When she was first discovered in Barbados, talent scouts weren’t necessarily interested in her voice – it was good, of course, but they were mainly focused on her ‘girl-next-door’ quality. John Seabrook’s book Song Machine paints a vivid picture of Rihanna’s rise. it seemed strange to the producers that Rihanna – hardly a big star at the time – could end up with such an obvious smash-in-the-making” “The song was originally offered to Britney. And, finally, both had the qualities most valued by record label A&Rs: a hunger to perform (mostly to escape their less-than-favourable surroundings) and very little creative input of their own (at least in the initial phases of their career). Both had highly publicised personal lives and relationships with other A-listers. Both used their coming-of-age as a marketing tool (Britney was “not a girl, not yet a woman”, while Rihanna was a “good girl gone bad”). Both have industrial-sized music machines working on their behalves. There are a lot of reasons to link Rihanna’s story to Britney’s. “Umbrella”, after all, wasn’t originally intended for Rihanna – it was first offered to Britney Spears, whose label famously turned it down. Things were, of course, about to change, but it’s interesting to imagine what might have happened had history turned out differently. She’d had big hits, like the dancehall-inflected “Pon De Replay” and the “Tainted Love”-sampling “SOS” (the latter of which earned Rihanna her first #1), but a lot of her music was dismissed as by-the-numbers ‘urban’ pop filler, and it was hard to see her breaking through into pop’s top tier. Though she was already two albums into her career, Rihanna still hadn’t quite found her musical identity until “Umbrella” came out. And then there was Rihanna, a Caribbean-diva-in-making who already had the hits, the looks, and the moves, but who lacked that one special song. Beyoncé was going steady, but hadn’t quite crossed over from the more R&B-centric side of pop music into the full-on pop juggernaut she is today. Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, and Kesha were still a year or two from arriving to the party with their fireworks, bad romances, and era-defying anthems, while Britney Spears was in the middle of a highly-publicised breakdown. The show is being hosted by Cardi B.In March 2007, the world desperately needed a new, female pop hit. Billy also had his nails painted blue to match his stylish outfit! The Emmy-award winning actor is among the presenters for this year’s AMAs, along with Brandy, Machine Gun Kelly, JoJo Siwa, Winnie Harlow, and more. He added to his look with black boots and an assortment of ring jewelry.
His look was pretty wild, but fans of Billy’s should know by now that he loves to make a fashion statement at these kind of A-list events! Billy Porter at the 2021 American Music Awards (Photo: Rob Latour/Shutterstock)īilly’s remarkable headpiece matched his long-sleeved jacket and pants. The 52-year-old Pose actor, who is a trailblazing fashion star in his own right, wore a wild blue umbrella hat to the red carpet outside of the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov.
Leave it to Billy Porter to come up with quite the unique fashion choice for the 2021 American Music Awards. Billy Porter walked the red carpet of the 2021 AMAs in a blue umbrella hat that has gotten just about everyone talking.
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