Loud (album)

Loud is the fifth studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released November 12, 2010. This record produced several hit songs, including number one hits Only Girl (In the World), What's My Name? and S&M. The album received mostly positive reviews from the music critics.

Loud
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 12, 2010 (2010-11-12)
RecordedFebruary – August 2010
Genre
Length46:38
Label
Producer
Rihanna chronology
Rated R: Remixed
(2010)
Loud
(2010)
Talk That Talk
(2011)
Singles from Loud
  1. "Only Girl (in the World)"
    Released: September 10, 2010
  2. "What's My Name?"
    Released: October 26, 2010
  3. "Raining Men"
    Released: December 7, 2010
  4. "S&M"
    Released: January 21, 2011
  5. "Man Down"
    Released: May 3, 2011
  6. "California King Bed"
    Released: May 13, 2011
  7. "Cheers (Drink to That)"
    Released: August 2, 2011

The album has sold over 3 milion copies and was fifth on the Billboard 200. The album was more upbeat and happy compared to 2009's Rated R and features a more dance-pop, hip hop and R&B sound. The album also marks a return to Rihanna's early reggae sound from her first two albums. Several rappers made an appearance on the album including Eminem, Drake and Nicki Minaj.

Track listing

Loud
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "S&M"  
4:04
2. "What's My Name?" (featuring Drake)
  • StarGate
  • Harrell
4:23
3. "Cheers (Drink to That)"  
4:22
4. "Fading"  
3:20
5. "Only Girl (in the World)"  
  • StarGate
  • Vee
  • Harrell
3:55
6. "California King Bed"  
  • The Runners
  • Harrell
4:12
7. "Man Down"  
  • Sham
  • Harrell
4:27
8. "Raining Men" (featuring Nicki Minaj)
  • Melvin Hough II
  • Rivelino Wouter
  • Timothy Thomas
  • Theron Thomas
  • Fenty
  • Onika Maraj
  • Mel & Mus
  • Harrell
3:45
9. "Complicated"  
  • Stewart
  • Dean
  • Harrell
4:18
10. "Skin"  
5:04
11. "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" (featuring Eminem)
4:56
Total length:
46:38
Notes

Release formats

Loud (Ultra Couture edition) [CD+DVD][7]
  • Deluxe cover art signed by Rihanna herself (lithograph)
  • Enhanced clear couture cover
  • Deluxe edition of Loud [CD+DVD]
  • "Making of Loud" video DVD
  • 20 page full size photobook
Loud (Couture edition) [CD+DVD][7]
  • Deluxe cover art lithograph
  • Enhanced clear couture cover
  • Deluxe edition of Loud [CD+DVD]
  • "Making of Loud" video DVD
  • 20 page full size photobook

Loud (Deluxe edition) [CD + DVD][7]
  • 11 track Loud album
  • Bonus DVD with the "Making of Loud" video
  • Packaged as a digipack for the US and Australia
  • Packaged in standard jewel case internationally
iTunes version[3]
  • 11 track Loud album
  • "Love the Way You Lie" (Piano version) (Bonus track)
  • "Only Girl (In the World)" (Music video) (Bonus track)
  • "Only Girl (In the World) (Mixin' Marc & Tony Svejda Mix Show Edit)" (Pre-order only) (Bonus track)
  • Digital Booklet

Personnel

Credits for Loud adapted from Allmusic.[8]

Musicians

  • Rihanna – vocals, art direction, creative director, design, executive producer
  • Stacy Barthe – background vocals
  • Nuno Bettencourt – lead guitar
  • Alex Delicata – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Eminem – vocals
  • Eric England – bass

  • Tor Erik Hermansen – instrumentation
  • Cristyle Johnson – background vocals
  • Priscilla Renea – background vocals
  • Theron Thomas – background vocals

Production

  • Camilla Akrans – photography
  • Veronika Bozeman – additional production, vocal producer
  • Leesa D. Brunson – A&R
  • Noel Cadastre – assistant vocal engineer
  • Bobby Campbell – assistant vocal engineer, mixing assistant
  • Ariel Chobaz – vocal recording
  • Cary Clark – engineer
  • Corey Shoemaker – engineer
  • Carol Corless – package production
  • Karin Darnell – make-up
  • Ester Dean – producer, background vocals
  • Mikkel S. Eriksen – engineer, instrumentation
  • Jesus Garnica – mixing assistant
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Brad Palmer – design, video director
  • Brian Palmer – video director, video producer
  • Josh Gudwin – vocal recording
  • Mariel Haenn – stylist
  • Alex Haldi – art direction, design
  • Inaam Haq – assistant vocal engineer
  • Kuk Harrell – vocal producer, vocal recording
  • Koby Hass Assistant – vocal engineer
  • Jaycen Joshua – mixing
  • Brandon Joner – assistant vocal engineer
  • Terese Joseph – A&R
  • JP Robinson – art direction, design
  • Rob Katz – assistant vocal engineer
  • Alex da Kid – engineer, producer
  • Karen Kwak – A&R
  • Damien Lewis – assistant engineer, engineer
  • Dane Liska – assistant vocal engineer
  • Erik Madrid – mixing assistant
  • Deborah Mannis-Gardner – sample clearance

