2. The difference
between a
"Pop Performer" and
a "Pop Star"
POP PERFORMER:
May/may not be
famous. Just
performs music
POP STAR: Image
constructed to
audience

4.  Rihanna is both
these things, as she is
very involved with
her fan base, and
has a lot of publicity
around her, but her
fandom and fame
do not intersect
much with her public
life, allowing her to
be both absent and
present.

5.  Rihanna is both
ordinary in a way
that she is funny,
down to earth and
easily relatable, yet
she is beautiful and
unique and sticks out
from the masses,
making her
extraordinary.

6.  The incoherence of the star
image ensure that
audiences continually strive
to ‘complete’ or ‘make
sense’ of that image.
 Fans will be determined to
continue consuming the
star in order to carry on
attempting to ‘complete’
their image.

7.  Rihanna the pop star,
otherwise known as
Riri, was unknown
before her signing to
Def Jam Records and
her first album, ‘Good
Girl Gone Bad’. The
label transformed her
image from
wholesome island girl
from Barbados, to a
sexy, weed-smoking
pop-sensation.
Before
After

8. Stars are made
fundamentally to
make money and
sell records, which
is exactly what
Rihanna does.
Rihanna has
broken the record
of Most Pop Songs
No. 1s, and is one
of the most
successful artists of
her generation,
with a legion of
fans called the
‘Navy’.

9.  Rihanna has been in
many films, such as
Battlefield, and the
comedy This is The End.
 This spread her fan base
to action film and
comedy film fan bases.

10. RIHANNA
THROUGH
THE AGES