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Good Girl Gone Bad is the third studio album by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna. It was released on May 31, 2007, by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records. Right after the release of her second album, A Girl like Me, the singer started preparing material for her third record. For the album, Rihanna worked with many record producers including C. "Tricky" Stewart, Terius "Dream" Nash, Neo da Matrix, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers and StarGate. Influenced by singer Brandy's 2004 studio album, Afrodisiac, Good Girl Gone Bad is a dance-pop, pop and R&B album and represents a departure from the West Indian sound present on Rihanna's previous releases, Music of the Sun and A Girl like Me.

Good Girl Gone Bad received generally positive reviews from music critics who praised its composition and Rihanna's new musical direction, however, some of them criticized the lyrics and the diversity of the record. Good Girl Gone Bad earned Rihanna seven Grammy Award nominations and won the accolade for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Umbrella" at the 2008 ceremony. It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart and sold over 162,000 copies in its first week. The album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sold over 2.8 million copies in the country. It also peaked at number one in Canada, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. As of November 2009, Good Girl Gone Bad sold over 7 million copies worldwide.

Good Girl Gone Bad produced five singles, including the international hits "Umbrella" and "Don't Stop the Music". To support the album, Rihanna embarked on her first worldwide concert tour, the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour. To celebrate its first anniversary, the album was reissued as Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded in June 2008. The reissue featured three new songs, including the US Billboard Hot 100 number one hits, "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia". The reissue was followed by Rihanna's first remix album, Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes, in January 2009, which featured remixes from Moto Blanco, Tony Moran, the Soul Seekerz and the Wideboys.

Background and concept
Following the release of her debut studio album, Music of the Sun, in 2005, Rihanna started working on her second album. For it, Rihanna worked with record producers who were involved in her previous release and also recruited new personnel. In an interview with MTV News, regarding the album, she stated, "Vocally I've matured so much, and lyrically I'm speaking about stuff I would never sing about [before]. "Now I'm singing about experiences that I've gone through and stuff that other 18-year-old girls go through, so it's all about progression." The album, which was released in April 2006 under the title A Girl like Me, was musically a pop oriented record with dancehall and R&B influences. Critically, it was met with mixed response; some critics praised Rihanna's new musical direction, while others criticized some of the songs on the album. Eventually, the album succeeded to sell over 587,308 copies in the United Kingdom and over 1,330,000 copies in the United States.

In early 2007, Rihanna began work on her third studio album. In an interview with MTV News, she elaborated on the sound of her then-upcoming release, "So far, the new music is going in a different direction. Not on purpose, but I just want to hear something fresh and mostly uptempo. I think that's where I want to go on this one. You feel different every album, and [at] this stage I feel like I want to do a lot of uptempo [songs]." Rihanna further explained that she wanted to keep the audience dancing and be soulful at the same time. The singer spoke to Entertainment Weekly about it and explained how she wanted to make an album that people could listen to from beginning to end without skipping any tracks. According to her, the 2004 studio album Afrodisiac by American singer Brandy, was the biggest inspiration for recording her third studio album. In early May 2007, Rihanna revealed that the title of the album will be Good Girl Gone Bad on which she elaborated, "We figured Good Girl Gone Bad was the perfect title because it showed people I'm my own [person] now. I'm not the innocent Rihanna anymore. I'm taking a lot more risks and chances. I felt when I cut my hair, it shows people I'm not trying to look or be anybody else. The album is very edgy."

Production and recording
Good Girl Gone Bad was recorded in several studios worldwide including the Westlake Recording Studios, Conway Studios, Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, Battery Studios and Roc the Mic Studios in New York City, Phase One Audio Group in Toronto, Lethal Studios in Bridgetown, Barbados, Espionage Studios in Oslo and Parr Street Studios in Liverpool. Rihanna spent the week of the 2007 Grammy Awards writing with American R&B singer Ne-Yo, who gave her vocal lessons. They wrote and sang "Hate That I Love You", which was co-written and produced by Norwegian duo StarGate. In an interview with MTV News, the singer said that "when it first starts off, you think it's a sexy song, but you have to listen to the lyrics. It's a really deep song." During an interview with MTV News, Rihanna recalled the session and stated, "I don't understand how he [Ne-Yo] comes up with certain concepts and he just blows me away sometimes. He's just insane." Ne-Yo told American magazine Vibe, "The best way to express an emotion like love is through storytelling. It makes it more 'I can relate to this character in this song, because I've been through something similar. You hear that kind of storytelling in the song that I wrote for Rihanna called 'Hate That I Love You'."

