"Good Girl Gone Bad Live Good Girl Gone Bad Live is the first live long-form video by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was first released on June 9, 2008 by Def Jam Recordings. The DVD and Blu-ray release features Rihanna's concert at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom held on December 6, 2007, as part of her Good Girl Gone Bad Tour (2007—2009) which supported singer's third studio album ""Good Girl Gone Bad"" (2007). Most of the concert's set list originates from ""Good Girl Gone Bad"", however, Rihanna also performed songs from her previous albums ""Music of the Sun"" (2005)"
"Albums Chart with sales of 54,000 copies in its first week. It became her first album to top the chart, and stayed on the chart for 177 weeks. In 2011, the album peaked at number 16 on the UK R&B Albums Chart. It was certified sextuple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and sold over 1,904,347 copies in the country. It ended at number 10 on the UK 2007 year-end list and number six on the 2008 year-end list. As of March 2015, ""Good Girl Gone Bad"" is the 46th best-selling album of the millennium in the United Kingdom."
"most of ""Girl"" was always going to be a given after the success of ""Get Lucky"" and ""Blurred Lines"", but what is surprising is its lyrical content, which is celebratory of women's power and sexuality, unlike his Robin Thicke collaboration."" ""Girl"" debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart on March 9, 2014. With first-week sales of over 70,000 copies, it was the fastest-selling album of 2014 in the UK at the time of its release, overtaking Bruce Springsteen's ""High Hopes"" by 45% and being certified Silver. As of February 2015, ""Girl"" has sold 320,000 copies in the UK"
"Singles Chart. In December 2009, the song reached the top spot with 72,919 copies sold, making it Gaga's third UK number-one single. She became the first female in British chart history to have three number-one singles in one year. In the first week of 2010, ""Bad Romance"" returned to the number one spot after two weeks, making her the second female artist of the 21st century to have two separate runs at the top spot. The song attained double platinum certification by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), for 1.2 million equivalent units. It has sold 1.045 million copies and has"
"the single and subsequent album (""Good Girl Gone Bad"") topping the UK Singles and Albums charts simultaneously. Having reached nine straight weeks at number one on the chart, it broke the record of American group Gnarls Barkley's ""Crazy"" as the longest chart-topper of the decade. ""Umbrella"" eventually reached a total of ten weeks at number one on the chart, becoming the country's longest-running number one single of the 21st century. In addition, Rihanna become the seventh artist in history to top the chart for ten consecutive weeks. By the end of 2008, ""Umbrella"" had sold over 600,000 copies, making it"
"successful Christmas album in the UK"" – ""On 20 November 2010, Susan Boyle's (UK) album The Gift became the first Christmas album to ever top the UK chart."" Susan Boyle Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer who came to international attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme ""Britain's Got Talent"" on 11 April 2009, singing ""I Dreamed a Dream"" from """". Her debut studio album, ""I Dreamed a Dream"", was released in November 2009 and became the UK's best-selling debut album of all time, beating the previous record held by ""Spirit"""
"2009. The album reached #3 on the ""Billboard"" 200, selling 131,000 copies in its first week. These are his best first week sales to date and the album was his first to reach the Top 10 on the Billboard 200. The album has since sold over 1,000,000 records in the US, earning a Platinum certification from the RIAA in June 2014, becoming his first Platinum album. The lead single from the album, ""I Need a Girl"", was released in April 2009 and reached #5 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart and #59 on the Hot 100, becoming an R&B/urban hit"
"UK #41 and later, on the strength of the popular single ""Everybody's Gone to War"", made it as far as #21. To date, the album has been certified gold in the UK for sales of over 100,000, and has earned Pallot a nomination at the 2007 BRIT Awards for Best British Female. As of 4 October 2009, the album has sold 138,563 copies in the UK. All songs written by Nerina Pallot. The original release of the album was preceded by a download-only single, ""Everybody's Gone to War"". Two further singles, ""Damascus"" (June 2005) and ""All Good People"" (September 2005),"
