At the young age of 19, Rihanna, the Barbados born beauty, has already earned the coveted title of international superstar.  In just three short years, Rihanna has helped define the path of popular music, accrued multiple #1 hits, two MTV Video Music Awards, and three Billboard Awards along her way.  In addition to her mind blowing musical successes, Rihanna created a charity organization for impoverished children and has signed on to endorse a wide variety of multi-billion dollar companies including Venus Gilette, Nike, and Secret.  Most recently, Rihanna was asked to join the ranks of musical icons such as Queen Latifah, and Faith Hill as the new face of CoverGirl Cosmetics.

While it may be hard to imagine, just four years ago, Rihanna was a young girl living in the beautiful Barbados parish of Saint Michael.  Her first connection to the music industry came when she met a vacationing music producer named Evan Rogers from New York City,  Aftr an improptu performance for Evan, he was absolutely certain she would one day make history.  Soon after, Evan and Rihanna traveled to the Big Apple in search of a record deal.  It took just one meeting with Jay-Z for Rihanna o score her big break.  Jay, who had just recetly been appointed the President of Def Jam Records, was so taken by the young singer's arresting natural talent that he signed her to the legendary label on the spot.

In 2005, Def Jam released Rihanna's dynamic debut album, Music of the Sun, which garnered much attention due to the popularity of her highly addictive dancehall flavored first single, "Pon de Replay".  A year later, Rihanna release her platinum-selling second album, A Girl lIke Me.  With two successful albums under her belt in just two years, Rihanna dropped her third and most critically acclaimed LP, Good Girl Gone Bad in 2007.