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| Name |
| Name = Talk That Talk |
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| Type |
| Type = Studio |
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| Artist |
| Artist = [[Rihanna]] |
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| Cover |
| Cover = Talk That Talk - Rihanna.jpg |
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| Border = yes |
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| Released |
| Released = {{Start date|2011|11|21}} |
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| Recorded = February – November 2011;<br />[[Los Angeles]], [[Brentwood, California|Brentwood]], [[Hollywood]] and [[Newport Coast, Newport Beach|Newport Coast]], [[California]]; [[Paris]], [[France]]; [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]; [[London]], [[England]]; [[New York City]], [[New York]]; [[Birmingham, Alabama]]; [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]; [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]; [[Hamburg]] and [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]]; [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] |
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| Recorded = 2009–11 |
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| Genre |
| Genre = [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[dance-pop]], [[Pop music|pop]] |
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| Length |
| Length = {{Duration|m=37|s=29}} |
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| Label |
| Label = [[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]], [[Roc Nation]], [[Rihanna|SRP]] |
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| Producer |
| Producer = [[Alex da Kid]], [[Bangladesh (producer)|Mr. Bangladesh]], [[Calvin Harris]], [[Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers]] <small>([[executive producer|co-exec.]])</small>, [[Chase & Status]], Cirkut, Da Internz, [[Dr. Luke]], [[Ester Dean]], [[Pendulum (band)|Gareth McGrillen]], [[Hit-Boy]], [[No I.D.]], [[Priscilla Renea]], Rihanna <small>(exec.)</small>, [[Rob Swire]], [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]], [[The-Dream]] |
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| Last album |
| Last album = ''[[Loud (Rihanna album)|Loud]]''<br />(2010) |
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| This album |
| This album = '''''Talk That Talk'''''<br />(2011) |
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| Misc = {{Extra album cover <!-- DO NOT REMOVE DELUXE EDITION ARTWORK. CONSENSUS WAS REACHED THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT CRITICAL COMMENTARY FOR IT TO BE INCLUDED. SEE TALK PAGE FOR DETAILS. --> |
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| Upper caption = Alternative cover |
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| Misc = {{Singles |
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| Type = Studio |
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| Name = Femme Fatale |
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| Cover = Rihanna - Talk That Talk - Cover - Deluxe.jpg |
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| Border = yes |
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| single 1 = [[Hold It Against Me]] |
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| Lower caption = Deluxe edition artwork |
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| single 1 date = {{start date|2011|1|11}} |
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}} |
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| single 2 = [[Till the World Ends]] |
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{{Singles |
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| single 2 date = {{start date|2011|3|4}} |
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| Name = Talk That Talk |
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| single 3 = [[I Wanna Go]] |
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| Type = Studio |
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| single 3 date = {{start date|2011|6|13}} |
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| Single 1 = [[We Found Love]] |
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| single 4 = [[Criminal (Britney Spears song)|Criminal]] |
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| Single 1 date = September 22, 2011 |
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| Single 2 = [[You Da One]] |
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| Single 2 date = November 14, 2011 |
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| Single 3 = [[Talk That Talk (song)|Talk That Talk]] |
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| Single 3 date = January 17, 2012 |
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'''''Talk That Talk''''' is the sixth studio album by Barbadian recording artist [[Rihanna]] and was released on November 21, 2011, through [[Def Jam Recordings]]. The album is rooted in [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[dance-pop]], and [[Pop music|pop]], but also incorporates a variety of genres such as [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], [[Electro (music)|electro]], [[Trance music|trance]], [[electro house]], and [[dubstep]]. |
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'''''Femme Fatale''''' is the seventh [[studio album]] by American recording artist [[Britney Spears]]. The album was released on March 25, 2011 by [[Jive Records]] ([[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music]]). Recorded between 2009 and 2011, the album featured Spears working mainly alongside longtime collaborators [[Max Martin]] and [[Dr. Luke]], who served as the [[executive producer]]s of the album. The producers confirmed they and Spears were all working on some material for the release of the album following her [[The Circus Starring Britney Spears|2009 world tour]]. Wanting to stray away sonically from her previous material, Spears experimented with various styles of dance music including [[dubstep]], which was used in various songs on the album. The album also features production from [[will.i.am]], [[Fraser T. Smith]], [[Rodney Jerkins]] and [[Stargate (production team)|StarGate]] among others. |
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Upon its release, ''Femme Fatale'' received mostly positive reviews from critics, who complimented the album's production and Spears' continued forward-thinking. Others criticized it for Spears's supposed lack of involvement and processed vocals. Commercially, the album has become successful, debuting at number one in the United States with sales of 276,000 (breaking Spears's previous record for the youngest female artist with five number one albums), giving her her sixth number one album. The album also debuted at number one in six other countries while peaking inside the top ten in every other country except one, a feat Spears had not accomplished in over a decade since the release of her second album, ''[[Oops!... I Did It Again]]'', in May 2000. Femme Fatale was Spears's final album with long time label Jive Records following Jive's closure in October 2011.<ref>http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/rca-s-new-executive-team-named-under-ceo-1005324782.story</ref><ref>http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=2268707</ref> |
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"[[Hold It Against Me]]" was released as the [[lead single]] from the album and peaked atop the charts in seven countries, including the United States and Canada, while peaking inside the top five in over seven others. The album's second single, "[[Till the World Ends]]", reached number one in South Korea, Poland and Russia while reaching number three in the United States and peaking inside the top ten positions in sixteen countries worldwide. It became Spears's best-performing song on US radio in her entire career. In August 2011, after becoming Spears's third album with three top-twenty singles, ''Femme Fatale'' became her first album to produce three top-ten singles on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart when "[[I Wanna Go]]" peaked at number seven on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The fourth single "[[Criminal (Britney Spears song)|Criminal]]" turned out as a moderate hit, peaking inside the Top twenty in five countries. However, it peaked at number 1 at Brazil Hot Pop Songs and at Brazil Top 100 Airplay. Spears promoted the album in a handful of television appearances and embarked on the [[Femme Fatale Tour]]. |
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== Background and development == |
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In June 2010, during an interview with ''[[Rap-Up]]'', [[Danja (musician)|Danja]] commented that he was working with Spears in the pre-production of ''Femme Fatale''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1644875/20100802/spears_britney.jhtml|title=Britney Spears To Release New Music Very Soon, Producer Teases|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=2010-08-02|accessdate=2010-12-30|publisher=MTV. [[MTV Networks]]}}</ref> [[Rodney Jerkins|Darkchild]], who was also reportedly working with her, said during a [[Ustream.tv|Ustream]] session in August 2010, "Britney fans are gonna be so happy in a few weeks", hinting about the release of new music. However, this was denied by Spears's manager Adam Leber, who stated, "No new music news right now....Wish people wouldn't mislead you guys with [[Bullshit|BS]] info. Not cool! PS- The guys that ARE working on Brit's next album ARE NOT talking about it..."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1645045/20100804/spears_britney.jhtml|title=Britney Spears' Manager Clears Up Rumors About New Music|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=2010-08-04|accessdate=2010-12-30|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks}}</ref> Leber later spoke with ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', calling the sound of the record "progressive" and "a departure from what you've heard."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20430636,00.html|title=Britney Spears: On Her Way Back to the Top?|last=Svetkey|first=Benjamin|date=2010-10-01|accessdate=2010-12-30|work=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=[[Time Warner]]}}</ref> In November 2010, [[Dr. Luke]] announced that he would be the [[executive producer]] of ''Femme Fatale'', along with [[Max Martin]].<ref name=bbproducer>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1651230/20101101/spears_britney.jhtml|title=Britney Spears Producer Dr. Luke Calls Singer 'An Amazing Vehicle'|last=Dinh|first=James|date=2010-11-01|accessdate=2010-12-30|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Spears explained that she had worked with Luke during the production of ''[[Blackout (Britney Spears album)|Blackout]]'' (2007), stating that "he was incredible back then and he has only gotten better over the years. About Martin, she commented that "he has been there since the beginning so there is such a huge level of trust. [...] There is nobody I feel more comfortable collaborating with in the studio."<ref name=bsinterview/> On December 2, 2010, the day of her 29th birthday, Spears thanked her fans for the birthday wishes and announced, "I'm almost done with my new album and it will be coming out this March. I AM IN L-O-V-E WITH IT!"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1653477/20101202/spears_britney.jhtml|title=Britney Spears To Release Next Album In March|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=2010-12-02|accessdate=2010-12-30|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks}}</ref> Following the announcement of the album's title and cover on February 2, 2011, Spears said about ''Femme Fatale'': |
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I've poured my heart and soul into this album over the last 2 years. I've put everything I have into it. This album is for you, my fans, who have always supported me and have stuck by me every step of the way! I love you all! Sexy and Strong. Dangerous yet mysterious. Cool yet confident! FEMME FATALE.<ref name=dscover/> |
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== Recording == |
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[[File:Femme Fatale Vancouver 12.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Spears performing at the [[Femme Fatale Tour]], 2011.|alt=Close image of a blond woman. She is sitting on a swing. A guy is behind her holding the swing. She is wearing a golden costume and has her legs crossed. She is holding a microphone and grabbing the swing.]] |
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On July 12, 2009, Spears confirmed through her [[Twitter]] account that she had begun recording new material, stating she was going into the studio with [[Sweden|Swedish]] songwriter and producer [[Max Martin]].<ref name=martin>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1622530/20090929/spears_britney.jhtml|title= Britney Spears Releases New Single '3'|date=2009-09-09|accessdate=2010-01-02| last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|publisher=MTV. [[MTV Networks]]}}</ref> Spears spoke to ''[[V (American magazine)|V]]'' about the sessions for ''Femme Fatale'', commenting that she had been recording the album for two years.<ref name=vmagazine>{{cite web|url=http://www.vmagazine.com/2011/03/britney-forever/|title=V Magazine / Britney Forever|last=V|first=Mr.|date=2011-03-01|accessdate=2011-03-04|work=[[V (American magazine)|V]]|publisher=[[Visionaire]]}}</ref> She explained that her idea initially was to make an album that was "fresh-sounding [...] for the clubs or something that you play in your car when you're going out at night that gets you excited, but I wanted it to sound different from everything else out right now." Spears also stated that she wanted to make sure ''Femme Fatale'' was completely different from ''[[Circus (Britney Spears album)|Circus]]'' (2008), and that the album felt "really connected from start to finish."<ref name=bsinterview>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/britney-spears-on-her-new-album-her-favorite-music-and-working-with-will-i-am-20110317|title=Britney Spears On Her New Album, Her Favorite Music and Working With will.i.am|last=Knopper|first=Steve|date=2011-02-17|accessdate=2011-02-17|work=Rolling Stone |publisher=[[Jann Wenner]]}}</ref> After "[[Hold It Against Me]]" was written, originally, Luke and Martin wanted to give the track to [[Katy Perry]], but they later decided that "it definitely wasn't a Katy Perry record." They continued to work on the song with [[Billboard (producer)|Billboard]], and Luke commented that before giving the song to Spears, "I wanted to make sure it didn't sound like everything else I've done".<ref name=lukeff/> Darkchild stated that while working with him, Spears was very "hands-on" and "had a lot of ideas for me."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1658923/britney-spears-femme-fatale-rodney-jerkins.jhtml|title=Britney Spears 'Very Hands-On' For Femme Fatale, Rodney Jerkins Says|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|last2=Warner|first2=Kara|date=2011-02-28|accessdate=2011-03-04|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks}}</ref> He later commented he had produced two songs for the album, with one of them featuring [[Travis Barker]]. Darkchild added that the song "[has] this rock feel which is out of the box, out of my norm, and I think it's out of her norm as well."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1659085/travis-barker-britney-spears.jhtml|title=Britney Spears Works With Travis Barker For Femme Fatale|last=Montgomery|first=James|date=2011-02-28|accessdate=2011-03-04|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks}}</ref> |
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On February 8, 2011, Spears tweeted she was in the studio with [[will.i.am]]. He described the collaboration as "a monster. It's mean, pretty, edgy, next level. [...] She's singing fresh over it. It's something that today needs."<ref name=william>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1657588/britney-spears-collabo-monster-william.jhtml|title=Britney Spears Collabo Is 'A Monster,' will.i.am Says|last=Montgomery|first=James|date=2011-02-09|accessdate=2011-03-04|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks}}</ref> Spears later commented that she is a fan of [[The Black Eyed Peas]], and would love to work with will.i.am again the future.<ref name=bsinterview/> She also explained that she discovered Sabi through a friend recommendation, and had always wanted to feature a new artist in one of her albums, hence they recorded "(Drop Dead) Beautiful".<ref name=bsinterview/> Luke spoke to ''Rolling Stone'' about the direction of the album on February 2, 2011, commenting that the final tracklist had not been chosen. He added, "We're in the middle of it right now. [...] We're working with a lot of producers and overseeing it with her A&R and record label and management and trying to make something cohesive."<ref name=lukeff>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-britney-spears-producer-dr-luke-reveals-details-about-her-new-album-20110202|title=Exclusive: Britney Spears' Producer Dr. Luke Reveals 'Femme Fatale' Details|last=Knopper|first=Steve|date=2011-02-02|accessdate=2011-02-02|work=Rolling Stone |publisher=[[Jann Wenner]]}}</ref> [[William Orbit]] confirmed he had co-written a track for Spears with [[Klas Åhlund]], but it was left off the final track listing.<ref name=william/> Heather Bright, one of the album's songwriters, revealed that "Trouble for Me" was one of the first songs recorded by Spears for ''Femme Fatale''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heatherbright.com/blog/?p=677|title=Oh Britney, Britney!|last=Bright|first=Heather|date=2011-04-01|publisher=HeatherBright.com|accessdate=2011-04-14}}</ref> |
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== Composition == |
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The album opens with "[[Till the World Ends]]", co-written by [[Ke$ha]], was described as an uptempo [[dance-pop]] and [[electropop]] song, with an [[electro music|electro]] beat and elements of [[trance music|trance]] and [[Eurodance]].<ref name=mtv>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1659161/britney-spears-till-the-world-ends.jhtml|title=Britney Spears' 'Till The World Ends' Hits Web|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=2011-03-03|accessdate=2011-03-03|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks}}</ref><ref name=reuters>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/04/music-britney-single-idUSLDE7231FZ20110304|title=Britney's single "leaks", some predict a club hit|last=Collett-White|first=Mike|last2=Casciato|first2=Paul|date=2011-03-04|accessdate=2011-03-04|publisher=Reuters}}</ref><ref name=sputnik/><ref name=now>{{cite web|url =http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=179814|title =NOW Magazine // Music // Britney Spears – Femme Fatale|work =[[Now (magazine)|Now]]|publisher =Now Communications|last =Ritchie|first =Kevin|date =2011-03-24|accessdate =2011-04-06}}</ref> The song opens with sirens and a "sizzling" bassline.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.aol.com/blog/2011/03/04/britney-spears-leaks-second-single-till-the-world-ends-a/|title=Britney Spears Leaks Kesha-Penned Single 'Till The World Ends' and 'Femme Fatale' Tracklist|last=Benitez-Eves|first=Tina|date=2011-03-04|accessdate=2011-03-04|publisher=[[AOL]]}}</ref><ref name=digspy>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a307205/britney-spears-till-the-world-ends.html|title=Britney Spears: 'Till The World Ends'|last=Copsey|first=Robert|date=2011-03-04|accessdate=2011-03-04|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]. Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd}}</ref> Critics complimented the songs "anthemic nature" and "chant-like chorus".<ref>{{cite web|url =http://top40.about.com/od/britneyspears/gr/Britney-Spears-Till-The-World-Ends.htm|title =Britney Spears – Till the World Ends – Review|last =Lamb|first =Bill|publisher=About.com}}</ref> The second track and lead single "[[Hold It Against Me]]" is a dance-pop song which features [[industrial music|industrial]] beats, a [[dubstep]]-influenced breakdown and employing elements of [[grime (music)|grime]]<ref name=daily>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1345853/Britney-Spears-looking-frightful-releases-new-single-Hold-It-Against-Me.html|title=Dowdy Britney Spears is looking frightful again as she releases new single Hold It Against Me|last=Reporter|first=Daily Mail|date=2011-01-10|accessdate=January 10, 2011|work=[[Daily Mail]]|publisher=[[Associated Newspapers]]}}</ref><ref name=latimes>{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/01/snap-judgment-hold-it-against-me-by-britney-spears.html|title=Snap Judgment: "Hold It Against Me" by Britney Spears|date=2011-01-10|accessdate=January 10, 2011|last=Powers|first=Ann|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|publisher=[[Tribune Company]]}}</ref> and a final [[chorus effect|chorus]] with elements of [[rave music|rave]]. The lyrics portray the singer seducing someone on the dancefloor, while the chorus revolves around [[pick-up line]]s, with Spears singing, "If I said I want your body now, would you hold it against me?"<ref name=pickup>{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2011/01/10/britney-spears-hold-it-against-me-pickup-lines/|title=Britney Spears' 'Hold It Against Me' Inspires Our Inner Pickup Artist|last=Montgomery|first=James|date=2011-01-10|accessdate=January 10, 2011|publisher=MTV Newsroom. MTV Networks}}</ref> Spears was complimented by critics for "stepping into new territory and pushing the boundaries of dance pop once more."<ref name=ad>{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/britney-spears-hold-it-against-me-single-review-4-5-out-of-5-stars/8442169|title=Britney Spears "Hold It Against Me" Single Review — 4.5 out of 5 Stars|date=2011-01-10|accessdate=January 10, 2011|last=Florino|first=Rick|publisher=[[Artistdirect]]}}</ref> The third track “[[Inside Out (Britney Spears song)|Inside Out]]” is an electropop song. It features themes of dubstep and [[R&B]], complimented with "earth-shattering synths".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/news/new-britney-spears-song-leaks-drop-dead-1005062032.story|title=New Britney Spears Song Leaks: '(Drop Dead) Beautiful,' 'Inside Out'|date=2011-03-08|accessdate=2011-09-18|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|last=Herrera|first=Monica}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyunews.com/arts/2011/03/29/29britney/|title=Britney Spears did it again on "Femme Fatale"|date=2011-09-29|last=Bruce|first=Parker|accessdate=2011-09-18|work=[[Washington Square News]]}}</ref> The song was praised for its intricate production and has been compared to her earlier work on albums ‘’Circus’’ and ‘’In the Zone’’ and it has been compared to that of [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]’s “[[Ray of Light]]” and “[[Music (Madonna song)|Music]]”.<ref name=samesame/> Spears crescendos "Baby shut your mouth and turn me inside" during the chorus section,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1658370/britney-spears-inside-out.jhtml|title=Britney Spears Tweets First Snippet Of New Single 'Inside Out'|date=2011-02-19|last=Adler|first=Shawn|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks|accessdate=2011-09-18}}</ref> and then goes on to "Hit me one more time it’s so amazing” and "You're the only one who's ever drove me crazy" referencing her first singles "[[...Baby One More Time]]" and "[[(You Drive Me) Crazy]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2011/03/08/britney-spears-inside-out/|title=Britney Spears Previews ANOTHER New Song: 'Inside Out'|date=2011-03-08|accessdate=2011-09-18|publisher=MTV Buzzworthy. MTV Networks|last=Glazer|first=Eliot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.barkbiteblog.com/2011/03/inside-out-and-trouble-for-me-are-the-standouts-of-britneys-femme-fatale.html|title="Inside Out" and "Trouble for Me" are the standouts of Britney's Femme Fatale|date=2011-03-15|accessdate=2011-08-20|publisher=barkbiteblog.com}}</ref> |
