Rihanna has sold more than 30 million albums and 100 million singles making her one of the best selling artists of all time. Loud (2010), her fifth studio album, spawned the number-one hits "Only Girl (In the World)", "What's My Name?" and "S&M". Her fourth studio album Rated R, released in November 2009, produced the hit single "Rude Boy", which achieved the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was nominated for nine Grammy Awards, winning Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Umbrella," which features Jay-Z.
Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), which peaked at number two on the Billboard 200, featured five top ten hits including three US number one hit singles-"Umbrella", "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia"-and the worldwide hit "Don't Stop the Music". 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 US number one single, "SOS", as well as the top 10 singles "Unfaithful" and "Break It Off". She subsequently signed a contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for then-label head Jay-Z. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers. Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988), better known as simply Rihanna (pronounced /riˈɑːnə/ ree-yah-na or /riˈænə/ ree-an-ə), is an R&B recording artist.
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