This is ridiculous ,yes she has incredible success but that dont make her any icon.Rihanna music has no depth and is very much low grade in quality with its basic 2 beats.I`m trying to figure out what influence she made or has over the music industry,this is an artist who can`t even get a standing ovation at the grammys.When i think icon i think of MJ whitney mariah celine patti aretha just to name a few,people with actual talent and a catalog of timeless great quality music under their belt which has influenced many generation,not fast food hot at the moment here today gone tomorrow never to be remembered hits.There are people in the industry WHO are far more deserving,rihanna CANNOT SING NOR GIVE A PROPER SOLID PERFORMANCE.Even if the AMAS want to by pass celine mariah adn the rest to give a young artiste they could have picked christina aguilera,yes her last 2 albums failed commercially but this is an artist whom from day 1 made her success through her actual talent and was the dominating voice when she debut 10yrs ago and 10yrs later she still has the best voice of them all,a voice that transcends across different genres of music,with the likes of Andrea Bocelli,the rollingstones,herbie hancock and tony benette to name a few who are masters in their genres have actually called upon this woman to collaborate with them.Christina is respected by her peers for her incredible voice and by the greats for her voice as well,her music has depth and vocals to match plus it took her about 3 studio albums to hit almost 20 million album sales alone in the US while it took rihanna 7 albums to barely pass the 10 mil mark in the US,im soryy,yes rihanna has incredible success but that doesn`t in any way equates to real talent great quality music and influencing music in anyway.Fashion trendsetter yes but sorry the girl CANNOT SING AND HER MUSIC IS VERY LOW GRADE.iF THIS QUALIFIES AS AN ICON THEN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS BECOMING VERY HOPELESS,AWARD SHOWS NO LONGER HAVE CREDIBILITY AND THEY MIGHT AS WELL GIVE GAGA,KESHA,MINAJ AND JUSTIN B AN ICON AWARD AS WELL,THIS IS REALLY LAUGHABLE CAUSE CELINE AND MARIAH ARE STILL ALIVE BUT RIRI GETTING ICON AWARD BEFORE THEM,TRULY A BIG JOKE!