Personally I stan upon first sight. There is no growing into becoming a stan. I may grow to like someone I disliked, but if they don't hit me the moment I lay eye/ear on them, they'll never truly hit me.
December, 1998 -- First time I heard and saw ...BOMT on MTV, the connection was immediate and I knew from that moment I found my calling and that's to worship the Queen
With Enrique, it started with Nunca Te Olvidare when that song was used as the theme song for a telenovela.
i stole a cd of that too while buying jessica simpson's in this skin (both pirated) ..... i placed the evanescence cd inside the case of jessica's album while he was changing my money...
i stole a cd of that too while buying jessica simpson's in this skin (both pirated) ..... i placed the evanescence cd inside the case of jessica's album while he was changing my money...
I wonder why Fallen makes people so tempted to steal it?
(Excuse my grammer mistakes)
I was in the 6th grade when Rihanna debuted onto the music scene. I never really checked for artist or music. I would just listen to whatever was on the radio. I thought Pod De Replay was a cute song and all but its wasn't anything mind blowing to me. I just liked the song. Then Rihanna came back out with Unfaithful and LOVED the song but i still wasn't a fan.. I remember sitting in my listening to it and thinking about my 7th grade crush at the time. Another song that made me kinda notice rihanna was break it off me having a parent from St.Kitts made fall in love with the song. I was also sad that it never got a video. After that i almost forgot about Rihanna till Umbrella came out. At first i thought that song was cute but then after days listening to it. I couldn't stop. Believe it or not i never heard the song till the video came out on AMTV. The morning show where Mtv would show music videos. Idk if they have it anymore since i dont watch mtv any more but back to the topic. I thought Rihanna hair was soo cute new and edgy! It seem like it fit her. After Umbrella i slowly got into rihanna. not the the point of become a REAL fan but i really enjoyed her whole music and style during the beginning of the gggb era.. I finally became a fan during hen take a bow came out. I NEVER been that excited to see an artist video before when it came out. Thats when i knew rihanna wasn't just some pop singer to me...She was a role model and an inspiration in my life... I remember sitting in my room one night my parents out for there anniversary and i was youtube and pulled up the disturbia video... It was when it leaked... I SCREAMED so loud my neighbors next door had to come see if i was okay. It was LITERALLY THE MOST EPIC THE THING I SAW IN MUSIC VIDEO IN MY 15 years of life. **** that! the video was life it self. i couldnt take the epicness thats when i became a HUGE fan but still havent bought the gggb album. till this day idk why lol. I really wasnt into POP music or culture till rihanna came.. The type of music i listened to was indie rock at the time. and rihanna was the ONLY mainstream artis i cared about during that time... I was kinda a hippie hen came to my music taste but not serious tho. Anyways... Rihanna helped me discover myself if it wasnt for rihanna idk who i would be today....I MEAN that in the most honest way...I never looked at rihanna as just a singer... and i never will.... Rihanna truly touched in the inner most part of me during that time.. She gave me confidence in myself that its okay to be who i am.. She taught me that through her music and her being herself... Every since then i slowly became a stan... About the time run this town song leaked mid summer 09 i discovered a site called RihannaDaily or RD as i call it... I never seen and never knew rihanna had so many fans that had the same devotion to her like i did. I remember a stan by the name of maison20000 and cold who are my best buddy today on RD welcoming me. I was new so i didnt know how the rihannadaily crew or now RihannaNavy had worked.. So i was saying some things that people would side eye me about. but overalll they made it feel like my second home... I love rihannanavy till death. They were my crew we did crazy **** together when trolls started coming talking about beyonce and gaga were gonna slay rihanna.. LOL ... I also remember when Rihanna was doing nothing but walking around NYC i never knew i could sooo much life of what someone was wearing... but it as fun! After that i remember rihanna annoucing that Rated R was coming... Everyone one the site thought the album as called the wait is over or dark angel. lol RD had a timr and everything. I remember one time being on rihannanow waitng for the single to drop and hearing wait your