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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C_%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF" title="موسیقی خورشید – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="موسیقی خورشید" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_The_Sun" title="Music of The Sun – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="Music of The Sun" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%91%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC_%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8" title="म्यूजिक ऑफ़ द सन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="म्यूजिक ऑफ़ द सन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3" title="ミュージック・オブ・ザ・サン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ミュージック・オブ・ザ・サン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" 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href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Sun" title="Music of the Sun – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Music of the Sun" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" 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color: inherit; background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">Music of the Sun</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Rihanna_-_Music_of_the_Sun.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6e/Rihanna_-_Music_of_the_Sun.png/220px-Rihanna_-_Music_of_the_Sun.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6e/Rihanna_-_Music_of_the_Sun.png 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/Rihanna" title="Rihanna">Rihanna</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">August 29, 2005<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2005-08-29</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">2004–2005</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li>Bassmint Studios</li> <li>The Loft Recording Studios<br />(<a href="/wiki/Bronxville,_New_York" title="Bronxville, New York">Bronxville</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avatar_Studios" title="Avatar Studios">Avatar Studios</a></li> <li>Forceful Boondog Studios<br />(<a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, New York)</li> <li>RMP Studios<br />(<a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dance-pop" title="Dance-pop">Dance-pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dancehall" title="Dancehall">dancehall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B">R&B</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">52</span>:<span class="s">20</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings" title="Def Jam Recordings">Def Jam</a></li> <li>SRP</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D%27Mile" title="D'Mile">Dernst Emile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full_Force" title="Full Force">Full Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vada_Nobles" title="Vada Nobles">Vada Nobles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trackmasters" title="Trackmasters">Poke and Tone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Sturken_and_Evan_Rogers" title="Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers">Evan Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stargate_(music_producers)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stargate (music producers)">Stargate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Sturken_and_Evan_Rogers" title="Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers">Carl Sturken</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Rihanna" title="Rihanna">Rihanna</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"> </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Music of the Sun</b></i><br />(2005) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Girl_Like_Me_(Rihanna_album)" title="A Girl Like Me (Rihanna album)">A Girl Like Me</a></i><br />(2006) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Singles</a> from <i> Music of the Sun </i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align:left"> <ol><li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/Pon_de_Replay" title="Pon de Replay">Pon de Replay</a>"</span><br />Released: May 24, 2005</span></li> <li><span class="item"><span class="fn">"<a href="/wiki/If_It%27s_Lovin%27_that_You_Want" title="If It's Lovin' that You Want">If It's Lovin' that You Want</a>"</span><br />Released: August 16, 2005</span></li></ol> </div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Music of the Sun</b></i> is the debut studio album by Barbadian singer <a href="/wiki/Rihanna" title="Rihanna">Rihanna</a>. It was released on August 29, 2005, by <a href="/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings" title="Def Jam Recordings">Def Jam Recordings</a>. Prior to signing with Def Jam, Rihanna was discovered by record producer <a href="/wiki/Carl_Sturken_and_Evan_Rogers" title="Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers">Evan Rogers</a> in Barbados, who helped Rihanna record <a href="/wiki/Demo_(music)" title="Demo (music)">demo tapes</a> to send out to several record labels. <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Jay-Z</a>, the former <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">chief executive officer</a> (CEO) and president of Def Jam, was given Rihanna's demo by <a href="/wiki/Jay_Brown" title="Jay Brown">Jay Brown</a>, his <a href="/wiki/Artists_and_repertoire" title="Artists and repertoire">A&R</a> at Def Jam, and invited her to audition for the label after hearing the song that would become her first single, "<a href="/wiki/Pon_de_Replay" title="Pon de Replay">Pon de Replay</a>". She auditioned for Jay-Z and <a href="/wiki/L.A._Reid" title="L.A. Reid">L.A. Reid</a>, the former CEO and president of record label group <a href="/wiki/The_Island_Def_Jam_Music_Group" title="The Island Def Jam Music Group">The Island Def Jam Music Group</a>, and was signed on the spot to prevent her from signing with another record label. </p><p>After Rihanna was signed by Jay-Z, she continued to work with Rogers and his production partner <a href="/wiki/Carl_Sturken_and_Evan_Rogers" title="Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers">Carl Sturken</a>, as well as other music producers such as <a href="/wiki/Trackmasters" title="Trackmasters">Poke and Tone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Supa_Dups" title="Supa Dups">D. "Supa Dups" Chin-quee</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stargate_(music_producers)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stargate (music producers)">Stargate</a>. <i>Music of the Sun</i> features vocals from <a href="/wiki/Canadians" title="Canadians">Canadian</a> rapper <a href="/wiki/Kardinal_Offishall" title="Kardinal Offishall">Kardinal Offishall</a>, music group <a href="/wiki/J-Status" class="mw-redirect" title="J-Status">J-Status</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaican</a> singer <a href="/wiki/Vybz_Kartel" title="Vybz Kartel">Vybz Kartel</a>. <i>Music of the Sun</i> is a <a href="/wiki/Dance-pop" title="Dance-pop">dance-pop</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dancehall" title="Dancehall">dancehall</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Serpick_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Serpick-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B">R&B</a><sup id="cite_ref-Serpick_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Serpick-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> album; it also incorporates elements of <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Sanneh_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sanneh-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Jenoure_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jenoure-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Latin-pop" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin-pop">Latin-pop</a><sup id="cite_ref-Smith_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and other <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Caribbean music">Caribbean music</a> genres such as <a href="/wiki/Reggae" title="Reggae">reggae</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soca_music" title="Soca music">soca music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Music of the Sun</i> received generally mixed reviews from music critics, some of whom complimented its dancehall and <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>-inspired songs, while others criticized some of the production. Commercially, the album was a modest success, debuting at number ten on the US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a> and number six on the US <a href="/wiki/Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums</a>. In addition, it peaked within the top 40 of album charts in Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It produced two singles – "<a href="/wiki/Pon_de_Replay" title="Pon de Replay">Pon de Replay</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/If_It%27s_Lovin%27_that_You_Want" title="If It's Lovin' that You Want">If It's Lovin' that You Want</a>" – the former of which peaked at number two on the US <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Hot 100</a> and number one on the US <a href="/wiki/Dance_Club_Songs" title="Dance Club Songs">Dance Club Songs</a>. <i>Music of the Sun</i> was certified <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">Platinum</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a> (RIAA). Rihanna promoted the album along with her <a href="/wiki/A_Girl_Like_Me_(Rihanna_album)" title="A Girl Like Me (Rihanna album)">next release</a> with her debut concert tour, <a href="/wiki/Rihanna:_Live_in_Concert" title="Rihanna: Live in Concert">Rihanna: Live in Concert</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Whitney_Houston_Welcome_Heroes_7_cropped.