Hot Cheetos and Italian food. But when she’s in Barbados, she loves eating chicken curry and chocolate ice cream.

4- National Rihanna Day

Recently, the singer was honored by her country of origin, which decreed February 20th (the date Rihanna was born) as her day, being a national holiday.

5- Rihanna Drive

Furthermore, the tributes to the artist did not stop there. In 2017, the address where Rihanna lived for many years, Westbury New Road, in the Saint Michael region, was renamed Rihanna Drive. In fact, the house where the singer lived became a tourist attraction for fans who visit the island.

6- From cadet to Miss

Another interesting fact about Rihanna is that as a teenager, she was a cadet in an Army sub-military program in Barbados. At the time, her sergeant was the singer Shontelle.

Later, in 2004, Rihanna won the Mis Combermere beauty contest at her school. And in the contest, she sang the song ‘Hero’, by singer Mariah Carey, of whom she is a fan.

7- Curiosities about Rihanna: First Hit

Rihanna’s first worldwide hit was in 2005, the single ‘Pon de Replay’. Furthermore, at the time the single was released on iTunes reaching number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 (American table with the 100 best-selling songs of the week).

Furthermore, the song became top 10 in fifteen countries. But, it was in 2007, with the hit ‘Umbrella’, that Rihanna became a worldwide success.

8- Compose your own hits

Among so many occupations, Rihanna is also a songwriter. In this way, she is the artist who composes many of her hits. Some of them are:

• American Oxygen
• Birthday Cake
• Bitch Better Have My Money
• Can’t Remember to Forget You (com a Shakira)
• Disturbia
• Love on the Brain
• Man Down
• Needed Me
• Pour It Up
• Right Now
• Rude Boy
• I love you
• What Now
• Work
• You Da One

9- Differentiated Businesswoman

In addition to being a worldwide success in the music world, with 8 studio albums released. Rihanna is also a successful businesswoman, involved in the world of fashion and beauty with her cosmetics and lingerie brands: Fenty Beauty, Fenty and Savage x Fenty.

Furthermore, what differentiates their brands is that their main characteristic is inclusion. In other words, the artist focuses her brand launches on covering the entire variety of beauty, without leaving anyone out. For example, Fenty Beauty, a cosmetics brand, has more than 50 shades of foundation. While the fashion brand Fenty has size options ranging from XS to XXL.

Finally, the lingerie brand Savage x Fenty has size options ranging from XS to 3XL, in addition to including a very diverse casting in its fashion shows.

10- First black woman to be part of the LVMH group

LVMH is a fashion conglomerate of luxury brands. Such as Dior, Louis Vuitton, Fendi and Givenchy. In short, this group is led by billionaire Bernard Arnault. Furthermore, in 2019, the Fenty brand was included in LVMH, which made the artist the first black woman to head a luxury brand to participate in the conglomerate.

11- Fun facts about Rihanna: she is the richest singer in the world

In 2020, Rihanna was recognized as the richest music artist in the world, with a fortune equivalent to R$3.3 billion. Whose net worth is greater than big names in music, such as Madonna and Beyoncé.

12- Rihanna donated millions to the WHO

Continuing with the curiosities about Rihanna, the artist has always tried to help people. Therefore, she is always involved in philanthropic actions. For example, it finances projects focused on education and health. In fact, she collaborated with the construction of a hospital in Malawi, Barbados.

Furthermore, in 2017 Rihanna also founded an oncology center, the Clara Leonel foundation. Named after her grandmother. As a result, the singer was honored by the Harvard Foundation with the Humanitarian of the Year award. Finally, she recently donated 5 million dollars to the WHO to help fight the coronavirus. The objective was to collaborate with the purchase of tests and hygiene kits for the needy population.

13- Rihanna for vice president of the United States

An interesting fact about Rihanna is that her name was suggested by Americans for the position of Vice President of the United States, if socialite Paris Hilton ran for the position.

14- First album insert in Braille

As we already mentioned, Rihanna is always focused on inclusivity. Thus, in 2015, the artist released the first album insert entirely in Braille, the language of the blind. The album was ‘ANTI’, with texts, titles and lyrics, all available in Braille.

15- Owner of iconic looks

To conclude our list of curiosities about Rihanna, we couldn’t miss the diva Rihanna’s iconic looks. Whose presence on redcarpets is always one of the most anticipated. After all, the artist is known for her boldness when choosing her looks. Furthermore, Rihanna makes a point of defending both big brands and up-and-coming designers. Among all the artist’s iconic looks, we highlight:

Yellow Guo Pei dress at the 2017 Met Gala, nicknamed the omelet

Inspired outfit from Papa da Maison Margiela at Met Gala 2018

At the 2021 Met Gala, her look was widely commented on

Anyway, what did you think of all these interesting facts about Rihanna? To find out more about the singer, read also: Rihanna will open a physical store for Savage X Fenty, her lingerie brand!