wikipedia.com :: Rihanna - Rated R
Rated R is the fourth studio album by Bajan R&B singer Rihanna set to be released November 23, 2009. The album's first single, "Russian Roulette", written by Ne-Yo and Rihanna, was released on October 20, 2009.
Chart Performance
Rated R has not charted as of yet, however, Rihanna confirmed on her Twitter account that she is planning to release tour dates on 28th November 2009.
Singles
"Russian Roulette", the first single, was released on November 3, 2009 in the United States, and November 23, 2009 in United Kingdom. "Russian Roulette" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number one-hundred. So far, after three weeks on the chart it has reached number 9 - giving Rihanna her twelfth top 10 single of her career. The song has also reached inside the top ten on 8 other charts including gaining her first number one on the Norwegian Singles Chart for the song. The music video was released on Friday, November 13, 2009.
"Hard", the second single, was released on November 10, 2009 in the United States via Urban and Rhythmic radio. The song features Young Jeezy, and was sent to Hot 97 by Def Jam on November 2, 2009. The single cover was released on November 10, 2009. The video has yet to be shot. It has so far reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs without physically being released.
"Wait Your Turn", will be released as the third single. The writer of the song originally said that the song had been chosen to be the second single, due for release before the album. Eventually, however, the label chose "Hard" as the second single instead. Rihanna was spotted filming the music video for the song on October 16, 2009.[62] The video was released on Rihanna's website on November 3, 2009, before the "Russian Roulette" video premiere. The official single cover was released on November 7, 2009 featuring Rihanna partially nude as on "Russian Roulette" and "Hard".[63] The video has started to receive airplay on UK music channels in the week starting 8 November. It was confirmed on BBC Radio 1 that it would be released as the second single in the UK in early 2010.
Amazon.com :: Product Description
The wait is ova - for one of the most hotly anticipated new albums in recent history, as multi-platinum, award-winning Def Jam recording artist Rihanna announces the completion of her fourth original studio album, Rated R, scheduled to arrive in the physical and digital marketplace on Monday, November 23rd.The "Russian Roulette" video, directed by Anthony Mandler, will premiere in prime-time on ABC.
"Russian Roulette" was written and produced by fellow Def Jam artist Ne-Yo, whose long track record with Rihanna includes the #1 hit "Unfaithful" (2006, from A Girl Like Me), their Top 10 duet "Hate That I Love You" (2007, from Good Girl Gone Bad), and #1 pop/ #1 R&B "Take A Bow" (2008, from Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded). In addition to Ne-Yo, other producers and writers on Rihanna's new album include the team of The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, Chase & Status, Stargate, Justin Timberlake and more.
Rated R is the long-awaited follow-up to Good Girl Gone Bad (May 2007), which contained the non-stop string of hit singles that began with the MTV VMA and Grammy Award-winning global #1 hit "Umbrella" (featuring Jay-Z), then "Shut Up and Drive," "Hate That I Love You" (featuring Ne-Yo), and "Don't Stop the Music." Good Girl Gone Bad spent 98 total weeks on the Soundscan chart, earned cumulative sales of more than 36-times platinum in at least 20 territories around the world, and spun off the CD+DVD package Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (January 2009) - which continued the string of hits with the #1 "Take A Bow," and the #1 "Disturbia."
Good Girl Gone Bad was the third album release in less than two years by the 21-year old Barbados native Rihanna. It followed-up 2006's RIAA platinum A Girl Like Me, which contained the back-to-back hits, "S.O.S." and "Unfaithful"; and her RIAA gold debut from 2005, Music Of the Sun, featuring the world-wide smash, "Pon De Replay."
Track List:
1. Rihanna Title Hits Song "Mad House".
2. Rihanna Title Hits Song "Wait Your Turn".
3. Rihanna Title Hits Song "Hard". (ft Jeezy)
4. Rihanna Title Hits Song "Stupid In Love".
5. Rihanna Title Hits Song "ROCKSTAR 101". (ft Slash)
6. Rihanna Title Hits Song "Russian Roulette".
7. Rihanna Title Hits Song "Fire Bomb".
8. Rihanna Title Hits Song "Rude Boy".
9. Rihanna Title Hits Song "Photographs". (ft will.i.am)
10. Rihanna Title Hits Song "G4L".
11. Rihanna Title Hits Song "Te Amo".
12. Rihanna Title Hits Song "Cold Case Love".
13. Rihanna Title Hits Song "The Last Song".
