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.

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
Chart (2009−10) Peakpositionscope="row" scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" scope="row"  Czech Albums (IFPI)15 Croatian International Album Chart10scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" scope="row"  Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)31scope="row" scope="row"  Japanese Albums (Oricon)10scope="row" scope="row" scope="row"  Polish Albums (OLiS)5 Russian Albums (2M)9 Scottish Albums (OCC)14scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" scope="row" US Billboard 200 4US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1

Year-end charts
 Chart (2010) PositionAustralian Albums Chart52Canadian Albums Chart"Top Canadian Albums: Best of 2010". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media Retrieved January 2, 2011.28European Top 100 Albums"European Albums: Best of 2010". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media Retrieved January 2, 2011.13UK Albums (The Official Charts Company)27US Billboard 20021US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums7

Certifications

Release history
RegionDateLabel(s)Format Australia November 20, 2009Universal Music CD, Digital download Germany Poland United Kingdom November 23, 2009Mercury Records United States Def Jam Recordings DenmarkUniversal Music Canada Brazil November 24, 2009 Spain Argentina November 26, 2009 Chile December 31, 2009

References

Other websites


Category:2009 albums
Category:Rihanna albums
Category:Def Jam Recordings albums
Category:Pop albums
Category:Hip hop albums
Category:R&B albums