Rihanna
Rihanna, the Barbadian singer, actress and fashion designer was born February 20, 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados. Her career started at the age of 15 when she was discovered by record producer Evan Rogers. She has risen to the top of the music industry and fashion world in just 10 years. What propelled her to this level of success? A look at her birth order will give us the answer.
Early Family Life
Robyn Rihanna Fenty was the oldest of three children of Monica and Ronald Fenty. She was a child full of life and liked being the center of attention posing for the camera when family pictures were taken. Her mother Monica was a make-up artist and Robyn learned early how to apply makeup. Her father, Ronald is a clothes designer and he and Rihanna would sell them at a stall in the open market in Barbados. She has two younger brothers Rorrey 2yrs younger and Rajad eight years younger.
Older Siblings
Rihanna has three older siblings from her father’s earlier affairs, each has a different mother. She meet Candy the oldest when she was 15 and Candy was 24. Samantha is 7 years older than Rihanna and remembers braiding her hair when she was 3 years old.
The youngest is Jamie and he is 4 years older than Rihanna. There is no information when he first met her but extended families in Barbados are not uncommon. Rihanna gets together with all hersiblings when she returns to Barbados.
Her Birth Order
If we look at her birth family we see she is the firstborn with two younger brothers. She certainly has demonstrated the traits of the first born, looking after her younger brothers and getting a lot of attention. There has been mentioned a fight with her younger brother Rorrey.
This is a natural occurrence for the firstborn to defend her throne. Her father was a known alcoholic and addicted to crack cocaine. She has described abuse in the family. Her parents divorced then she was 14. As the firstborn with an addicted father she would be an overachiever as she would feel some responsibility for the problem.
Of course she had nothing to do with the cause of his problem, but it is common for firstborn children to feel responsibility when these problems occur. If we look at her older half/siblings she becomes the fourth birth. This number is added to her #1 birth order giving her a 4/1 double birth order.
The four birth order is the playful child that wants to have fun and others look out for them. This combination of birth orders may be the reason she has been so successful. Leaving Barbados at 15 and moving to the US with another family was a way she could escape her situation.
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Chris Brown
In 2009 her boyfriend Chris Brown was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats. He was also charged with assault as photos showed the visible injuries sustained by Rihanna. Picking boy-friends may go back to her experiences with her abusive father. Let’s hope she has progressed past this problem in her life.
Achievements
For having worked only 10 years in the entertainment industry she has achieved great success. She holds the Guinness World Record for digital single sales of 58 million in 2012. She is the 2ndbest selling female artist only behind Madonna. She received the Fashion Icon Lifetime achievement award in 2014. In 2006 she started the Believe Foundation to help terminally ill children. Many more awards have come her way.
The Future
The future looks bright for Rihanna. Balancing her two birth orders has been easy for her. Taking charge as a #1 and entertaining and having fun as a #4 seems to be in balance for her. She shares this double birth order with none other than Walt Disney and Donald Trump.