"the UK Singles Chart. Her second single, ""New York"", was released in September 2009, charting at number 15 in the UK. It was later re-released as an updated version featuring rapper Ghostface Killah. In September 2009, she released her debut album, ""Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?"", for which she wrote or co-wrote all of the songs in the UK, Sweden and America. It debuted at number 14 on the UK Albums Chart and later peaked at number nine, remaining in the chart for 16 weeks. and becoming BBC Radio 2's 'Album of the Week' from 19 September"
"stands up next to the best of their back catalog"", and named it the ""one saving grace"" from the album. Caroline Sullivan of ""The Guardian"" admitted that although ""Sweet 7"" was significantly Americanised, the track ""escaped with some quirky Britishness intact"". ""The Independent"" critic Andy Gill criticised the song as a ""generic disco stomper"" and regarded it as ""vacuous"". ""About a Girl"" debuted on the 21 November 2009 issue of the UK Singles Chart at number eight, becoming the fourth-highest debut during that week. It lasted eight weeks on the chart. The song has sold 125,000 copies in the UK,"
"and first UK urban act to top the Hot 100. It was the seventh-best selling song of 2009, having sold more than three million copies in the United States that year, eventually reaching six million sales in the United States, making him the most successful British/European male urban artist in US chart history at the time. As of 2011, it is the fifth best selling song by a British artist in the digital era. It was soon followed by another hit, ""Do You Remember"", which has sold more than a million copies in the US, and entered the top ten"
"""JLS"" had first-week sales of 239,643, compared to 238,126 for ""Reality Killed the Video Star"", meaning that Williams had lost out by just 1,517 copies, or 0.64%. The album has been certified two times platinum in Ireland, while being certified four times Platinum in the UK, and was the sixth best-selling album of 2009 in the UK. The album was also the 35th best-selling album of 2010, selling 317,000 copies of the album that year. The album has sold 1.4 million copies in total in the UK as of December 2012. The album received generally negative reviews from critics on"
"for Best Pop Vocal Album, and ""Bad Romance"" won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Short Form Music Video at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. In 2009, Gaga spent a record 150 weeks on the UK Singles Chart and became the most downloaded female act in a year in the US, with 11.1 million music downloads sold—earning an entry in the ""Guinness Book of World Records"". ""The Fame"" and ""The Fame Monster"" together have since sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. This success allowed Gaga to start her second worldwide concert tour, The Monster Ball Tour, and release"
"with new vocals by Cire. The song reached #16 on the Norwegian singles chart. Replay - Promo CD The song debuted in the UK at number one on 10 January 2010, selling over 106,000 copies in its first week, the highest sale for any new year release since Michelle McManus sold 118,000 copies of ""All This Time"" in the equivalent week in January 2004. It is also the first number-one single of the 2010s (not counting Lady Gaga's ""Bad Romance"" which also reached number-one in 2009). After two weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart and six weeks"
"sold. By December 2009, the album had been certified 10× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for sales of over 3 million, making it the best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK. In 2011, it was overtaken by the Amy Winehouse's ""Back to Black"" as the best-selling album of the 21st century in the UK. ""Back to Bedlam"" currently ranks as the 18th best-selling album in UK chart history. As of 2017, it has sold 3.33 million copies in the UK and over 11 million copies worldwide. Blunt had piano and violin lessons as a child, but his first"
"had in fact become his favourite album of the year. Conversely, NME nominated the album for worst Album at the 2009 NME Awards, despite awarding it 8/10. The album was successful around the world. In its first week of release it debuted at number one in 36 countries. In the United Kingdom, the album sold 125,000 copies in its first day of release and 302,074 in three days, debuting at number one. In its second week it sold another 198,000, achieving a platinum certification. The album sold over 500,000 copies in 10 days since its release, beating the first week"
"nothing less than a first-rate power pop band"". The album ranked No. 28 on Rolling Stone's year-end critic's list and No. 19 on Spin Magazine's year-end Top 40 albums. It entered the UK charts at #2 and managed to reach #7 in the U.S. As of 2009, the album has sold 522,000 copies in United States. In December 2006, Britain's Mojo magazine made it their Album of the Year. The lead single ""Steady, As She Goes"" became the band's first Top 10 hit in the UK. All songs by Brendan Benson and Jack White. Broken Boy Soldiers Broken Boy Soldiers"
