18 Months

18 Months
Studio album by Calvin Harris
Publication (s)	October 26, 2012
Label (s)	Sony Music
Format (s)	CD, double CD, download, vinyl
Genre (s)	Dance , house
Title (number)	15th
running time	49:47
production	Calvin Harris
Studio (s)	Fly Eye Studio, London Westlake Recording Studios, Los Angeles White Villa Studios, Netherlands
chronology Ready for the Weekend (2009) 18 Months Motion (2014)
Single releases June 10, 2011 Bounce August 19, 2011 Feel so close September 22, 2011 We found love March 30, 2012 let's go July 27, 2012 We'll be coming back October 12, 2012 Sweet Nothing January 27, 2013 Drinking from the bottle 2nd April 2013 I need your love 4th August 2013 Thinking About You

18 Months (German: 18 months ) is the third studio album by the Scottish singer and producer Calvin Harris . It was released worldwide in October 2012, reaching number one in England and number two in Ireland. Eight singles have been released from this album so far, all of which have made it into the top 10 in the UK. He holds the record in this country with the most top 10 singles from a single album, now ahead of Michael Jackson's Bad and Dangerous albums, each with seven releases.

Emergence

The album title is both an allusion to the long production time of the album. Eighteen months before the album was finished, Harris decided to focus on music production and DJing . Harris enjoyed working with the guest artists because they were musicians with whom he had wanted to work in the studio for a long time. On the other hand, it was a sales-promoting experiment for him in which he wanted to find out how many well-known musicians he could bring together on this album. In addition, the participation of these artists was a reason for the long duration of the album. While some people were skeptical whether this experiment would work at all, the success of the first single We Found Love with Rihanna dispelled those doubts.

Track list

All music was composed and produced by Calvin Harris.

Standard Edition
No.	title	Songwriter	Guest musician	length
1.	Green Valley	Calvin Harris		1:49
2.	Bounce	Harris	Kelis	3:42
3.	Feel so close	Harris		3:26
4th	We found love	Harris	Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris	3:35
5.	We'll be coming back	Harris, Eliot Gleave	Example	3:54
6th	Mansion	Harris		2:07
7th	Iron	Harris, Nick Rotteveel	Nicky Romero & Calvin Harris	3:39
8th.	I need your love	Harris, Elena Goulding	Ellie Goulding	3:54
9.	Drinking from the bottle	Harris, Patrick Okogwu , James F. Reynolds, Mark Knight	Tinie Tempah	4:00
10.	Sweet Nothing	Harris, Florence Welch , Tom Hull	Florence Welch	3:32
11.	School	Harris		1:47
12.	Here 2 China	Harris, Dylan Mills , Dillon Francis	Calvin Harris & Dillon Francis feat. Dizzee Rascal	2:32
13.	let's go	Harris, Shaffer Smith	Ne-yo	3:52
14th	Awooga	Harris		3:51
15th	Thinking About You	Harris, Ayah Marar	Ayah Marar	4:07
Overall length:				49:47

Chart placements

album

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2012	18 Months	DE63 (1 week) DE	AT52 (1 week) AT	CH30 (5 weeks) CH	UK1 (109 weeks) UK	US19 (11 weeks) US	First published: October 26, 2012

Singles

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, , Placements, weeks, awards, comments)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2011	Bounce	-	-	-	UK2 (24 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 17th, 2011 feat. Kelis
	Feel so close	-	-	CH57 (8 weeks) CH	UK2 (24 weeks) UK	US12 (26 weeks) US	First published: August 19, 2011
	We found love	DE1 (34 weeks) DE	AT2 (23 weeks) AT	CH1 (33 weeks) CH	UK1 (54 weeks) UK	US1 (41 weeks) US	First published: September 22, 2011 with Rihanna
2012	let's go	DE59 (10 weeks) DE	AT49 (8 weeks) AT	CH40 (5 weeks) CH	UK2 (18 weeks) UK	US17 (20 weeks) US	First published: March 30, 2012 feat. Ne-yo
	We'll be coming back	-	-	-	UK2 (17 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 27, 2012 feat. Example
	Sweet Nothing	DE19 (28 weeks) DE	AT29 (21 weeks) AT	CH36 (19 weeks) CH	UK1 (21 weeks) UK	US10 (27 weeks) US	First published: October 14, 2012 feat. Florence Welch
2013	Drinking from the bottle	-	-	-	UK5 (31 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 27, 2013 feat. Tinie Tempah
	I need your love	DE13 (36 weeks) DE	AT3 (27 weeks) AT	CH6 (25 weeks) CH	UK4 (29 weeks) UK	US16 (25 weeks) US	First published: April 2nd, 2013 feat. Ellie Goulding
	Thinking About You	DE56 (9 weeks) DE	AT66 (1 week) AT	CH58 (7 weeks) CH	UK8 (16 weeks) UK	US86 (6 weeks) US	First published: August 4th 2013 feat. Ayah Marar

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Ireland (IRMA)	gold	7,500
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	160,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Poland (ZPAV)	platinum	20,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	40,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	4 × gold 8 × platinum	1,715,000

Main article: Calvin Harris / Music Sales Awards

occupation

• Vocals, instruments, arrangements: Calvin Harris
• Gesang Bounce, We Found Love, We'll Be Coming Back, I Need Your Love, Sweet Nothing, Let's Go, Thinking About You : Kelis, Rihanna, Example, Ellie Goulding, Florence Welch, Ne-Yo, Ayah Marar
• Rap / vocals Drinking from the Bottle, Here 2 China : Tinie Tempah , Dizzee Rascal

Web links

• 18 months at laut.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BBC Newsbeat: Calvin Harris makes chart history with eight top 10s (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Gil Kaufman: 18 Months: Album features tracks with Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Kelis, Florence Welch and Ellie Goulding. MTV.com , September 25, 2012, accessed May 26, 2013 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Sources chart placements: DE / AT / CH / UK / US , accessed on May 26, 2013.