Going behind the gossip columns, the true story of a singer who has worked hard, reinventing herself along the way, to become a household name and one of the biggest artists on the planet

Rihanna has sold more than 25 million albums and won numerous awards, including five Grammys. At the same time she has become an object of fascination for celebrity magazines internationally thanks to her tumultuous personal life. This intimate biography follows her life story, with details of her father's drug addiction and her parents' turbulent marriage, how she was taken to the United States at just 16 years of age to be launched as a solo star, how she shot to fame seemingly overnight, and, of course, her dramatic personal life, including the controversial Chris Brown saga.