Heartbreak on a Full Moon

Heartbreak on a Full Moon is the eighth studio album by American singer Chris Brown. The album is a double-disc, consisting of 45 tracks, and was released digitally October 31, 2017, and onto CD three days later by RCA Records.[2] Brown for the album worked with several producers, including Boi-1da, D. A. Doman, Scott Storch, A1, Polow da Don, Amadeus and many others. The album also features some guest appearances by urban artists, including R. Kelly, Usher, Gucci Mane and Future.

Heartbreak on a Full Moon
Studio album by Chris Brown
Released	October 31, 2017
Recorded	2015–2017
Genre	R&B[1]
Length	158:33
Label	RCA
Producer	Chris Brown (exec.) A1 ADP Amadeus Ayo BHam Boi-1da Cam Wallace Cardiak Cratos D. A. Doman Danja Deko Don Jarvis Daecolm Holland Dre Moon EY Foreign Teck Hitmaka ISM J-Bo J-Louis Keyz Milk+Sizz Nikhil Nija OG Parker OZ P2J Pip Kembo Qkauztion Richie Souf Scott Storch Scribz Sean Momberger Sevn Thomas Smash David Soundz Syk Sense Tariq Beats The Martianz Txpski Vontae Thomas Xeryus G
Chris Brown chronology
Royalty (2015) Heartbreak on a Full Moon (2017) Indigo (2019)
Deluxe edition cover
Cuffing Season: 12 Days of Christmas
Singles from Heartbreak on a Full Moon
"Grass Ain't Greener" Released: May 5, 2016 "Party" Released: December 16, 2016 "Privacy" Released: March 24, 2017 "Pills & Automobiles" Released: August 4, 2017 "Questions" Released: August 16, 2017 "Tempo" Released: February 6, 2018

The album received positive reviews from music critics, that celebrated the record's lyrical and sounding concept, its length, and its introspective lyrical content, considering it as one of the most ambitious albums of its time. The album was considered a qualitative improvement from Brown's latest projects.[3]

One week after its release Heartbreak on a Full Moon was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States, and Brown became the first R&B male artist that went gold in a week since Usher's Confessions in 2004.[4] The album has been certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

The album was anticipated by several snippets, that hyped the project's release since early 2016, by six official singles; including "Grass Ain't Greener", "Party", "Privacy", "Pills & Automobiles", "Questions", and "Tempo", and the promotional singles "High End" and "Hope You Do".

Background and recording

Brown started working on and recording tracks for the album a few weeks before the release of Royalty, his seventh studio album, in late 2015. He continued working on the album during 2016 and 2017, also during both tours, One Hell of a Nite Tour and The Party Tour. Brown also built a recording studio inside of his home to record several songs for the album.[5][6][7] Brown said about the album that he wanted to outdo expectations, explaining the concept for the album in August 2017 during an interview for Complex. saying:

I thought Heartbreak on a Full Moon was a depiction of what my soul wanted to say. It's funny because we're doing a double album. I've done so many records, but all of the records, to me, are personal favorites and I feel like it gets what I want to say across. It gives a vibe. You get nostalgia or you get a sense of individuality.[8]

Brown explained during an interview for radio Hot 97 that the album is his most personal one,[9] explaining as well his lyrical content, saying:

While making this album i was everything, i was ashamed, embarrassed, selfish, hateful, vindictive, but also sweet, loving, caring, vulnerable. I was sensitive. So on Heartbreak on a Full Moon i wanted to give my heart on my sleeve, depicting with my art every single aspect of what i felt during my emotional breakdown[10]

Artwork

The cover art for the album was announced on October 5, 2017. It consists of a pink moon with a graphic of an actual heart organ on top of it.[11] The pink moon represents the themes of the album, which are predominantly dedicated to girls, in love, breakup and sex songs, also talking about police brutality and the dark side of fame, while the blood-dripping human heart, with the blood that dripping becomes ink, represents the heartbroken feelings of the singer, that are poured into the lyrics of the majority of the album.[12]

The cover art for Heartbreak on a Full Moon is the first Brown's artwork where the singer does not appear directly.

