Let's make this birthday one to remember.

36 years old (Born on February 20, 1988)

Singer, songwriter; She is famous from Pon De Replay(2005) / Umbrella.

Def Jam's contract offer was so strong that Rihanna turned down meetings with other major record labels. (tv.com) She sold a million copies worldwide of her debut Music of The Sun. (tv.com) Rihanna was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in May 2007. (tv.com) Whenever Rihanna visits Barbados, the first place she goes to is the beach. (tv.com) She has two younger brothers Rorrey and Rajad.

The choreography for Rihanna's videos Pon De Replay and If It's Lovin' was done by Fatima Robinson. (tv.com)

Rihanna has put up her own foundation called "Believe" to help sick children get medical treatment, school supplies, and toys. (tv.com)

In February 2008, it was revealed that Barbados was creating a national holiday to honor Rihanna. Rihanna accepted the honor and put on a free concert for her fans. (tv.com)

Rihanna worked with Maroon 5 on a song called If I Never See Your Face Again. (tv.com)

Born to a biracial Barbadian father Ronald Fenty and a black Guyanese mother Monica Fenty.

Her musical influences include Dancehall, Pop, Reggae, and Soca. (tv.com)

Her second album, A Girl Like Me, debuted at #5 in the United States. (tv.com)

She had a cameo role in Bring It On 3: All or Nothing. (tv.com)

Christina Milian was originally asked to record S.O.S. (written by Jonathan Rotem) by Def Jam but she declined. Rihanna was then offered to record it. (tv.com)

Rihanna is tutored 15 hours a week. (tv.com)

Her third album is titled Good Girl Gone Bad and was released on June 5, 2007. The first single is Umbrella featuring Jay-Z. (tv.com)

Stated in an interview that her friend and former Island Def Jam record label artist Fefe Dobson was someone that she admired and looked up to. Having a fellow black artist writing, singing, and performing the music she truly loves.

Her album A Girl Like Me, was leaked onto the internet via illegal download sites. (tv.com)

Attended Combermere which is a sixth form school similar to technical school in America.

Her father, Robert Fenty, is Bajan and her mother, Monica Fenty, is Guyanese. (tv.com)

Rihanna is the official sponsor for the Barbados Tourism Agency. (tv.com)

She is of African, Creole and Guyanese descent. (tv.com)

Performed Hero at her school's talent show

Won a beauty pageant at her school.

She has a few tattoos, including a Pisces sign behind her right ear and music notes on her right foot. (tv.com)

She attended Charles F. Broome Memorial School and Combermere School, which is a sixth form school similar to technical school in the United States. (tv.com)

Her single, Take a Bow, remained in the Top 10 songs on iTunes for about a month in June 2008. (tv.com)

Rihanna came out with a new album called Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded on June 17, 2008. It contains all of the songs from Good Girl Gone Bad and 3 bonus songs, Take a Bow, If I Never See Your Face Again (with Maroon 5), and her brand new single, Disturbia. (tv.com)

Rihanna says that the thing she misses most about Barbados is the food.convention center in Japan as part of the Live Earth concert. (tv.com)

Her musical inspirations include Alicia Keys, Beyoncu00e9 Knowles, and Mariah Carey.

Rihanna is a big fan of Whitney Houston. (tv.com)

The only Rihanna song not available on CD is "Bring It Back". It might've been a demo or just unreleased on CD. (tv.com)

In her song Don't Stop the Music, she samples a part of the Michael Jackson song Wanna Be Startin' Something from his Thriller album. (tv.com)

She is 5 feet 8 inches (1.72 meters) tall. (tv.com)

While she was a child, Rihanna's mother, a professional make-up artist, did not allow her to use beauty products. Ironically, she grew up to became the spokesperson for Cover Girl cosmetics. (tv.com)

In the 2007 Teen Choice Awards, Rihanna won in the category "Choice Music: R&B Artist". (tv.com)

She once said she would risk her life for her mother and her brother. (tv.com)

Her song Unfaithful, a slow ballad very different from Rihanna's earlier work, addresses the feelings of guilt a girl faces as she cheats on her boyfriend. (tv.com)

Ranked #8 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

Her musical inspirations include Alicia Keys, Beyoncu00e9 Knowles, Mariah Carey, Sean Paul, Luther Vandros, Shaggy, DC, and Diana Ross. (tv.com)

She claims that her dark skin color faded away because she spends so much time traveling in cold countries. And yes this is probably true because in countries where she tours such as France, Belgium and parts of the US aren't particularly sunny. (tv.com)

Was signed to Def Jam Records

Rihanna enjoys watching the show Entourage. (tv.com)

Over the years, Rihanna has been placed on several celebrity magazine and online "Top" lists, including:

#86 on AIM's 100 Hottest Brunettes
#57 on AIM's Celebs Under 25
#15 in Maxim's Hot 100 Women in 2008
#78 on Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2007 for her music video featuring Ne-Yo "Hate That I Love You"
#8 in Maxim's 2007 Hot 100 List
#1 in a poll conducted by AntiBloat to find the "Sexiest Celebrity Stomachs" in July of 2008 (tv.com)

In 2006, Rihanna received two Video Music Award nominations for "Best New Artist" and "Viewer's Choice" for S.O.S.. (tv.com)

Rihanna’s favorite fashion designers are Zac Posen and Dsquared. (tv.com)

Won a Beauty Pageant contest at her school

In February 2008, she teamed up with H&M and Designers Against Aids (DAA) to promote the so-called "Fashion Against Aids". It is meant to raise awareness about the disease to teens. (tv.com)

Rihanna doesn't smoke (tv.com)

Sampled "Wanna Be Startin` Somethin` " by Michael Jackson from his " Thriller" album in her song "Please Don`t Stop the Music".

In the Philippines, If It's Lovin' That You Want became Rihanna's first #1 single. (tv.com)

She won the Miss Combermere Pageant in 2004 at her school. (tv.com)

Rihanna performed her songs "Pon de Replay", "SOS", "Unfaithful", "Shut Up and Drive" and "Umbrella" on July 7th, 2007 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Japan as part of the Live Earth concert. (tv.com)

Born to a black/Irish Barbadian father Ronald Fenty and a black Guyanese mother Monica Fenty.

She has two brothers Rorrey and Rajad. (tv.com)

She banned fans from bringing umbrellas to her U.K. concerts because she does not want anyone getting hurt if the fans try to copy her dance moves with the umbrellas when she performs her song Umbrella. However, this was not on her own accord, the venues said it was 'a safety risk' as she said on the Jonathan Ross show in London. (tv.com)

Rihanna has a turtle and a Pomeranian named Marley. (tv.com)

Unfaithful is based on a relationship Rihanna had when she was 14-years-old. Her relationship "was not physical" though. (tv.com)

Her second album A Girl Like Me recently reached platinum. (tv.com)

Rihanna is friends with Chris Brown. (tv.com)

Rihanna says she had much more control over her new album "Good Girl Gone Bad" than she did in "A Girl Like Me". (tv.com)

If Rihanna didn't have a music career, she would like to go into psychology. (tv.com)

Rihanna's favorite subjects were chemistry and math. (tv.com)

At the 2007 American Music Awards, Rihanna was chosen as the Favorite Female Artist for Soul/R&B category. (tv.com)

Rihanna and the band, Fall Out Boy, sang "Shut Up and Drive," which was a song by Rihanna. (tv.com)

The lead single off her album A Girl Like Me, "S.O.S." was recorded for her recent endorsement deal with Nike. (tv.com)

Rihanna won as Cosmopolitan Magazine's Ultimate Mistress of Music for 2007. (tv.com)

She has worked with Sizzla, Rupee, J-Status, Memphis Bleek, and Kardinal Offishall on duets. (tv.com)

She worked with Ne-Yo on her sophomore album, A Girl Like Me. (tv.com)

Her obvious talent impressed Def Jam Records CEO Jay-Z enough for the label to sign her to a 6 album contract at the young age of 16. (tv.com)

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Rihanna and the band, Fall Out Boy, sang "Shut Up and Drive," which was a song by Rihanna. (tv.com)

On A Girl Like Me, We Ride is her favorite song. (tv.com)

Performed Mariah Carey`s "Hero" at her school`s talent show.

Her second album, A Girl Like Me, was released less than eight months after her debut album, Music of the Sun. (tv.com)

She toured as an opening act for Gwen Stefani in 2006 to promote her own album. (tv.com)

She is the new face of Cover Girl. (tv.com)

She's addicted to shopping and owns over 100 pairs of shoes. (tv.com)

In 2006, Rihanna landed several endorsement deals, including ones for Nike and J.C. Penney. (tv.com)

Rihanna doesn't eat Mexican, Indian, Japanese, or Chinese food. Instead, she snacks on local fruit and lots of water to keep healthy. (tv.com)

She was discovered by music producer Evan Rogers while he was vacationing in Barbados with his wife Jackie. (tv.com)

Rihanna's biggest pet peeve is when people are dishonest. (tv.com)

She won four honors at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards including Female Artist of the Year. (tv.com)

Aside from her singing voice, Rihanna gets awards for her legs-they're even insured for a million dollars. She admits that she has to work out regularly to make them look fit. (tv.com)

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She and Christina Aguilera helped launch the new colors of the LG Chocolate phones. (tv.com)

Rihanna's favorite hangout spot in Barbodos is the boatyard. (tv.com)