Robyn Rihanna Fenty - Bridgetown, Barbados
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The Government of Barbados installed a large welcome sign honoring Bajan singer and songwriter Robyn Rihanna Fenty on the corner of Westbury Rd. and Rihanna Drive in Bridgetown, Barbados.
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Location: Barbados
Date Posted: 02/04/2020
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Rihanna's childhood home in Bridgetown, Barbados has become a major tourist attraction. In 2017, the Barbados‘ government officially changed the name of Westbury New Road to Rihanna Drive to honor Barbados' most famous citizen. The placed a large double sided sign at the end of the street welcoming you to Rihanna Drive and honoring Barbados' most famous citizen. The sign has an outer metal frame which is inscribed:
Welcome to
RIHANNA DRIVE
and
Our Diamond.
A polished black granite plaque has a laser etched image of Rihanna and the following inscription:
The Government of Barbados has renamed this street Rihanna Drive
in honour of the Barbados native, world famous singer, actress and
entrepreneur Robyn Rihanna Fenty who grew up here. It was formerly
called Westbury New Road.
Unveiled Independence Day, Thursday 30th November, 2017,
by
the Rt Honourable Freundel Stuart, QC, MP,
Prime Minister of Barbados
and
Ms. Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Cultural Ambassador for Barbados
History
Rihanna is one of the top selling artistes of all time and the highest selling artiste of the digital era. at 28 years old,
she was the first and only artiste to surpass 100 million sales in 2017 breaking the Guiness World Record. Rihanna
has won 8 Grammy Awards, 12 Billboard Music Awards, 13 AMAs including the Icon Award in 2013 and MTVs Video
Vanguard Award in 2016. Rihanna has always been an active philanthropist, and in 2012 founded the Clara Lionel
Foundation which continues to raise funds to support the greater good, education, health and emergency response
programs around the world.
Rihanna's Personal Words
"Welcome to Rihanna Drive...My home. My whole life was shaped on this very road. I was just a little island girl riding bikes,
running around barefoot and flying kites in the cemetery, but I had BIG dreams that were born and realized right here.
Thank you to my family, my country and the people of Westbury New Road! You will forever be a part of who I a, and for that
I am honoured to have this place named after me."
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Rihanna is a Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, actress, and model. She sings across several genres including pop, dance, and R&B and has sold over 100,000,000 records, more that any other recording artist, by the time she 28 years old. Today she has sold over 250 million records and is one of the world's best-selling music artists.
Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, Barbados on February 20, 1988. She was raised in Bridgetown, Barbados and moved to the US in 2005, to record with Def Jam Recordings.
Rihanna has recorded 14 number-one singles and 31 top-ten singles in the US, and 30 top-ten singles in the UK. She has nine Grammy Awards, 13 American Music Awards, 12 Billboard Music Awards, and six Guinness World Records. Forbes magazine ranked her among the top ten highest-paid celebrities in 2012 and 2014. Time named her as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2018.
According to Wikipedia, Rihanna has written or co-written, to date, an astonishing 57 songs: See list.