In early 2007, American producers and song-writers Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and Terius "The Dream" Nash. They wrote the lead single from the album, "Umbrella" with pop singer Britney Spears in mind. Spears was working on her fifth album, Blackout, so they sent a copy of the demo to Spears' management. However, Spears did not hear of the song because her label rejected it, claiming they had enough songs for her to record. Following that, they attempted to give the record to Mary J. Blige who failed to hear the song in full due to her obligations to the Grammy Awards at the time and "had to sign off on the record before her reps could accept it". Finally, Antonio "L.A." Reid, then CEO of Def Jam Recordings, managed to buy the record for his camp and subsequently forwarded it to Rihanna. Initially, Stewart admitted he was still reluctant as to whether Rihanna was the right artist to record the song, but following the recording of the "ella, ella" catch phrase, he felt they were onto "something". Following Rihanna's recording, Def Jam CEO-rapper Jay-Z added his rap.

"Rehab" is one of the three songs composed and produced by Timbaland for the album. Timbaland was on tour with Justin Timberlake to promote Timberlake's 2006 album FutureSex/LoveSounds, which Timbaland had also produced. After completing a show in Chicago, they joined Rihanna in the studio, where Timberlake experimented with beats and melodies. Weeks later, the three got together in New York City, where Timberlake had already conceptualized a song for Rihanna. Timbaland, who wanted to compose a song called "Rehab" for Rihanna, was producing a beat, when Timberlake came in and improvised the song over it. Hannon Lane also co-wrote and co-produced the song. Timberlake told Entertainment Weekly that he believed "Rehab" to be "the bridge for [Rihanna] to be accepted as an adult in the music industry". Rihanna told Robert Copsey of Digital Spy that she enjoyed working with Timberlake, and learned much from the sessions. She said, "Working with Justin in the studio is just great. He's a fun guy and likes to make all the sessions enjoyable. He's also such a genius when it comes to lyrics."

Composition
Good Girl Gone Bad is a dance-pop, pop and R&B album with influences of the 1980s music. It is a departure from the West Indian sound present on Rihanna's previous albums, Music of the Sun and A Girl like Me. It opens with the lead single, "Umbrella", an R&B song and rock power ballad performed with drums and thundercloud synths. Dorian Lynskey of The Guardian compared the singer's vocals on the song with the voices of Ciara and Cassie. The second track on the album, "Push Up On Me", features echo electro claps and surging synths. "Don't Stop the Music" is a dance-pop and techno song that contains a wide variety of rhythmic devices used mainly in hip hop music. The song samples the line, "Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa" which is taken from Jackson's 1983 single "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'". The fourth song on the album is "Breakin' Dishes"; Peter Robinson of The Observer called the song a "wronged-woman bonanza" and wrote that is a high point on the album, "packed with hooks, chants and flashes of lyrical brilliance". "Shut Up and Drive" is a new wave, and pop rock, song, which incorporates influences of the 1970s and 1980s musical styles. It samples New Order's 1983 single "Blue Monday". "Hate That I Love You", the sixth song on the album, is a folky R&B song; Nick Levine of Digital Spy compared it to "Sexy Love" and "Because of You".

The seventh track on the album, "Say It" samples the 1990s song by Mad Cobra, "Flex"; is is consisted of silky and warm groove and features island-oriented music characteristics. "Sell Me Candy" features jumbled and noisy production, "beats rolling and colliding in chaotic fashion"; Rihanna's vocals fail to mash with the production. The ninth song, "Lemme Get That", has boom bap beats and is produced by Timbaland. According to Spence D. of IGN wrote that, "Rihanna commands the track, no question about it." "Rehab" is an old styled R&B track with a groove that is built around tambourine shakes, acoustic guitar swirls and a subtle backbeat. "Question Existing" it's an "eerie, smoky, destitute, emotional, and a wonderful sonic sidestep." Tom Breihan of Pitchfork Media described the opening lyrics of the song as "puerile psuedoporn" inspired. The album concluded with the title track, "Good Girl Gone Bad", a rife driven by an acoustic guitar. The chorus has a "killer line and a bass throb".

