But there is one thing i am not a fan of, and i am sure the majority of sane women out there will agree with me, its her fashion sense.
Rihanna should be lucky she is making hits with her music in return making lots of money, because if her music was as bad as her dress sense, she would be on the dole by now. Her transformation over these past 8 years from pop's good girl to what we see before us today can be put down to what some may call growing up, a journey, finding yourself. I call it rebellion.
Rihanna has been known to say in the past that when she started she was controlled by everyone, her record label and management and so on. She felt she wasn't been true to herslef and her fans, she wanted to show them the real her, not the manufactured cute girl that burst on the scene with pon de replay in 2005.
Well she has succeeded, she is a woman of 24 years old, no one can tell her how to dress, where to go and what to do, well thats unless she was living in a communist / dictatorhsip country.
What concerns me about Rihanna, is that as a fan, and i am 21 year's old, she is one of the rare superstars that appeal to a global audience - all ages and both male and female. She has a huge fan base, with almost 15 million twitter followers and growing, thats more than the president of United States!
Riri as she is also known is a sex symbol of our time, just like marilyn monroe 50 years ago. Being so overly sexed in music videos and on stage, i am not surprised why some view her as a bad role model for her younger fans. Primary school kids listen to her music, her songs also have highly sexual content. Her personal life has not helped either. She has been surrounded by controversy recently after teaming up with her ex Chris Brown, the rnb star battered Rihanna in his car three years ago.
All seems to be water under the bridge, as she announced that she will be collaborating with him on her track birthday cake from the album Talk That Talk, which features explicit words, concerning the act of sexual behaviour. There has also been rumours that the two may get back together, but i doubt that is likely since Chris Brown is blissfully happy with girlfriend and model Karruche Tran, whom has been rumoured to have moved in with Brown.
Despite all this, Rihanna, has been known to have a dangerous side, seeking excitement. She is the new wild child, but surprisingly, a wild child with all round appeal. Majority love her, if not i'm sure her career wouldnt be going from strength to strength.
The images below show her transformation from fresh faced teen to global sex siren with an addiction to tattoos and minimal clothing. Well if you got it flaunt it, i say. Lets just hope she maintains a level head and does not have a public melt down, like Britney Spears did a few years back. After all we are all human.
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2005 - age 17At VMA's[/caption]
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AT EMA's 2006- Age 18[/caption]Copyright. Getty images
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2007 Age 19At Bambi Awards[/caption]
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2008. Age 20AT AMA's. Copyright. Bob Charlotte/ PR photos[/caption]
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2009 Age 21At Rated R album launch. copyright. hergoodybag.com[/caption]
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2010. Age 22GQ magazine. copyright. GQ[/caption]
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2011. Age 23Photoshoot. copyright. zerodegrees101[/caption]
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2012. Age 24Heading out to eat in New York . copyright. the superficial[/caption]
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