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. "Russian Roulette" is a song performed by Barbadian R&B singer Rihanna. Written and produced by Ne-Yo and Chuck Harmony, the song serves as the lead single from Rihanna's fourth studio album Rated R. It premiered on radio October 20, 2009.
The lyrics metaphorically refer to the game of love in which you take chances even though anyone can get hurt. In an interview with Fuse, Rihanna called the song "poetry" and not literally about a game of Russian.