X (Chris Brown album)

X
X
Studio album by Chris Brown
Released	September 16, 2014
Recorded	2012-14
Genre	Hip hop; R&B;
Length	60:18
Label	RCA
Producer	Ambience; Anonymous; B.A.M.; Babydaddy; Mario Bakovic; Jean Baptiste; Tommy Brown; Daniel Coriglie; Count Justice; Danja; Diplo; DJ Camper; Steven Franks; Free School; Freshm3n III; Glass John; Mel & Mus; Mark Kragen; Nic Nac; Dennis-Manuel Peters; PK; R. Kelly; Razihel; RoccStar; Soundz; Tra Beats;
Chris Brown chronology
Singles from X
	"Fine China"; Released: March 29, 2013; "Don't Think They Know"; Released: June 17, 2013; "Love More"; Released: July 16, 2013; "Loyal"; Released: December 19, 2013; "New Flame"; Released: June 30, 2014;

X is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Chris Brown; it was released on September 16, 2014, by RCA Records.

Track listing

X — Standard edition^[1]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"X"	Chris Brown Thomas Pentz Andrew Swanson Leon Youngblood Dewain Whitmore, Jr. Amber Streeter	Diplo	4:20
2.	"Add Me In"	Brown Nathan Hills Marcella Araica Youngblood Eric Bellinger Nieman Johnson	Danja	3:13
3.	"Loyal" (featuring Lil Wayne and Tyga)	Brown Nicholas Balding Mark Kragen Tyrone Griffin, Jr. Bobby Simmons, Jr. Bobby Brackins Dwayne Carter, Jr. Michael Stevenson Steve Arrington Charles Carter Shawn Carter Jermaine Mauldin Waung Hankerson Roger Parker	Nic Nac Kragen	4:25
4.	"New Flame" (featuring Usher and Rick Ross)	Brown Justin Johnson Keith Thomas Maurice "Verse" Simmonds Bellinger William Roberts II Mark Pitts Malissa Hunter James Chambers Usher Raymond IV	Count Justice	4:04
5.	"Songs on 12 Play" (featuring Trey Songz)	Brown Melvin Hough II Rivelino Wouter Simmonds Tremaine Neverson Robert Kelly	Mel & Mus	3:48
6.	"101 (Interlude)"	Brown Kenneth Coby Scott Effman Lukas Nathanson	Ambience Soundz	1:16
7.	"Drown in It" (featuring R. Kelly)	Brown Kelly	Dennis-Manuel Peters Daniel Coriglie Mario Bakovic Kelly	3:42
8.	"Came to Do" (featuring Akon)	Brown Balding Kragen Brackins	Nic Nac	3:48
9.	"Stereotype"	Brown Youngblood Whitmore, Jr. Hills Aracia Bellinger Johnson	Danja	3:51
10.	"Time for Love"	Brown Jean Kouame Ryan Buendia Michael McHenry Kyle Edwards Darius Harrison Lauren Christy Raelene Arreguin	Baptiste Free School	3:45
11.	"Lady in a Glass Dress (Interlude)"	Brown Darhyl "Hey DJ" Camper Samuel "Sam Hook" Jean	DJ Camper	1:17
12.	"Autumn Leaves" (featuring Kendrick Lamar)	Brown Youngblood Kendrick Duckworth Merlin Watts Pitts	B.A.M. RoccStar	4:28
13.	"Do Better" (featuring Brandy)	Brown Brandy Norwood Glass John Brent Paschke	John	3:48
14.	"See You Around"	Brown Jonathan Solone-Myvett	Anonymous	3:42
15.	"Don't Be Gone Too Long"	Brown McHenry Buendia Kyle Edwards Baptiste Cathy Dennis Scott Hoffman Clarence Coffee, Jr. Ariana Grande	Baptiste Free School Babydaddy	3:22
16.	"Body Shots"	Brown Youngblood Simmonds Nicolò Arquilla Daniele Autore Joseph "Lonny" Bereal	Razihel	3:42
17.	"Drunk Texting" (featuring Jhené Aiko)	Brown Simmonds Victoria McCants Thomas "Tommy" Brown Steven Franks	Brown Franks	3:47
Total length:				60:18

X — Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)^[2]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
18.	"Lost in Ya Love"	Brown Tranell "Tra Beats" Simms Sydne George	Tra Beats	3:49
19.	"Love More" (featuring Nicki Minaj)	Brown Darrell Eversley Howard Eversley Shaun Spearman Bellinger Simmonds Onika Maraj	Freshm3n III	3:09
20.	"Don't Think They Know" (featuring Aaliyah)	Hough II Wouter Simmonds Benjamin Bush Jeffrey Walker Jonathan Buck Tim Kelley Bob Robinson	Mel & Mus	3:58
21.	"Fine China"	Brown Streeter Youngblood G'harah "PK" Degeddingseze Bellinger Pitts	RoccStar PK	3:33
Total length:				74:47

X — Japanese edition (bonus track)^[3]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
22.	"No Lights"	Brown Dernst Emile II	D'Mile	3:28
Total length:				78:15

Sample credits

"Loyal" contains a portion of the composition "Money Ain't a Thang", written by Steve Arrington, Charles Carter, Shawn Carter, Jermaine Dupri, Wuang Hankerson and Roger Parker.
"Loyal" contains a portion of the composition "Shine" performed by Cash Money Millionaires
"Songs on 12 Play" contains portions of the compositions "Sex Me", "Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)" and "Stroke You Up", written by R. Kelly.
"Don't Think They Know" contains a portion of the composition "They Don't Know", written by Jonathan Buck, Tim Kelley and Bob Robinson.

