URL copied How popular is Rihanna? Leaping from playlists to front pages, Rihanna has made the transition from the cult pop star who has much of young, upper class urban India dancing to her songs to the global celebrity all of India canât stop talking about â or finding out more about. Is she Rihanna or Reeyanna? What is her nationality? Exactly how popular is she? The questions on the Barbados-born US singer, who set the international ball rolling on Indiaâs farm protests with her tweet backing the farmers, did the frantic rounds. On Tuesday night, Rihanna, one of the biggest pop stars of the day, had many in a tizzy when she shared a CNN report over the Internet shutdown at the protest sites at Delhi border. "Why aren't we talking about this? #FarmersProtest," the 33-year-old singer tweeted. Rihanna, who has frequently spoken out on issues such as LGBTQIA+ rights and racism, is the fourth most followed person, with 101.3 million followers, on Twitter after former US president Barack Obama and singers Justin Bieber and Katy Perry. Her tweet on India's farmers received hundreds of thousands retweets and likes.