The song is listed number three on the 100 Best Songs of 2007 published by Rolling Stone magazine. In addition to reaching number one in various countries, "Umbrella" was the number one single in the United Kingdom for ten consecutive weeks, making it the longest-running number-one single since Wet Wet Wet's single "Love Is All Around" spent fifteen weeks at the top in 1994. It yielded eight hit singles - "Umbrella" "Shut Up and Drive", "Don't Stop The Music" "Hate That I Love You" "Rehab" "Disturbia" "Take A Bow" "If I Never See Your Face Again" - all singles reaching the top twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 including the worldwide number-one hit "Umbrella," featuring Jay-Z. The album received positive reviews by critics, becoming her most critically acclaimed album at that time compared to her previous efforts. Unlike previous work, the album featured a more dance-pop sound instead of the dancehall, reggae and ballad styles. The album topped the charts in countries like the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Russia and Ireland, and peaked at number two in the United States and Australia. You feel different every album, and this stage I feel like I want to do a lot of uptempo. Rihanna commented, "I want to keep people dancing but still be soulful at the same time. Rihanna worked with Timbaland and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, as well as previous musical collaborators such as Stargate, Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers to re-imagine her album compositions with uptempo dance tracks. She adopted a more sexual image while recording the album, eventually dying her hair black and cutting it short.
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