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{{Listen|pos=left|filename=Britney_Spears_-_Till_The_World_Ends.ogg|title="Till the World Ends"|description= A 22-second sample of the song's chorus, features Spears singing about dancing until [[End time|the end of the world]] over a dance-electropop sound with an [[electro music|electro]] beat and elements of [[Trance music|trance]] and [[Eurodance]].<ref name=mtv/><ref name=reuters/><ref name=sputnik/><ref name=now/>|format =[[Ogg]]|filename2=Britney_AgainstMe.ogg|title2="Hold It Against Me"|description2=A 22 second sample of the song's final chorus, which has a smattering of [[rave music|rave]] chords that constrast with Spears singing "If I said I want your body now, would you hold it against me?".<ref name=pickup/><ref name=popjustice>{{cite web|url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5210&Itemid=206|title=So, the new Britney single... |date=2011-01-10|accessdate=2011-01-10|publisher=[[Popjustice]]|last=Robinson|first=Peter|authorlink= Peter Robinson (journalist)}}</ref><ref name="Guardian"/>|format2=[[Ogg]]}} |
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"[[I Wanna Go]]", the fourth track, is a dance-pop and [[Hi-NRG]] song, that includes elements of [[techno]] and a heavy [[bassline]].<ref name=dancepop>{{cite web|url=http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2011/02/22/britney-spears-i-wanna-go-song/|title=Britney Spears Releases Snippet Of New Song 'I Wanna Go'|last=James|first=Nicole|date=2011-02-22|accessdate=2011-04-09|publisher=MTV Buzzworthy. [[MTV Networks]]}}</ref><ref name="Observer"/> The song contains a [[whistle]]d melody. In the chorus, she stutters "I I I wanna go O O / All the way / Taking out my freak tonight".<ref name=vv>{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-03-30/music/britney-spears-runs-on-american-idol/|title=Britney Spears Runs on (American) Idol|last=Juzwiak|first=Rich|date=2011-03-30|accessdate=2011-04-08|work=[[The Village Voice]]|publisher=[[Village Voice Media]]}}</ref> The "builds and breaks" were compared to her album "Blackout".<ref name="Brockington">{{cite web|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/popwrap/listen_to_britney_spears_deluxe_A2jLP1iJ598RxIAMPcheZL|title=Listen to Britney Spears' Deluxe 'Femme Fatale' tracks|last=Brockington|first=Ryan|date=2011-03-16|accessdate=2011-04-09|work=[[New York Post]]|publisher=[[News Corporation]]}}</ref> "How I Roll" is the fifth track, produced by Bloodshy, Henrik Jonback & Magnus, where Spears "pirouettes from a gulping in-and-out breath effect" and described as a "bubbly, playful pop song".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a308883/britney-spears-femme-fatale.html|title=Britney Spears: 'Femme Fatale'|date=2011-03-28|accessdate=2011-06-24}}</ref> Spears' voice is heavily altered, with her voice being put through many distorters, filters, and blenders. The song uses a constant rushed handclaps.<ref name="Britney Spears: Femme Fatale">{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/138804-britney-spears-femme-fatale|title=Britney Spears: Femme Fatale|date=2011-03-29|accessdate=2011-08-20}}</ref> The sixth and seventh tracks "Drop Dead (Beautiful) [feat Sabi]" and "Seal It With A Kiss" were commented as "fillers",<ref name=samesame>{{cite web|url=http://www.samesame.com.au/reviews/6541/CD-Britney--Femme-Fatale.htm|title=CD: Britney - Femme Fatale|date=2011-03-14|accessdate=2011-06-24}}</ref> However, "Seal It With A Kiss" was complimented as "genuinely exciting" with Williams Hernes of ''Rolling Stone'' adding "[Dr. Luke + Max Martin] dropping a dubstep break on "Seal It With A Kiss." I love it when the avant-garde seeps into the mainstream."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://twitter.com/#!/WilliamHermes/status/44864331480973312|title=Status|last=Hermes|first=William|publisher=[[Twitter]]|date=2011-03-08|accessdate=2011-06-24}}</ref> "Big Fat Bass" is Femme Fatale's eighth track, and while it "sticks to dancefloor essentials",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-britney-spears-femme-fatale-jive-2251912.html|title=Album: Britney Spears, Femme Fatale (Jive)|last=Gill|first=Andy|date=2011-05-25|accessdate=2011-04-08|work=[[The Independent]]|publisher=[[Alexander Lebedev]]}}</ref> the song was described as an "unfortunate collaboration" with [[will.i.am]]. It was noted as being catchy, but repetitive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://idolator.com/5793801/britney-spears-i-wanna-go-big-fat-bass|publisher=idolator.com|accessdate=2011-08-20|title=Listen To Britney Spears’ "I Wanna Go" And "Big Fat Bass"}}</ref> "Trouble for Me", track number nine, features a pre-chorus filled with "melting, wheezing synths". Spears' voice has been autotuned, but her voice was described as "raw" and the tones and wines as "sexy" and "one of a kind".<ref name="Britney Spears: Femme Fatale"/> |
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Music writers noted electropop and dance-pop styles on the album.<ref name=sputnik>{{cite web|last=Klapper|first=Rudy|date=2011-03-20|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/42509/Britney-Spears-Femme-Fatale/|title=Britney Spears - Femme Fatale (staff review)|publisher=[[Sputnikmusic]]|accessdate=2011-03-25}}</ref><ref name="Metacritic"/><ref name="USAtoday"/><ref name=entertainmentweekly/><ref name="Independent"/> Music journalist [[Jody Rosen]] wrote of the album, "Conceptually it's straightforward: a party record packed with sex and sadness".<ref name=rsrw/> Spears described ''Femme Fatale'' on a Twitter chat as "moody, edgy pop with A LOT of energy" with "a few mid-tempos that could be considered ballads".<ref name=twitterpromo>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1657702/britney-spears-twitter.jhtml|title=Britney Spears Talks Lady Gaga, New Album During Twitter Chat|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=2011-02-10|accessdate=2011-02-13|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks}}</ref> In an interview with the ''V'' she further commented on the album stating, "I wanted to make a fierce dance record where each song makes you want to get up and move your body in a different way. That’s what I want from the music I listen to. This record is for the clubs, or something you play before you go out at night. It’s definitely my edgiest and most mature sound yet. [...] There are songs on this album that don’t sound like anything else and are completely revolutionary, but I also believe that this album expresses where I am today as a woman and is an evolution of who I am. [...] I think ''Femme Fatale'' speaks for itself. [...] I think it’s the best album I have ever made. There’s nothing to say. I’ll let the music speak for me."<ref name=vmagazine/> The album was compared to that of Spears' previous albums, "In The Zone", "Circus" and "Blackout".<ref name=samesame/><ref name="Brockington"/> |
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In April 2011, Dr Luke spoke to MTV about the album, saying that "[I feel like] Britney kind of has her own genre: If you look at songs like "Toxic" and "[[Piece of Me]]" and "[[Oops!... I Did It Again]]", they all were sort of influential and led the way [...] She wanted to keep on with that and do stuff that was 'forward-thinking', So we put some dubstep stuff in there, in bridges; snuck it in different places."<ref>{{cite web|last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1662892/britney-spears-dr-luke.jhtml |title=Britney Spears Has Created 'Her Own Genre,' Dr. Luke Says - Music, Celebrity, Artist News |publisher=MTV |date=2011-04-28 |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref> Although Spears was criticized for her lack of involvement from the album's production and writing, she wrote the song "Scary" (Produced by [[Fraser T. Smith]]) which is included in the Japanese deluxe edition of the album.<ref name=BonusTrackVersion>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3990017|title=Femme Fatale (1 Bonus Track) (CD) - Britney Spears|publisher=[[HMV Group]]|date=2011-04-06|accessdate=2011-09-18}}</ref> Singer and writer, [[Ryan Tedder]] defended Spears' "lack of" writing credits to ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', stating that "Sinatra didn't write a song, Garth Brooks barely wrote anything, George Strait has had I think 51 No. 1's and he has yet to write a song. Rascal Flatts are one of the biggest country acts in the world, and all of their hits are written by other people.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/britney-spears-defended-not-writing-175703|title=Britney Spears Defended for Not Writing Own Music|date=2011-04-06|accessdate=2011-05-24|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=Lynne Segall|last=Halperin|first=Shirley}}</ref> |
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The lead single from the album, "[[We Found Love]]" featuring [[Calvin Harris]], premiered on [[The Capital FM Network|Capital FM]] radio on September 22, 2011, and was released on [[iTunes]] U.S. the same day. The second single "[[You Da One]]" was released on November 14, 2011. The third single "[[Talk That Talk (song)|Talk That Talk]]" was released on January 17, 2012. |
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== Release and promotion == |
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[[File:Britney Spears - Till the World Ends (Live in Ukraine).jpg|thumb|right|220px|Spears performing "Till the World Ends" at the [[Femme Fatale Tour]], 2011.]] |
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On February 2, 2011, Spears announced the album's title through her Twitter account, and also posted an image of the album cover.<ref name=dscover>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a301713/britney-spears-reveals-album-title.html|title=Britney Spears reveals album title|last=Nissim|first=Mayer|date=2011-02-02|accessdate=2011-02-02|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref> Following the announcement, the title became a trending topic on Twitter, and then went on to become the tenth longest-running trend on the site, as well as the first music related trend to break the top ten. Spears tweeted, "Can't believe Femme Fatale has been trending 6 days. You guys are my motivation every single day. I love u all!"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1657603/britney-spears-femme-fatale-twitter-trend.jhtml|title=Britney Spears' Femme Fatale Twitter Trend Keeps Rolling|last=Naoreen|first=Nuzhat|date=2011-02-09|accessdate=2011-02-13|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks}}</ref> ''Femme Fatale'' was released on March 25, 2011, primarily in a standard (soft pack/wallet packaging) version, and a deluxe version (expanded soft pack with additional booklet pages), which features four additional tracks. A premium fan edition was also released, including a limited edition 32-page hardcover photo book, the deluxe edition CD with exclusive artwork, a 7" [[Gramophone record|vinyl picture disc]] with "Hold It Against Me" and the full album digital download on the street date.<ref name=jive>{{cite web|url=http://www.jiverecords.com/news/pre-order-%E2%80%98femme-fatale%E2%80%99-premium-fan-edition|title=Pre-order ‘Femme Fatale’ Premium Fan Edition|date=2011-02-04|accessdate=2011-02-05|publisher=Jive. Jive Records}}</ref> |
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Critical reception was positive to mixed. It received a score of 62/100 on [[Metacritic]]. Praise and criticism was directed at the lyrics, with praise also going to the direction and dance tracks, and criticism for its composition with many critics calling the album "rushed". |
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Promotion for the album began on March 25, 2011 in a performance that included "Hold It Against Me", "Till the World Ends" and "Big Fat Bass". The performance was filmed by [[MTV]] at [[Rain Nightclub]] inside the [[Palms Casino Resort]] and was included in a [[MTV]] special titled ''"I Am the Femme Fatale"'' which aired on April 3, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/shows/britney_spears_femme_fatale/series.jhtml|title=Britney Spears: I Am The Femme Fatale|accessdate=2011-04-04|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks|date=2011-04-03}}</ref> Two days later on March 27, Spears performed the same set of songs in the [[Bill Graham Civic Auditorium]] before a crowd of 5,000 people for the March 29, 2011 episode of ''[[Good Morning America]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/britney-spears-concert-gma-love-music-world-singer/story?id=13243886|title=Britney Spears: 'I Love Music. It's My World,' Pop Star Tells Adoring Fans at San Francisco Concert |
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|accessdate=2011-03-29|date=2011-03-09|publisher=[[ABC News]]. [[American Broadcasting Company]]}}</ref> In addition to these two performances, she also performed the same three-song set and participated in two skits on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' on March 29 and appeared at the [[2011 Kids' Choice Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.celebuzz.com/2011-03-30/britney-spears-sexes-up-jimmy-kimmel-photos/|title=Britney Spears Sexes Up Jimmy Kimmel (PHOTOS) |
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|accessdate=2011-03-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://idolator.com/5812732/britney-spears-cameo-kids-choice|title=Youngsters Decide To Cover Britney Spears In Noodles At The Kids’ Choice Awards |
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|accessdate=2011-04-04}}</ref> Spears served as a [[guest host]] at the 2011 ''[[Wango Tango]]'' concert series alongside Ryan Seacrest on May 14, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Elias |first=Matt |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1663909/wango-tango-britney-spears-kesha.jhtml |title=Britney Spears Hosts As Ke$ha, Jennifer Lopez, More Bring Wango Tango To L.A. - Music, Celebrity, Artist News |publisher=MTV. MTV Networks |date=2011-05-15 |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref> Spears made a brief appearance at the 2011 [[Billboard Music Awards|''Billboard'' Music Awards]], performing a short version of "Till The World Ends" alongside ''Femme Fatale'' tourmate [[Nicki Minaj]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/news/britney-spears-joins-rihanna-nicki-minaj-1005186062.story|title=Britney Spears Joins Rihanna, Nicki Minaj Performances at 2011 Billboard Music Awards|date=2011-05-22|accessdate=2011-09-18|last=Herrera|first=Monica|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]}}</ref> On August 3, 2011, [[ABC Family]] announced that "(Drop Dead) Beautiful" would be available for free download on their website, until the premiere of the ''Teen Spirit'' series on August 5, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcfamily.go.com/music/blogs-details/4-days-until-teen-spirit-premiere-free-britney-spears-download/831565|title=4 Days until the Teen Spirit Premiere: FREE Britney Spears Download!|date=2011-08-03|accessdate=2011-08-04|work=[[ABC Family]]}}</ref> "Trouble for Me" was also featured on the main page of [[Sony BMG|BMG]]'s website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webcitation.org/61A8nlqVr|title=BMG - Comprehensive Management of Music Rights for Songwriters and Recording Artists|accessdate=2011-08-23|publisher=[[Sony BMG]]}}</ref>. On the week 27/01/12 it was confirmed Femme Fatale shipped 2 million records worldwide and 1 million in the US, while has sold 740,000 in the US and 1,500,000 worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.breatheheavy.com/exhale/viewthread.php?tid=464632| title= breatheheavy |accessdate=2011-08-23|publisher=[[breatheheavy]]}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.breatheheavy.com/exhale/viewthread.php?tid=452288| title= breatheheavy |accessdate=2011-08-23|publisher=[[breatheheavy]]}}</ref> |
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==Background and development== |
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=== Singles === |
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[[File:Rihanna, LOUD Tour, Florida 7.jpg|left|thumb|160px|Rihanna performing during [[The Loud Tour]] in Florida]] |
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"[[Hold It Against Me]]" was released as the album's lead single on January 11, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jiverecords.com/news/britney-spears-set-to-release-new-single-%E2%80%9Chold-it-against-me%E2%80%9D-on-tuesday-january-11th |title=Britney Spears Set To Release New Single "Hold It Against Me" On Tuesday, January 11th | Jive Label Group |publisher=Jiverecords.com |date=2011-01-07 |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref> Critics praised the song, though some dismissed its lyrical content.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2011/01/britney-spears-debuts-new-single-hold-it-against-me.html|title=Britney Spears debuts new single, 'Hold it Against Me' |last=Kot|first=Greg|date=2011-01-10|accessdate=2011-01-10|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|publisher=Tribune Company}}</ref> The music video for the song premiered on February 17, 2011 on [[MTV]] following a two-week teaser campaign and featured Spears as an alien who finds fame on Earth but becomes overwhelmed with her celebrity and breaks down.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1657987/britney-spears-hold-it-against-me-video-premiere.jhtml |title=Britney Spears Video Premiere To Be Followed By Live MTV.com Chat! - Music, Celebrity, Artist News |publisher=MTV |date=2011-02-14 |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref> "Hold It Against Me" became Spears' fourth number one single on the ''[[Billboard Hot 100]]'', making Spears the second artist in history to have multiple singles debut at number one.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/news/britney-spears-hold-it-against-me-debuts-1004139415.story|title=Britney Spears' 'Hold It Against Me' Debuts Atop Hot 100|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=2011-01-19|accessdate=2011-09-18|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]}}</ref> The song also went to number one in six other countries and peaked within the top ten in over twelve countries worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/59786 |title=Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me - Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |date= |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref> |
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Following the release and success of Rihanna's previous studio album, ''Loud'', the singer revealed via [[Twitter]] that the album would be re-issued with new songs and released in fall 2011, writing that "[t]he [''Loud'' era] continues with more new music to add to [your] collection".<ref name="BET">{{cite web |last=Gipson |first=Brooklyne |url=http://www.bet.com/news/music/2011/06/17/rihanna-to-re-release-loud-.html|title=Rihanna to Re-Release Loud|work=[[Black Entertainment Television]]|publisher=[[Viacom]]|date=2011-06-17|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref><ref name="Fall2011">{{cite news|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/06/17/rihanna-to-release-new-album-this-fall/|title=Rihanna plans 'Loud' re-release for Fall|work=Rap-Up|publisher=Devin Lazerine|date=2011-06-17|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> In September 2011, Rihanna took to Twitter to confirm that plans for a re-issue of ''Loud'' had been scrapped, with the singer tweeting "I [thought about] a [re-release], but LOUD is its own body of work! Plus [you] guys work so [fucking] hard that [you] deserve to act brand new."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hellobeautiful.com/gossip-news/hellobeautifulstaff2/rihanna-loud-rerelease-scrapped/|title=Rihanna Scraps "Loud" Re-Release For New Album|work=Hello Beautiful!|publisher=[[BlackPlanet]]|date=2011-09-06|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> |
