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A Girl Like Me is the second album by Barbadian pop/R&B/dancehall singer Rihanna. The album was released through Def Jam Records on April 25 2006 (April 24th in the UK). The lead single "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. It reached a peak postition of 2 on the UK Top 40, the same as her previous single "Pon De Replay". The album has so far sold over 900,000 copies in the US.

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]. Rihanna has 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.

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 also 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 2 million copies worldwide.

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" (featuring J-Status) - 4:18
  12. "A Million Miles Away" - 4:11
  13. "If It's Lovin' That You Want (Part II)" (feat Corey Gunz) - 4:08

    Bonus tracks

  14. "Who Ya Gonna Run To?" (Japanese edition) - 4:00
  15. "Pon de Replay" (Full Phatt remix) (UK, Dutch & Italian edition) - 4:04
  16. "Coulda Been the One" (Japanese edition) - 4:00

(* appears on the iTunes editon of A Girl Like Me. As of 7/30/2006, the bonus tracks from "A Girl Like Me",iTunes edition have been deleted from the U.S. Store)

Chart Performance

Global Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Position
4
7
12
10
11
8
10
10
10
10
10
8
8
12
8
8
12
Sales
193,000
146,000
116,000
107,000
104,000
105,000
107,000
106,000
110,000
123,000
121,000
120,000
111,000
113,000
111,000
103,000
89,000
Total
193,000
339,000
455,000
562,000
666,000
771,000
878,000
984,000
1,094,000
1,217,000
1,338,000
1,458,000
1,569,000
1,682,000
1,793,000
1,896,000
2,000,086
Billboard 200
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Position
5
12
22
14
12
11
9
13
12
5
6
10
8
7
14
20
22
31
38
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
40,796
36,384
33,327
26,840
22,589
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
817,580
853,964
887,291
914,131
936,720


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
87
90
85
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
Chart position
42
44
31
30
27
20
18
16
23
31
34
49
7
18
UK Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Position
6
8
12
20
27
32
23
29
19
10
8
5
9
9
8
9
13
20
Irish Album Chart (1-15)
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
Position
6
10
12
8
11
14
11
11
12
5
7
6
7
8
7
Irish Album Chart (16-30)
Week 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Position
7
6
Canadian Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Position
1
4
8
5
7
7
6
8
8
7
8
8
4
6
7
7
9
13
16
ARIA Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Position
12
20
26
23
16
16
17
14
11
16
20
17
9
11
16
17
19
34
German Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15
Position
16
21
23
30
33
46
53
58
Czech IFPI Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
Chart position
29
24
39
10
7
8
7
8
French Album Chart
Week 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Position
26
34
38
59
66
67
70
80
73
50
41
44
39
34
32
35
23

Charts

Year Chart Position Sales
2006 Global Chart 4 2,168,000
2006 The Billboard 200 5 936,720 (Platinum)
2006 Japanese Oricon Album Chart 4 157,902 (Gold)
2006 UK Album Chart 5 295,000+ (Platinum)
2006 Irish IRMA Chart 5 (Platinum)
2006 Canada Album Chart 1 200,000+ (2x Platinum)
2006 Australian ARIA Chart 9 70,000 (Platinum)
2006 Philippine Pop Albums Chart 1 150,000(5x Platinum)
2006 German Album Chart 16 (N/A)
2006 Polish Chart 7 10,000+ (Gold)
2006 Finnish Chart 30 (N/A)

Personnel

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
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