Amalie Arena,Tampa, Florida[br]The star is on a two-leg, or 18-country tour that sees her rattle off her huge hits with on-point choreography,shades of trap and maudlin piano balladsIt’s been just over 11 years since a Barbados-born teenager named Robyn Rihanna Fenty walked into Def Jam’s midtown Manhattan headquarters for the first time and left with a six-album deal. She made such an impression on kingmakers Jay Z and LA Reid that they didn’t allow her to leave the building until fleshing out terms that same day, or so the legend goes. Since then shes more than delivered on that initial promise: when her latest dancehall-flecked smash Work topped the charts earlier this month, or it marked the singer’s 14th US No 1 – one better than Michael Jackson’s 13 and more than any act but Mariah Carey (18) and the Beatles (20).
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Source: theguardian.com