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After signing a record contract with the Def Jam Recordings in February 2005, [1] Rihanna began to work with producers Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers, who co-wrote and co-produced 12 out of the 15 songs on her 2005 debut album, Music of the Sun. [2]
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.
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 for ...
Good Girl Gone Bad is the third studio album by Barbadian singer, Rihanna.It was released on May 31, 2007, by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records. Rihanna worked with various producers on the album, including Tricky Stewart, The-Dream, Neo da Matrix, Timbaland, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers and Stargate.
A Girl Like Me is the second studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna.It was released on April 10, 2006, by Def Jam Recordings. [1] For the production of the album, Rihanna worked with Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken, Stargate, J. R. Rotem, and label-mate Ne-Yo, who wrote the album's second single.
Loud is the fifth studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna.It was released on November 12, 2010, by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records. The album was recorded between February and August 2010, during the singer's Last Girl on Earth tour (2010–2011) and the filming of her first feature film Battleship (2012).
Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes is the first remix album by Barbadian singer Rihanna.It was released on January 27, 2009, through Def Jam Recordings.The album contains club remixes of tracks from her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) and its 2008 re-release, Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded.
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]