WHET Rihanna

She’s pregnant.

OP, RiRi is preggers and making MONEY with her undies, skincare and makeup line.

The Bitch is RICH

Blind items in the past few years have hinted that she’s lost her singing voice. Allegedly drugs or something like that.

Are you kidding me? She has a gazillion dollar cosmetics empire, clothing, and is being worshipped online for every photo of her pregnant belly. Doesnt need music anymore

Her vocals are all auto tuned. Happy to show her the door.

And, yes, she's got more $$ than I'll ever have, blah, blah, whatever. She's still got a five head.

She slim again, pretty sure she aborted.

[quote] Hit after hit

I did that!

Is she really a billionaire overnight with her makeup line? Asking for a friend

I doubt it. The make up market is glutted with celebrity brands.

she's eating bonbons and making babies

r8, r9...Come again? Her lingerie company Savage x Fenty will be her 2nd billion dollar company...She's not playing a billionaire - she IS a billionaire! She never has to record an album or tour for the rest of her life. The woman has brick and mortar stores opening across the country as we speak.

What’s her make up line got to do with her lingerie line? The question was: has her cosmetic line made her a billionaire?

Probably it's popular and really well made

She's also saving those coins and baby shopping at Target...

r12, Yes, it did.

I doubt it.

R14 is that a setup by her PR team? I can’t imagine Rihanna shopping at Target…

I'm having an abortion and I can't wait!

I guess Bloomberg, Forbes et al must be reporting fake financial news...Rihanna is on the list at the link.

Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty is currently the most successful celebrity-backed beauty brand, earning $570 million in revenue every year, according to insights from OLBG.

Jessica Alba's Honest Company is the second highest-earning, with $350 million yearly revenue. It is followed by Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian, whose Kylie Cosmetics and KKW Beauty earn $200 million and $100 million yearly revenue, respectively.

Jenner is the only person with two beauty companies on the list, with Kylie Skin being the seventh highest-earning celebrity-backed beauty brand at $25 million.

Cindy Crawford and Drew Barrymore round out the list with Meaningful Beauty earning $100 million and Flower Beauty earning $50 million, respectively.

[quote] I guess Bloomberg, Forbes et al must be reporting fake financial news

They wouldn't do that.

If Rihanna is a billionaire it’s not from her make up line.

She owns 50% of her makeup/skincare company along with LVMH...she did not get to billionaire status through owning her music/publishing.

It feels like DL is overrun with people who think that, if they don't personally like a celebrity, every negative thing they say about them is automatically true.

wisely, shrewdly tapped out during her prime and parlayed her success into her cosmetic line which is extremely successful.

You’re making me laugh r24. You’re reading things that simply aren’t there in what I posted. The question was: is Rihanna a billionaire from her make up line. I said I doubt it because the market is so saturated with celebrity make up lines. Suddenly I am guilty of hating Rihanna. You’re being stupid and I’m bored with it.

The only diva with a bad voice.

I liked her music. She should give us an album every few years

I wasn't talking about you, r26. I don't know who you are in this thread.

I like her.

She was able to eventually rise above that horrible and traumatic incident with Brown, and eventually got the fuck away from him for good.

Also, RiRi stays classy.

She’s not a bitch to others, she doesn’t run around talking smack about her exes, and she really does have the most endearing personality on her makeup tutorial vids.

She may have worn some I’ll conceived outfits here and there, but Drake was right about her.

She’s a good girl, and I’m happy for her.

She's making more money then should be allowed, but that's whole another conversation. Fenty Beauty is the top celeb makeup/skincare line even though the market is saturated. She knows how to market her products and that's why it has done so well.

R30

R3 allegedly? 🤣

R11 while her lingerie line is doing well. I don't think it's all that good. Some of the designs are cute, but alot of it looks cheaply made.

Umbrella Umbrella Umbrella

New article on the world's billionaires 2022...

She released 8 albums in 11 years, and two or three of them were pretty good. That's more that can be said of pop/r&b divas.

R33 I have a couple of bras from Savage Fenty and they aren’t that bad. Not La Perla quality, but I wasn’t expecting that anyway.

Caitlyn is breathlessly awaiting the plus gurl sizes opening launch.

Vogue US - May cover 2022

[QUOTE] Blind items in the past few years have hinted that she’s lost her singing voice.

She had one to lose?

Vogue video w/ Annie Leibovitz.

She could never sing well but she has the perfect tone for pop music and it's versatile enough. She has one of the best singles discography, her team chose well. She's an absolutely awful performer though. She was wise to step back from music. The Fenty brand worked because Rihanna was still young and hot and could market her stuff with enthusiasm. Usually celebs wait until old age and irrelevance to do this. Rihanna was still fresh off musical success when she invested in the Fenty brand.

Does Anna W. really dislike Riri that much R39?

OP can’t be serious. She’s been highly talked about and present even without music.

And yes, she does plan to release new music.

Rihanna has 30 Vogue covers...are there any models past or present with that many covers?

