8 Letters

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8 Letters
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Studio album by
Why Don't We
ReleasedAugust 31, 2018 (2018-08-31)
Recorded2016–2018
Genre Pop
Length26:15
Label Signature Entertainment
Producer
Why Don't We chronology
A Why Don't We Christmas
(2017)		8 Letters
(2018)		Spotify Singles
(2018)
Why Don't We studio album chronology
8 Letters
(2018)		 The Good Times and the Bad Ones
(2021)
8 Letters– Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."8 Letters"
 The Monsters and the Strangerz 3:10
2."Talk"
 Louis Schoorl 3:10
3."Choose"
Schultz2:53
4."In Too Deep"
Jeberg3:14
5."Friends"
3:34
6."Hard"
Schultz3:16
7."Hooked"
Manson3:24
8."Can’t You See"
  • Why Don't We
  • Schultz
  • Hinshaw
Schultz3:34
Total length:26:15
8 Letters– Deluxe edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
9."Trust Fund Baby"
 Steve Mac 3:16
10."Hooked" (Borgeous remix)
  • Manson
  • Plested
3:13
11."8 Letters" (R3hab remix)
  • Abrahart
  • Price
  • Johnson
  • Lomax
  • Johnson
  • The Monsters and the Strangerz
  • R3hab
2:12
Total length:34:36
Japanese edition bonus tracks [6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
9."Trust Fund Baby"
  • Sheeran
  • Fred Gibson
Mac3:05
10."These Girls"
  • Manson
  • Plested
  • Manson
  • Borgeous
2:49
11."Something Different"
 2:42
Total length:34:51
Japanese limited edition bonus DVD [7]
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Trust Fund Baby" (music video)Jason Koenig 
2."Hooked" (music video)Eli Sokhn 
3."Something Different" (music video) Logan Paul  
4."These Girls" (music video)
  • Eli Sokhn
  • Paul
 
5."Talk" (music video)Sokhn 

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [8] 10
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [9] 42
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [10] 21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [11] 126
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [12] 15
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] 17
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [14] 38
Irish Albums (OCC) [15] 12
Italian Albums (FIMI) [16] 96
Japan Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [17] 93
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [18] 42
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [19] 38
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [20] 24
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [21] 11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [22] 87
UK Albums (OCC) [23] 25
US Billboard 200 [24] 9

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Singapore (RIAS) [25] Platinum10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United StatesAugust 31, 2018

Notes

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