Talk That Talk

Talk That Talk is the sixth studio album released by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on November 18, 2011. The album produced big hits around the world, including the number one single "We Found Love", "You da One" and "Where Have You Been", rapper Jay-Z was featured on the title track.

Talk That Talk
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 18, 2011 (2011-11-18)
RecordedFebruary – November 2011
Genre
Length37:29
Label
Producer
Rihanna chronology
Loud
(2010)
Talk That Talk
(2011)
Unapologetic
(2012)
Singles from Talk That Talk
  1. "We Found Love"
    Released: September 22, 2011
  2. "You da One"
    Released: November 14, 2011
  3. "Talk That Talk"
    Released: January 17, 2012
  4. "Birthday Cake"
    Released: March 6, 2012
  5. "Where Have You Been"
    Released: May 8, 2012
  6. "Cockiness (Love It) Remix"
    Released: September 7, 2012

Track listing

Talk That Talk
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "You da One"   3:18
2. "Where Have You Been"  
  • Dr. Luke
  • Cirkut
  • Harris
  • Harrell
4:02
3. "We Found Love" (featuring Calvin Harris)Harris
  • Harris
  • Harrell
3:35
4. "Talk That Talk" (featuring Jay-Z)
3:30
5. "Cockiness (Love It)"  
  • Crawford
  • Harrell
2:58
6. "Birthday Cake"  
1:18
7. "We All Want Love"  
3:57
8. "Drunk on Love"  
  • StarGate
  • Harrell
3:31
9. "Roc Me Out"  
3:29
10. "Watch n' Learn"  
3:31
11. "Farewell"  
4:16
Total length:
37:29

Personnel

Credits for Talk That Talk deluxe edition:[1]

  • Robyn Rihanna Fenty – vocals, executive producer, songwriter, composer
  • Shawn Carter – vocals
  • Calvin Harris – producer
  • Steve Wyreman – bass, guitar
  • Nuno Bettencourt – guitar
  • Mike Anderson – engineer
  • Ester Dean – producer
  • Erik Madrid – mixing assistant
  • Ciarra Pardo – art direction, creative director
  • Marcos Tovar – engineer, mixer, vocal engineer
  • Gabriela Schwartz – marketing
  • Chris Galland – mixing assistant
  • Da Internz – producer
  • Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine – engineer
  • Tor Erik Hermansen – instrumentation
  • Maynard James Keenan – fluids and positive vibrations
  • The xx – instrumentation
  • Sean Combs – composer
  • Sam Holland – engineer
  • Hit-Boy – producer
  • Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young – vocal engineer
  • Alejandra Barajas – assistant engineer, assistant
  • Calvin Bailiff – mixing assistant
  • T.E. Hermansen – composer
  • Alex da Kid – producer
  • Skylar – engineer
  • JP Robinson – art direction
  • John Hill – programming, engineering
  • Shondrae "Mr. Bangladesh" Crawford – composer, programming, instrumentation, producer
  • TT – assistant
  • Alex Barajas – assistant
  • Terius "The-Dream" Nash – composer, producer
  • Cling Gibbs – engineer
  • Mikkel S. Eriksen – composer, engineer, instrumentation
  • Omar Loya – assistant engineer
  • Omar Grant – A&R
  • Abou Thiam – A&R
  • Yusef Stephens – hair stylist
  • Ursula Stephens – hair stylist
  • Tyron Machhausen – makeup
  • Mel Ottenberg – wardrobe
  • Katie Mitzell – production coordination
  • Jonathan Sher – assistant engineer, assistant
  • Jennifer Rosales – assistant engineer, assistant

