Rihanna Feat. Jay-Z

The video was shot on April 13, 2007. It was directed by Chris Applebaum and premiered at 10:00 a.m. on April 26, 2007 at www.thisisrihanna.com. Downloads were made available for those in the U.S only. The video was released on the iTunes Store on May 11, 2007 and has remained at number 1 for 2 weeks so far. The video starts with Jay-Z rapping his part in a rain of sparks. Rihanna starts singing in a steamy place. During the first chorus, she can be seen walking around en pointe. Later, Rihanna is seen in various positions bodypainted silver. In the endcap of the video, she dances with her umbrella amid a shower of sparks falling like rain where Jay-Z was singing at the beginning of the video. There are two different versions of the video. The version that premiered on April 30, 2007 on MTV is different from the one that aired online in that there are added water effects during the splashing sequence. This version is shown on television stations and on some websites. On May 14, 2007, the "Umbrella" video premiered on BET's 106 & Park at number nine and has peaked at #4 as of May 30, 2007 , Rihanna's first video to chart on the countdown since her debut single, "Pon de Replay", in 2005. In this version, she can not be seen walking en pointe but the added water effects can be seen. On May 1, 2007 Umbrella debuted on MTV's Total Request Live at number ten, and by May 9 it had reached the number-one spot, where it has spent a total of 9 days at #1, during its 19-day-run on the countdown. On YouTube Umbrella has over 10 million views.