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Whitney_Houston_Welcome_Heroes_7_cropped.JPEG/170px-Whitney_Houston_Welcome_Heroes_7_cropped.JPEG" decoding="async" width="170" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Whitney_Houston_Welcome_Heroes_7_cropped.JPEG/255px-Whitney_Houston_Welcome_Heroes_7_cropped.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Whitney_Houston_Welcome_Heroes_7_cropped.JPEG/340px-Whitney_Houston_Welcome_Heroes_7_cropped.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="1368" data-file-height="2007" /></a><figcaption>Prior to signing a record deal with <a href="/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings" title="Def Jam Recordings">Def Jam</a>, Rihanna performed a cover of <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/For_the_Love_of_You" title="For the Love of You">For the Love of You</a>" for then Def Jam chairman <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Jay-Z</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TheGuardian1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheGuardian1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Before signing to <a href="/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings" title="Def Jam Recordings">Def Jam Recordings</a>, Rihanna was discovered in her home country <a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a> by <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> record producer <a href="/wiki/Carl_Sturken_and_Evan_Rogers" title="Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers">Evan Rogers</a>. The two met in December 2003 through mutual friends of Rihanna's and Rogers' wife, while the couple was on vacation in Barbados. After meeting for the first time, Rogers asked Rihanna to come to his hotel room, where she performed renditions of <a href="/wiki/Destiny%27s_Child" title="Destiny's Child">Destiny's Child</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Emotion_(Samantha_Sang_song)#Emotion_(Samantha_Sang_song)" title="Emotion (Samantha Sang song)">Emotion</a>" and <a href="/wiki/Mariah_Carey" title="Mariah Carey">Mariah Carey</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Hero_(Mariah_Carey_song)" title="Hero (Mariah Carey song)">Hero</a>". Rihanna's renditions impressed Rogers, who then took her to <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, where she was accompanied by her mother to record some <a href="/wiki/Demo_(music)" title="Demo (music)">demo</a> tapes which could be sent to <a href="/wiki/Record_labels" class="mw-redirect" title="Record labels">record labels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TheGuardian1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheGuardian1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She recorded the demo over the next year intermittently, due to Rihanna only being able to record during school holidays. </p><p>At the age of 16, Rihanna was signed to Rogers' and <a href="/wiki/Carl_Sturken_and_Evan_Rogers" title="Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers">Carl Sturken</a>'s production company, Syndicated Rhythm Productions, who assigned her a <a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">lawyer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Talent_manager" title="Talent manager">manager</a>, before the completed demo tape was distributed to various record labels around the world in late 2004. The first to respond to the demo tape was <a href="/wiki/Jay-Z" title="Jay-Z">Jay-Z</a>, who had recently been appointed president and CEO of Def Jam Recordings. Rihanna auditioned for him and music mogul <a href="/wiki/L.A._Reid" title="L.A. Reid">L.A. Reid</a> in his office.<sup id="cite_ref-TheGuardian1_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheGuardian1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USAToday1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USAToday1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Looking back on the audition and meeting Jay-Z, Rihanna explained in an interview how she felt before walking into the room, saying: "That's when I really got nervous..... I was like: 'Oh God, he's right there, I can't look, I can't look, I can't look!' I remember being extremely quiet. I was very shy. I was cold the entire time. I had butterflies. I'm sitting across from Jay-Z. Like, Jay-Zee. I was star-struck."<sup id="cite_ref-TheGuardian1_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheGuardian1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the audition, Rihanna performed <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a>'s cover of "<a href="/wiki/For_the_Love_of_You" title="For the Love of You">For the Love of You</a>", as well as "<a href="/wiki/Pon_de_Replay" title="Pon de Replay">Pon de Replay</a>" and "The Last Time", which were written and produced by Rogers and Sturken and would be included on her debut album, <i>Music of the Sun</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-TheGuardian1_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheGuardian1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jay-Z was initially skeptical about signing Rihanna after he felt "Pon de Replay" was too big for her, saying "when a song is that big, it's hard [for a new artist] to come back from. I don't sign songs, I sign artists".<sup id="cite_ref-Jay-ZPicks_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jay-ZPicks-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The audition resulted in Rihanna signing a six-album record deal with Def Jam Recordings in February 2005, on the same day of the audition, with Jay-Z saying "There's only two ways out. Out the door after you sign this deal. Or through this window ...", meaning that he was not going to let her leave without signing a record deal.<sup id="cite_ref-TheGuardian1_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheGuardian1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After signing to Def Jam Recordings, Rihanna cancelled other meetings with record labels and relocated from Barbados to <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> to live with Rogers and his wife.<sup id="cite_ref-RollingStone1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RollingStone1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rihanna explained the concept behind the title of the album to Kidzworld, saying that the sun is representative of her native <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> culture as well as herself and that the album consists of music from her heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-Kidzworld_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kidzworld-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recording">Recording</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Recording"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rihanna worked with various <a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">producers</a> for <i>Music of the Sun</i> and continued to work with <a href="/wiki/Carl_Sturken_and_Evan_Rogers" title="Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers">Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers</a>, who had previously written and produced "<a href="/wiki/Pon_de_Replay" title="Pon de Replay">Pon de Replay</a>" and "The Last Time" for Rihanna's <a href="/wiki/Demo_tape" class="mw-redirect" title="Demo tape">demo tape</a>. Although Rihanna stated that when she first heard "Pon de Replay", she did not want to record it, expressing that she felt the song was "sing-songy", but grew to like the song at the end of the recording process.<sup id="cite_ref-ArtistDirect_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ArtistDirect-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview with Kidzworld, Rihanna learned how the pair helped her develop her song-writing abilities, talking about Rogers and Sturken, who had worked with <a href="/wiki/Recording_artists" class="mw-redirect" title="Recording artists">recording artists</a> including <a href="/wiki/Britney_Spears" title="Britney Spears">Britney Spears</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christina_Aguilera" title="Christina Aguilera">Christina Aguilera</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Clarkson" title="Kelly Clarkson">Kelly Clarkson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kidzworld_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kidzworld-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music_and_lyrics">Music and lyrics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Music and lyrics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right listen noprint"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/75px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/100px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Rihanna_PonDeReplay.ogg" title="File:Rihanna PonDeReplay.ogg">"Pon de Replay"</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="26" data-mwtitle="Rihanna_PonDeReplay.ogg" data-mwprovider="local"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2d/Rihanna_PonDeReplay.ogg" type="audio/ogg; 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See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> <p><i>Music of the Sun</i> is a <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Caribbean music">Caribbean</a>-influenced, "<a href="/wiki/Urban_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban contemporary">urban</a>" <a href="/wiki/Dance-pop" title="Dance-pop">dance-pop</a> album.<sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its dance-pop songs are complemented by contentional <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B">R&B</a> ballads.