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Rihanna is one of pop music's rising starlets: Her song "Umbrella" currently tops the charts (and has for more than a month). Hip-hop impresario Jay-Z seems determined to make her Def Jam's unmitigated glitter diva. And her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad, has been hailed by critics as the second coming—of Beyoncé.
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Rihanna worked with Timbaland on three songs in the album. Justin Timberlake co-wrote and provides background vocals on "Rehab". 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. Michael Jackson 'bad' kind of way." The album title reflects the difference between the old and new Rihanna. "Bad means cool, bad means funky, bad means having an attitude, bad means being edgy.
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Once called the "Bajan Beyonc�," Rihanna has established her own distinctive identity. Thanks to two platinum albums, a career-making haircut, and a little hit called "Umbrella," she has officially arrived at pop-singer stardom. View exclusive outtakes from her shoot with Michael Thompson in New York City here. For more photos and the story, "Bright Young Thing," pick up the January issue of Allure on newsstands now.
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Rihanna, whose hit song “Umbrella” was number one on the charts for seven weeks this summer, was named the 2007 Venus Breeze “Celebrity Legs of a Goddess” during a ceremony in New York City on June 8, 2007. The singing sensation is currently on tour with her new album Good Girl Gone Bad.
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[I]n 2007, Rihanna won World's Best-Selling Pop Female Artist & Entertainer of the Year at the 2007 World Music Awards. On November 18, 2007, she won Favorite Female Artist - Soul/R&B at the 2007 American Music Awards. "Shut Up and Drive" won best R&B song at the 2008 People's Choice Award. "Don't Stop the Music" won best international song at the 2008 NRJ Music Awards in France. she ... won four awards at the 2008 BMAs Barbados Music Awards including Pop/R&B Artist of the Year, Best Pop/R&B Single - Don't Stop the Music, Best Female Music Video - Shut Up And Drive ,Song of the Year - Umbrella, Album of the Year - Good Girl Gone Bad Female Entertainer of the Year and People's Choice Entertainer of the year
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Rihanna took home the Billboard award for Female Artist of the Year in 2006. This was followed by another major hit single, "Break It Off" featuring fellow Caribbean star Sean Paul. "Umbrella," the first single for a 3rd album, was unveiled near the end of March, 2007.
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