Rated R (Rihanna album)

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Rated R
Studio album by Rihanna

Publication
(s)

November 20, 2009

admission

March – November 2009
Milk Studios, Germano Studios
( Manhattan , New York )
Metropolis Studios
( London , England )
Studios Davout
( Paris , France )
Paper VU Studios, Westlake Recording Studios
( Los Angeles , California )

Label (s) Def Jam , SRP

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Dance-Pop , R&B

Title (number)

13 (+ 10 dance remixes & 2 bonus tracks)

running time

55:55

occupation Singing : Rihanna

production

Antonio "LA" Reid , Rihanna, Jay-Z , Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers , Chase & Status , The-Dream , Chuck Harmony , Brian Kennedy , Ne-Yo , StarGate , Tricky Stewart , will.i.am , The Y's

chronology
Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes
(2009)
Rated R Rated R: Remixed
(2010)
Single releases
November 1st , 2009 Russian roulette
November 2nd , 2009 Wait your turn
January 3rd , 2010 Hard
4th February 19th 2010 Rude boy
May 5th 25th 2010 Rock star 101
June 6-11, 2010 I love you

Rated R (for " Rated with an R" ) is the fourth studio album by the singer Rihanna . It was recorded in 2009 and released on November 20 that same year under their Def Jam Recordings label.

background

Rihanna's previous album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) was a commercial success and received generally good reviews from most music critics. The album included five top ten hits, three US number one hit singles, including the international breakthrough single Umbrella . With regards to Rated R , there has been a lot of speculation that any of the songs on the album would be about her former boyfriend, Chris Brown . In an interview with MTV , Ne-Yo , who had written songs for Rihanna in the past , made it clear that he hadn't written a song for her about Brown because of his friendship with Brown. Producer Chuck Harmony said that whichever song is released as the first single, people will immediately think the song is about Brown.

In an interview with Marc Malkin at the MTV Video Music Awards , Ne-Yo stated that people should expect a more edgy and angry Rihanna on the album. He later told In Touch Weekly that the album is definitely going to be edgier than the way we were used to Rihanna while describing the album as "liberated." Akon , on the other hand, stated that he doesn't want Rihanna angry. With the success of her last album, Rihanna wanted to make sure she didn't fall into a monotonous tone or mood. At the Justin Timberlake & Friends concert in Las Vegas , Timberlake told MTV that Rated R has a whole new sound, and that the new songs are not just remakes of the material fans heard on their last album.

After the release of the first single, Russian Roulette , it became clear that the reaction of fans who had heard the title had been mixed. In February 2010, Rihanna said that she liked the album but that her next one would be less intense: “I like the floor, the dirt on her. But when I combine it with more energy and up-tempo pop records, I think it'll be a happy "marriage". And that's where we're probably going next. ”When asked what the most important song is for her, she said that she doesn't have one most important song, but her favorites include Fire Bomb and Cold Case Love . She also stated that she really enjoys the songs that are fun, including Rockstar 101 , Hard, and her hit single Rude Boy .

Emergence

The album was recorded within eight months from March to November 2009. The recordings took place at Milk Studios in Manhattan , New York , Metropolis Studios in London , Studios Davout in Paris and Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles . It has worked with songwriters such as Chuck Harmony, The-Dream, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Chase & Status and Stargate. It later emerged that Stargate was producing a collaboration between Rihanna and Canadian rapper Drake . After all, the song didn't make it onto the album for unknown reasons.

On October 19, 2010, an illustrated book called Rihanna was published, which shows the genesis of Rated R and excerpts of her Last Girl on Earth Tour . Rihanna co-authored the book with art director Simon Henwood. Rihanna said herself: “It's an illustrated book with pictures that people have never seen before. It's like a backstage pass, like a fashion book. It's a step-by-step creation of the Rated R album. It shows all the way to what the album and tour are now, how they were created and how it came about. ”The book is available in hardcover and paperback . The title of the book should actually be Rihanna: The Last Girl on Earth . But later it was decided to only go with Rihanna . It is only available in English .

reception

Andy Kellman from Allmusic pointed out the "provocative" content and presentation of the album, he spoke of "Good girl gone evil" (for example: "Good girl who has become bad"), albeit some "over the top", exaggerated, be. The rating was four out of five stars.

Commercial win

Rated R debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 charts with 181,000 copies sold in the first week, topping sales of the previous album Good Girl Gone Bad in the week of release. It also peaked at number one on Billboard's Top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums chart, which none of their albums have achieved before. On January 8, 2010, Rated R was certified platinum for 1,000,000 copies sold.

In the UK, the album debuted at number 16 and went gold in just four days . So far, it has sold 300,000 times and been awarded platinum. On August 1st, the album was in the charts for 36 weeks.

