808s & Heartbreak

808s & Heartbreak
808s & Heartbreak
Studio album by Kanye West
Released	November 24, 2008
Recorded	September ? October 2008
Studio	Glenwood in Burbank ; Avex Recording Studio in Honolulu ;
Genre	Hip hop ; electronica ; R&B ;
Length	51 : 58
Label	Roc-A-Fella ; Def Jam ;
Producer	The Carter Administration (exec.) ; Kanye West (also exec.) ; Gee Roberson (exec.) ; Kyambo "Hip Hop" Joshua (exec.) ; Jeff Bhasker ; Mr Hudson ; No I.D. ; Plain Pat ;
Kanye West chronology
Singles from 808s & Heartbreak
	" Love Lockdown " ; Released: September 18, 2008 ; " Heartless " ; Released: November 4, 2008 ; " Amazing " ; Released: March 10, 2009 ; " Paranoid " ; Released: March 24, 2009 ;

808s and Heartbreak is the fourth studio album by American rapper and producer Kanye West . It was released on November 24, 2008. ^[1] Four singles were released from it. The first single was "Love Lockdown". The album is different to West's earlier albums; it is mainly a hip hop , electronica and R&B album instead of a more "traditional hip hop album" and its songs are sung through an Auto-Tune processor instead of rapped.

Track listing [ change | change source ]

No.	Title	Producer	Length
1.	"Say You Will"	Kanye West	6:14
2.	" Welcome to Heartbreak " (featuring Kid Cudi )	West Jeff Bhasker Plain Pat	4:23
3.	" Heartless "	West No I.D.	3:31
4.	" Amazing " (featuring Young Jeezy )	West Jeff Bhasker	3:58
5.	" Love Lockdown "	West Bhasker	4:30
6.	" Paranoid " (featuring Mr Hudson )	West Bhasker Plain Pat	4:37
7.	"RoboCop"	Kanye West	4:34
8.	"Street Lights"	West Mr Hudson	3:09
9.	"Bad News"	West	3:58
10.	" See You in My Nightmares " (featuring Lil Wayne )	West No I.D.	4:18
11.	"Coldest Winter"	West Bhasker No I.D.	2:45
12.	"Pinocchio Story" (freestyle live from Singapore , hidden track)	West	6:03

Personnel [ change | change source ]

Credits for 808s & Heartbreak adapted from AllMusic . ^[2]

Kanye West ? producer, executive producer, primary artist
Kid Cudi ? primary artist
Lil Wayne ? primary artist
Mr. Hudson ? primary artist
Young Jeezy ? primary artist
Kevin Dorley ? vocals
Jim Gilstrap ? vocals
Phillip Ingram ? vocals
Glenn Jordan ? vocals
Kadockadee Kwire ? vocals
Jenny-Bea Englishman ? vocals
Tony Williams ? backing vocals
Olga Konopelsky ? violins
Emma Kummrow ? violins
Luca Mazzochi ? violins
Charles Parker ? violins
Igor Szwec ? violins
Gregory Teperman ? violins
Davis A. Barnett ? viola
Alexandra Leem ? viola
Jeff Bhasker ? keyboards
Vlado Meller ? mastering
Jeff Chestek ? engineer

Andrew Dawson ? engineer
Anthony Kilhoffer ? engineer
Rick Friedric ? assistant engineer
Montez Roberts ? assistant engineer
John Stahl ? assistant engineer
Alan Branch ? marketing
Chris Atlas ? marketing
Don-C ? marketing
Danny Clinch ? marketing
Willy Vanderperre ? marketing
Kris Yiengst ? artwork
Brian Donnelly ? deluxe edition artwork
Virgil Abloh ? art direction
Larry Gold ? string Arrangements, string Conductor
James J. Cooper III ? cello
Jennie Lorenzo ? cello
Carol Corless ? package production
Miles Davis ? bass
Kyambo Joshua ? executive producer
Erik Madro ? assistant
Manny Marroquin ? mixing
Christian Plata ? assistant
J. Peter Robinson ? package design

Charts [ change | change source ]