Singles


"Umbrella" was released as the lead single from Good Girl Gone Bad. It was sent to contemporary hit, rhythmic and urban radio in the US on April 24, 2007. The song received acclaim from music critics who praised the production, the convincing vocals, and the collaboration between Rihanna and Jay Z. "Umbrella" reached number one in over seventeen countries worldwide, including on the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. In the UK, the song topped the singles chart for ten consecutive weeks, while in the US, it was on the top position for seven consecutive weeks. As of June 2013, "Umbrella" has sold 4,236,000 digital copies in the US, and is Rihanna's fifth best-selling single in the country. Director Chris Applebaum shot the accompanying music video for the song; it features scenes of Rihanna nude and covered in silver paint. The video earned the singer three nominations at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Direction, Video of the Year and Monster Single of the Year and won the latter two.

"Shut Up and Drive" was released as the second single from the album; it impacted contemporary hit radio in the US on June 12 and the rhythmic radio, the following week. The song received mixed response from critics; some praised the composition, while others criticized the lyrics. It reached the top-ten on over twelve national charts, including number five on the UK Singles Chart and number 15 on the US Hot 100. The music video for the song was shot by Anthony Mandler in a makeshift junkyard located in Prague, the Czech Republic. The third single, "Hate That I Love You", which features Ne-Yo, was solicited to contemporary hit, rhythmic and urban radio in the US on August 21. Critics gave the song positive reviews and praised the collaboration between the singers; they linked it to the previous works written by Ne-Yo, including the song "Irreplaceable" by Beyoncé Knowles. "Hate That I Love You" reached number seven on the US Hot 100 and number 15 on the UK Singles Chart. The music video for the song was shot by Mandler and premiered on September 24.

"Don't Stop the Music" was digitally released as an EP via the iTunes Store on September 7. The song received positive reviews from music critics, who praised its production and the interpolation of the "Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa" hook. "Don't Stop the Music" won the accolade for Best International Song at the 2008 NRJ Music Awards. The single peaked atop of the singles charts in eight countries; it peaked at number three on the Hot 100 and number four on the UK Singles Chart. It is the seventh best-selling single by Rihanna in the US, with 3,521,000 digital copies sold as of June, 2013. Mandler shot the music video in a nightclub in Prague, the Czech Republic. "Rehab" was released as the fifth and final single from Good Girl Gone Bad; it was sent to contemporary hit radio in the US on October 6, 2008. Critics were divided on the song's production and composition, some comparing the structure to that of Timberlake's 2007 single "What Goes Around... Comes Around". It reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart and number 18 on the US Hot 100 chart. Anthony Mandler directed the accompanying music video, which was shot in Vasquez Rocks Park, near Los Angeles; it features a cameo appearance from Timberlake.

Marketing and release
Good Girl Gone Bad was first released Belgium and Portugal on May 31, 2007, by the Universal Music Group, on CD. It was released in the Netherlands and in Poland the following day. The album was released in Finland and the United Kingdom on June 4, and in the United States the following day, on both CD and LP. Good Girl Gone Bad was released on CD in Germany on June 8, LP in Australia on June 12 and on CD in New Zealand on the same date. A deluxe edition of the album, featuring a bonus disc with dance remixes, was released on June 27 in Japan.

Live performances


Rihanna performed "Umbrella" together with "Shut Up and Drive" and "Breakin' Dishes" at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend on May 21, 2007. The singer performed "Umbrella" together with Jay Z, at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, which were held at the Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, California on June 3. Regarding the performance, a reviewer of Rap-Up wrote, "she looked hot and the production was on point". She performed the song at the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on June 5, and on June 16 at The View. Rihanna performed "Shut Up and Drive" at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards held at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the performance, she was joined by American rock band Fall Out Boy. On November 18, Rihanna performed a medley consisting of "Umbrella" and "Hate That I Love You" at the 2007 American Music Awards, held at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California. For the performance of "Hate That I Love You", Ne-Yo accompanied her on the stage. In late December, 2007, Rihanna was the guest star at the Late Show with David Letterman, where she gave a performance of "Shut Up and Drive".

