Rihanna – College Essay Example

Also in 2009 Glamour Magazine named her as “Women of the Year”.

In 2010 she released her album Loud, from that album came the megahits “What’s My Name,” “Only Girl (In the World),” and “S&M”. In 2011 her song Only Girl (In The World), won a Grammy for Best Dance Recording. In 2011 she won a Billboard Award for her song “Love the Way You Lie”. In 2012 her song “All of the Lights” won a Grammy for “Best Rap Song”, and she won a BRIT Award for “Love the Way You Lie”. She has achieved a total of eleven number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making her the youngest artist to ever achieve such a thing.

Rihanna is best known for her leather clothing, revealing outfits, and bright red hair. Every time you look in a magazine you can bet something about Rihanna will follow. She has had over 150 different hairstyles since her career started in 2005. In 2007 she ranked #8 by Maxim magazine’s Hot 100. In 2009 she released her video for her hit song Hard; the video showed Rihanna in revealing clothes and was deemed inappropriate by many critics. In 2009 Rihanna made headlines alongside her then-boyfriend, Chris Brown.

She became the center of media after Chris assaulted her before an awards show. Chris was sentenced to five years probation, six months of community service, and one year of domestic violence counseling. In 2010 she released a very sexual music video for her single “S&M”. The video was banned in 11 countries within 24 hours of its release. In 2011 Rihanna dyed her hair a red velvet color, which got

a ton of attention and made girls everywhere copy the same trend. On her birthday February 20, 2012 she collaborated with Chris Brown on her single “Birthday Cake”.