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.

## Personnel

Credits for _Talk That Talk_ deluxe edition:

- 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

### Weekly charts

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### Year-end charts

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|scope="col"|Chart (2012)|scope="col"|Position|
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|style="text-align:center;"|98|||
|align="center"|97|||
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|style="text-align:center;"|8|||
|style="text-align:center;"|18|||
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## Release history

|scope="col"|Region|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Format(s)|scope="col"|Label|scope="col"|Edition(s)|
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|rowspan="4"|November 18, 2011|rowspan="12"|CD, digital download|rowspan="5"|Universal Music|rowspan="2"|Standard, deluxe|||
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|rowspan="11"|Standard, deluxe|||||||||
|rowspan="5"|November 21, 2011|||||||||
|rowspan="2"|Def Jam|||||||||
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|rowspan="2"|November 23, 2011|rowspan="5"|Universal Music|||||||
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|December 2, 2011|CD|||||||||
|January 9, 2012|CD, digital download|||||||||

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Talk That Talk
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Rihanna
- **border**: yes
- **recorded**: February – November 2011
- **prev title**: Loud (album), Loud
- **prev year**: 2010
- **next title**: Unapologetic
- **next year**: 2012