Good Girl Gone Bad Live

Good Girl Gone Bad Live
The front full body profile of a dark haired female standing singing into a microphone stand. Her eyes are closed and heavily shadowed in black eye make up. Her fringe covers the left side of her face. She is pointing her right index finger upward. On her forearms are long black strap pieces spiked with silver metal. She is wearing a revealing leather dress outfit. In her background is sun-like coloured lighting. At the top of the portrait stands 'Rihanna' and below it 'Good Girl Gone Bad Live'.
Video by
Rihanna
ReleasedJune 9, 2008 (2008-06-09)
RecordedDecember 6, 2007 (2007-12-06)
VenueManchester Arena
(Manchester, England)
Genre
Length90 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Label
DirectorPaul Caslin
Rihanna chronology
Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded
(2008) 		Good Girl Gone Bad Live
(2008) 		Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes
(2009)

Good Girl Gone Bad Live is the first live long-form video by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was first released on June 9, 2008 by Def Jam Recordings. The DVD and Blu-ray release features Rihanna's concert at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom held on December 6, 2007, as part of her Good Girl Gone Bad Tour (2007—2009) which supported singer's third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). Most of the concert's set list originates from Good Girl Gone Bad, however, Rihanna also performed songs from her previous albums Music of the Sun (2005) and A Girl like Me (2006). It also contains a special Documentary Feature that presents Rihanna discussing her experiences during the tour.

Critics were divided on Good Girl Gone Bad Live; they praised the show, dancers, Rihanna's vocals and contrast levels of the video, however, there was criticism towards some technicalities including the close-up frames. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, the video album received a Grammy nomination for Best Long Form Music Video. Commercially, Good Girl Gone Bad Live peaked within the top-ten in nine countries, including at number one in Austria and Switzerland. On the US Billboard Music DVD Chart it peaked at number six and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of over 25,000 copies.