The rise of Rihanna

epa04192896 Barbadian singer Rihanna arrives for the 2014 Anna Wintour Costume Center Gala held at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, New York, USA, 05 May 2014. The Costume Institute's new Anna Wintour Costume Center opens on 08 May with the exhibition 'Charles James: Beyond Fashion.' EPA/JUSTIN LANE

LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 01: Recording artist Rihanna in the audience at the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Awards held at The Shrine Auditorium on May 1, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. iHeartRadio Music Awards are being broadcast live on NBC. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Clear Channel)

PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 05: Singer Rihanna poses in front of the Eiffel tower on March 5, 2014 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marc Piasecki/GC Images)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 28: Singer Rihanna is seen outside Da Silvano in Soho on April 28, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Raymond Hall/GC Images)

Rihanna arrives at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, April 13, 2014, at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Eminem, left, and Rihanna perform on stage at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, April 13, 2014, at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Singer Rihanna (L) poses for journalists after the German designer Karl Lagerfeld Fall/Winter 2014-2015 women's ready-to-wear collection show for French fashion house Chanel during Paris Fashion Week March 4, 2014. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe (FRANCE - Tags: FASHION ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 01: Rihanna (R) and her brother Rajad Fenty attend a basketball game between the Portland Trailblazers and the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center on December 1, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 24: Singer Rihanna performs onstage during the 2013 American Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 24, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Rihanna, right, performs on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, on the sidelines of the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix race weekend in Singapore.(AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 11: Tattoo artist Jessica V. poses with never before seen Madame Tussauds New York wax figure of singer Rihanna as it is unveiled at famed SOHO tattoo parlor Sacred Tattoo on on July 11, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Madame Tussauds New York)

PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 02: Rihanna attends the Chanel show as part of Paris Fashion Week Haute-Couture Fall/Winter 2013-2014 at Grand Palais on July 2, 2013 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 10: Singer Rihanna arrives at the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Rihanna, a cast member in the film \"Battleship,\" walks the carpet at the American premiere of the film, Thursday, May 10, 2012, in Los Angeles. The film is released in theaters on May 18. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

(L-R) Rihanna arrives for the premiere of \"Battleship,\" May, 10, 2012 at the NOKIA Theatre at L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles. AFP PHOTO / ROBYN BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/GettyImages) LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Singer Rihanna arrives at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 27: Singer Rihanna poses at the Los Angeles premiere of Michael Jackson 'THE IMMORTAL' World Tour at Staples Center on January 27, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)NEW YORK, NY - MAY 27: Singer Rihanna performs on NBC's \"Today\" in Rockefeller Plaza on May 27, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Rihanna star as Raikes in Universal Pictures' Battleship.

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 07: Rihanna attends the \"Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations\" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

INDIO, CA - APRIL 15: Singer Rihanna in the audience during day 3 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 15, 2012 in Indio, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella)

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Singers Rihanna and Katy Perry in the audience at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images For The Recording Academy)

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 19: Rihanna launches her new scent 'Reb'l Fleur' at House of Fraser on August 19, 2011 in London, England. (Photo by Neil Mockford/Getty Images)

Singer Rihanna performs on NBC's \"Today\" show in New York, May 27, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

OBERHAUSEN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 10: Rihanna performs during the German TV Show 'Popstars You & I' final at the Koenigspilsener Arena on December 10, 2009 in Oberhausen, Germany. (Photo by Friedemann Vogel/Getty Images)

Singer Rihanna arrives at the 2009 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California November 22, 2009. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT)

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 23: Singer Rihanna poses for photos at Best Buy on November 23, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Ray Tamarra/Getty Images)

LONDON - NOVEMBER 16: EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK TABLOID NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME. MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED Rihanna attends the Nokia X6 launch and Rihanna birthday celebrations at Mahiki nightclub, Mayfair on November 16, 2009 in London. (Photo by Dave M. Benett/Getty Images)

Singer Rihanna speaks after being named one of Glamour magazine's 2009 Women of the Year during an awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

In this publicity image released by ABC, Diane Sawyer, left, interviews singer Rihanna about her relationship with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown in New York. The interview aired on the morning program \"Good Morning America,\" Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, and will also air Friday on the prime time news program \"20/20\". (AP Photo/ABC, Ida Mae Astute)

PARIS - OCTOBER 06: Rihanna attends Chanel Pret a Porter show as part of the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 at Grand Palais on October 6, 2009 in Paris, France. (Photo by Eric Ryan/Getty Images)

epa01804308 Barbadian singer Rihanna arrives for the premiere of the film 'Inglourious Basterds' in London, Britain, 23 July 2009. The movie by US director Quentin Tarantino tells the story of a group of Jewish-American soldiers in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. EPA/FRANTZESCO KANGARIS .

