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'''''Good Girl Gone Bad''''' is the third studio album by [[pop music|pop]] singer '''[[Rihanna]]''', which was released on [[June 4]] [[2007]] in most European countries and on [[June 5]] [[2007]] in the [[United States]]. The album achieved success worldwide following the release of its lead single "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]." The album has spawned four top 20 hits in the United States and on the United World Chart.
'''''Good Girl Gone Bad''''' is the third studio album by [[pop music|pop]] singer '''[[Rihanna]]''', which was released on [[June 4]] [[2007]] in most European countries and on [[June 5]] [[2007]] in the [[United States]]. The album achieved success worldwide following the release of its lead single "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]." The album has spawned four top 20 hits in the United States.


==Production and theme==
==Production and theme==

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Good Girl Gone Bad is the third studio album by pop singer Rihanna, which was released on June 4 2007 in most European countries and on June 5 2007 in the United States. The album achieved success worldwide following the release of its lead single "Umbrella." The album has spawned four top 20 hits in the United States.

Production and theme

Following her second studio album, A Girl like Me (2006), Rihanna started working with writers and producers for recording of her new effort early in 2007. Rihanna spent the week of Grammys with songwriter and Def Jam labelmate, singer-songwriter Ne-Yo, for the follow-up. He had co-written her ballad-driven "Unfaithful", and she had vocal lessons with him for the new album.[2] In addition to him, she collaborated with Evan and Carl, record producer Sean Garrett and again with Norwegian production team Stargate who had previous work with Rihanna and who co-wrote Beyoncé Knowles’ number one single "Irreplaceable".[2] Rihanna also booked Timbaland and will.i.am in the studio to work with her.[2] Most of the album tracks were recorded in Los Angeles, California, and, parallel to the recording sessions of her second studio album, A Girl Like Me, Rihanna was almost done recording late in February 2007.[2]

Rihanna herself stated that the album is greatly inspired by Brandy's 2004 album Afrodisiac. According to the interview "it really helped [her] to inspire that as well, because that album I listen to all day, all night. When I was in the studio that was the album that I listened to all the time and I really admired that every song was a great song. You could listen to the entire album. And I was like, "You know what? I have to make an album like this".[3]

The genre of the new album is a slightly new direction for the singer, favouring uptempo dance numbers. It followed her club-natured melodies and, like its predecessor, includes soul and ballads. In an interview surrounding the album's theme, Rihanna claimed, "You feel different every album, and [at] this stage I feel like I want to do a lot of uptempo [songs]. I want to keep people dancing but still be soulful at the same time."[2] Interestingly enough, Rihanna was not involved in writing any of the songs on the album.

In interviews, many have questioned the meaning and reasoning behind the album title. During an interview on UK radio station Capital FM, Rihanna explains:

"Bad is not sleazy. Bad has its own term to every individual and in my case it just means I've gotten a little rebellious on the album, broken out of my shell and I'm taking risks... Michael Jackson "bad" kind of way.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Umbrella" (featuring Jay-Z) (Christopher Stewart, Terius Nash, Thaddis Harrell, Shawn Carter) – 4:35
  2. "Push Up on Me" (J. R. Rotem, Makeba Riddick, Lionel Richie, Cynthia Weil) – 3:15
  3. "Don't Stop the Music" (Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel S. Eriksen, T. Dabney, Michael Jackson) – 4:27
  4. "Breakin' Dishes" (Christopher Stewart, Terius Nash) – 3:20
  5. "Shut Up and Drive" (Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken, Stephen Morris, Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert) – 3:33
  6. "Hate That I Love You" (featuring Ne-Yo) (Shaffer Smith, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel S. Eriksen) – 3:39
  7. "Say It" (Makeba Riddick, Quaadir Atkinson, Ewart Brown, Clifton Dillon, Lowell Dunbar, Brian Thompson) – 4:10
  8. "Sell Me Candy" (Terius Nash, Makeba Riddick, Timothy Mosley) – 2:45
  9. "Lemme Get That" (Terius Nash, Timothy Mosley, Shawn Carter) – 3:41
  10. "Rehab" (Justin Timberlake, Timothy Mosley, Hannon Lane) – 4:54
  11. "Question Existing" (Shaffer Smith, Shea Taylor, Shawn Carter) – 4:08
  12. "Good Girl Gone Bad" (Shaffer Smith, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Lene Marlin) – 3:35

Bonus Tracks:

  1. "Cry" (International bonus track) – 3:53
  2. "Haunted" (Japanese bonus track) – 4:10
  3. "Umbrella" (Acoustic) (UK iTunes bonus track) – 3:35