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In an interview with ''Mixtape Daily'', producer Verse Simmonds, half of the duo The Jugganauts, who wrote and produced the reggae-infused song "[[Man Down]]" from ''Loud'', revealed that the singer was nearing completion of her sixth studio album in August 2011.<ref name="Juggernauts">{{cite web|last=Markman|first=Rob|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1668186/jugganauts-verse-simmons-album.jhtml|title=Rihanna's 'Man Down' Producers Tease Her Next Album|work=[[MTV]]|publisher=MTV Networks |date=2011-07-29|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> The duo also said that they had penned two tracks for possible inclusion on the album, saying "From what I understand, she is closing the album up now, and we did two records for her that she really, really loved and I'm really excited about them as well" and also expressed interest in writing a third song.<ref name="Juggernauts"/> On September 15, 2011, Rihanna confirmed via her official Twitter account that recording sessions for the album were indeed underway, tweeting "I can't wait to start filling u guys in on some details!"<ref name="TweetsAboutNewAlbum">{{cite web|last=Montgomery|first=James|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1670772/rihanna-new-album.jhtml|title=Rihanna 'Can't Wait' For Fans To Hear New Album |work=MTV|publisher=MTV Networks |date=2011-09-15|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> The tweet was soon followed up by another, where Rihanna tweeted "*Zips lips*," implying that she would no longer talk about the project's development.<ref name="TweetsAboutNewAlbum"/> Although the tweet suggested that the singer would not give any more details about the album, a fan tweeted to Rihanna asking when the album would be released, to which she replied, "THIS FALL!!!!! [''sic'']."<ref name="RihannaRepliesToFan">{{cite web|last=Dinh|first=James|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1670848/rihanna-new-album.jhtml|title=Rihanna Announces Fall Release For New Album|work=MTV|publisher=MTV Networks|date=2011-09-16|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> |
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"[[Till the World Ends]]" was released as the second single, making its premiere on Ryan Seacrest's radio show ''[[On Air with Ryan Seacrest (radio)|On Air With Ryan Seacrest]]''.<ref name=pressrelease>{{cite web|url=http://www.britneyspears.com/2011/03/press-release-new-song-till-the-world-ends-femme-fatale-track-listing.php|title=Press Release: New Song 'Till the World Ends' & Femme Fatale Tracklisting|last=Reporter|first=Cassie|date=2011-03-03|accessdate=2011-03-03|publisher=BritneySpears.com}}</ref> The song received positive reviews from critics, complimenting its catchy appeal and anthemic nature. The music video for "Till The World Ends" was released on April 6, 2011 on [[VEVO]] and showcased Spears in an underground dance party.<ref>{{cite web|author=Matthew Perpetua |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/blogs/rolling-stone-video-blog/britney-spears-goes-clubbing-on-judgment-day-in-til-the-world-ends-20110405 |title=Britney Spears Goes Clubbing on Judgment Day in 'Til the World Ends' | Rolling Stone Culture | Video Blog | Music Entertainment Videos |publisher=Rollingstone.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref> "Till The World Ends" performed well worldwide, topping the charts in Poland and South Korea while peaking inside the top ten in the United States, Australia, Canada and nine other countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/61489 |title=Britney Spears - Till The World Ends - Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |date= |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref> The song also became Spears' biggest radio hit in the United States at the time, reaching a radio audience of ninety-eight million, the highest weekly audience of her career before "[[I Wanna Go]]" was released.<ref>{{cite web|last=Trust |first=Gary |url=http://www.billboard.com/news/adele-s-rolling-in-the-deep-tops-hot-100-1005179322.story |title=Adele's 'Rolling in the Deep' Tops Hot 100 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |date=2009-09-14 |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref> |
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==Title and artwork== |
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"[[I Wanna Go]]" was announced as the third single on May 13, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britney.com/us/blog/britney-confirms-i-wanna-go-next-single |title=Blog Post |publisher=Britney.com |date=2011-05-13 |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref> It was officially released as a single in June 2011. The song received mostly positive reviews from critics who praised the song's hook. The music video for "I Wanna Go" was released on June 22, 2011 and featured Spears daydreaming about different scenarios during a press conference.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vena |first=Jocelyn |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666219/britney-spears-i-wanna-go-music-video.jhtml |title=Britney Spears Fights Cyborg Paparazzi In 'I Wanna Go' Video - Music, Celebrity, Artist News |publisher=MTV. MTV Networks |date=2011-06-22 |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref> "I Wanna Go" has so far peaked at number one in South Korea, number eight in Canada, and seven in the United States while also charting in the Top 40 of New Zealand, Turkey, France, Denmark and Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/news/pitbull-s-give-me-everything-powers-to-no-1005256872.story|title=Pitbull's 'Give Me Everything' Powers to No. 1 on Hot 100|date=2011-06-29|accessdate=2011-09-18|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|last=Trust|first=Gary}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/62300 |title=Britney Spears - I Wanna Go - Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |date= |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref> After "I Wanna Go" reached number seven in the US, ''Femme Fatale'' became Spears's first album to produce three top-ten hits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/news/britney-spears-bounds-into-hot-100-s-top-1005303922.story|title=Britney Spears Bounds Into Hot 100's Top 10, LMFAO Still No. 1 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|last=Trust|first=Gary |date= 2011-08-03|accessdate=2011-08-21}}</ref> |
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As part of the promotion for the album, Rihanna created a [[Facebook]] campaign page entitled "Rihanna: UNLOCKED" [''sic''], whereby her fans on Facebook are given missions to complete, in the form of games, in order to "unlock" new information about the album.<ref name="NMEUnlocked">{{cite news|url=http://www.nme.com/news/rihanna/59601|title=New Rihanna single 'We Found Love' available to download tonight|work=[[NME]]|publisher=[[IPC Media]]|date=2011-10-04|accessdate=2011-10-04}}</ref><ref name="DigitalSpyUnlocked">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a343817/rihanna-announces-new-album-title-talk-that-talk.html|title=Rihanna announces new album title 'Talk That Talk'|publisher=[[Digital Spy]], [[Hachette Filipacchi Médias|Hachette Filipacchi UK]]|date=2011-10-04|accessdate=2011-10-04}}</ref> On October 4, 2011, fans unlocked "Mission:5", which meant that fans had unlocked another piece of information from the album, with number five revealing the title of the album. The title, ''Talk That Talk'', was announced via her official Facebook page.<ref name="Albumtitle1">{{cite news|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/10/04/rihanna-announces-new-album-title/|title=Rihanna announces new album title|work=[[Rap-Up]]|publisher=Devin Lazerine|date=2011-10-04|accessdate=2011-10-04}}</ref> On October 10, 2011, after the [[Loud Tour]] concert in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]], Rihanna gave a copy of the album's artwork to a fan.<ref name="DailyRecord">{{cite news|last=Lyons|first=Bev|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/showbiz/music-news/2011/10/12/rihanna-gives-lucky-scottish-fan-album-artwork-preview-86908-23483131/|title=Rihanna gives lucky Scottish fan album artwork preview|work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|date=2011-10-12|accessdate=2011-10-12}}</ref> The singer later tweeted to explain that the fan she gave the copy to was the only person outside of the singer's management to have seen the artwork up until that point, writing "One very lucky fan outside my concert just got the 1st album cover! She's the 1st to see it! Only 1 person in the world has it".<ref name="DailyRecord"/> The following day, fans unlocked "Mission:6" via the singer's official Facebook page, which resulted in Rihanna officially unveiling two artwork covers for the standard and deluxe editions of the album.<ref name="Artwork">{{cite web|last=Dinh|first=James|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1672322/rihanna-talk-that-talk-art.jhtml|title=Rihanna Unveils Talk That Talk Album Art|publisher=MTV. [[MTV Networks]]|date=2011-10-11|accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> The standard edition artwork features Rihanna "[licking] her coral red hued lips, posing in a camouflage sleeveless shirt with the album title tattoed on her right arm".<ref name="BillboardArtwork">{{cite news|last=Ramirez|first=Erika|url=http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice/rihanna-reveals-two-album-covers-for-talk-1005399272.story#/column/the-juice/rihanna-reveals-two-album-covers-for-talk-1005399272.story|title=Rihanna Reveals Two Album Covers for 'Talk That Talk'|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=2011-10-11|accessdate=2011-10-11}}</ref> |
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Upon on unveiling of the standard edition's artwork, both James Dinh of [[MTV]] and a reviewer for ''[[NME]]'' commented that Rihanna looks "seductive" in the image.<ref name="Artwork"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nme.com/news/rihanna/59757|title=Rihanna unveils provocative artwork for new album 'Talk That Talk'|work=[[NME]]|publisher=[[IPC Media]]|date=2011-10-12|accessdate=2011-10-12}}</ref> Gordon Smart of ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' humorously criticized the standard edition artwork by saying that it looks as though the singer is trying to cover up a cold sore with her tongue, writing "It's easy to pick them up at this time of year – especially as she's constantly naked or attached to her new boyfriend Dudley O'Shaughnessy by the lips."<ref name="TheSunArtowkr">{{cite news|last=Smart|first=Gordon|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3869520/Rihannas-looking-lip-licking-good.html|title=Rihanna’s looking lip-licking good|work=[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]|publisher=[[News International]]|date=2011-10-13|accessdate=2011-10-20|location=London}}</ref> Smart continued, writing "Let's hope they had some decent soap on set to remove the album title Talk That Talk from her wrist as well".<ref name="TheSunArtowkr"/> The deluxe edition artwork shows the singer "[blowing] out a puff of smoke" and is shot in black and white.<ref name="BillboardArtwork"/> ''[[Rap-Up]]'' commented that the deluxe edition artwork features Rihanna billowing smoke out of her mouth whilst staring into the camera with "piercing eyes".<ref name="RapUpArtwork">{{cite news|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/10/11/album-cover-rihanna-talk-that-talk/|title=Album Cover: Rihanna – 'Talk That Talk'|work=Rap-Up|publisher=Devin Lazerine|accessdate=2011-10-20}}</ref> Amanda Hensel of Popcrush noted that Rihanna is [[wikt:French inhale|French inhaling]] the cigarette smoke, which involves expelling smoke from the mouth and inhaling it through the nostrils.<ref name="Hensel">{{cite web|last=Hensel|first=Amanda|url=http://popcrush.com/rihanna-talk-that-talk-album-cover/|title=Rihanna unveils 'Talk That Talk' album cover|publisher=Popcrush|accessdate=2011-10-20}}</ref> Hensel also commented that the singer looks "fierce" in both the standard and deluxe edition covers.<ref name="Hensel"/> |
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"[[Criminal (Britney Spears song)|Criminal]]" was announced as the album's fourth single following the [[2011 MTV Video Music Awards]] on August 28, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/686547/britney-spears-next-single-is-criminal.jhtml#id=1669870|title=Britney Spears' Next Single Is 'Criminal'!|date=2011-08-29|accessdate=2011-09-18|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks}}</ref> Earlier that month, In a poll on Spears's official [[Facebook]] page appeared, asking the fans to vote for the fourth official single from ''Femme Fatale'', the choices being "Criminal", "(Drop Dead) Beautiful", and "Inside Out".<ref name=face>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/britneyspears?sk=wall |title=Britney Spears - Prikbord |publisher=Facebook |date= |accessdate=2011-08-11}}</ref> "Criminal" won the poll with a lead of 39,160 votes,<ref name=face/> being released on September 30, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itunes.apple.com/it/album/criminal-single/id467081143|title=iTunes - Musica - Criminal - Single di Britney Spears|language=Italian|publisher=[[iTunes Store]]. [[Apple Inc.|Apple Inc]]|date=2011-09-30|accessdate=2011-09-30}}</ref> The accompanying music video was filmed in [[Stoke Newington]], a district of [[London]], [[England]]. This would be the second time Spears had teamed up with director Chris Mars Pirello, the first being with "I Wanna Go." |
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==Musical structure== |
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===Tour=== |
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''Talk That Talk'' combines a variety of musical genres such as [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[electro house]], [[electro music|electro]], [[dancehall]] and [[dubstep]], a genre first incorporated on Rihanna's fourth studio album, [[Rated R (Rihanna album)|''Rated R'']] (2009).<ref name="FirstListen">{{cite web|last=Copsey|first=Robert|=url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/thesound/a350264/rihannas-new-album-talk-that-talk-first-listen.html|title=Rihanna's new album 'Talk That Talk': First listen – Music Blog – Digital Spy|publisher=Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi (UK) Ltd|date=2011-11-10|accessdate=2011-11-12}}</ref> The opening track, "You Da One", which was produced by [[Dr. Luke]], is a bouncy mid-tempo song with a [[List of Caribbean music genres|Caribbean]] flavor, and features a [[Glitch (music)|glitch]] influenced breakdown towards the middle of the song.<ref name="FirstListen"/> "Where Have You Been", produced by Dr. Luke and [[Ester Dean]], runs through an acoustic beat and incorporates elements of [[trance music|trance]].<ref name="FirstListen"/> The [[lead single]], "[[We Found Love]]", is an [[electro house]] and [[dance-pop]] song.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/09/22/new-music-rihanna-f-calvin-harris-we-found-love/|title=New Music: Rihanna f/ Calvin Harris – 'We Found Love'|work=Rap-Up|publisher=Devin Lazerine|date=2011-09-22|accessdate=2011-09-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://top40.about.com/od/rihanna/gr/Rihanna-We-Found-Love-Featuring-Calvin-Harris.htm|title=Rihanna – 'We Found Love' featuring Calvin Harris|publisher=[[About.com]]|accessdate=2011-09-27}}</ref> The title track, "Talk That Talk" features rapper [[Jay-Z]] and samples [[The Notorious B.I.G.]]'s "I Got A Story To Tell".<ref name="FirstListen"/> The fifth track, "Cockiness (Love It)", was produced by [[Bangladesh (producer)|Bangladesh]] features hip hop and [[dancehall]] influences.<ref name="FirstListen"/> The sixth track, "[[Birthday Cake (song)|Birthday Cake]]", produced by Da Internz and [[The-Dream]], is an interlude lasting one minute and eighteen seconds. It runs through a distorted electro beat.<ref name="FirstListen"/> The seventh track, "We All Want Love", is an acoustic song with shaking drum beats.<ref name="FirstListen"/> The eighth track, "Drunk On Love", was produced by longtime collaborators [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]] and Ester Dean features elements of trance influenced beats and clattering synths. It samples the song "Intro", originally written and performed by English band [[The xx]].<ref name="FirstListen"/> The tenth track, "Watch n' Learn", features a flirtatious and playful hip hop melody with grinding synths.<ref name="FirstListen"/> The final track of the standard edition, "Farewell", is a [[ballad (music)|ballad]].<ref name="FirstListen"/> The first bonus track of the deluxe edition, "Red Lipstick", is a dubstep song produced by [[Chase & Status]] and The-Dream and features co-production from Rihanna.<ref name="FirstListen"/> The thirteenth track of the album, "Do Ya Thang", is an R&B song co-produced by The-Dream and Rihanna.<ref name="FirstListen"/> The final track of the album, "Fool in Love", is a midtempo song with acoustic guitars.<ref name="FirstListen"/> |
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{{See also|Femme Fatale Tour}} |
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==Singles== |
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[[File:Big Fat Bass with Will.i.am FFT Toronto.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Spears performing "[[Big Fat Bass]]" at the Femme Fatale Tour, 2011.]] On June 16, 2011, Spears embarked on her sixth [[concert tour]] to further promote ''Femme Fatale''. It was announced on March 29, 2011 and so far includes 39 dates in North America and 26 dates in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britneyspears.com/femme-fatale-tour/ |title=Britney Spears |publisher=Britney Spears |date= |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref> In an interview on [[Ryan Seacrest]]'s [[On Air with Ryan Seacrest (radio)|radio show]] on March 4, 2011, Spears stated she would tour the United States in the "early summer" in support of ''Femme Fatale''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ryanseacrest.com/2011/03/04/britney-spears-talks-new-album-toned-boyfriend-upcoming-tour-audio/|title=Britney Spears Talks New Album, Toned Boyfriend & Upcoming Tour <nowiki>[Audio]</nowiki>|publisher=[[Ryan Seacrest|RyanSeacrest.com]]|last=Turner|first=Sadao|date=2011-03-04|accessdate=2011-04-12}}</ref> On March 29, 2011, following her performances on ''[[Good Morning America]]'', she announced a co-headlining tour with [[Enrique Iglesias]], starting in June 2011. Hours after the announcement, it was reported by ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' that Iglesias had pulled out of the tour. Ray Wedell of ''Billboard'' speculated that the reason may have been that Spears was deemed by news outlets as the headliner, while Iglesias was considered the [[opening act]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1660912/britney-spears-enrique-iglesias-tour.jhtml|title=Enrique Iglesias Pulls Out Of Britney Spears Tour|publisher=MTV. [[MTV Networks]]|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=2011-03-30|accessdate=2011-04-12}}</ref> The first twenty-six North American dates were also announced on March 29, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/news/britney-spears-to-tour-with-enrique-iglesias-1005098352.story|title=Britney Spears To Tour With Enrique Iglesias This Summer|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|last=Wedell|first=Ray|date=2011-03-29|accessdate=2011-04-13}}</ref> |
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"[[We Found Love]]", featuring [[Calvin Harris]], was released as the lead single from the album.<ref name="LeadSingle">{{cite web|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1671029/rihanna-we-found-love-single.jhtml|title=Rihanna Confirms Next Single 'We Found Love'|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom|date=2011-09-20|accessdate=2011-09-20}}</ref> It premiered in the United Kingdom on [[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]] radio on September 22, 2011, and was released the same day,<ref name="AlbumRelease">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/rihanna/333156-rihanna-we-found-love-calvin-harris-premiere|title=Rihanna's 'We Found Love' Gets First Radio Play|work=MTV|publisher=Viacom|date=2011-09-22|accessdate=2011-09-22}}</ref> and was sent for US [[Contemporary hit radio|mainstream]] radio adds on October 11, 2011.<ref name="MAINSTREAM">{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases |title=Top 40/M Future Releases|publisher=All Access Music Group|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/62229n004|archivedate=2011-09-28|accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref> Critics praised Harris's production of the song, but criticized the lack of lyrical content, with many citing the lyrics as second best to the song's production and composition.<ref name="Priya Elan">{{cite news|last=Elan|first=Priya|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/rihanna/12332|title=Rihanna, 'We Found Love' – Review|work=[[NME]]|publisher=[[IPC Media]]|date=2011-09-22|accessdate=2011-09-26}}</ref><ref name="Gamboa1">{{cite news|last=Gamboa|first=Glen|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/backstage-pass-1.811987/hear-rihanna-s-new-single-we-found-love-1.3191996|title=Hear Rihanna's new single 'We Found Love'|work=[[Newsday]]|publisher=Terry Jimenez|date=2011-09-22|accessdate=2011-09-22}}</ref> Rihanna filmed [[We Found Love (video)|the video for the song]] on September 26, 2011, in a field in [[Bangor, County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]],<ref name="BBCVideo">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15067738|title=Rihanna films music video in Bangor field|publisher=BBC|date=2011-09-26|accessdate=2011-09-26}}</ref><ref name="Rap-UpVideo1">{{cite news|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/09/26/rihanna-shoots-we-found-love-video-in-ireland/|title=Rihanna shoots 'We Found Love' video in Ireland|work=Rap-Up|publisher=Devin Lazerine|date=2011-09-26|accessdate=2011-09-26}}</ref> and premiered on Whosay.com on October 19, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adwiin-music.com/2011/10/19/video-rihanna-we-found-love-feat-calvin-harris/|title=Video: Rihanna – We Found Love (Feat. Calvin Harris)|publisher=Adwiin-Music.com|date=2011-10-19|accessdate=2011-10-19}}</ref><ref name="RapUpVidPremiere">{{cite news|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/10/19/video-rihanna-we-found-love/|title=Video: Rihanna – We Found Love|work=Rap-Up|publisher=Devin Lazerine|date=2011-10-14|accessdate=2011-10-14}}</ref> "We Found Love" debuted at number 16 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, and has peaked at number one, giving Rihanna the record for a solo artist to have amassed twenty top-ten singles in the history of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the shortest amount of time.<ref name="USChartDebut">{{cite news|last=Trust|first=Gary|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/news/rihanna-roars-onto-hot-100-as-lmfao-get-1005374562.story|title=Rihanna Roars Onto Hot 100 as LMFAO Get 'Sexy' in Top 10|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=2011-09-28|accessdate=2011-09-28}}</ref><ref name="FourthWeek">{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/news/adele-still-atop-hot-100-snoop-dogg-and-1005425512.story|title=Adele Still Atop Hot 100, Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa Debut|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=2011-10-19|accessdate=2011-10-12}}</ref> and tying her with [[Whitney Houston]] in third place amongst females with the most number one singles on the chart, behind [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], and [[Mariah Carey]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Trust|first=Gary|url=http://www.billboard.com/news/rihanna-s-found-her-way-back-to-hot-100-1005464372.story |title=Rihanna's 'Found' Her Way Back to Hot 100 Summit|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=2011-11-02|accessdate=2011-11-02}}</ref> |