"certification and Burke was nominated for a BRIT Award, it was the second time Burke was nominated for the Best British Single, first time with ""Hallelujah"". In the UK, ""Bad Boys"" is the 18th biggest download of all time. She released her debut album ""Overcome"" in October 2009. It was described as ""edgy"" and ""beaty"". The album was said to resemble the style of artists such as Rihanna or Lady Gaga. Upon the release of the album, the album went straight to number one on the UK Albums Chart selling 132,065 in its first week. Its first-week numbers were the"
"Geri Halliwell Geraldine Estelle Horner (; born 6 August 1972) is an English pop singer-songwriter, clothes designer, author, and actress. Halliwell came to international prominence in the 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the successful girl group the Spice Girls, the best-selling girl group of all time with over 85 million records sold, of which more than 75 million copies sold with the quintet lineup with Halliwell. In 1998, Halliwell left the Spice Girls to pursue a solo career but later returned to the group when they reunited in 2007. Halliwell reportedly amassed a $40 million fortune during her"
"entered the charts at number two and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) later the same year. Their singles ""I'll Stand by You"", ""Walk This Way"", and ""The Promise"" charted at number one. Two of their albums reached the top of the UK Albums Chart: their greatest hits album ""The Sound of Girls Aloud"" and 2008's ""Out of Control"", both of which entered the chart at number one, with over one million copies of the former being sold. They also achieved seven certified albums and were nominated for five Brit Awards, winning the 2009 Best Single for"
"selling 132,065 copies in its first week, the fourth largest first week sales for a female singer in 2009. The album became a commercial success in Europe being certified double platinum in the United Kingdom and Ireland. To date the album has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide. All six singles released from ""Overcome"" peaked within the top twenty on the UK singles chart, three of which reached number one. As well as receiving positive reviews, ""Overcome"" earned a nomination for Best Album at the Urban Music Awards. In December 2008, Burke won the fifth series of the British reality"
"year in Australia, and was reported in 2010 to be the second most successful album of the 2000–2009 decade. In the United Kingdom, the album sold over 37,100 copies in its first day and 83,000 copies in its first five days. ""Funhouse"" became her first number-one album in the UK, entering at number one on November 2, 2008, and has been certified 3× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for shipping 900,000 copies. ""Funhouse"" was the ninth biggest selling record of 2008, and the eleventh biggest seller of 2009. ""Funhouse"" debuted at number one in the Netherlands, New Zealand (certified"
"materialised in the wake of the September 11 attacks. UK CD1 UK CD2 UK Cassette The single debuted at number one in the United Kingdom with first week sales of 69,286 copies, and since gone on to sell 1,000,000 copies in the UK alone. It stayed atop the UK Singles Chart for four weeks, becoming the longest-charting number one since Westlife at Christmas 1999, and the only single which increased on weekly sales during each week at number 1. It is the fourth best-selling single by a girl group of all time, after ""Wannabe"" and ""2 Become 1"" by the"
"(post 1991). ""I Dreamed a Dream"" became the biggest opening sales week of 2009 in the U.S., beating out Eminem's ""Relapse"" which sold 608,000. It was the second-biggest selling album of 2009 in the U.S., with 3.1 million copies sold, right behind Taylor Swift's ""Fearless"" at 3.2 million copies. In only six weeks of sales, it became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009. In August 2008, Boyle applied for an audition for the third series of ""Britain's Got Talent"" (as contestant number 43212) and was accepted after a preliminary audition in Glasgow. When Boyle first appeared on"
"the chart since Shakira's ""Hips Don't Lie"" in July 2006. Their follow up single in the UK ""I Gotta Feeling"" also peaked at number one and managed the same feat of having two separate runs at number one on the UK Singles Chart. With sales of over 600,000, the single is currently the sixth best selling of 2009 in the UK. ""Boom Boom Pow"" is also the 13th best selling R&B song of the 21st century in the UK. Fergie had stated at an interview on ""The Insider"" that the music video would be shooting the week of March 8,"