Credits and personnel

Credits from AllMusic.^[4]

Jhené Aiko – featured artist
Akon – featured artist
Ambience & Soundz – producer
The Anonymous – producer
Marcella Araica – composer, mixing
Nicolò Arquilla – composer
Steve Arrington – composer
Daniele Autore – composer
B.A.M. – producer
Babydaddy – producer
Mario Bakovic – producer
Nicholas Balding – composer
Jean Baptiste – composer, producer
Eric Bellinger – composer
J. "Lonny" Bereal – composer
Bobby Brackins – composer
Brandy – featured artist
Chris Brown – composer, creative director, executive producer, primary artist
Tommy "TBHITS" Brown – croducer
Ryan Buendia – composer
Darhyl "DJ" Camper Jr. – composer, producer
Charles Carter – composer
Dwayne Carter – composer
Shawn Carter – composer
James Chambers – composer
Maddox Chhim – assistant
Lauren Christy – composer
Kenneth Coby – composer
Clarence Coffee, Jr. – composer
Daniel Coriglie – producer
Tom Coyne – mastering
Danja – producer
Cathy Dennis – composer
Diplo – producer
DJ Replay – composer
Jermaine Dupri – composer
Kyle Edwards – composer
Scott Effman – composer
Steven Franks – producer
Free School – producer
Abel Garibaldi – engineer
Glass John – composer, producer
Mark "Exit" Goodchild – vocal engineer
Tyrone Griffin – composer
Waung Hankerson composer
Trehy Harris – assistant
Darius Harrison – composer
Eliot Hazel – photography
Nathaniel "Danjahandz" Hills – composer
Scott Hoffman – composer

Melvin Hough II – composer
Malissa "Mali" Hunter – composer
Jaycen Joshua – mixing
Samuel "Sam Hook" Jean – composer
Justin Booth Johnson – composer
Nieman Johnson – composer
Count Justice – producer
Ryan Kaul – assistant
R. Kelly – composer, featured artist, producer
Mark Kragen – composer
Kendrick Lamar – composer, featured artist
Lil Wayne – featured artist
Donnie Lyle – music direction
Majors – programming
Victoria McCants – composer
Michael McHenry – composer
Mel & Mus – producer
Ian Mereness – engineer
Mike G – management
Lucas Nathanson – composer
Natural – engineer
Tremaine Neverson – composer
Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson – composer
Nic Nac – producer
Brandy Norwood – composer
Roger Parker – composer
Brent Paschke – composer, guitar
Wesley Pentz – composer
Dennis-Manuel Peters – producer
Mark Pitts – composer, executive producer
Usher Raymond IV – composer
Razihel – producer
William Roberts – composer
RoccStar – producer
Rick Ross – featured artist
Verse Simmonds – composer
Jonathan Solone-Myvett – composer
Brian Springer – engineer, mixing, vocal engineer
Sevyn Streeter – composer
Andrew Swanson – composer, drum programming
Bu Thiam – management
Keith Thomas – composer
Trey Songz – featured artist
Tyga – featured artist
Usher – featured artist
Courtney Walter – art direction, creative director, design
Dewain Whitmore, Jr. – composer
Rivelino Raoul Wouter – composer
Leon Youngblood – composer

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
South Africa (RISA)^[5]	Gold	20,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[6]	Silver	60,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

↑ "iTunes – Music – X by Chris Brown". iTunes Store (NZ). Apple Inc. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
↑ "iTunes – Music – X (Deluxe) by Chris Brown". iTunes Store (NZ). Apple Inc.
↑ "CDJapan : X Chris Brown CD Album". Neowing.
↑ "Chris Brown – X Album Personnel". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation.
↑ "Chris Brown's 'X' Album Achieves Gold Status In South Africa". Green Turtle (Recording Industry of South Africa). December 29, 2014. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
↑ "British album certifications – Chris Brown – X". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type X in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

[1] "iTunes – Music – X by Chris Brown". iTunes Store (NZ). Apple Inc. Retrieved September 6, 2014.

[deluxeedition-2] "iTunes – Music – X (Deluxe) by Chris Brown". iTunes Store (NZ). Apple Inc.

[3] "CDJapan : X Chris Brown CD Album". Neowing.

[Credits-4] "Chris Brown – X Album Personnel". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation.

[5] "Chris Brown's 'X' Album Achieves Gold Status In South Africa". Green Turtle (Recording Industry of South Africa). December 29, 2014. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.

[United_KingdomChris_BrownXalbumCertRef-6] "British album certifications – Chris Brown – X". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type X in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

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