Rihanna is a BILLIONAIRE!!!!

OP how could you leave out Pour It Up? I think this is the worst Rhianna song by far. It's about her going to a strip club and living it up like some frat boy. There's no way she actually enjoys going to strip clubs IRL. Just a terrible, dishonest song. I especially hate the part where she wails. OHHHH OHHHH AAAHHHHH ALL I SEE IS DOLLAR SIGNS

Bullshit - doing $1.7 billion in sales doesn't mean you have $1.7 billion in your pocket. Or that she owns the entire company.

She literally just put her name on a product made by someone else, distributed by someone else, marketed by someone else. You think those people are working for her for free?

It's the Kylie Jenner bullshit again.

She should have Chris Brown killed

R2 Forbes articles says she owns 50% of Fenty beauty and then her lingerie company valued at $270 million and rest from record sales. Of course, all that billion is not liquid. It sounds like a nightmare if you have to manage a liquid asset worth a billion dollars.

But is her pussy wet?

Well, she must have sucked the right cock at some point.

OP the song title is simply "We Found Love".

It's not at all an obscure fact, but I hate that I know that.

I've never thought she has any kind of voice...she just sort of screams, whines, & moans. Beyonce Knowles warbles (though she yells her way through "Ring The Alarm").

Most of this is coming from her beauty products, not her music

Perfume and beauty. LVMH is no joke. It's not some tacky COTY or Chinese shit. Investors get quite rich speculating on these brands with luxury conglomerate backing.

r6 I don't know what you are talking about.

I love Rihanna. Some of her 00's bangers were the soundtrack to the twilight of my party days. Now, releasing a new album is what needs to happen gurl.

Forbs have been handing out these Billionaire titles like candy lately. Kylie Kim Beyonce and Now Rihanna?

Remember back in the day when forbs said Trump was a Billionaire and later found out he actually only had $5 million in the bank? I don't doubt Rihanna's wealth, she's definitely wealthy. But nearly $2 billion? I don't know. The Sam with Kim and Kylie?

Oprah is still the wealthiest woman in media and entertainment. She remains the Queen!

Yasss kween ^^^^

I was confused as to how a girl who DOES NOT WRITE HER OWN SONGS could be worth so much. Of course it turns out it has next to nothing to do with the music.

Forbes lies.

I love Rihanna too! I remember I HATED Umbrella when it came out but I quite like it now for whatever reason. She has a few jams that will forever be on my playlist.

Looks like woc are on a roll. But the above poll should have included "Hate that I Love You", "Pon de Replay (which made her famous)", and "S & M". But she made her money from Fenty Beauty.

well, her big money. She made a fortune as a top selling pop star, too.

Jesus, the world does not need more billionaires. Rihanna is cool and all but I also don't buy she is actually a billionaire. She is rich as hell though and made smart choices in her career path. Forbes just isn't a credible source. I gave up on expecting more music from Rihanna at this point, she seems to have lost interest or is too scared to release something underwhelming in comparison to ANTI.

I don’t know why, but something about this thread with Rihanna’s face lined up just above the Cindy Brady thread with washed-up, hideous freak Susan Olsen’s face gave me a chuckle.

How is she a billionaire? She can't sing, she can't dance, she--oh wait....why isn't Madonna a billionaire?

Got to give it to Rihanna making a billion dollars with zero talent.

[Quote] Now, releasing a new album is what needs to happen gurl.

I don't think she's interested. Hasn't been in years and would rather focus on Fenty. I don't blame her.

Within one month of release, Fenty Beauty's sales were valued at $72 million, and sold-out products widely reported, with darker shades of foundation particularly in demand… shoppers noted even testers were often gone from stores. In the UK, the line became Harvey Nichols's biggest beauty launch ever, passing previous leader MAC Cosmetics. By September department stores were selling one Fenty Beauty foundation every minute and one lipstick every three minutes. The launch also helped raise LVMH's cosmetic and perfume sales for the third quarter of 2017 by 17%.

According to Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of LVMH, Fenty Beauty's sales reached almost $573 million by the end of 2018. Forbes reported that following 15 months of operation, in 2018, Fenty Beauty accumulated US$570 million in revenue.

The entire operation is worth US$17 billion, of which 15% belongs to its CEO, Rihanna.

[quote] Got to give it to Rihanna making a billion dollars with zero talent.

Madonna unlocked the door. Paris and Kim cracked it. Rihanna blew it open.

These “kinda” of fortune are full of BS. One day you have 1.7B, next day you have 1.7M in investment. They can fluctuate to the extreme. 😂

R21 STFU cunt. I was waiting for the gratuitous Madonna slam.

RiRi is more successful than your lesser than. You just hate that. Your lesser than is fug.

Good for her. Her father was a garbage man in Barbados. Not anymore.

R25 Come on. You can't compare Madonna and Rihanna with those two heifers. One is an heiress of a Hotel magnate and the other started as an ass-licker of the said heiress of a Hotel magnate.

R25 is blocked as a rabid Madonna hater aka Jabba

Rihanna is Janet only with more hits and people actually give a shit about. Neither can sing well but Rihanna can sing circles around Janet.

R29 I don't think Rihanna is talented (she can't really sing, definitely can't dance and is a terrible actress) but she is very smart and has charisma. She's a great muse for visual and creative artists and had good taste in producers. She and Madonna are not undeserving of their fame and wealth compared to others.

I think she has a trashy face.

She does look trashy but that's not necessarily a barrier to popularity. Who doesn't like a little trash now and then?

Her cosmetics releases were huge. The profit margins on cosmetics are huge anyway, it's a racket. She made a fortune. Is it more than a billion dollars? I don't know but it's enough.

Blackish barbie. She only got promoted because she was white looking. She can’t really sing. And she has no soul. Which is why Sia pulled back on her singing some of her songs. (Chandalier).

Stds=$$$

R33 what's trashy about it?

[quote] And she has no soul.

Why the fuck does every Black female singer have to be a gutbucket soul singer? It's time this wretched stereotype was put to rest.

Rihanna seems like a pleasant, fun person and her success makes me happy. As for the bitch who wants to downplay it because a lot of Rihanna's wealth comes from Fenty cosmetics, if she had been a white woman, you lot would be praising her for being a great entrepreneur.

She’s not a billionaire. Forbes has no idea what it is talking about. Never has.

Rihanna is not and was never R&B or soul. She is dance-pop music with dancehall, hip-hop and Eurodance touches. She's quite similar to Grace Jones and Donna Summer. If you want soul listen to Jill Scott, Lianne La Havas or Jazmine Sullivan.

She is beautiful and sings like a mosquito.

She never got a nose job either. I think she is striking even without makeup.

[quote]Who doesn't like a little trash now and then?

We are after all on DL ...

I think she is beautiful. I am happy she is doing well - she seems like a decent person.

The track from the Star Track movie.

R42 She never needed a nose job. Everyone dosen't suffer from self hate.

[Quote] Everyone dosen't suffer from self hate.

Ouch!

So now she has the distinction of being the only billionaire in human history to have had her face beaten to a bloody pulp by the trashy talentless Chris Brown. Good for her.

[quote] Rihanna is Janet only

Rihanna did not benefit from having multiple famous older successful brothers.

You can think what you want about her music, but this little girl from Barbados did it all on her own.