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Rated R (album)

Rated R is the fourth studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released in November 2009 by Def Jam Recordings. Musically, the album is a departure from her 2007 album Good Girl Gone Bad, Rated R features a dark theme compared to her previous albums and features a wide range of genres such as pop, hip hop and R&B. It recorded after Rihanna's assault by her then-boyfriend, fellow R&B singer Chris Brown in the beginning of 2009.

Rated R
Studio album by
Rihanna
ReleasedNovember 20, 2009 (2009-11-20)
RecordedApril – October 2009
Genre
Length51:49
Label
Producer
Rihanna chronology
Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes
(2009) 		Rated R
(2009) 		3 CD Collector's Set
(2009)
Singles from Rated R
  1. "Russian Roulette"
    Released: October 27, 2009
  2. "Hard"
    Released: November 10, 2009
  3. "Wait Your Turn"
    Released: November 13, 2009
  4. "Rude Boy"
    Released: February 19, 2010
  5. "Rockstar 101"
    Released: May 18, 2010
  6. "Te Amo"
    Released: June 8, 2010

Track listing

Rated R
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Mad House"  
 1:35
2. "Wait Your Turn"  
 3:46
3. "Hard" (featuring Jeezy)
  • Stewart
  • Nash
  • Riddick
 4:11
4. "Stupid in Love"  
 4:01
5. "Rockstar 101" (featuring Slash)
  • Nash
  • Stewart
  • Fenty
  • Stewart
  • Nash
  • Riddick
 4:00
6. "Russian Roulette"  
 3:48
7. "Fire Bomb"  
  • Kennedy
  • Riddick
 4:18
8. "Rude Boy"  
  • StarGate
  • Swire
  • Riddick
 3:43
9. "Photographs" (featuring will.i.am)
  • will.i.am
  • Paper Boy
 4:46
10. "G4L"  
  • Kennard
  • Milton
  • Fauntleroy II
  • Fenty
  • Chase & Status
  • Riddick
 4:00
11. "Te Amo"  
  • Eriksen
  • Hermansen
  • Fauntleroy II
  • Fenty
  • StarGate
  • Riddick
 3:28
12. "Cold Case Love"  
 6:04
13. "The Last Song"  
  • Fauntleroy II
  • Kennedy
  • Ben Harrison
  • Fenty
  • Kennedy
  • Harrison
  • Riddick
 4:16
Total length:
 51:49

Personnel

Credits for Rated R adapted from Allmusic.[4]

