Rihanna may need a sturdier umbrella, because confusion continues to rain on her eighth album ‘ANTI.’
Depending on the source, the serially delayed LP is either due imminently or sitting unfinished without a release date in sight.
Unfortunately for Rih, a new report suggests the latter is still the case.
Details below…
Via Hits Daily Double:
ANTI will be Rihanna’s first album on her new label deal with Roc Nation, which is also her management company, a combination unheard of for a superstar. Her team had previously slated the album to drop on 11/6, but they’ve moved off that date, quite possibly because it won’t be ready in time.
11/13 would seem to be out, due to the double whammy of SYCO/Columbia’s One Direction and Def Jam’s Justin Bieber, both of which were initially projected to sell north of 350k.
Putting things in perspective, although Rihanna’s recent singles haven’t been smashes, possibly lowering the ceiling on ANTI’s first-week, her brand is bigger than ever, and in big-picture terms, her brand is where the big money is.
If indeed true, the whole episode continues to be a mucky-mucky, mess-mess.
Still, it does make for a compelling story. Ms. Fenty has had the year…yes, the whole year, to release largely unchallenged. And yet she ends up in a predicament where she’s almost certain to be devoured by the competition.
The one saving grace, which HITS accurately touch on, is that Rihanna’s brand game continues to be on fleek. Hence, it’s not as if she’ll be at a loss for coins or coverage.
That said, the primary problem is that she’s an act who boasts that her “reign just won’t let up.” Ironic as there’s been nothing royal about her music or chart trajectory this year.
From where we’re standing another pre-album single is most certainly not an option at this point. So, we say drop the album on Halloween (avoiding the 1D-Bieber-Adele lashing), grab an easy #1 (albeit with so-so numbers), and keep…it…moving. Thank us for the suggestion later.
Anyway, enough of our rambling…
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Loooooooooooool!!!!!! Loooooooooooooool!!!!!!!!! Looooooooooollll! I can’t and I shan’t. Good luck getting that release date you speak of hunty.
lol ! I can’t put up with your turning tables
Can you speak up? I know janet loves to whisper but I can’t hear you. B****.
Clean yours darling or are they still blocked from The sound of the Queen smashing the charts? Let a sister know and I’ll give you a q tip. #Flop #NoRihleasedate #Shameuponshame #youmad #putonacapeandbesupermad #Adeleisthebaddestbitch
@histoRIH N00! Bish you TRIED IT!!!!!!!!!
Yawwwwn just like that pic lol she’s already released 3 singles. Make it an LP and carry on! People are only interested in this album because they want to watch it Flop! Rihanna’s albums has never been highly anticipated ..
I wish her the best.. I’m not a big fan but I want to see our black artist do well in the industry. Why do we have to pit our artist against one another. I know it comes with being famous and all but at times it’s completely unnecessary. I really like the concept of the album too. Maybe she’s taking so long because she’s trying to put thought into her record! I can respect that! Take your time girl!
“I really like the concept of the album too” …You know what the concept of the album is?? What is it? ..No shade, I just want to know.
…I honestly think that the only reason why she named it Anti is so she could get away with the fact that she had no real concept.
Stfu u black ho. ????
Very extensive vocabulary you have there…
P.s. It’s pronounced (Voh-kab-yuh-lary) and extensive means immense or vast….. Vast means broad… BIG.
Any excuse is better than none! Just admit that Adele ruined your plans and move on!
Ooops.
PS: Although I like FFS and BBHMM, those songs are not timeless so your whole “concept” argument is null and void!
Of course not.. she’d be a fool to drop the same month as Adele
Queen Cait turned from man to (Wo)man in less time.
Karma is a b*tch. Lmao remember the way the Navy dragged Bey before she released BEYONCÉ…called her scared every chance they got. I’ll say it again karma is a b*tch
YAAASSSS!!! The Navy is seething trying to bring Beyonce down. They forgot their fav hahaha!!! Telling us to worry about keeping Bey on top when their fav can’t even clock in 300k first week sales LAWLZ!!! SEETH BIITCHES SEETH!!!! Not JUSTIN BIEBER AND 1 DIRECTION outselling Rihanna LAWLZ!!! She best stick to releasing singles since she’s best at moving them haha!
