What's My Name? (Rihanna song)

"What's My Name?"
"What's My Name?"
Single by Rihanna featuring Drake
from the album Loud
Released	October 25, 2010
Recorded	2010
Studio	Roc the Mic Studios (New York City), Westlake Recording Studios (Los Angeles); The Hit Factory (Miami)
Genre	Electro-R&B
Length	4:23
Label	Def Jam; SRP;
Songwriter(s)	Mikkel S. Eriksen; Tor Erik Hermansen; Ester Dean; Traci Hale; Aubrey Graham;
Producer(s)	Stargate; Kuk Harrell;
Rihanna singles chronology
Drake singles chronology
Music video
	"What's My Name?" on YouTube

"What's My Name?" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna, for her fifth studio album Loud (2010). Featuring guest vocals from Canadian rapper Drake,^[a] the song was released as the second single from Loud on October 25, 2010, through Def Jam Recordings and in Germany on January 21, 2011, as a single through Universal Music Group. The dancehall-infused electro-R&B song was produced by the Norwegian production duo Stargate, and was written by the duo along with Ester Dean, Traci Hale, and Drake. Lyrically, it incorporates themes of romance and sex.

"What's My Name?" topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, giving Rihanna her third number-one single in 2010, as well as her eighth overall on the chart. The song also topped the charts in Hungary and the United Kingdom and reached the top five in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway and Slovakia. The song is certified six-times Platinum in the US and Gold or higher in eight additional countries. The song received a nomination at the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.^[1]

An accompanying music video, directed by Philip Andelman, plays a romantic encounter between Rihanna and Drake in a grocery store along with romantic scenes between the pair and Rihanna walking through Manhattan's Lower East Side. "What's My Name?" was promoted with live performances, including Saturday Night Live in the United States and the series 7 finale of The X Factor in the United Kingdom, released in 2011.

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^ "Rihanna Thankful for Grammy Award Nominations". Capital FM. December 1, 2011. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2011.

[2] "Rihanna Thankful for Grammy Award Nominations". Capital FM. December 1, 2011. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2011.

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