Rihanna’s home life has seemingly been her focus for the last few years. The pop superstar welcomed sons RZA, 23 months, and Riot Rose, 8 months, with her partner, rapper A$AP Rocky, within the past two years, as fans have been patiently waiting for new music. She has teased the release of her long-awaited album, R9, for years now, recently sharing with EXTRA that she’s taking her time with the project because it needs to be “amazing.” “It has to be,” she said. “That is the only reason it’s not out yet. … There should be a show of growth, right?”
In the years since her last big release—her 2016 album Anti—Rihanna has kept busy buying and selling properties. She is arguably now a real estate aficionado, having accumulated an impressive portfolio of houses in Los Angeles and Barbados. In between sales and purchases, the “Lift Me Up” singer has also rented several enviable properties over the years, spanning Manhattan, the Hamptons, and London. Here, we’ve rounded up all of the mansions, penthouses, villas, and condos, our favorite Barbadian beauty has called home over the years.
Beverly Hills Post Office mansion
Rihanna first burst onto the scene as the 16-year-old prodigy of Jay-Z’s Def Jam Recordings in 2005. Four years later, in 2009, she purchased a $6.9 million mansion in the coveted Beverly Hills Post Office area of Los Angeles. She sold the 8,520-square-foot, three-story contemporary for $5.03 million in 2011 (at the time, the listing described the home as a “major fixer” with extensive moisture and water damage). The property measured three quarters of an acre, with a main house featuring eight bedrooms and 10 bathrooms. There was also a picturesque swimming pool out back. The place was eventually fixed up, and in 2016, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen snapped it up for $14.1 million.
Pacific Palisades rental
In 2012, after selling her Beverly Hills Post Office home, Rihanna tried her luck with a stunning bluff-top Pacific Palisades mansion, which she rented for $65,000 a month. The 10,970-square-foot behemoth boasted 14-foot ceilings, a 6,000-square-foot garden, a rooftop sun deck, and seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms. One thing she didn’t bargain for, however, was the number of stalkers who descended upon her home. According to Curbed, after multiple trespassers were spotted on the property within the first few months of her time there, Rihanna opted to relocate. The house later sold for $11.175 million in 2016.
Manhattan penthouse
As Rihanna’s music career continued to soar, she expanded her sights to the East Coast, locking in a $50,000-a-month penthouse in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood in 2013. Spanning 7,000 square feet, with a 2,400-square-foot wraparound terrace, the chic condo occupied the two top floors of a luxury apartment complex, with a floating staircase connecting the two levels. The home featured four bedrooms and three full bathrooms, with 14-foot ceilings and views of the Empire State Building. Rihanna moved out in 2017.
Barbados beachside villa
Also in 2013, Rihanna decided to lay down roots in her native Barbados with the purchase of a $22 million beachside villa at One Sandy Lane, one of eight adjacent condos just down the street from the famous Sandy Lane Hotel. The impressive 10,000-square-foot pad features five en suite bedrooms, each with its own private terrace and dressing room, as well as a huge pool, a private gym, and a 24-hour concierge. The singer still owns this property, which is not too far from the five-bedroom home she bought for her mother in 2012.
