Rihanna Says Being A Bad Girl Was Her Idea

Rihanna admits that when she first arrived on the music scene at 16 years old, singing “Pon De Replay” she was struggling to find her own identity in a sea of “business suits” who will mold you into this or that at their discression. “I wasn’t 100 percent or even 75 percent in control of my image or my sound,”

she said to Showbiz. Rihanna has always played her career in such a thoughtful way, she chose the right battles to fight and was not fighting blindly, she knew the impact changing her image could do for her career, and she was right. “I said, ‘If you guys keep this perfect image of me, people will never notice me.’ I kind of blended in. It was safe, the blonde, curly hair. It was a formula. I didn’t want to be like all the other artists. I wanted to stand out.” Rihanna is now a Grammy Award winning singer, has sold more than 15 milliion albums worldwide, has had 9 number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 since 2005 when she first appeared on it, she’s standing out!