Many people might have guessed Beyonce was the richest female in music, however, most of Rihanna’s income isn’t from her music career.Īccording to Forbes, most of her money comes from her beauty line, Fenty Beauty. What is Rihanna’s Net Worth?Īs of 2021, Rihanna’s net worth is over $1 billion dollars, making her the richest female musician in the world. Rihanna is her middle name which she chose to also use as her stage name.Īlthough it is not known why she specifically chose to use her middle name as her stage name, it is likely because it has more of a ring to it than Robyn.ĭespite being known by all her fans as Rihanna, her family and close friends still call her Robyn. Rihanna’s real name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty. Keep reading to learn 18 surprising facts you may not know about Rihanna. Despite being famous, there are still some facts about her that are unknown to many people.Įven if you are a hardcore Rihanna fan, you might not know about some facts that are about to be revealed. She has a following of millions of people throughout the world who constantly listen to her music and keep up with her life. Last but not least congradulations from me to all those that were nominated for awards and to those that accepted them.Rihanna is one of the most famous artists of the 21st century. Leona Lewis Kanye West performs Heartless Queen and Alicia Pink is Sober Rihanna performs Rehab Mariah and Nick Mariah CareyĪudience and Backstage: Queen and Alicia in audience at the AMAs Rihanna and Pink backstage Chris Brown and Jamie Foxx Divas Alicia Keys, Kathleen Battle, and Queen Latifah Jordin and Enrique Kanye West and Jamie Foxx kickin it Performs “Single Ladies” Be If you like it then you should have put a ring on it. Ne-yo performs “Miss Independent” and “Closer” B-E-Y-O-N-C-E Annie Lennox, winner of a special merit award!Īs for the performances: Ne-yo performs. Kanye’s performance was different and colorful!ĭid you see his acceptance speech? “Well, I wanna be Elvis!” Chris BreezyĪlso, Congrats to Ms. Hearing her sing it live was even better…. Rihanna did her thing! I loved it, but I was looking for Justin Timberlake to come out at any time! I can definitely relate to the lyrics to “Rehab” as well. Her performance was a little confusing to me and I was a little disappointed mostly because she didn’t perform my song “Angel”, but overall it was a good performance. Mariah and Nick are beautiful and she performed as well, Nick excorted her on stage and reached to kiss her hand and she snatched away jokingly. I don’t remember the last time I saw Queen perform or even rap and sing for that matter! That was real cool. U-N-I-T-Y! Queen Latifah did her thing as a surprise performer alongside Alicia Keys “Superwoman”. Performances included artists like Taylor Swift, Pink, Christina Aguilera opened, Kanye West closed, Beyonce, Rihanna, Leona Lewis, Miley Cyrus, and many more. There were several appearances last night and a great amount of proud award winners. Out of the 19 performances, I have my favorite or those that I felt were better than others. Much kudos to the staff or anyone that had anything to do with putting this years’ show together. Most only last no longer than 2 and maybe 15 minutes then they carry on to the post show. I was shocked to see that it was 3 hours long. The 2008 American Music Awards has to be one of the best award shows, but simply because it represents just what I represent, diversity! Might I add that they’ve done a great job at doing just that.