"voice and a thumping Motown groove, an intriguing change of direction that's both passionate and populist."" On 18 April 2010, the album debuted on the UK Albums Chart at No. 1, selling 68,173 copies in its first week and a further 47,950 in its second week. It was the 5th biggest selling album of 2010 in the United Kingdom, with sales of 826,400. As of May 2018, the album has sold 1.4 million copies in the UK. Note Production Additional musicians Managerial and design !scope=""row""|Europe (IFPI) !scope=""row""|United Kingdom (BPI) The Defamation of Strickland Banks The Defamation of Strickland Banks is"
"album spawned two singles. The first of these, titled ""Crazy Possessive"" was released on May 26, 2009 for digital download. The single is her first release in the UK since 2002's ""I'm Not Anybody's Girl"". Despite the success of her previous singles in the country, ""Crazy Possessive"" failed to make an impact on the UK music charts. The single also failed to chart in European countries, however, it did receive major publicity, and has become her breakout hit in that country. Released as her first official single in the US, it was met with moderate success there. Despite criticism due"
"1 million copies in the UK alone, a first for a British female soloist. In 2009, Burke released her debut album, ""Overcome"", which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and spawned four number-one singles on the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart—""Hallelujah"", ""Bad Boys"", ""All Night Long"" and ""Start Without You""—and the album became one of the most successful albums of that year in the UK. The singles released from the album earned her three BRIT Award nominations. The album saw the release of UK top 10 hit, ""Broken Heels"" and ""The Silence"". ""Elephant"" was"
"top 10 on ""Billboard"". Stone released her fifth album, ""LP1"", on 22 July 2011, which reached the top 10 on ""Billboard"". Throughout her career, Stone has sold 14 million records worldwide, establishing herself as one of the best-selling soul artists of the 2000s, and the best-selling British artists of her time. Her first three albums have sold over 2,722,000 copies in the US, while her first two albums have sold over 2 million copies in the UK. Stone has earned numerous accolades, including two Brit Awards and one Grammy Award out of five nominations. She also made her film acting"
"dance music with extroverted beats and grimy basslines. However, it was a commercial success. The album debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart on 1 March 2009 with 97,254 copies sold, giving them their fourth consecutive number one album in the UK. The album performed well worldwide as well, entering the top five in Poland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Australia, Canada, Belgium and Germany. The album debuted at No. 117 in the US but jumped to No. 58 in its second week. The album received Gold sales status in Australia and Germany, while Switzerland classified it as ""2x Gold"""
"United States, breaking a record previously held by Shakira's 2006 single ""Hips Don't Lie"". Following its digital release, the song debuted atop the Hot Digital Songs chart, with first-week sales of more than 277,000 units. The single became the highest digital debut in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking downloads in 2003, surpassing Timberlake's ""SexyBack"" 250,000 sales record in 2006. According to Biography.com, ""Good Girl Gone Bad"" inspired Rihanna to transform her image from a ""teen pop princess"" persona into a ""fully fledged superstar and sex symbol"". ""People"" magazine noted that Rihanna follows the likes of recording artists"
"2009. The album currently sits as the 51st best selling album of all time in the US. It spent 96 weeks in the US top 40, a record for the 1980s it ties with ""Born in the U.S.A."" The album has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. The leadoff track, ""Women"", was selected as the first single for the US and Canada, instead of ""Animal"", in July 1987. Then-manager Cliff Burnstein reasoned that the band needed to reconnect with their hard rock audience first before issuing more Top 40-friendly singles. ""Women"" became a top 10 hit on the rock"
"1 and became the fastest-selling debut album ever in the UK, selling 411,820 copies, beating the record previously set by ""Spirit"" by Leona Lewis and outselling the rest of the top five albums combined during its first week on sale. The album remained at the top spot for four weeks, becoming the biggest selling album in the UK in 2009. In the U.S., ""I Dreamed a Dream"" debuted at No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" 200, with 701,000 copies sold in its first week, breaking the record for the highest debut by a new solo female artist in the SoundScan era"