Rihanna is a Barbadian singer, actress, fashion designer and businesswoman. As of July 22, 2023, Rihanna’s net worth is second only to American host Oprah Winfrey.

Specifically, Forbes website values Rihanna’s net worth at 1.4 billion USD, behind American host Oprah Winfrey (2.5 billion USD).

Rihanna became a billionaire thanks to the Fenty Beauty cosmetics line she co-owned with French luxury retailer LVMH. Rihanna had a 30% stake in the Savage x Fenty lingerie line with a valuation of $1 billion in February 2021.

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Images of Rihanna during the Super Bowl 2023 performance

Rihanna’s successful career is thanks to the combination of art and business. First of all, Rihanna is a talented artist. She regularly tops charts globally by combining pop, dancehall, R&B, EDM with contemporary material. To date, she has achieved 14 number-ones on the Billboard Hot 100 and is the second Barbadian artist to win a Grammy. She is also a cultural ambassador for Barbados. In 2021, Rihanna was honored as a National Hero in her hometown, and she also received the title of Truly Outstanding Person.

Rihanna became famous thanks to record producer Evan Rogers, who invited her to America to record songs. She quickly achieved success when releasing her first two studio albums, Music of the Sun (2005) and A Girl Like Me (2006), both of which were selected into the top 10 of the US Billboard 200 chart. She was once on Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Leaving the music industry in 2016 after releasing her last album Anti, Rihanna has closed a series of contracts in the fashion and beauty world. Particularly in the field of lingerie, her partnership with Savage even caused the Victoria’s Secret brand to give way. Rihanna’s concerts have become large-scale events, gathering supermodels and the most influential figures of all time, such as: Bella Hadid, Indya Moore, Paris Hilton or Rosalía…

Rihanna’s real name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, born on February 20, 1988 in Saint Michael, on the island nation of Barbados in the Caribbean. She listened to reggae music since childhood. Rihanna attended school with famous cricketers like Chris Jordan and Carlos Brathwaite at Charles F. Broome Memorial Primary School and Combermere School. However, Rihanna does not pursue sports, she chooses music as the foundation for her career.

Rihanna is 1.72 m tall. Before dating American rapper ASAP Rocky, Rihanna had a relationship with singer Chris Brown and singer Hassan Jameel. Rihanna is very fond of tattoo art, she has similar tattoos to Lena Dunham, Chris Brown, Justin Bieber, Drake, Lily Allen and Lindsay Lohan.

Rich thanks to… business
Besides busy business, in October 2022, Rihanna released the single Lift Me Up from the movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. It is her first solo single since 2016’s Love On The Brain. It peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three in the UK, and earned her a nomination for Golden Globe and Oscar awards.

On February 12, 2023, she performed at the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show, marking her first performance since the 2018 Grammy Awards. Her Halftime show is the second most viewed of all time (118, 7 million viewers) more than Lady Gaga (117.5 million) and only behind Katy Perry (121 million).

According to The Frontier Post, as of July 17, 2023, Rihanna has achieved one billion views on the Spotify music platform for her 10 most famous songs, including hit songs such as: Love the way you lie (with Eminem), Work (with Drake), This is what you came for and We found love (with Calvin Harris), Umbrella (with Jay-Z)… Some singles are also on the list, for example like Diamonds, I want and Love on the brain…

Some of Rihanna’s “pregnancy” fashion styles during Super Bowl 2023

To date, Rihanna has released 8 studio albums, 4 video albums, 62 music videos, 12 films, 13 television shows and several television commercials. She has had 6 world tours and one tour with male singer Eminem (The Monster Tour, 2014).

Rihanna has sold approximately 60 million albums and 215 million digital songs, making her the most successful artist globally. In 2021, she achieved the title of richest female artist in the world. This July, according to Forbes, Rihanna officially became a billionaire, with a net worth of 1.4 billion USD, ranking above two other female singers, Madonna (580 million USD) and Celine Dion (480 million USD). However, it should be added that most of Rihanna’s assets come from her business.