Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin (2004)

      Under My Skin is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne that was released through the RCA Records Label internationally throughout May 2004. Under My Skin was released on 12 May 2004 in Japan and later on 25 May 2004 in the United States and worldwide. Lavigne released four official singles from the album, and two promotional singles.

      "Don't Tell Me" was the first single from the album, written and produced by herself, Evan Taubenfeld and Butch Walker. It earned Lavigne a nomination at the 2004 MTV VMAs, and charted at No. 22 in the Billboard Hot 100, No. 5 in the UK Singles Charts and the top 10 in Australia.
      "My Happy Ending" was the second single; it was written and produced by Lavigne and Butch Walker. The song returned Under My Skin to number one in Canada for several weeks, and to the top five in Germany, the UK, Australia, and other European countries. It was Lavigne's fourth No. 1 single on the U.S. Mainstream Top 40 and was her second platinum single since "Complicated" (2002). The song became a worldwide hit.
      "Nobody's Home" was the third single released from the album, written by Lavigne and former Evanescence member Ben Moody and produced by Don Gilmore. The song peaked lower in most countries than some of her previous singles.
      "He Wasn't" was the fourth single from the album, written and produced by Lavigne and Chantal Kreviazuk. Despite charting in several countries, it was not a significant hit, failing to reach the top 20 in most markets. It was not released in the United States, where "Fall to Pieces" was released instead.

***Track Listing:
01 Take Me Away (02:59)
02 Together (03:15)
03 Don't Tell Me (03:23)
04 He Wasn't (03:00)
05 How Does It Feel (03:45)
06 My Happy Ending (04:03)
07 Nobody's Home (03:33)
08 Forgotten (03:18)
09 Who Knows (03:30)
10 Fall To Pieces (03:29)
11 Freak Out (03:14)
12 Slipped Away (03:35)
13 I Always Get What I Want (02:34)
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Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)

      Let Go is the debut studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, released on 4 June 2002. For a year after signing a record deal with Arista, Lavigne struggled due to conflicts in musical direction. She relocated to Los Angeles, California, and recorded there, her earlier materials for the album; the kind of sound to which the label was not amenable. She was paired to the production team The Matrix, who understood her vision for the album.

       "Complicated" was released by Arista as the album's lead single, which was seen as an across-all-age- groups introduction to Lavigne.[10] Thought to produce wide cross-demographic appeal, however, the music video to the single features Lavigne and her band wreaking havoc in a mall, "the sort of imagery that might have grown-ups thinking 'Clean that mess up!' more than clamoring for the record". The song was a worldwide No. 1 hit and was nominated for two Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
"Sk8er Boi" The follow-up single was aimed at pop-punk oriented kids.The release of "Sk8er Boi" created disagreement among many radio programming directors. However, their impressions were diverted as listeners helped change their minds; early rotation of the single proved successful, showing it was as popular with post-collegiate listeners as with teens. The song even went to No. 1 in U.S. mainstream radio.
      "I'm with You" The adult ballad hit record stores in late November 2002, close to Christmas holidays to remind parents about the album to, if not to buy it themselves, to purchase it for any children in their family. The song ended up being another hit for Lavigne reaching No. 4 in the Billboard Hot 100, No. 1 in mainstream radio and top 10 in the UK and Canada. It was not officially released in Australia but received radio and television airplay, this song was also nominated for two Grammy Awards the same categories as          "Complicated". The release arrangement of the album's singles, with "I'm With You" being served as the third, was regarded as "controversial", given that "I'm With You" was "thought by some to be the biggest potential smash on the album", and could have established Lavigne as a more mature artist if it was released first. According to Reid, "Some people just really didn't get that. And with the first video, there was some concern that maybe because it's so young and so playful, it might alienate more serious music lovers."[25]
      "Losing Grip" was released as the fourth single off the album, "to act as a bridge into her next album", which Lavigne stated would be "harder-rocking" than her debut.In 2004, it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. However, it was the least successful single on the album.
      "Mobile" was released in Australia and New Zealand as the final single from the album in those regions. It was later used in 2003's The Medallion, the 2004 film Wimbledon, and a brief appearance in the film Just Married. In 2011, a music video for the song leaked onto the internet made from official footage that was never finished.

