It may not be Rihanna’s ‘Chinese Democracy’, but the ups and downs in the creation of ‘Anti’ have long been reported. But with FLAC as well as MP3s available in the download bundle, you don’t need to take the streaming service up on that offer to experience the album in high quality. Presumably this is as a result of the singer’s Samsung sponsorship, though it’s mainly pushing a 60 day free trial of Tidal that comes with it. As you might not have guessed, ‘Anti’ is also being made available as a free download.
And here we are.Īs you might have guessed, ‘Anti’ is a Tidal exclusive. The release was in line with details published by Billboard earlier this week, which also said that the album was on its way this week too. The fairly shoddy Drake-featuring ‘Work’ was aired on Radio 1 and Capital FM yesterday afternoon, after being made available on iTunes and Tidal. And contrary to what you might have thought after listening to new single ‘Work’ yesterday, it’s actually quite good. To further promote the album, Rihanna embarked on her seventh worldwide concert tour, the Anti World Tour, commencing in March 2016.Artist News Digital Releases Rihanna releases Anti as free download By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 28 January 2016Īlright, calm down everyone. It was promoted with four singles, including the single "Work", featuring Canadian rapper Drake, which peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 becoming Rihanna's fourteenth number one song on the chart. It peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200, moving 166,000 equivalent-album units in its first full-tracking week, and after two days of its release was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) as a result of Samsung purchasing one million copies of the album in advance as a free download. The album was released to positive reviews from music critics and numerous publications included it on their lists of the best albums of 2016. Anti was made available for free digital download on January 28 through Tidal and was released to online music stores for paid purchase on January 29.
Work continued into 2015, during which she released three singles including "FourFiveSeconds", which reached the top 10 in several markets they were ultimately removed from the final track listing. The singer began planning the record in 2014, at which time she left her previous label Def Jam and joined Roc Nation. It was released on January 28, 2016, through Westbury Road and Roc Nation. Anti is the eighth studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna.
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