publication date: Monday, March 16, 2009 (part of Round XXXVIII)

category: Music

clue: This good girl gone bad was on top of the charts until her boyfriend helped her with a different kind of hit.

explanation: Rihanna was a singer known for the album Good Girl Gone Bad. She made headlines a few weeks before this goo was published when she was assaulted by her boyfriend, singer Chris Brown. more…

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Jerry Mathis, Tony Peters, Ryan Dunn, Sarah Kyle, Walter Chesser, and Vicki Moore


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