***Track Listing:
01 Losing Grip (03:54)
02 Complicated (04:05)
03 Sk8er Boi (03:24)
04 I'm With You (03:44)
05 Mobile (03:32)
06 Unwanted (03:42)
07 Tomorrow (03:49)
08 Anything But Ordinary (04:12)
09 Things I'll Never Say (03:44)
10 My World (03:28)
11 Nobody's Fool (03:58)
12 Too Much to Ask (03:46)
13 Naked (03:29)
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A*Teens - Extr-A*Teens (Chile Only) (2000)

      Extr-A-Teens is an A-Teens special EP, released in Chile after the success of their first album, The ABBA Generation. After the amazing success of their album in Latin America the A-Teens recorded the Spanish versions of their hits "Mamma Mia" and "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)".

      This EP was a very limited edition, after it was deleted, the tracks in Spanish were included on the Latin American re-issue of the album.

***Track Listing:
01. Mamma Mia [Spanish Version] – 3:44
02. Dame! Dame! Dame! [Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! - Spanish Version] – 3:44
03. Radio Mix (Medley) – 4:03
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A*TEENS - The ABBA Generation Remix (2001)

 

       The ABBA Generation Remix is an A-Teens album, a compilation of the best remixes of their singles from their first album, The ABBA Generation. Released in Japan only, including 12 re-mixed tracks and exclusive artwork. This album was released after the success of the first album in the Asian country.

***Track Listing:
01. "Dancing Queen" [Pierre J's Main Radio Mix] – 3:27
02. "Mamma Mia" [The Bold & The Beautiful Glamour Mix Edit] – 3:46
03. "Super Trouper" [W.I.P] – 6:10
04. "Mamma Mia" [Giuseppe Remix] – 5:35
05. "Super Trouper" [The Bold & The Beautiful Glamour Mix] – 6:50
06. "Dancing Queen" [BTS Gold Edition Mix] – 5:13
07. "Super Trouper" [Super Super Remix] – 8:58
08. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" [Earthbound Late Show Remix] – 5:04
09. "Super Trouper [Pinocchio Remix]" – 5:08
10. "Mamma Mia" [Trouser Enthusiasts Undying Dub] – 9:20
11. "Happy New Year" [Extended Version] – 6:52
12. "A-Teens Medley" [Pierre J's Full Length Mix] – 8:19
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A*TEENS - New Arrival (2003)

      New Arrival is the fourth and final studio album by the A-Teens, released in 2003. The album consists of six songs previously released on Pop 'til You Drop!, with "Let Your Heart Do All the Talking" featuring a lightly different ending on this album, along with six new previously unreleased songs. Some special editions include the bonus tracks "Can't Help Falling in Love" (also included Pop 'til You Drop! and on the Disney Lilo & Stitch soundtrack), the ballad version of "Heartbreak Lullaby" or in Japan, the Pop 'til You Drop! song "Hi and Goodbye". New Arrival features new artwork, new tracks and some of the tracks included on Pop 'til You Drop! were remixed to add a Europop feeling. Marie said, "We wanted to present a totally new album for the European market, because some of our hard core fans already imported Pop 'til You Drop!, so we wanted to give them something new."

***Track Listing:
01. Floorfiller [03:14]
02. Have A Little Faith In Me [03:01]
03. Shame Shame Shame [02:52]
04. Let Your Heart Do All The Talking [03:24]
05. A Perfect Match [03:00]
06. The Letter [02:55]
07. Cross My Heart [03:35]
08. In The Blink Of An Eye [03:30]
09. School's Out (Feat. Alice Cooper) [03:02]
10. Closer To Perfection [03:10]
11. Shangri La [03:14]
12. One Night In Bangkok [03:31]
13. Can't Help Falling In Love (Bonus Track) [03:05]
14. Heartbreak Lullaby (Ballad Version; Bonus Track) [04:08]
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A*TEENS - Teen Spirit (2001)

       Teen Spirit is the second studio album by Swedish pop group A-Teens, released in 2001 by Stockholm Records in Sweden and MCA Records in the US. It is also their first studio album consisting of original new songs in contrast to their ABBA cover concept debut album The ABBA Generation, except one cover called "Morning Light", which had originally recorded by fellow Swedish singer, E-Type.

      Teen Spirit spawned four singles, including the #1 hit and signature song "Upside Down". This song was renamed for the US and Canadian market as "Bouncing off the Ceiling (Upside Down)". A new version of the album with bonus tracks was released on 21 January 2002 in Scandinavia, Germany and Mexico including bonus tracks and the single used to promote the Disney movie The Princess Diaries, "Heartbreak Lullaby".

