As I was riding in my 1995 Mercury Villager to work in lonely Adairsville, I heard a song come on the radio. The song was catchy, upbeat, and somewhat techno. As I played the song over and over in my head, I could not match the artist to the song. When I got to work, I immediately looked up the song. It was none other than the famous Rihanna with her new number one hit “We Found Love.” Now I must say, I am not a huge Rihanna fan, but as I look up her number one hits, and the way her life has played out I think I have underestimated her ability.
Rihanna moved all the way from her hometown in Barbados to pursue a career in music. She also has thirteen hit singles from six studio albums including the songs Pon De Replay, Umbrella, SOS, Take A Bow, and Only Girl In The World, just to name a few. Thirteen?! That’s an amazing accomplishment. Also, Rihanna is the youngest solo artist on Billboard to receive eleven number one singles. She has received four Grammy Awards, five American Music Awards, and eighteen Billboard Music Awards. Did I mention that Rihanna is also only twenty three years old? Although she has many awards and number one hits, I still have to disagree with some areas of her music. Most of her songs are very hard to hear and almost always have the same beat to every song. Although “We Found Love” was something different from the R&B artist, after listening to her other songs, I still find the songs to be overly repetitive in the beat.
As you can see, Rihanna has had many accomplishments in her life and I am sure that she is striving for more. As I am still not a fan of her music I can’t deny that she is one successful woman. So as I close I would just like to say well done Rihanna.
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