Her 2007 single “Umbrella” became the first of a record-setting string of No. 1 hits. The following year, then-Prime Minister David Thompson announced an annual Rihanna Day.

In this image made from video provided by Prime Minister's office, Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Mottley, left, former cricketer Garfield Sobers, center left, President Sandra Mason, center, singer ...

Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley addressed the audience at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow this week. “We must act in the interests of all our people,” she said.

Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Mottley, left, and President of Barbados, Dame Sandra Mason, right, honour Rihanna as a National Hero, during the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony, at Heroes Square ...

Mason, who was speaking on behalf of the country's prime minister, Mia Mottley, said Barbados will seek full sovereignty by November 2021, adding it can "be in no doubt about its capacity for self ...

Prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, speaking at the 16th Raúl Prebisch Lecture, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 10, 2019. Photo by Timothy Sullivan, UNCTAD on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. On ...

UPDATED: November 30, 2021 at 10:29 PM EST Take a bow, Rihanna! The pop superstar was named a National Hero of Barbados as the island became a republic at midnight as Monday turned into Tuesday.

Last month, Barbados told the queen, and her coddled princes and princesses, politely, of course, to take a well-deserved hike. If only Canada and Australia, among many starry-eyed nations, had ...