***Track Listing:
01. Upside Down (03:17)
02. ...To The Music (03:22)
03. Halfway Around The World (03:40)
04. Firefly (03:07)
05. Sugar Rush (03:03)
06. Rockin´ (03:27)
07. Around The Corner Of Your Eye (04:12)
08. Slammin´ Kinda Love (03:03)
09. All My Love (03:16)
10. For All That I Am (03:18)
11. That´s What (It´s All About) (03:16)
12. Morning Light (03:10)
13. Back For More (03:12)
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A*TEENS - Pop 'til You Drop! (2002)

       Pop 'til You Drop! is the third studio album by Swedish pop group A-Teens, released in 2002 exclusively for the U.S. market. Recorded between 2001 and 2002 in Stockholm, Sweden, Pop 'til You Drop! provide a more American-driven sound rather than just Europop. For the first time, the A-Teens participated on the writing of the tracks and the design of the album and image. It was released as an American only release on June 18, 2002, in the hype of the promotion of the first single, the Elvis Presley cover "Can't Help Falling in Love", which was part of the soundtrack of Disney's movie Lilo & Stitch. The album also consists of six songs later released on their third full-length studio album New Arrival, with "Let Your Heart Do All the Talking" having an early altered version with a slightly different ending on this album in contrast to the New Arrival version, the song "This Year" from the Kim Possible soundtrack, along with four new previously unreleased songs. Despite the fact that their third studio album New Arrival hasn't been released in the U.S., this compilation album is considered as the third studio album there.

      The album spawned one more hit single "Floorfiller". Both "Floorfiller" and "Can't Help Falling in Love" were released in Europe despite that the album was never released there (although many import copies were available). Some promo copies of the album that were released in the United States included the bonus track "Have a Little Faith in Me" but this track was never commercially released until 2003 when their third album New Arrival was released.

***Track Listing:
01. Floorfiller (03:14)
02. Can't Help Falling In Love (03:04)
03. Let Your Heart Do All The Talking (03:24)
04. Closer To Perfection (03:11)
05. Hi And Goodbye (04:13)
06. This Year (02:52)
07. Slam (03:04)
08. Cross My Heart (03:35)
09. Singled Out (04:13)
10. Oh, Oh...Yeah (03:04)
11. In The Blink Of An Eye (03:30)
12. School's Out (feat. Alice Cooper) (03:03)
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A*TEENS - The ABBA Generation (1999)

      The ABBA Generation is the first A-Teens studio album, consisting of well-known ABBA songs in modern and upbeat versions. Recorded in Sweden in early 1999, was released later that year internationally and in 2000 in the United States. It spawned 4 hit singles, including the Swedish number-one "Mamma Mia". The album was certified Platinum or Gold in 22 different territories around the world, going on to sell almost 4 million copies.[6] The album was a moderate success in Japan, where it peaked at number eighteen, selling 61,810 copies. The ABBA Generation generated the best reviews from the band's career. Different covers and versions of the album were released around the world, in the process the A-Teens recorded two tracks in Spanish, "Mamma Mia" and "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" for the Latin American market.

***Track Listing:
01. Mamma Mia
02. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
03. Super Trouper
04. One Of Us
05. Voulez-Vous
06. S.O.S.
07. Dancing Queen
08. Take A Chance On Me
09. Lay All Your Love On Me
10. The Name Of the Game
11. Our Last Summer
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Rihanna - Rated R: Remixed (2010)

      Rated R: Remixed (stylized as Rated R /// Remixed) is the second remix album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on May 8, 2010, in Brazil and Europe and on May 24, 2010, in the United States by Def Jam Recordings. It contains remixes from her fourth studio album, Rated R (2009). The songs were solely remixed by Chew Fu. The majority of the remixes were remastered to incorporate influences from the genre of house music, and incorporate heavy usage of synthesizers as part of their instrumentation.

