Rihanna's "ANTI" Already Certified Platinum By The RIAA

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Rihanna released her much-delayed, yet long-awaited eighth studio album, ANTI, abruptly this past Thursday.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the album platinum in a mere 15 hours.

The pop star released the album through Jay Z's Tidal streaming service (to which she also serves as "co-owner") and was reportedly downloaded and/or bought 1.4 million times.

Tidal's director of marketing, Grace Kim, confirmed that the rumor of them accidentally leaking the album was true but it obviously did more good than harm.
Here’s what she said to SPIN:

When we started this campaign, we expected this to take a week,That’s a really big deal for us...There were conversations [with Billboard] early on when this promotion and partnership started, but ultimately it became about giving music directly to the fans,While everyone would’ve love to have it count, the thing that we’re focused on here is that it’s No. 1.

Rhianna also thanked her fans by tweeting. THANK U NAVY!!! #ANTI IS PLATINUM!!

ANTI is now available for purchase and stream via Tidal.

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Written By: Trent Clark, @ItsMeTC15
Music By: @Akthentik