Caribbean360: Rihanna brollies hit the market

Rihanna brollies hit the market
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Chris Hoyos on 27/07/2007 06:45:18
 
LONDON, England, July 27, 2007 - Is it still raining? Fancy a brolly? A Rihanna
brolly?
Riding high on the popularity of her single 'Umbrella', Barbadian teenaged star
Rihanna has released her own line of umbrellas and parasols.
She has teamed up with the American-headquartered totes»ISOTONER® the world's
largest marketer of umbrellas, gloves, rainwear, rubber overshoes, and other
weather-related accessories to manufacturer and sell her signature umbrellas.
Three types are available including the Rihanna 2 Colour Satin Stick Umbrella
which was specially designed for Rihanna and showcased during her 2007 MTV Movie
Awards performance of her hit song 'Umbrella'. It is a two colour satin umbrella
available in both black satin and silver satin fabric covers with a bright
fuchsia fabric inner lining.
The full line retail from US$20 to US$50 each and are presently available
through mail order on the Internet.
In Britain, Rihanna is on Friday completing 10 weeks at the top of the Singles
Chart - the longest for more than a decade but the all time record is 16 weeks
which music lovers here hope she can break; on Sunday night the Official Charts
Company will reveal whether she is on course to break that record. She is facing
strong challenges from Plain White T's and Fergie.
In the United States the Billboard Hot 100 said that Rihanna slipped from the
number 2 position last week to number 3 after 15 weeks on the charts. Fergie's
'Big Girls Don't Cry' which was number 3 last week ousted Rihanna from here
second seat.
In the last 3 years since hitting the music scene, Rihanna has made three albums
and sold more than 5.4 million records worldwide.