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

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## Release history
## References
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