Exclusive (album)

Exclusive is the second studio album by American recording artist Chris Brown. It was released on November 6, 2007, by his independently-owned record label CBE, along with Jive Records; distributed by Zomba Group. The album was serving as the follow-up to his multi-platinum selling debut album Chris Brown (2005).

The album was critically and commercially successful, debuting at number 4 on the US Billboard 200, selling 295,000 copies in the first week. The album was supported by five singles; including four Top 3 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and charted highly in other charts worldwide. The album has earned a double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States.

On June 3, 2008, Exclusive was re-released, when it has expanded into a double-disc deluxe edition; including a counterparts from the DVD, which was also released, which features the behind the scenes footage and music videos from his tour.

Singles

The album's lead single, "Wall to Wall" was released on May 29, 2007. The song was produced by Sean Garrett, written by Walter Scott. The single has reached only at number 79 in the US Billboard Hot 100, due to no digital release for this single.

"Kiss Kiss"; a collaboration with American recording artist T-Pain, was released as the album's second single on September 11, 2007. Following the non-success of the first single, this single became a big success in the United States. The song has reached at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 6 on the Canadian Hot 100, also reaching the top ten in Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

"With You" was released as the album's third single on December 4, 2007. The song was produced by the production team StarGate. The single became his second successful single in the most international music markets. It has since become one of the highest-charting singles of Brown's solo career, entering the foreign music markets, where his previous efforts have failed to these charts. It has reached the top ten; including in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

The re-release's first single from The Forever Edition, "Forever"; which was produced by Polow da Don. It was released on April 29, 2008. The song debuted at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, due of its high digital sales. However, it dropped quickly due to the lack of sales in the following weeks. It then re-entered the top ten again, after airplay increases and has peaked at number 2.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Chicago Tribune	(mixed)^[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B−^[1]
The New York Times	(favorable)^[4]
PopMatters	(6/10)^[5]
Rolling Stone	^[6]
Slant Magazine	^[7]
USA Today	^[8]
Vibe	(favorable)^[9]
The Washington Post	(mixed)^[10]

Exclusive received generally favorable reviews from critics, scoring 69 out of 100 based on 11 reviews on Metacritic. Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone said that “It's been a long stretch between Usher albums — long enough for Chris Brown to build a whole career, growing from a temporary substitute to an undeniably major pop star. He seals the deal with Exclusive, an all-grown-up album on a level with Justin Timberlake's Justified (2002), Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) or even Bobby Brown's King of Stage (1986), and gave the album three and a half out of five stars.^[6]

Neil Drumming from Entertainment Weekly rated the album as B- said that, "Like his onscreen (This Christmas) character, Brown is most charming when he's playing up his youth: singing of MySpace romance, meeting his girl's 'pops,' and such". But he also said, "sadly, Brown's adolescent voice and playful scatting — while cute — are steamrolled by pushy collaborators, whether it's those Stargate guys (Ne-Yo, Rihanna) falling back on that ol' guitar noodling, or T-Pain milking his vocoder. Ease back, people, and let the boy sing".^[1] However, Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine criticized the unoriginality of the album, writing, "...there's still nothing very 'exclusive' about Exclusive at all."^[7] Michael Arceneaux of PopMatters wrote, "Exclusive seems aimless, an album where Brown is doing what he’s told versus being the anchor of his own ship."^[5] The album ranked number 34 on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007.^[11]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 294,000 copies in the United States.^[12] As of March 2011, the album has sold 1,973,000 copies in the United States, and became a certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).^[13]

Accolades

At the 2011's Grammy Awards, Exclusive was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of "Best Rap/Sung Collaboration" for "Kiss Kiss", a collaboration with T-Pain. However, the award was given to the 2007 rival single, "Umbrella" by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z. The album also nominated for a NAACP Image Awards in a category for "Best Album", while Chris himself won for "Best Male Artist". At the 2011's (2011?) BET Awards, Chris received 4 nominations in four categories, including "Best Male R&B Artist", "Best Collaboration" for "Kiss Kiss", and "Viewer’s Choice" for "Kiss Kiss" and "No Air", his duet with Jordin Sparks.^[14]

