Rihanna has an honorary title of Ambassador for Culture and Youth in Barbados. Two more singles were released from the album: "We Ride" and "Break It Off". "Unfaithful", the album's second single, reached the top 10 in 18 countries, including No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and in Australia, her first to reach this chart position. Its lead single, "SOS", was an international success, charting in the top five in 11 countries. The album became Rihanna's first to be certified Platinum by the RIAA, after selling over 1,000,000 units. 5 in the United Kingdom and the United States, where it sold 115,000 copies in its first week. Rolling Stone felt that "the burning rock guitar" and haunted strings of some of the album's tracks made "A Girl like Me likable." The album was a commercial success, charting in the top 10 in 13 countries. A Girl like Me was released in April 2006. The television special helped raise $100 million for cancer research.Ī month after the release of her debut album, Rihanna began working on her second studio album. The proceeds from the single were given to the fundraiser. In September 2008, Rihanna contributed to the song "Just Stand Up!" with fifteen other female artists, who shared the stage to perform the song live on September 5, 2008, during the "Stand Up to Cancer" television special.
Money from sponsors and advertisers were to be donated to provide medical supplies, school supplies and toys to children in need.
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In 2008, Rihanna performed a series of charity concerts entitled A Girl's Night Out to benefit the Believe Foundation. To help raise awareness and combat HIV/AIDS, Rihanna and other public figures designed clothing for the February 2008 H&M Fashion Against AIDS line. In 2007, Rihanna was named as one of the Cartier Love Charity Bracelet Ambassadors, with each celebrity representing a different global charity. In 2006, she created her Believe Foundation to help terminally ill children. That same year, Rihanna was signed to Rogers's and Carl Sturken's production company, Syndicated Rhythm Productions. "Pon de Replay" and "The Last Time" were two tracks recorded for the demo tape, which were eventually included on her debut album Music of the Sun. Recordings were intermittent, taking about a year, because she was only able to record during school holidays. Impressed, Rogers scheduled a second meeting with Rihanna's mother present and then invited Rihanna to his hometown in the United States to record some demo tapes that could be sent to record labels. Without a name or any material, the girl group managed to land an audition with Rogers who commented, "The minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was like the other two girls didn't exist." Rihanna went to Rogers's hotel room, where she performed renditions of Destiny's Child's "Emotion" and Mariah Carey's "Hero". She was discovered in her home country of Barbados by American record producer Evan Rogers. In 2003, Rihanna formed a musical trio with two of her classmates.
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