Music and lyrics

Heartbreak on a Full Moon is an R&B album, with a sound that has been described as "nocturnal and passional", with songs like "Lost & Found", "This Ain't", "Nowhere" or "Paradise" representing it, and "horror-themed" in various songs such as "Pull Up", "Party", "Sensei" or "High End".[13] The album also includes songs with different influences from genres such as hip-hop ("Everybody Knows", "Party", "Yellow Tape"), dancehall ("This Way", "Confidence", "I Love Her", "Questions"), trap ("Sensei", "Pills & Automobiles", "High End"), soft rock ("Enemy","No Exit"), and pop ("Bite My Tongue", "If You're Down", "Frustrated").[14] Brown performances on the album often switch from his R&B singing to one final rapped verse in several tracks ("Lost & Found", "Privacy", "To My Bed", "Hurt The Same", "Paradise", "Even").

The lyrical content of the album starts with the opening track "Lost & Found", branching out in a plot that poetically and explicitly tells the pain of the heartbreak caused by a woman dependent on the good life, being sung in perspective to the direct interested.[15] Throughout the album the lyrics depict the pain of the singer reflected on his thoughts and feelings, and how he tries to escape it with parties, sex, drugs. On the songs "Everybody Knows" and "Hurt the Same", the singer angrily accuses the woman he loved for being insensitive and ungrateful, while he apologizes for his actions that hurt her on songs like "Enemy", "Tough Love" and "Even". On "This Ain't" the singer tries to have a love relationship with another woman, but realizes that their relationship is just sex with no love involvement. On tracks like "Sip", "Pull Up" and "Pills & Automobiles" he finds himself in parties full of sex and drugs. After all the details of what's been on his feelings and what he's done after his breakup, on the last track, "Yellow Tape", he reflects on how he can't handle no more the pain of his heartbreak, and how sex and drugs can't numb his pain, ending up killing himself.[16]

Release and promotion

On January 10, 2016 Brown had previewed 11 unreleased songs on his Periscope and Instagram profiles, showing him dancing and lip-synching these songs.[17][18][19] Later in January, February and March 2016, he released videos on his Instagram profile where he was lip-synching snippets from the unreleased songs "Sirens", "Lost and Found",[20] and "Dead Wrong".[21][22][23]

On April 27 through Twitter, he announced the release of a new single on May 5.[24][25][26] On May 3 he revealed that the single would be "Grass Ain't Greener", showing its cover art and announcing it as the first single from Heartbreak on a Full Moon.[27] The single was released on May 5, 2016, the day of Brown's 27th birthday, but it was originally not included on the album's previous track listing then was re-included on the official tracklist as the last track when the album was available for pre-order.[28]

In November and December 2016, he released videos on his Instagram profile where he was lip-synching snippets from other unreleased songs: "For Me",[29] "Post & Delete",[30][31] and "Yellow Tape".[32][33]

On December 16, 2016, he released the second official single from the album, "Party", that features guest vocals from American R&B singer Usher and rapper Gucci Mane. On January 4, 2017 Brown had previewed two snippets on his Instagram profile from the songs "Privacy" and "Tell Me Baby", then in February announced that "Privacy" would have been released as the next single from Heartbreak on a Full Moon.[34][35] The single was released on March 24, 2017.[36]

The initial track listing was announced by Brown on his Instagram account on May 2, 2017, saying that it would have been a double-disc album, and that it would have been released in June 2017.[37] In the first days of June 2017 46 songs discarded from the album were leaked, most of them were unfinished versions while a few were demos.[38][39]

