After
nearly a year of expectation for Rihanna’s eight studio album, “ANTI” was finally
released on Wednesday night.
The album
was exclusively released on TIDAL, before being made available on other digital
retailers like iTunes.
On Friday,
less than two days after “ANTI’s” release, RIAA announced on Twitter that
Rihanna’s album has already gone platinum.
Many people
on Twitter are skeptical about whether or not Rihanna actually sold and
streamed the equivalent of 1 million units.
According
to Complex, Samsung purchased one million copies to give away for free, much
like what Jay Z did in 2013 with his “Magna Carta Holy Grail” album.
Another
report released by Complex on Thursday said that “ANTI” was streamed 14 million
times in 14 hours.
“ANTI” was
Rihanna’s first release since 2012′s “Unapologetic.” It marks a shift in not only
her musical ambitions but also her management. It was her first album released
on Roc Nation and Westbury Road Entertainment, after releasing her first seven LPs on Def Jam.
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