      Rated R: Remixed received a mixed review from Jean Goon for MSN Entertainment. She praised Fu for remixing some of the dark and sombre songs into upbeat dance songs, but criticized the album as it did not provide memorability. The album peaked at number four in Greece and number six on the US Dance/Electronic Albums chart; it peaked at number 33 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 158 on the US Billboard 200 chart. As of July 2010, Rated R: Remixed has sold 13,000 copies in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

***Track Listing:
01 Mad House (Chew Fu Straight Jacket Fix)
02 Russian Roulette (Chew Fu Black Russian Jacket Fix)
03 ROCKSTAR 101 (Chew Fu Teachers Pet Fix)
04 Wait Your Turn (Chew Fu Can't Wait No More Fix)
05 Photographs (Feat. will.i.am) [Chew Fu 35mm Fix]
06 Rude Boy (Chew Fu Vitamin S Fix)
07 Hard (Feat. Jeezy) [Chew Fu Granite Fix]
08 G4L (Chew Fu Guns In The Air Fix)
09 Fire Bomb (Chew Fu Molotov Fix)
10 Stupid In Love (Chew Fu Small Room Fix)
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Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes (2009)

      Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes is the first remix album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on January 27, 2009 through Def Jam Recordings. The album contains club remixes of tracks from her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) and its 2008 re-release, Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded. The songs were remixed by producers and disc jockeys such as Moto Blanco, Tony Moran, Soul Seekerz and Wideboys. The remixes appear in the form of radio edits instead of full-length versions.

      The compilation received generally mixed reviews from music critics; the album was recommended for fans who were awaiting the release of Rihanna's next studio album. Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes peaked at number 106 on the Billboard 200 and number four on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart. It was ranked as the 22nd best-selling album of 2009 on the latter chart, and it has sold 49,000 copies in the US to date.

***Track Listing:
01 Umbrella (Feat. Jay-Z) [Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel]
02 Disturbia (Jody Den Broeder)
03 Shut Up And Drive (The Wideboys)
04 Don't Stop The Music (Jody Den Broeder)
05 Take A Bow (Tony Moran & Warren Riggs)
06 Breakin' Dishes (Soul Seekerz)
07 Hate That I Love You (Feat. Ne-Yo) [K-Klassic]
08 Question Existing (The Wideboys)
09 Push Up On Me (Moto Blanco)
10 Good Girl Gone Bad (Soul Seekerz)
11 Say It (Soul Seekerz)
12 Umbrella (Feat. Jay-Z) [Lindbergh Palace]
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Rihanna - Anti (Deluxe) (2016)

      Anti is the eighth studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on January 28, 2016, through Westbury Road and Roc Nation.

      The lead single "Work" featuring Canadian rapper Drake was released on January 27, 2016, hours before the Tidal release of Anti. Rihanna stated on Twitter that the song is the "first single" from her album.[54] "Work" debuted at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It became Rihanna's 27th top ten hit. With this feat, Rihanna tied Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson and Elton John as the artists with fifth-most top ten songs on the chart.[55] The singer reached 27 top ten singles on the Hot 100 in a span of 10 years and eight months between her first song, "Pon de Replay" and "Work" and became the fastest solo artist to reach the plateau.[56] In its fourth week, "Work" peaked at number one on the Hot 100 chart and became Rihanna's fourteenth number-one song in the United States and the 1,052nd number-one single on the chart overall. Subsequently, she became the artist with the third-most number-one songs on the chart following The Beatles with 20 and Carey with 18. She broke a tie with Michael Jackson, who had reached 13 chart-toppers on the Billboard Hot 100.[57]

      On March 29, 2016, Rihanna announced that "Kiss It Better" and "Needed Me" would both be serviced to radio the following day as the album's second and third singles.[58] "Needed Me" became Rihanna's 29th top ten hit on the Hot 100, making her the artist with the third most amount of top tens in Billboard history.

***Track Listing:
01. Consideration [feat. SZA] [02:41]
02. James Joint [01:12]
03. Kiss It Better [04:13]
04. Work [feat. Drake] [03:39]
05. Desperado [03:06]
06. Woo [03:55]
07. Needed Me [03:11]
08. Yeah, I Said It [02:13]
09. Same Ol’ Mistakes [06:37]
10. Never Ending [03:22]
11. Love on the Brain [03:44]
12. Higher [02:00]
13. Close to You [03:57]
14. Goodnight Gotham [01:28]
15. Pose [02:24]
16. Sex With Me [03:26]
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Rihanna - Unapologetic (Deluxe) (2012)

      Unapologetic is the seventh studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on November 19, 2012, by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records.

      The album produced seven singles including the international hits "Diamonds" and "Stay". The former peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100 where it became Rihanna's twelfth number one song, tying her with Madonna and The Supremes for fourth most number one songs in the history of the chart. Prior to its release, Rihanna promoted the album with the 777 Tour which consisted of a seven-date promotional tour in which she performed seven concerts each in a different city in North America and Europe in seven days. To further promote Unapologetic, Rihanna embarked on her fourth worldwide tour entitled the Diamonds World Tour.