Lawyer Donald Etra (L) stands with singer Rihanna inside the Los Angeles Superior Court during the hearing in the Chris Brown felony assault case on June 22, 2009. R&B singer Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to assaulting former girlfriend Rihanna and will be sentenced to 180 days of community labor for the attack, lawyers said June 22, 2009 Singer Chris Brown inside the Los Angeles Superior Court during the hearing in his felony assault case, against Rihanna, on June 22, 2009. R&B singer Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to assaulting former girlfriend Rihanna and will be sentenced to 180 days of community labor for the attack, lawyers said June 22, 2009

Singer Rihanna sits courtside during Game 4 of the NBA Finals basketball game between the Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Lakers in Orlando, Florida June 11, 2009. REUTERS/Hans Deryk (UNITED STATES SPORT BASKETBALL ENTERTAINMENT)

NEW YORK - MAY 04: Singer Rihanna attends \"The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion\" Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Rihanna

Musicians Chris Brown and Rihanna perform during the Z100 Jingle Ball in New York in this December 13, 2008 file photo. Brown, 19, one of the fastest rising stars of the last two years, was freed on $50,000 bail on February 9, 2009 as rumors swirled over what happened between the pop couple that caused them both to pull out of Sunday's Grammy Awards ceremony at short notice. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/Files (UNITED STATES)

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 23: Singer Rihanna arrives at the 2008 American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on November 23, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for AMA) *** Local Caption *** Rihanna

From left, Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini, Madonna and Rihanna attend a Gucci UNICEF dinner at The Oak Room at the Plaza on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 05: Singers Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Beyonce, Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Ashanti, Natasha Bedingfield and Nicole Scherzinger perform on stage during the Conde Nast Media Group's Fifth Annual Fashion Rocks at Radio City Music Hall on September 5, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - JANUARY 31: Singer Rihanna signs autographs at H&M for the launch of Fashion Against AIDS Collection on January 31, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Loud/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Rihanna

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 29: Singer Rihanna and actor Brendan Fraser perform on stage during Nickelodeon's 2008 Kids' Choice Awards held at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on March 29, 2008 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Nickelodeon)

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 18: Singer Rihanna accepts the Favorite Soul/Rhythm & Blues Female Artist award during the 2007 American Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live November 18, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Barbados-born singer Rihanna (C) performs during the first concert of her German tour 13 November 2007 in Munich, southern Germany. AFP PHOTO DDP/CLEMENS BILAN GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read CLEMENS BILAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Singer Rihanna performs \"Umbrella\" at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas September 9, 2007. Rihanna won the award for Monster Single of the Year for the song. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES)

R&B artist Rihanna poses with Canadian identical-twin designers Dean and Dan Caten during fashion house Dsquared2 show of the Milan ready-to-wear fashion shows, 27 September 2007. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

Recording artists Chris Brown (L) and Kanye West (C) laugh with Rihanna during a Video Music Awards nomination special \"TRL\" show at the MTV studios in New York August 7, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES)

NEW YORK - JUNE 08: Singer Rihanna poses as she is named 2007 Venus Breeze \"Celebrity Legs Of A Goddess\" at the Metropolitan Pavilion June 8, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Rihanna

Rihanna performs on the NBC \"Today\" television program, in New York's Rockefeller Center, Friday June 8, 2007. Her song \"Umbrella\" is on top of the charts this week. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

LAS VEGAS - DECEMBER 04: Singer Rihanna poses in the press room with her Female Artist of the Year Award at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena December 4, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

ST. MICHAEL, BARBADOS - APRIL 22: Rihanna poses for a portrait before a party to celebrate the release of her new album \"A Girl Like Me\" on April 22, 2006 in her hometown of St. Michael, Barbados. (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)

on Arthur Ashe Kids Day before the start of the 2005 US Open at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on August 26, 2005 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - JULY 14: (L to R) Def Jam recording artist Ne-Yo (L), Def Jam president and CEO Shawn \"Jay - Z\" Carter and Roc-A-Fella recording artists Teairra Mari and Rihanna appear onstage at the Teen People Listening Lounge hosted by Jay - Z at the Key Club on July 14, 2005 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jay - Z;Ne-Yo;Teairra Mari;Rihanna