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The song also peaked at number one in Denmark, France, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom,<ref name="Charts:Denmark, France, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, UK">"We Found Love" peaked at number one on the following singles charts: |
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* {{cite web|url=http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris – We Found Love (Song)|publisher=Hung Medien |date=2011-09-30|accessdate=2011-09-30}} |
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* {{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris – We Found Love (Song)|publisher=Hung Medien |date=2011-10-06|accessdate=2011-10-06|language=French}} |
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* {{cite web|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2011&year=2011&week=41|title=Top 50 Singles, Week Ending 13 October 2011|publisher=GFK Chart Track|accessdate=2011-10-07}} |
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* {{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris – We Found Love (Song)|publisher=Hung Medien |date=2011-10-06|accessdate=2011-10-06}} |
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* {{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Swedish Singles Chart – We Found Love|publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=2011-10-07}} |
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* {{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/11-10-15|title=Official UK Singles Top 100 – 15th October 2011|publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]|date=2011-10-09|accessdate=2011-10-09}} |
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</ref> and attained top-five positions in Australia, Finland and Italy.<ref name="Charts:Australia, Finland, Italy">"We Found Love" attained top five positions on the following singles charts: |
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* {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna+feat%2E+Calvin+Harris&titel=We+Found+Love&cat=s|title=Rihanna feat. Calvin harris – We Found Love (Song)|publisher=Hung Medien |date=2011-10-07|accessdate=2011-10-09}} |
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* {{cite web|title=Rihanna: We Found Love (Feat. Calvin Harris)|url=http://ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/rihanna/we+found+love+%28feat.+calvin+harris%29|language=Finnish|accessdate=2011-10-06}} |
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* {{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_result_digital.php?anno=2011&mese=09&id=339|title=Archivo (English: Archive)|publisher=[[Federation of the Italian Music Industry]]|accessdate=2011-10-20|language=Italian}} |
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Priya Elan of ''[[NME]]'' praised Rihanna's vocals as "extremely relaxed" and "luxurious",<ref name="Priya Elan"/> whilst Amos Barshad of [[Grantland.com|Grantland]] criticized the singer's vocals, calling them a "complete afterthought" and second to Harris's production.<ref name="Grantland">{{cite web|last=Barshad|first=Amos|url=http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/34141/rihanna-is-working-way-harder-than-you|title=Rihanna Is Working Way Harder Than You|publisher=[[Grantland.com|Grantland]]|date=2011-09-22|accessdate=2011-09-22}}</ref> |
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"You Da One" was confirmed by ''[[Rap-Up]]'' to be the second single from the album, being released on November 13, 2011. The singer appears smoking a cigarette on the single's black-and-white cover art.<ref name="Rihanna Reveals">{{cite news|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2011/11/09/rihanna-reveals-second-single-producers-on-talk-that-talk/|title=Rihanna reveals second single, producers of 'Talk That Talk'|work=Rap-Up|publisher=Devin Lazerine|accessdate=2011-11-10}}</ref> It has so far reached number 14 on the ''[[Billboard Hot 100]]''. The song was noted by Robert Copsey of [[Digital Spy]], features the [[reggae]] inspired composition.<ref name="DSComposition">{{cite web|last=Copsey|first=Robert|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/thesound/a350264/rihannas-new-album-talk-that-talk-first-listen.html|title=Rihanna's new album 'Talk That Talk': First listen|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]. [[Hachette Filipacchi Médias|Hachette Filipacchi UK]]|date=2011-11-10|accessdate=2011-11-14}}</ref> The song also received comparisons to some of Rihanna's previous singles "[[What's My Name? (Rihanna song)|What's My Name?]]" and "[[Man Down]]", which also prominently feature reggae and [[dancehall]] compositions.<ref name="YDOBillboardReview">{{cite web|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|url=http://www.billboard.com/news/rihanna-unveils-you-da-one-single-listen-1005507952.story#/news/rihanna-unveils-you-da-one-single-listen-1005507952.story|title=Rihanna Unveils 'You da One' Single: Listen|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|date=2011-11-11|accessdate=2011-11-16}}</ref><ref name="YDOspinreview">{{cite news|url=http://www.spin.com/articles/rihannas-you-da-one-not-dirty-advertised|title=Rihanna's 'You Da One' Not as Dirty as Advertised|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|publisher=Spin Media LLC|date=2011-11-11|accessdate=2011-11-17}}</ref> |
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On December 29, the singer took to her Twitter account to ask fans what the next single should be. Four hours later she tweeted that she had made the decision. It was confirmed on Twitter via a single cover that the [[Talk That Talk (song)|title track]] is to be released as the third single.<ref>http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/rihanna/news/new-single/</ref> |
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The opening acts were announced on April 12, 2011. Spears stated, "This is the Femme Fatale tour and I'm thrilled to have [[Nicki Minaj]], [[Jessie Malakouti|Jessie and the Toy Boys]], and [[The Nervo Twins|Nervo]] join me and get everyone on the dance floor. Can't wait to take the Femme Fatales on the road." Tickets for select markets go on sale beginning April 30 at [[Ticketmaster]] and [[Live Nation]]'s websites.<ref name=fftour>{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pop-superstar-britney-spears-announces-special-guest-nicki-minaj-to-join-the-highly-anticipated-all-female-femme-fatale-tour-119685009.html|title=Pop Superstar Britney Spears Announces Special Guest Nicki Minaj to Join the Highly Anticipated All Female Femme Fatale Tour|publisher=[[PR Newswire]]|author=[[Live Nation]]|date=2011-04-12|accessdate=2011-04-12}}</ref> In March 2011, Spears's manager [[Larry Rudolph]] told [[MTV News]] that the tour would have a "post-apocalyptic vibe", while commenting that "[[Till the World Ends]]" keeps becoming a theme for us." He also confirmed [[Jamie King]] as the tour director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1661075/britney-spears-tour.jhtml|title=Britney Spears Tour Will Have Post-Apocalyptic Vibe, Manager Says|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=2011-03-31|accessdate=2011-04-12}}</ref> The tour opened to positive reviews, with some calling it her best tour in her entire career.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/moviestvmusic/news/britney-spears-earns-raves-for-femme-fatale-tour-opener-2011176 |title=Britney Spears Earns Raves for Femme Fatale Tour Opener |publisher=UsMagazine.com |date= |accessdate=2011-07-17}}</ref> |
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''Talk That Talk'' received generally positive reviews from [[music criticism|music critics]] upon its release. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 62 based on 26 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/talk-that-talk|title=Talk That Talk Reviews, Ratings, Credits and More at Metacritic|publisher=[[Metacritic]]. [[CBS Interactive]]|accessdate=2011-11-21}}</ref> Andy Kellman from [[Allmusic]] was positive on the album and worte: "Behind [[Good Girl Gone Bad]] and [[Rated R (Rihanna album)|Rated R]], this is Rihanna's third best album to date. Minus the fluff, it's close to the latter's equal."<ref name="am">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/talk-that-talk-r2318208/review|title=Talk That Talk – Rihanna|publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]]|first=Andy|last=Kellman|accessdate=2011-11-23}}</ref> In his consumer guide for [[MSN Music]], [[Robert Christgau]] called the album "pop without shame–her hookiest and most dance-targeted album" and commended the lyrics for "celebrat[ing] the relationship of sex to love rather than pain", stating "Associating carnality with love as I do, I prefer it to her earlier albums because I find its many porny moments titillating."<ref name="Christgau">{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|url=http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/expert-witness-blogpost.aspx?post=880e7aa5-3c3e-4cc3-9b6c-efe35519c381|title=Rihanna/David Guetta|publisher=[[MSN Music]]. [[Microsoft]]|date=December 23, 2011|accessdate=2012-02-06}}</ref> Melissa Maerz of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the album a positive review, commenting that "it's a relief to find that on her blissed-out sixth album, ... [Rihanna's] stopped trying to play it so tough",<ref name="EWAlbumReview">{{cite news|last=Maerz|first=Melissa|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20545856,00.html |title=Talk That Talk review – Rihanna Review |work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=[[Time Inc.]] |date=2011-11-17 |accessdate=2011-11-17}}</ref> while also noting, "...apparently love has never come so easily to RiRi, whose new song titles include 'We Found Love', 'We All Want Love' and (yes) 'Drunk On Love'. Is she finally admitting that being young and crushed-out on someone might feel, y'know, kind of fun?"<ref name="EWAlbumReview" /> |
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''Femme Fatale'' holds a score of 67 out of 100 (indicating "generally positive reviews") based on 25 critical reviews, according to the music review aggregator [[Metacritic]].<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/femme-fatale|title=Britney Spears – Femme Fatale – Metacritic|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=2011-03-25}}</ref> [[Jody Rosen]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' commented that it "may be Britney's best album; certainly it's her strangest".<ref name=rsrw>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/femme-fatale-20110314|title=Femme Fatale by Britney Spears|last=Rosen|first=Jody|date=2011-03-14|accessdate=2011-03-14|work=Rolling Stone|publisher=Jann Wenner}}</ref> [[Allmusic]] editor [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] viewed that Spears' presence on the album is overshadowed by its "high-class" production, calling the album "Essentially a cleaner, classier remake of the gaudily dark ''[[Blackout (Britney Spears album)|Blackout]]'' [...] a producer’s paradise".<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|date=2011-03-28|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/femme-fatale-r2137181/review|title=Femme Fatale - Britney Spears|publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]]|accessdate=2011-03-28}}</ref> Edna Gundersen of ''[[USA Today]]'' gave the album three out of four stars and wrote that Spears and her producers "have crafted a trendy, infectious and engaging ballad-free batch of electro-pop tunes".<ref name="USAtoday">{{Cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2011-03-25-britneyreview25_ST_N.htm |title=USA Today review | date=2011-03-25 |accessdate=2011-03-25 |work=[[USA Today]] |publisher=[[Gannett Company]] | first=Edna |last=Gundersen}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''{{'}}s Adam Markovitz called it "a ballad-free, treadmill-ready playlist of tireless dance beats and top-shelf production" and called Spears' vocals as "a confidently corrupt guide to a place where our only worry is whether the beats will end before the sun comes up."<ref name=entertainmentweekly>{{cite web|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/03/22/britney-spears-femme-fatale-review/|title=Britney Spears' 'Femme Fatale' officially streaming online: Read our review here|date=2011-03-22|accessdate=2011-03-22|work=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=[[Time Warner]] }}</ref> Robert Everett-Green of ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' gave the album three-and-a-half out of four stars and complimented its "grainy, glistening electronic sound", calling it "one of the major guilty pleasures in pop this year".<ref name=theglobeandmail>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/music/disc-of-the-week-britney-is-back-in-many-sultry-guises/article1956747/|title=Britney Spears' 'Femme Fatale' officially streaming online: Read our review here|date=2011-03-25|accessdate=2011-03-25|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|publisher=Phillip Crawley|location=Toronto|first=Robert|last=Everett-Green}}</ref> [[Kitty Empire]] of ''[[The Observer]]'' commented that Spears "has turned out the “fierce dance record” she promised".<ref name="Observer">{{cite web|last=Empire|first=Kitty|date=2011-03-27|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/mar/27/femme-fatale-britney-spears-review|title=Britney Spears: Femme Fatale – review|work=[[The Observer]]|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]]|accessdate=2011-03-27}}</ref> |
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James Lachno of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' echoed this sentiment, stating Rihanna's "sixth album in seven years [is] an adrenalised behemoth of a record which reasserts her position as one of pop's most compulsive pleasures" and "[t]he demons from her relationship with Chris Brown now sound fully exorcised – Rihanna sings as if she is in love with life, and wants to bring us along for the party."<ref>{{cite news|author=CD Reviews |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/8897160/Rihanna-Talk-That-Talk-CD-review.html |title=Rihanna: Talk That Talk, CD review |publisher=Telegraph |date= 2011-11-17|accessdate=2011-12-06 |location=London}}</ref> Jason Lipshutz of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' also gave the album a positive review, but commented on its feeling of having been "rushed". "After reclaiming her crown on ''Loud''... Rihanna is not about to take any sort of break to let her pop princess competitors catch up" He also said, "[''Talk That Talk'' is] an oddly rushed-out release to the objective music fan. Why not wait a bit and let the buzz of ''Loud'' set in?."<ref>http://www.billboard.com/#/new-releases/rihanna-talk-that-talk-track-by-track-review-1005542002.story</ref> |
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However, Andy Gill of ''[[The Independent]]'' gave the album two out of five stars and criticized its "single-minded dedication to dancefloor utility", writing that it "stays in electro-stomp mode for virtually its entire course, with only the tiniest of rhythmic variants or differences in electronic tones distinguishing one producer's work from another's".<ref name="Independent">{{cite web|last=Gill|first=Andy|date=2011-03-25|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-britney-spears-femme-fatale-jive-2251912.html|title=Album: Britney Spears, Femme Fatale (Jive)|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=2011-03-25|publisher=Independent Print Limited}}</ref> Jon Caramanica of ''[[The New York Times]]'' commented that "much of the music on this album feels flat and redundant, no more invigorating than the average European dance-pop album of five years ago".<ref name="NYtimes">{{cite web|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|date=2011-03-29|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/29/arts/music/new-music-from-britney-spears-and-if-by-yes-review.html?_r=1|title=New Music From Britney Spears and If By Yes|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=2011-03-29|publisher=[[Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.]]}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s Alexis Petridis wrote that Spears' "voice is as anonymous as ever, a state of affairs amplified by the lavishing of Auto-Tune".<ref name="Guardian">{{Cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/mar/24/britney-spears-femme-fatale-review|title=Femme Fatale review | location=London | first=Alexis|last=Petridis|date=2011-03-25|accessdate=2011-03-25|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=Guardian News and Media}}</ref> ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' writer [[Greg Kot]] wrote similarly, "Spears allows herself to be treated like another passenger in these rhythm trains".<ref name="ChicagoTribune">{{cite web|last=Kot|first=Greg|date=2011-03-25|accessdate=2011-03-25|urlhttp://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2011/03/album-review-britney-spears-femme-fatale.html|title=Turn It Up: Album review: Britney Spears, 'Femme Fatale'|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|publisher=Tony W. Hunter}}</ref> Evan Sawdey of [[PopMatters]] wrote that "Spears’ worldview is completely self-contained" and described ''Femme Fatale'' as "just a big dumb club album".<ref name="PopMatters">{{cite web|last=Sawdey|first=Evan|date=2011-03-29|accessdate=2011-03-29|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/138804-britney-spears-femme-fatale/|title=Britney Spears: Femme Fatale|publisher=[[PopMatters]]}}</ref> ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' writer Thomas Conner complimented its "contemporary sounds and beats", but stated "The trade-off is personality [...] Brit's voice is processed so heavily on this record, and the lyrics so bland, these songs could be sung by anyone".<ref name="CST">{{cite web|last=Conner|first=Thomas|date=2011-03-23|accessdate=2011-03-26|url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/music/2011/03/cd_review_britney_spears_femme.html|title=CD review: Britney Spears, 'Femme Fatale'|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|publisher=John Barron}}</ref> Rich Juzwiak of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' wrote that her "voice doesn't add much to the conversation", writing that her lack of presence is "problematic for an album whose subject matter is hedonism and how being hot facilitates it".<ref name="VillageVoice">{{cite web|last=Juzwiak|first=Rich|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-03-30/music/britney-spears-runs-on-american-idol/|title=Britney Spears Runs on (American) Idol]|work=[[The Village Voice]]|publisher=Michael Cohen|date=2011-03-30|accessdate=2011-03-30}}</ref> |
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Steve Jones of ''[[USA Today]]'' gave the album a positive review saying, "[she] may talk dirty when she's trying to lure you into the bedroom or out on the dance floor ... when driven by the intoxicating rhythms ... [she] compels you to listen. So while she revels in satisfying her carnal desires, she also craves a little genuine affection ... but probably the most potent ingredient in the mix is the Barbadian singer's charisma."<ref name="USA Today review">{{cite news|last=Jones |first=Steve |url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/story/2011-11-20/rihanna-talk-that-talk/51324366/1 |title='Talk' isn't cheap when Rihanna is in control |date=2011-11-20 |work=[[USA Today]] |publisher=[[Gannett Company]] |accessdate=2011-11-21}}</ref> Jon Caramanica of ''[[The New York Times]]'' concluded that ''Talk That Talk'' places Rihanna "squarely at the center of the pop genre best suited for a singer of her fundamental evanescence — dance music, which conveniently is the mode du jour of contemporary R&B and pop."<ref name="New York Times">{{cite news|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/arts/music/talk-that-talk-by-rihanna-music-review.html|title=Rihanna’s ‘Talk That Talk’ Synth-Perfect for an Earlier Time|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|date=2011-11-21|accessdate=2011-11-21}}</ref> Caramanica also wrote that the album was the "blithest Rihanna album" and noted "It has none of the dark, wounded subtext of her more recent albums."<ref name="New York Times" /> |