  • Mykael Alexander – assistant
  • Davis Barnett – willy
  • Beardyman – vocals
  • Jessie Bonds – guitar
  • Jay Brown – A&R
  • Bobby Campbell – assistant
  • Chase & Status – producer, musician
  • James J. Cooper III – celli, soloist
  • Cédric Culnaërt – assistant engineer
  • Tyler Van Dalen – assistant engineer
  • Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing
  • Steven Dennis – assistant engineer
  • Dylan Dresdow – mixing
  • Mikkel S. Eriksen – engineer, vocal producer, musician
  • James Fauntleroy – vocals (background)
  • Glenn Fischbach – celli
  • Paul Foley – engineer
  • Rick Friedrich – assistant engineer
  • Future Cut – keyboards
  • Mariel Haenn – stylist
  • Alex Haldi – design
  • Kevin Hanson – assistant
  • Chuck Harmony – producer
  • Keith Harris – strings
  • Ben Harrison – guitar, additional production
  • Karl Heilbron – vocal engineer
  • Simon Henwood – art direction, design, photography, stylist
  • Tor Erik Hermansen – musician
  • Jean-Marie Horvat – mixing
  • Ghazi Hourani – mixing assistant
  • Jaycen Joshua – mixing
  • Mike Johnson – engineer
  • JP Robinson – art direction, design, photography
  • Brian Kennedy – keyboards, programming, producer
  • Padraic Kerin – engineer
  • Olga Konopelsky – violin
  • Emma Kummrow – violin
  • Giancarlo Lino – mixing assistant
  • Pater Martinez – assistant
  • Luigi Mazzocchi – violin, soloist
  • Monte Neuble – keyboards
  • Terius Nash – producer
  • Luis Navarro – assistant engineer
  • Ne-Yo – producer
  • Jared Newcomb – mixing assistant
  • Peter Nocella – viola
  • Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – engineer
  • Anthony Palazzole – mixing assistant
  • Paper-Boy – additional production
  • Ciarra Pardo – art direction, design
  • Charles Parker – violin
  • Ross 'Dights' Parkin – assistant engineer
  • Daniel Parry – assistant
  • Kevin Porter – assistant
  • Antonio Reid – executive producer
  • Antonio Resendiz – assistant
  • Makeba Riddick – vocals (background), vocal producer
  • Rihanna – executive producer, art direction, design, songwriter, composer
  • Rathablos Fvanz – art direction, design
  • Montez Roberts – assistant engineer
  • Evan Rogers – executive producer
  • Sébastien Salis – assistant engineer
  • Jason Sherwood – assistant engineer
  • Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith – A&R
  • Caleb Speir – bass
  • StarGate – producer
  • Status – producer
  • Xavier Stephenson – assistant
  • C. "Tricky" Stewart – producer
  • Tim Stewart – guitar
  • Bernt Rune – stray guitar
  • Carl Styrken – executive producer
  • R. Swire – musician
  • Igor Szwec – violin
  • Sean Tallman – engineer
  • Marcos Taylor – engineer
  • Gregory Teperman – violin
  • Brian "B-Luv" Thomas – engineer
  • Pat Thrall – engineer
  • Marcos Tovar – engineer
  • Neil Tucker – assistant, guitar engineer
  • Ellen Von Unwerth – photography
  • Alain Whyte – guitar (acoustic)
  • will.i.am – synthesizer, producer, engineer, drum programming
  • Andrew Wuepper – engineer
  • Ys – producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2009−10) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 12
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 16
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 16
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9] 5
Czech Albums (IFPI)[10] 15
Croatian International Album Chart[11] 10
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[12] 32
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 18
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[14] 14
French Albums (SNEP)[15] 10
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 4
Greek Albums (IFPI)[17] 6
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[18] 31
Irish Albums (IRMA)[19] 7
Italian Albums (FIMI)[20] 33
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[21] 10
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[22] 51
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[23] 14
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[24] 1
Polish Albums (OLiS)[25] 5
Russian Albums (2M)[26] 9
Scottish Albums (OCC)[27] 14
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[28] 23
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[29] 19
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[30] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[31] 9
US Billboard 200[32] 4
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[33] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Position
Australian Albums Chart[34] 52
Canadian Albums Chart[35] 28
European Top 100 Albums[36] 13
UK Albums (The Official Charts Company)[37] 27
US Billboard 200[38] 21
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[39] 7

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[40] Platinum 70,000^
Belgium (BEA)[41] Gold 15,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[42] Platinum 80,000^
France (SNEP)[43] Platinum 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[44] Gold 100,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[45] Platinum 15,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[46] Gold 10,000*
Russia (NFPF)[47] Gold Expression error: Missing operand for *.*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[48] Platinum 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[49] 2× Platinum 710,000[50]
United States (RIAA)[51] Platinum 1,130,000[52]
Summaries
Worldwide — 3,000,000[53]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Label(s) Format
Australia[54] November 20, 2009 Universal Music CD, Digital download
Germany[55]
Poland[56]
United Kingdom[57] November 23, 2009 Mercury Records
United States[58] Def Jam Recordings
Denmark[59] Universal Music
Canada[60]
Brazil[61] November 24, 2009
Spain[62]
Argentina[63] November 26, 2009
Chile[64] December 31, 2009

References

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