A Girl Like Me (Rihanna album)

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A Girl Like Me
Studio album by Rihanna
Released	April 19, 2006 April 25, 2006
Recorded	2005-2006
Genre	R&B Pop Reggae
Length	53:30
Label	Def Jam Records
Producer(s)	Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken, Poke & Tone, Stargate, Jonathan Rotem, The Conglomerate
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone [1]
Rihanna chronology
Music of the Sun (2005)	A Girl Like Me (2006)	Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)
Alternate cover
A Girl Like Me: Ultra Platinum Deluxe Edition

A Girl Like Me is the second album by Bajan/Guyanese 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 "S.O.S. (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. The song peaked at #2 in the UK and at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album received Platinum status.

Contents 1 Album information 2 Track listing 3 Unreleased Song 3.1 Re-release 4 Singles 5 Charts 6 Personnel and production 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Album information

"A Girl Like Me" is the follow up to Rihanna's 2005 album "Music of the Sun" Rihanna has stated that while she did not wish to incorporate more rock music into her album, she did wish to create one song of mixed rock and reggae, called "Kisses Don't Lie"^[1]. 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 successful 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 over 115,000 copies sold in its first week, nearly twice the debut sales of Music of the Sun. It debuted at number four on the UK Album Chart with 24,000 copies sold that week. The album sold 200,000 copies worldwide in its first week of release, and has shipped over 5 million copies worldwide. To date, the worldwide sales total is 3.5 million.

Her fourth single off the album is "Break It Off", featuring Sean Paul, the single has so far peak at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 making it her fourth top 10 single.

Singles include the #1 single "SOS", the top ten singles "Unfaithful" and "Break it Off, the number 1 club single "We Ride".

[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] Unreleased Song

• "The Redemption Song" (preformed at her A Girl Like Me concert)

[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, the album was re-released in a deluxe package in Germany. The CD includes 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. No word as to when or if it will be released elsewhere.^{[citation needed]}

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] Singles

• "SOS (Rescue Me)"
• "Unfaithful"
• "We Ride
• "Break It Off"

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position	Sales
Global Chart	3	3,500,000
Philippine Pop Albums Chart	1	300,000 (3x Platinum)
Canada Album Chart	1	356,020 (4x Platinum)
Japanese Oricon Album Chart	4	160,902 (Gold)
The Billboard 200	5	1,163,976 (Platinum)
UK Album Chart	5	600,000+(2x Platinum)
Irish IRMA Chart	5	10,000+(Platinum)
Netherlands Album Chart	1	21,000[citation needed]
German Album Chart	13	100,000+ (Gold)
Swiss Album Chart	1	32,000+ (Platinum)
Poland Album Chart	42	10,000+ (Platinum)
Australian ARIA Album Chart	9	70,000 (Platinum)
Finnish Album Chart	30	N/A
Czech Album Chart	7	N/A
French Album Chart	1	165,000 (Platinum)

[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] References

1. ^ "MP3.com: Exclusive Interview with Rihanna", http://www.mp3.com/features/stories/4525.html, cited 12th Febrauary 2007

[edit] External links

• ThisIsRihanna.com — official website
• MySpace.com/Rihanna — official myspace webpage