Deluxe Remix Edition

Disc 1: Standard Edition
Disc 2: Remixes

  1. "Umbrella" (featuring Jay-Z) (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel club remix) – 6:27
  2. "Shut Up and Drive" (The Wideboys club remix) – 6:36
  3. "Breakin' Dishes" (Soul Seekerz remix) – 6:04
  4. "Don't Stop the Music" (The Wideboys club mix) – 6:37
  5. "Question Existing" (The Wideboys club mix) – 6:12
  6. "Hate That I Love You" (featuring Ne-Yo) (K-Klassic remix) – 7:41
  7. "Push Up on Me" (Moto Blanco club mix) – 6:37
  8. "Good Girl Gone Bad" (Soul Seekerz remix) – 6:35
  9. "Haunted" (Steve Mac Classic mix) – 6:25
  10. "Say It" (Soul Seekerz remix) – 5:48
  11. "Cry" (Steve Mac Classic mix) – 7:23
  12. "SOS" (Digital Dog remix) – 6:23

Release history

Region Date Notes
Japan May 30, 2007
Italy May 31, 2007
Netherlands June 1, 2007
Germany
Poland
United Kingdom June 4, 2007
France
Portugal
United States June 5, 2007
June 17, 2008[5] Re-issue
Canada June 5, 2007
Spain June 7, 2007
Australia June 9, 2007
China June 28, 2007
Philippines
Brazil October 31, 2007
Haiti May 29, 2007
September 12, 2007
January 10, 2008[6] Re-issue
Mexico May 26, 2008[7] Re-issue
Africa, Puerto Rico, World, Israel, Singapore April 29, 2008
July 4, 2007

Promotion

Appearances

Rihanna has been making formal appearances around the UK. She has also performed three of her new songs in Preston. At a mini/promotional concert, she performed "Umbrella", "Shut Up and Drive" and "Breakin' Dishes". Rihanna, most notably, performed "Umbrella" at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards. She also performed her hit song "Hate That I Love You" at the 2007 American Music Awards of 2007. "Umbrella" and "Don't Stop the Music" were also performed on the 50th Annual Grammy Awards on February 10, 2008.

Good Girl Gone Bad Tour

Rihanna embarked on a worldwide promotional tour on September 15, three months after the release of the album. It consisted of three legs with 40 shows and ended on April 5, 2008. The first leg began in Canada which consisted of eleven shows across the country sharing with Akon (Canada only) and later passing through Europe. The limited USA leg ran in October.

The tour is said to have special guests, the winners of BBC's primetime show DanceX, supporting her UK leg of the tour, although the main support for the UK Tour was R&B singer Ciara for the December 2007 section and David Jordan for the March 2008 section including a concert in Liverpool's (European Capital of Culture 2008) brand new Liverpool Echo Arena situated on the River Mersey on March 5th 2008. In Ireland a new Irish R&B act called Caramel Luv was the concert's support.

Rihanna held a concert in Belgrade Arena in Belgrade. The estimated number of visitors was more than 20,000. In Battenberg Square, Sofia, over 50,000 people attended the concert, which was free.[8]

On December 6, 2007 a live DVD of the tour was shot in Manchester, England. The DVD was recorded at the M.E.N. Arena. There is no release date for it though it will be released in early 2008. There are rumors that it was to be out on the 2nd April, 28th April and the 26th May. These are not true. The cover for the DVD has been created which shows that there will definetly be a dvd.

Rihanna cancelled the concert at Nottingham Arena, on 9 December 2007, just one hour before she was due to perform, due to illness and also cancelled the concert at the NEC Birmingham due on 10 December. The Birmingham show was rescheduled for 18 December.

Singles

In March, the lead single, "Umbrella" was released during late March and early May around the world. It peaked number one in the U.S. for seven weeks,in twenty-seven countries and the United World Chart. It is the most successful song from the album so far and the most successful single of 2007 according to the United World Chart[9].

The second single "Shut Up and Drive" was released in August but did not reach the same level of success as "Umbrella". It achieved moderate success in North America and in Europe. It was also a success in countries such as Australia, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, and the UK, where it managed to peak within the top five. It also achieved top 20 peaks in 16 countries.

The third single was "Hate That I Love You" featuring Ne-Yo peaked within the top 20 in over 15 countries across the world.

"Don't Stop the Music" (third Europe single, fourth North America, Australia, Brazil and the UK single) was a worldwide hit and it reached number one on ten charts across the world. This single was also a top 10 hit in 25 countries.

Combined the four of Rihanna's above singles have sold over 11 million units worldwide to date.

On Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (Re-Release) , a track titled "Take A Bow" will be released as the lead single.

The first single taken from the re-release in Latin America will be "Hate That I Love You" featuring David Bisbal.[10]

"If I Never See Your Face Again", a track will be included in Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (Re-Release) and Maroon 5's It Won't Be Soon Before Long (Re-Release). Single release on 13 May 2008.

Chart performance

The first single from the album, "Umbrella", reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the issue date June 9, 2007 and topped charts worldwide. The song most notably remained at number one on UK Singles Chart for ten consecutive weeks, the longest running chart topper in a decade.[11]

In the United Kingdom the album became Rihanna's first number one, debuting with 53,000 copies, though spending just one week there. By the end of 2007, it had sold 560,000 copies, making it the tenth biggest-selling album of the year. The album has since gone double platinum, and as of April 2008, it has sold around 740,000 copies in total. The album has sold 1.2 million [12] copies in the U.S. and close to 5 million copies worldwide.

