A Girl Like Me (Rihanna album)

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A Girl Like Me
A Girl Like Me cover
Studio album by Rihanna
Released Japan April 19, 2006
United States April 25, 2006
Recorded 2005-2006
Genre R&B, Reggae, Pop
Length 53:30
Label Def Jam Records
Producer(s) Evan Rogers,
Carl Sturken,
Poke & Tone,
Stargate,
Jonathan Rotem,
The Conglomerate
Professional reviews
Rihanna chronology
Music of the Sun
(2005)		 A Girl Like Me
(2006)		 One
(2007)


Alternate cover
A Girl Like Me: Ultra Platinum Deluxe Edition
A Girl Like Me: Ultra Platinum Deluxe Edition

A Girl Like Me is the second album by Barbadian R&B singer Rihanna. The album was released through Def Jam Records on April 25, 2006 (April 24th in the UK). The lead single "SOS" (also known as "SOS (Rescue Me)") has achieved considerable airplay throughout the United States and Canada and has reached high peak positions on both airplay charts. It contains samples of the 1981 cover version of "Tainted Love" from Soft Cell. It reached a peak position of 2 on the UK Top 40, the same as her previous single "Pon de Replay". The album has so far sold over one million copies in the US.

Contents

[edit] Album information

"A Girl Like Me" is the follow up to Rihanna's 2005 album "Music of the Sun" Rihanna has stated she has tried to incorporate more rock music into her album[citation needed], and this sound is shown on the song "Kisses Don't Lie". R&B artist Ne-Yo contributed writing to the album also, including the song "Unfaithful", which is the second single of the album. Rihanna said in an interview with Carson Daly that much of the music she sang on this album is music she would never have sung before[citation needed]. The album also features an original song called "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," not to be confused with the song by Queen. Her third single, "We Ride" hit radio on August 21 but wasn't nearly as successfull as the previous two singles, not charting within the Billboard Hot 100 (but peaking at number 6 in the Bubbling Under Chart), while "SOS" topped the Billboard Hot 100 and "Unfaithful" peaked at number 6.

The album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 with 115,000 copies sold in its first week, nearly twice the debut sales of Music of the Sun. It debuted at number six on the UK Album Chart with 24,000 copies sold that week. The album sold 193,000 copies worldwide in its first week of release, and has shipped over 5 million copies worldwide. To date, the worldwide total is 3 million.

Her fourth single off the album is "Break It Off", featuring Sean Paul, the single has so far peak at #71 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Singles include the #1 single "SOS", the top ten single "Unfaithful", the failed single "We Ride", the recently released single "Break it off", and the confirmed fifth and final single "P.S. (I'm Still Not Over You)" to be released in March 2007.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "SOS" – 4:00
  2. "Kisses Don't Lie" – 3:53
  3. "Unfaithful" – 3:48
  4. "We Ride" – 3:56
  5. "Dem Haters" (featuring Dwane Husbands) – 3:52
  6. "Final Goodbye" – 3:14
  7. "Break It Off" (featuring Sean Paul) – 3:34
  8. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (featuring J-Status) – 3:23
  9. "Selfish Girl" – 3:38
  10. "P.S. (I'm Still Not Over You)" – 4:11
  11. "A Girl Like Me" – 4:18
  12. "A Million Miles Away" – 4:11
  13. "If It's Lovin' That You Want [Part II]" (feat Cory Gunz) – 4:08

Bonus tracks

  1. "Who Ya Gonna Run To?" (Japanese edition) – 4:00
  2. "Pon de Replay" [Full Phatt Remix] (UK, Dutch & Italian edition) – 4:04
  3. "Coulda Been the One" (Japanese edition) – 4:00

[edit] Re-release

A Girl Like Me: Ultra Platinum Deluxe Edition is the re-release of A Girl Like Me. After the success of the album in North America, the album will be re-released on January 9, 2007 in the UK. The CD will include a bonus CD with leftover tracks from both of her albums. There will also be a bonus DVD with all of her music videos to date.

According to Ultimate-Rihanna.com, this is the tracklisting:

Disc 1
  1. "SOS" – 4:00
  2. "Kisses Don't Lie" – 3:53
  3. "Unfaithful" – 3:48
  4. "We Ride" – 3:56
  5. "Dem Haters" (featuring Dwane Husbands) – 3:52
  6. "Final Goodbye" – 3:14
  7. "Break It Off" (featuring Sean Paul) – 3:34
  8. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (featuring J-Status) – 3:23
  9. "Selfish Girl" – 3:38
  10. "P.S. (I'm Still Not Over You)" – 4:11
  11. "A Girl Like Me" – 4:18
  12. "A Million Miles Away" – 4:11
  13. "If It's Lovin' That You Want [Part II]" (feat Cory Gunz) – 4:08
  14. "Pon de Replay" [Full Phatt Remix] – 4:04
Disc 2
  1. "Who Ya Gonna Run To?" – 4:00
  2. "Coulda Been the One" – 4:00
  3. "Should I" (feat J-Status) – 3:06
  4. "Hypnotized" – 4:15
DVD side
  1. "SOS" [Video]
  2. "Unfaithful" [Video]
  3. "We Ride" [Video]
  4. "If It's Lovin' That You Want" [Video]
  5. "Pon de Replay" [Video]

