Rated R is only acclaimed by her fans

Ciara and ARTPOP both have about 3 good songs and 2 somewhat good songs. But nothing on Ciara is as tragically bad as "Swine" so I guess it is better than ARTPOP.

There are more important pieces to acclaim than Metacritic. On the other hand, there are cases like Britney's Blackout, which have a ****** Metacritic score and are also not a member of any relevant year-end lists or decade-end lists or positive lists of any type that we still pretend are acclaimed because of delinquent articles. We should abolish those!

4 is more acclaimed than Rated R.
Made the rounds on many year end lists. Really wonder if the next album that she's doing will be pop like IASF or R&B like 4.

"Rude Boy" SMASHED harder than any Beyonce song and the album is actually really good.

album sales >>> metacritic

ultimately, the real critics are the public, and that's all that matters

Swine is not that bad.
Gypsy though, worst song ever

also whats the song that has the lyrics ''...ask your gay friend for advice...''? Its even worse

Yes, we do.

4 has a score of 73 based on 36 critics
Rated R a 75 bassed on 21 critics.

the more critics review the album, the harder it is to get a higher score.

Also, a lot of reviewers like the Guardian which gave 4 a low rating in their MetaCritic review changed their position in the year end lists.

How many year ends did Rated R make or the songs from it compared to 4? Any of the song named "Best New Music" from Pitchfork?

4 rank on acclaimed music (a compilation of all year end list)

US - 38
Worldwide - #57

Rated R
US - #189
Worldwide - #657

4 is more acclaimed than any Rihanna album.

Look it up: http://www.acclaimedmusic.net

I tend to agree. Rated R is powerful.

Donatella, one of the worst pop songs of all time.

just a few days ago Metacritic were you bottoms best friends when you used it against Gaga ..... you shaded her with Katy's ... now since RR is more than acclaimed than any Beyonce album Metacritic is suddenly not good...

you guys are soo transparent its not even funny

No one remembers Rude Boy. Smashed my ass. Didn't even make IFPI (but then again, no Rih songs do).

o Beyhive is back. Are they still mad at ICON?