"Don't Stop the Music" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna from her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). It was the third single from the album in most of Europe, the second single in Germany and Spain and the fourth single in the rest of the world. On December 6 2007, "Don't Stop the Music" received a Grammy nomination in the category of "Best Dance Recording" at the 50th Grammy Awards. Rihanna performed this song, along with "Umbrella", at the 50th Grammy Awards. The single also made Australian ARIA Chart history when it became the first single to top the charts solely on download sales.
The single "Hate That I Love You" was the third single in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. "Don't Stop the Music" was released as the fourth single, opposite to the rest of Europe and Australia.
"Don't Stop the Music" is a song by Yarbrough and Peoples, from their 1980 debut album, The Two of Us. The song was a hit single reaching #7 in the UK Singles Chart in 1981.
In 1997, the song was sampled by P. Diddy (then known as Puff Daddy) in the song "Don't Stop What You're Doin'", from the album No Way Out. It has also been sampled by Keyshia Cole for the song "Let It Go" from her album Just Like You, released in 2007.