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Lead_single" title="Lead single">lead single</a> "Pon de Replay" was written by Rogers, Sturken and <a href="/wiki/Vada_Nobles" title="Vada Nobles">Vada Nobles</a>, and was produced by the first two. "Pon de Replay" is a simple dance-pop song with <a href="/wiki/Dancehall" title="Dancehall">dancehall</a> beats and <a href="/wiki/Reggae" title="Reggae">reggae</a> vocal cadence.<sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lyrically, the song has its protagonist asking the <a href="/wiki/Disc_jockey" title="Disc jockey">DJ</a> to play her favorite song, as well as the fulfillment of dancing in a club.<sup id="cite_ref-MetroWeekly1_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MetroWeekly1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The Last Time", written and produced by Rogers and Sturken, is an <a href="/wiki/Acoustic_guitar" title="Acoustic guitar">acoustic guitar</a> driven ballad, while "Now I Know" is a stripped down string driven song.<sup id="cite_ref-Kidzworld_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kidzworld-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to working with Rogers and Sturken for the majority of the album, Rihanna worked with production teams <a href="/wiki/Trackmasters" title="Trackmasters">Poke and Tone of Trackmasters</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stargate_(music_producers)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stargate (music producers)">Stargate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kidzworld_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kidzworld-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The former wrote and produced the second <a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">single</a> released from the album, "<a href="/wiki/If_It%27s_Lovin%27_that_You_Want" title="If It's Lovin' that You Want">If It's Lovin' that You Want</a>", which Rihanna described as a "fun song".<sup id="cite_ref-Kidzworld_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kidzworld-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B">R&B</a> song,<sup id="cite_ref-AllMusicPt2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusicPt2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "If It's Lovin' that You Want" is a song about a girl telling a boy that he should make her his girl, because she has what the boy wants.<sup id="cite_ref-MTVNews1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MTVNews1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A remix of the song, entitled "If It's Lovin' That You Want – Part 2", which features <a href="/wiki/Rapping" title="Rapping">rap</a> by <a href="/wiki/Cory_Gunz" title="Cory Gunz">Cory Gunz</a>, was included as a bonus track on Rihanna's sophomore studio album, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Girl_like_Me_(Rihanna_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="A Girl like Me (Rihanna album)">A Girl like Me</a></i> (2006).<sup id="cite_ref-AllMusicPt2_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusicPt2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alongside Rogers and Sturken, Stargate co-wrote and co-produced "Let Me", which appears as the ninth song on the album. <i>Music of the Sun</i> also contains a remake of <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaican</a> singer <a href="/wiki/Dawn_Penn" title="Dawn Penn">Dawn Penn</a><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> "<a href="/wiki/You_Don%27t_Love_Me_(No,_No,_No)" title="You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)">You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)</a>", and features dancehall recording artist <a href="/wiki/Vybz_Kartel" title="Vybz Kartel">Vybz Kartel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kidzworld_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kidzworld-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Singles">Singles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Singles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"<a href="/wiki/Pon_de_Replay" title="Pon de Replay">Pon de Replay</a>" was released as the album's <a href="/wiki/Lead_single" title="Lead single">lead single</a> on May 24, 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song peaked at number one on the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Recording Industry Association of New Zealand">New Zealand Singles Chart</a><sup id="cite_ref-PondeReplayNewZealand_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PondeReplayNewZealand-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and at number two on the US <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Hot 100</a> and the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PondeReplayUS_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PondeReplayUS-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PonDeReplayUK_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PonDeReplayUK-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An accompanying <a href="/wiki/Music_video" title="Music video">music video</a> was directed by <a href="/wiki/Little_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Little X">Little X</a> and features Rihanna in a nightclub setting.<sup id="cite_ref-KidzWorld2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KidzWorld2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rihanna performed "Pon de Replay" complete with Barbados flags and colorful carnival attire at the <a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Awards" title="MTV Video Music Awards">MTV Video Music Awards</a> pre-show in Miami, Florida on August 28, 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rihanna also performed the song at the <a href="/wiki/Macy%27s_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade" title="Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade">Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade</a> in November 2005. </p><p>"<a href="/wiki/If_It%27s_Lovin%27_that_You_Want" title="If It's Lovin' that You Want">If It's Lovin' that You Want</a>" was released as the second and final single from <i>Music of the Sun</i> on December 2, 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-NorwayiTunes_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NorwayiTunes-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song failed to replicate the chart success that "Pon de Replay" experienced, though managed to peak at number 36 on the US <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100<sup id="cite_ref-IfItsLovinUS_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IfItsLovinUS-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and inside the top 40 of multiple other <a href="/wiki/Record_charts" class="mw-redirect" title="Record charts">record charts</a>. An accompanying music video was directed by <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Raboy" title="Marcus Raboy">Marcus Raboy</a> and features Rihanna in an island setting.<sup id="cite_ref-MTVNews1_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MTVNews1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3.5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic1_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Herald" title="Boston Herald">Boston Herald</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="2.5/4 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="2.5/4 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Faraone_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Faraone-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">C<sup id="cite_ref-Serpick_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Serpick-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jamaica_Observer" class="mw-redirect" title="The Jamaica Observer">The Jamaica Observer</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3.5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Jenoure_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jenoure-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Post" title="New York Post">New York Post</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="2.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="2.5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Aquilante_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aquilante-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Now_(newspaper)" title="Now (newspaper)">NOW Magazine</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/PopMatters" title="PopMatters">PopMatters</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">5/10<sup id="cite_ref-Colle_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Colle-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Robert_Christgau" title="Robert Christgau">Robert Christgau</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span style="white-space:nowrap" title="(dud)"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Christgau%27s_Consumer_Guide:_Albums_of_the_%2790s#Grading_key" title="(dud)"><img alt="(dud)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Rating-Christgau-dud.svg/17px-Rating-Christgau-dud.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Rating-Christgau-dud.svg/26px-Rating-Christgau-dud.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Rating-Christgau-dud.svg/34px-Rating-Christgau-dud.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="265" data-file-height="207" /></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Christgau_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christgau-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="2.