A Girl Like Me

2006-09-08T23:04:57Z

216.175.112.139:

{{Unreferenced}}
{{CurrentAlbum}}
{{Album infobox |
| Name = A Girl Like Me
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Rihanna]]
| Cover = Rihanna_girl_like_me200px.jpg
| Background = orange
| Released = [[April 19]] [[2006]], [[Japan]] [[April 25]], [[2006]], [[US]]
| Recorded = 2005-2006
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[R&B]], [[Reggae]]
| Length = 53:30
| Label = [[Def Jam Records]]
| Producer = [[Evan Rogers]] [[Carl Sturken]] [[Poke & Tone]] [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]] Jonathan Rotem The Conglomerate
| Reviews =
*[[All Music Guide]] [[Image:3hvof5.png]] [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:updxlfaedcqw link]
| Last album = ''[[Music of the Sun]]'' (2005)
| This album = '''''A Girl Like Me''''' (2006)
}}

'''''A Girl Like Me''''' is the second album by [[Barbados|Barbadian]] [[pop music|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 [[sampling (music)|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{{fact}}, 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{{fact}}. Rihanna has an original song called "crazy little thing called love", not to be confused with the song by [[Queen (band)|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==
# "[[SOS (Rihanna song)|SOS]]" - 4:00
# "[[Kisses Don't Lie]]" - 3:53
# "[[Unfaithful (Rihanna song)|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" (featuring [[J-Status]]) - 4:18
# "A Million Miles Away" - 4:11
# "[[If It's Lovin' That You Want]] (Part II)" (feat [[Corey Gunz]]) - 4:08 <h4>'''Bonus tracks'''</h4>
# "Who Ya Gonna Run To?" ([[Japan|Japanese]] edition) - 4:00
# "[[Pon de Replay]]" (Full Phatt remix) ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] & [[Italy|Italian]] edition) - 4:04
# "Coulda Been the One" ([[Japan|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 ==
{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" bgcolor="white" colspan="41"|Global Chart
|- style="background-color: #white;"
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>4
|<center>7
|<center>12
|<center>10
|<center>11
|<center>8
|<center>10
|<center>10
|<center>10
|<center>10
|<center>10
|<center>8
|<center>8
|<center>12
|<center>8
|<center>8
|<center>12
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Sales
|<center>193,000
|<center>146,000
|<center>116,000
|<center>107,000
|<center>104,000
|<center>105,000
|<center>107,000
|<center>106,000
|<center>110,000
|<center>123,000
|<center>121,000
|<center>120,000
|<center>111,000
|<center>113,000
|<center>111,000
|<center>103,000
|<center>89,000
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Total
|<center>193,000
|<center>339,000
|<center>455,000
|<center>562,000
|<center>666,000
|<center>771,000
|<center>878,000
|<center>984,000
|<center>1,094,000
|<center>1,217,000
|<center>1,338,000
|<center>1,458,000
|<center>1,569,000
|<center>1,682,000
|<center>1,793,000
|<center>1,896,000
|<center>2,000,086
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" bgcolor="white" colspan="41"|[[Billboard 200]]
|- style="background-color: #white;"
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
!19
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>5
|<center>12
|<center>22
|<center>14
|<center>12
|<center>11
|<center>9
|<center>13
|<center>12
|<center>5
|<center>6
|<center>10
|<center>8
|<center>7
|<center>14
|<center>20
|<center>22
|<center>31
|<center>38
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Sales
|<center>115,356
|<center>60,523
|<center>48,261
|<center>42,733
|<center>48,888
|<center>50,306
|<center>51,489
|<center>48,174
|<center>54,593
|<center>62,294
|<center>55,482
|<center>47,276
|<center>45,356
|<center>46,053
|<center>40,796
|<center>36,384
|<center>33,327
|<center>26,840
|<center>22,589
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Total
|<center>115,356
|<center>175,879
|<center>224,140
|<center>266,873
|<center>315,761
|<center>366,067
|<center>417,556
|<center>465,730
|<center>520,323
|<center>582,617
|<center>638,099
|<center>685,375
|<center>730,731
|<center>776,784
|<center>817,580
|<center>853,964
|<center>887,291
|<center>914,131
|<center>936,720
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" bgcolor="white" colspan="41"|Japanese [[Oricon]] Album Chart
|- style="background-color: #white;"
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>4
|<center>8
|<center>12
|<center>13
|<center>13
|<center>16
|<center>15
|<center>21
|<center>23
|<center>25
|<center>37
|<center>15
|<center>19
|<center>87
|<center>90
|<center>85
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Sales
|<center>28,968
|<center>22,784
|<center>19,005
|<center>12,106
|<center>11,742
|<center>9,507
|<center>9,602
|<center>7,176
|<center>5,916
|<center>5,222
|<center>3,776
|<center>3,676
|<center>3,445
|<center>2,452
|<center>2,299
|<center>2,280
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Total
|<center>28,968
|<center>51,752
|<center>70,757
|<center>82,863
|<center>94,605
|<center>104,112
|<center>113,714
|<center>120,893
|<center>126,806
|<center>132,028
|<center>140,576
|<center>144,252
|<center>147,697
|<center>153,323
|<center>155,622
|<center>157,902
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|align="center" colspan="31"|'''Polish Chart'''
|-
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
!19
!20
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Chart position
|<center>42
|<center>44
|<center>31
|<center>30
|<center>27
|<center>20
|<center>18
|<center>16
|<center>23
|<center>31
|<center>34
|<center>49
|<center>'''7'''
|<center>18
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" bgcolor="white" colspan="41"|[[UK Album Chart]]
|- style="background-color: #white;"
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
!19
!20
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>6
|<center>8
|<center>12
|<center>20
|<center>27
|<center>32
|<center>23
|<center>29
|<center>19
|<center>10
|<center>8
|<center>5
|<center>9
|<center>9
|<center>8
|<center>9
|<center>13
|<center>20
|<center>
|<center>
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" bgcolor="white" colspan="41"|Irish Album Chart (1-15)
|- style="background-color: #white;"
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>6
|<center>10
|<center>12
|<center>8
|<center>11
|<center>14
|<center>11
|<center>11
|<center>12
|<center>5
|<center>7
|<center>6
|<center>7
|<center>8
|<center>7
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" bgcolor="white" colspan="41"|Irish Album Chart (16-30)
|- style="background-color: #white;"
!align="center"|Week
!16
!17
!18
!19
!20
!21
!22
!23
!24
!25
!26
!27
!28
!29
!30
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>7
|<center>6
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" bgcolor="white" colspan="41"|Canadian Album Chart
|- style="background-color: #white;"
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
!19
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>1
|<center>4
|<center>8
|<center>5
|<center>7
|<center>7
|<center>6
|<center>8
|<center>8
|<center>7
|<center>8
|<center>8
|<center>4
|<center>6
|<center>7
|<center>7
|<center>9
|<center>13
|<center>16
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" bgcolor="white" colspan="41"|[[ARIA]] Album Chart
|- style="background-color: #white;"
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
!18
!19
!20
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>12
|<center>20
|<center>26
|<center>23
|<center>16
|<center>16
|<center>17
|<center>14
|<center>11
|<center>16
|<center>20
|<center>17
|<center>9
|<center>11
|<center>16
|<center>17
|<center>19
|<center>34
|<center>
|<center>
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" bgcolor="white" colspan="41"|[[Germany|German]] Album Chart
|- style="background-color: #white;"
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>16
|<center>21
|<center>23
|<center>30
|<center>33
|<center>46
|<center>53
|<center>58
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|<center>
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|align="center" colspan="31"|'''Czech IFPI Chart'''
|-
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Chart position
|<center>29
|<center>24
|<center>39
|<center>10
|<center>'''7'''
|<center>8
|<center>'''7'''
|<center>8
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!align="center" bgcolor="white" colspan="41"|French Album Chart
|- style="background-color: #white;"
!align="center"|Week
!01
!02
!03
!04
!05
!06
!07
!08
!09
!10
!11
!12
!13
!14
!15
!16
!17
|-
!align="center" style="background-color: #white;"|Position
|<center>26
|<center>34
|<center>38
|<center>59
|<center>66
|<center>67
|<center>70
|<center>80
|<center>73
|<center>50
|<center>41
|<center>44
|<center>39
|<center>34
|<center>32
|<center>35
|<center>'''23'''
|}

