The album debuted at number 4 on the U.S.
Billboard 200 chart, selling 181,000 copies in its first week, making it Rihanna's highest-selling debut in the United States. It became her third consecutive
platinum album in the United States and spawned three singles, "
Russian Roulette", "
Hard", and "
Rude Boy", that attained chart success. Upon its release,
Rated R received generally positive reviews from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 76/100 from
Metacritic.In the
United States,
Rated R debuted at Number 4 on the
Billboard 200 chart and sold 181,000 units in its first week, beating her previous album
Good Girl Gone Bad's first week sales of 168,000,
[64] and making it her highest selling week ever