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Revision as of 06:00, 26 December 2007

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Good Girl Gone Bad is the third studio album by singer Rihanna, which was released on June 4 2007 in most European countries and on June 5 2007 in the United States.

Praised by critics with positive reviews, the album received 6 Grammy Award nominations.

Title and production

Rihanna stated that the album has a different feel from her previous two, with more up-tempo and mid-tempo melodies.

"I think that's where I want to go on this one. 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."[1]

Rihanna worked with Timbaland on three songs in the album. Justin Timberlake co-wrote and provides background vocals on "Rehab".[2]

In interviews, many have questioned the meaning and reasoning of 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.[3]

The album title reflects the difference between the old and new Rihanna. She says

"Bad means cool, bad means funky, bad means having an attitude, bad means being edgy. This album is definitely a great representation of who I am now, and where I am in my career.[4]

Other than the producers listed, Rihanna worked with her label mate Ne-Yo, who wrote her top-ten hit "Unfaithful", on new material as well as vocal techniques. Ne-Yo, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland are collaborators on the album. Rihanna also worked with producer, Producing Prodigy, who is a protégé of producer Kon Artis on Sell me Candy.

The United Kingdom edition of the album was released with a digipack bonus CD of remixes and in Australia it is also being sold.

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.

Good Girl Gone Bad Tour

Rihanna embarked on a success of her role as a supporting act for the Pussycat Dolls on tour in 2006. The tour started on September 15, three months after the release of the album. The tour, which consists of three legs with 40 shows, is scheduled to end on February 24, 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 began 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 will be R&B singer Ciara. In Ireland a new Irish R&B act called Caramel Luv was the concert's support.

Rihanna held a concert in Beogradska 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 [5].

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 and is scheduled to release in early 2008.

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

There have been three main singles released from Good Girl Gone Bad. The first being "Umbrella" followed by the single "Shut Up and Drive". The unofficial third single is "Don't Stop the Music" and the third official single is a duet with Ne-Yo called "Hate That I Love You", which has so far peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Rihanna yet another top ten single. During her co-hosting in MTV's TRL on October 11 2007 she mentioned that her fourth US single (fifth total) would be either "Breakin' Dishes", "Rehab" or "Good Girl Gone Bad". According to Billboard, the next single will be "Breakin' Dishes", which entered the Hot Dance Club Play chart at No. 40 on November 29, 2007.[6] Recently on Ryan Seacrest's radio show, it has been announced that the new official U.S. single is "Rehab" and the video is being shot in a few weeks. "Breakin' Dishes" is set to be the Club Only Single. Due to it's poplularity, Rihanna announced on Soundcheck that she wants all of her songs from Good Girl Gone Bad to be singles or at least have music video's for each song.

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. It is the second lead single of an album by Rihanna to reach number one in the U.S, after "SOS" from A Girl like Me. "Umbrella" also hit the top spot in the UK Singles Chart for ten consecutive weeks, the longest running chart topper in a decade.[7]

On the issue date June 23, 2007, Good Girl Gone Bad entered the U.S. Billboard 200 at number two with 162,000 copies sold in its first week. Epiphany by T-Pain snagged the number one spot away from Good Girl Gone Bad, selling just 8,600 more copies. This is Rihanna's best opening week album sales to date, significantly improving on the 68,000 first week sales of Music of the Sun and the 115,000 first week sales of A Girl Like Me. In the United Kingdom the album sold 53,000 copies in its first week, debuted at number one, and so far has sold over 557,000 copies, earning Platinum certification. The album has sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. and more than 3 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" [8].
  • For Billboard Magazine 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" [9].
  • Kelefa Sanneh of 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"[10].
  • Pitchfork Media states "An unexpectedly varied and satisfying listen"[11].
  • Neil Drumming of Entertainment Weekly said that "Rihanna works well with edgier and wittier verse than on her two previous albums" [12].

Good Girl Gone Bad has reached the position of two on the Billboard Album Top 200 [13]. The album has also reached platinum status in the US.

The album received 6 Grammy Award nominations:Record of the Year, Grammy Award for Best R&B Song, Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for Hate That I Love You), Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for Umbrella (song) and Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song).

Track listing

Standard Edition track list

  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
  13. "Cry" (Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel S. Eriksen, T. Dabney) – 3:54 (UK/Aus/Japan/Deluxe Edition bonus track)
  14. "Haunted" (Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken) – 4:09 (Japan bonus track)
  15. "Umbrella (Acoustic) – 4:38 (UK iTunes bonus track)

Special Edition Remix Disc track listing

  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" Feat. 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

Samples

Personnel

  • Rihanna – singer
  • Chris "Tricky" Stewart & Hannon B. Lane – keyboard
  • 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: Robyn Fenty, Sean Carter, Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken
  • 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, Justin Timberlake, Makeba Riddick, Robyn Fenty
  • 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

Chart

Chart (2007) Peak
position 		Certification Sales
Billboard 200[14] 2 Platinum 987,000+
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Top albums[15] 3
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[16] 5 Platinum 70,000+
Argentina Albums Chart[17] 9
Austria Albums Chart[18] 3 Platinum[19] 20,000+
Cypriot Albums Chart[20] 2
Danish Albums Chart[21] 9 Gold[22] 15,000+
Finnish Albums Chart[23] 7
French Albums Chart[24] 15 Gold 85,000+
German Albums Chart[25] 4 Platinum 200,000+
Greek International Albums Chart[26] 2 Gold 10,000
Hungary Albums Chart[27] 1 Gold[28] 10,000[29]
Japanese Album Chart[30] 7 Gold 140,000+
UK Album Chart[31] 1 Platinum 500,000+
Canadian Albums Chart[32] 1 Platinum 100,000+[33]
Spanish Album Chart[34] 13 Gold 40,000+
Netherlands Albums Chart[35] 20
Irish Albums Chart[36] 1 35,000+
Italian Albums Chart[37] 21
Russian Albums Chart[38] 1 2x Plаtinum 40,000+
Poland Album Chart[39] 3 Platinum 20,000+
Swedish Album Chart[40] 26
Swiss Album Chart[41] 1 Platinum 30,000+
Czech Republic Albums Chart[42] 3
United World Chart[43] 1 Platinum 3,283,050
Mexican Album Charts[44] 22
Mexican International Album Charts[45] 5
New Zealand Charts[46] 8 Platinum 15,000+
Portuguese Albums Chart[47] 24
Preceded by UK Albums Chart number one album
June 10 2007 - June 17 2007 		Succeeded by

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  2. ^ MTV.com "Rihanna Loses Good Girl Image, Thanks to Jay-Z, Justin, Timbaland, Ne-Yo", retrieved 2 May 2007
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  47. ^ http://portuguesecharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Good+Girl+Gone+Bad&cat=a
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