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Volume 65 of the Contemporary Black Biography book series notes that "Rihanna is the rare rhythm and blues (R&B) diva to emerge from the Caribbean world."^[80] Becoming an international sensation, Rihanna is known for blending R&B with Caribbean music, such as reggae and dancehall.^[81] Peter Coulter of the Antrim Times, commented that "[Rihanna] has an amazing voice which showed during her acoustic set, she just needs to work on her audience engagement during live shows."^[82] At the time of her debut, reviewers referred to her as a "bubblegum queen"^[83] and her music to "teen pop."^[84] Larry Meyler of The Sun stated that Rihanna going bad is very good and that she had shook off any 'teen pop' image as she rocked the stage.^[84] While performing at the Ottawa Bluesfest in 2006, Denis Armstrong of Canadian Online Explorer commented on her performance saying "her show was a Disney-esque choreographed fantasy of non-stop hip-swivelling, sassy attitude and personal endearments and a string of funky, sugar-free hits."^[83] After revealing a new image while headlining her first tour, she was likely to be criticize for her tight leather outfit during each show.^[85] A review in the The Times compared Rihanna's stage wardrobe styling to that of Janet Jackson. He also described her outfit as "a vision of Ann Summers couture in star nue thigh-high boots and a few scraps of black PVC."^[86] However, Stuart Derdeyn of The Province commented that "even with the whole haute couture B&D clearly firing on all points, she's still got a ways to go to become the new Janet Jackson."^[87]

With the re-issue of her third album, titled Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded, which was released in June 2008. Rihanna released the first singles from the re-release "Take a Bow"^[42] — which became a worldwide number-one hit — the duet with Maroon 5, "If I Never See Your Face Again,"^[43] and the other US number-one hit "Disturbia."^[44] "Disturbia" reached to number four before reaching number one, as her previous single, "Take a Bow", was at number two, making Rihanna the seventh female singer to have two songs in the top five. Meanwhile, Rihanna was featured on rapper T.I.'s "Live Your Life," which peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Rihanna her fifth number-one single on the Hot 100 thus far ("SOS," "Umbrella," "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia," as well as T.I.'s "Live Your Life").^[45] This made Rihanna one of the two female solo artist with the most number-one singles this decade, with the other being Beyoncé Knowles.^[46] Good Girl Gone Bad has shipped over two million units in the United States, receiving a two-time platinum certification from RIAA; this gave Rihanna her best-selling album, to date.^[20] She was nominated in four categories at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, winning Monster Single of the Year and Video of the Year.^[47] At the 2008 Grammy Awards, Rihanna earned her first Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration,^[48] in videoclip de rihannna y nicole scherzinger winning women addition to receiving five other nominations, including Record of the Year, Best Dance Recording, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group and Best R&B Song. In support of the album, she embarked on her first headlining tour The Good Girl Gone Bad Tour on September 12, 2007, with several shows across the United States, Canada and Europe^[49] and then embarked on the Glow in the Dark Tour with Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, and N.E.R.D on April 16, 2008.^[50][51][52] Rihanna also won Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist at the 2008 American Music Awards.^[53]