Chart (2008)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 ^[3]	1
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ^[3]	1
Australian Albums Chart ^[4]	12
Irish Albums Chart ^[4]	11
New Zealand Albums Chart ^[4]	15
UK Albums Chart ^[4]	11
Swiss Albums Chart ^[4]	13
Canadian Albums Chart ^[3]	4
Belgian Albums Chart ^[4]	21
Norwegian Albums Chart ^[4]	19
Dutch Albums Chart ^[4]	42
Austrian Albums Chart ^[5]	50
European Top 100 Albums ^[3]	23
Italian Albums Chart ^[6]	65
French Albums Chart	52
German Albums Chart	30

Preceded by I Am... Sasha Fierce by Beyonce	*US Billboard* 200 number-one album** December 13?20, 2008	Succeeded by Circus by Britney Spears
Preceded by I Am... Sasha Fierce by Beyonce	*US Billboard* Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums number-one album** December 13?20, 2008	Succeeded by I Am... Sasha Fierce by Beyonce

Certifications [ change | change source ]


Region	Certification	Certified units /sales
Australia ( ARIA ) ^[7]	Gold	35,000 ^{^}
Canada ( Music Canada ) ^[8]	Platinum	80,000 ^{^}
Ireland ( IRMA ) ^[9]	Platinum	15,000 ^{^}
United Kingdom ( BPI ) ^[10]	Platinum	600,000 ^{^}
United States ( RIAA ) ^[11]	Platinum	1,000,000 ^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References [ change | change source ]

↑ Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak - Amazon.com Music
↑ "Credits: 808s & Heartbreak" . AllMusic. All Media Guide. July 2, 2009 . Retrieved July 11, 2012 . {{ cite journal }}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help )
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 "Awards: 808s & Heartbreak" . Allmusic. All Media Guide. July 2, 2009 . Retrieved July 11, 2012 . {{ cite journal }}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help )
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 ^4.7 "Kanye West ? 808s & Heartbreak" . aCharts.us. 2008. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008 . Retrieved November 10, 2008 .
↑ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart" . ARIA Charts . Australian Recording Industry Association Ltd. Archived from the original on December 7, 2008 . Retrieved November 30, 2008 .
↑ "Classifica settimanale dal 28-11-2008 al 04-12-2008" . FIMI . FIMI. December 4, 2008 . Retrieved April 11, 2009 .
↑ "ARIA Charts ? Accreditations ? 2008 Albums" (PDF) . Australian Recording Industry Association .
↑ "Canadian album certifications ? Kanye West ? 808's & Heartbreak" . Music Canada .
↑ "2008 Certification Awards ? Platinum" . The Irish Charts . Irish Recorded Music Association.
↑ "British album certifications ? Kanye West ? 808s & Heartbreak" . British Phonographic Industry . Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type 808s & Heartbreak in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
↑ "RIAA ? Gold & Platinum" . Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) . Retrieved August 4, 2011 . ^{[
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[1] Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak - Amazon.com Music

[Kellman3-2] "Credits: 808s & Heartbreak" . AllMusic. All Media Guide. July 2, 2009 . Retrieved July 11, 2012 . {{ cite journal }}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help )

[Kellman2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 "Awards: 808s & Heartbreak" . Allmusic. All Media Guide. July 2, 2009 . Retrieved July 11, 2012 . {{ cite journal }}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help )

[chartsbaby-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 ^4.7 "Kanye West ? 808s & Heartbreak" . aCharts.us. 2008. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008 . Retrieved November 10, 2008 .

[5] "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart" . ARIA Charts . Australian Recording Industry Association Ltd. Archived from the original on December 7, 2008 . Retrieved November 30, 2008 .

[6] "Classifica settimanale dal 28-11-2008 al 04-12-2008" . FIMI . FIMI. December 4, 2008 . Retrieved April 11, 2009 .

[AustraliaKanye_West808s_&_HeartbreakalbumCertRef-7] "ARIA Charts ? Accreditations ? 2008 Albums" (PDF) . Australian Recording Industry Association .

[CanadaKanye_West808's_&_HeartbreakalbumCertRef-8] "Canadian album certifications ? Kanye West ? 808's & Heartbreak" . Music Canada .

[9] "2008 Certification Awards ? Platinum" . The Irish Charts . Irish Recorded Music Association.

[United_KingdomKanye_West808s_&_HeartbreakalbumCertRef-10] "British album certifications ? Kanye West ? 808s & Heartbreak" . British Phonographic Industry . Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type 808s & Heartbreak in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

[riaa-11] "RIAA ? Gold & Platinum" . Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) . Retrieved August 4, 2011 . ^{[
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