Umbrella is a song.
`` Umbrella '' is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad ( 2007 ) . Entertainment Weekly ranked the song number one on the 10 Best Singles of 2007 , while Rolling Stone and Time listed the song at number three on the 100 Best Songs of 2007 . In 2007 , the song won two awards at the MTV Video Music Awards , when it was nominated for four . The song serves as the lead single to the album , and was released worldwide on March 29 , 2007 through Def Jam Recordings .