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="2.5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Walters_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walters-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/Slant_Magazine" title="Slant Magazine">Slant Magazine</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="2.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="2.5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Cinquemani_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cinquemani-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Music of the Sun</i> received generally mixed reviews from <a href="/wiki/Music_journalism" title="Music journalism">music critics</a>. Kelefa Sanneh of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> viewed that the album's combination of <a href="/wiki/Dancehall" title="Dancehall">dancehall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a> resulted in "["<a href="/wiki/Pon_de_Replay" title="Pon de Replay">Pon de Replay</a>" being] one [of] the summer's biggest and most seductive club tracks", but felt that Rihanna sounded "stranded" without a beat to sing along to.<sup id="cite_ref-Sanneh_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sanneh-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Barry Walters of <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> found it lacking in replay value, ingenuity, and rhythm, with "generic vocal hiccups and frills" of US <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_R%26B" title="Contemporary R&B">R&B</a> inflecting upon her "<a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> charm".<sup id="cite_ref-Walters_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walters-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sal Cinquemani of <i><a href="/wiki/Slant_Magazine" title="Slant Magazine">Slant Magazine</a></i> called the album a "glut of teen R&B chanteuses" and described the <a href="/wiki/Lead_single" title="Lead single">lead single</a> "Pon de Replay" as "a <a href="/wiki/Dancehall_pop" title="Dancehall pop">dancehall-pop</a> mixture that owes plenty of its sweat and shimmy to <a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Baby_Boy_(Beyonc%C3%A9_song)" title="Baby Boy (Beyoncé song)">Baby Boy</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Cinquemani_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cinquemani-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evan Serpick of <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i> wrote that Rihanna's "vibrant <a href="/wiki/Vocals" class="mw-redirect" title="Vocals">vocals</a> lift tracks like 'That La, La, La' and 'Let Me,' but this bland <a href="/wiki/Dancehall" title="Dancehall">dancehall</a>/R&B debut is filled with chintzy production and maudlin arrangements that block out the <i>Music of the Sun</i>."<sup id="cite_ref-Serpick_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Serpick-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Christgau" title="Robert Christgau">Robert Christgau</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i> rated the album a "dud",<sup id="cite_ref-Christgau_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christgau-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> indicating "a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought."<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a positive review, Jason Birchmeier of <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> commented that the album presents Rihanna as "winsome rather than [a] wannabe," as well as how she set herself apart from other <a href="/wiki/Urban_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban music">urban</a> <a href="/wiki/Dance-pop" title="Dance-pop">dance-pop</a> artists such as <a href="/wiki/Ashanti_(entertainer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashanti (entertainer)">Ashanti</a>, Beyoncé, and <a href="/wiki/Ciara" title="Ciara">Ciara</a>. Birchmeier further explained that "<i>Music of the Sun</i> descends into faceless slow jams after a while, overall consistency not being among its attributes, but thankfully it picks up the pace toward the end..... the result is one of the more engaging urban dance-pop albums of the year."<sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic1_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chantal Jenoure of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jamaica_Observer" class="mw-redirect" title="The Jamaica Observer">The Jamaica Observer</a></i> complimented the dancehall and <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a> composition on several of the songs, including "Pon de Replay", "Rush", "Let Me", "Music of the Sun" and "That La, La, La", writing that they make the listener feel "happy" and "carefree".<sup id="cite_ref-Jenoure_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jenoure-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commercial_performance">Commercial performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Commercial performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the United States, <i>Music of the Sun</i> sold 69,000 copies in its first week and debuted and peaked at number ten on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a> in the chart issue dated September 17, 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-US200Debut_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US200Debut-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album spent a total of thirty-five weeks on the chart. <i>Music of the Sun</i> debuted on the US <a href="/wiki/Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums</a> chart at number six in the same chart issue, and spent a total of forty-four weeks on the chart.<sup id="cite_ref-ChartHistory_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChartHistory-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After five months of release, the album was certified <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">Gold</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a> (RIAA) on January 1, 2006, denoting shipments of over 500,000 copies.<sup id="cite_ref-RIAA_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIAA-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the time Rihanna released her third studio album <i><a href="/wiki/Good_Girl_Gone_Bad" title="Good Girl Gone Bad">Good Girl Gone Bad</a></i> (2007), the album had sold 539,000 copies,<sup id="cite_ref-ProQuest1014847_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ProQuest1014847-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it a slower-selling album than the others in her repertoire.<sup id="cite_ref-ProQuest1014847_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ProQuest1014847-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of June 2015, the album had sold 623,000 copies in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-US_Album_Sales_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US_Album_Sales-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 28, 2020, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the album Platinum.<sup id="cite_ref-RIAAPlatinum_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIAAPlatinum-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Canada, <i>Music of the Sun</i> debuted and peaked at number seven on the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Albums_Chart" title="Canadian Albums Chart">Canadian Albums Chart</a> in the chart issue dated September 17, 2005, but dropped out of the top ten the following week.<sup id="cite_ref-CanadaDebut_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CanadaDebut-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After four months of release, the album was certified Platinum by <a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a> for shipments of over 100,000 copies.<sup id="cite_ref-CanadaCert_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CanadaCert-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Internationally, <i>Music of the Sun</i> failed to achieve a comparable level of chart success. In the United Kingdom, the album debuted and peaked at number 35 on the <a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a> in the chart issue dated October 10, 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-UKDebut_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UKDebut-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In its second week charting, <i>Music of the Sun</i> fell by three positions to number 38 and dropped out of the official UK Top 40 the following week.<sup id="cite_ref-UKSecondWeek_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UKSecondWeek-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 12, 2006, the album was certified Gold by the <a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">British Phonographic Industry</a> (BPI), denoting shipments of over 100,000 copies.<sup id="cite_ref-BPI_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BPI-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elsewhere in Europe, the album debuted on the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Music_Charts" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss Music Charts">Swiss Albums Chart</a> at number 46 in the chart issue dated September 11, 2005, and peaked at number 38 four weeks later.<sup id="cite_ref-SwissAlbum_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SwissAlbum-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Austria, <i>Music of the Sun</i> debuted on the <a href="/wiki/%C3%963_Austria_Top_40" title="Ö3 Austria Top 40">Austrian Albums Chart</a> at number 61 in the chart issue dated September 18, 2005, and peaked at number 45 the following week.