


Rihanna swept clean the 2007 MTV Video Music awards, taking home the evening’s two most special trophies, “Video of the Year” and Monster Single of the Year for her smash hit single “Umbrella”. It features songs produced by Timbaland, cameos by Jay-Z and a track called “Rehab” which was written by Justin Timberlake. The first single” Umbrella” stayed on the #1 spot for 10 consecutive weeks in the UK. Her latest album, “Good Girl Gone Bad” debuted at No: 2 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. She was ranked at #8 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list. Rihanna’s musical inspirations include Alicia Keys, Beyonce Knowles and Mariah Carey. Rihanna was only 16 when she was signed with Def Jam for her debut album, “Music of the Sun”. Jay-Z was quoted as saying “It took me just two minutes to see she was a star”. He heard her sing and knew that she had what it takes to make it big. Rodgers arranged her to go to New York and meet the CEO of Def Jam records, Jay-Z. Her life defining moment came when one of her friends introduced her to Evan Rodgers, a producer from New York who was vacationing in Barbados.

She led a normal island girl life going to a Combermere, a top sixth form school which is similar to a Technical School in the US. Rihanna was born on February 20th, 1988 in a Barbados County known as St.Micheals. Moreover, she was seen wearing shoes and clothes which is an improvement! Meanwhile she also met another man Blake who has improved and does not take drugs or drinks and not even meat. She believes that Amy is on her way back on the right track.Īmy was being photographed while she paid a visit to her hubby while he was in jail right after her great win at the Grammy. She further adds that Amy Winehouse looks good now and she is on the road of recovery. While she was viewing her daughter live from there she just thought that if Amy would have had been there she would be like a little lost girl. The mother further added that she thought that it would have been too much of a strain for Amy because of her flying and traveling. What pleased Amy’s mother was that she was surrounded by her family members and friends. Winehouse has to accept her awards only via satellite. She believes that she would never ever be able to control this substance of Amy’s abuse problem if she would be there. Amy Winehouse’s mother was glad that Amy missed the Grammy Awards scheduled at Los Angeles.