Rihanna performed "Don't Stop the Music" at the 2008 NRJ Music Awards, held in Cannes, France on January 26, 2008. She also performed the song at the 50th Grammy Awards on February 10 in a medley with "Umbrella". For the performance, she was joined by American funk band, The Time. On April 28, 2008, Rihanna performed at the Pepsi Center with Kanye West, N.E.R.D, and Lupe Fiasco. She sang "Rehab", "Hate That I Love You", "Don't Stop the Music" and "Umbrella". On June 20, Rihanna was a guest on NBC's Today Concert Series held in Rockfeller Center, New York City. She performed "Don't Stop the Music", together with "Umbrella" and "Take a Bow". The singer performed "Rehab" live on November 23, 2008, at the 2008 American Music Awards, where she won the awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist. At the awards ceremony, she performed it wearing an eye patch, which she later removed after she was lowered to the main stage.

Tour
To further promote the album, Rihanna embarked on her first worldwide and second overall tour, the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour (2007—09). During the tour, Rihanna performed in Europe, North America, Oceania, Asia and Africa. During the concert shows she wore S&M inspired outfits accompanied with high boots. Mike Usinger of The Georgia Straight gave the show, a mixed review; he wrote that even though Rihanna's vocals were improved from her last performance, according to him, she still struggled to keep the audience engaged during the show. Jason Macneil of Canadian Online Explorer gave a positive review of the concert during the show at Molson Amphitheatre, saying "the singer made a rather eye-popping impression, opening with 'Pon de Replay' and clad in a sexy, dominatrix-like studded black leather ensemble." During a show planned for February 13 in Malaysia, Malaysia's conservative Islamic party recommended that Rihanna's concert tour should be banned from performing due to her skimpy outfits. A video album, entitled Good Girl Gone Bad Live, was filmed at the Manchester Arena show in Manchester, United Kingdom; the show was held on December 6, 2007. The Good Girl Gone Bad Live DVD was released on June 9 and June 13, 2008 in the United Kingdom and Germany through Mercury Records and the Universal Music Group respectively.

Critical response
Good Girl Gone Bad received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on 16 reviews. Uncut called it a "shiny, trans-atlantic blend of Europop vim, R&B grit and Caribbean bounce." Andy Kellman of Allmusic said that it is "as pop as pop gets in 2007, each one of its 12 songs a potential hit in some territory". Quentin B. Huff of PopMatters called it "pure entertainment, a musical funhouse mirror that reflects today’s breadth of girl talk: a little bit of Gwen, a dash of Kelis, some Beyoncé, a shade of Pink." Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times wrote that the album "sounds as if it were scientifically engineered to deliver hits". Peter Robinson of The Observer commended her "crew of collaborators" for "masking her own shortcomings" and commented that, "While Rihanna lacks her peers' charisma, she's a great vessel for exhilarating mainstream pop." Pitchfork Media's Tom Breihan called the album an "unexpectedly varied and satisfying listen". Neil Drumming of Entertainment Weekly felt that, although it "goes bad when Rihanna tries her hand at treacly ballads and glum sentiment", Good Girl Gone Bad is, "its finest, messiest moments," a "thrilling throwback to more than a decade ago, when upstart producers haphazardly mashed R&B with hip-hop to create chunky jeep anthems such as Mary J. Blige's 'Real Love'."

In a mixed review, Rodney Dugue of The Village Voice felt that the album "never settles on a sound" and only cited its three Timbaland-produced songs as highlights. Although he found the ballads improved from Rihanna's previous albums, Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani criticized the lyrics, particularly those written by Justin Timberlake, as "once again an Achilles' high heel for Rihanna". Alex Macpherson of The Guardian found Rihanna to be "ill-suited" for its dance-pop songs and stated, "The gimmicky samples and pounding beats bury her personality, and the summery reggae of her first two albums is sorely missed." Robert Christgau of MSN Music cited "Umbrella" as a "choice cut", indicating "a good song on an album that isn't worth your time or money". The song was also ranked number three on "The 10 Best Songs of 2007" by Time; the magazine's Josh Tyrangiel said that it was "the sexiest song of 2007."