turn for that first time... I went bananas! nobody could tel me ****. It was everything and more! then i remember russian rouette FINALLY premiering! It was Nov 3rd i would never forget that date. I almost cried! Not because it was a ballad or not because the song wasn't what i expected it... It was the lyrics... It hit home... Most people think the song is about abuse when to me its not... Its about passing any test in life... Anything that you go through you CAN get through it.. After that date i became a stan... Thats when i join twitter...Dragging BLOGS ,Beyonce stans and CB stan through the mud... Me,Dre and maison2000 were like a crew. Then i met channy! after e were requesting rudeboy like crazy on the secret site.. LOL.. Now she's like my best internet friend. but anyways after that i remember rihanna announcing her tour everyone was EXTREMELY excited to go it was the best time i ought my tickets and everything... Long story short... After that thats when the LOUD era came... Everyone thought loud was gonna be rihanna's thriller. LOL I remember staying up from 3 till 8 am for Only Girl to drop on ryans radiostation. Boy was it worth it! I *****d out Only Girl a good 200 times that day. then it went on for a week now its my most played song on my ipod to date. LOL but yeah thats how i became a rihanna stan... To summaries this rihanna has been more than an artist to me... She's my sister in my head and my hero... TO ME there will NEVER be another rihanna...I cried my self to sleep listening to rihanna music.. Thats how much of an impact shes had on me and my life.. She touched my life like no other. She got me through tough times with my self esteem, she helped me get over a guy i liked for 10 yrs who turn out being a jerk to me.. Now she helped me become the sexy STYLISH and confident person that i am today. My Grandparents had elvis, my parents had michael jackson and i have RIHANNA! the baddest bitch in the WOOOOORRRRRLD. lol I tried to shorten cause i didnt want it to be TOOO long... lol and somewhere between june and july i joined atrl... But yep thats how i became a rihanna stan...
Seeing her preform live. (at the Monster Ball) was when it sealed the deal for me, and the fact that I like 99.5% of her music. The Fame Monster is literally the ONLY album which I like every single song on it, and can listen to it on repeat for weeks.
Though at first, when I heard Just Dance, I actually thought she would be a one-hit-wonder.... but then Poker Face came around, and I thought who is this girl, she's fantastic. Papparazzi made me a fan. Bad Romance made me a huge fan, and the Monster Ball made me a stan.
My first Janet Jackson album purchase, surprisingly enough, was a coincidence! 2006. Christmas eve. The family was just about ready to head off to some yearly celebrations at friends and I was on iTunes browsing for some new tunes for the ride there. At that time I had no idea what to get with a $20 iTunes card that I had bought for fun. Whilst looking about I remembered a very GAY friend of mine buying a Janet single at the CD store maybe around 3 years back whilst in the city, and the thought of that had me browsing for Janet Jackson.... purely out of curiosity. Side note: I bought 20.Y.O actually because it made one of the WORST ALBUMS OF 2006 LIST in one of the local newspapers.....again, purely out of curiosity. And I dunno, once I pressed play I was hooked!! I was infused by the sensuality, the softness, the swag & unfunny enough, the interludes, intros and outros. It was different. Anyways, from there on I slowly and progressively updated myself on the history of Ms. Jackson at the same time buying all the music with her name as I could.
Rhythm Nation led me to start dancing and even now it is a HUGE hobby of mine & The Velvet Rope has pulled me through depression... She actually lead me here to ATRL whilst searching for her Discipline sales via Wikipedia. I love her quiet personality, unmatched dancing skills, her smile, her fierceness on stage, and everything else that I have yet to know and discover. I owe her so much and only hope that one day she comes to Australia to perform because there, then and after that my life will be complete for me to rest in peace.
(sorry about the really bad grammar and poor use of words. My brain isn't really fully operating right now.)
I also stan for Keri Hilson. These gorls are my life.
With Britney Spears, I became a 'fan' (if you can even call it that) when Baby One More Time came out. It was the first album I owned, I listened to it so much, etc. And same thing when Oops came out. I really became a 'fan' though when the Britney album came out, and then I became a full-on stan in 2004.
