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50 free Rihanna trivia questions with answers — music quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
42 free Rihanna trivia questions with answers. Rihanna has fourteen Hot 100 number ones, nine Grammys, a cosmetics empire and the title of National Hero of Barbados, and she got there from a three-bedroom bungalow in Bridgetown and a girl-group audition singing Destiny's Child. This Rihanna trivia quiz covers her whole story: the Jay-Z signing, every studio album from Music of the Sun to Anti, the big singles, the tours, the films, Fenty Beauty and Savage X Fenty, the Clara Lionel Foundation, motherhood and the record-setting Super Bowl LVII halftime show. The 50 questions range from easy ones anyone who owns a radio can get to hard ones about writers, chart runs and business deals, so both casual listeners and the Navy can play. Every answer is checked against documented chart data, interviews and reporting rather than fan lore.
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Q 01What was Rihanna's father's job when she was growing up?
Warehouse supervisor
Her mother Monica was an accountant; Rihanna helped her father sell clothes at a street stall in Bridgetown.
Q 02What is Rihanna's first name?
Robyn
Rihanna is her middle name; she uses her surname Fenty for all her non-music businesses.
Q 03Which future singer was Rihanna's drill sergeant when she joined her country's Cadet Corps at age 11?
Shontelle
Rihanna dropped out of school at 16 to pursue music after her demo reached Jay-Z.
Q 04Which Destiny's Child song did Rihanna's teenage girl group perform at their audition for Evan Rogers?
Emotion
Rogers said the minute Rihanna walked in 'it was like the other two girls didn't exist'.
Q 05Which rapper, newly installed as CEO of Def Jam, signed Rihanna after her 2005 audition?
Jay-Z
L.A. Reid told him not to let her leave the building without a deal; she waited in his office while lawyers drew up a six-album contract.
Q 06What was Rihanna's debut single, released in May 2005?
Pon de Replay
It reached number two in both the US and UK; Jay-Z had worried it was 'too big' for a new artist.
Q 07What was the title of Rihanna's debut album?
Music of the Sun
Jay-Z's team finished it in three months; it debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200.
Q 08Which song gave Rihanna her first Billboard Hot 100 number one, in 2006?
SOS
It came from A Girl Like Me, her first double-platinum album.
Q 09Which 2007 album is regarded as the turning point where Rihanna shed her innocent early image?
Good Girl Gone Bad
Ne-Yo, Timbaland and Justin Timberlake were among the producers, and Ne-Yo also gave her vocal training.
Q 10How many straight weeks did 'Umbrella' spend at number one in the UK?
Ten
It managed seven straight weeks on the Hot 100 and won a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration with Jay-Z.
Q 11'Umbrella' was nearly given to which R&B singer before Rihanna got it?
Mary J. Blige
Tricky Stewart built the beat from a hi-hat sound he found in GarageBand.
Q 12Which two 2008 singles from her third album joined 'Umbrella' at number one on the Hot 100?
Take a Bow and Disturbia
'Disturbia' came from the Reloaded reissue; Rihanna toured 80 dates across five continents behind the album.
Q 13Which darker, rock-influenced 2009 album did Rihanna record after Chris Brown's assault?
Rated R
She began work on it a month after the 2009 Grammys and toured it as the Last Girl on Earth tour.
Q 21What was the gimmick of Rihanna's 777 Tour, promoting her seventh album?
Seven shows, seven countries, seven days
A documentary about the whirlwind tour aired on Fox in May 2013.
Q 22In which 2012 film, based on a board game, did Rihanna make her feature acting debut?
Battleship
She played Petty Officer Cora Raikes; the film got mixed reviews.
Q 23On which streaming service was Anti released exclusively in January 2016?
Tidal
Samsung's $25 million deal sponsored the rollout; it became her second US number-one album.
Q 14Rihanna's 2010 hit with Eminem, which topped the Hot 100 for seven weeks, was called what?
Love the Way You Lie
It was the UK's best-selling song of 2010; the pair reunited for 'The Monster' in 2013.
Q 15Which single from Loud won the Grammy for Best Dance Recording in 2011?
Only Girl (In the World)
The Loud Tour included a record ten sold-out nights at London's O2 Arena.
Q 16How many sold-out O2 Arena shows did Rihanna play on the Loud Tour, then a record for a female artist?
Ten
The tour launched in June 2011 in support of Loud.
Q 17'We Found Love', Rihanna's longest-running Hot 100 number one, was made with which Scottish DJ?
Calvin Harris
It spent ten non-consecutive weeks at number one and was the longest-running US chart-topper of 2011.
Q 18How many weeks did 'We Found Love' spend at number one on the Billboard Hot 100?
Ten
Its video, depicting a turbulent drug-fuelled romance, was condemned by the Rape Crisis Centre.
Q 19Which was Rihanna's first album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200?
Unapologetic
It sold 238,000 copies in its first week in November 2012.
Q 20Which Australian singer-songwriter wrote 'Diamonds' with producers Benny Blanco and Stargate?
Sia
Stargate had already produced 'Don't Stop the Music' and 'Only Girl (In the World)' for her.
Q 24How many weeks did 'Work', the lead single from Anti, spend atop the Hot 100?
Nine
'Needed Me' and 'Love on the Brain' from the same album also made the top ten.
Q 25Which label did Rihanna leave Def Jam for in 2014?
Roc Nation
She had switched to Roc Nation for management back in 2010; Anti was the first album under the new deal.
Q 26How many number-one singles does Rihanna have on the Billboard Hot 100?
14
That ties her with Drake for fourth most in the chart's history.
Q 27How many Grammy Awards has Rihanna won?
Nine
She also has twelve Billboard Music Awards and thirteen American Music Awards.
Q 28In what year did Rihanna launch Fenty Beauty?
2017
Its inclusive range triggered the 'Fenty Effect', with forty foundation shades becoming the industry benchmark.
Q 29Which luxury conglomerate partnered with Rihanna on Fenty Beauty and later the Fenty fashion house?
LVMH
She was the first woman to create an original brand for the group and the first woman of colour to lead one of its houses.
Q 30What is the name of Rihanna's lingerie brand, launched in 2018?
Savage X Fenty
It debuted at New York Fashion Week and was praised for its size and shade inclusivity.