  • Daniella Rivera – engineer, assistant engineer
  • Chris Sclafani – assistant engineer, assistant
  • Ludovick Tartavelo – assistant engineer
  • Cirkut – programming, instrumentation, producer
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Carl Sturken – executive producer
  • Phil Tan – mixing
  • Pat Thrall – engineer
  • Lars Ulrich – composer
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Scott Marcus – A&R
  • No I.D. – producer
  • Kuk Harrell – engineer, vocal producer, vocal engineer
  • Deborah Mannis-Gardner – sample clearance
  • Ellen von Unwerth – photography
  • Stargate – producer
  • Kevin Randolph – composer, keyboards
  • Danny D. – executive producer
  • Dr. Luke – programming, producer, instrumentation
  • John Hanes – mixing, mixing engineer
  • Fabian Marasciullo – mixing
  • Chris Gheringer – mastering
  • Phil Seaford – mixing assistant, assistant
  • Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing
  • Terese Joseph – A&R
  • Eric Wong – marketing
  • Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald – composer
  • Rob Kinelski – engineer
  • Irene Richter – production coordination
  • Miles Walker – engineer
  • Carol Corless – package production
  • Chase & Status – producer
  • Jay Brown – A&R
  • Dan Tobiason – assistant
  • Calvin Harris – composer, programming, producer, engineer, mixing, instrumentation
  • Tim Blacksmith – executive producer
  • Damien Lewis – mixing assistant
  • Ghazi Hourani – mixing assistant
  • Evan Rogers – executive producer
  • James Hetfield – composer
  • Candice Pillay – composer
  • Dwayne "Dem Jointz" Abernathy – composer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 5
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[3] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 6
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[7] 3
Croatian Albums (Toplista)[8] 13
Czech Republic Albums (IFPI)[9] 16
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[10] 10
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 16
French Albums (SNEP)[12] 2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 3
Greek Albums (IFPI Greece)[14] 5
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[15] 18
Irish Albums (IRMA)[16] 2
Italian Albums (FIMI)[17] 10
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[18] 11
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[19] 26
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20] 6
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[21] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[22] 1
Polish Albums (OLiS)[23] 2
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[24] 14
Russian Albums (2M)[25] 3
Scottish Albums (OCC)[26] 1
South African Albums (RISA)[27] 7
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[28] 6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[29] 26
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[30] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[31] 1
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[32] 1
US Billboard 200[33] 3
US R&B/Hip Hop Albums (Billboard)[34] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2011) Position
Australian Albums Chart[35] 46
Danish Albums Chart[36] 34
France Albums Chart[37] 32
France Digital Albums Chart[38] 45
German Albums Chart[39] 44
Hungarian Albums Chart[40] 69
Irish Albums Chart[41] 8
Netherlands Albums Chart[42] 73
Polish Albums Chart[43] 43
Swiss Albums Chart[44] 36
UK Albums Chart[45] 10
Chart (2012) Position
Australian Albums Chart[46] 62
Australian Urban Albums Chart[47] 5
Canadian Albums Chart[48] 14
France Albums Chart[49] 49
France Digital Albums Chart[50] 42
Hungarian Albums Chart[51] 70
Italian Albums Chart[52] 98
Japan Albums Chart[53] 97
Swiss Albums Chart[54] 40
UK Albums Chart[55] 19
US Billboard 200[56] 8
US Digital Albums Chart[57] 18
US R&B/Hip Hop Albums Chart[58] 2

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[59] Platinum 70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[60] Gold 10,000*
Belgium (BEA)[61] Gold Expression error: Missing operand for *.*
Brazil (ABPD)[62] Gold 20,000*
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[63] Gold Expression error: Missing operand for *.^
Germany (BVMI)[64] Gold 100,000^
Hungary (Mahasz)[65] Gold Expression error: Missing operand for *.^
Ireland (IRMA)[66] 3× Platinum 45,000^
Italy (FIMI)[67] Gold 30,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[68] Gold 100,000^
New Zealand (RIANZ)[69] Platinum 15,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[70] 3× Platinum 60,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[71] Gold 20,000^
Sweden (GLF)[72] Gold 20,000 
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[73] Platinum 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[74] 3× Platinum 1,000,000[75]
United States (RIAA)[76] Platinum 1,150,000[77]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[78] Platinum 1,000,000*
Worldwide 5,500,000[79]

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

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label Edition(s)
Australia[80] November 18, 2011 CD, digital download Universal Music Standard, deluxe
Germany[81]
Ireland[82] Standard
Poland[83] Standard, deluxe
Canada[84] November 21, 2011
France[85] Def Jam
Italy[86]
United Kingdom[87] Mercury
United States[88] Def Jam
Japan[89] November 23, 2011 Universal Music
India[90][91]
Colombia[92][93] December 1, 2011
Indonesia[94][95] December 2, 2011 CD
China January 9, 2012 CD, digital download

Talk That Talk Media

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