With Rihanna, I was a fan from day 1. When Pon De Replay debuted on the radio, I fell in love with it. I bought Music Of The Sun when it came out and it was constantly on repeat. And then A Girl Like Me came out, I bought it, loved it, etc. But in the beginning, I never really thought of Rihanna as a long-term artist, I figured she would come and go by 2007. Good Girl Gone Bad turned me into a really huge stan, and I never loved Rihanna more. The whole Chris Brown thing happened and I began to hate Rihanna. I became Team Chris, deleted all of her music, etc. But a couple of months later, I became a stan again and I've never looked back since.
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In 1997, Usher Raymond IV captivated my soul with the first single from his sophomore debut, My Way. Already being a seasoned dancer and huge fan of Michael Jackson, I immediately was hooked to the smoothness of Usher's choreographic abilities and uncanny vocal talent. I admired his drive and dedication for his craft. It grew into full-blown obsession when 8701 dropped and I had the chance to experience the Evolution tour. The songs, his image, he was my idol. He was everything I desired to be growing up with a very strong musical background. His performances were so moving that a couple of times, I was brought to tears. To be that electrifying on stage was a passion of mine I fulfilled during middle/high school years. All of my friends knew how huge of a fan I was/am and always asked me to sing or perform as if I was Usher himself. I performed in so many talent shows, people started to call me "Lil' Ush" and "Boogie". Being more than flattered by the recognition, I knew singing and dancing was something I wanted to pursue.
The passion for music and dance grew beyond belief when I finally met Usher in 2004 in Atlanta. I met him as he was preparing the release for his Confessions album and words failed me as I just stood in awe. I finally mustered up the courage to tell him how much of an influence he had been in my life and his humbleness towards me as a fan...it was definitely unreal. I cherish that moment and the advice he gave me to this day and with every era after that meeting, I've grown a deeper appreciation for his talent, his endless endeavors to guide others with the same dream as I, and his undying dedication as a father.
Usher is what every strong, African-American male should be.
Janet: I knew I was a Janet stan when I *****d out my mother's "control" casette tape in the 90's...over the years my standom died as I grew into a young pup but I still kept up with Janhova...until one day I was in college on the bus to work and "come back to me" was playing in my ipod I played that song mercilessly over and over and over again. At that time, I went back thru her whole discography as an adult...watched all her concerts...she slayed me so hard I wish I could've stanned harder as a child
Godney: BOMT came out in 98 and that damn "i must confess that my loneliness" bridge gave me chills...as a young 11 year old in the closet queen I knew that this bitch had it...the video was epic her story was epic but like janet as i grew older my standom died down...it wasnt until Blackout that I returned to bow for Godney dancing like a complete **** to "gimme more" and "get naked" in the clubs I was so devasted by her current mental issues I just knew she was gonna die but I shoulda known better...til this day i stan for godney and cant wait for hold it against me
Rihanna: my queen...i actually downloaded MOTS and kinda paid it dust except for "the last time" ...months laster I was in NYC and "SOS" came on and I was gaggin like wtf this isnt on MOTS??!!! then BAM! new cd...i thought this bitch was crazy...but...I paid AGLM except the singles...then....2007 Umbrella i purchased GGGB and fell in love this is when i became a true stan...then the rerelease... then rated r took my stanning to a whole new level...i lost friends...i dragged ppl on the net all day...I skipped work to go to the LGOE concert and was fired I dragged tiffany evans on twitter all for my queen
Why do I stan for Rihanna? This question actually made me think a little. The first song that I heard from Rihanna was Unfaithful. I was in complete shock. I didn’t fall in love with her voice just yet; I fell in love with her beauty more. Her long blond hair, her beautiful, slender body. After seeing her Unfaithful music video, I became a little curious about her. I began hearing her on the radio. Her name started to create a buzz in the Caribbean. I wasn’t really into music at that time, so I didn’t purchase any of her music or any music by any other artists. I just listened to what was being played on the radio. After Unfaithful, I slowly forgot about Rihanna, until Rehab came. I remember I was browsing the internet, and I saw her Rehab music video on some website, I can’t remember. I watched the video and I realized it was her who sang Unfaithful, lol. I fell in love with her again. The next day, something strange happened. I heard Rehab on the Radio. I began shivering and smiling, in fact I was blushing. I told my friend I loved this song. She laughed and replied saying that I didn’t even know the song. From that day on, I became a huge fan of Rihanna. I still didn’t follow her; I guess I still wasn’t into music that much lol. The next song I heard from her was Live Your Life. When I heard that song. Its epicness slayed me for days. I became a Rihanna fanatic after hearing it.
