6. Rihanna
Some talents are as good as gold and others shine bright like diamonds. Rihanna has seemingly both under her belt. The ridiculously talented Rihanna is still just 28 years of age but has seemingly been singing with tremendous success for decades.
It was the 15-year-old Rihanna who first garnered success back in 2003 when she recorded demo tapes and signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings under the guiding hand of Jay Z. In 2005, Rihanna, just 17, released her first studio album, Music of the Sun, and then followed that up in 2006 with a second album, A Girl Like Me.
Rihanna spawned her first two big hits with the singles “Pon de Replay” and “SOS.” As Rihanna turned 18, she kept singing and took greater control in the creative process of producing her own music. She also evolved into a sex symbol, showcasing a style and figure that caught the worldwide web by storm. Her new image led to various albums and collaborations that yielded hit after hit.
Soon, Rihanna was solid gold, singing the chorus of many hit songs with a number of the world’s biggest rappers such as Eminem, Jay Z. and T.I.. Rihanna’s path to success started in Saint Michael, Barbados where her father was addicted to crack cocaine and alcohol. Her parents divorced and her troubled childhood improved. Rihanna has always been heavily influenced by the reggae music she loved as a youth and has carried that with her in her own original brand of writing and singing. Worth over a quarter of a billion dollars, Rihanna’s popularity, beauty, and success are almost untouchable.
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