Commercial performance
In the United States, Good Girl Gone Bad debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, with sales of 162,000 copies sold in its first week. It became her then-best start album entry; Music of the Sun entered the chart at number 10 with sales of 68,000 copies, while A Girl like Me sold 115,000 copies and peaked at number five. The next week, it fell to number seven with 81,000 copies sold (-50%). When the re-issues was released, it sold 63,000 copies and helped Good Girl Gone Bad to jump from number 124 to number seven on the US Billboard 200 in its 55th week. With this, the album got back in the top 10 for the first time since its debut in June 2007. It was certified two-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); by November 2012, both Good Girl Gone Bad and the reissue had sold 2,800,000 copies in the US alone. The album debuted atop of the Canadian Hot 100 and became Rihanna's first number one album in the country. It was certified quintuple platinum by Music Canada denoting shipments of over 500,000 copies.

Good Girl Gone Bad debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart; it became her first album to top the chart. It stayed on the chart for a total of 128 weeks. In 2011, the album peaked at number 16 on the UK Album R&B Chart. It was certified sextuple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and sold over 1,850,000 copies in the country. It ended at number 10 on the UK 2007 Year-end list and number six on the 2008 Year-end list. In Ireland, Good Girl Gone Bad debuted at number three on the Irish Singles Chart on June 7, 2007. After four weeks on the chart, it reached number one. The album peaked at number one on the Swiss Hitparade chart and stayed on the chart for a total of 91 weeeks. In Australia, it peaked at number two and was certified three-times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), denoting shipments of over 210,000 copies. As of November 2009, Good Girl Gone Bad has sold over 7 million copies worldwide.

Accolades and legacy
At the 2008 Grammy Awards ceremony, the album received seven Grammy Awards nominations including, Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Umbrella", Best Dance Recording for "Don't Stop the Music", Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best R&B Song for "Hate That I Love You" and won the accolade for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Umbrella". Good Girl Gone Bad won the International Album of the Year award at the 2008 Juno Awards.

Prior to its physical release, "Umbrella" achieved the biggest debut in the six-year history of the iTunes Store in the United States, breaking a record previously held by Colombian singer Shakira and American hip hop artist Wyclef Jean's 2006 single, "Hips Don't Lie". Following its digital release, the song debuted atop the Hot Digital Songs chart, with first-week sales of over 277,000 units. The single became then highest digital debut in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking downloads in 2003, surpassing Timberlake's "SexyBack" 250,000 sales record in 2006. According to Rolling Stone magazine, the song to be one of the 500 greatest songs of all time.

Re-issue
In early 2008, Rihanna unveiled a new song titled "Take a Bow", which premiered on February 14, 2008 on the KIIS-FM radio show On Air with Ryan Seacrest. MTV News reported that the track would serve as the lead single from Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded, a reissue of the original album to mark its first anniversary. Rihanna further announced that apart from "Take a Bow", the expanded album would contain two more songs, one of which was a duet with American pop rock band Maroon 5, to supplement the original track listing.

When Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded was released, the original album received a sales increase of 930%—more than any other non-debuting album in the history of the Billboard 200 chart. It has produced four additional singles, including the US number-one songs, "Take a Bow" and "Disturbia". By July 2010, it had become the third album in the US whose songs have sold the most copies combined. Its songs have sold over 17,081,000 digital copies, only behind from The Fame Monster (2009) by Lady Gaga and The E.N.D (2009) by The Black Eyed Peas.

Track listings

 * Notes
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 * undefined denotes a co-producer
 * undefined denotes a remixer and additional producer
 * "Push Up on Me" samples "Running with the Night", as written by Lionel Richie and Cynthia Weil, and performed by Richie.
 * "Don't Stop the Music" samples "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", as written and performed by Michael Jackson, which itself samples "Soul Makossa", as performed by Manu Dibango.
 * "Shut Up and Drive" samples "Blue Monday", as written and performed by New Order (Stephen Morris, Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner and Gillian Gilbert).
 * "Say It" samples "Flex", as written by Ewart Brown, Clifton Dillon, Sly Dunbar and Brian Thompson, and performed by Mad Cobra.

Personnel
Credits for Good Girl Gone Bad adapted from Allmusic.