[edit] Chart performance

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position		 Sales
Global Chart 4 3,000,000
Philippine Pop Albums Chart 1 150,000 (Gold Platinum)
Canada Album Chart 1 200,000+ (2× Platinum)
Japanese Oricon Album Chart 4 157,902 (Gold)
The Billboard 200 5 (2) 1,054,466 (Platinum)
UK Album Chart 5 330,000+ (Platinum)
Irish IRMA Chart 5 (Platinum)
Netherlands Album Chart 5 n/A
German Album Chart 13 100,000+ (Gold)
Swiss Album Chart 6 17,000+ (Gold)
Polish Album Chart 7 10,000+ (Gold)
Australian ARIA Album Chart 9 70,000 (Platinum)
Greek Album Chart 28 N/A
Finnish Album Chart 30 N/A

[edit] Chart trajectories

U.S. Billboard 200
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14
Position
5
12
22
14
12
11
9
13
12
5
6
10
8
7
Sales
115,356
60,523
48,261
42,733
48,888
50,306
51,489
48,174
54,593
62,294
55,482
47,276
45,356
46,053
Total
115,356
175,879
224,140
266,873
315,761
366,067
417,556
465,730
520,323
582,617
638,099
685,375
730,731
776,784
Week 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 31
Position
14
20
22
31
38
40
59
66
71
90
104
118
187
Sales
40,796
36,384
33,327
26,840
22,589
20,662
16,210
14,111
12,862
11,204
9,504
7,921
Total
817,580
853,964
887,291
914,131
936,720
957,382
973,592
987,703
1,000,565
1,011,769
1,021,273
1,029,194
1,054,466
Japanese Oricon Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Position
4
8
12
13
13
16
15
21
23
25
37
15
19
34
38
46
Sales
28,968
22,784
19,005
12,106
11,742
9,507
9,602
7,176
5,916
5,222
3,776
3,676
3,445
2,452
2,299
2,280
Total
28,968
51,752
70,757
82,863
94,605
104,112
113,714
120,893
126,806
132,028
140,576
144,252
147,697
153,323
155,622
157,902
Polish Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Position
42
44
31
30
27
20
18
16
23
31
34
49
7
18
27
29
35
58
50
59
59
58
59
Swiss Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Position
6
8
6
12
12
11
13
20
21
23
19
16
17
18
11
14
11
11
17
25
26
29
27
29
25
26
34
UK Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Position
6
8
12
20
27
32
23
29
19
10
8
5
9
9
8
9
13
20
25
36
50
43
36
40
Canadian Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Position
1
4
8
5
7
7
6
8
8
7
8
8
4
6
7
7
9
13
16
20
29
32
32
41
50
60
52
62
73
73
Week 31 32
Position
77
80
Australian ARIA Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Position
12
20
26
23
16
16
17
14
11
16
20
17
9
11
16
17
19
34
32
41
47
German Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Position
16
21
23
30
33
46
53
58
67
64
53
35
42
32
32
13
22
36
31
Czech Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Position
29
24
39
10
7
8
7
8
12
26
27
30
29
24
24
31
41
34
French Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Position
26
34
38
59
66
67
70
80
73
50
41
44
39
34
32
35
23
25
32
35
25
18
18
35
41
37

[edit] Personnel and production

  • Executive producers: Carter Administration
  • Co-executive producers: Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken
  • Producer: Mike City, Gussie Clarke, Don Corleon, Mikkel S. Eriksen,Tor E. Hermansen,Poke & Tone, Evan Rogers, Jonathan Rotem, Carl Sturken, The Conglomerate
  • Vocal producer: Makeba Riddick
  • Engineers: James Auwater, Donovan "Vendetta" Bennett, Franny "Franchise" Graham, Jeremy Harding, Al Hemberger, Malcolm Pollack, Jonathan Rotem, Tiger Stylz
  • Mastering: Chris Gehringer
  • Mixing: Jason Goldstein, Jason Groucott, Al Hemberger
  • A&R: Jay Brown, Adrienne Muhammad, Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith
  • Art Direction: Alli Truch
  • Violin: Abe Appleman

[edit] External links

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