Critical reception

Good Girl Gone Bad received generally positive reviews from critics.

  • Andy Kellman of All Music Guide said that "From beginning to end, Good Girl Gone Bad is as pop as pop gets in 2007, each one of its 12 songs a potential hit in some territory".[13]
  • Billboard Magazine's Clover Hope said, "Ring the Alarm," Beyoncé's disgruntled-female anthem of 2006, was designed to take the normally tame vocalist out of her comfort zone and reveal her aggression. Rihanna's third album, "Good Girl Gone Bad," is like that times 10".[14]
  • Kelefa Sanneh of the New York Times stated that "This CD sounds as if it were scientifically engineered to deliver hits. “Good Girl Gone Bad" should secure her place on pop music’s A-list".[15]
  • Pitchfork Media states "An unexpectedly varied and satisfying listen".[16]
  • Neil Drumming of Entertainment Weekly said that "Rihanna works well with edgier and wittier verse than on her two previous albums".[17]
  • Time magazine named "Umbrella" one of The 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it at number three. Explains writer Josh Tyrangiel, "Rihanna has a special talent for vocal innuendo. She toys with the word umbrella — or, as Rihanna would put it, um-ba-rella, ella, ella — as if she's taking it for a ride on a water bed. The sexiest song of 2007."[18][19]

Such was the critical and commercial success of the album that it has received a total of six Grammy Award nominations including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best R&B Song, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "Hate That I Love You", Best Dance Recording for "Don't Stop the Music", and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Umbrella". It won Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Umbrella".

Singles chronology

Personnel

  • Rihanna – singer
  • Chris "Tricky" Stewart & Hannon B. Lane – keyboard
  • Mikkel Eriksen & Tor Erik Hermansen (aka Stargate); keyboard, drums
  • Bernt Rune Stray – guitar
  • Espen Lind – guitar
  • Chris "Tricky" Stewart" – drums
  • Doug Michels – trumpet
  • Stevie Blacke – violin, cello
  • Ed Calle – orchestration
  • Dana Teboe & John Kricker – trombone

Production credits

  • Executive Producers: Carter Administration
  • Management: Marc Jordan and Christa Shaub
  • Mastered by Chris Gehringer
  • A&R: Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith
  • A&R Administration: Jay Brown
  • A&R Coordination: Terese Joseph
  • Vocal Producers: Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Ne-Yo, Stargate, Justin Timberlake, Makeba Riddick
  • Art Direction and Design: J. Peter Robinson
  • Photography: Roberto Deste
  • Marketing: Angela Allen
  • Featuring vocals: Ne-Yo, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Terius "The-Dream" Nash
  • Tour Director and Choreographer: Tina Landon http://www.gendece.com

Chart

Chart (2007) Peak
position 		Certification Sales
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[20] 3 Platinum 70,000+
Austrian Albums Chart[21] 3 Platinum[22] 20,000
Brazilian Albums Chart[23] 1 30,000
Canadian Albums Chart[24] 1 3× platinum 332,000+[25]
Czech Republic Albums Chart[26] 3
Danish Albums Chart[27] 9 Gold[28] 15,000
Finnish Albums Chart[29] 1 [30]
French Albums Charts[7] 15 Gold 146,900
German Albums Chart[31] 4 Platinum 200,000+
Greek International Albums Chart[32] 2 Gold 10,000
Hungary Albums Chart[33] 1 Gold[34] 5,000+[35]
Irish Albums Chart[36] 1 3× platinum[37] 50,000+
Italian Albums Chart[38] 11 Gold[citation needed] 40,000
Japanese Album Chart[39] 7
Mexican Album Charts[40] 16 Gold 50,000+
Netherlands Albums Chart[41] 1
New Zealand RIANZ Album Chart[42] 8 Platinum 15,000+
Poland Album Chart[43] 1 Platinum 30,000+
Portuguese Albums Chart[44] 2 Platinum[citation needed] 20,000
Russian Albums Chart[45] 1 3× platinum 60,000+
Spanish Album Chart[46] 9 Platinum[citation needed] 80,000+
Swedish Album Chart[47] 18 Gold[citation needed] 22,433
Swiss Album Chart[48] 1 2× platinum 60,000+
Taiwan Album Chart[49] 1
UK Albums Chart[50] 1 3× platinum 900,000+
United World Chart[51] 1 2× platinum 4,811,700
U.S. Billboard 200[52] 2 Platinum 1,230,000[53]
Preceded by UK Albums Chart number one album
June 10 2007 - June 17 2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by United World Chart
June 23 2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Irish Album Chart number one album
January 25 2008 		Succeeded by
Skybound by Tom Baxter
Preceded by Swiss Albums Chart number one album
July 24 2007 		Succeeded by

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External links

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