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.
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

Notes
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 "Cheers (Drink to That)" contains samples from "I'm with You" (2002), as performed by Avril Lavigne and written by Lavigne, Scott Spock, Graham Edwards and Lauren Christy.

Release formats

Loud (Ultra Couture edition) [CD+DVD]
 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]
 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]
 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
 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.

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

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2010–11) Peakpositionscope="row"  Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)1scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" scope="row"  Croatian Albums (Toplista)14 Czech Republic Albums (IFPI)12scope="row" scope="row"  European Top 100 Albums1scope="row" scope="row" scope="row"  Greece Albums (IFPI Greece)10 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)6scope="row" scope="row"  Japanese Albums (Oricon)5scope="row" scope="row" scope="row"  Polish Albums (OLiS)4scope="row"  Scottish Albums (OCC)1scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" scope="row"  UK Digital Albums (OCC)1 UK R&B Albums (OCC)1US Billboard 200 3 US R&B/Hip Hop Albums (Billboard)1

Year-end charts
 Chart (2010) Position French Albums Chart33 French Digital Albums Chart35 Hungarian Albums Chart62 Irish Album Chart5 The Netherlands Albums Chart83 Poland Albums Chart36 Swiss Albums Chart21 UK Albums Chart4

 Chart (2011) Position Australian Albums Chart13 Austrian Albums Chart33 Canadian Albums Chart2 Danish Albums Chart22 French Albums Chart13 French Digital Albums Chart6 German Albums Chart32 Hungarian Albums Chart37 Netherlands Albums Chart31 Poland Albums Chart64 Spanish Albums Chart34 Swiss Albums Chart6 UK Albums Chart6 US Billboard 2009 US Digital Albums8 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums3

Chart (2012)PositionUS Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums46
Chart (2014)PositionSwedish Albums Chart85

Certifications

Release history
 Region Date Format Edition Label Australia November 12, 2010 CD, CD+DVD Standard, deluxe Universal Music Germany Ireland Digital download Standard Netherlands CD France November 15, 2010 CD, CD+DVD Standard, deluxe New Zealand Portugal Philippines MCA Music Phils. United Kingdom CD Standard Mercury Records Mexico November 16, 2010 Universal Music United States CD, CD+DVD, digital download Standard, deluxeDef Jam Recordings United States CD+DVD Deluxe (Couture edition) Poland November 19, 2010 CD Standard Universal Music Brazil November 30, 2010 Indonesia December 2, 2010 Japan January 19, 2011

 References 

Category:2010 albums
Category:Rihanna albums
Category:Dance-pop albums
Category:Def Jam Recordings albums
Category:Hip hop albums
Category:R&B albums