<sup id="cite_ref-AustrianAlbum_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AustrianAlbum-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album debuted and peaked at number 93 on the <a href="/wiki/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique" class="mw-redirect" title="Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique">French Albums Chart</a> in the chart issue dated September 24, 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-FrenchAlbum_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrenchAlbum-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Netherlands, <i>Music of the Sun</i> debuted and peaked at number 98 on the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Albums_Chart#Mega_Album_Top_100" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch Albums Chart">Mega Album Top 100</a> in the chart issue dated April 29, 2006, and spent one week on the chart.<sup id="cite_ref-DutchAlbum_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DutchAlbum-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In New Zealand, the album debuted on the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Recording Industry Association of New Zealand">New Zealand Albums Chart</a> at number 40 in the chart issue dated September 26, 2005. Between September 29 and October 10, 2005, <i>Music of the Sun</i> dropped out of the album chart's top 40, but made a re-entry at number 40 on October 10, 2005. In its fourth week charting, the album peaked at number 26.<sup id="cite_ref-NLAlbum_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NLAlbum-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="col"]{text-align:left;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-length-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-number-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"],.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length,.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{padding-right:10px;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-number-header{width:2em;padding-left:10px}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length-header{width:4em}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr.tracklist-total-length{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tracklist .tracklist-total-length th{padding:0;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length th>span{float:right;padding:0 10px;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);font-weight:bold;padding:0 10px 0 0}</style><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption><i>Music of the Sun</i> track listing</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:30%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th scope="col" style="width:30%">Producer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Pon_de_Replay" title="Pon de Replay">Pon de Replay</a>"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Alisha Brooks</li><li><a href="/wiki/Vada_Nobles" title="Vada Nobles">Vada Nobles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Sturken_and_Evan_Rogers" title="Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers">Evan Rogers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Sturken_and_Evan_Rogers" title="Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers">Carl Sturken</a></li></ul></div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Nobles</li><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:06</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Here I Go Again" (featuring J-Status)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li><li><a href="/wiki/Rihanna" title="Rihanna">Robyn Fenty</a></li><li>J-Status</li></ul></div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:11</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/If_It%27s_Lovin%27_that_You_Want" title="If It's Lovin' that You Want">If It's Lovin' that You Want</a>"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trackmasters" title="Trackmasters">Jean Claude Oliver</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Trackmasters" title="Trackmasters">Samuel Barnes</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Makeba_Riddick" title="Makeba Riddick">Makeba</a></li><li>Alexander Mosely</li><li><a href="/wiki/Scott_La_Rock" title="Scott La Rock">Scott LaRock</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/KRS-One" title="KRS-One">Lawrence Parker</a></li></ul></div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trackmasters" title="Trackmasters">Poke and Tone</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Lisa_and_Cult_Jam" title="Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam">Spanador</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_a"><a href="#endnote_a">[a]</a></sup></li><li>Rogers<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_b"><a href="#endnote_b">[b]</a></sup></li><li>Sturken<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_b"><a href="#endnote_b">[b]</a></sup></li><li>Makeba<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_b"><a href="#endnote_b">[b]</a></sup></li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:28</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/You_Don%27t_Love_Me_(No,_No,_No)" title="You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)">You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)</a>" (featuring <a href="/wiki/Vybz_Kartel" title="Vybz Kartel">Vybz Kartel</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Cobbs" title="Willie Cobbs">Willie Cobbs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Diddley" title="Bo Diddley">Ellas McDaniel</a></li></ul></div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li><li><a href="/wiki/Supa_Dups" title="Supa Dups">Dwayne "Supa Dups" Chin-Quee</a><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_a"><a href="#endnote_a">[a]</a></sup></li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:20</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"That La, La, La"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Full_Force" title="Full Force">Full Force</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/D%27Mile" title="D'Mile">Dernst Emile</a></li></ul></div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Full Force</li><li>Emile</li><li>Johnny "Too" Nice<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_a"><a href="#endnote_a">[a]</a></sup></li><li>Rogers<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_b"><a href="#endnote_b">[b]</a></sup></li><li>Sturken<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_b"><a href="#endnote_b">[b]</a></sup></li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:45</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"The Last Time"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li></ul></div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:53</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"Willing to Wait"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li><li>Fenty</li><li>Coton Greene</li><li>Henry Redd</li><li>Nathan Watts</li><li><a href="/wiki/Deniece_Williams" title="Deniece Williams">June Deniece Williams</a></li></ul></div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:38</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"Music of the Sun"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li><li>Fenty</li><li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Warren" title="Diane Warren">Diane Warren</a></li></ul></div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:56</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"Let Me"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Makeba</li><li><a href="/wiki/Stargate_(music_producers)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stargate (music producers)">Mikkel Storleer Eriksen</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Stargate_(music_producers)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stargate (music producers)">Tor Erik Hermansen</a></li><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li></ul></div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stargate_(music_producers)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stargate (music producers)">Stargate</a></li><li>Rogers<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_a"><a href="#endnote_a">[a]</a></sup></li><li>Sturken<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_a"><a href="#endnote_a">[a]</a></sup></li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:56</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"Rush" (featuring <a href="/wiki/Kardinal_Offishall" title="Kardinal Offishall">Kardinal Offishall</a>)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li></ul></div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:09</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"There's a Thug in My Life" (featuring intro by J-Status)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li><li><a href="/wiki/Bunny_DeBarge" title="Bunny DeBarge">Etterlene Jordan</a></li></ul></div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li><li>Rudy Maya<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_c"><a href="#endnote_c">[c]</a></sup></li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:18</td></tr><tr><th id="track12" scope="row">12.</th><td>"Now I Know"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li><li>Fenty</li></ul></div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">5:00</td></tr><tr><th id="track13" scope="row">13.</th><td>"Pon de Replay Remix" (featuring <a href="/wiki/Elephant_Man_(musician)" title="Elephant Man (musician)">Elephant Man</a>) (bonus track)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Brooks</li><li>Nobles</li><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li></ul></div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Nobles</li><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:37</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="4" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>52:17</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>United Kingdom bonus track</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:30%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th scope="col" style="width:30%">Producer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track14" scope="row">14.