A Girl like Me

***A Girl like Me*** is the second studio album released by Barbadian singer Rihanna. The album was released April 19, 2006 by Def Jam and SRP. Singles included "SOS", "Unfaithful", and "Break It Off". The album features more of a pop and R&B feel to it as well as staying true to Rihanna's dancehall and reggae sound and also incorporated elements of other genres such as rock, hip hop and dance.

### Standard Edition

- Notes
- <sup></sup> denotes a vocal producer
- <sup></sup> denotes a co-producer
- "SOS" samples "Tainted Love", written by Ed Cobb and performed by Gloria Jones.

## Personnel

Credits for _A Girl like Me_ adapted from liner notes.

- Musicians

- Rihanna – lead vocals, composer
- Evan Rogers – backing vocals
- Mikkel S. Ericksen – multi-instrumentalist
- Sue Pray – viola
- Donovan "Vendetta" Bennett – multi-instrumentalist
- Ann Leathers – violin
- Andy Bassford – guitar
- Yuri Vodovoz – violin
- John Beal – bass
- Jill Jaffe – viola
- Luke McCaster – guitar
- Eugene Briskin – cello
- Kevin Batchelor – trumpet
- Yana Goichman – violin

- Clark Gayton – trombone
- Marti Sweet – violin
- Richard Locker – cello
- Tor Erik Hermanson – multi-instrumentalist
- Maura Giannini – violin
- Carl Sturken – guitar, piano, keyboards, multi-instruments
- Abe Appleman – violin
- Cenovia Cummins – violin
- Jeanne Ingram – violin
- Jan Mullen – violin
- Gene Moye – cello
- Crystal Garner – viola
- Richard Sortomme – violin
- Katherine LiVolsi Stern – violin

- Production

- Carl Sturken – producer, executive producer, vocal producer
- Evan Rogers – producer, executive producer, vocal producer
- The Carter Administration – executive producer
- Augustus "Gussie" Clarke – producer
- Don Corleon – producer
- Poke & Tone – producer
- Mike City – producer, mixer
- James Auwarter – engineer
- Donovan "Vendetta" Bennett – engineer, mixer
- Dawn Boonyachlito – stylist, wardrobe
- Jay Brown – A&R
- Andrea Derby – production coordination
- Rob Heselden – production assistant
- Mikkel S. Ericksen – engineer
- Chris Gehringer mastering
- Franny "Franchise" Graham – engineer
- Jeremy Harding – engineer
- Al Hemberger – engineer, mixer
- Ted Hemberger – percussion

- Patrick Viala – mixer
- Doug Joswick – package production
- Ann Leathers – concert master
- Debbie Mounsey – production assistant
- Rob Mounsey – conductor, string arrangements
- Adrienne Muhammad – A&R
- Malcolm Pollack – engineer
- Makeba Riddick – vocal producer
- J.R. Rotem – engineer
- Tippi Shorter – hair stylist
- Rob Skipworth – mixing assistant
- Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith – A&R
- Phil Tan – mixer
- Tiger Stylz – engineer
- Nichell Delvaille – photography, art coordinator
- Tracey Waples – marketing
- Alli Truch – art direction
- Tony Duran – photography
- Valerie Wagner – design

### Weekly charts

|scope="col" style="width:20em;"|Chart (2006)|scope="col"|Peak position|
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|7||||
|5||||
|2||||

### Year-end charts

|scope="col"|Chart (2006)|scope="col"|Position|
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|align="center"|56|||
|align="center"|59|||
|align="center"|77|||
|align="center"|97|||
|align="center"|36|||
|align="center"|34|||
|align="center"|45|||
|style="text-align:center;"|49|||
|style="text-align:center;"|30|||

## Certifications

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## Release history

|scope="col"|Region|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Format|scope="col"|Label|scope="col"|Edition|
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|rowspan="18"|April 10, 2006|rowspan="20"|Digital download|rowspan="20"|The Island Def Jam Music Group|rowspan="27"|Standard Edition|||
|rowspan="2"|April 11, 2006|||||||||
||April 19, 2006|rowspan="2"|CD||Universal Music|||||
||April 24, 2006||Mercury Records|||||||
|rowspan="3"|April 25, 2006||Digital download||The Island Def Jam Music Group|||||
|rowspan="4"|CD||Universal Music Canada|||||||
||The Island Def Jam Music Group|||||||||
||April 28, 2006|rowspan="3"|Universal Music|||||||
||July 17, 2006|||||||||
||November 17, 2006||Double CD||Limited Deluxe Edition|||||
||March 26, 2009|rowspan="2"|CD||Universal Music||Standard Edition|||
||December 8, 2011||Universal Music Canada||Limited Edition|||||

## Other websites

- ThisIsRihanna.com — official website
- _A Girl like Me_ at Discogs
- Album Review  at About.com
- Album Review  at IGN

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: A Girl like Me
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Rihanna
- **border**: yes
- **length**: 46:16
- **prev title**: Music of the Sun
- **prev year**: 2005
- **next title**: Good Girl Gone Bad
- **next year**: 2007