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Another Hot Girl Sings About That Umbrella-ella-ella

Perhaps the most recent performer enjoying the Jordan Pruitt effect is Marie Digby. While she was chosen as the Pantene Pro-Voice competition, she is most known for her acoustic version of Rihanna's Umbrella. That version, made famous on youtube was picked up in radio and TV show The Hills. It doesn't hurt that her Japanese/Irish roots work well in her aesthetics as well. While I had not heard of her before, I was surprised to see so many views of her acoustic cover, about 6 million to date,

It appears that singer Rihanna was not the first choice for the hit single “Umbrella.” Singer/songwriter Taio Cruz originally offered the song to Mary J. Blige and Britney Spears and both turned it down. Mary didn’t think...(MORE)

“Umbrella”
Single by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z from the album Good Girl Gone Bad
Released	March 29, 2007 May 25, 2007 May 28, 2007
Format	12" maxi single, CD single, digital download
Recorded	2007
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	4:14 (radio edit) 3:46 (radio edit without rap) 4:35 (album version)
Label	Def Jam
Writer(s)	Shawn Carter, Terius Nash, Christopher Stewart, Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell
Producer	Tricky Stewart
Rihanna singles chronology
"Break It Off" (2007)	"Umbrella" (2007)	"Shut Up and Drive" (2007)
Jay-Z singles chronology
"Hollywood" (2007)	"Umbrella" (2007)	"Kingdom Come" (2007)

"Umbrella" is a pop song written by Terius "The Dream" Nash, Christopher Stewart, Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell and Jay-Z for Rihanna's third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). Featuring vocals by co-writer Jay-Z, it was released as the album's lead single during the second quarter of 2007 (see 2007 in music). "Umbrella" is recognized as the most successful song of 2007 on the United World Chart, gaining more than 8,160,000 points. It has been announced as the 6th most successful song of the last decade with 8.614.000 points, winning a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in addition to receiving nominations for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Following an incredibly successful chart run around the world and a warm reception from music critics, the song achieved #1 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the "Ten Best Singles of 2007", as well as #3 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. It was also named Song of the Year in Blender Magazine's Readers' Poll 2007.