RIHANNA. Absent from the music scene for years, singer Rihanna made her comeback at the Super Bowl 2023, announcing a second child … but no album.
[Mis à jour le 13 février 2023 à 08h55] An event within an event: During her highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime concert, Rihanna appeared dressed in red, in a skin-tight outfit, showing off a baby bump and thus making official her second pregnancy, less than a year ago. year after the birth of her first child. In March 2022, Rihanna had already taken the world by surprise by revealing that she was pregnant, during a real fake paparazzade.
This time, it is during the most watched television event of the year that she reiterates the surprise. A second child for Rihanna, who has been in a relationship since May 2021 with rapper A$AP Rocky. If the planetary star has again created the event with this announcement and his concert at the Super Bowl, in terms of a new album, it will therefore (again) be patient…
Who is A$AP Rocky, the father of Rihanna’s baby?
Today aged 34, the artist, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, was born on October 3, 1988 in the Harlem district of New York. Rap holds a special place in his life. If this musical genre allowed him to become a planetary star, it especially allowed him to face the assassination of his big brother and the death of his sister following an overdose.
But it was not until 2012 and the death of his father to see him engage body and soul in rap. First with ASAP Mob, then solo. In 2016, the one who conquered the bins launched into the world of fashion and became the face of Dior. The following year, he joined forces with Guess. A true American icon of rap, he is now invited to Fashion Week and the mythical MET Gala.
When is a new album for Rihanna?
But when will Rihanna deign to release her new album? She, who has not given a concert for six years and has not released a record for seven, will she make an announcement during her Super Bowl 2023 concert performance this Sunday evening? Last musical appearance to date, last October, Rihanna made a timid return to music with the song Lift Me Upthe flagship title of the original soundtrack of Black Panther 2.
The song Lift Me Up was co-written by Rihanna, Ryan Coogler (the director of Black Panther 2), Ludwig Göransson and Nigerian R&B star Tems. A title that would pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman, main actor of the first film Black Pantherdied at 43 in 2019: “I wanted to write something that tells of a warm embrace from all the people I have lost in my life”, specified Rihanna in a press release on the site of the specialized site varietyon the eve of the song’s release Lift Me Up.
What confirms a little more the return of Rihanna on the front of the stage, a few weeks after the NFL announced that it would provide the halftime concert of the Super Bowl 2023, this Sunday, February 12. Which raises a question: when will the release of a new album, desperately awaited by his fans? “I envision my next project in a totally different way than I had imagined before. I think it suits me better, much better. It’s authentic, it will be fun for me, and it allows me to evacuate a lot of pressure”, explained Rihanna to Vogue in April 2022. The mystery therefore remains whole.
Rihanna short biography
Robyn Rihanna Fenty, known as Rihanna, was born on February 20, 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados. Coming from an Afro-Caribbean family, she grew up in a bungalow and suffered a childhood marked by her father’s addictions to cocaine, alcohol or marijuana. At a very young age, Rihanna was passionate about music: she founded a group with two classmates, then left school to devote herself to music. Her school career in 2003, the year she was spotted by American producer Evan Rogers.
Rihanna released her first album in 2005, Music of the Sun. The record, which sold two million copies, was a success and augured well for a prolific career. A second album, A Girl Like Me, was released the following year and confirmed his budding career. Rihanna will be out Good Girl Gone Bad in 2007, R-rated in 2009, Loud in 2010, talk that talk in 2011, Unapologetic in 2012 and Anti in 2016. The success is immense: Rihanna is the artist with the most certifications in the world, in addition to being one of the singers who have exceeded 100 million digital sales in the United States.
Added to this are some 280 million albums sold worldwide and 60 cumulative weeks at the top of the American rankings. According to Time magazine, Rihanna is one of the most influential people in the world, in addition to being one of the richest according to Forbes.
What is Rihanna’s fortune?
With all her successes, singer Rihanna is one of the richest artists on the planet, according to the ranking of the specialized site Forbes. In 2019, the fortune of the star of Barbados is estimated at some 600 million dollars. A sum that has only increased since in 2021, the same magazine Forbes estimates it at 1.7 billion dollars. A heritage inflated by the various activities of the singer, who is also an accomplished businesswoman.
Fenty, Rihanna’s collection with LVMH
Rihanna has an extremely busy professional life. In 2020, she made a sensational entry into the world of luxury by launching her collection, called Fenty, in collaboration with the prestigious French brand LVMH. A streetwear ready-to-wear line that is causing a stir in the fashion world, since it is the first time since Christian Lacroix in 1987 that LVMH has associated its brand with a personality. In addition to being one of the most famous and powerful artists on the planet, Rihanna now takes on the role of CEO of her own house, a first.
The Fenty collection was available from May 24 to 29 in a pop-up store in Paris, in the Marais, then the clothes and accessories went on sale on the brand’s website, from May 29, 2019. The strong values conveyed by the Rihanna’s line: Speak to all women, of any color and body type. A key word that the singer had already applied to her collections of beauty products, Fenty Beauty and lingerie, “Savage X Fenty”. Fashion according to Rihanna, however, has a price, since it took from 179 for a t-short to 1,300 euros for the most expensive items such as coats.