Rihanna is 'Rated R'

The collection's first single 'Russian Roulette' was launched on 20 October on http://rihannanow.com.

'Russian Roulette' was written and produced by 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 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' (featur-ing 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. It followed-up 2006's platinum 'A Girl Like Me', which contained the back-to-back hits, 'S.O.S.' and 'Unfaithful'; and her gold debut from 2005, 'Music Of the Sun', featuring the world-wide smash, 'Pon De Replay'.