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By Luke Stevens

When the world looks back in wonder on the crazy hot summer of 2010 it will be Lady Gaga who is ubiquitous on the metaphorical mix-tape. But, there is another lady in the mix who is younger, arguably hotter, and with six No. 1’s on the Billboard Hot 100, multiple Grammy’s and American Music Awards, is vying for position as the most successful female recording artists so far this century. And better still, she is soon landing in the 305.

Hailing from Barbados, the 22-year-old Robyn Rihanna Fenty, better known simply as Rihanna, was only 16 and hardly off the bus before she was signed up by Def Jam in 2005. Back to back albums followed with ’05s “Music of the Sun,” 2006’s “A Girl Like Me”, and ’07s “Good Girl Gone Bad” which produced the monster dance floor hits “SOS” and “Umbrella.” READ MORE