The mind boggles at the laziness and ignorance of OP, taping out that ridiculous opening trolling statement in this thread.

R3, in order to lose her singing voice, she would have needed to have one in the first place. Rihanna is utterly talentless, but she was intelligent enough to listen to her business advisors and branch out into the celebrity make up/acessories market, which has significantly increased her fortune.

Personally, I am surprised by the fact that such an unremarkable girl would have had so many hits and become so successful... Then again, if Paris Hilton, the Kardashians and the Hadids could, anyone can.

Rihanna came out when light-skinned or spicy white girls with nonexistent voices were charting on urban radio: Ashanti, Ciara, Fergie, Cassie, Amerie, Nelly Furtado, Tearra Mari, Christina Milian etc. I guess you could blame the influence of Britney, Aaliyah, Mya, Jennifer Lopez and Beyoncé for that wave in the late 90s. But it all goes back to Madonna, Janet and Paula.

Rihanna's diverse musical taste really wasn't different from Ciara, Fefe Dobson and Keri Hilson who also had distinctive sounds. Ciara actually is a decent singer and a great dancer/performer. Keri is a songwriter. Fefe did the Black girl electro rock thing before Rihanna.

I think with Rihanna it was her beauty and charisma (because she can't sing, dance or act), unique green eyes and being tied to Jay-Z. Like Britney, she had a good team and herself a good ear for tunes that will chart.

It IS odd that she was so productive, releasing an album every year and then BAM, nothing.

Beyonce hasn't released a solo album in 6 years either.

I think Justin Timberlake though takes the cake as the pop star who has the biggest gaps between albums.

Also George Michael took long breaks.

Fenty Beauty is highly regarded for their wide range of cosmetics for all shades of skin. Female friends say it is very good makeup, not cheap junk (Paris Hilton perfume anyone?)

R49 because she wanted to get out of her contract.

[quote] Rihanna's diverse musical taste really wasn't different from Ciara, Fefe Dobson and Keri Hilson who also had distinctive sounds. Fefe did the Black girl electro rock thing before Rihanna.

FeFe’s songs were a bit different and cool, catchy funky pop-rock with a bit of spunk. I like her sound and her image, wish she’d been bigger and done more.

Rihanna is someone her handlers dressed up as some fashion icon but she always seems so uncomfortable in them. She doesn’t have any personality on stage or in pictures whatsoever

R55, she couldn't command the Met Gala year after year if she was just dressed up by handlers and uncomfortable. She was the shining star everyone looked forward to each year that she went. You can't do that unless, at a minimum, you are extremely comfortable in your own skin and in clothes.

I actually couldn't disagree more with what most of the posters on here have said. I actually fell more in love with Rihanna after seeing her live performances on SNL. She may not be the best vocalist, but she definitely has pop vocal ability and her voice is instantly recognizable. AND she has the IT factor in spades. You are just drawn to her. I have seen her in person and she is very charismatic, magnetic. She is the cool girl everyone wants to be around and that every fashion house - Dior, Chanel wanted to claim as their own. And given the fact that she was the absolute highlight of the Met Gala every year for years in a row tells you something about her pull as a person and in the entertainment industry. She has the power to command the attention in a roomful of attention seekers. She is just a really cool chick who is true to herself. She has never given too much away in a time when celebrities need to be in front of you 24/7 or else they are forgotten. And the fact that she is now a billionaire and doesn't have to give anything away anymore ever again makes her more enigmatic.

Plus she is drop dead gorgeous fresh faced or done up which, unfortunately for a pop star, doesn't work in Fefe Dobson's favour. Her look is more like the cartoon character Droopy with a blunt-cut bangs.

She’s fine she sends her love.

Anyone else watch Paro Deez on Youtube? His shit is hilarious. Rihanna, Adele and Beyonce and regularly featured together with voice over parodies. This one actually discusses Rihanna's Billionaire status.

Rihanna has natural charisma. I agree she's not the most talented singer and a terrible live performer. But she's not really a puppet. She chose her later electronic, Eurodance, house and pop rock sounds. When she first made her US debut, the label tried hard to make her a Beyonce, Cassie or Ciara type of artist doing poppy R&B. But Rihanna wanted to make pure dance and stuck to her guns. She's actually the highest selling artist of her peers globally besides Ariana Grande. So while she's a studio singer, she was smart to select catchy and well produced material

Most successful pop stars aren't really puppets. The puppets don't have longevity. Paula Abdul didn't last long. Mandy Moore didn't last long. Jessica Simpson didn't last long. Even Britney, Beyonce, Bieber and Timberlake who are manufactured like Rihanna, also have something in there that made them durable and they also had good ears for hits.

Taking the high road. Stepping out of the limelight while at her peak.

Take a cue, JLo. Goodness her snips of now 2+'decade hits is comical at best now. She's just too old to be reusing material from pre-911. You'd think she'd know that.

Don't get me started on Bennifer 2.0

R59 YES I love those!