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Rihanna's demo was shipped out to Def Jam Recordings, where Jay Brown, an A&R executive at the record label, was one of the first to hear the demo. Brown played the demo tape for rapper Jay-Z , who had recently been appointed as president and CEO of Def Jam. [ 25 ] When Jay-Z first heard the track "Pon de Replay", he felt the song was too big ...
Rihanna albums discography Rihanna performing in Toronto during the Diamonds World Tour in March 2013. Studio albums 8 EPs 3 Soundtrack albums 1 Remix albums 2 Reissues 1 Box sets 7 Barbadian singer Rihanna has released eight studio albums, two remix albums, one reissue, seven box sets and three extended plays. Since the beginning of her career in 2005, Rihanna has sold 60 million album units ...
This made Rihanna the only artist to have seven consecutive albums each score a number-one single on the Hot 100. [11] " Work" topped the charts in Canada and France, [ 22 ] [ 23 ] and with 32.5 million digital units based on sales and streaming as of January 2021, became one of the best-selling digital singles of all time . [ 24 ]
Music of the Sun is the debut studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna.It was released on August 29, 2005, by Def Jam Recordings.Prior to signing with Def Jam, Rihanna was discovered by record producer Evan Rogers in Barbados, who helped Rihanna record demo tapes to send out to several record labels.
Sturken and Rogers co-wrote and co-produced 9 songs out of 16 on Rihanna's 2006 album A Girl like Me. [5] The album's lead single " SOS " was written by Evan "Kidd" Bogart and J. R. Rotem . [ 5 ] It contains a sped-up sample of " Tainted Love ", [ 6 ] written in 1965 by Ed Cobb , who was credited as a co-writer on "SOS".
Initially, Stewart admitted he was still reluctant as to whether Rihanna was the right artist to record the song, but following the recording of the "ella, ella" catch phrase, he felt they were onto "something". [3] Following Rihanna's recording, Def Jam CEO-rapper Jay-Z added his rap. However, Jay-Z rewrote his verse without the awareness of ...
Initially, Jay-Z was skeptical about signing Rihanna, because he felt "Pon de Replay" was too big for her, saying "when a song is that big, it's hard [for a new artist] to come back from. I don't sign songs, I sign artists". [9] "Pon de Replay" was released via iTunes on July 26, 2005, through Def Jam Recordings. [10]
"SOS" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna, and included in her second studio album, A Girl like Me (2006). It was released on February 14, 2006, through Def Jam Recordings as the lead single of the album.