In honor of Caribbean Heritage Month, BlackEnterprise.com highlights top leaders of Caribbean descent in sports, politics, entertainment and more.
RIHANNA
Country: Barbados
Claim to Fame: Award-winning singer; holder of the most BillBoard No. 1 singles
The Bajan beauty hit the music scene in 2005 with her single “Pon de Replay.†Since then Rihanna has amassed 21 Grammy Award nominations, with six wins. In April Billboard announced that she has become “the first artist in the 20-year history of Billboard’s Nielsen BDS-based Pop Songs radio airplay chart to tally 10 No. 1s.â€