Twenty years ago, Rihanna released her debut album, Music of the Sun, on Aug. 29, 2005. No one could have predicted on that late summer day just how close to the sun the then-17-year-old from Barbados would end up flying.

Two decades later, the woman born Robyn Fenty has added a lot of hyphens to her job title beyond pop star, venturing into acting (Battleship, Smurfs), business (Fenty Beauty, Savage x Fenty) and motherhood (RZA and Riot Rose with A$AP Rocky), just to name a few side hustles. On Friday (Aug. 29), Rihanna couldn’t let the day go by without celebrating all that she’s accomplished in her illustrious career.

On her social accounts, RiRi shared a video that looked back at all her awards, Billboard chart-topping hits, business accomplishments and philanthropy over the years, alongside a heartfelt message of gratitude to all those who’ve helped her live her wildest dreams.

“20 years ago, i left my country, my culture, my food, and family to embark on a journey that started with the release of my very first body of music!” Rihanna wrote across her Instagram and X accounts alongside the video. “So many of you were a part of my life and career since the very beginning, and some of you have joined the adventure along the way. I’m forever grateful to all of you. Each of you played a very crucial role in where this journey has taken me thus far! I just wanted to take this moment to say thank you!

“Thank you for the greatest first 20 years ever!” she continued. “20 years of the most loyal, die-hard fans that don’t play about me whatsoever, 20 years of hard work and hardworking teams around me, 20 years of lessons, 20 years of unforgettable experiences and accomplishments, 20 years of my family being my number one support system, and to all the people who said yes to me and gave me a chance before it was ‘cool’ to (Execs, DJ’s, writers, producers, dancers, choreographers, directors, fashion designers, photographers, glam, journalists, brands, mentors, etc etc) 20 years worth of thanks to you!! I thank God, He’s been very generous to me and the Glory belongs to Him!”

She ended the message with the hashtag #R20, just as her loyal Navy fanbase has been doing in their celebration posts all day.

Music of the Sun started it all for Rihanna, beginning with lead single and breakthrough hit “Pon De Replay,” which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 2005 ahead of the album’s release the next month. So far, Rihanna has racked up 32 top 10 Hot 100 hits — with 14 of those going to No. 1. Music of the Sun debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the chart for 35 weeks.

Below, find Rihanna’s full message to celebrate 20 years in the music industry:

Manchildren and pearl-clutchers, beware — Sabrina Carpenter‘s new album Man’s Best Friend is here.

On Friday (Aug. 29), the pop star dropped her highly anticipated seventh studio LP, complete with 12 tracks. That includes lead single “Manchild,” which earned Carpenter her second-ever No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June, and “Tears,” a music video for which dropped at the same time as the album.

Produced by Jack Antonoff and released via Island Records, Man’s Best Friend arrives just over a year after the Grammy winner’s breakout album, Short n’ Sweet. Featuring hits “Espresso” and “Please Please Please,” the 2024 project spent four weeks atop the Billboard 200, marking Carpenter’s first No. 1 album on the chart.

With Short n’ Sweet and now Man’s Best Friend, the singer has established herself as a lyrical master of double entendre, oftentimes charging her lyrics with brazenly sexual themes. Though she’s received some criticism for that — as well as the racy Man’s Best Friend album cover, which features her on all fours as a man grips her hair — Carpenter has stayed true to who she is.

“The album is not for any pearl clutchers,” Carpenter told Gayle King on CBS Mornings in a clip posted Thursday (Aug. 28). “But I also think that even pearl clutchers can listen to an album like that in their own solitude and find something that makes them smirk and chuckle to themselves.”

“But I think about being at a concert with, you know, however many young women I see in the front row that are screaming at the top of their lungs with their best friends,” she added at the time. “You can go like, ‘Oh, we can all sigh [in] relief like, ‘This is just fun.’ And that’s all it has to be.”

Listen to Man’s Best Friend below.

As they’re currently ruling the world on their sold-out reunion tour, it’s hard to imagine Oasis as anything other than legendary, stadium-filling rock stars. But of course, there was a time when they were just a promising young band from Manchester, England.

It’s an era for which renowned British music photographer Kevin Cummins had a front-row seat, as he took pictures of the Gallagher brothers and crew in the early ’90s. Many of Cummins’ images from this era now form the photo book Oasis: The Masterplan, released this past March.

Now, as Los Angeles prepares itself for the band’s first shows in the city since 2008, an exhibition of Cummins’ photos of the band is debuting at the Musichead Gallery in Hollywood. This exhibition, Oasis: Be Here Now, opens Sept. 4 with an artist talk and book signing by Cummins and will remain open to the public through early November. The gallery is also offering a limited-edition Oasis: Be Here Now poster, with 500 copies available for purchase.

Like his book, Cummins’ exhibition will display images of Oasis in the year following their 1993 signing with Creation Records, the Sony subsidiary that released the band’s 1994 debut Definitely Maybe and its 1995 followup (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?

See select images from Oasis: The Masterplan below.

“We are excited that Kevin Cummins will be at our gallery to speak about not only all things Oasis, but all things Manchester,” Musichead founder and curator Sam Milgrom says in a statement. “His new book and the photo exhibition promise to bring a new awareness to his great talent and let all Oasis fans get a much closer look at the enigmatic music legends.”

The exhibition opening happens two days before the band’s Oasis Live ’25 tour stops in L.A. going down Sept. 6-7 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The opening of Cummins’ exhibition furthers Oasis Fever in Los Angeles, with the band’s L.A. pop-up store — the first Oasis Live ’25 Fan Store to open in North America — opening Aug. 20 on Hollywood Boulevard.

Meanwhile, Oasis plays Thursday night (Aug. 28) at Chicago’s Soldier Field, with the tour then moving to East Rutherford, New Jersey, Los Angeles and Mexico City before returning to London on Sept. 27-28. The band then has dates in South America and Asia through the end of November.