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 was recorded after Rihanna's assault by her then-boyfriend, fellow R&B singer Chris Brown in the beginning of 2009.

## 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

### Weekly charts

|scope="col" style="width:20em;"|Chart (2009−10)|scope="col"|Peak position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|15||||
|10||||
|31||||
|10||||
|5||||
|9||||
|14||||
|4||||
|1||||

### Year-end charts

|scope="col"|Chart (2010)|scope="col"|Position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Australian Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|52||
|Canadian Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|28||
|European Top 100 Albums|style="text-align:center;"|13||
|UK Albums (The Official Charts Company)|style="text-align:center;"|27||
|US _Billboard_ 200|style="text-align:center;"|21||
|US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|style="text-align:center;"|7||

## Release history

|Region|Date|Label(s)|Format||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Australia|rowspan="3"|November 20, 2009|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Universal Music|rowspan="11"|CD, Digital download|
|Germany|||||||
|Poland|||||||
|United Kingdom|rowspan="4"|November 23, 2009|style="text-align:center;"|Mercury Records|||
|United States|Def Jam Recordings||||||
|Denmark|rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|Universal Music|||||
|Canada|||||||
|Brazil|rowspan="2"|November 24, 2009|||||
|Spain|||||||
|Argentina||November 26, 2009|||||
|Chile||December 31, 2009|||||

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Rated R
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Rihanna
- **border**: yes
- **recorded**: April – October 2009
- **length**: 51:49
- **prev title**: Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes
- **prev year**: 2009
- **next title**: 3 CD Collector's Set (album), 3 CD Collector's Set
- **next year**: 2009