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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the latest leader to respond to her message, saying "girls' education is in our feminist international development policy". Many of Rihanna's fans also seemed impressed with her philanthropic efforts. One Twitter user posted : "Rihanna tweeting at world leaders to promote education funding further proves why she's the greatest woman alive.
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City Slang. Friday, October 14, City Slang. More City Slang ». Speaking of Only eight months later, in August , she released her first single, "Pon de Replay," a reggae-influenced club track that reached No.
Her first album, Music of the Sun , released later that month, reached No. In , Rihanna effected a transformation from cute teen pop princess to superstar and sex symbol with her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad , fueled by its smash hit lead single "Umbrella," featuring Jay-Z.
The album reached No. In , Rihanna released her sixth studio album: Talk That Talk. On her Grammy-winning album Unapologetic , Rihanna turned out such hits as the No. Interestingly, Unapologetic was the first Rihanna album to hit No. She also worked with Coldplay on the track "Princess of China" and, the following year, reached No. Known for her sexually provocative imagery and wild style, Rihanna made headlines for the sheer dress she wore to the Council of Fashion Designers of America awards ceremony in June Rihanna acknowledged that there were some rules to fashion, but explained that "rules are meant to be broken.
In Rihanna also became the first artist in history to have million singles digitally downloaded and streamed.
In late January , Rihanna released the album Anti , allowing Jay-Z's online streaming site Tidal to exclusively feature the collection of tracks for a week. The gambit paid off for the struggling service, with one million trial subscribers joining Tidal in less than a day to partake in a download promotion for Anti.
The album's lead single, "Work," featuring rapper Drake , earned two Grammy nominations. In , Rihanna scored another No. Branching out to screen work, Rihanna co-starred in the sci-fi flick Battleship and later voiced the lead character in the animated blockbuster Home In , Rihanna made recurring appearances in season 5 of Bates Motel , and earned a prominent role in the science fiction flick Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
That year, fans also got their first glimpse of the pop superstar alongside Sandra Bullock , Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway in trailers for Ocean's 8 , a female-led spinoff of the popular Ocean's Trilogy which hit theaters in June In , Rihanna launched the nonprofit Clara Lionel Foundation, named after her grandmother, which supports and funds education and early response programs around the world.
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