Rihanna basically didn’t make a misstep since “Umbrella,” so even though I loathe that particular song, glasses up to celebrating 10 years of Rihanna being flawless. “Good Girl Gone Bad” spawned so many hit singles that is showed the popular of “Umbrella” wasn’t a fluke. Also, one of the best music videos ever made. It's the most important and best 1 hit single of 2007, and I'm happy to be converted. But with “Umbrella,” Rihanna showed that she didn’t need some formula anymore. 'Umbrella' is the moment when Rihanna the pop princess finally ditched the tiara and took up the crown. Note: the tally only includes the sales stats of songs that she’s credited as the main artist. More:Rihanna attends anti-Asian hate protest in NY assistant says she felt compelled to take action It is the first time in more than 20 years that Barbados has bestowed a national hero honor. “Pow De Replay” “S.O.S” and “Unfaithful” were big songs. ‘Umbrella’ With the updates, Rih’s cumulative single sales in the United States now equals 151.5 million making her the first female act to surpass the 150 million digital singles sold mark. “Music of The Sun” and “A Girl Like Me” had hit singles. She had two successful albums before that. However, this song did mark the transition where me, and basically everyone else, fell in love with Rihanna. Still to this day, I don’t purposely play that song. The Mandy Moore cover that was featured on The Hills. Keep in mind, this was before Spotify, so it wasn’t like I was choosing this song on purpose. “Umbrella” was the song of the summer in 2007 and I heard it at least a million times a day. And that song is the definition of a love hate relationship in music to me. RARE 2 TRACK CARDSLEEVE CD SINGLE PRINTED IN GERMANY, IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, LIGHT STICKER RESIDUE. “It was tailor-made for Rihanna,” she said, stating that it was perfect for her.“Umbrella,” the first single off Rihanna third album “Good Girl Gone Bad” celebrates its 10th birthday today. She felt like it was meant for Rihanna.Ĭohen asked if she regretted the decision and Blige said no. And during that time, that’s when ‘Umbrella’ came to me and I couldn’t do anything with it because I was so busy with my own life.”īlige added that the record didn’t really fit with her sound and she passed on it. It was a big Grammy time I was nominated for eight Grammys and I was trying to get myself together for that. While promoting Power Book II: Ghost, Blige did a Q&A segment that included fan questions, and someone asked if the “Umbrella” rumor was true. But the “Love Yourself” singer confirmed the story during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.
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Blige passed on ‘Umbrella’įor a while, some believed it was just a rumor that “Umbrella” went to Blige before Rihanna. RELATED: Why Chris Brown Gave the Song ‘Disturbia’ to Rihanna Mary J. On March 29, 2007, #Rihanna released her smash hit #Umbrella featuring #JAYZ who co-wrote the song which topped the US Hot 100 for 7 weeks and the UK official chart for 10 consecutive weeks, the longest run at N☁ for any single of that decade!1⃣ /jSv3goaG4b- World Music Awards March 29, 2018 The record was written for Britney Spears.”Īfter Spears’ team turned it down (they supposedly didn’t see its potential), The Dream and his team offered the song to Mary J. The song examines a fairly basic tenet of romantic relationships with a nuanced vocal delivery that slowly ensnares you. Its catchy bars were written in minutes, and the rainfall themes were an apt metaphor for self-preservation from our collective miseries. I watched myself walk in and write that record. Back when 'Umbrella' was an inescapable earworm and every girl had a shorn speak-to-the-manager haircut, Rihanna was riding high off of the success of her The-Dream penned single.
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It’s almost like having an out of body experience. “That record was written out of pure pressure in life,” he said. The Dream said he felt for Spears and the song was for her. Fans may recall a 2007 incident when Spears was at a gas station and thrashed a paparazzi’s car with an umbrella. In 2017, The Dream did a guest spot on Drink Champs and spoke about the famous record. Fun fact: Britney Spears was the inspiration behind it. Popular songs often have legends attached to them, and that’s the case for “Umbrella.” It was written by the song-writing trio Terius “The Dream” Nash, Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, and Kuk Harrell. Blige | Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Saks Fifth Avenue ‘Umbrella’ was offered to two artists before Rihanna