Ciara (album)

Ciara is the self-titled fifth studio album by American singer Ciara, which was released on July 9, 2013. The album is Ciara's first release under Epic Records, since publicly asking  Jive Records to release her from her recording contract. For the album, Ciara worked with L.A. Reid, who discovered Ciara and signed her to LaFace Records in 2003. Musically, Ciara features a mix of Southern hip hop, dance and R&B and features guest collaborations from American rappers Future, Nicki Minaj, B.o.B and Rick Ross.

 Critical reception 

Ciara received generally positive reviews from critics.

 Track listing 
 Standard editions 

Notes
  signifies a vocal producer
  signifies a co-producer
 "Super Turnt Up" credits Ciara as a featured artist, where she raps in the song.
 "Body Party" contains a sample of "My Boo" performed by Ghost Town DJ's, written by Carlton Mahone and Rodney Terry.
 "Livin' It Up" contains a portion of the composition "I Don't Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky" performed by Ripple.

Special editions
Four limited editions of the album featuring branded merchandise were available from Ciara's official artist store. Black: http://www.myplaydirect.com/ciara/super-turnt-up-bundle-black/details/28591646 
 White: http://www.myplaydirect.com/ciara/super-turnt-up-bundle-white/details/28591644 
+ Summary of the contents of the four special editions of the album Contents Bundle title Keep on Lookin' Bundle Super Turnt Up Bundle Livin' It Up Bundle Body Party Bundle Album Signed lithograph    Poster  T-shirt   Black or white beanie hat  

 Personnel 
Credits for Ciara adapted from Allmusic.

 Ciara – art direction,  design, executive producer, featured artist, primary artist, vocal producer, background vocals
 Josh Abraham –  producer
 Drew Adams – assistant
 Josie Aiello – background vocals
 B.o.B – featured artist
 Triana Bowman – production coordination
 LaTrice Burnette – marketing
 Brandon N. Caddell – assistant engineer
 Jasper Cameron –  instrumentation, producer, vocal arrangement
 Nayvadius "Future" Cash –  executive producer, vocal producer
 Lauren Ceradini – publicity
 Matt Champlin – engineer
 Ariel Chobaz – engineer
 The Co-Captains – instrumentation, producer, programming
 Paul "Hot Sauce" Dawson – scratching
 Briele Douglass – publicity
 Josh Drucker – assistant, mixing assistant
 Dernst Emile –  producer
 Asiah'h Eperson – background vocals
 Seth Firkins – engineer
 Livvi Franc – background vocals
 Yolonda Frederick – make-up
 Joe Fritz – engineer
 Future – featured artist
 Dalia Glickman – A&R
 Kuk Harrell – vocal producer
 Ciara Harris – producer, vocal arrangement, vocal producer, background vocals
 Trehy Harris – assistant, mixing assistant
 James Hunt – assistant
 Jaycen Joshua – mixing
 Rodney Jerkins –  instrumentation, mixing, producer
 Taryn Kaufman – A&R
 Dave Kutch – mastering
 Courtney Lowery – publicity
 Kim Lumpkin – production coordination
 Tommy Lumpkins – vocal producer
 The Madd Scientist – engineer
 Maria Paula Marulanda – art direction, design
 Harvey Mason, Jr. – engineer
 Susan McDonald – packaging manager
 Mike Will Made It – producer
 Nicki Minaj – featured artist
 Greg Morgan – sound design
 Vernon Mungo – engineer
 Luis Navarro – A&R
 Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – engineer
 Oligee – producer
 Keith Parry – engineer
 P-Nasty – producer
 Cesar Ramirez – hair stylist
 L.A. Reid – executive producer
 Rock City –  producer
 The Rockstars – producer
 Heather Santos – A&R
 John Shullman – assistant
 Soundz – producer, vocal producer, background vocals
 Christopher "Tricky" Stewart – A&R
 Mark Stewart – A&R
 Ken Sunshine – publicity
 Theron Thomas – vocals
 Pat Thrall – engineer
 Dan Tobiason – engineer
 Stephen Villa – assistant
 Robert Wadlington – A&R
 Cam Wallace – programming
 Cameron Wallace – producer
 Ryan Williams – engineer
 Andrew Wuepper – engineer, mixing
 Yutsai – photography

 Charts 

 Weekly charts 
 Chart (2013)  Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 35 Australian Urban Albums (ARIA) 7 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 188 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 98 Canadian Albums (Billboard) 21 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts) 77 French Albums (SNEP) 163 Swiss Albums (Hitparade) 63 UK Albums (OCC) 42 UK R&B Albums (OCC) 4 US Billboard 200 2 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 2 

 Year-end charts 
Chart (2013)PositionUS Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)48US Top R&B Albums19

 Release history 
 Country  Date  Format  Label Australia July 5, 2013  Sony Music Brazil Germany United Kingdom July 8, 2013 RCA Records United States July 9, 2013 Epic Records Canada Sony Music New ZealandJuly 12, 2013 Japan July 24, 2013 CD Sony Music Japan

 References 

Category:2013 albums
Category:Ciara albums
Category:Southern hip hop albums
Category:Dance albums
Category:R&B albums