Good Girl Gone Bad time of release, many critics felt that Rihanna's style, sound, and musical material were too similar to those of American singer Beyoncé. The album sold over 587,308 copies in the United Kingdom and more than 1,330,000 copies in the United States. In early 2007, Rihanna began work on her third studio album. In an interview with MTV News, she announced that "the new music is going in a different direction. Not on purpose, but I just want to hear something fresh and mostly uptempo. I think that's where I want to go on this one. You feel different every album,
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (Frankee album) The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (Frankee album) The Good, the Bad, the Ugly is the debut album of American singer Frankee, released in 2004. The album's lead single, "F.U.R.B.", was written in response to Eamon's hit "I Don't Want You Back," and became a number-one hit in the United Kingdom and Australia; her song also charted on the "Billboard" Hot 100. The album was released on April 27, 2004, by Marro Records, and peaked at number 51 on the UK Albums Chart. The album failed to chart in the United States, and elicited generally mixed reviews from music critics.