Fan of a Fan: The Album

Fan of a Fan: The Album[3] is the debut studio album by American singer Chris Brown and American rapper Tyga, billed together as Chris Brown X Tyga and was released on February 20, 2015, by RCA Records, along with affiliated record labels; including CBE Records, Last Kings Records, Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Republic Records. The album serves as the sequel to their breakout mixtape Fan of a Fan (2010).[4]

Fan of a Fan: The Album
Studio album by Chris Brown and Tyga
Released	February 20, 2015
Genre	West Coast hip hop[1] R&B
Length	48:24
Label	CBE RCA Last Kings Young Money Cash Money Republic
Producer	Chris Brown & Tyga (exec.) DJ Mustard Jess Jackson Nic Nac Mel & Mus P-Lo Drumma Boy Scott Storch DJ Frank E The MeKanics David D.A. Doman The Breed Mark Kragen Vinylz Boi-1da Mike Free
Chris Brown and Tyga chronology
Fan of a Fan (2010) Fan of a Fan: The Album (2015)
Chris Brown chronology
X (2014) Fan of a Fan: The Album (2015) Royalty (2015)
Tyga chronology
Hotel California (2013) Fan of a Fan: The Album (2015) The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty (2015)
Singles from Fan of a Fan: The Album
"Ayo" Released: January 6, 2015 "Bitches N Marijuana" Released: May 26, 2015[2]

Singles

"Ayo" was released as the lead single[5] on January 6, 2015. The track was produced by American record producers Mark Kragen and Nic Nac, whom Chris Brown and Tyga previously worked with on "Loyal".[6]

"Bitches N Marijuana", which features a guest verse from West Coast rapper Schoolboy Q, was released as a promotional single on February 6, 2015. It was later sent to rhythmic radio as the album's second single on May 26 of that same year.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	46/100[7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
DJBooth	[9]
HipHopDX	3.0/5[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
XXL	L (3/5)[12]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 46, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on six reviews.[7] Gerrick D. Kennedy of The Los Angeles Times concluded that, "Overwrought with rap cliches, Fan of a Fan is a formulaic heaping of bouncy bangers primed for the strip clubs that likely inspired it. There isn't much here, besides expletive-filled musings on sex, drugs, cars, money and dangerous misogyny".[13]

Commercial performance

Fan of a Fan: The Album debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200 moving 66,000 album-equivalent units with 51,000 in pure album sales in the first week of release.[14][15] In the second week the album fell at number 24, with 21,000 album-equivalent units and 12,000 in pure album sales.[16] As of March 2015, the album has sold 72,000 copies and has been streamed 16 million times domestically.[17]

In the United Kingdom, Fan of a Fan: The Album debuted at number seven on the UK Albums Chart and number one on the UK R&B Albums chart. The album was eventually certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of over 60,000 copies in the UK.

On that year it was released, Fan of a Fan: The Album was ranked as the 144th most popular album of the year on the Billboard 200.[18]

Track listing

Fan of a Fan: The Album — Standard edition[19]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Westside"	Chris Brown Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson	The Breed	3:34
2.	"Nothin' Like Me" (featuring Ty Dolla $ign)	Brown Stevenson Tyrone Griffin Jr. Samuel Jean	DJ Mustard Mike Free	4:05
3.	"Ayo"	Brown Stevenson	Nic Nac Kragen^[a]	3:45
4.	"Girl You Loud"	Brown Stevenson	Drumma Boy	3:33
5.	"Remember Me"	Brown Stevenson	Jackson Vinylz Boi-1da	4:13
6.	"I Bet" (featuring 50 Cent)	Brown Stevenson Curtis Jackson III	P-Lo	4:02
7.	"D.G.I.F.U." (featuring Pusha T)	Brown Stevenson Jackson Terrence Thornton Melvin Bradford	David D.A. Doman Jackson^[a]	3:44
8.	"Better"	Brown Stevenson Arnold Hennings Debra Killings	Jackson	3:42
9.	"Lights Out" (featuring Fat Trel)	Brown Stevenson Estefany Perez Martrel Reeves	Jackson	4:46
10.	"Real One" (featuring Boosie Badazz)	Brown Stevenson James Stewart Torrence Hatch	Doman	4:59
11.	"Bitches N Marijuana" (featuring Schoolboy Q)	Brown Stevenson Paris Jones Quincy Hanley	Nic Nac	4:14
12.	"She Goin' Up"	Brown Stevenson	DJ Frank E Andrew Cedar^[a]	3:47

Fan of a Fan: The Album — Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[19]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Wrong In the Right Way"	Brown Stevenson Scott Storch Michael Hernandez Rico Evans Ernest Isley Marvin Isley O Kelly Isley Ronald Isley Rudolph Isley Christoper Jasper	Storch The Mekanics	4:30
14.	"Bunkin'" (featuring Jay 305 and T.I.)	Brown Stevenson Doman Stewart Jay Cummings Clifford Harris Jr.	Doman	5:02
15.	"It's Yo Shit" (featuring Wale)	Brown Stevenson Olubowale Akintimehin	Mel & Mus	3:47
16.	"Banjo"	Brown Stevenson McFarlane	DJ Mustard	3:39

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer.

Sample credits

• "D.G.I.F.U" samples "Forgot About Dre" by Dr. Dre and "Notorious Thugs" by The Notorious B.I.G.
• "Better" samples "Take Our Time" by TLC

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2015) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 3 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 16 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 70 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 65 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[24] 12 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[25] 30 French Albums (SNEP)[26] 33 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27] 14 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[28] 9 Italian Albums (FIMI)[29] 65 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[30] 62 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[31] 28 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[32] 6 UK Albums (OCC)[33] 7 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[34] 1 US Billboard 200[35] 7 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[36] 3 US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[37] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2015) Position Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[38] 10 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[39] 51 US Billboard 200[40] 144 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[41] 37 Chart (2016) Position Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[42] 99

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[43]	Gold	10,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[44]	Silver	60,000
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Germany[45]	February 20, 2015	CD digital download	RCA Records
United Kingdom[46]	February 23, 2015
Canada[47]	February 24, 2015
United States[48]

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External links

• Official website