On June 22, 2011, Fearne & Reggie revealed on their UK's chart show BBC Radio 1, that all three tracks from the album Exclusive have appeared on the top forty. Two of which on the top ten, including "With You" (at number 35), "No Air" with Jordin Sparks (at number 2), and "Forever" (at number 5).^[15]^[16]

Track listing

Standard edition^[17]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Throwed" (Instruments played by Bryan-Michael Cox & Donnie "State of Emergency" Scantz)	Christopher Brown Bryan-Michael Cox Kendrick "Wyldcard" Dean Donnie "State of Emergency" Scantz Adonis Shropshire	Bryan-Michael Cox State of Emergency	3:01
2.	"Kiss Kiss" (featuring T-Pain)	Brown Faheem Najm	T-Pain	4:10
3.	"Take You Down" (Uses Replayed Elements from "In the Closet" (performed) by Michael Jackson^[18] & "Until the End of Time" by Justin Timberlake^[19])	Brown Lamar Edwards Harvey Mason Jr. James Fauntleroy II Steve Russell Damon Thomas	The Underdogs Lamar Edwards (co.)	4:05
4.	"With You" (Guitar: Espen Lind) (All Other Instruments played by Stargate)	Johntá Austin Espen Lind Amund Bjørklund Tor Erik Hermansen Mikkel Storleer Eriksen	StarGate	4:12
5.	"Picture Perfect" (featuring will.i.am) (Conga Drums: Chuck Prada) (DJ Scratches: DJ Premier) (Uses a Vocal Sample from "Come Unto Me" by Take 6)^[20] (Vocal Sample incorrectly credited to "A Quiet Place", performed by Take 6 and written by Ralph Carmichael^[21])	William Adams, Jr. Brown Keith Harris Ralph Carmichael	will.i.am Chris Brown (co.)	4:13
6.	"Hold Up" (featuring Big Boi)	Andre Harris Vidal Davis Jamal Harris Sammie Bush, Jr. Antwan Patton Ryan Toby	Dre & Vidal Dirty Harry (co.) Don Cheegro (co.)	3:48
7.	"You" (Samples "A Dream" by DeBarge^[22])	Carlos McKinney Terius Nash	Los da Mystro (music) Kuk Harrell (vocals)^[23]	3:22
8.	"Damage" (Bass Guitar: Jamal Andrews) (Piano and Organ: James Burt)	Brown Andrew Harr Jermaine Jackson Ced Williams	The Runners	4:16
9.	"Wall to Wall" (Additional Vocals: Sean Garrett^[24])	Sean Garrett Walter "Great" Scott	Sean Garrett Walter "Great" Scott (co.)	3:43
10.	"Help Me" (All (Instrumental) Music performed by The Underdogs & Rob Knox)^[25] (Background Vocals: James Fauntleroy II & Steve Russell)	Fauntleroy II Rob Knox Mason, Jr. Russell Thomas	The Underdogs Rob Knox	3:17
11.	"I Wanna Be"	Joseph "Lonny" Bereal Joi Campbell Eric Dawkins Antonio Dixon Durrell Babbs	Eric Dawkins Antonio Dixon	3:46
12.	"Gimme Whatcha Got" (featuring Lil Wayne and Jazze Pha) (Guitar: Ced "Keyz" Williams)	Phalon Alexander Brown Dwayne Carter, Jr. Nash Williams	Jazze Pha	3:48
13.	"I'll Call Ya" (Keyboards: Loren Dawson)	Garrett Kaseem Dean	Swizz Beatz Garrett (co.)	3:53
14.	"Lottery" (All Music performed by The Underdogs & Rob Knox)^[26] (Background Vocals: James Fauntleroy II & Luke Boyd)	Fauntleroy II Knox Mason, Jr. Thomas	The Underdogs Knox	3:41
15.	"Nice" (featuring The Game) (Intro Vocals: Scott Storch^[27])	Scott Storch Brown Jayceon Taylor	Scott Storch	4:32
16.	"Down" (featuring Kanye West) (Instruments played by Derrick "Bigg D" Baker) (Additional Guitar: Adam Zimmon) (Additional Music Programming by Ced Hollywood^[28])	Derrick Baker Brown Kanye West	Bigg D	4:17