 * Jon Marius Aareskjold – engineer, guitar engineer
 * Angela Allen – marketing coordinator
 * Q. Atkinson – composer
 * Stevie Blacke – cello, violin
 * Tim Blacksmith – management
 * Ewart Brown – composer
 * Jay Brown – A&R
 * Ed Calle – conductor, horn conductor, orchestration
 * Carter Administration – executive producer
 * Shawn Carter – composer, additional personnel, guest artist, primary artist, rap
 * Demacio Castellon – engineer, mixing
 * Danny D – management
 * Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing
 * Roberto Deste – photography
 * Clifton Dillon – Composer
 * The-Dream – composer
 * Sly Dunbar – composer
 * William Durst – engineer
 * Mikkel Storleer Eriksen – composer, engineer, instrumentation, musician
 * Terence Franklyn – assistant, assistant engineer
 * Rodrigo Gallardo – trumpet
 * Chris Gehringer – mastering
 * Gillian Gilbert – composer
 * Richard "Rico" Gonzales – engineer
 * Augie Haas – trumpet
 * Kuk Harrell – engineer, vocal producer, composer
 * Al Hemberger – engineer, mixing
 * Tor Erik Hermansen – composer
 * Rob Heselden – production coordination
 * Ricardo "Slick" Hinkson – assistant engineer
 * Peter Hook – composer
 * Josh Houghkirk – assistant, mixing Assistant
 * Michael Jackson – composer
 * Marc Jordan – management
 * Terese Joseph – A&R
 * Doug Joswick – package production
 * Anthony Kilhoffer – engineer
 * John Kricker – trombone
 * Hannon Lane – keyboards, producer
 * Daniel Laporte – engineer
 * Mathieu Lejeune – engineer
 * Mat LeJeuneat – engineer
 * Fabienne Leys – artist coordination
 * Espen Lind – guitar
 * Adam Lowenberg – marketing, mastering
 * Deborah Mannis-Gardner – sample clearance
 * Manny Marroquin – mixing
 * L. Martin – composer
 * Roy Matthews – assistant, mixing assistant
 * Doug Michels – trumpet
 * Christie Moran – production assistant
 * Stephen Morris – composer
 * Terius "The-Dream" Nash – composer
 * Shaffer "Ne-Yo" Smith – composer, additional personnel, producer, rap, vocal producer
 * Greg Ogan – engineer
 * Deepu Panjwani – assistant engineer
 * Ciarra Pardo – art direction, design
 * Phillip Ramos – assistant engineer
 * Lionel Richie – composer
 * Makeba Riddick – composer, vocal producer
 * Rihanna – vocals
 * Dusty Robbennolt – assistant engineer
 * J. Peter Robinson – art direction, design
 * Evan Rogers – background vocals, composer, executive producer, producer
 * J.R. Rotem – composer
 * Dan Satterwhite – tuba
 * Christa Shaub – management
 * Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith – A&R
 * Chris Steinmetz – engineer
 * Christopher "Tricky" Stewart – composer, drum programming, keyboards, producer
 * Frankie Storm – composer
 * Bernt Rune Stray – guitar
 * Tim Sturges – assistant engineer
 * Carl Sturken – composer, executive producer, instrumentation, musician, producer
 * Bernard Sumner – composer
 * Rebecca Sweatman – production assistant
 * Phil Tan – mixing
 * Grayson Taylor – assistant engineer
 * Shea Taylor – composer
 * Dana Teboe – trombone
 * Brian Thompson – composer
 * Timbaland – producer
 * Justin Timberlake – background vocals, composer, vocal producer
 * Mike Tocci – engineer
 * Marcos Tovar – assistant engineer
 * Cynthia Weil – composer

Year-end charts


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 * 31
 * 17
 * 17
 * 25
 * 47
 * align="center"|21
 * align="center"|11
 * align="center"|8
 * align="center"|10



!scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA) !scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) !scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) !scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) !scope="row"|Dutch Albums Chart !scope="row"|Hungarian Albums (Mahasz) !scope="row"|Irish Albums (IRMA) !scope="row"|Spanish Albums (Promusicae) !scope="row"|Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) !scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)
 * 9
 * 47
 * 30
 * 32
 * 56
 * align="center"|83
 * align="center"|8
 * style="text-align:center;"|37
 * align="center"|25
 * align="center"|6