--- title: Rihanna Is on the 2018 TIME 100 List description: Rihanna is one of the most influential people of 2018. Adele writes about the innovative pop star and makeup mogul. canonical: https://time.com/collections/most-influential-people-2018/5217602/rihanna/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-19T11:12:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T02:24:50.659Z og:title: Rihanna Is on the 2018 TIME 100 List og:description: Rihanna is one of the most influential people of 2018. Adele writes about the innovative pop star and makeup mogul. og:url: https://time.com/collections/most-influential-people-2018/5217602/rihanna/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ad0a4cd873a1d56/69892d550a4a227c2f9d25cd/time-100-rihanna.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Rihanna Is on the 2018 TIME 100 List og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rihanna Is on the 2018 TIME 100 List twitter:description: Rihanna is one of the most influential people of 2018. Adele writes about the innovative pop star and makeup mogul. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ad0a4cd873a1d56/69892d550a4a227c2f9d25cd/time-100-rihanna.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 19, 2018 # Rihanna by Adele  Harley Weir—Art Partner I actually can’t remember the first time I met Rihanna; I was probably numb from the shock of it. She is one year older than me, but I feel like she’s been around forever. The progression of her superstardom feels steady, well deserved and extremely natural. She burst onto the scene with the absolute banger that is “Pon de Replay” in 2005, so young and breathtakingly beautiful. But the first time it felt like she made everyone sit up was with “Umbrella.” It crossed her over to every platform and into everyone’s lives. It felt like she had truly arrived, and she hasn’t slowed down since. Even more, she has designed and conquered an entire lane of her own. The innovative and groundbreaking world of Rihanna that no one else will ever be safe in and get away with copying. She makes her own rules and bends ours. Whenever I’ve met her, she’s been the most gracious, loyal and funny goofball of an icon. She glows like when someone’s taken a picture with a flash and you’re dazed for a few minutes after. But it’s also very clear in that glow that she genuinely doesn’t give a f-ck; she’s fearless and full of all the right kind of attitude to be everything that she is and will be forever. _Adele is a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter_ See TIME's \[p-link http://time.com/time100 "full list"\] of the 100 Most Influential People of 2018 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/most-influential-people-2018/5217602/rihanna/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/most-influential-people-2018/5217602/rihanna/"},"headline":"Rihanna","datePublished":"2018-04-19T11:12:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T02:24:50.659Z","description":"Rihanna is one of the most influential people of 2018. Adele writes about the innovative pop star and makeup mogul.","url":"https://time.com/collections/most-influential-people-2018/5217602/rihanna/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ad0a4cd873a1d56/69892d550a4a227c2f9d25cd/time-100-rihanna.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ad0a4cd873a1d56/69892d550a4a227c2f9d25cd/time-100-rihanna.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/most-influential-people-2018/5217602/rihanna/","name":"Rihanna"}}]}] ```