Rated R
by Rihanna

Rated R by Rihanna
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-11-20
Overall rank: 7,048th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
59/100 (from 125 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (127th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (1,210th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,048th)

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Rihanna bestography

Rated R is ranked 4th best out of 9 albums by Rihanna on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Rihanna is Anti which is ranked number 1461 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,172.

Rihanna album bestography « Higher ranked (6,625th)
Good Girl Gone Bad
This album (7,048th)
Rated R
Lower ranked (8,539th) »
Talk That Talk

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Overall rank: 7,048th | 2000s rank: 1,210th | 2009 rank: 127th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
59/100 (from 125 votes)
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06/19/2026 05:32 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,60670/100
 
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From BestEverAlbums 06/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5357): By TerryTezza
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From Anonymous 02/03/2015 22:22 in Complete Surprises
Ill think of more. Don't judge books by their cover and be nice to the rednecks, crackheads and crossdressers, m'kay...
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40/100
I consider this significantly better than both "Loud" and "Good Girl Gone Bad'. Standout tracks are mostly "Russian Roulette" and secondly "Te Amo". Overall, 40/100
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80/100
This collection had less hits than the platinum selling release that preceded it, but it delivers the expected results with less poppy material - still it seems to be a grouping of singles rather than a unified album. Rihanna still sings in her pseudo-reggae inflection and the beats have a dub theme. Didn't really take to the single "Russian Roulette", but a consistent effort. Unlike other current albums where I find myself watching the clock hoping the songs get over soon, this album's running time seemed to pass by quickly and was enjoyed throughout.
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95/100
Am a huge fan of Rihanna and a slight crush and lucky enough to meet her too. Her RnB style is infectious and stylish. This album works really well together with some very dark hidden messages from her own experience of a bad relationship with clever beats and some great cameos by Slash and Will I Am. Some great upbeat tracks too. This is an album I have listened to many times and still enjoy today. I believe it deserves better praise and is her most complete album with a great intro and ending with great variety that work together. Her other albums Loud and Anti also works really well as a complete album. I think she deserves more credit than she is getting.
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70/100
From 03/01/2019 14:45 | #232816
Menos superficial que alguns de seus outros álbuns.
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From 04/23/2017 17:53 | #189725
It's just that her trying to be sexy has a negative rather than positive effect on me, as if she's trying to mask her mediocre songwriting ability. And Rockstar with Slash is probably one of the worst things of 00s, it's like she doesn't know what she is anymore. I prefer her solid pop songs to tryin to be cool collabs. Not that bad as my comment may sound, but still did nothing for me :/
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