Rihanna born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20; 1988) is a Grammy-winning Barbadian singer and model. She is the second artist; and first female; from Barbados to have received a Grammy Award(the first being Jimmy Senya Haynes).Rihanna is currently signed to the Def Jam Recordings label.Rihanna came to fame in 2005 with the release of her debut album Music of the Sun; which featured her breakthrough single Pon de Replay. Less than a year later; Rihanna released A Girl Like Me and gave her first number one single; S.O.S.. In 2007; Rihanna released her third studio album; Good Girl Gone Bad. The album has yielded six hit singles including the number one hits Umbrella; Dont Stop the Music and Take A Bow. "Pon de Replay" is the debut single by Barbadian singer Rihanna. The song was written by Rihanna and Valda Nobles and produced by Vada Nobles, Carl Sturken, and Evan Rogers for her debut album, Music of the Sun. It peaked at number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming her first top five single. It also peaked at number-one in New Zealand, number two in the United Kingdom and at number six and number seven in Australia and Canada, respectively. The.