</th><td>"Should I?" (featuring J-Status)</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li><li>J-Status</li></ul></div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">3:06</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="4" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>55:26</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Japanese bonus track</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:30%">Title</th><th scope="col" style="width:40%">Writer(s)</th><th scope="col" style="width:30%">Producer(s)</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track15" scope="row">15.</th><td>"Hypnotized"</td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li><li>Fenty</li></ul></div></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Rogers</li><li>Sturken</li></ul></div></td><td class="tracklist-length">4:15</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="4" scope="row"><span>Total length:</span></th><td>59:41</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Special Japan tour edition (bonus DVD)<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Pon de Replay" (<a href="/wiki/Music_video" title="Music video">music video</a>)</td><td class="tracklist-length"> </td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"If It's Lovin' that You Want" (Music video)</td><td class="tracklist-length"> </td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Rihanna <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Press_Kit" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic Press Kit">EPK</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><sup><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_a"><b><a href="#ref_a">^a</a></b></span> </sup> denotes a co-producer</li> <li><sup><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_b"><b><a href="#ref_b">^b</a></b></span> </sup> denotes a vocal producer</li> <li><sup><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_c"><b><a href="#ref_c">^c</a></b></span> </sup> denotes an additional producer</li> <li>"If It's Lovin' That You Want" contains interpolations from the composition "The Bridge Is Over", written by <a href="/wiki/Scott_La_Rock" title="Scott La Rock">Scott La Rock</a> and <a href="/wiki/KRS-One" title="KRS-One">Lawrence Parker</a> (KRS-One)</li> <li>"You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" is a cover of a song with the same name by <a href="/wiki/Dawn_Penn" title="Dawn Penn">Dawn Penn</a>.</li> <li>"Willing to Wait" contains interpolations from the composition "Free", written by Cotton Greene, Henry Redd, Nathan Watts and <a href="/wiki/Deniece_Williams" title="Deniece Williams">June Deniece Williams</a>.</li> <li>"Music of the Sun" contains interpolations from "Rhythm of the Night", written by <a href="/wiki/Diane_Warren" title="Diane Warren">Diane Warren</a>.</li> <li>"There's a Thug in My Life" contains interpolations from the composition "A Dream", written by Etterlene Jordan.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Credits for <i>Music of the Sun</i> are adapted from <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> and the album's liner notes.<sup id="cite_ref-AllMusic_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AllMusic-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Recording locations</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>Bassmint Studios (<a href="/wiki/Bronxville,_New_York" title="Bronxville, New York">Bronxville, New York</a>)</li> <li>The Loft Recording Studios (Bronxville, New York)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avatar_Studios" title="Avatar Studios">Avatar Studios</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_City,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="New York City, New York">New York City, New York</a>)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>Forceful Boondog Studios (New York City, New York)</li> <li>RMP Studios (<a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a>)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Mixing locations</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>The Loft Recording Studios (Bronxville, New York)</li> <li>Forceful Boondog Studios (New York City, New York)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Studios" title="Sony Music Studios">Sony Music Studios</a> (New York City, New York)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Vocals</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rihanna" title="Rihanna">Rihanna</a> – <a href="/wiki/Singing" title="Singing">main vocals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Backing_vocalist" title="Backing vocalist">background vocals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full_Force" title="Full Force">Full Force</a> – background vocals <small>(track 5)</small></li> <li>Sharina Sharpe – background vocals <small>(track 5)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elephant_Man_(musician)" title="Elephant Man (musician)">Elephant Man</a> – featured vocals <small>(track 13)</small></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J-Status" class="mw-redirect" title="J-Status">J-Status</a> – featured vocals <small>(tracks 2, 11)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kardinal_Offishall" title="Kardinal Offishall">Kardinal Offishall</a> – featured vocals <small>(track 10)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vybz_Kartel" title="Vybz Kartel">Vybz Kartel</a> – featured vocals <small>(track 4)</small></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><b>Musicians</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>Larry Glazener – <a href="/wiki/Bassist" title="Bassist">bass</a> <small>(track 12)</small></li> <li>Stephanie Cummins – <a href="/wiki/Cello" title="Cello">cello</a> <small>(track 6)</small></li> <li>Richard Locker – cello <small>(track 12)</small></li> <li>Mark Shumann – cello <small>(track 12)</small></li> <li>Richard Sortomme – <a href="/wiki/Concertmaster" title="Concertmaster">concertmaster</a> <small>(track 5)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Sturken_and_Evan_Rogers" title="Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers">Carl Sturken</a> – <a href="/wiki/Guitar" title="Guitar">guitar</a> <small>(tracks 4, 6, 8)</small>, <a href="/wiki/Keyboard_instrument" title="Keyboard instrument">keyboards</a> <small>(tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 10, 11, 13)</small>, <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a> <small>(track 12)</small>, additional keyboards <small>(track 9)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stargate_(music_producers)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stargate (music producers)">Tor Erik Hermansen</a> – <a href="/wiki/Musical_instrument" title="Musical instrument">instruments</a> <small>(track 9)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stargate_(music_producers)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stargate (music producers)">Mikkel Storleer Eriksen</a> – instruments <small>(track 9)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Mounsey" title="Rob Mounsey">Rob Mounsey</a> – <a href="/wiki/String_arrangement" class="mw-redirect" title="String arrangement">string arrangement</a> and <a href="/wiki/String_section" title="String section">string conductor</a> <small>(track 12)</small></li> <li>Ken Burdward-Hoy – <a href="/wiki/Viola" title="Viola">viola</a> <small>(track 12)</small></li> <li>Vincent Lionti – viola <small>(track 12)</small></li> <li>Sue Pray – viola <small>(track 12)</small></li> <li>Debra Shuffelt-Dine – viola <small>(track 6)</small></li> <li>Avril Brown – <a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">violin</a> <small>(track 12)</small></li> <li>Cenovia Cummins – violin <small>(track 12)</small></li> <li>Yana Goichman – violin <small>(track 12)</small></li> <li>Ann Leathers – violin <small>(track 12)</small></li> <li>Jan Mullen – violin <small>(track 12)</small></li> <li>Elizabeth Nielson – violin <small>(track 6)</small></li> <li>Marti Sweet – violin <small>(track 12)</small></li> <li>Uri Vodoz – violin <small>(track 12)</small></li> <li>Carol Webb – violin <small>(track 12)</small></li></ul> </div> <p><b>Production</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>Jay Brown – <a href="/wiki/Artists_and_repertoire" title="Artists and repertoire">A&R</a></li> <li>Adrienne Muhammad – A&R</li> <li>Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith – A&R</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Mile" title="D'Mile">D. Emile</a> – <a href="/wiki/Arrangements" class="mw-redirect" title="Arrangements">arrangements</a> and producer <small>(track 5)</small></li> <li>Full Force – arrangements, <a href="/wiki/Audio_mixing_(recorded_music)" title="Audio mixing (recorded music)">mixing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">producer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Recording_engineer" class="mw-redirect" title="Recording engineer">recording engineer</a>, and vocal production <small>(track 5)</small></li> <li>Tai Linzie – <a href="/wiki/Art_direction" class="mw-redirect" title="Art direction">art coordination</a>, <a href="/wiki/Photography" title="Photography">photography</a></li> <li>Andy West – <a href="/wiki/Art_direction" class="mw-redirect" title="Art direction">art direction</a></li> <li>Jason Agel – <a href="/wiki/Recording_engineer" class="mw-redirect" title="Recording engineer">assistant engineer</a> <small>(track 1)</small></li> <li>Val Brathwaite – assistant engineer <small>(tracks 1, 13)</small></li> <li>Julius Díaz – assistant engineer <small>(track 13)</small></li> <li>Blake Douglas – assistant engineer <small>(track 1)</small></li> <li>Roy Matthews – assistant engineer <small>(tracks 1, 13)</small></li> <li>Alex Pinto – assistant engineer <small>(track 13)</small></li> <li>Ian Allen – business affairs</li> <li>Heath Kudler – business affairs</li> <li>Antoinette Trotman – business affairs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Carter_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="The Carter Administration">The Carter Administration</a> – <a href="/wiki/Executive_producer" title="Executive producer">executive producer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Sturken_and_Evan_Rogers" title="Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers">Evan Rogers</a> – co-executive producer, co-producer <small>(track 9)</small>, producer <small>(tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 10-13)</small>, additional vocal production <small>(tracks 3, 5)</small></li> <li>Carl Sturken – co-executive producer, co-producer <small>(track 9)</small>, producer <small>(tracks 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 10-13)</small>, <a href="/wiki/Programming_(music)" title="Programming (music)">programming</a> <small>(tracks 2, 4, 6-8, 10, 11)</small>, additional vocal production <small>(tracks 3, 5)</small>, additional programming <small>(track 9)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supa_Dups" title="Supa Dups">D. "Supa Dups" Chinquee</a> – co-producer <small>(track 4)</small></li> <li>Johnny "Too" Nice – co-producer, mixing, and recording engineer <small>(track 5)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trackmasters" title="Trackmasters">Spanador</a> – co-producer <small>(track 3)</small></li> <li>Rudy Maya – <a href="/wiki/Drum_programming" class="mw-redirect" title="Drum programming">drum programming</a> and additional production <small>(track 11)</small></li> <li>Tippi Shorter – <a href="/wiki/Hairstyling" class="mw-redirect" title="Hairstyling">hairstyling</a></li> <li>Scott Felcher – <a href="/wiki/Legal_counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Legal counsel">legal counsel</a></li> <li>Evan Freifeld – legal counsel</li> <li>Marc Jordan – <a href="/wiki/Talent_manager" title="Talent manager">management</a></li> <li>Mylah Morales – <a href="/wiki/Make-up" class="mw-redirect" title="Make-up">make-up</a></li> <li>Tracey Waples – <a href="/wiki/Marketing" title="Marketing">marketing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Gehringer" title="Chris Gehringer">Chris Gehringer</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mastering_engineer" class="mw-redirect" title="Mastering engineer">mastering</a></li> <li>Al Hemberger – mixing <small>(tracks 2, 4, 6-12)</small>, recording engineer <small>(all tracks)</small>, additional mixing <small>(track 3)</small></li> <li>Jason Goldstein – mixing <small>(track 3)</small></li> <li>Jason Groucott – mixing <small>(tracks 1, 13)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vada_Nobles" title="Vada Nobles">Vada Nobles</a> – mixing and producer <small>(tracks 1, 13)</small></li> <li>Michelle Graf – <a href="/wiki/Packaging" title="Packaging">packaging</a></li> <li>Mark Mann – photography</li> <li>Ivan Otis – photography</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trackmasters" title="Trackmasters">Poke and Tone</a> – producers <small>(track 3)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stargate_(music_producers)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stargate (music producers)">Stargate</a> – producers <small>(track 9)</small></li> <li>Andrea Derby – <a href="/wiki/Production_manager_(music)" title="Production manager (music)">production manager</a></li> <li>Rob Heselden – production manager assistant</li> <li>Matt Noble – recording engineer <small>(tracks 3, 10)</small></li> <li>Deborah Mannis-Gardner – <a href="/wiki/Sample_clearance" class="mw-redirect" title="Sample clearance">sample clearance</a></li> <li>Malcolm Pollack – strings recording engineer <small>(track 12)</small></li> <li>Ms. Cee Gee – studio assistant</li> <li>Charlene Curry – studio assistant</li> <li>Lou$tar – studio assistant</li> <li>Raphaela St. Vil – studio assistant</li> <li>Crystal Streets – stylist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makeba_Riddick" title="Makeba Riddick">Makeba</a> – vocal production</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accolades">Accolades</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Year </th> <th scope="col">Ceremony </th> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="References">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="" rowspan="2">2006 </th> <td scope="" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Barbados_Music_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbados Music Awards">Barbados Music Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Reggae/Dancehall Album </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-caribzones.com_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caribzones.com-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Album of the Year </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-caribzones.com_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caribzones.com-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Weekly chart performance for <i>Music of the Sun</i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:20em;">Charts (2005–06) </th> <th scope="col">Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australian Hitseekers Albums (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Australian Recording Industry Association">ARIA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-AUS_Hitseekers_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AUS_Hitseekers-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australian Urban Albums (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Australian Recording Industry Association">ARIA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-AUS_Urban_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AUS_Urban-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Austrian Albums (<a href="/wiki/%C3%963_Austria_Top_40" title="Ö3 Austria Top 40">Ö3 Austria</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-aut_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aut-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">45 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Albums_Chart" title="Canadian Albums Chart">Canadian Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-can_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-can-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Dutch Albums (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Album_Top_100" title="Dutch Album Top 100">Album Top 100</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-net_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-net-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">98 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">French Albums (<a href="/wiki/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique" class="mw-redirect" title="Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique">SNEP</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-fra_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fra-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">93 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">German Albums (<a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_charts" title="GfK Entertainment charts">Offizielle Top 100</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ger_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ger-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">31 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Japanese Albums (<a href="/wiki/Oricon_Albums_Chart" title="Oricon Albums Chart">Oricon</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-jap_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jap-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">New Zealand Albums (<a href="/wiki/Official_New_Zealand_Music_Chart" title="Official New Zealand Music Chart">RMNZ</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-nz_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nz-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">26 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Singles_and_Albums_Charts" title="Scottish Singles and Albums Charts">Scottish Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_Scotland_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Scotland_-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">46 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Swiss Albums (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Hitparade" title="Swiss Hitparade">Schweizer Hitparade</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-swi_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swi-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">38 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-uk_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uk-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">35 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_R%26B_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK R&B Chart">UK R&B Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_UKR&B_Rihanna_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_UKR&B_Rihanna-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a><sup id="cite_ref-ac_Billboard200_Rihanna_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_Billboard200_Rihanna-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)"><i>Billboard</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Rihanna_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Rihanna-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">6 