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
Cedric Culnaert - 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
Sebastien 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