Fortune (album)

Fortune is the fifth studio album by American recording artist, Chris Brown, released on June 29, 2012. The album is Brown's first release through RCA Records, following the closure of Jive Records in October 2011.

Fortune
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 29, 2012 (2012-06-29)
Recorded2011–12
Genre
Length54:53
LabelRCA
Producer
Chris Brown chronology
F.A.M.E.
(2011)
Fortune X
(2014)
Singles from Fortune
  1. "Turn Up the Music"
    Released: February 7, 2012 (2012-02-07)
  2. "Sweet Love"
    Released: April 10, 2012 (2012-04-10)
  3. "Till I Die"
    Released: April 13, 2012 (2012-04-13)
  4. "Don't Wake Me Up"
    Released: May 18, 2012 (2012-05-18)
  5. "Don't Judge Me"
    Released: August 14, 2012 (2012-08-14)

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Turn Up the Music"  
3:48
2. "Bassline"  
  • Brown
  • Andrew "Pop" Wansel
  • David Johnson
  • Warren "Oak" Felder
  • Ronald "Flippa" Colson
  • Robert Calloway
  • Andrea Simms
  • @PopWansel
  • @Dayvijae (co.)
3:59
3. "Till I Die" (featuring Big Sean and Wiz Khalifa)Danja 3:56
4. "Mirage" (featuring Nas)Harmony AKA H-Money 4:17
5. "Don't Judge Me"  The Messengers 4:00
6. "2012"  
  • Shropshire
  • McCall (co.)
4:08
7. "Biggest Fan"   3:59
8. "Sweet Love"  
  • Brown
  • Jamal Jones
  • Jason "JP" Perry
  • Greg Curtis
  • Cory Marks
  • Tommy Doyle, Jr.
3:20
9. "Strip" (featuring Kevin McCall)
  • Brown
  • McCall
  • Streeter
  • Lonny Bereal
  • Christopher Whitacre
  • Justin Henderson
Tha Bizness 2:47
10. "Stuck on Stupid"  
  • Kennedy
  • Jones (co.)
3:59
11. "4 Years Old"  
  • Brown
  • I. Ali
  • J. Jones
  • Tommy Hitz
  • Samuel Jean
  • Polow da Don
  • Hitz
3:49
12. "Party Hard / Cadillac (Interlude)" (featuring Sevyn)
5:14
13. "Don't Wake Me Up"  
  • Benny Benassi
  • Alle Benassi
  • Free School
  • Orbit
  • Kennedy (co.)
3:42
14. "Trumpet Lights" (featuring Sabrina Antoinette)
  • Polow da Don
  • Harmon (co.)
3:47

(*) Denotes co-producer

Sample credits
  • "Party Hard / Cadillac (Interlude)" contains a portion of "Computer Love", written by Shirley Murdock, Larry Troutman and Roger Troutman.[4]

Personnel

Credits for Fortune adapted from Allmusic.[5]

  • Adonis – producer
  • Alle Benassi – producer
  • Benny Benassi – producer
  • Boi-1da – producer
  • Delbert Bowers – assistant
  • Chris Brown – creative director, executive producer, producer
  • Kweli Calderon – grooming
  • Dan Cohen – engineer
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Greg Curtis – keyboards
  • Danja – producer
  • Tina Davis – executive producer, management
  • Alex Delicata – electric guitar, guitar arrangements
  • Alex Dilliplane – assistant
  • Iain Findlay – assistant
  • Andre Frappier – guitar
  • Free School – producer
  • Fuego – producer
  • Chris Galland – assistant
  • Doug Geikie – assistant
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Steven Gomillion – photography
  • John Hanes – mixing engineer
  • Jerome "J Roc" Harmon – producer
  • Trehy Harris – assistant
  • Andrew Hey – engineer
  • Tommy Hitz – producer
  • Is – guitar
  • Dayvi Jae – producer
  • Jaycen Joshua – mixing
  • Michael "Mike J" Jiminez – background vocals

  • Dante Jones – producer
  • Brian Kennedy – producer
  • Dennis Leupold – photography
  • Lonnie-Smoek-Stinson – grooming
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Kevin McCall – background vocals, producer
  • The Messengers – producer
  • The Monarch – producer
  • William Orbit – producer
  • Jason "JP" Perry – producer
  • Mark Pitts – executive producer
  • Polow da Don – producer
  • Georgia Reign – background vocals
  • The Runners – producer
  • Jacqueln S. – photography model
  • Sajata S. – photography model
  • Harmony "H Money" Samuels – producer
  • Phil Seaford – assistant engineer
  • Adonis Shropshire – background vocals
  • Bradford Smith – assistant
  • Brian Springer – engineer
  • Amber Streeter – background vocals
  • Sviatlana – photography model
  • Team Breezy – art direction, creative director, design, executive producer, management, stylist
  • Tha Bizness – producer
  • David Thomas – stylist
  • The Underdogs – producer
  • Jeff "Supa Jeff" Villanueva – pro-tools
  • Courtney Walter – art direction, creative director, design
  • Andrew Wansel – producer
  • Dewaine Whitmore, Jr. – background vocals
  • Siraaj Amnesia James - arranger

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[6] 2
Australian Urban Albums Chart[7] 1
Austrian Albums Chart[8] 28
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[8] 21
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[8] 24
Canadian Albums Chart[9] 6
Czech Albums Chart[10] 27
Danish Albums Chart[8] 13
Dutch Albums Chart[8] 1
French Albums Chart[11] 8
German Albums Chart[12] 13
Irish Albums Chart[13] 4
Japanese Albums Chart[14] 9
New Zealand Albums Chart[15] 1
Norwegian Albums Chart[8] 28
Scottish Albums Chart[16] 2
South African Albums Chart[17] 11
Spanish Albums Chart[18] 21
Swedish Albums Chart[8] 54
Swiss Albums Chart[8] 10
UK Albums Chart[19] 1
UK R&B Albums Chart[20] 1
US Billboard 200[21] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[22] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Position
Australian Urban Albums Chart[23] 13
US Billboard 200[24] 77
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[25] 14

Release history

Region Date Format Label Edition(s)
Ireland[26] June 29, 2012 Sony Music Entertainment
  • Standard
  • deluxe
Germany[27][28]
Netherlands[29][30]
France[31][32] July 2, 2012
United Kingdom[33][34] RCA Records
Canada[35] July 3, 2012
United States[36]
Japan[3] July 4, 2012 CD Sony Music Entertainment Deluxe
Australia[37][38] July 6, 2012
  • CD
  • digital download
  • Standard
  • deluxe
New Zealand[39][40]

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