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category Best Short Form Music Video for "We Found Love" (2011).[133] Also that month, the Official
Charts Company in the UK announced that Rihanna had sold 3,868,000 records in the past year in
the country, ranking at number one in the list of 2013 BRIT Awards artist nominees.[127] Rihanna's
fifth headlining concert tour, the Diamonds World Tour, began in March 2013 in support
of Unapologetic.[134] Rihanna then appeared in the Seth Rogen and Evan Goldbergcomedy film This
Is the End, which was released in June 2013.[135] That same month, American hip
hop artist Wale released a remixed versionof his single "Bad" featuring Rihanna.[136]
In October 2013, Eminem released his Rihanna-assisted single, "The Monster", as the fourth release
from his eighth studio album The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013). With the song entering the UK
Singles Chart at number one, Rihanna joined Elvis Presley and The Beatles as just one of three acts
to have scored a number-one single each year over seven consecutive years in the chart's
history.[137] The song also peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, which marked
Rihanna's thirteenth chart topper, tying her at the time with Michael Jackson for the fourth most
number ones in the chart's history.[138] Rihanna then appeared on Shakira's single, "Can't Remember
to Forget You", which was released in January 2014.[139] Following the release of Unapologetic and
its accompanying tour, Rihanna aimed to take a hiatus from recording music, stating: "I wanted to
have a year to just do whatever I want artistically, creatively."[140] In January 2014, Rihanna began
working on her eighth studio album.[141][142] In May 2014, Rihanna left Def Jam Recordings to sign fully
with Roc Nation, the record label that had managed her career since October 2010.[143]
Growing up in Barbados, she wasn't exposed to a lot of music, mainly reggae, hip-hop, and soca
music.[182] When she moved to the United States, she became exposed to a lot of American
music "rock being one of them, and I fell in love with it. [Now] I love rock music."[182] At the time of her
debut, she recorded songs that were inspired by her Caribbean roots and described her early sound
as "a fusion of reggae, hip-hop and R&B, with a little something different thrown in".[27][183] Her early
dancehall roots can be found on her debut album, Music of the Sun (2005), and its follow-up, A Girl
like Me (2006).[184]Music of the Sun demonstrates the influence of Rihanna's musical heritage of the
Caribbean. Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times complimented its combination of dancehall and
reggae, who said, "Dancehall reggae sometimes seems like a