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Unapologetic is het zevende studioalbum van de Barbadiaanse zangeres Rihanna, dat een jaar na Talk That Talk verscheen. Het album verscheen in Nederland op 20 november 2012, internationaal op 19 november via de labels Def Jam en SRP. In België werden van het album 15.000 exemplaren verkocht, waardoor het met goud bekroond is. In 2012 werden wereldwijd 2,3 miljoen exemplaren van Unapologetic verkocht, waarmee het op nummer 8 in de lijst van de bestverkochte albums van 2012 belandde. In mei 2013 stond de teller op 3 miljoen verkochte exemplaren in zes maanden.

Op de tracklist van de standaardeditie staan 14 nummers. Op de luxe-uitgave staan 3 extra nummers en een aantal live gezongen nummers van Rihanna tijdens haar Loud Tour, afkomstig van haar cd Loud Tour Live At The O2. De singles Diamonds en Stay die van het album afkomstig zijn werden internationaal uitgegeven en bereikten in Nederland en Vlaanderen de top 5. Pour It Up werd echter alleen in de Verenigde Staten als single vrijgegeven. Right Now, tevens afkomstig van Unapologetic, werd de derde (vierde in de Verenigde Staten) single, en bereikte in Nederland De Top 40 en in Vlaanderen de Top 50.

Unapologetic is the seventh studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on 19 November 2012 by Def Jam Recordings and SRP Records. It was recorded between June and November 2012, during promotion of her sixth studio album, Talk That Talk (2011). As executive producer, Rihanna enlisted previous collaborators The-Dream, David Guetta, Chase & Status, and Stargate to work alongside new collaborators such as Parker Ighile, Mike Will Made It, and Labrinth. Unapologetic is primarily a pop, synth-pop, and R&B album that incorporates elements of hip hop, EDM, dubstep, rock and reggae in its production, merging the sound of her previous albums Talk That Talk, Loud (2010) and Rated R (2009).

Unapologetic received generally mixed reviews from critics, with some reviewers describing its music as interesting, while others criticized its weak lyrical content and rushed nature. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 2014 ceremony, while "Stay" was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 238,000 copies, becoming Rihanna's first number one album on the chart and best-selling debut week of her career. The album also became the singer's third, fourth, and fifth consecutive number one album in the United Kingdom, Norway, and Switzerland, respectively. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), it was the ninth global best-selling album of 2012 with sales of 2.3 million copies. As of December 2014, Unapologetic has sold over four million copies worldwide.

The album produced six singles including the international hits "Diamonds" and "Stay". The former peaked at number one on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100 where it became Rihanna's twelfth number one song, tying her with Madonna and the Supremes for fourth most number one songs in the history of the chart. Prior to its release, Rihanna promoted the album with the 777 Tour which consisted of a seven-date promotional tour in which she performed seven concerts each in a different city in North America and Europe in seven days. To further promote the album, Rihanna embarked on her fourth worldwide concert tour, entitled the Diamonds World Tour.