In July 2017 he announced the pending release of upcoming singles from his album.[40] Later on August 4, 2017, he released the album's fourth single "Pills & Automobiles", that features guest vocals from American trap artists Yo Gotti, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and Kodak Black.[41] Then on August 14, 2017 he announced the release of the fifth official single from the album, "Questions", on August 16, announcing the album release date, saying that it would be released on October 31, 2017.[42]

In the run up to the album's release, on October 5, 2017, Brown unveiled the official artwork on his Instagram profile, sharing a video with an animated cartoon-style visual of a blood-dripping human heart set against a pink full moon, with a snippet of the song "Heartbreak on a Full Moon" in the background.[43]

On October 13, 2017 Brown released a promotional single "High End", that features guest vocals from American trap artists Future and Young Thug, announcing the final tracklist of the album.[44][45] On October 25, 2017 Brown organized with Tidal a free pop-up concert in New York City to perform the singles on the album and promote it for his core fans.[46][47]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[13]
Driftwood	[48]
HipHopDX	3.1/5[49]
Vulture.com	[50]
Slant Magazine	[51]
The Boombox	[52]
The Register-Guard	[53]

AllMusic editor Andy Kellman called Heartbreak on a Full Moon "artistically conservative", and praised the "mesmerizing horror-themed sound" of some of the album's songs, like "Pull Up" and "Sensei".[13] Slant Magazine's Zachary Hoskins found most of the songs to be forgettable retreads of Brown's past music, writing that the album "fails to offer anything new from Brown, or contemporary R&B in general: It's almost four dozen songs about fucking or breaking up, sometimes both in the same song."[51] Craig Jenkins of Vulture.com said that the album is "one of the most ambitious albums of his era", saying that even if there is "60 minutes of forgettable tracks, but the rest is solid and way better than most of Chris Brown's past discography".[54] The Register-Guard's Melanie Sims praised the amplitude of genres on the album saying that "Brown's sound has always been the sum of varying genres, each one sending him to the top of one chart or another. That said, with Heartbreak on a Full Moon, Brown performs like a one-man streaming service, and he’s got hits on every channel", also praising the introspective and deep lyrics of songs like "Lost & Found" and "Yellow Tape"[55] HipHopDX editor Scott Glaysher called the album "incredibly long", praising the productions on songs like "Lost & Found", "This Way" and "Frustrated", but calling "monotonous" the singles “Tempo” and “Questions”.[56]

Ariell Reed from Driftwood wrote that the album "exceeds expectation", praising the lyrical production on songs like "Paradise", "Tough Love" and "Everybody Knows", saying that the best song on the album is the last one, "Yellow Tape", stating that the project "outdo expectations and push boundaries".[57] The Boombox editor Prezzy complimented the sound of the album, defining it "nocturnal and passional", saying as well that Heartbreak on a Full Moon "will go down among the most ambitious albums of its time".[58]

Commercial performance

After selling 25,000 copies and earning 68,000 album-equivalent units within three days, Heartbreak on a Full Moon debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, becoming Brown's ninth consecutive top 10 album on the chart.[59] The album was Brown's seventh solo album to debut at number one on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[60] On November 8, 2017, Heartbreak on a Full Moon was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 500,000 units in the United States (in this case, 250,000 double album sets, which are double-counted by the RIAA). Brown became the first R&B male artist that went gold in a week since Usher's Confessions in 2004.[4] In its second chart week, the album remained at number three on Billboard 200, with 73,000 album-equivalent units.[61] In Australia, it entered the ARIA Albums Chart at number five, becoming his first top ten in the nation since X in 2014.[62] In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart, Brown's sixth non-consecutive top 10 album on the chart.[63] The album was eventually certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of over 60,000 copies in the UK.[64] In New Zealand, the album debuted at number three on the RMNZ Albums Chart, giving Brown his seventh top ten album on the chart.[65] Until June 2018, the album has accumulated over 3 billion streams worldwide.[66]

The good commercial performance of the album was based on streaming, as explained by Forbes