  • Scott Marcus – A&R
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Dana Nielsen – engineer
  • Ben O'Neill – assistant engineer
  • Ciarra Pardo – art direction, creative director, design
  • Christian Plata – mixing assistant
  • Polow da Don – producer
  • Antonio "L.A." Reid – executive producer
  • Antonio Resendiz – assistant vocal engineer
  • Makeba Riddick – vocal producer
  • Evan Rogers – executive producer
  • Chad "C Note" Roper – engineer
  • The Runners – producer
  • Brad Shea – assistant vocal engineer
  • Noah Shebib – vocal recording
  • StarGate – producer
  • Ursula Stephen – hair stylist
  • Jay Stevenson – engineer
  • Christopher "Tricky" Stewart – producer
  • Mike Strange – vocal recording
  • Carl Sturken – executive producer
  • Phil Tan – mixing
  • Bu Thiam – A&R
  • Brian "B-Luv" Thomas – engineer
  • Marcos Tovar – mixing, vocal recording
  • Sandy Vee – engineer, instrumentation, mixing, producer
  • Jeff "Supa Jeff" Villanueva – engineer
  • Miles Walker – engineer
  • Kyle White Assistant – vocal engineer
  • Andrew Wuepper – engineer
  • Robert Zangardi – stylist
  • Dana Nielsen - engineer[9][10]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2010–11) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 2
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[12] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] 3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15] 2
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[16] 1
Croatian Albums (Toplista)[17] 14
Czech Republic Albums (IFPI)[18] 12
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[19] 2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20] 6
European Top 100 Albums[21] 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[22] 7
French Albums (SNEP)[23] 3
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[24] 2
Greece Albums (IFPI Greece)[25] 10
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[26] 6
Irish Albums (IRMA)[27] 1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[28] 11
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[29] 5
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[30] 17
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[31] 4
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[32] 1
Polish Albums (OLiS)[33] 4
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[34] 11
Scottish Albums (OCC)[35] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[36] 6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[37] 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[38] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[39] 1
UK Digital Albums (OCC)[40] 1
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[41] 1
US Billboard 200[42] 3
US R&B/Hip Hop Albums (Billboard)[43] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Position
French Albums Chart[44] 33
French Digital Albums Chart[45] 35
Hungarian Albums Chart[46] 62
Irish Album Chart[47] 5
The Netherlands Albums Chart[48] 83
Poland Albums Chart[49] 36
Swiss Albums Chart[50] 21
UK Albums Chart[51] 4
Chart (2011) Position
Australian Albums Chart[52] 13
Austrian Albums Chart[53] 33
Canadian Albums Chart[54] 2
Danish Albums Chart[55] 22
French Albums Chart[56] 13
French Digital Albums Chart[57] 6
German Albums Chart[58] 32
Hungarian Albums Chart[59] 37
Netherlands Albums Chart[60] 31
Poland Albums Chart[61] 64
Spanish Albums Chart[62] 34
Swiss Albums Chart[63] 6
UK Albums Chart[64] 6
US Billboard 200[65] 9
US Digital Albums[66] 8
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[67] 3
Chart (2012) Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[68] 46
Chart (2014) Position
Swedish Albums Chart[69] 85

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[70] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[71] Gold 10,000*
Belgium (BEA)[72] Platinum 30,000*
Brazil (ABPD)[73] Platinum 40,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[74] 3× Platinum 240,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[75] Platinum Expression error: Missing operand for *.^
GCC (IFPI Middle East)[76] Gold 3,000*
Germany (BVMI)[77] 3× Gold 300,000^
Hungary (Mahasz)[78] Gold Expression error: Missing operand for *.^
Ireland (IRMA)[79] 5× Platinum 75,000^
Italy (FIMI)[80] Platinum 60,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[81] Gold 100,000^
New Zealand (RIANZ)[82] Platinum 15,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[83] 3× Platinum 60,000*
Russia (NFPF)[84] Gold Expression error: Missing operand for *.*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[85] Gold 30,000^
Sweden (GLF)[86] 2× Platinum 80,000 
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[87] 2× Platinum 60,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[88] 6× Platinum 1,800,000^
United States (RIAA)[89] Platinum 1,800,000[90]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[91] 3× Platinum 3,000,000*
Worldwide 8,000,000[92]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format Edition Label
Australia[93] November 12, 2010 CD, CD+DVD Standard, deluxe Universal Music
Germany[94]
Ireland[95] Digital download Standard
Netherlands[96] CD
France[97] November 15, 2010 CD, CD+DVD Standard, deluxe
New Zealand[98]
Portugal[99]
Philippines[100] MCA Music Phils.
United Kingdom[101] CD Standard Mercury Records
Mexico[102] November 16, 2010 Universal Music
United States[103] CD, CD+DVD, digital download Standard, deluxe Def Jam Recordings
United States[104] CD+DVD Deluxe (Couture edition)
Poland[105] November 19, 2010 CD Standard Universal Music
Brazil[106] November 30, 2010
Indonesia[107] December 2, 2010
Japan[108][109] January 19, 2011

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