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Randall Roberts of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' expressed dissatisfaction with the themes of the album stating, "The singer works that NC-17 territory, but the sauciness sometimes borders on shtick. With an eye toward Middle America, it's mostly just insinuation.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news|last=Roberts |first=Randall |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/11/album-review-rihanna-s-talk-that-talk.html|title=Album review: Rihanna's 'Talk That Talk'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|publisher=[[Tribune Company]]|date=2011-11-20|accessdate=2011-11-21}}</ref> Matthew Cole from [[Slant Magazine]] gave the album 2.5 stars out of 5, saying it is "pretty easily the worst Rihanna album yet, though I wouldn't be surprised to see her break that record next November".<ref name="Slant review">{{cite web|last=Cole |first=Matthew |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/rihanna-talk-that-talk/2690 |title=Rihanna: Talk That Talk | Music Review |publisher=Slant Magazine |date=2011-11-18 |accessdate=2011-11-21 }}</ref> Mark Graham of [[VH1]] called the album "the dirtiest “pop” record we have ever heard".<ref name="Vh1Graham">{{cite web|last=Graham |first=Mark |url=http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2011-11-09/album-preview-rihannas-talk-that-talk-is-the-dirtiest-pop-record-since-madonnas-erotica/ |title=Album Preview: Rihanna’s Talk That Talk Is The Dirtiest Pop Record Since Madonna’s Erotica |work=[[VH1]] |date=2011-11-09 |accessdate=2011-11-23}}</ref> However, Graham praised the track "Where Have You Been," stating that it "will almost certainly be Rihanna’s biggest club smash since "[[Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)|Don’t Stop the Music]]".<ref name="Vh1Graham"/> |
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[[Slant Magazine]]'s Sal Cinquemani commented that Spears's lack of involvement makes "the success of a Britney song rest almost entirely on the quality of other people's songwriting and production, and almost every track on ''Femme Fatale'' succeeds or fails on that basis".<ref name=slant>{{cite web|url=http://slantmagazine.com/music/review/britney-spears-femme-fatale/2424|title=Britney Spears: Femme Fatale|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|date=March 11, 2011|accessdate=2011-03-14|publisher=[[Slant Magazine]]. Keith Uhlich}}</ref> In his consumer guide for [[MSN Music]], critic [[Robert Christgau]] gave the album a B+ rating,<ref name="Christgau">{{cite web|url=http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/expert-witness-blogpost.aspx?post=321d3ec4-7e25-46c0-afa6-2b4754f699f0|title=Rainbow Arabia/Britney Spears|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=2011-04-15|accessdate=2011-04-15|publisher=[[MSN Music]]. [[Microsoft]]}}</ref> indicating "remarkable one way or another, yet also flirts with the humdrum or the half-assed".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg90/grades-90s.php |title=CG 90s: Key to Icons |last=Christgau |first=Robert |publisher=[[Robert Christgau]] |date=2000-10-15 |date=2011-04-15}}</ref> ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' writer Carl Wilson noted that "it never invites more intimate listening [...] the lyrics rarely even try to be clever", but praised the "dozen of the age’s most accomplished record producers" and wrote that the album "finds unity of subject, style and sound by imagining scenarios in which vanishing into anonymity can be comfort and liberation".<ref name="LAtimes">{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=Carl|date=2011-03-28|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/03/album-review-femme-fatale-by-britney-spears.html|title=Album review: ‘Femme Fatale’ by Britney Spears]|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=2011-03-29|publisher=Eddy Hartenstein}}</ref> Caryn Ganz of ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' gave the album a seven out of 10 rating and complimented its production, while stating "ignore the lyrics, Spears sounds even more like a programmed Britbot than on 2007's ''Blackout''".<ref name="Spin">{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/britney-spears-femme-fatale|title=Britney Spears' Femme Fatale Review|last=Ganz|first=Caryn|date=2011-03-29|accessdate=2011-03-29|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|publisher=Spin Media LLC}}</ref> Tom Gockelen-Kozlowski of ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' gave the album four out of five stars and stated "Despite her weak voice and empty lyrics, [Spears] has placed herself at the avant-garde of pop with this masterful mixture of über-cool dubstep and sugary pop".<ref name="DailyTelegraph">{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/8407135/Britney-Spears-Femme-Fatale-CD-review.html|title=Britney Spears: Femme Fatale, CD review - Telegraph | location=London | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|publisher= Telegraph Media Group|first=Tom|last=Gockelen-Kozlowski|date=2011-03-25}}</ref> ''[[The A.V. Club]]''{{'}}s Genevieve Koski stated "While Spears’ vocals are inevitably the least impressive element of any given song, she doesn’t exactly disappear into the production on ''Femme Fatale''; she settles into it, game for whatever and confident in the hands of trusted professionals who know how to best utilize her".<ref name="AVclub">{{cite web|last=Koski|first=Genevieve|date=2011-03-29|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/britney-spears-femme-fatale,53771/|title=Britney Spears: Femme Fatale|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|publisher=The Onion, Inc.|accessdate=2011-03-30}}</ref> |
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Lindsay Zoladz from [[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] gave the album a mixed review and commented: "2011 found plenty of pop artists still breathing new life into the format: "[[Beyoncé Knowles]]'s ''[[4 (Beyoncé Knowles album)|4]]'' and [[Lady Gaga]]'s ''[[Born This Way]]'' were probably the most solid examples – two bombastic records that also explore the nuance of their respective artists' personas. Talk That Talk tries too hard to send a more one-dimensional message and ends up falling flat". |
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<ref name="PitchforkReview">{{cite web|last=Zoladz |first=Lindsay |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/16072-rihanna-talk-that-talk/ |title=Rihanna: Talk That Talk | Album Reviews | Pitchfork |publisher=Pitchforkmedia.com |date=2011-11-23 |accessdate=2011-12-06}}</ref> |
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Danny Walker of ''[[RWD Magazine]]'' gave Rihanna a relatively good review stating, "This is a short and (very) sweet outing from the Bajan boss..."<ref>{{cite web|last=Walker|first=Danny|title=Online Review: Rihanna – Talk That Talk|url=http://www.rwdmag.com/2011/11/online-review-rihanna-%E2%80%93-talk-that-talk/|work=Album Reviews|publisher=RWD Magazine|accessdate=25 November 2011}}</ref> A negative review was given by David Amidon of the website [[PopMatters]], who graded the album with 3 out of 10 stars and noted: "It's sure to sell on brand recognition alone, but I doubt a series of mannered and soulless hooks are going to find much life outside of the European remix circuit."<ref>{{cite web|last=Amidon|first=David|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/151601-rihanna/|title=Rihanna: Talk That Talk|publisher=[[PopMatters]]|date=2011-11-20|accessdate=2011-12-01}}</ref> |
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The album debuted at number three on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], with first-week sales of 198,000 copies in the United States, slightly below her last album, which also debuted at number three with 207,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|url=http://www.billboard.com/news/michael-buble-bests-nickelback-rihanna-on-1005579952.story|title=Michael Buble Bests Nickelback, Rihanna on Billboard 200|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Nielsen Company|Nielsen Business Media]]|date=November 30, 2011|accessdate=2011-11-30}}</ref> In its second week, the album sold an additional 68,200 copies in the United States, dropping to number 7 on the charts and bringing its total sales to 266,400 units sold.<ref>{{cite web|last=Langhorne|first=Cyrus|title=DRAKE TAKES THE PACK, RIHANNA TALKS & WALKS OUTSIDE TOP 5, TREY SONGZ INVADES THE CHART|url=http://www.sohh.com/2011/12/drake_leads_the_pack_rihannas_talks_walk.html|work=Sales Wrap|publisher=4CONTROL Media, Inc|accessdate=8 December 2011|date=WEDNESDAY, DEC 7, 2011}}</ref> As of January 2012, the album had sold 583,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jacobs |first=Allen |title=Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 1/22/2012 |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.18422/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-1-22-2012 |work=HipHopDX |publisher=4CONTROL Media |accessdate=January 25, 2012 |date=January 25, 2012}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, the album was certified platinum by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI) for shipments of 300,000 units after six days of sale.<ref name="BPI"/> ''Talk That Talk'' debuted at number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]], selling more than 163,000 copies in its first week. With the album and "[[We Found Love]]" both at number one, it made Rihanna the only female artist in the UK to simultaneously have a number one single and album twice in the same year with different a album and single. The other double chart topper being "[[What's My Name? (Rihanna song)|What's My Name?]]" and ''[[Loud (Rihanna album)|Loud]]'' in January 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rihanna does the Official Charts double!|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chartnews/rihanna-does-the-official-charts-double/|accessdate=27 November 2011|date=27 November 2011}}</ref> On December 9, 2011 the album was certified two-times platinum by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI) for shipments of 600,000 copies in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Alan|title=Official Album Chart Analysis: Buble's Christmas continues to increase sales|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1047921&c=1|work=[[Music Week]]|accessdate=19 December 2011|date=19 December 2011}}</ref> It was the second biggest selling R&B / hip hop album of 2011 in the UK, only beaten by Rihanna's previous album, ''[[Loud (Rihanna album)|Loud]]'' (2010).<ref>{{cite web|last=Lane|first=Dan|title=The biggest selling R&B and hip hop albums and singles of 2011 revealed|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-news/the-biggest-selling-rb-and-hip-hop-albums-and-singles-of-2011-revealed/|publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=21 January 2012|date=20 January 2012}}</ref> |
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Spears won her first awards on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s]] 2011 Mid-Year Music Awards, where she was nominated in five categories, ''First-Half MVP'', ''Favorite Hot 100 No. 1 Song'' ("[[Hold It Against Me]]"), ''Favorite Billboard 200 No. 1 Album'' (''[[Femme Fatale]]''), ''Best Music Video'' ("[[I Wanna Go]]"), and ''Best Tour'' ([[Femme Fatale Tour]]), which she all won.<ref name=midyearawards>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/news/britney-spears-lady-gaga-rule-billboard-1005267892.story|title=Britney Spears, Lady Gaga Rule Billboard.com's 2011 Mid-Year Music Awards|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|date=2011-07-07|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]}}</ref> There was also a list of ''Billboard''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Mid-Year sales of 2011, on which Spears was named twice. ''Femme Fatale'' reached number 12 with 590,000 sold units, and her second single "[[Till the World Ends]]" number 18 with 1,989,000 million sold units.<ref name=midyearawards/> |
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The standard edition is packaged in a [[Jewel case]] and contains 11 tracks. The deluxe edition is packaged in an 8-panel [[Digipak]] and contains the standard 11 tracks as well as three bonus tracks, a 16-page booklet, a poster, two album cover cards, and a perfume sample–the perfume sample is only packaged with the US deluxe edition.<ref>[http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/25410239/Talk-That-Talk/Product.html?searchtype=allproducts&searchsource=0&searchstring=rihanna+talk+that+talk&urlrefer=search "Buy Rihanna – Talk That Talk (CD & DVD Deluxe Edition)"]. ''[[Play.com]]''. Retrieved 2011-11-16.</ref><ref>[http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/talk-that-talk-deluxe-edition/657864 "Talk That Talk (Deluxe Edition)"]. ''JB HI-FI''. Retrieved 2011-11-16.</ref> |
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[[File:Britney DDB FFT Detroit.jpg|right|thumb|Spears performing "(Drop Dead) Beautiful" at the Femme Fatale Tour, 2011.]] |
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''Femme Fatale'' debuted at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], with first-week sales of 276,000 copies.<ref name="sixth"/> This gave Spears her sixth debut at the top of the charts and leaves her in a three way tie for third most number one albums for a female artist, tied with [[Mariah Carey]] and [[Janet Jackson]]. However, the first-week sales are Spears' second-lowest sales start with a studio set. Only her 1999 debut effort, "Baby One More Time," began with a smaller figure (121,000 copies).<ref name="sixth">{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/news/britney-spears-snares-sixth-no-1-on-billboard-1005113312.story|title=Britney Spears Snares Sixth No. 1 on Billboard 200 with 'Femme Fatale{{'-}}|date=2011-04-06|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|work=Billboard|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|location=Los Angeles|accessdate=2011-04-06}}</ref> |
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In its second week, the album fell to number two, with sales plummeting 73 percent to 75,000, giving it a two-week total of 351,000 sold in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1661881/adele-21-billboard-charts.jhtml|title=Adele Back At #1 On Billboard Chart, Pushing Britney Spears To #2|date=2011-04-13|first=Gil|last=Khaufman|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks|accessdate=2011-04-13}}</ref> The album spent five consecutive weeks in the ''Billboard'' 200 top ten.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2011/05/adele-remains-at-no-1-idol-boosts-crystal-bowersox-carole-king/1|title=Adele remains at No. 1; 'Idol' boosts Crystal Bowersox, Carole King|date=2011-05-04|first=Brian|last=Mansfield|work=[[USA Today]] |publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|accessdate=2011-05-04}}</ref> After a month of sales, it was certified platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] for shipments of over one million copies in the United States. It is Spears' sixth studio album and seventh album overall to be certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.<ref name=riaa>{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Britney Spears|type=album}}</ref> As of December 2011, ''Femme Fatale'' has sold over 752,000 copies and is currently the 18th best-selling album of 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/retail/adele-bruno-mars-skrillex-retailers-project-1005601552.story|title=Adele? Bruno Mars? Skrillex? Retailers Project 2012 Grammy Sales Bumps |
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In [[Mexico]] the album debuted at number one upon its release, spending three weeks inside the top ten before falling to number thirteen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mexicancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Britney+Spears&titel=Femme+fatale&cat=a|title=mexicancharts.com - Britney Spears - Femme fatale|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2011-09-19}}</ref> [[AMPROFON]] has certified the album Gold and according to [[Sony Music|Sony Music México]] the album has gone on to sell over 40,000 copies in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.esmas.com/entretenimiento/musica/noticias/318191/britney-spears-finalizara-gira-mundial-puerto-rico|title=Britney finalizará su gira en Puerto Rico|language=Spanish|date=2011-08-08|accessdate=2011-09-18|author=Agencia|publisher=Tabaru}}</ref> The album debuted at number eight on the [[UK Albums Chart]], selling 31,650 copies in its first week,<ref>{{cite web|title=JLO's On The Floor is top of the pile while Adele's 21 scores biggest week yet on Mothers' Day|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-news/jlos-on-the-floor-is-top-of-the-pile-while-adeles-21-scores-biggest-week-yet-on-mothers-day/|publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=2011-04-06|date=2011-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1044784&c=1|first=Alan|last=Jones|accessdate=2011-04-06|date=2011-04-03|title=Adele claims album record but loses to Lopez in singles|work=[[Music Week]]|publisher=[[United Business Media]]}}</ref> becoming her lowest-charting studio album in the United Kingdom since ''[[In the Zone]],'' which peaked at number thirteen in December 2003. On April 4, 2011 ''Femme Fatale'' debuted at number one in Australia, making it Spears' first number one album in the country. It was also certified gold in during its debut week for shipments over 35,000 copies.{{Certification Cite Ref|region=Australia|title=Femme Fatale|artist=Britney Spears|type=album|certyear=2011}} In Germany, the album debuted at number ten making it her seventh top-ten studio album in a row, and her eighth top-ten album with the inclusion of the compilation album ''[[Greatest Hits: My Prerogative]]'' (2004), which peaked at number four.<ref name="charts.de">{{cite web|url=http://www.charts.de/news.asp?id=266 |title=charts.de |publisher=charts.de |date= |accessdate=2011-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charts.de/album.asp?artist=Britney+Spears&title=Femme+fatale&cat=a&country=de |title=charts.de |publisher=charts.de |date=2011-03-25 |accessdate=2011-04-08}}</ref> ''Femme Fatale'' debuted at number eight in Denmark, selling 1,009 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite web|last=Treo|first=Thomas|title=Britney får bank af børn|url=http://ekstrabladet.dk/musik/dkmusiknyt/article1533625.ece|publisher=''[[Ekstra Bladet]]''|accessdate=2011-04-08|date=2011-04-08|language=Danish}}</ref> |
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== Track listing == |
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| title1 = [[You Da One]] |
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| writer1 = [[Ester Dean]], [[Dr. Luke|Lukasz Gottwald]], [[Rihanna|Robyn Fenty]], [[John Hill (producer)|John Hill]], Henry Walter |
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| extra1 = [[Dr. Luke]], Cirkut |
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| title1 = [[Till the World Ends]] |
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| length1 = 3:20 |
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| writer1 = [[Max Martin]], Lukasz Gottwald, [[Alexander Kronlund]], [[Kesha|Kesha Sebert]] |
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| title2 = [[Where Have You Been]] |
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| extra1 = [[Dr. Luke]], Martin, [[Billboard (producer)|Billboard]] |
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| writer2 = Dean, Gottwald, [[Calvin Harris]], Walter, [[Geoff Mack]] |
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| length1 = 3:58 |
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| extra2 = Dr. Luke, Cirkut, Calvin Harris |
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| length2 = 4:02 |
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| title2 = [[Hold It Against Me]] |
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| title3 = [[We Found Love]] |
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| writer2 = Max Martin, Gottwald, Mathieu Jomphe, [[Bonnie McKee]] |
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| note3 = featuring [[Calvin Harris]] |
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| extra2 = Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Billboard <small>(co)</small> |
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| writer3 = Harris |
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| length2 = 3:49 |
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| extra3 = Calvin Harris |
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| length3 = 3:35 |
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| title3 = [[Inside Out (Britney Spears song)|Inside Out]] |
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| title4 = [[Talk That Talk (song)|Talk That Talk]] |
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| writer3 = Gottwald, Jacob Hindlin, Jomphe, Martin, McKee, [[Britney Spears]] |
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| note4 = featuring [[Jay-Z]] |
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| extra3 = Dr. Luke, Martin, Billboard |
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| writer4 = Dean, [[Stargate (production team)|Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor E. Hermansen]], [[Jay-Z|Shawn Carter]], [[Buckwild|Anthony Best]], [[Sean Combs]], [[Chucky Thompson|Carl Thompson]], [[The Notorious B.I.G.|Christopher Wallace]] |
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| length3 = 3:38 |
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| extra4 = [[Stargate (production team)|StarGate]] |
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| length4 = 3:29 |
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| title4 = [[I Wanna Go]] |
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| title5 = [[Cockiness (Love It)]] |
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| writer4 = [[Shellback (producer)|Shellback]], Martin, [[Savan Kotecha]] |
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| writer5 = Candice Pillay, D. Loernathy, [[Bangladesh (producer)|Shondrae Crawford]], Fenty |
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| extra4 = Martin, Shellback |
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| extra5 = [[Mr. Bangladesh]] |
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| length4 = 3:30 |
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| length5 = 2:58 |
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| title6 = [[Birthday Cake (song)|Birthday Cake]] |
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| title5 = How I Roll |
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| writer6 = [[The-Dream|Terius Nash]], Fenty, Marcos Palacios, Earnest Clark |
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| writer5 = Christian Karlsson, Henrik Jonback, [[Magnus Lidehäll]], Pontus Winnberg, McKee, [[Nicole Morier]] |
