Even the back has black running through it and her pose makes her look mysterious and strong.With this album cover she doesnt have her name on the from cover but instead the letter R in a rock and dangerous font.ġ1. With her hand over her eye also makes it more unusual and make her seem mysterious but it shows her accessories which also adds to the rock theme as they have an edge. We can also tell it might involve rock as she is wearing what looks like leather, but also her heavy eye make up and hair also adds to the image. With it being black and white we cantellby just looking at the cover that it may involve more of a darker and rocky music. The album covergives a different side to Rihanna. It was however mainly an R&B and pop-oriented album, but also contained elements of hip hop and rock.ġ0. Rated R was a moredark and angry tone when it came down to both musicalĪnd lyrical. This album also contained singles Wait Your Turn, Rockstar and Te amo. The singles on this album included "Russian Roulette", "Hard" and "Rude Boy which reached number-one. Rolling Stone liked this album and said Rihanna has transformed her sound and made one of the best pop records of the year. Rated R, was released in November 2009 making it Rihannas forth album. However another review said: An album of class, depth and seriously hard grinding, it's a major transformation from pretty girl with potential to star turn. There were mix reviews about this album and the original with The guardian saying the summery reggae of her first two albums is sorely missed.
This album included Take Abow, Disturbia and "If I Never See Your Face Again with Maroon 5. The hits carried on with the re-issue of Rihannas third album, Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded. The videos also started to have more edge to them compared to her previous work. The album name itself showed that there was a new rebellious Rihanna. This gave her more of an edge and her dress sense also started to become more fashion forward. With this album Rihanna also changed her image dying her hair black and cutting It short. The album contained four hits all reaching the top twenty including the worldwide number-one hit "Umbrella," featuring Jay-Z and other songs such as "Shut Up and Drive", "Don't Stop The Music" and "Hate That I Love You. This album featured a more dance-pop musicinstead of the dancehall, reggae and ballad styles compared to her previous work. With this album Rihanna had re-imagined her album musically containing more up-tempo dance tracks. In 2007 Rihanna brought out her third album Good Girl Gone Bad. The long shot shows this as she is playing with the dress making it flow just like her hair is flowingadding to the freedom look as we see the movement.
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The backcovershows that Rihanna is having fun and is free as she is dancing. Her make up and hair looks natural which also adds to her innocence for example with the way her hair falls making it not look placed /styled. This isdone by the close up of her face looking straight into the camera but mainly with her gripping onto her sleeve as it makes her look insecure. The album cover makes Rihanna look innocent. Rihanna carried on with her R&B image with this album and her music was marketed with reggae genres as well because of her Caribbean background.ĥ. Rihanna released her second album in 2006 calledĪ Girl Like Me which contained her hits SOS She also used to wears casual clothes adding to the simple and natural look she portrayed which made her look and seem like a normal person.
Her hair and make up were usually simple in videos and album covers they had a natural effect to them.
Rihanna at this time was very simple and natural. The image of Rihanna here is R and B and the song "Pon de Replay" musically, is a popsong which contain R&B beats.ģ. This was her first top five single with it becoming number 2 in the UK and USA and becoming no. Rihanna started her career with her first album Music Of the Sun with her firstsinglePon De Replay going into the top 10.