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Rihanna Reveals Her Role Model

Everyone has a role model, someone they admire and want to model their life after.  And for Rihanna, she’s set the bar high, saying she wants to be like pop queen Madonna.

The Umbrella singer says that she hopes that she can have the longevity and cultural relevance that Madonna’s known for.  She says that the impact Madonna has had on the pop music world has been invaluable.

Rihanna: The New Queen Of The Charts

Speaking of her rapid rise to fame, 19-year-old Rihanna tells on her Website: “So much has happened in my life, I feel like I’ve grown five years in a year.”

And quit the year its been. People out there just can’t seem to get enough of the Barbados native’s hit single Umbrella, as the song has been a mainstay at the top of the charts for months now.

Live Earth: Al Gore’s Global Party

As reported previously by the Gossip Girls, the series of Live Earth concerts across seven continents got started off with a bang yesterday (July 7).  Just 24 hours later, the global party has come to an end - but the hope is that the event’s message will live on for quite some time to come.

Live Earth was organized by former Vice President Al Gore with the goal of raising awareness about global warming. With over 100 musical acts joining in on the cause, the entertainers played to the crowds - with many offering up messages to the over 2 billion people expected to experience the shows through television, radio and the Internet.

Shakira and Rihanna Help Kick Off Live Earth

The 2007 version of Live Earth concerts kicked off on Saturday (July 7) in an attempt to persuade governments and citizens to go green. And Rihanna and Shakira were among the acts performing in nine cities around the world.

According to Reuters reports, “around 40,000 people filled the Aussie Stadium in Sydney, 10,000 turned up at the Makuhari Messe hall outside Tokyo, thousands watched at the steps of the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai and many more braved the rain in Hamburg.”

Rihanna Loves Being Bad

She’s sold over 5 million albums and released five #1 singles, and now 19-year-old Rihanna is talking about her decision to ditch her nice girl image, instead indulging in her inner “bad girl.”

Her new album, Good Girl Gone Bad, is doing extremely well.  And it’s success could be attributed to a change in the R&B singer’s demeanor.  “This record (Good Girl Gone Bad), I basically took the attitude of the bad girl and I really got rebellious and just did everything the way I wanted to do it,” Rihanna told press.