Music Class

1. RIHANNA
By
Victoria Cubby

2. Robyn Rihanna Fenty, known by her stage name Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording
artist, actress, and fashion designer.
She was born in Saint Michael Parish in Barbados.
Rihanna’s music career began in 2005 at the age of 16 when music producer Evan Rodger
landed her an audition for Def. Jam Records. Def. Jam Recordings is an American record
label, focused predominantly on hip hop and urban music.

3. • Rihanna has 7 albums all produce with her label Def Jam Records.
Since the beginning of her career in 2005, Rihanna has sold 30 million albums and 120 million
singles worldwide, which makes her one of the best selling artist.
Rihanna is known for her sampling. Throughout the slides there will be examples of
this. And for those who don’t remember…..
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound
recording and reusing it as an instrument or a sound recording in a different song or
piece

4. Rihanna released her first single, “Pon de Replay” a reggae-influenced club
track. With the success of this single Rihanna was announced as the next big upand-coming pop star.
Rihanna quickly gained the love and support of millions of fans, most of which are
teenage females and their mother’s. This might have been partly because of her
image, innocence, harmless lyrics, and adorable stage presence.
Rihanna’s first album “Music of the Sun” was filled with an innocent image and
dance music. For most people this was exactly the kind of artist society needed in
pop music. During this point of Rihanna’s career most parents believed Rihanna to
be an appropriate role model for young women. Her music was simply a display of
her musical ability and the experience a young teenage girl experiences during the
immature stage of her life.
Music of the Sun features Caribbean-influenced dance-pop, dancehall music, and
R&B ballads.
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5. A Girl like Me is a pop album influenced by Rihanna's Caribbean roots, and features
dancehall and R&B songs. It also incorporates reggae elements and ballads, which
music critics were ambivalent towards.
A Girl Like Me , peaked at number five in the United
States, and produced her first Hot 100 number one
single, "SOS".
All together in this album she had 4 singles "Unfaithful"
“Break it off”, "We Ride“ and “S.O.S”
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6. Unexpectedly, in 2007 with the release of her third album
“Good Girl Gone Bad” Rihanna made a new appearance
to world. Rihanna adopted a more rebellious attitude, sex
driven, and violent lyrics. With this new public
image, many parents and supports of Rihanna became
infuriated. The once innocent and adorable singer had
fallen into the steps of her female colleagues.
This album spawned the international hit singles "Umbrella", "Don't Stop the Music", "Take a Bow", and
"Disturbia". The album was nominated for nine Grammy Awards, winning Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for
"Umbrella”.
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7. Her fourth album, Rated R (2009), produced the top ten singles
"Russian Roulette" and "Hard", plus the number one hit "Rude Boy“
It incorporated elements of hip hop, rock, and dub step. It also explores other
genres, such as dance hall in the Jamaican inspired song song "Rude Boy"
and Latin in the song “Te Amo"
"Russian Roulette", features the album's dreary, gothic
production style, incorporating a minor-key melody.
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8. Loud (2010)
Rihanna's fifth album, Loud (2010), spawned the number one hit singles
"Only Girl (In the World)", "What's My Name?", and "S&M". The album
featured several guest vocalists, including Drake, Nicki Minaj and Eminem.
Loud featured up-tempo and pop genres, ranging from
dance-pop to electro-R&B, and marked the return to her
dancehall roots. The album also incorporated rock in
"California King Bed" and reggae in the Caribbean
inspired "Man Down".
American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album
The album's second single “Whats my name?” features
guest vocals by Drake, has an "island-pop" style and a
backing track with "heavy reggae". Critics praised
Rihanna's vocal performance in the song, as well as the
romantic nature and its sexual tones.
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9. Talk That Talk (2011)
Her sixth album, Talk That Talk (2011), served the worldwide
chart topper "We Found Love" and the top five single "Where
Have You Been".
The album is predominantly dance-oriented pop and
R&B, that incorporates elements of hip hop, dubstep and
house music. The album also continues to have subtle
dancehall genres
Rihanna’s lead single We Found Love became Rihanna’s
biggest hit in the US for topping Hot 100 chart in the
country for 10 non-consecutive weeks, dethroning her
own 2007 smash hit Umbrella.
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2/RihannaWhere-HaveYou-BeenLucky-StarrI%27ve-BeenEverywhere/

10. In January 2012, Rihanna was named Best-Selling Digital
Artist Ever.
Rihanna's seventh album, Unapologetic (2012), became her first
number one album on the Billboard 200 and generated her twelfth Hot
100 number one single "Diamonds" and the top five hit "Stay"
The album incorporates Pop, EDM(electronic dance
music), dubstep and urban music.
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11. I picked Rihanna as my topic for two reasons.
The first reason is because her upbringing was difficult for her with her father being addicted to alcohol
and crack cocaine when she was a teen. Rihanna used music as her outlet away from her problems at
home. She eventually took her own life into her own hands at the age of 16, left her family and country to
fulfill her dreams and be successful.
The second reason I picked Rihanna is because since she became famous she
has not taken a break. Rihanna is on top now because of this. Rihanna is
spontaneous but she has no real special mark in the music industry. Because
Rihanna is in the music business she can be replaced in a minute. But
because she is SEEN all the time she is relevant for now. Rihanna hasn’t made
a statement in the music industry but she is a fixture in pop culture and pop
culture can change everyday. Because of this Rihanna music release music
and have an image that changes with pop culture. She makes music for the
time. This interested me because this is her way to fight for her career and to
stay in the limelight. And also because she says stuff like this….
“This is the REAL WORLD! The music industry isn’t
exactly Parents R Us! We have the freedom to make
art, LET US! Its your job to make sure they don’t turn out
like US”