Rihanna ‘Anti’ Hits Platinum
January 29, 2016 @ 11:29 PM EST
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Rihanna’s eighth album Anti was released exclusively on Tidal yesterday and has already been certified platinum by the RIAA. As part of her partnership with Samsung, a million copies were purchased by the company and distributed for free. The number of streams has now reached the 15 million mark worldwide. Congrats, Ri!
Fake platinum. meanwhile adele has sold 6 million albums no non-profit pre sales to samsung and no streams. This shit isn’t impressive stop it five.
And without allow NO streaming of her album!!
Megamind
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DiaRihanna pulled a JAY Z and went fake platinum! Meanwhile Elzhi dropped a new single and it’s nowhere to be found on here got dammit lmfao
you act like ppl are going to automatically care about Elzhi
Heads up, Reggie! Notice the “lmfao” afterwards? Pump the brakes
Hmmm I didn’t notice it before
Not a verified Disqus account? Not able to edit my comments. But seriously though that new Elzhi is dope though
fake platinum? that plaque gon be real as fuck on her wall.
*asterisk next to it
Of course it will. The plaque represents copies sold regardless of the consumer source. The issue here (and we both know you see it) is that going “platinum in a day” when Samsung was the customer giving away albums for free is NOT an achievement.
N IT WASNT GIVEN AWAY FOR FREE. THIS DEAL HAS BEEN DONE FOR A WHILE AND THE COST OF THE ALBUM WAS ALREADY FACTORED IN.
Yea this pretty much supported my point lol. 1 million people didn’t have to pay for this album, Samsung did. Quite a few artists would go gold or platinum in a day if a big corporation was buying the first million and giving them away as free downloads in the smartphone era lol. Again, not an achievement and I like Rihanna but I don’t like number padding.
U SOUND DUMB. FAKE PLATINUM. A SALE IS A SALE, NO MATTER HOW U GET IT. SOME HAVE TO WORK HARDER AND MANEUVER TO GET WHAT LIGHTER SKINNED PEOPLE GET EASILY.
people will hate on anything..
Anything!
wait…. What??? So she went platinum because a tech giant bought 1M copies and not actual fans. So what this really means is that she would’ve peaked at 500,000 and roc nation didn’t want to hold that L… Maybe her music isn’t worth buying… But what do we know we’re just force fed consumers right? WRONG the music industry refuses to acknowledge THE INTELLECT OF CONSUMERS…. We know what good music sounds like and it shows…
Lol you act like you were gonna buy it anyway? Samsung bought a million copies because she actually boosted galaxy sales. A million people had the galaxy so they bought the album and gave it to them first. So it’s not cheating its business get out of your feelings.
and While we’re at it can we get some real R&B??? And I’m not talking Bryson Tiller and the other lil kat singing over the brownstone sample I’m talking about vocalist… That baby making music…. god damn the lack of balance is truly at an all time low…
You can always go bump that new R. Kelly. Ha!
That album was nice.
I wouldn’t know.
If you can’t find good r&b then you just ain’t looking for it. Maybe you should stay off the blogs and the radio and actually LOOK.
Thought I was the only 1 who hated Bryson Tiller’s sing rapping, bring that real R&B back. #80sBaby
Bryson and tori are both wack to me but that’s my opinion. The thing is that the industry is racist. Artists like Adele and Justin Timberlake make our music and go platinum and get radio play on all formats but black people only get syndicated on urban radio and BET. The industry has been white washed since the early days.
These white folks can have them awards all they want, I just want us to bring back the real R&B, Rap, and last but not least… the cohesive album. Albums nowadays just sound like a collection of songs.
True but it’s not about awards. Because the awards issue is our fault we shouldn’t care about what white people think fuck them we have our own awards. White people have been doing what they’re doing now since Motown. When Barry gordy started Motown white people copied his formula and started performing our music in states the we weren’t allowed to go to at the time. They doing the same shit these days that’s why black people don’t wanna make that type o music no more cuz it won’t sell if you’re not white and black people always stealing music.
I really miss music before the digital download age, that sh– messed the whole game up.
True. That was when people’s hearts were in it. Now people focus more on image than talent.
On every post complaining about racism ass boy! How many posts are going to scream on? Sit down, nigga! Or do something about it. You bitch too much. Female ass trait.
Get off my dick.
Shit on them Rih.
Wow so she basically sold 1 mill to a company and considers it a plat album? Noone bought it…whatever sales is sales…she pulled a jayz! Cheap shit!!
Jay still sold an addition 1 mil…his last album went 2x…like 4x if you include the streams/single sales.
Megamind
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Its called the music business so however an artist can get music to the fans and make a profit is a win win!!
People wanna call it cheap, I think it’s smart, they know people are gonna get it free anyways so Samsung might as well get in on it via paying Rhianna the million
Thank you! How is it cheap if yo broke ass was just gonna illegally download it anyway? Fuck outta here. They always hating. A black woman is winning in the music industry be happy for her. We don’t got too many left.
Very good point but the headlines read as if 1 million free album downloads in this era we live in is some achievement when it isn’t.
Man I tell you…these niggas are steady moving the goal posts to make the point scoring for them easier…am I mad at the hustle…not at all…but this was to keep up appearances sort to speak. Rihanna had NO buzz…all the records she released prior to the album we’re flopping….good for her though…the corporate bailout sort to speak!
I listened and it’s not bad either.
Megamind
What are you talking about? All the records she release prior were flopping? Really? Then why are they all multiplatinum?
