Good Girl Gone Bad is the third studio album by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna. It was released on May 31, 2007 by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records. While recording the album, Rihanna worked with many producers, including C. "Tricky" Stewart, Terius "Dream" Nash, Neo da Matrix, Timbaland, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers and StarGate. Influenced by Brandy Norwood's fourth studio album Afrodisiac (2004), Good Girl Gone Bad is a dance-pop and R&B album with 1980s music influences. It represents a departure from the Caribbean sound of Rihanna's previous releases, Music of the Sun (2005) and A Girl like Me (2006).
Good Girl Gone Bad is the third studio album by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna. It was released on May 31, 2007 by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records. While recording the album, Rihanna worked with many producers, including C. "Tricky" Stewart, Terius "Dream" Nash, Neo da Matrix, Timbaland, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers and StarGate. Influenced by Brandy Norwood's fourth studio album Afrodisiac (2004), Good Girl Gone Bad is a dance-pop and R&B album with 1980s music influences. It represents a departure from the Caribbean sound of Rihanna's previous releases, Music of the Sun (2005) and A Girl like Me (2006).
The album received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its composition and Rihanna's new musical direction, but some criticized the lyrics and inconsistency of the record. The album was the recipient of seven Grammy Award nominations and one win in the Best Rap/Sung Collaboration category for "Umbrella" at the 2008 ceremony. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart and sold 162,000 copies in its first week. It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sold more than 2.8 million copies in the United States. The album reached number one in Canada, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. By November 2009, it had sold over seven million copies.
Good Girl Gone Bad produced five singles, including the international hits "Umbrella" and "Don't Stop the Music"; Rolling Stone placed the former at number 412 on the magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. In support of the album, Rihanna embarked on her first worldwide concert tour, the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour. To celebrate its first anniversary, the album was reissued as Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded in June 2008. It featured three new songs, including the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia". It was followed by Rihanna's first remix album, Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes, in January 2009, which featured remixes from Moto Blanco, Tony Moran, the Soul Seekerz and the Wideboys.
Good Girl Gone Bad is the third studio album by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna. It was released on May 31, 2007 by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records. While recording the album, Rihanna worked with many producers, including C. "Tricky" Stewart, Terius "Dream" Nash, Neo da Matrix, Timbaland, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers and StarGate. Influenced by Brandy Norwood's fourth studio album Afrodisiac (2004), Good Girl Gone Bad is a dance-pop and R&B album with 1980s music influences. It represents a departure from the Caribbean sound of Rihanna's previous releases, Music of the Sun (2005) and A Girl like Me (2006).