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| extra6 = Da Internz, [[The-Dream]] |
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| extra5 = [[Bloodshy & Avant|Bloodshy]], Jonback, Magnus |
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| length6 = 1:18 |
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| title7 = We All Want Love |
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| writer7 = Dean, [[No I.D.|Ernest Wilson]], Steve Wyreman, Kevin Randolph |
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| title6 = [[(Drop Dead) Beautiful]] |
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| extra7 = [[No I.D.]] |
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| note6 = featuring [[Sabi (singer)|Sabi]] |
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| length7 = 3:57 |
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| writer6 = Jeremy Coleman, Joshua Coleman, [[Ester Dean]], Jomphe, Benjamin Levin, Spears |
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| title8 = Drunk on Love |
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| extra6 = [[Benny Blanco]], [[Ammo (musician)|Ammo]], JMIKE, Billboard |
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| writer8 = Dean, Eriksen, Hermansen, [[The xx|Baria Qureshi, Romy Croft, Oliver Sim, Jamie Smith]] |
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| length6 = 3:36 |
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| extra8 = StarGate |
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| length8 = 3:32 |
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| title7 = Seal It with a Kiss |
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| title9 = Roc Me Out |
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| writer7 = Gottwald, Martin, McKee, Henry Walter |
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| writer9 = Dean, Eriksen, Hermansen |
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| extra7 = Dr. Luke, Martin, Dream Machine |
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| extra9 = StarGate, Rob Swire |
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| length7 = 3:26 |
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| length9 = 3:29 |
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| title10 = Watch n' Learn |
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| title8 = [[Big Fat Bass]] |
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| writer10 = [[Priscilla Renea]], [[Hit-Boy|Chauncey Hollis]], Fenty, Alja Jackson |
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| note8 = featuring [[will.i.am]] |
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| extra10 = [[Hit-Boy]] |
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| writer8 = William Adams, Spears |
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| length10 = 3:31 |
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| extra8 = will.i.am |
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| title11 = Farewell |
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| length8 = 4:44 |
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| writer11 = Dean, [[Alex da Kid|Alexander Grant]] |
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| extra11 = [[Alex da Kid]] |
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| title9 = Trouble for Me |
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| length11 = 4:16 |
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| writer9 = [[Fraser T. Smith]], Heather Bright, [[Livvi Franc]] |
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| total_length = 37:27 |
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| extra9 = Smith |
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| length9 = 3:19 |
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| title10 = Trip to Your Heart |
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| writer10 = Karlsson, Jonback, Lidehäll, Winnberg, Morier, Sophie Stern |
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| extra10 = Bloodshy, Jonback, Magnus |
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| length10 = 3:33 |
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| title11 = Gasoline |
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| writer11 = Gottwald, [[Claude Kelly]], Levin, McKee, Emily Wright |
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| extra11 = Dr. Luke, Blanco |
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| length11 = 3:08 |
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| title12 = [[Criminal (Britney Spears song)|Criminal]] |
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| writer12 = Shellback, Martin, Tiffany Amber |
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| extra12 = Martin, Shellback |
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| length12 = 3:45 |
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| total_length = 44:02 |
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| headline = Deluxe edition bonus tracks<ref name="pressrelease"/> |
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| total_length = 49:04 |
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| headline = Deluxe edition additional tracks |
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| title12 = Red Lipstick |
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| writer12 = Nash, Fenty, [[James Hetfield]], [[Lars Ulrich]], [[Chase & Status|Will Kennard, Saul Milton]] |
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| title13 = Up n' Down |
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| extra12 = [[Chase & Status]] |
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| writer13 = Shellback, Max Martin, Savan Kotecha |
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| length12 = 3:37 |
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| extra13 = Max Martin, Shellback, Oligee |
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| title13 = Do Ya Thang |
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| writer13 = Nash, Fenty |
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| extra13 = The-Dream |
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| title14 = He About to Lose Me |
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| length13 = 3:43 |
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| writer14 = [[Rodney Jerkins]], Ina Wroldsen, Spears |
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| title14 = Fool in Love |
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| extra14 = Jerkins |
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| writer14 = Dean, Gottwald, Walter |
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| length14 = 3:48 |
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| extra14 = Dr. Luke, Cirkut, Ester Dean |
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| length14 = 4:15 |
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| title15 = Selfish |
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| total_length = 49:02 |
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| writer15 = Dean, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Sandy Wilhelm, [[Traci Hale]] |
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| extra15 = [[Stargate (production team)|StarGate]], [[Sandy Vee]] |
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| length15 = 3:43 |
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| title16 = Don't Keep Me Waiting |
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| writer16 = Jerkins, Michaela Shiloh, Thomas Lumpkins, Spears |
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| headline = Japan deluxe edition and Premium Fan edition bonus track<ref name=BonusTrackVersion/><ref name="PremiumFan"/> |
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| total_length = 54:49 |
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| title15 = We Found Love |
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| note15 = featuring Calvin Harris) (Calvin Harris Extended Mix |
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| title17 = Scary |
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| writer15 = Calvin Harris |
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| writer17 = Spears, Smith, Kasia Livingston |
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| extra15 = Calvin Harris <small>(remix and additional production by Calvin Harris)</small> |
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;Sample credits<ref name="Booklet">{{Cite music release notes |Name=Talk That Talk |Type=album |Artist=[[Rihanna]] |Year=2011 |Format=liner notes |Publisher=[[Def Jam Recordings]], SRP Records}}</ref> |
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'''Notes''' |
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* "Where Have You Been" contains elements from the composition "[[I've Been Everywhere]]" written by [[Geoff Mack]]. |
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* Track listing and credits from album booklet.<ref name="Album Credits">{{Cite album-notes |title=Femme Fatale |artist=Britney Spears |year=2011 |format=Booklet |publisher=[[Jive Records|Jive]] (Cat no. 88697 85333 2)}}</ref> |
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* "Talk That Talk" contains samples from [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] recording "I Got a Story to Tell" written by Anthony Best, Sean Combs, Carl Thompson and Christopher Wallace. |
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* "Cockiness (Love It)" contains samples from Greg Kinnear's performance of "Summertime" in the 2003 film "Stuck On You", originally performed by [[Billy Stewart]], written by [[DuBose Heyward]]. |
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* "Drunk on Love" contains samples from the recording "Intro" as performed by [[The xx]] and written by Baria Qureshi, Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim and [[Jamie xx|Jamie Smith]]. |
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* "Red Lipstick" contains interpolations from the composition "[[Wherever I May Roam]]" as performed by [[Metallica]] and written by [[James Hetfield]] and [[Lars Ulrich]]. Contains a sample from the sound recording "Saxon" performed by [[Chase & Status]] and written by William Kennard and Saul Milton. |
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==Personnel== |
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Credits for ''Talk That Talk'' deluxe edition<ref>http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,9257235,00.html</ref>: |
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Credits for ''Femme Fatale'' adapted from [[Allmusic]].<ref name=allmusiccredits>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/femme-fatale-r2137181/credits |title=Femme Fatale – Credits |publisher=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation |accessdate=2011-03-25}}</ref> |
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* [[Rihanna|Robyn Rihanna Fenty]] – Vocals, executive producer |
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*Tiffany Amber – composer |
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* Mike Anderson - Engineer |
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*Ammo – instrumentation, producer, programming, background vocals |
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* [[Ester Dean]] - Producer |
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*Beatriz Artola – engineer |
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* [[Jay-Z|Shawn Carter]] Vocals |
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*Stacey Barnett – background vocals |
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* Steve Wyreman - Bass, guitar |
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*Billboard – instrumentation, producer, programming |
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* Erik Madrid - Mixing assistant |
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*[[Benny Blanco]] – instrumentation, producer, programming, background vocals |
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* Ciarra Pardo - Art direction, creative director |
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*Sophia Block – background vocals |
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* Marcos Tovar - Engineer, mixer, vocal engineer |
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*Christian Karlsson – instrumentation, producer, programming, vocal producer |
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* Gabriela Schwartz - Marketing |
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*Heather Bright – composer, background vocals |
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* Chris Galland - Mixing assistant |
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*Jeremy Coleman – composer |
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* Da Internz - Producer |
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*Joshua Coleman – composer |
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* Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine - Engineer |
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*Tom Coyne – mastering |
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* Tor Erik Hermansen - Instrumentation |
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*Ester Dean – composer, background vocals |
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* [[The xx]] - Instrumentation |
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*Megan Dennis – production coordination |
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* [[Sean Combs]] - Composer |
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*[[DJ Ammo]] – drum programming, synthesizer |
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* Sam Holland - Engineer |
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*[[Dr. Luke]] – executive producer, instrumentation, producer, programming, background vocals |
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* Hit-Boy - Producer |
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*Dream Machine – instrumentation, producer, programming |
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* Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young - Vocal engineer |
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*Dylan Dresdow – mixing |
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* Alejandra Barajas - Assistant engineer, assistant |
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* Calvin Bailiff - Mixing assistant |
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*Ashton Foster – background vocals |
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* T.E. Hermansen - Composer |
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*[[Livvi Franc]] – composer, background vocals |
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* [[Alex da Kid]] - Producer |
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*Fraser T. Smith – composer, drum programming, keyboards, producer |
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* Skylar - Engineer |
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*Serban Ghenea – mixing |
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* JP Robinson - Art direction |
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*Clint Gibbs – production coordination |
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* John Hill - Programming, engineering |
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*Aniela Gottwald – assistant |
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* [[Bangladesh (producer)|Shondrae "Mr. Bangladesh" Crawford]] - Composer, programming, instrumentation, producer |
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*Tatiana Gottwald – assistant |
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* TT - Assistant |
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*Venza Gottwald – assistant |
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* Alex Barajas - Assistant |
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*John Hanes – engineer, mixing |
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* [[The-Dream|Terius "The-Dream" Nash]] - Composer, producer |
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*Jeri Heiden – art direction |
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* Cling Gibbs - Engineer |
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*Jacob Kasher Hindlin – composer |
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* Mikkel S. Eriksen - Composer, engineer, instrumentation |
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*Sam Holland – engineer, background vocals |
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* Omar Loya - Assistant engineer |
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*J-MIKE – instrumentation, producer, programming, background vocals |
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* Omar Grant - A&R |
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*Cri$tyle Johnson – background vocals |
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* Abou Thiam - A&R |
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*Mathieu Jomphe – composer |
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* Yusef Stephens - Hair stylist |
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*Henrik Jonback – composer, instrumentation, producer, programming, vocal producer |
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* Ursula Stephens - Hair stylist |
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* Tyron Machhausen - Makeup |
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* Mel Ottenberg - Wardrobe |
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* Katie Mitzell - Production coordination |
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* Jonathan Sher - Assistant engineer, assistant |
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* Jennifer Rosales - - Assistant engineer, assistant |
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* Daniella Rivera - Engineer, assistant engineer |
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*Claude Kelly – composer, background vocals |
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* Chris Sclafani - Assistant engineer, assistant |
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*Padraic Kerin – engineer |
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* Ludovick Tartavelo - Assistant engineer |
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*Savan Kotecha – composer |
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* Cirkut - Programming, instrumentation, producer |
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* Manny Marroquin - Mixing |
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*Adam Leber – A&R |
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* Carl Sturken - Executive producer |
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*Benjamin Levin – composer |
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* Phil Tan - Mixing |
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*Jeremy "J Boogs" Levin – assistant |
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* Pat Thrall - Engineer |
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*Magnus Lidehäll – composer |
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* Lars Ulrich - Composer |
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*Magnus – instrumentation, producer, programming, vocal producer |
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* Serban Ghenea - Mixing |
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*Myah Marie – background vocals |
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* Scott Marcus - A&R |
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*[[Max Martin]] – composer, engineer, executive producer, instrumentation, keyboards, producer, programming, background vocals |
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* No I.D. - Producer |
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*Bonnie McKee – composer, background vocals |
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* Kuk Hurrell - Engineer, vocal producer, vocal engineer |
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*Nicole Morier – composer, background vocals |
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* Deborah Mannis-Gardner - Sample clearance |
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*Jackie Murphy – creative director |
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* [[Ellen von Unwerth]] - Photography |
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*Rob Murray – assistant |
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* [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]] - Producer |
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*Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – engineer |
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* Kevin Randolph - Composer, keyboards |
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*Chau Phan – background vocals |
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* Danny D. - Executive producer |
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*Irene Richter – production coordination |
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* [[Dr. Luke]] - Programming, producer, instrumentation |
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*Tim Roberts – assistant engineer, mixing assistant |
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* John Hanes - Mixing, mixing engineer |
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*Patrizia Rogosch – background vocals |
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* Fabian Marasciullo - Mixing |
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*Larry Rudolph – A&R |
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* Chris Gheringer - Mastering |
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*[[Kesha Sebert]] – composer |
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* Phil Seaford - Mixing assistant, assistant |
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*Britney Spears - lead vocals |
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* Kevin "KD" Davis - Mixing |
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*Sheelback – engineer, guitar, keyboards, producer |
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* Terese Joseph - A&R |
