"Don't Stop the Music" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna (shown performing it) for her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad. It was released worldwide on September 7, 2007, as the fourth single of the album. The song was written by Tawanna Dabney and StarGate; Michael Jackson also received a songwriting credit for the sampling of the line "Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa" from his 1983 single "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'". "Don't Stop the Music" is a dance track with hip hop rhythmic devices. The song's accolades include a Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Recording. It reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, and number one in nine countries, including Australia, France, Germany, and Switzerland. It has sold more than 3.7 million copies in the US. The singer performed "Don't Stop the Music" at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards and the NRJ Music Awards in 2008, and included it on her Good Girl Gone Bad, Last Girl on Earth, Loud and Diamonds World Tour set lists. Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Stop_the_Music_%28Rihanna_song%29> _______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 1652: Chinese peasants on Formosa (now Taiwan) began a rebellion against Dutch rule before being suppressed four days later. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guo_Huaiyi_rebellion> 1927: American inventor Philo Farnsworth transmitted the first images using his all-electronic television system. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth> 1984: An explosion on board a Maltese patrol boat that was disposing of illegal fireworks at sea off Gozo killed seven soldiers and policemen. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C23_tragedy> 2011: Yak-Service Flight 9633, carrying the players and coaching staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team, crashed near the Russian city of Yaroslavl, killing all but one of those aboard. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokomotiv_Yaroslavl_plane_crash> _____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day: zowerswopped: (Exmoor) Synonym of bad-tempered. <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zowerswopped> ___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:   We’re only here for a little while, and you’ve got to have some fun, right? I don’t take myself seriously, and I think the ones that do, there’s some sickness with people like that.   --Burt Reynolds <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Burt_Reynolds>