Unapologetic
Occupation
Vocals: Rihanna, Eminem, Future, David Guetta, Mikky Ekko, Chris Brown
Unapologetic is the seventh studio album by Barbadian pop singer Rihanna. The album was released on November 19, 2012 worldwide.
- 5.1 777 Tour
- 5.2 Diamonds World Tour
Background
In March 2012, Rihanna said in an interview that she had not yet begun recording their next album, but has already started " working on new sounds " for the album. On 12 September 2012, the French branch of Def Jam via Twitter announced that a new single by Rihanna would be published in the coming week, while her seventh studio album will be published in November 2012. However, the tweet was deleted shortly after the release and replaced by a new one, which stated that "further information will be given tomorrow ( Thursday, September 13 ) is known ." On October 11, 2012 Rihanna released via Twitter the official CD cover of the album and later announced the name and release date. Regarding the album title, Rihanna stated that she wants to express how honest she is, "I named my album ' Unapologetic ' because there is only one truth, and you can not apologize for it. It is honest. Of course I have always evolving, I think the only motto that I have is to be honest with myself. "
Recordings and production
Rihanna began with the recordings of the seventh album on June 20, 2012 with Nicky Romero and Burns. Rihanna and Burns booked for three days a studio in London, while Rihanna appeared at Radio 1's Hackney Weekend. It was confirmed that Rihanna would cooperate with Eric Bellinger, Sean Garrett and Swedish House Mafia. On July 6, 2012 confirmed producer No ID, he would have started together with Rihanna to work on the seventh album. On 10 July 2012, the British singer and producer Labrinth told Capital FM that he was working with Rihanna: " I hoped soon to be able to work with her, so I called their manager, I think she is currently working on a few things so everyone is here at the moment and they work in certain studios, so it seems to be pretty exciting. It is [ still ] not in my studio, but hopefully I'll have some hot songs on her album. " On 17 July 2012, reported that Rihanna would work with R & B singer Ne -Yo and N- Dubz member Fazer. In an interview with Capital FM Ne-Yo said about working with Rihanna on the new album: "I made a few songs for Rihanna recently, you know. She is currently the hardest working woman in show business. She is in the process of putting together a new album. I have worked with Stargate and David Guetta and a few other people for this project. "
On July 13, 2012 Sean Garrett confirmed that he was with the French DJ David Guetta in the studio and has been working on material for Rihanna. He said: "I was recently in the studio with David make new material for Rihanna. He finds inspiration in the things I do not like, and I 'm excited about the things he does not like. He wants to be more urban and I want to be international, so that we influence each other. I'm trying to help Rihanna. She works hard and it's cool for someone to write so open. " On August 21, 2012, the American songwriter Claude Kelly announced that he has written songs for Rihanna, while she performed in London. He said: " Rihanna is a superstar and it occurs in stadiums and arenas. Now, so I wanted songs that reflect their audience. When I was in London, I saw them at a festival occur before approximately 30,000 to 40,000 visitors.. So I wanted to produce any little songs that are played only in the radio but have tried to write great stadium anthems " On August 16, 2012, told the British singer Angel that he had written for Rihanna's album ," I love it writing songs and then give them to other artists on. A few weeks ago I have a lot written for Rihanna " In September 2012, Ne -Yo confirmed his participation in the album and said:". I was with Rihanna in the studio. I know one or two songs will definitely be with my participation on the album. "
Singles
On September 27, Rihanna released the first single Diamonds. The announcement of the song took place after her performance at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in September 2012 described the song as "happy and hippie" and said: " The song is neither sad nor danceable, you'll find yourself just happy and feel hippie - a casual love. song up. Whenever I hear it I feel much better, because the lyrics are really hopeful and so positive. " Diamonds premiered on September 26, 2012 in the Elvis Duran and the Morning Show and was asked an hour later as a digital download on iTunes available. The song was from the originating from Australia Sia Furler in collaboration with Benjamin " Benny Blanco " Levin and Stargate ( Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen ) produced. The album art of the song was unveiled on September 24, 2012, and shows Rihanna's hands as they wrapped diamonds in a piece of paper. Chris Witherspoon of The Grio noted that the paper on the cover of the same paper that you used to roll up marijuana. In the official single charts made it the song, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, in France and the United States to the top position. It was Rihanna's twelfth number -one hit in the United States.
Stay (featuring Mikky Ekko ) appeared as the second single on January 7, 2013 digitally. The CD single was released in Germany on February 15. " Right Now " was released in Germany on 21 June as the third decoupling.
Title list
Standard Edition
Deluxe Edition
- Nobody's Business is sampling Michael Jackson's The Way You Make Me Feel
- Numb is sampling Kanye West's Can not Tell Me Nothing
- Jump is sampling Ginuwine Pony
Tour
777 Tour
Unapologetic is the seventh studio album by Rihanna within seven years. On this occasion, was held from 14 to 20 November, the "777 Tour" instead, gave up the Rihanna within seven days seven concerts in seven different countries.
Diamonds World Tour
In March 2012, Rihanna plans for a new world tour was confirmed in 2013 and said that it is larger and more extensive than anything she has done so far. On Friday, September 7, 2012 it was announced that the North American leg of the tour will begin in March 2013 and that the name of the tour will be " Diamonds World Tour".