Rihanna

Rihanna bends the boundary between pop icon and cultural force so thoroughly that the distinction stopped mattering years ago. She gave us "Umbrella" and Fenty Beauty with the same imperial confidence, turning every platform into a runway and every runway into a statement. Even her silence (seven years without an album) became its own kind of presence. Deep ruby, molten gold, obsidian black, and flashes of electric tangerine.