A Girl like Me (Rihanna album) incorporates elements of a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s.
 With the help of producers Timbaland, Tricky Stewart and Sean Garrett she embraced a new musical direction through uptempo dance tracks
 March 2012 saw the simultaneous releases of two collaborations between Rihanna and Chris Brown: remixes of her song "Birthday Cake" and his "Turn Up the Music"