Although the album only debuted at number 15 in Australia, the album went gold in its 2nd week, and platinum in August for over 70,000 copies sold. With the release of the third single Rude Boy , Rated R rose to a new high of twelve. In Poland, the album reached number five and was awarded gold, with sales of 20,000 copies in just one month, beating the sales of the previous album, which sold 20,000 copies in two years. On June 3, 2010, the album was certified platinum in Greece for more than 10,000 units sold. The album reached number 19 in Sweden, number 14 in New Zealand and number 15 in Finland. By May 2010, Rated R had sold almost 3,000,000 copies worldwide.

In Switzerland, the album reached number one on the album charts and was awarded platinum. In Austria it reached number seven and in Germany number four and was awarded gold in the latter country.

Track list

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Rihanna in Last Girl on Earth Tour 16-04-4.jpg
Rihanna sings Wait Your Turn .
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Rihanna sings Hard wearing her Mickey Mouse helmet.
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Rihanna sings rock star 101
Rihanna in Last Girl on Earth Tour 16-04-5.jpg
Rihanna sings Te Amo
# title text Producers length
1 Mad House Makeba Riddick, Will Kennard, Saul Milton, Robyn Fenty Chase & Status 1:34
2 Wait your turn James Fauntleroy II, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Kennard, Milton, Takura Tendayi, Fenty Chase & Status, StarGate 3:46
3 Hard featuring Jeezy Terius Nash, Christopher Stewart, Fenty, Jay Jenkins The-Dream , Tricky Stewart 4:10
4th Stupid in love Shaffer Smith, Eriksen, Hermansen StarGate, Ne-Yo 4:01
5 Rockstar 101 featuring Slash Nash, Stewart, Fenty The-Dream, Tricky Stewart 3:58
6th Russian roulette Smith, Chuck Harmon Chuck Harmony, Ne-Yo 3:47
7th Fire bomb Fauntleroy II, Brian Kennedy, Fenty Brian Kennedy 4:17
8th Rude boy Eriksen, Hermansen, Ester Dean , Riddick, Rob Swire, Fenty StarGate, Rob Swire 3:42
9 Photographs featuring will.i.am William Adams , Jean Baptiste, Michael McHenry, Allan Pineda , Alain Whyte will.i.am 4:46
10 G4L Kennard, Milton, Fauntleroy II, Fenty Chase & Status 3:59
11 I love you Eriksen, Hermansen, Fauntleroy II, Fenty StarGate 3:28
12 Cold case love Justin Timberlake , Robin Tadross, Fauntleroy II The Y's 6:04
13 The Last Song Fauntleroy II, Kennedy, Ben Harrison, Fenty Brian Kennedy, Ben Harrison 4:16

Bonus tracks

# title text Producers length
14th Russian Roulette (Donni Hotwheel Remix) Shaffer Smith, Fenty Donni Hotwheel 3:02
15th Hole in My Head featuring Justin Timberlake Justin Timberlake , Fauntleroy II, Fenty The Y's 4:06

Singles

Remix edition

In addition to the normal album, a remix version called Rated R: Remixed was released. This reached rank 158 in the Billboard 200 charts.

Track list
# title Remix length
1 Mad House Chew Fu Straight Jacket Fix 2:12
2 Russian roulette Chew Fu Black Russian Fix 5:55
3 Rockstar 101 featuring Slash Chew Fu Teacher's Pet Fix 4:27
4th Wait your turn Chew Fu Can't Wait No More Fix 5:09
5 Photographs featuring will.i.am Chew Fu 35mm Fix 5:59
6th Rude boy Chew Fu Vitamin S Fix 5:41
7th Hard featuring Jeezy Chew Fu Granite Fix 5:28
8th G4L Chew Fu Guns in the Air Fix 5:25
9 Fire bomb Chew Fu Molotov Fix 6:58
10 Stupid in love Chew Fu Small Room Fix 5:32

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 70,000
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) Gold record icon.svg gold 15,000
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 200,000
Europe (IFPI) Europe (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum (1,000,000)
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 200,000
Golf Cooperation Council (IFPI) Golf Cooperation Council (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 3,000
Ireland (IRMA) Ireland (IRMA) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 15,000
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) Gold record icon.svg gold 35,000
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 80,000
Norway (IFPI) Norway (IFPI) Gold record icon.svg gold 15,000
Poland (ZPAV) Poland (ZPAV) Gold record icon.svg gold 10,000
Russia (NFPF) Russia (NFPF) Gold record icon.svg gold 10,000
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) Platinum record icon.svg platinum 30,000
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum 600,000
All in all Gold record icon.svg6 × gold
Platinum record icon.svg11 × platinum
3,283,000

Main article: Rihanna / Music Sales Awards

Web links

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