![]() ![]() ![]() Though Rihanna had basically moved away from dancehall, she was moving toward a new aesthetic that married R&B, synth-pop and hip-hop. The single, which sampled Soft Cell's "Tainted Love," was one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially popular songs of that year. But her big break came in 2006 with the release of the single "S.O.S." and the subsequent album A Girl Like Me. The singer's first single, "Pon de Replay," was released in June 2005, with the full album Music of the Sun dropping a month later. She was discovered by producer Evan Rogers during his island visit in 2003, and went on to impress Def Jam CEO Jay-Z so much that he grabbed her for a multi-album contract. Talent and a dose of good luck got Barbados-born Rihanna signed to Def Jam when she was 16 years old.
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