In 2004, Stefani recorded her first solo album Love Angel Music Baby album featured several collaborations with producers and other artists like No Doubt bandmate Tony Kanal Linda Perry Andre 3000 Nellee Hooper and The Neptunes The was mainly inspired by pop and new wave music from the 1980s and produced an international success with sales of over seven million copies of the third single Hollaback Girl was on thefirst U.S. digital download to sell One million copies
debut album also drew attention to Stefani Harajuku Girls entourage of four Japanese backup dancers named for a fashionable suburb of Tokyo was originally hired in 2004 for the album The Girls continued to appear together Stefani and see these music videos: "What You Waiting For? " "Rich Girl" "Hollaback Girl" "Luxurious" "Crash" "Wind It Up" "The Sweet Escape" and "Now That You Got It"