American Oxygen, BBHMM, 45Seconds…that shit was NOT reacting at radio…THUS them not being on the album…they were “false starts”. If they had connected…the album would have been out last fall.
They sold bc they were forced & programmed into the minds of the masses.
I actually like this new album though.
Megamind
Yeah i see what you mean but i don’t consider radio play as flops or not. I like her new album too it’s far different from what’s going on in music right now. It’s not full of club bangers and hits but i like it.
My baby can’t do no wrong. #New Rules… Ha… Except messing with fuckboys. smdh.
She got Drake on the album who verse was written by Q.Miller of course she will go plat
your joke is about 6 months late
Jayz did the same shit ladies in gents with MCHG samsung brought them
money and sale is sale doesn’t matter who pays for it
People will hate on it because she is black and not fat and white like Adele if Adele did the same shit people will say it is innovative and creative.SMH
adele dont need to cheat to move units.
Yeah nigga cuz she’s white lol
Well, Adele actually went multiplatinum without any label purchasing albums for her. & she also did it without streaming as well. And she can also, you know…SING.
And she’s also you know…white.
And?
AND she’s only as successful as she is because of it so stop acting stupid. You know good and well that if Adele was black that she’d be selling nowhere NEAR what she’s been selling. Not in today’s industry. So cut the shit.
Really? , just like Beyoncé doesn’t have a problem selling? Miss with that “if she was black” bullshit and you stop sounding stupid. Rihanna has a dedicated fan base, I’ll give her that. Cuz WE both know that bitch can’t sing better than Adele. So cut the shit.
No she can’t sing better than Adele but she can sing. But beyonce can sing better than Adele so If that’s the case then how come beyonce isn’t selling what Adele is selling? Be real here dude. Adele skin color is the reason she’s selling what she sells. Tyrese had the number one r&b album in the country but top 40 didn’t play his single. Why? Because black music is only marketable to the WORLD if the artists are white. And you know it so quit the act.
We’ll have to agree to disagree then.
Oooh now you wanna agree to disagree? I hate when people refuse to accept new information. I’m Literally telling you something that you’re ignoring just because you don’t wanna be wrong wtf.
No I wanna agree to disagree because I don’t feel like going back & forth all day. Neither one of us is changing our opinion and what you’re saying isn’t factual. It’s not about me wanting to not be wrong, it’s about me not giving a fuck what you say anymore.
How is what I’m saying not factual if you literally could just Google what I’m telling you? You’re choosing not to accept what I’m fucking telling you it’s not about going back and forth. It’s not about me changing my opinion I’m literally telling you what happened last year and you’re ignoring new information on purpose. Fuck outta here.
“I don’t give a fuck what you say anymore” that was end of the conversation. Fuck outta here.
Lol you give a fuck. Cuz you know I’m talking facts b.
Oh yeah you’re talking facts, straight fucking genius. 👏🏾
Lol just Google it. Look on billboard. I’m not making it up. I’m not even trying to argue with you. JUST GOOGLE THE SHIT.
Thank you bro.
Good for her
platinum on free downloads
platinum After TIDAL Accidentally Leaks It…
Vocals were very sharp and abrasive. All of the songs lacked beats or instrumental hooks. They are just Rihanna whining into the microphone. I own tons of Rihanna songs and I’ve loved her past work. I’m super disappointed with this album. I wouldn’t purchase a single song off the whole album. If this were her debut album, that girl would have stayed in the Bahamas. No redeemable qualities.
* TUMBLEWEEDS *
*Barbados
1 million albums at what price?
Not a hater of Rihanna i think She’s a superstar worldwide but this looks fishy. TIDAL purchases a Milian copies after its “accidentally” leaked lol.. Jay gives the ok. Not the first time this happens in a label
Tidal did not purchase them dude Samsung did. Samsung only purchased them because rihanna boosted phone sales.
Ahh ok. Thanks for the info.. these major labels always find a new money scheme lol can’t be mad tho
Yeah they do but business is business. Rihanna is a black artist which makes it that much more difficult for her in this industry so I’m with it.
officer ricky gotta get on this shit. he could finally have his first platinum album after 10 years of bricks
He’s not marketable enough to do what rihanna did.
This bitch has no voice or range. I’ll never get the hype.Later nigglets.
Damn ya even gossip about females too… LMFAO
“Consideration” and “Needed Me” are undeniable but what’s with the ridiculous streaming exclusivity nonsense? It distracts the fans from what’s really important the music
FAKE PLATINUM.
did rihanna just save tidal ?
Once again all you niggas are ignorant. If the fans wouldn’t have downloaded the album from her site then it wouldn’t be platinum.
Looks like i gotta do the math for the stupid niggas…if a million of rihanna’s fans EACH bought a galaxy phone so they could be a part of her anti diary then how is it cheating if EACH one of those fans got an album free for buying the phone? Or did you all completely forget the anti diary? That’s what the plan was. Get rihanna to sell galaxy to a million of her fans and we’ll give THOSE fans the album free and she’ll go platinum. It’s business.
i wouldnt knock her hustle. i mean, yeah it seems like a sell-out or whatever u wana call it. but im sure if anyone offered u deals like this you’d swallow the shit out of your Pride REAL fast.
Fake platinum lol smh. The way they’ll tell the story of ANTI and MCHG going platinum in a day 20 years from now will be good for a laugh.
If i were Rihanna and got the chance to sell a guaranteed 1 million records through a deal I would take it. That said you also cant brag about how fast it went platinum or those first million in sales in general because you didn’t get them the real way honestly.
Meh