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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.
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".
Track listing
"SOS" – 4:00
"Kisses Don't Lie" – 3:53
"Unfaithful" – 3:48
"We Ride" – 3:56
"Dem Haters" (featuring Dwane Husbands) – 3:52
"Final Goodbye" – 3:14
"Break It Off" (featuring Sean Paul) – 3:34
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (featuring J-Status) – 3:23
"Selfish Girl" – 3:38
"P.S. (I'm Still Not Over You)" – 4:11
"A Girl Like Me" – 4:18
"A Million Miles Away" – 4:11
"If It's Lovin' That You Want [Part II]" (feat Cory Gunz) – 4:08
Bonus tracks
"Who Ya Gonna Run To?" (Japanese edition) – 4:00
"Pon de Replay" [Full Phatt Remix] (UK, Dutch & Italian edition) – 4:04
"Coulda Been the One" (Japanese edition) – 4:00
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