California King Bed

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"California King Bed"
Rihanna
publication May 13, 2011
length 4:12
Genre (s) Pop , rock
text Andrew Harr, Jermaine Jackson , Priscilla Renea, Alex Delicata
music The Runners
album Loud

California King Bed is a song composed Barbados coming R & B - singer Rihanna . It was released as the fourth single from their fifth studio album Loud .

background

Rihanna let her fans decide on the fourth single via Twitter . The choices were Man Down , Fading , California King Bed and Cheers (Drink to That) . The song is part of their Nivea campaign 100 Years of Nivea .

Live performances

Rihanna sings "California King Bed" during her Loud Tour in Oakland , California on June 30, 2011.

The first live performance by California King Bed found together with the country - singer Jennifer Nettles at the Academy of Country Music Awards held on April 3, 2011th Rihanna sang the song on April 14, 2011 on American Idol's 11th season . From May 5th 2011 she sang the song as part of her Nivea campaign in Milan ( Italy ), Paris ( France ) and Hamburg ( Germany ). She also sang the song on NBC 's Today Show on May 27, 2011 , along with her singles Only Girl (In the World) , What's My Name? and S&M . Rihanna also sings the song on her Loud Tour .

Music video

The music video of California King Bed was filmed on March 16, 2011 by Anthony Mandler in Los Angeles , United States . It first aired on May 9, 2011 on Rihanna's official website and on her VEVO channel. It was shot in a luxury beach house and starts with a scene of Rihanna in the grass. Followed by scenes in which she and her partner lie in bed and hug each other closely. They are sitting on different sides of a large bed and in other scenes Rihanna sings through curtains and drapes. In this video, Rihanna returned to nature as in her video for her previous single " Only Girl (In the World), " which was also directed by Mandler.

Commercial win

Before California King Bed was officially released as a single, it debuted in Australia and New Zealand through download sales only . In Australia, the song debuted at number 61 on April 11, 2011 and later reached number 4. In New Zealand, the song debuted at number 18 on April 18, reaching its previous top position of number 4. In the United Kingdom , the song rose to number 54 and reached number 36 in the week of May 22, 2011 and later its top position number 8. In Austria , California King Bed rose to number 36 and later rose to number 8. In Switzerland the song rose to number 28 and rose later at number 13. In the United States , it rose to number 80 and rose to number 53. In Germany , the song immediately rose to number 9 in the top 10 of the singles chart in the week of July 4, 2011 and rose to number two weeks later 8th.

Chart placements
Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 8th (20 weeks) 20th
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 4th (20 weeks) 20th
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 10 (23 weeks) 23
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 8th (17 weeks) 17th
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 37 (14 weeks) 14th

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 140,000
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Gold record icon.svg gold 150,000
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 30,000
Japan (RIAJ) Japan (RIAJ) Gold record icon.svg gold 100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) Gold record icon.svg gold 7,500
Sweden (IFPI) Sweden (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 40,000
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 15,000
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 400,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg5 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg6 × platinum
2,882,500

Main article: Rihanna / Music Sales Awards

Publications

country date Label format
AustraliaAustralia Australia April 4, 2011 Universal Music Group Mainstream radio
Worldwide May 9, 2011 Airplay ( music video )
GermanyGermany Germany May 10, 2011 Airplay ( radio )
DenmarkDenmark Denmark May 13, 2011 Download
FranceFrance France
ItalyItaly Italy
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
SwedenSweden Sweden
United StatesUnited States United States May 16, 2011 Def Jam Recordings Hot / Modern adult contemporary radio
May 31, 2011 Mainstream radio
June 6, 2011 Hot / Modern adult contemporary radio (re-release)
United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom June 12, 2011 Mercury Records CD single
GermanyGermany Germany June 24, 2011 Universal Music Group CD single
United StatesUnited States United States July 19, 2011 Def Jam Recordings Remixes - iTunes Store

Web links

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