==Charts==

{| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left" width="200"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
!align="left"|Sales
|-
|align="center"|2006
|align="center"|Global Chart
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|2,168,000
|-
|align="center"|2006
|align="center"|The Billboard 200
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|936,720 (Platinum)
|-
|align="center"|2006
|align="center"|Japanese [[Oricon]] Album Chart
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|157,902 (Gold)
|-
|align="center"|2006
|align="center"|[[UK Album Chart]]
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|295,000+ (Platinum)
|-
|align="center"|2006
|align="center"|[[Irish Albums Chart|Irish IRMA Chart]]
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|(Platinum)
|-
|align="center"|2006
|align="center"|Canada Album Chart
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|200,000+ (2x Platinum)
|-
|align="center"|2006
|align="center"|Australian ARIA Chart
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|70,000 (Platinum)
|-
|align="center"|2006
|align="center"|Philippine Pop Albums Chart
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|150,000(5x Platinum)
|-
|align="center"|2006
|align="center"|German Album Chart
|align="center"|16
|align="center"|(N/A)
|-
|align="center"|2006
|align="center"|Polish Chart
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|10,000+ (Gold)
|-
|align="center"|2006
|align="center"|Finnish Chart
|align="center"|30
|align="center"|(N/A)
|}

==Personnel==
*Abe Appleman - [[violin]]

==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

==External links==

* [http://www.thisisrihanna.com ThisIsRihanna.com] — official website
* [http://www.myspace.com/rihanna MySpace.com/Rihanna] — official myspace webpage
* [http://rihannalive.net Rihannalive.net] — Official Blog
* [http://music.clevver.com/video/14148/rihanna-sos.php Rihanna - SOS music video] at [http://music.clevver.com Clevver Music]

[[Category:Rihanna albums|Girl Like Me, A]]
[[Category:2006 albums|Girl Like Me, A]]

[[nl:A Girl Like Me]]

Wikipedia - Benutzerbeiträge [de]

A Girl Like Me