I remember in school, I would always tell all my friends to listen to Rihanna. They would go home and listen to her, then come back and talk ********, saying she can’t sing. I laughed it off. To me she was the most beautiful singer in the world. Her voice was and still is unique and so adorable. I love her laugh lol. Then came the Chris Brown incident. I literally cried for her. My friends was like she is such a **** and she deserved it, but I dragged them silly. Even my teachers back in the Caribbean were worried about Rihanna. It was everywhere.
A short while after, I moved to the United States. There was a lot of buzz around her due to the Chris Brown incident and also the upcoming release of her Rated R album. I couldn’t wait to hear new music from her. I came across RihannaDaily.com. There I met a lot of Rihanna stans and I learned so much about Rihanna. They were true stans. Real stans. They stanned so hard for Rihanna and that inspired me.
Rihanna then released her Russian Roulette single. I almost wet my pants. Her vocals were so amazing and the song was so powerful and I know the lyrics meant a lot to her for she had lived through it. When Rated R was released I went out and bought it. It was ****ing epic. I loved it from start to finish. Lol, I remember me telling everyone on RihannaDaily.com that Rockstar101 would be the next Umbrella. But I was in for the shock of my life when it flopped, though I never gave up on it. Then the Nikkita tv show helped revive it a little. It didn’t become a hit but at least it charted. I loved Rockstar101 so much.
Then LOUD came. By that time I had already joined ATRL. I wasn’t active as much as I am today. When I first heard the snippets of LOUD, I was shaking; my feet for some odd reason were sweating. Lol, I couldn’t catch my breath. I was banned from ATRL when the snippets were out though.
Anyways, Russian Roulette converted me into a hardcore stan. I love Rihanna with all my heart. It’s actually not a love like that of stan, it’s more like that of a mother, sister, brother, father. A real, genuine love. Not only for her music but also for Rihanna, the person. I honestly cry and have panic attacks when she wins an award or get a no.1 song/album. I cry when she releases new music. My ears have multiple orgasms. My parents always joke and tell me Rihanna is my wife lol.
Rihanna is really unique to me. She is my only QUEEN. She doesn’t dance much anymore but I accept that and I live with it. Her vocals aren’t the best in the music world, but I love every time she sings a note, whether it is a good one or bad. Rihanna doesn’t have amazingly crazy stage performances like other artists, but yet still when she walks back and forth on the stage, she slays me. I know some day she will get the recognition she deserves. I pray for her every night. I pray that she will blossom into the beautifully and amazingly talent singer, actress, and entrepreneur she was meant to be. In my world, Rihanna is the queen of music. People would never understand me. They will never understand my way of being a stan. I know that I am not a perfect stan, you might say I am crazy, I am delusional, I am a flop stan, I am stupid. But one thing that we all know and can agree on is that I loved Rihanna with all my heart. I will get dragged for her. That’s perfectly fine. I will get dragged for the Rihanna Navy and that’s amazing as well. Because of Rihanna, the Rihanna Navy was formed. She not only introduced her music to the world, but she introduced a new group of people. People that aren’t just a stan base, they aren’t just crazy fans; they are passed the point of being a movement. They are actually a worldwide family. Yes, Rihanna has created a family of music lovers, crazy people, horny people, and perfectly normal people. I love Rihanna. I love her simply because she is RIHANNA.