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.

Track listing

Personnel
Credits for Rated R adapted from Allmusic.

 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

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

Other websites
 

2009 albums
Rihanna albums
Pop albums
Hip hop albums
R&B albums