Fame is lonely. At first, I was on an adrenaline high - this is my dream. I’m actually doing it, it didn’t phase me that I was alone, that I wasn’t with the people I love. But after a while it gets repetitive and that is when you think, ‘Oh wow, I am sitting in a hotel room once again, just me and the television.’ - Rihanna
CLICK ON PLAYER BELOW TO HEAR NEW RIHANNA UMBRELLA ACOUSTIC VERSION. VISIT HER MYSPACE FOR UPDATES.
Rihanna caused a stir in her native Bahamas Barbados over the holidays. Fans gathered around the star who was spotted at a department store at Cave Sheperd on Christmas Eve. Rihanna took it all in stride while excited fans snapped her picture. [SOURCE]
RIHANNA fears her globe-trotting is slowly turning her into the new MICHAEL JACKSON - she's getting paler and paler. The Umbrella singer admits she has noticed her dark skin tones losing their lustre and she feels she needs a long break at home in Barbados to replenish her rich colour. She says, "In the beginning, I was dark. Now I've been through cold weather, and I'm slowly getting paler and paler.
Well RiRi we hope that things are better since you've been able to return home and get some Bahamian sunshine for the holidays.
RIHANNA'S SEXY GERMAN FHM '08 PHOTOSHOOT
Take a peek at Rihanna's steamy photoshoot while we look back on all the things RiRi did in 2007.
Rihanna and the band, Fall Out Boy, sang "Shut up and Drive," which was a song on her album 'Good Girl Gone Bad.' At the 2007 American Music Awards, Rihanna was chosen as the Favorite Female Artist for Soul/R&B category. And at the 2007 Teen Choice Awards, Rihanna won in the category "Choice Music: R&B Artist.
Rihanna was chosen as one of the People Annual 100 Most Beautiful People in May 2007. Her third album Good Girl Gone Bad was released in June 2007. The first single was the Grammy nominated smash hit "Umbrella" featuring rapper Jay-Z. She also won World's Best-Selling Pop Female Artist & Entertainer of the Year at the 2007 World Music Awards.
Rihanna won as Cosmopolitan Magazine's Ultimate Mistress of Music for 2007. Her favorite fashion designers are Zac Posen and Dsquared. And she says that if she didn't have a music career, then she would like to go into psychology.
Rihanna's album Good Girl Gone Bad earned six Grammy nominations including Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (for Umbrella), Best R&B Song, and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for her duet with Ne-Yo 'Hate That I Love You'. Her hit song Umbrella stayed at No. 1 for 10 weeks this year and prompted people to open their umbrellas during her live concerts.
Rihanna also won Video of the Year and Monster Single of the Year for "Umbrella," at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards
Newsday.com named Umbrella the top single of 2007. CLICK ON PLAYERS TO HEAR 2 COVER VERSIONS. THE FIRST UMBRELLA COVER IS BY SINGER MANDY MOORE. THE SECOND COVER IS BY THE UK ROCK BAND MCFLY. [SOURCE]
Rihanna, featuring Jay-Z, "Umbrella" (Def Jam): It takes a mighty song to withstand radio oversaturation, but nothing handled it better than "Umbrella." (Cue the "ella, ella, ay! ay! ay!" effects.) Simultaneously current, with its groove and Jay-Z cameo, and classic, with a hook that snags even the most casual passerby, "Umbrella" will be the song from 2007 that everyone will still want to hear 20 years from now.
OUR FAVORITE RIHANNA QUOTE: "If she'd taken the song, then I wouldn't have had that hit. So, thank you, girl." RIHANNA is glad CHRISTINA MILIAN passed on the hit S.O.S. because it gave her the chance to score big with it.
FASCINATING FACT: Singer RIHANNA has a Sanskrit prayer tattooed on the side of her stomach.
We're sticking with the theme of celebrating all things Rihanna.
‘SHUT UP & DRIVE’ Vs ‘BLUE MONDAY’
RIHANNA IS NOT FROM THE BAHAMAS, SHE IS FROM BARBADOS
Posted by: STARIEE | June 21, 2008 at 06:23 PM