The Forever Edition^[29]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
17.	"Forever" (Background Vocals: Keri Hilson^[30])	Rob Allen Brown Jamal Jones Brian Kennedy Andre Merritt	Polow da Don Kennedy (co.)	4:38
18.	"Superhuman" (featuring Keri Hilson) (All Music performed by Warren "Oak" Felder)	Warren "Oak" Felder Fauntleroy II Brown	Oak Harvey Mason Jr.	3:38
19.	"Heart Ain't a Brain" (All Music performed by The Underdogs) (Background Vocals: James Fauntleroy II & Steve Russell)	Brown Fauntleroy II Mason, Jr. Thomas	The Underdogs	3:40
20.	"Picture Perfect (Remix)" (featuring Hurricane Chris and Bow Wow) (Congas: Chuck Prada) (DJ Scratches: DJ Premier)	Brown Adams, Jr. Harris Carmichael Shad Moss Christopher Dooley, Jr.	will.i.am	4:11

United Kingdom bonus tracks
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Get at Ya"		3:18
16.	"Mama"	Eric Hudson	4:24
17.	"Nice" (featuring The Game)	Storch	4:32
18.	"Down" (featuring Kanye West)	Bigg D	4:17

Japanese edition (bonus tracks)
No.	Title	Length
19.	"Fallen Angel^[31]" (Instruments played & programmed by Bryan-Michael Cox) (All Strings performed & arranged by Kendrick "Wyldcard" Dean)	5:34

Limited edition DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Journey to South Africa"	15:00
2.	"Behind the Scenes of "Wall to Wall""	15:00
3.	"Wall to Wall" (music video)	5:20
4.	"Behind the Scenes of "Kiss Kiss""	12:37
5.	"Kiss Kiss" (music video)	4:25

Special Edition DVD – Chris Brown on Tour (Documentary). This project consists of completed of The Forever Edition, which was re-packaged into the bonus DVD. The DVD consists, with a special montage of his performances from his recent Up-Close & Personal sold-out tour and never before seen behind the scenes footage. It also features a cameo appearances by American R&B recording artist Keyshia Cole, who she held her own sold-out Just like You tour.

Japanese limited edition DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wall to Wall" (music video)
2.	"Kiss Kiss" (music video)
3.	"With You" (music video)
4.	"Forever" (music video)
5.	"Chris Brown on Tour (Documentary)"

Standard 16 tracks as above

United Kingdom / Japanese CD edition
No.	Title	Length
17.	"Fallen Angel^[32]"	5:34
18.	"Forever"	4:38
19.	"Superhuman" (featuring Keri Hilson)	3:39
20.	"Heart Ain't a Brain"	3:40

It consists by two versions from "The Forever Edition", with the first one was the DVD, and the second one without the DVD. These were sold separately. In United Kingdom, which has only the CD edition available.^[33] However, throughout on every country (e.g.-including Germany and Australia), it has both editions available.^[34]

BET Bonus DVD

Main article: BET Presents Chris Brown

Confirmed by Wal-Mart.^[35]

Production

Album mastered by Chris Athens at Sterling Sound, NYC
A&R administration: Shay Young
A&R coordination: Leticia Hilliard
Zomba production coordination: Cara Hutchinson
Clearances: David Schmidt, Kobie "The Quarterback" Brown, Donato Guadagnoli, Mattias End and Lisa Pinero
Art direction and design: Courtney Walter
Photography: Dave Hill and Mark Mann
Styling: Mike Bogard for Blynn Group
Executive producers for CBE: Chris Brown, Tina Davis and Mark Pitts
Executive producers for Jive / Zomba: Clive Calder and Phineas Kelly
Management: Tina M. Davis and Joyce Hawkins for The Tina Davis Company