With 45 songs on its tracklist, Heartbreak on a Full Moon stands to collect quite a hefty sum in regards to streaming equivalent albums. Instead of 150 people listening to a ten-song record all the way through counting as one, Brown only requires about 33 people to hang on through the entire project. That's asking a lot, but it's not out of the question. Between his biggest fans and those who will put the piece on and let it fade into the background, it's highly possible that many thousands of people will stream the album in full, and those numbers will add up quickly.[67][68]

By the end of 2017, the album has sold over 608,000 album-equivalent units in the US, with over 80,000 being pure sales, it finished as the country's 36th-most overall consumed album of the year.[69]

In 2018, Heartbreak on a Full Moon was ranked as the 28th most popular album of the year on the Billboard 200.[70] With 25,000 copies sold and 618,000 album-equivalent units earned in the US throughout 2018, it finished as the country's 44th most overall consumed album of the year.[71]

Tour

On March 27, 2018, Chris Brown announced an official headlining concert tour to further promote the album titled Heartbreak on a Full Moon Tour. The tour began on June 19 in Auburn, at White River Amphitheatre. He was supported by 6lack, H.E.R., Rich the Kid, and Jacquees.[72][73]

Track listing

Production credits were adapted from RCA's official website.[74]

Disc 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Lost & Found"	Christopher Brown	J-Bo Xeryus G	4:01
2.	"Privacy"	Brown Jim Stewart	D. A. Doman	3:40
3.	"Juicy Booty" (featuring Jhené Aiko and R. Kelly)	Brown Jhené Chilombo Robert Kelly	Polow da Don Chu DJ Buddha	4:33
4.	"Questions"	Brown Floyd Bentley III Christopher Dotson Melvin Moore Lyrica Anderson Bobby Turner, Jr.	Pip Kembo B Ham A1	2:09
5.	"Heartbreak on a Full Moon"	Brown	Don City Beck	4:06
6.	"Roses"	Brown Prince Chrishan Bentley III	ISM A1	3:24
7.	"Confidence"	Brown Gabrielle Nowee	Soundz Cardiak Hitmaka A1	2:57
8.	"Rock Your Body"	Brown	TBHits Foster	2:42
9.	"Tempo"	Brown Sean Momberger	Momberger	3:38
10.	"Handle It" (featuring Dej Loaf and Lil Yachty)	Brown Steve Thornton Patrizio Pigliapoco Deja Trimble Miles McCollum	Swiff D Pigliapoco^[b]	4:41
11.	"Sip"	Brown Nicholas Ramsahoye Bentley III	Prince Chrishan Txpski A1	3:17
12.	"Everybody Knows"	Brown	Tariq Beats Cabbin	3:08
13.	"To My Bed"	Brown Austin Owens	Ayo Keyz EY	4:33
14.	"Hope You Do"	Brown Montague Prince Chrishan Donell Jones Kyle West	ISM A1	4:41
15.	"This Ain't"	Brown Prince Chrishan	Foreign Teck OZ Tariq Beats	2:58
16.	"Pull Up"	Brown Nija Charles Bentley III Crapps	A1 Tariq Beats	2:22
17.	"Party" (featuring Gucci Mane and Usher)	Brown Bentley III Prince Chrishan Moore Anderson Turner, Jr. Radric Davis Usher Raymond Barry Bradford	ISM Prince Chrishan A1^[a]	3:40
18.	"Sensei" (featuring A1)	Brown Bentley III	OG Parker Deko A1^[a]	2:36
19.	"Summer Breeze"	Brown Prince Chrishan Ramsahoye Bentley III	Prince Chrishan Txpski A1	4:00
20.	"No Exit"	Brown	Don City Beck	3:20
21.	"Pills & Automobiles" (featuring Yo Gotti, A Boogie wit da Hoodie and Kodak Black)	Brown Mario Mims Julius Dubose Dieuson Octave	OG Parker Smash David The Martianz	4:52
22.	"Hurt the Same"	Brown	D. A. Doman	3:29
Total length:				78:47

Disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Love Her"	Brown	Amadeus Trilogy	2:18
2.	"You Like"	Brown Charles Stephens III Hamlin Sevyn Streeter	Amadeus Chizzy B Ham	2:26
3.	"Nowhere"	Brown	Mel & Mus	3:13
4.	"Otha Niggas"	Brown Benton Harbor	Foreign Teck Vontae Thomas Cratos^[b]	2:59
5.	"Tough Love"	Brown	Boi-1da Frank Dukes^[a] J-Louis^[a] Sevn Thomas^[b] Syk Sense^[b]	4:04
6.	"Paradise"	Brown	Cam Wallace	3:49
7.	"Covered in You"	Brown	Ayo Keyz P2J	3:22
8.	"Even"	Brown Julian Ray Yoftahe Zewdu	Laney Stewart	3:59
9.	"High End" (featuring Future and Young Thug)	Brown Nayvadius Wilburn Jeffrey Williams Tony Son	Richie Souf	3:22
10.	"On Me"	Brown	Amadeus The Breed	2:32
11.	"Tell Me What to Do"	Brown	D. A. Doman	3:26
12.	"Frustrated"	Brown	ADP Daecolm Holland	3:14
13.	"Enemy"	Brown Scott Storch Diego Avendaño	Storch Diego Ave^[a]	3:46
14.	"If You're Down"	Brown Daecolm Holland	ADP Scribz	3:21
15.	"Bite My Tongue"	Brown Daecolm Holland	Daecolm Holland Moon Willis	2:58
16.	"Run Away"	Brown Prince Chrishan	Dre Moon A1	4:10
17.	"This Way"	Brown	JMike T-Collar	4:02
18.	"Yellow Tape"	Brown	Amadeus Velocity Music	4:41
Total length:				61:42

Heartbreak on a Full Moon (bonus tracks)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
19.	"Reddi Wip"	Brown Jordan Evans Prince Chrishan Matthew Burnett Jason Amos	Evans Burnett Jandre Amos^[a]	4:28
20.	"Hangover"	Brown	Amadeus The Breed	2:46
21.	"Emotions"	Brown Prince Chrishan Mathieu Jomphe-Lépine Kanye Omari West	Billboard	2:22
22.	"Only 4 Me" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign and Verse Simmonds)	Brown Quentin Hills Maurice Simmonds Tyrone Griffin, Jr.	Danja Qkauztion Verse Simmonds	5:07
23.	"Grass Ain't Greener"	Brown Prince Chrishan	Nikhil	3:21
Total length:				79:46

Deluxe edition (Cuffing Season: 12 Days of Christmas) bonus tracks[75]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Slow Me Down"	Brown Bentley III	Cardiak Hitmaka	2:32
2.	"On Purpose" (featuring Agnez Mo)	Brown Anthony D'Annunzio Agnes Muljoto	Bell	2:47
3.	"Hands Up"	Brown Jawan Shelton	Beazy Tymes Charlie Handsome	2:27
4.	"Same Shit"	Brown	Foreign Teck Cardiak Rance	4:09
5.	"Trust Me"	Brown	Amadeus Velocity Music Dr. O^[c]	3:26
6.	"Let Shit Go"	Brown John McGee Gittens	OG Parker SK Xeryus G	2:56
7.	"I Wanna"	Brown Bentley III	A1	2:35
8.	"Water"	Brown Paulo Rodriguez Geoffrey Earley Toni Romiti	P-Lo Geoffro Cause	4:07
9.	"Yoppa" (featuring Trippie Redd)	Brown	Amadeus Velocity Music Dr. O^[c]	3:03
10.	"Get Off"	Brown Stephens III	Amadeus Chizzy B Ham	3:16
11.	"This X-Mas" (featuring Ella Mai)	Brown Owens Foye III Charles Hinshaw Jr.	DJ Mustard Ayo^[a] Keyz^[a]	4:09
12.	"Secret" (featuring Solo Lucci)	Brown Michael Dorsey	Amadeus Velocity Music Dr. O^[c]	3:55
Total length:				39:22

