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Fans get to see 'all the things that they hadn't seen that were going on behind the scenes,' she tells MTV News of self-titled tome.



NEW YORK — Her fervently tracked fifth album, Loud, is just weeks from its November 16 due date, but on Wednesday (October 27), Rihanna was reflecting on her last LP, the moody Rated R. The Bajan singer turned up at a Fifth Avenue Barnes & Noble bookstore to sign copies of her new book.

Her self-titled tome is a photographic document of the year that followed the release of that dark disc and her triumphant Last Girl on Earth Tour. The widely photographed star told MTV News that her Rihanna Navy will get an intimate peek — unlike the relentless paparazzi pics that paper the blogs — at her life with this book, shot by creative director Simon Henwood.

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In case you didn’t know, Rihanna has got a book coming out. The Last Girl On Earth will hit the shelves on June 29th, and the cover art has been released. Take a look at it below the product description by Amazon.com. If you haven’t pre-ordered it yet, you should do it now by clicking here.

The official visual chronicle of the year’s “it” girl as she embarks on her first solo tour.

The millions of sites tracking her every fashion move, the innumerable magazine covers including the recent Italian Vogue shot by Steven Klein, her past endorsement deals including Gucci and CoverGirl—Rihanna is the reigning style icon of the moment. She has garnered multiplatinum–selling success as an artist (her current album, her fourth, Rated R had the highest first-week sales of any of her other albums in the U.S. to date), including Grammys, MTV Video Music Awards, and countless other awards for her performances.

Creative director Simon Henwood captures the supernova at the height of her beauty and ferocity in hundreds of photographs that track her enormous influence on current trends and interaction with the world of fashion—from her performances in the most cutting-edge couture (such as Gaultier and Chanel, as well as in pieces from museum collections), to her relationships with the unknown but up-and-coming designers she personally champions, to her fashion shoot with Ellen von Unwerth in Berlin for her album artwork.

This is a visually arresting capsule of one of the world’s most talked-about artists of the year.

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According to Rizzoli Bookstore, a book written by Rihanna and with contribution by Simon Henwood will be released in June!

Rihanna
The Last Girl on Earth
Written by Rihanna, Contribution by Simon Henwood
144 pages
Pub Date: June 2010
Format: Hardcover
Category: Music – Popular
US Price: $50.00
CAN Price: $60.00
ISBN: 978-0-8478-3511-9 (0-8478-3511-1)
Publisher: Rizzoli
Trim Size: 10 x 13
Also available as a trade paperback.

And if you’re wondering who Simon Henwood is, he is working on the campaign of Rihanna’s 4th album, Rated R. Logo, album, videos, TV spots and world tour (including stage design, costumes and background visuals)!

You can already pre-order the book on Amazon. In other news, Rihanna is rumoured to perform at this year’s Super Bowl Bash – in February! More coming soon.

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