What goes around…… Queen KeyKey said it best! Rihanna, eat that humble pie for all the shade you have thrown over the years. I’ll never forget when she told an overweight photographer that he didn’t need any more cheeseburgers. Her rudeness knows no bounds.
When did her team say the release date was 11/7? ????sam you must be bores waiting for your fave to release some more of her usual garbage music
???????????????????????? Adele put the fear of God in her ass. Beyonce did ut first, then Taylor, now Adele. The navy will never get this album, she’s too worried about sales. What happened to DAT Rihanna reign?? I’m ready to drag this hoee and her delusional bitter bottoms. I’m sure Beyonce is somewhere laughing.
Sips tea
I hope it’s low sugar. #Fatty
I take one and a half teaspoons thank you very much
The navy said Beyonce was scared( when she was really just touring and recording), when this is a perfect example of being scared. R8/ANTI is really a joke now. At this point, there shouldn’t be any better confirmation that this album is destined to flop. I predict it to sell less than ArtPop(2.5 mill ww)????????????
Queen
Not sure why anyone is calling FFS or BBHMM “flops” because they weren’t. FFS hit #4 on the Hot 100, which is higher than WHYB, Unfaithful, Pour It Up, and many of her other popular hit singles. BBHMH hit 15 but did well commercially. Notice that it has alos peaked higher than Beyonce’s WRTW(Girls), Party, and ANYTHING from the amazing “Beyonce” album aside from Drunk in Love.
Stop calling people FLOPS without FACTS.
Not a Rihanna Stan, either. I do believe this album has potential to make or break her stay at the Top.
Just FYI, you can’t “Push Back” an album that never had a release date. This is all speculation and rumor.
Also*
RTW (Girls)*
7/11 out charted bbhmm (#13)and drunk in love out charted ffs (#2)She has YET to out peak Beyoncé’s singles this era. #Asuwere
LMAO!!!!!!! The mother f****** struggle to release a damn album is real out here in these Navy streets. Kii
#SCAREDanna
#SNIPPETanna
#PUSHBACKanna
#noRIHleasedate
#FLOPti
-____- You do realize your avi is of Ciara and your sn is Jackie, right? A bit odd that you, of anyone, would be in here discussing stats.
OK?! Album ain’t even gold yet.
But its release and ON the shelves while Anti is nowhere to be found!
You should aim to NOT be on the shelf tbh. but do you honey
Y’all can come for Ciara all y’all want but the fact of the matter is your fav is AFRAID to release her damn album. It’s been almost a year since she released FourFlopSeconds and still nooooooooooooo f****** album.
If this album really differs from the others, then she shouldn’t be worry about its commercial performance, if this is indeed an album with quality music, let it all flop and get that acclaim, that’s what a real artist would do, take that risk and earn the respect you’re desperately seeking.
BINGO!
Damn sales! Go with the artistic vision first and foremost. Sometimes you have to risk it. Your fans are not always going to love what you do–so what. All the greats had to produce an album that alienated part of the fanbase.
Truth be told, no pop girl has an album like these masterpieces:
The Velve Rope
Ray of Light
Side note: I don’t consider Lana and Lauryn to be pop artists, otherwise Ultraviolence and TMOLH would definitely be there ^ 😉
Ugh!!! Why do you continue to voice your opinion on music when you said Rihanna is the best reggae singer in pop music and said its like Bob Marley possesses her LMFAO!!! Now you’re making an even more obvious comment by saying you don’t consider Lauryn Hill as pop LOL!!! NO SHYTE!!! NO ONE DOES!! She’s Hip-Hop, Soul, Neo Soul, Hip-Hop Soul, and Reggea Fusion with hints of Rock n Roll!!!
Babe, take your pills.