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^[c]} signifies an uncredited co-producer

Sample credits

• "Privacy" contains an interpolation of "Tight Up Skirt", performed by Red Rat.
• "Juicy Booty" samples "Cutie Pie", performed by One Way, and California Love (Remix) performed by Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman.[76]
• "Questions" contains an interpolation of "Turn Me On", performed by Kevin Lyttle.
• "To My Bed" contains an interpolation of "Nice & Slow", performed by Usher.
• "Hope You Do" samples "Where I Wanna Be", performed by Donell Jones.[77]
• "Even" contains an interpolation of "Remember the Time", performed by Michael Jackson.
• "Frustrated" contains an interpolation of "Brazilian Rhyme (Beijo Interlude)", performed by Earth, Wind & Fire.
• "This Way" samples "Rosa Parks", performed by Outkast.

Personnel

Credits for Heartbreak on a Full Moon adapted from Allmusic.[78]

Chris Brown – Composer, creative director, executive producer, primary artist, producer A Boogie wit da Hoodie – Featured artist A1 – Featured artist, arranger, composer, producer James Abrahart – Composer Marlon Adamz – Assistant Jhené Aiko – Featured artist Jabari Alaji-Sharif – Composer Jandre Amos – Producer Jason Amos – Composer Lyrica Anderson – Composer Bianca Atterberry – Composer Diego Avendano – Composer Ayo the Producer – Producer ISM Beats – Producer Tariq Beats – Producer Derrick D. Beck – Producer, programming André Benjamin – Composer Billboard – Instrumentation, producer, programming Alex Brofsky – French Horn Tommy Brown – Producer Nate Burgess – Engineer Matthew Burnett – Composer, producer Don City – Producer Jeremy Coleman – Composer, producer Thomas Cullison – Assistant Woodrow Cunningham, Jr. – Composer Danja – Producer Smash David – Producer DeJ Loaf – Featured artist Diego Ave – Producer D.A. Doman – Drums, harp keyboards, producer, programming Jocelyn a. Donald – Composer Christopher Dotson – Arranger, composer, producer Dre Moon – Producer Jordan Evans – Producer Michael Foster – Composer, producer James Foye III – Composer Future – Featured artist, composer Jamal Gaines – Composer Joey Galvan – Assistant Abel Garibaldi – Vocal Engineer Eyobed Getachew – Composer Xeryus Gittens – Additional production Eric Gonzalez – Assistant Sheldon Grant – Composer Tyrone Griffin – Composer Andrew Grossman – Assistant Gucci Mane – Featured Artist Brandon Hamlin – Composer, producer Michael Harris – Composer Arnold Hennings – Composer Michael Hernandez – Composer, producer Javon Hill – Vocoder Daecolm Holland – Producer Mikel Hooks – Composer Ronald Hudson – Composer Todd Hurtt – Assistant Jordan Hutchins – Composer Ariowa Irosogie – Composer Rafael Ishman – Composer J-Bo – Producer Donameche Jackson – Composer, programming, vocals Michael Jackson – Composer Matt Jacobson – Assistant Jaycen Joshua – Mixing Ivan Jimenez – Assistant Samuel Jiminez – Composer Rashad Johnson – Composer, producer Kim Katz – Assistant Michael Keith – Composer R. Kelly – Composer, featured artist Philip Kembo – Composer, producer Kevin Kessee – Assistant, composer Keyzbaby – Producer David Kim – Assistant Kodak Black – Featured artist, composer Mathieu Jomphe Lépine – Composer Lil Yachty – Featured artist

