Anti (album)

Anti
Anti
Studio album by Rihanna
Released	January 28, 2016
Genre	Hip hop soul; dancehall; R&B;
Length	43:36
Label	Westbury Road; Roc Nation;
Producer	Robyn Fenty (exec.); Fred Ball; Jeff Bhasker; Boi-1da; DJ Mustard; Tyran Donaldson; Frank Dukes; Fade Majahmisc; Kuk Harrell; Hit-Boy; Daniel Jones; Brian Kennedy; Kevin Parker; Chad Sabo; Cali the Producer; Mick Schultz; Robert Shea Taylor; Timbaland; Twice as Nice; No I.D.;
Rihanna chronology
Singles from Anti
	"Work"; Released: January 27, 2016; ; "Kiss It Better"; Released: March 30, 2016; ; "Needed Me"; Released: March 30, 2016; ; "Love on the Brain"; Released: September 27, 2016;

Anti is the eighth studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on January 28, 2016 as a download and for streaming on the music website Tidal. The song was released by Roc Nation and Rihanna's own label, Westbury Road. Anti is her first studio album since 2012's Unapologetic.^[1]

It was believed that Rihanna's songs released in 2015—"FourFiveSeconds" (featuring Kanye West and Paul McCartney), "Bitch Better Have My Money", and "American Oxygen"—would be released as a part of Anti. However, these songs were ultimately released as singles by themselves.^[2]

The Los Angeles Times reported that the album was downloaded over one million times in only 14 hours of its release. The standard and deluxe versions were made available on iTunes a day after the standard edition was released on Tidal.^[3] The album first appeared at number 27 on the Billboard 200 album chart and reached number one the next week. This is Rihanna's second US number-one album after Unapologetic.

Anti was certified platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America less that 48 hours after its release.^[4] On April 29, 2016, the Recording Industry Association of America certified the album double platinum for shipments and streams equal to 2 million copies.^[5] As of July 2016, Anti and rapper Drake's album Views are the only albums released in 2016 to be certified double platinum in the US. Anti became the fifth-best performing album in the US in 2016.^[6]

↑ Horning, Nicole (December 15, 2018). Pop Music: Chart-Toppers Throughout History. Greenhaven Publishing LLC. ISBN 978-1-5345-6540-1.
↑ Coscarelli, Joe (January 27, 2016). "Rihanna Releases 'Work' From Long-Awaited Album 'Anti'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
↑ Kennedy, Gerrick D. (January 28, 2016). "Rihanna's 'Anti' hits 1 million downloads in 14 hours; physical release to come". Retrieved March 23, 2020.
↑ "Rihanna's 'Anti' goes platinum". EW.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
↑ "RIAA". Recording Industry Association of America. April 29, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End". Billboard. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

[1] Horning, Nicole (December 15, 2018). Pop Music: Chart-Toppers Throughout History. Greenhaven Publishing LLC. ISBN 978-1-5345-6540-1.

[2] Coscarelli, Joe (January 27, 2016). "Rihanna Releases 'Work' From Long-Awaited Album 'Anti'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 16, 2020.

[3] Kennedy, Gerrick D. (January 28, 2016). "Rihanna's 'Anti' hits 1 million downloads in 14 hours; physical release to come". Retrieved March 23, 2020.

[4] "Rihanna's 'Anti' goes platinum". EW.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.

[5] "RIAA". Recording Industry Association of America. April 29, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

[6] "Top Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End". Billboard. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

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