Academy Award-nominated, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning artist, philanthropist, and businesswoman Rihanna is celebrating R20, marking twenty years because the launch of her groundbreaking music profession. On at the present time in 2005, she launched her debut album, Music of the Solar, which launched the world to the worldwide smash hit “Pon de Replay” and marked the start of her reign as one among music’s most influential voices.
Over twenty years, Rihanna has turn into one of many best-selling feminine digital artists in historical past, amassing greater than 150 billion international streams and promoting over 100 million albums worldwide. With 14 Billboard Scorching 100 No. 1 hits, she holds the document for probably the most chart-toppers of any solo artist this century. She can also be the primary feminine artist to surpass 180 million RIAA-certified single gross sales.
Her eighth studio album ANTI, launched in 2016, stays a career-defining mission. It grew to become her second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 and has made historical past because the longest-charting album by a Black feminine artist, remaining on the chart for over 480 weeks.
Rihanna has earned 9 Grammy Awards throughout a number of classes, beginning with “Umbrella” in 2008. Her accolades embrace Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations, 2 Emmy Awards, 13 American Music Awards, 13 Billboard Music Awards, and seven MTV Video Music Awards. She additionally holds the document for probably the most RIAA Diamond-certified singles by a feminine artist, with seven to her title.
To mark R20, Rihanna is launching a particular anniversary merch drop and a restricted boxed set, now accessible for pre-order.
