April 2006: A Girl Like Me

Just a month after the release of her debut work, Rihanna headed straight back into the studio to begin on her follow-up album A Girl Like Me. Released in April 2006, the album was her first to go platinum, selling 115,000 in its first week, before smashing the 1 million sales mark in the US. The Album reached number five on the US, UK and Canadian album chart, spawning a string of successful singles including 'Unfaithful', 'We Ride' and 'Break It Off', featuring Sean Paul.