808s & Heartbreak

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.

808s & Heartbreak
Studio album by Kanye West
Released	November 24, 2008 (2008-11-24)
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
Graduation (2007) 808s & Heartbreak (2008) VH1 Storytellers (2010)
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

Track listing

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

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

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

Certifications

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

1. Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak - Amazon.com Music
2. "Credits: 808s & Heartbreak". AllMusic. All Media Guide. July 2, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. "Awards: 808s & Heartbreak". Allmusic. All Media Guide. July 2, 2009. Retrieved July 11, 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. "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.
7. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
8. "Canadian album certifications – Kanye West – 808's & Heartbreak". Music Canada.
9. "2008 Certification Awards – Platinum". The Irish Charts. Irish Recorded Music Association.
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.
11. "RIAA – Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Retrieved August 4, 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}