20 Things You Didn’t Know About Rihanna

We all love to know more about celebrities and what kind of lives they live. Loved by many, Rihanna has sold more than 25 million albums and 60 million singles worldwide since the beginning of her career in 2005, which makes her one of the best selling artists of all time. In 2012, American magazine Time named Rihanna one of the most influential people in the world.

Let’s take a look at 20 Rihanna facts that you may not already know…

1. Her full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty.
2. Rihanna’s Mother is an Accountant and her father is a Supervisor at a retail store.
3. Rihanna has 13 tattoos.
4. Rihanna loves to play pranks on her friends.
5. Rihanna’s favourite rapper is Kanye West
6. Rihanna changes her nail colour once a week.
7. Rihanna is the oldest of her siblings.
9. Rihanna is Guyanese (Guyanese are people originating in the South American nation of Guyana).
10. Rihanna competed in pageants and won her first pageant in 2004.
11. Jay-Z didn’t want to sign Rihanna at first.
12. Rihanna was discovered by a producer visiting Barbados on family vacation.
13. She’s said she didn’t get along with other girls in high school.
14. She has more number one hit songs than anyone else in this decade; she holds the record for reaching 20 Top 10 hits on the Billboard charts faster than anyone else.
15. She’s said that Chris Brown was her first big love, and her best friend.
16. She always sips a shot of alcohol for her nerves before going onstage.
17. She told Rolling Stone that her song “S&M” is semi-autobiographical.
18. She told Diane Sawyer that the only reason she went back to Chris Brown after the incident of abuse was because she was worried about him.
19. She moved from Barbados to the U.S. when she was 16, and signed a record deal just one week later.
    She trained with real guns for her role in the film Battleship.
20. She told Diane Sawyer that the only reason she went back to Chris Brown after the incident of abuse was because she was worried about him.