J. Louis – Producer Kevin Lyttle – Composer The Martianz – Producer Miles McCollum – Composer Carl McCormick – Producer Wilbart McCoy – Composer Dimitri McDowell – Composer, vocal producer, background vocals Ellery McKinney – Composer Mel & Mus – Instrumentation, programming Randy Merrill – Mastering Ben Milchev – Mixing Assistant Jake Miosge – Photography Sean Momberger – Composer, producer Ishmael Montague – Composer, producer Brendan Morawski – Assistant Sherin Moustafa – Production coordination James Mtume – Composer David Nakaji – Assistant, mixing Assistant Matthew Naples – Composer Gabrielle "Goldie" Nowee – Composer Richard Isong Oluwaranti – Composer Sean Paine – Vocal Engineer OG Parker – Producer Amish Dilipkumar Patel – Engineer, producer Patrizio Pigliapoco – Additional production, engineer Gabriel Placentia – Assistant Polow da Don – Producer Ryan Potts – Assistant Kourosh Poursalehi – Assistant P2J Project – Producer Nicholas Ramsahoye – Composer, producer Julian Ray – Composer Usher Raymond IV – Featured artist, composer Mike "Scribz" Riley – Producer Talay Riley – Composer Teddy Riley – Composer Todd Robinson – Engineer Aaron Rogers – Composer, producer Toni Romiti – Composer Matthew Samuels – Composer Marvin Scandrick – Composer David George Scott – Composer Joshua Scruggs – Composer Manuel Seal – Composer Nikhil Seetharam – Composer, producer Josh Sellars – Assistant Verse Simmonds – Featured artist Tony Son – Composer Richie Souf – Producer Brian Springer – Engineer Charles "Chizzy" Stephens III – Producer Xavier Stevenson – Assistant Jim Stewart – Composer, keyboards, producer Laney Stewart – Producer Scott Storch – Producer Swiff D – Producer Rupert Thomas, Jr. – Composer Vontae Thomas – Producer Antwan Thompson – Producer Steve Thornton – Composer Omari Wade Toure – Composer Deja Trimble – Composer Larry Troutman – Composer Roger Troutman – Composer Bobby Joseph Turner, Jr. – Composer Cam Wallace – Producer Cameron Wallace – Composer Courtney Walter – Art Direction, creative director, design Christian Ward – Composer, producer Kyle West – Composer Maurice White – Composer Moon Willis – Composer, producer Anthony Wilson – Executive producer Rivelino Raoul Wouter – Composer Godwin Dewayne Wyche – Composer Ozan Yildirim – Composer Yo Gotti – Featured artist Young Thug – Featured artist, composer Leon Youngblood – Composer

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2017) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[79] 5 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[80] 73 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[81] 38 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[82] 73 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[83] 10 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[84] 23 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[85] 15 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[86] 50 French Albums (SNEP)[87] 29 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[88] 35 Irish Albums (IRMA)[89] 18 Italian Albums (FIMI)[90] 78 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[91] 45 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[92] 3 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[93] 21 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[94] 39 Scottish Albums (OCC)[95] 33 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[96] 29 UK Albums (OCC)[97] 10 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[98] 1 US Billboard 200[99] 3 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[100] 1 US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)[101] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[102] 25 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[103] 70 US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)[104] 25 Chart (2018) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[105] 82 Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[106] 27 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[107] 31 US Billboard 200[108] 28 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[109] 18 US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)[110] 4 Chart (2019) Position Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[111] 43 US Billboard 200[112] 175 US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)[113] 17

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[114]	Gold	35,000
Canada (Music Canada)[115]	Platinum	80,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[116]	Platinum	15,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[117]	Gold	100,000
United States (RIAA)[118]	2× Platinum	2,000,000
^^shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

See also

• List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2017
• List of Billboard number-one R&B/hip-hop albums of 2018
• List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2017

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