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Certifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Certifications and sales for <i>Music of the Sun</i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada (<a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-CanadaCert_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CanadaCert-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>100,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Germany (<a href="/wiki/Bundesverband_Musikindustrie" title="Bundesverband Musikindustrie">BVMI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-GermanyRihannaMusic_of_the_SunalbumCertRef_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GermanyRihannaMusic_of_the_SunalbumCertRef-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>100,000<sup>‡</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Japan (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_Japan" title="Recording Industry Association of Japan">RIAJ</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-JapanRihannaMusic_of_the_SunalbumCertRef_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JapanRihannaMusic_of_the_SunalbumCertRef-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>100,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">New Zealand (<a href="/wiki/Recorded_Music_NZ" title="Recorded Music NZ">RMNZ</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>7,500<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-BPI_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BPI-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>148,660<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-RIAAPlatinum_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIAAPlatinum-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>1,000,000<sup>‡</sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> <p><small><sup>^</sup> Shipments figures based on certification alone.</small><br /><small><sup>‡</sup> Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release_history">Release history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_the_Sun&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Release history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Release dates for <i>Music of the Sun</i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th>Date </th> <th>Format </th> <th>Label </th> <th><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom </th> <td>August 29, 2005 </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Compact_disc" title="Compact disc">CD</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada </th> <td rowspan="2">August 30, 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-CanadaRelease_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CanadaRelease-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Def_Jam_Recordings" title="Def Jam Recordings">Def Jam</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Germany </th> <td>September 5, 2005 </td> <td rowspan="5">Universal </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="3">Japan </th> <td>September 23, 2005 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 18, 2006 </td> <td>CD+<a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>August 1, 2012 </td> <td>SHM-CD </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada </th> <td rowspan="2">April 7, 2017 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/LP_record" title="LP record">LP</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States </th> <td>Def Jam </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Nielson Company. September 17, 2005. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140713131821/http://www.billboard.com/charts/2005-09-17/canadian-albums">Archived</a> from the original on July 13, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 14,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Billboard&rft.atitle=Week+of+September+17%2C+2005&rft.date=2005-09-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard.com%2Fcharts%2F2005-09-17%2Fcanadian-albums&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMusic+of+the+Sun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CanadaCert-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CanadaCert_41-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CanadaCert_41-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110826190627/http://www.cria.ca/gold/1205_g.php">"Gold & Platinum: December 2005"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a>. 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September 10, 2005. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171107113912/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20050904/7502/">Archived</a> from the original on November 7, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 14,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=BPI+%E2%80%93+Certified+Awards+Search&rft.pub=British+Phonographic+Industry&rft.date=2006-05-12&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpi.co.uk%2Fcertifiedawards%2Fsearch.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMusic+of+the+Sun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SwissAlbum-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SwissAlbum_45-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Music+Of+The+Sun&cat=a">"Rihanna – Music of the Sun (Album)"</a>. <i>hitparade.ch</i> (in German). Hung Medien. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170128005900/http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna">Archived</a> from the original on January 28, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 14,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=hitparade.ch&rft.atitle=Rihanna+%E2%80%93+Music+of+the+Sun+%28Album%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhitparade.ch%2Fshowitem.asp%3Finterpret%3DRihanna%26titel%3DMusic%2BOf%2BThe%2BSun%26cat%3Da&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMusic+of+the+Sun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AustrianAlbum-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AustrianAlbum_46-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Music+Of+The+Sun&cat=a">"Rihanna – Music of the Sun (Album)"</a>. <i>austriancharts.at</i> (in German). Hung Medien. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200618193900/http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna">Archived</a> from the original on June 18, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 14,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=austriancharts.at&rft.atitle=Rihanna+%E2%80%93+Music+of+the+Sun+%28Album%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Faustriancharts.at%2Fshowitem.asp%3Finterpret%3DRihanna%26titel%3DMusic%2BOf%2BThe%2BSun%26cat%3Da&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMusic+of+the+Sun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FrenchAlbum-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FrenchAlbum_47-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Music+Of+The+Sun&cat=a">"Rihanna – Music of the Sun (Album)"</a>. <i>lescharts.com</i> (in French). Hung Medien. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160315021939/http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna">Archived</a> from the original on March 15, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 14,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=lescharts.com&rft.atitle=Rihanna+%E2%80%93+Music+of+the+Sun+%28Album%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flescharts.com%2Fshowitem.asp%3Finterpret%3DRihanna%26titel%3DMusic%2BOf%2BThe%2BSun%26cat%3Da&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMusic+of+the+Sun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DutchAlbum-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DutchAlbum_48-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Music+Of+The+Sun&cat=a">"Rihanna – Music of the Sun (Album)"</a>. <i>dutchcharts.nl</i> (in Dutch). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 14,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=dutchcharts.nl&rft.atitle=Rihanna+%E2%80%93+Music+of+the+Sun+%28Album%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdutchcharts.nl%2Fshowitem.asp%3Finterpret%3DRihanna%26titel%3DMusic%2BOf%2BThe%2BSun%26cat%3Da&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMusic+of+the+Sun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NLAlbum-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NLAlbum_49-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Music+Of+The+Sun&cat=a">"Rihanna – Music of the Sun (Album)"</a>. <i>charts.nz</i>. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wowhd.com.au/CD/rihanna-music-of-the-sun-special-japan-tour-edition-cd-dvd-pack-ntsc/dp/391583">the original</a> on April 16, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 5,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Rihanna+%E2%80%93+Music+of+the+Sun+%E2%80%93+Credits&rft.pub=Allmusic.+Rovi+Corporation&rft.date=2010-10-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allmusic.com%2Falbum%2Fmusic-of-the-sun-r783863%2Fcredits&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMusic+of+the+Sun" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-caribzones.com-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-caribzones.com_52-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-caribzones.com_52-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170313040909/http://www.caribzones.com/bdsmusicaward06-winners.html">"Barbados Music Award winners congratulation Ronnie Morris and Timeless Barbados Entertainment Agency for hosting the inaugural Barbados Music Awards 2006"</a>. 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