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*Shellback – bass, composer, engineer, guitar, keyboards, producer |
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* Eric Wong - Marketing |
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*Nick Steinhardt – art direction, design |
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* [[Dr. Luke|Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald]] - Composer |
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*Sophie Stern – composer |
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* Rob Kinelski - Engineer |
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*Ryan Supple – photo production |
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* Irene Richter - Production coordination |
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*Peter Thea – A&R |
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* Miles Walker - Engineer |
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*Dave Thomas – stylist |
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* Carol Corless - Package production |
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*Henry Walter – composer |
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* [[Chase & Status]] - Producer |
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*[[will.i.am]] – composer, drum programming, engineer, piano, producer, synthesizer |
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* Jay Brown - A&R |
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*Pontus Winnberg – composer |
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* Dan Tobiason - Assistant |
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*Emily Wright – composer, engineer, vocal producer |
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* [[Calvin Harris]] - Composer, programming, producer, engineer, mixing, instrumentation |
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*Randee St. Nicholas - photography |
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* Tim Blacksmith - Executive producer |
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* Damien Lewis - Mixing assistant |
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* Ghazi Hourani - Mixing assistant |
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* Evan Rogers - Executive producer |
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* Nuno Bettencourt - Guitar |
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* James Hetfield - Composer |
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==Charts and certifications== |
==Charts and certifications== |
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===Charts=== |
===Charts=== |
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|[[ |
!scope="row"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 50 Albums Chart|url=http://www.webcitation.org/63WXz7B0y|work=[[ARIA Charts]]|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|accessdate=27 November 2011|date=28 November 2011}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| 5 |
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|[[ARIA Charts|Australian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www. |
!scope="row"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian Urban Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 50 Urban Albums Chart|url=http://www.webcitation.org/63WXxGS9i|work=[[ARIA Charts]]|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|accessdate=27 November 2011|date=28 November 2011}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"|1 |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 |
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|[[Austria|Austrian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |
!scope="row"|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Talk+That+Talk&cat=a | title=austriancharts.at }}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| 1 |
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!scope="row"|[[Canadian Albums Chart]]<ref>http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/canadian-albums</ref> |
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|[[Ultratop 50|Belgian Album Chart]] (Flanders)<ref name="ChartsFF"/> |
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|style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 |
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!scope="row"|[[Ultratop|Belgian Albums Chart]] (Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|title=ultratop.be – Rihanna – Talk That Talk|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Talk+That+Talk&cat=a|language=Dutch|work=[[Ultratop]]|publisher=ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch|accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref> |
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|[[Ultratop 50|Belgian Album Chart]] (Wallonia)<ref name="ChartsFF"/> |
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|style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"|3 |
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!scope="row"|[[Ultratop|Belgian Albums Chart]] (Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|title=ultratop.be – Rihanna – Talk That Talk|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Talk+That+Talk&cat=a|language=French|work=[[Ultratop]]|publisher=ULTRATOP & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch|accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref> |
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| [[Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos|Brazilian Albums Chart]]<ref name="Brazchart">{{Cite news|url=http://popline.mtv.uol.com.br/femme-fatale-de-britney-spears-estreia-no-topo-da-parada-em-quatro-paises/|accessdate=2011-06-03|publisher=[[Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos]]|title=Top 30 CD Sales|language=Brazilian Portuguese}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"|6 |
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|[[ |
!scope="row"|[[Tracklisten|Danish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=http://www.hitlisten.nu/ – Rihanna – Talk That Talk|url=http://www.hitlisten.nu/|-|language=German|work=[[Media Control]]|publisher=IFPI Danmark / http://www.ifpi.dk/|accessdate=2011-12-02}}</ref> |
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|style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 |
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|- |
|- |
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|[[ |
!scope="row"|[[MegaCharts|Dutch Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=dutchcharts.nl – Rihanna – Talk That Talk|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Talk+That+Talk&cat=a|language=Dutch|work=[[MegaCharts]]|publisher=Hung Medien / hitparade.ch|accessdate=2011-11-25}}</ref> |
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|style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"| 6 |
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|- |
|- |
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| |
!scope="row"|[[The Official Finnish Charts|Finnish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=http://www.ifpi.fi/ – Rihanna – Talk That Talk|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/albumit/2011/48|language=Finish|work=[[The Official Finnish Charts]]|publisher=IFPI Finland/ http://www.ifpi.fi/|accessdate=2011-12-02}}</ref> |
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|style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"| 16 |
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|[[ |
!scope="row"|[[SNEP|French Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/charts/albums.php | title=chartsinfrance.net}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 |
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|[[ |
!scope="row"|[[Media Control|German Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=media-control.de – Rihanna – Talk That Talk|url=http://www.media-control.de/album-charts-nickelback-haengen-rihanna-ab.html|-|language=German|work=[[Media Control]]|publisher=Media Control / media-control.de|accessdate=2011-11-30}}</ref> |
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|style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 |
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|- |
|- |
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|[[ |
!scope="row"| [[IFPI Greece|Greek Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyta.gr/index.php?ID=aeCvIzPjnO3PDIpq|title=Rihanna – Talk that Talk|work=''[[IFPI Greece|Greek Albums Chart]]''|publisher=[[IFPI Greece]]|accessdate=2012-02-04}}</ref> |
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|style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 |
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|- |
|- |
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!scope="row"|[[MAHASZ|Hungarian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=2011&het=52&submit_=Keres%E9s|title=MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége |publisher=mahasz.hu |date= |accessdate=2012-01-05}}</ref> |
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|[[Media Control Charts|German Albums Chart]]<ref name="charts.de"/> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"|18 |
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|[[ |
! scope="row"| [[Irish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Chart Track|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2011&year=2011&week=47|work=[[Irish Albums Chart]]|publisher=GfK|accessdate==2011-11-25}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 |
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|- |
|- |
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|[[ |
!scope="row"|[[FIMI|Italian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_album.php|title=fimi chart |publisher=fimi |date= |accessdate=2011-12-01}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"| 10 |
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|- |
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|[[ |
!scope="row"|[[Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas|Mexican Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centrodedesarrollodigital.com/amprofon3/Top100.pdf|title=Mexico top 100|publisher=AMPROFON |date= |accessdate=2011-12-10}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"|26 |
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|- |
|- |
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! scope="row"| [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Albums Chart]]<ref name="NZL">{{cite web | url = http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums | title=nztop40.co.nz}}</ref> |
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|[[Federation of the Italian Music Industry|Italian Albums Chart]]<ref name="ChartsFF"/> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 |
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! scope="row"| [[VG-lista|Norwegian Albums Chart]]<ref name="NOR">{{cite web | url = http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-40-album/2 | title=lista.vg.no}}</ref> |
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|[[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'' Japanese Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/top_albums/|title =Top Albums – Japan Charts|work =[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Japan]]|publisher =[[Prometheus Global Media]]|archiveurl =http://www.webcitation.org/5y0R6pzBv|archivedate =2011-04-17|accessdate =2011-04-17}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| 1 |
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|[[ |
!scope="row"|[[OLiS|Polish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=704&lang=en|title=Official Polish Albums Chart – OLiS |publisher=[[ZPAV]] |date=2011-12-05 |accessdate=2011-12-02}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"|2 |
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|[[ |
!scope="row"|[[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|Portuguese Albums Chart]]''<ref>{{cite web|language=Portuguese|url=http://www.afp.org.pt/top.php?top=topalbuns&qano=2011&sem=48|title=Top 30 Artistas – Semana 48 de 2011|publisher=[[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|AFP]] |accessdate=2011-12-02}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"|14 |
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|[[ |
!scope="row"|[[PROMUSICAE|Spanish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Talk+That+Talk&cat=a | title=spanishcharts.com}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"| 6 |
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|- |
|- |
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| |
!scope="row"|[[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=swedishcharts.com – Rihanna – Talk That Talk|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rihanna&titel=Talk+That+Talk&cat=a|work=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=2011-11-26}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| 26 |
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|[[ |
!scope="row"|[[Swiss Charts|Swiss Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=swisscharts.com – Rihanna – Talk That Talk|url=http://swisscharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=a|-|language=German|work=[[Media Control]]|publisher=Hung Medien / swisscharts.com|accessdate=2011-12-02}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"| 1 |
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| |
!scope="row"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Archive Chart|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/2011-12-03/|publisher=[[UK Albums Chart]]. [[The Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=2011-11-27}}</ref> |
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|style="text-align:center;"| 1 |
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|[[ |
!scope="row"|UK [[UK R&B Chart|R&B Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Archive Chart|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/17/2011-12-03/|publisher=[[UK R&B Chart]]. The Official Charts Company|accessdate=2011-11-27}}</ref> |
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|style="text-align:center;"| 1 |
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| |
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/news/michael-buble-bests-nickelback-rihanna-on-1005579952.story|title=Michael Buble Bests Nickelback, Rihanna on Billboard 200|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=2011-11-30|accessdate=2011-11-30}}</ref> |
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|style="text-align:center;"| 3 |
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!scope="row"|US [[Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums|R&B/Hip Hop Albums]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/album/rihanna/talk-that-talk/1548860|title=Talk That Talk – Rihanna|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=2011-11-3=30|accessdate=2011-12-01}}</ref> |
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|style="text-align:center;"| 1 |
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===Year-end charts=== |
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|align="left"|[[Productores de Música de España|Spanish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.org/files/listassemanales/albumes/historial/TOP%20100%20ALBUMES%2011_13.pdf |title=Spanish Albums Chart |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2011-04-08}}</ref> |
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!scope="col"| Position |
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| style="text-align:center;"|4 |
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|[[ |
!scope="row"| [[UK Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-news/the-top-20-biggest-selling-albums-of-2011-revealed/|title=The Top 20 biggest selling albums of 2011 revealed!|work=UK Albums Chart|publisher=The Official Charts Company|date=2012-01-02|accessdate=2012-01-02}}</ref> |
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|style="text-align:center;"| 10 |
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! scope="row" |[[Hitlisten|Danish Albums Chart]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Album-Top 100 |publisher=[[Hitlisten]]. [[IFPI Danmark]]& Nielsen Music Control |url=http://www.hitlisterne.dk/yearlist2011.asp?list=Album%20100 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/64uMyOSLI |archivedate=2012-01-23}}</ref> |
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|[[Swiss Music Charts|Swiss Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Britney+Spears&titel=Femme+fatale&cat=a |title=Britney Spears - Femme fatale |publisher=hitparade.ch |date= |accessdate=2011-04-08}}</ref> |
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|style="text-align:center;"|34 |
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|[[ |
!scope="row"| [[German Albums Chart]]<ref>http://www.mtv.de/charts/Album_Jahrescharts_2011</ref> |
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|style="text-align:center;"| 44 |
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!scope="row"| Swiss Albums Chart<ref>http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2011</ref> |
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|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="sixth" /> |
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|style="text-align:center;"| 36 |
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===Certifications=== |
===Certifications=== |
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Argentina|artist=Britney Spears|title=Femme Fatale|award=Gold|certyear=2011|certmonth=5|relyear=2011|autocat=yes}} |
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|artist=Britney Spears|title=Femme Fatale|award=Gold|certyear=2011|certmonth=5|relyear=2011|autocat=yes}} |
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Brazil|artist=Britney Spears|title=Femme Fatale|award=Platinum|certyear=2011|certmonth=5|relyear=2011|autocat=yes|salesamount=65,000}} |
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Britney Spears|title=Femme Fatale|award=Platinum|certyear=2011|certmonth=5|relyear=2011|autocat=yes}} |
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=France|artist=Britney Spears|title=Femme Fatale|award=Gold|certyear=2011|certmonth=7|relyear=2011|autocat=yes}} |
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Mexico|artist=Britney Spears|title=Femme Fatale|award=Gold|certyear=2011|certmonth=5|relyear=2011|autocat=yes}} |
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Russia|artist=Britney Spears|title=Femme Fatale|award=Gold|certyear=2011|certmonth=7|relyear=2011|autocat=yes}} |
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Britney Spears|title=Femme Fatale|award=Gold|certyear=2011|certmonth=5|relyear=2011|autocat=yes}} |
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Britney Spears|title=Femme Fatale|award=Platinum|certyear=2011|certmonth=6|relyear=2011|autocat=yes}} |
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|Australian |
!scope="row"| Australia <small>([[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]])</small><ref name="ARIA">{{cite web|http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display.asp?chart=1G50|title=ARIA Charts|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|accessdate=2011-12-4|format=}}</ref> |
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|style="text-align:center;"| Gold |
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|[[Belgian |
!scope="row"| Belgium <small>([[Belgian Entertainment Association|BEA]])</small><ref name="ARIA">{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/certifications.asp?year=2011|title=Gold & Platinum Discs|publisher=[[Ultratop]]. [[Belgian Entertainment Association]]|accessdate=2011-12-4|format=}}</ref> |
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| style="text-align:center;"| Gold |
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!scope="row"| Denmark <small>([[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI]])</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Certificeringer {{!}} ifpi.dk|url=http://ifpi.dk/?q=certificeringer&page=14|publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI Danmark]]|accessdate=19 December 2011}}</ref> |
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|[[Belgian Albums Chart]] (Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2011&cat=a |title=Rapports annuels 2011 |language=French |work={{noitalic|[[Ultratop]]}} |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=2011-12-25}}</ref> |
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|style="text-align:center;"| Gold |
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!scope="row"| Europe <small>([[IFPI]])</small><ref>http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2011.html</ref> |
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|[[Canadian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-year-end/canadian-hot-100?year=2011&begin=21&order=position|title=Canadian Hot 100, Best of 2011, 21–30}}</ref> |
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|style="text-align:center;"| Platinum |
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| Thailand<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/BRITNEY-SPEARS-FEMME-FATALE-THAILAND-EDITION-2-POSTCARD-/200683768786?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item2eb9af4bd2|title=Femme Fatale - Britney Spears (Thailand Standard Edition + Free Poster)|accessdate=2011-03-12}}</ref> |
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| Japan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/International/Arch/BV/britneyspears/SICP-3030/index.html|title=Sony Music Online Japan : ブリトニー・スピアーズ : ファム・ファタール|accessdate=2011-03-12}}</ref> |
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| April 6, 2011 |
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* ''[http://www.metacritic.com/music/talk-that-talk/critic-reviews Talk That Talk]'' at [[Metacritic]] |
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Talk That Talk is the sixth studio album by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna and was released on November 21, 2011, through Def Jam Recordings. The album is rooted in R&B, dance-pop, and pop, but also incorporates a variety of genres such as hip hop, electro, trance, electro house, and dubstep.