Girl byeee
I won’t count her out tbh but her team been dumb this whole era!! They could have dropped this album so many times and wasted every single opportunity.. She definitely changed the direction for this album. They got worried when the singles underperformed like who gives a f*** release the damn album if it’s good music people will buy it. Y’all have to be dumb to think this album wasnt scrapped…
One Word: Adele
Not a huge deal for me I just wanted to hear ‘Higher’ lol
I never purchase Rihanna music either because I hated the way she treated her fans sometimes. Just overly mean and aggressive.
However I always give her stuff a listen because some of her songs are indeed gems.
Well Duh, the first single would of been released by now – Oh was that meant to be FFS, AO and BBHMM?
She said FFS was the first single when it was released she said ” First single right here” and posted the link. The navy is now trying to act as if it was a buzz single like plz
repeatedly pushed back albums never do well.
True look at MIAMTEC
Shut up Navy, your girl didn’t garner the huge hit she wants, and now she and her team are scared to release. They are stupid, unlike Beyonce, she kept her album a complete surprise, and didn’t go releasing official singles, videos, or album covers! Now Adele about to sit on the top of Billboard until next year. I wish Rihanna the best.
That’s right sis, Lmao give them a good stern telling off! ????????????????
We’ve never definitively got a release date, so…..
Anyway, after Nov. 20, NOTHING is removing Adele from #1 for a minute so it really doesn’t matter. If the goal is simply to get a #1, drop it this Friday. But this should be about the music. Drop it during hurricane Adele season regardless, who cares.
I don’t care what ANTi sales. I just want a masterpiece.
Rihanna and her care about the sales tbh. Those singles are the reason why this album isn’t out yet I think they really set it back after American Oxygen I think that was suppose to smash for them..
yes, AO was meant to smash…that explains the tidal exclusive release
KIIIII! Sam wants that album more than I do. He can’t wait to write his lil ‘Beyoncè vs. Anti’ articles and have the typical bottoms seething for the Gawds. We c u chile, but wen Rihanna wants 2 put out the album, she will.
Hello….For those of you who really follow Rihanna and the way she has been managed over the years you would know her album releases aren’t centered around bagging a number 1 album but more ensuring the album has longevity to remain on the charts and sell well. Most of her albums have been released with plenty competition and have gone on to sell extremely well.
At this point we aren’t getting a clear direction for this album hence the constant push backs not because of the competition she may find herself up against. She’s playing around with different styles and need to be sure the one taylored for this album performs.
I think at this point the album been finished but Rihanna is over thinking that’s never a good thing girl.
last i heard, any anti news would come from rih, and last she said was the album was not ready…fail to see how this is news…the amount of rent money this album has made sam and its not even out yet!
this album will mark a new chapter in her career, and i think rih and her team are overthinking everything from the song to the single choices to the roll-out campaign. There is def a desire to make this the best album both she and roc nation put out and that is whats delaying this album. At this point nothing seems good enough.
imagine if you were responsible for choosing a first single to compete with PDR,SOS,Umbrella,RR,OG,WF and Diamonds…
Some people think Rihanna is still tinkering. Some think she’s afraid to release it for fear of not getting a #1. I think it may be a bit of both.
Rihanna’s first #1 album in the States is ‘Unapologetic’ so it doesn’t strike me that she’s all that concerned about a #1. However, her label may be concerned about the underperformance of the singles so there may be a chart watch from that view.
I, personally, hope that she’s just putting on the finishing touches. Like @MsYonce said, overthinking is never a good thing.
This is my most anticipated Rihanna album so I’m definitely ready. We’ll see soon. 😀
As a genuine fan of Rih’s (yes, I’m #Navy too. You mad? Oh well!), I know one thing and I know it well! She BETTER release that album during the first week of November. A woman of her popularity and deliver SHOULDNT be playing a game of cat and mouse with such a loyal fanbase. Before you know it, she could lose that very same fan base from playing around too much and making people think she’s ready to release. The games BETTER END TODAY! That is all!
Wait a f****** minute though!
Did I just read that both Justin and 1D are predicted to sell 350k First week??? Really?
Good for them. That’s way more then I ever thought
“north of 350k”
I think Justine and one erèction might do 500K considering the hype and fan base and since this is the first album with out that Malik guy
I was thinking the same thing
Y’all talked mad s*** about Beyonce prior to her releasing Self Titled, but now that she shoe is on the other foot you wanna make up excuses???? Lolol. Where they do that at????
