Rihanna: her life and career in pictures

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Rihanna in her hometown of St Michael, Barbados, pictured before a party for the launch of her second – and breakthrough – album, Girl Like Me. The album yielded international hits such as SOS and Unfaithful, and set Rihanna on her first headline tour. 
Rihanna performs Umbrella in 2007
Rihanna and singer Chris Brown perform at the Jingle Bell Ball in New York, December 2008. The pair had been friends for years, both attending showbiz events through their teens to help their music careers. But they started dating officially in 2008, and rapidly became one of RnB's most contentious couples.  
Rihanna gives her acceptance speech for winning the Woman of the Year award at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards in November 2009. She joked about her dress, "I was worried about getting up the stairs in this. As usual, I decided to wear the tightest dress I could find!" The award came as Rihanna released her fourth album, Rated R, which signalled a move towards darker material for the star.



A still from Battleship, in which Rihanna made her debut as a main character in a theatrical film. She played, Petty Officer (GM2) Cora Raike. The film received a lukewarm response from critics following its release in 2012, and failed to perform at the box office.
Rihanna performs during the closing ceremony on day 11 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at Olympic Stadium in September, 2012. She dueted with Coldplay's Chris Martin during the show.
Now publicly reunited, Chris Brown and Rihanna attend the Grammy Awards in 2013, despite Brown's Brown’s probation. The move caused scorn from some commenters online, who believed it was irresponsible of a high profile woman such as Rihanna to return to an abusive partner
Before taking her Diamonds World Tour to Europe, Rihanna at the Mawazine Festival in Morocco in May 2013.
Weeks before she leaves her record label, ROC Nation, Rihanna makes the headlines in an eye-grabbing sparkling dress at the CFDA Fashion Awards in New York in June 2014.
Among impatient chatter from fans about the long-awaited release of her eighth album, expected at least 18 months earlier, Rihanna stole the show on the 2015 Met Gala red carpet with this Chinese couture dress. She told the paparazzi: "It’s handmade by one Chinese woman and it took her two years to make. I found it online.”
Paul McCartney embraces Rihanna after their performance (with Kanye West) at the 2015 MTV Awards of new song, FourFiveSeconds. 
Rihanna performed at Coachella in April 2016. A few days later, 90 seconds of her unheard forthcoming song with Calvin Harris, This is What You Came For, appeared online, with many instantly claiming it to be the sound of the (yet-to-begin) summer.

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