The lead single from the album, "We Found Love" featuring Calvin Harris, premiered on Capital FM radio on September 22, 2011, and was released on iTunes U.S. the same day. The second single "You Da One" was released on November 14, 2011. The third single "Talk That Talk" was released on January 17, 2012.
Critical reception was positive to mixed. It received a score of 62/100 on Metacritic. Praise and criticism was directed at the lyrics, with praise also going to the direction and dance tracks, and criticism for its composition with many critics calling the album "rushed".
Background and development
Following the release and success of Rihanna's previous studio album, Loud, the singer revealed via Twitter that the album would be re-issued with new songs and released in fall 2011, writing that "[t]he [Loud era] continues with more new music to add to [your] collection".[1][2] In September 2011, Rihanna took to Twitter to confirm that plans for a re-issue of Loud had been scrapped, with the singer tweeting "I [thought about] a [re-release], but LOUD is its own body of work! Plus [you] guys work so [fucking] hard that [you] deserve to act brand new."[3]
In an interview with Mixtape Daily, producer Verse Simmonds, half of the duo The Jugganauts, who wrote and produced the reggae-infused song "Man Down" from Loud, revealed that the singer was nearing completion of her sixth studio album in August 2011.[4] The duo also said that they had penned two tracks for possible inclusion on the album, saying "From what I understand, she is closing the album up now, and we did two records for her that she really, really loved and I'm really excited about them as well" and also expressed interest in writing a third song.[4] On September 15, 2011, Rihanna confirmed via her official Twitter account that recording sessions for the album were indeed underway, tweeting "I can't wait to start filling u guys in on some details!"[5] The tweet was soon followed up by another, where Rihanna tweeted "*Zips lips*," implying that she would no longer talk about the project's development.[5] Although the tweet suggested that the singer would not give any more details about the album, a fan tweeted to Rihanna asking when the album would be released, to which she replied, "THIS FALL!!!!! [sic]."[6]
Title and artwork
As part of the promotion for the album, Rihanna created a Facebook campaign page entitled "Rihanna: UNLOCKED" [sic], whereby her fans on Facebook are given missions to complete, in the form of games, in order to "unlock" new information about the album.[7][8] On October 4, 2011, fans unlocked "Mission:5", which meant that fans had unlocked another piece of information from the album, with number five revealing the title of the album. The title, Talk That Talk, was announced via her official Facebook page.[9] On October 10, 2011, after the Loud Tour concert in Glasgow, Scotland, Rihanna gave a copy of the album's artwork to a fan.[10] The singer later tweeted to explain that the fan she gave the copy to was the only person outside of the singer's management to have seen the artwork up until that point, writing "One very lucky fan outside my concert just got the 1st album cover! She's the 1st to see it! Only 1 person in the world has it".[10] The following day, fans unlocked "Mission:6" via the singer's official Facebook page, which resulted in Rihanna officially unveiling two artwork covers for the standard and deluxe editions of the album.[11] The standard edition artwork features Rihanna "[licking] her coral red hued lips, posing in a camouflage sleeveless shirt with the album title tattoed on her right arm".[12]
Upon on unveiling of the standard edition's artwork, both James Dinh of MTV and a reviewer for NME commented that Rihanna looks "seductive" in the image.[11][13] Gordon Smart of The Sun humorously criticized the standard edition artwork by saying that it looks as though the singer is trying to cover up a cold sore with her tongue, writing "It's easy to pick them up at this time of year – especially as she's constantly naked or attached to her new boyfriend Dudley O'Shaughnessy by the lips."[14] Smart continued, writing "Let's hope they had some decent soap on set to remove the album title Talk That Talk from her wrist as well".[14] The deluxe edition artwork shows the singer "[blowing] out a puff of smoke" and is shot in black and white.[12] Rap-Up commented that the deluxe edition artwork features Rihanna billowing smoke out of her mouth whilst staring into the camera with "piercing eyes".[15] Amanda Hensel of Popcrush noted that Rihanna is French inhaling the cigarette smoke, which involves expelling smoke from the mouth and inhaling it through the nostrils.[16] Hensel also commented that the singer looks "fierce" in both the standard and deluxe edition covers.[16]
Musical structure
Talk That Talk combines a variety of musical genres such as hip hop, R&B, electro house, electro, dancehall and dubstep, a genre first incorporated on Rihanna's fourth studio album, Rated R (2009).[17] The opening track, "You Da One", which was produced by Dr. Luke, is a bouncy mid-tempo song with a Caribbean flavor, and features a glitch influenced breakdown towards the middle of the song.[17] "Where Have You Been", produced by Dr. Luke and Ester Dean, runs through an acoustic beat and incorporates elements of trance.[17] The lead single, "We Found Love", is an electro house and dance-pop song.[18][19] The title track, "Talk That Talk" features rapper Jay-Z and samples The Notorious B.I.G.'s "I Got A Story To Tell".[17] The fifth track, "Cockiness (Love It)", was produced by Bangladesh features hip hop and dancehall influences.[17] The sixth track, "Birthday Cake", produced by Da Internz and The-Dream, is an interlude lasting one minute and eighteen seconds. It runs through a distorted electro beat.[17] The seventh track, "We All Want Love", is an acoustic song with shaking drum beats.[17] The eighth track, "Drunk On Love", was produced by longtime collaborators Stargate and Ester Dean features elements of trance influenced beats and clattering synths. It samples the song "Intro", originally written and performed by English band The xx.[17] The tenth track, "Watch n' Learn", features a flirtatious and playful hip hop melody with grinding synths.[17] The final track of the standard edition, "Farewell", is a ballad.[17] The first bonus track of the deluxe edition, "Red Lipstick", is a dubstep song produced by Chase & Status and The-Dream and features co-production from Rihanna.[17] The thirteenth track of the album, "Do Ya Thang", is an R&B song co-produced by The-Dream and Rihanna.[17] The final track of the album, "Fool in Love", is a midtempo song with acoustic guitars.[17]
Singles
"We Found Love", featuring Calvin Harris, was released as the lead single from the album.[20] It premiered in the United Kingdom on Capital FM radio on September 22, 2011, and was released the same day,[21] and was sent for US mainstream radio adds on October 11, 2011.[22] Critics praised Harris's production of the song, but criticized the lack of lyrical content, with many citing the lyrics as second best to the song's production and composition.[23][24] Rihanna filmed the video for the song on September 26, 2011, in a field in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland,[25][26] and premiered on Whosay.com on October 19, 2011.[27][28] "We Found Love" debuted at number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and has peaked at number one, giving Rihanna the record for a solo artist to have amassed twenty top-ten singles in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the shortest amount of time.[29][30] and tying her with Whitney Houston in third place amongst females with the most number one singles on the chart, behind Madonna, and Mariah Carey.[31] The song also peaked at number one in Denmark, France, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom,[32] and attained top-five positions in Australia, Finland and Italy.[33] Priya Elan of NME praised Rihanna's vocals as "extremely relaxed" and "luxurious",[23] whilst Amos Barshad of Grantland criticized the singer's vocals, calling them a "complete afterthought" and second to Harris's production.[34]
"You Da One" was confirmed by Rap-Up to be the second single from the album, being released on November 13, 2011. The singer appears smoking a cigarette on the single's black-and-white cover art.[35] It has so far reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was noted by Robert Copsey of Digital Spy, features the reggae inspired composition.[36] The song also received comparisons to some of Rihanna's previous singles "What's My Name?" and "Man Down", which also prominently feature reggae and dancehall compositions.[37][38]
On December 29, the singer took to her Twitter account to ask fans what the next single should be. Four hours later she tweeted that she had made the decision. It was confirmed on Twitter via a single cover that the title track is to be released as the third single.[39]
Reception
Critical response
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (62/100)[40] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [41] |
Robert Christgau | (A–)[42] |
Entertainment Weekly | (B+)[43] |
Los Angeles Times | [44] |
The New York Times | (positive)[45] |
NME | (5/10)[46] |
Pitchfork Media | (6.0/10)[47] |
Rolling Stone | [48] |
Slant Magazine | [49] |
Spin | (8/10)[50] |
Talk That Talk received generally positive reviews from music critics upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 62 based on 26 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[40] Andy Kellman from Allmusic was positive on the album and worte: "Behind Good Girl Gone Bad and Rated R, this is Rihanna's third best album to date. Minus the fluff, it's close to the latter's equal."[41] In his consumer guide for MSN Music, Robert Christgau called the album "pop without shame–her hookiest and most dance-targeted album" and commended the lyrics for "celebrat[ing] the relationship of sex to love rather than pain", stating "Associating carnality with love as I do, I prefer it to her earlier albums because I find its many porny moments titillating."[42] Melissa Maerz of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a positive review, commenting that "it's a relief to find that on her blissed-out sixth album, ... [Rihanna's] stopped trying to play it so tough",[43] while also noting, "...apparently love has never come so easily to RiRi, whose new song titles include 'We Found Love', 'We All Want Love' and (yes) 'Drunk On Love'. Is she finally admitting that being young and crushed-out on someone might feel, y'know, kind of fun?"[43]
James Lachno of The Daily Telegraph echoed this sentiment, stating Rihanna's "sixth album in seven years [is] an adrenalised behemoth of a record which reasserts her position as one of pop's most compulsive pleasures" and "[t]he demons from her relationship with Chris Brown now sound fully exorcised – Rihanna sings as if she is in love with life, and wants to bring us along for the party."[51] Jason Lipshutz of Billboard also gave the album a positive review, but commented on its feeling of having been "rushed". "After reclaiming her crown on Loud... Rihanna is not about to take any sort of break to let her pop princess competitors catch up" He also said, "[Talk That Talk is] an oddly rushed-out release to the objective music fan. Why not wait a bit and let the buzz of Loud set in?."[52] Steve Jones of USA Today gave the album a positive review saying, "[she] may talk dirty when she's trying to lure you into the bedroom or out on the dance floor ... when driven by the intoxicating rhythms ... [she] compels you to listen. So while she revels in satisfying her carnal desires, she also craves a little genuine affection ... but probably the most potent ingredient in the mix is the Barbadian singer's charisma."[53] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times concluded that Talk That Talk places Rihanna "squarely at the center of the pop genre best suited for a singer of her fundamental evanescence — dance music, which conveniently is the mode du jour of contemporary R&B and pop."[45] Caramanica also wrote that the album was the "blithest Rihanna album" and noted "It has none of the dark, wounded subtext of her more recent albums."[45]
Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times expressed dissatisfaction with the themes of the album stating, "The singer works that NC-17 territory, but the sauciness sometimes borders on shtick. With an eye toward Middle America, it's mostly just insinuation.[44] Matthew Cole from Slant Magazine gave the album 2.5 stars out of 5, saying it is "pretty easily the worst Rihanna album yet, though I wouldn't be surprised to see her break that record next November".[49] Mark Graham of VH1 called the album "the dirtiest “pop” record we have ever heard".[54] However, Graham praised the track "Where Have You Been," stating that it "will almost certainly be Rihanna’s biggest club smash since "Don’t Stop the Music".[54] Lindsay Zoladz from Pitchfork gave the album a mixed review and commented: "2011 found plenty of pop artists still breathing new life into the format: "Beyoncé Knowles's 4 and Lady Gaga's Born This Way were probably the most solid examples – two bombastic records that also explore the nuance of their respective artists' personas. Talk That Talk tries too hard to send a more one-dimensional message and ends up falling flat". [47] Danny Walker of RWD Magazine gave Rihanna a relatively good review stating, "This is a short and (very) sweet outing from the Bajan boss..."[55] A negative review was given by David Amidon of the website PopMatters, who graded the album with 3 out of 10 stars and noted: "It's sure to sell on brand recognition alone, but I doubt a series of mannered and soulless hooks are going to find much life outside of the European remix circuit."[56]
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 198,000 copies in the United States, slightly below her last album, which also debuted at number three with 207,000 copies.[57] In its second week, the album sold an additional 68,200 copies in the United States, dropping to number 7 on the charts and bringing its total sales to 266,400 units sold.[58] As of January 2012, the album had sold 583,000 copies in the United States.[59] In the United Kingdom, the album was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 300,000 units after six days of sale.[60] Talk That Talk debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, selling more than 163,000 copies in its first week. With the album and "We Found Love" both at number one, it made Rihanna the only female artist in the UK to simultaneously have a number one single and album twice in the same year with different a album and single. The other double chart topper being "What's My Name?" and Loud in January 2011.[61] On December 9, 2011 the album was certified two-times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 600,000 copies in the UK.[62] It was the second biggest selling R&B / hip hop album of 2011 in the UK, only beaten by Rihanna's previous album, Loud (2010).[63]
Track listing
The standard edition is packaged in a Jewel case and contains 11 tracks. The deluxe edition is packaged in an 8-panel Digipak and contains the standard 11 tracks as well as three bonus tracks, a 16-page booklet, a poster, two album cover cards, and a perfume sample–the perfume sample is only packaged with the US deluxe edition.[64][65]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "You Da One" | Ester Dean, Lukasz Gottwald, Robyn Fenty, John Hill, Henry Walter | Dr. Luke, Cirkut | 3:20 |
2. | "Where Have You Been" | Dean, Gottwald, Calvin Harris, Walter, Geoff Mack | Dr. Luke, Cirkut, Calvin Harris | 4:02 |
3. | "We Found Love" (featuring Calvin Harris) | Harris | Calvin Harris | 3:35 |
4. | "Talk That Talk" (featuring Jay-Z) | Dean, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor E. Hermansen, Shawn Carter, Anthony Best, Sean Combs, Carl Thompson, Christopher Wallace | StarGate | 3:29 |
5. | "Cockiness (Love It)" | Candice Pillay, D. Loernathy, Shondrae Crawford, Fenty | Mr. Bangladesh | 2:58 |
6. | "Birthday Cake" | Terius Nash, Fenty, Marcos Palacios, Earnest Clark | Da Internz, The-Dream | 1:18 |
7. | "We All Want Love" | Dean, Ernest Wilson, Steve Wyreman, Kevin Randolph | No I.D. | 3:57 |
8. | "Drunk on Love" | Dean, Eriksen, Hermansen, Baria Qureshi, Romy Croft, Oliver Sim, Jamie Smith | StarGate | 3:32 |
9. | "Roc Me Out" | Dean, Eriksen, Hermansen | StarGate, Rob Swire | 3:29 |
10. | "Watch n' Learn" | Priscilla Renea, Chauncey Hollis, Fenty, Alja Jackson | Hit-Boy | 3:31 |
11. | "Farewell" | Dean, Alexander Grant | Alex da Kid | 4:16 |
Total length: | 37:27 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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12. | "Red Lipstick" | Nash, Fenty, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Will Kennard, Saul Milton | Chase & Status | 3:37 |
13. | "Do Ya Thang" | Nash, Fenty | The-Dream | 3:43 |
14. | "Fool in Love" | Dean, Gottwald, Walter | Dr. Luke, Cirkut, Ester Dean | 4:15 |
Total length: | 49:02 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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15. | "We Found Love" (featuring Calvin Harris) (Calvin Harris Extended Mix) | Calvin Harris | Calvin Harris (remix and additional production by Calvin Harris) | 5:45 |
Total length: | 54:47 |
- Sample credits[66]
- "Where Have You Been" contains elements from the composition "I've Been Everywhere" written by Geoff Mack.
- "Talk That Talk" contains samples from The Notorious B.I.G. recording "I Got a Story to Tell" written by Anthony Best, Sean Combs, Carl Thompson and Christopher Wallace.
- "Cockiness (Love It)" contains samples from Greg Kinnear's performance of "Summertime" in the 2003 film "Stuck On You", originally performed by Billy Stewart, written by DuBose Heyward.
- "Drunk on Love" contains samples from the recording "Intro" as performed by The xx and written by Baria Qureshi, Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim and Jamie Smith.
- "Red Lipstick" contains interpolations from the composition "Wherever I May Roam" as performed by Metallica and written by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. Contains a sample from the sound recording "Saxon" performed by Chase & Status and written by William Kennard and Saul Milton.
Personnel
Credits for Talk That Talk deluxe edition[67]:
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Charts and certifications
Release history
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label | Edition(s) |
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Australia[108] | November 18, 2011 | CD, digital download | Universal Music | Standard, deluxe |
Germany[109] | ||||
Ireland[110] | Standard | |||
Poland[111] | Standard, deluxe | |||
Canada[112] | November 21, 2011 | |||
France[113] | Def Jam | |||
Italy[114] | ||||
United Kingdom[115] | Mercury | |||
United States[21] | Def Jam | |||
Japan[116] | November 23, 2011 | Universal Music | ||
India[117] | ||||
Brazil [118] | November 29, 2011 | |||
Colombia [119][120] | December 1, 2011 | |||
Indonesia[121] | December 2, 2011 | CD | Standard |
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