They are the people who inspire us, entertain us, challenge us and change our world. Meet the breakouts, pioneers, moguls, leaders and icons who make up this year’s TIME 100.

I can’t remember when Rihanna and I first met, but I think it was near a dance floor and one of her tracks was playing. The thing I remember was her being a normal person, not what you’d expect of a young woman about to take over the world. She’s one of the coolest, hottest, most talented, most liked, most listened to, most followed, most impressive artists at work today, but she does it in her own stride. She works hard, very hard. She gives to her fans, friends and foundation not just herself but her energy and spirit.

Rihanna, 24, goes out of her way to support the people she believes in. She is one of the few people I know in that world of fame and celebrity who aren’t all about themselves. She’ll give a real part of herself to an ordinary person she may meet, and that’s rare.

This is the beginning for Rihanna — she has so much more to do and to give. She is just getting going, so watch out. She’s the Barbados ambassador for youth and culture, and she’s coming to a town near you.

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Congratulations, Rihanna!!!

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Check out Rihanna’s Facebook to see more holiday pictures of the superstar in Hawaii taken in the beginning of the year. Who needs paparazzi huh?

In these amazing pics you can see RiRi riding a horse, diving with sharks and just enjoying her time off with friends! We’re just missing a “Wish You Were Here” note.

Watch RiRi performing “Where Have You Been” and “We Found Love” at the Coachella Music Festival last night (April 15):

Don’t miss Rihanna’s Instagram photos!

Rihanna released a brand new picture from upcoming “Where Have You Been” video on her Facebook profile!

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On Wednesday, TIME will release the TIME 100, the magazine’s list honoring the 100 most influential people in the world.

To celebrate the release of the list, five-time Grammy Award winner Rihanna and R&B star Raphael Saadiq will perform at this year’s eighth annual TIME 100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 24. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be delivering the gala’s keynote address. Approximately 350 people attend the gala, including world leaders, politicians, business leaders, entertainers and philanthropists. Notable guests will include Chelsea Handler, Jeremy Lin, Governor Andrew Cuomo, Claire Danes, Matt Lauer, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Weinstein, Louis C.K. and Cardinal Dolan.

TIME will roll out three red carpets for the gala. You can also follow @TIME on Twitter for real-time updates, using the hashtag #time100. Don’t forget to check TIME.com/TIME100 on Wednesday, April 18 to find out who made this year’s list.

Let’s hope this year Rihanna will be featured on the list. :)

Rihanna is among the confirmed artists to perform at this year’s Rock In Rio Madrid, in Spain! She will be the last artist to perform at Escenario Mundo on July 5. Visit the official website for more info.

Rihanna has performed at last year’s Rock in Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (watch here). Rihanna Daily’s Rodrigo was there and had an amazing experience. Make sure to buy your tickets, Spanish Navy!

Rihanna took the stage once again with Calvin Harris during Day 3 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival held at the Empire Polo Club on April 15, 2012 in Indio, California. The singer was joined by Katy Perry who showed up during her set. Check more images in the gallery.

UPDATE: More pictures were added and watch a video after the cut.

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Rihanna will be making a return to Saturday Night Live next month! The 24-year-old singer will be the musical guest on the May 5 episode of SNL, which will be hosted by New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning.

Rihanna has appeared on the show twice before as a musical guest and also acted in two different Shy Ronnie skits alongside Andy Samberg. We hope that we get a third one!

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Rihanna was seen yesterday in audience at 2012 Coachella Festival in Indio, California. Ri was also seen at the festival last year.

Via Deadline.com: Universal’s Battleship continues to screen strongly overseas with estimates from Day 2 and Day 3 bringing the 72-hour total to $58 million with all 26 international territories now open. Director Peter Berg’s military vs alien actioner opened to #1 in 24 of those new territories. Battleship opens next weekend in 24 more international territories including China (April 18) and Russia (April 19) — but not in the U.S./Canada until May 18th:

• The UK opened #1 on Friday with an estimated $1.3M (£770). That’s ahead of Thor but ahead of Wrath Of The Titans and John Carter. The total with previews is $3.7M (£2.3M).
• Spain opened #1 with an estimated $900k (€681k), better than Iron Man.
• Germany opened #1 on Thursday with $900K, which is the biggest opening for an English language film in Germany this year. It continued #1 on Friday with $1.2M, equal to Iron Man but not as big as Transformers.
• Japan opened #1 with an estimated $900k (LC 72M), higher than Thor‘s opening day.
• Thailand opened #1 with $470K, which is the biggest opening day of 2012 and Universal’s 2nd biggest opening day ever (behind only Fast Five).
• Malaysia opened #1 with $390K, which is Universal’s biggest opening day of all time.
• Korea had another strong day and Battleship remains #1 with a three-day total of $4.2M (LC 4.7M) — better than Iron Man and Thor.

Rihanna was spotted yesterday evening (April 12) leaving Giorgio Baldi restaurant in Los Angeles.

Via Deadline.com: Universal may have the last laugh after all now that its Battleship is opening overseas. For months the studio has fought media bad buzz about how risky this expensive military vs alien actioner from Peter Berg has been. Especially when the studio is claiming it came in at $209 million — and everyone else is saying $250+M. And there’s still the possibility that, in the United States at least, it could become a disappointing ”John Carter in gunmetal grey” invoking that most recent $250+M budget buster that disappointed at the box office for a $250M writeoff for Disney. But Battleship debuted Wednesday in Australia, Korea, Belgium, France, and Switzerland, and previewed in 11 other territories, “and we are off to a very good start,” a Universal exec tells me.

The Day One estimate for April 11th currently has the film grossing $7.4M. Best is that the film jumped to #1 in every market where it opened or previewed except France where it succumbed to an extremely popular local French film. And this despite a crowded international marketplace with The Hunger Games, Titanic 3D, American Pie Reunion, and The Wrath Of The Titans atop box office over Easter weekend.

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