 The single 's accompanying music video was directed by Chris Applebaum and features , among all , Rihanna 's nude body covered in silver paint . The video earned Rihanna a Video of the Year at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards and Most Watched Video on <unk> at MuchMusic Video Awards . Along with countless amateurs , " Umbrella " has been covered by several notable performers from a variety of musical genres , including Taylor Swift , Manic Street Preachers , Biffy Clyro , All Time Low , McFly , OneRepublic , Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park , Vanilla Sky and The Baseballs . Rihanna performed the song at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards , 2008 BRIT Awards and was the closing song of the " Good Girl Gone Bad Tour " ( 2008 ) , the " Last Girl on Earth " ( 2010 ) , and the " Loud Tour " ( 2011 ) . It was included in the " Diamonds World Tour " ( 2013 ) , and the " Anti World Tour " ( 2016 ) . 