***Track Listing:
01. Fresh Off The Runway [03:42]
02. Diamonds [03:45]
03. Numb [feat. Eminem] [03:25]
04. Pour It Up [02:41]
05. Loveeeeeee Song [feat. Future] [04:16]
06. Jump [04:24]
07. Right Now [feat. David Guetta] [03:01]
08. What Now [04:03]
09. Stay [feat. Mikky Ekko] [04:00]
10. Nobody's Business [feat. Chris Brown] [03:36]
11. Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary [06:58]
12. Get It Over With [03:31]
13. No Love Allowed [04:09]
14. Lost In Paradise [03:36]
15. Half Of Me [03:12]
16. Diamonds (Dave Audé 100 Extended) [05:03]
17. Diamonds (Gregor Salto Downtempo Remix) [04:29]
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Rihanna - Talk That Talk (2011)

      Talk That Talk is the sixth studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna, released on November 18, 2011, by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records.

      The lead single "We Found Love" became Rihanna's eleventh number-one song US Billboard Hot 100, and topped the charts in 26 additional countries. "You da One", "Talk That Talk" (featuring rapper Jay Z) and a remix of "Birthday Cake" (featuring Chris Brown) experienced moderate success, while "Where Have You Been" reached the top ten of twenty countries around the world. A remixed form of "Cockiness (Love It)" (featuring rapper A$AP Rocky) was released as the sixth and final single from the record.

***Track Listing:
01. You Da One [03:20]
02. Where Have You Been [04:02]
03. We Found Love [feat. Calvin Harris] [03:35]
04. Talk That Talk [feat. Jay Z] [03:29]
05. Cockiness (Love It) [02:58]
06. Birthday Cake [01:18]
07. We All Want Love [03:57]
08. Drunk On Love [03:32]
09. Roc Me Out [03:29]
10. Watch N' Learn [03:31]
11. Farewell [04:16]
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Rihanna - Loud (2010)

      Loud is the fifth studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on November 12, 2010, by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records.

      The album produced seven singles, including the international hits "Only Girl (In the World)", "What's My Name?", and "S&M". All three singles reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. "S&M" was Rihanna's tenth number one song in the US, making Rihanna the youngest recording artist to accumulate the plateau in the shortest time, surpassing Mariah Carey. "Only Girl (In the World)" won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in February 2011; additionally, the album was nominated for three more Grammy Awards, including for Album of the Year. To support the album, Rihanna embarked on her third worldwide concert tour, entitled the Loud Tour.

***Track Listing:
01. S&M [04:03]
02. What's My Name? [ feat. Drake] [04:23]
03. Cheers (Drink To That) [04:21]
04. Fading [03:27]
05. Only Girl (In The World) [03:55]
06. California King Bed [04:11]
07. Man Down [0:04:27]
08. Raining Men [feat. Nicki Minaj] [03:44]
09. Complicated [04:17]
10. Skin [05:03]
11. Love The Way You Lie (Part II) [feat. Eminem] [05:00]
12. Only Girl (In The World) (The Bimbo Jones Radio) [03:51]
13. Only Girl (In The World) (CCW Radio Mix) [03:41]
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Rihanna - Rated R (2009)

      Rated R is the fourth studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on November 20, 2009 by Def Jam Recordings.

      The album produced six singles, including the international hits "Russian Roulette", "Rude Boy" and "Te Amo", and in addition to "Hard". "Russian Roulette" was released as the album's lead single and managed to reach top-ten in seventeen countries and topped the charts in Norway and Switzerland. "Hard" reached number nine in the United States and became her thirteenth top-ten single re-tying her with Beyoncé as the female artist with the most top-ten hit singles in the country. "Rude Boy" was a commercial success and became the only single from the album that topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks. To further promote the album, Rihanna embarked on her third worldwide concert tour "Last Girl on Earth".

***Track Listing:
01. Mad House [01:34]
02. Wait Your Turn [03:47]
03. Hard [feat. Jeezy] [04:11]
04. Stupid In Love [04:01]
05. Rockstar 101 [feat. Slash] [03:59]
06. Russian Roulette [03:48]
07. Fire Bomb [04:18]
08. Rude Boy [03:43]
09. Photographs [feat. Will.I.Am] [04:46]
10. G4L [04:00]
11. Te Amo [03:28]
12. Cold Case Love [06:05]
13. The Last Song [04:16]
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