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart^[36]	5
Belgium Albums Chart^[37]	23
Canadian Albums Chart^[38]	16
Dutch Albums Chart^[39]	63
French Albums Chart^[40]	53
German Albums Chart^[41]	91
Irish Albums Chart^[42]	2
Japanese Album Chart^[43]	14
New Zealand Albums Chart^[44]	3
Swedish Albums Chart^[37]	42
Swiss Albums Chart^[45]	28
UK Albums Chart^[46]	3
US Billboard 200^[38]	4
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[38]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Position
US Billboard 200^[47]	175
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[48]	59

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)^[49]	2× Platinum	140,000^{^}
Brazil (ABPD)^[50]	Gold	30,000^*
Ireland (IRMA)^[51]	2× Platinum	30,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[52]	2× Platinum	30,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[53]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[54]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^{^}
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)^[55]	Gold	1,000,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

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External links

Exclusive at Discogs
Exclusive at Metacritic

Chris Brown

Discography Videography Awards and nominations

Studio albums	Chris Brown Exclusive Graffiti F.A.M.E. Fortune X Royalty

Collaborative albums	Fan of a Fan: The Album (with Tyga)

Extended plays	Royalty International – EP

Mixtapes	In My Zone (Rhythm & Streets) In My Zone 2 Boy in Detention X Files Before the Party Before The Trap: Nights In Tarzana

Collaborative mixtapes	Fan of a Fan (with Tyga)

DVDs	BET Presents: Chris Brown Chris Brown's Journey

Filmography	Stomp the Yard This Christmas Takers Battle of the Year

Concert tours	Up Close and Personal Tour The Beyoncé Experience (supporting) The UCP Holiday Exclusive Tour Good Girl Gone Bad Tour (supporting) Fan Appreciation Tour F.A.M.E. Tour Supafest (supporting) Carpe Diem Tour Between The Sheets Tour One Hell of a Nite Tour

Related articles	My Super Sweet 16 Rihanna

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Chris Brown singles

Discography

Chris Brown	"Run It!" "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" "Gimme That" "Say Goodbye" "Poppin'"

Exclusive	"Wall to Wall" "Kiss Kiss" "With You" "Take You Down" "Forever" "Superhuman"

Graffiti	"I Can Transform Ya" "Crawl"

F.A.M.E.	"Deuces" "No Bullshit" "Yeah 3x" "Look at Me Now" "Beautiful People" "She Ain't You" "Next to You" "Wet the Bed"

Fortune	"Strip" "Turn Up the Music" "Sweet Love" "Till I Die" "Don't Wake Me Up" "Don't Judge Me"

X	"Fine China" "Don't Think They Know" "Love More" "Loyal" "New Flame"

Fan of a Fan: The Album	"Ayo" "Bitches N Marijuana"

Royalty	"Liquor" "Zero" "Back to Sleep" "Fine by Me"

Heartbreak on a Full Moon	"Grass Ain't Greener"

Featured singles	"Shortie Like Mine" "No Air" "Shawty Get Loose" "Get Like Me" "What Them Girls Like" "Freeze" "Work That!" "Better on the Other Side" "Drop It Low" "Back to the Crib" "Make a Movie" "Get Back Up" "Ain't Thinkin' 'Bout You" "Champion" "My Last" "One Night Stand" "Best Love Song" "Pot of Gold" "Body 2 Body" "Better with the Lights Off" "International Love" "Another Round" "Why Stop Now" "Birthday Cake (Remix)" "Right by My Side" "Take It to the Head" "I Can Only Imagine" "Put It Down" "Algo Me Gusta de Ti" "Celebration" "Ready" "As Your Friend" "For the Road" "Beat It" "Sweet Serenade" "Show Me" "Main Chick" "Hold You Down" "Only" "Post to Be" "Hotel" "Private Show" "Five More Hours" "You Changed Me" "Do It Again" "How Many Times" "Fun" "All Eyes on You" "Body on Me" "Moses" "Play No Games" "Player" "Sorry" "Gold Slugs" "Drifting" "Wishing" "Something New" "Paradise" "I'm the Man (Remix)" "No Romeo No Juliet" "Do You Mind"

Other songs	"This Christmas" "Dreamer" "Sing Like Me" "Bassline" "Nobody's Business" "X" "Wrist" "Anyway" "Little More (Royalty)" "Picture Me Rollin’"

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