Oh! How the mighty have fallen.
I told you b****** that leaving Def Jam was a bad move on her part, now she has no direction.
How much do you wanna bet that Justin Bieber and 1Ds albums are going to move bigger numbers than her?
Beyonce’s album really put pressure on Rihanna. From the roll-out, the acclaim, sales, impact and minimal promotion. Rihanna AND her team know anti will be compared to self-titled’s success. The fans and media will tear her apart if she under performs well below her standards. Everything has to be perfect to insure some type of success but Adele AND a future release from Beyonce will only continue to make it difficult for Rihanna. I think alot of people are starting to see rihanna for what she is. A fading pop star. It’ll be interesting to see how this all plays out. Lmaoo
Watch her to “pull a beyonce” with this album. Her fans dont want to believe it but mark my words. And I agree with Sam, releasing on Halloween is her best bet at this point.
Death@ release on Halloween. Lmaooo Chile she is under so much pressure…I know her coke man is paid boots!!
I’m so over this album she might as well keep it until next year because Adele is going be on top for the rest of the year, Rihanna had literally all year to release that damn album , if she wasn’t ready she shouldn’t have started releasing singles as early as she did
That KARMA just won’t let up ????
So we won’t be getting ANTi this year because of Adele or the beginning of 2016 because of B6 smh Rihanna just needs to swallow the pill & jus drop it because competition will continue to grow from now through all 2016
Mess. All a mess. Giving Kanye the reigns of her album. Saying she wanted to make “timeless” music and releasing bbhmm in the same breath. The repulsive visual for said song. Giving a terrible first impression of AO with that horrid performance. Snorting questionable substances. Snippetanna. Rachel Dolezal is a hero. Etc. etc. etc.
She might as well have named the album Yeezus Part 2
Rih fans needs to just accept that things just didn’t go AS PLANNED! they thought rih would get hits back to back all year yet the men are dominating so far this year. Her singles got outpeeked and outperformed by DRUNK & 7/11. Plus 25 & b6 are about to drill That puss hard as ever. 1989 was bad enuff poison for r8.
Dear Sam, aren’t you tired of your-boring-self and your own writings yet? There’s been nothing NEW and interesting about it in… this life.
It really isn’t. He blogs about the same s***, lol.
time to PAY your bills sam?
My guess is they surprise release ANTIprispirant on 25’s date. That would be smart & dumb this but can’t so any worse than the marketting mistakes already made. I feel like I already heard anti its just una rated r part 3… lame. I do want to hear HIGHER tho
When rihanna is a flop with a top 5 single and Beyonce 711 is a hit at top 20 .That says a lot about their standing .
7/11 wasn’t a lead single for a highly anticipated album. 7/11 was not accompanied by Sir Paul Mccartney. It wasn’t performed at the grammy’s. It wasn’t released after a 3 year hiatus which increases interest and thus, sales. Beyonce got to top 20 with a throwaway while rihanna is top 5 with a lead single that was assisted with all of the bells and whistles an artist could possibly get… hmmm.. That does say a lot about their standing doesn’t it?
DAMN I.NEVER GOT SO MANY KIII KII’S IN A DAY IN MY LIFE!!! RIHANNA IS BING DRAGGED TO THE DEEPEST PITS OF HELL AND BEING LEFT TO BE ROASTED THEN FLIPPED TO MAKE SURE SHE’S WELL DONE. THEN DRAGGED BACK UP TO THE MUSICAL GODS TO ANSWER FOR HER FLOPTRACITIES!!!! HAHAHAHA YAAASSSSS!!!!
@ shakira flop 7/11 out peaked bbhmm at #13 and drunk in love out peaked ffs at #2. So now you understand that Rihona has yet to out peak a Beyoncé single this era or whatever u call it correct???
The SL4VY TRIED It!!! ???????????????? Rihcûntna has released THREE lead singles, told us the album name, told us the featured artists and producers, leaked several of her own snippets, performed at the top ceremonies/shows this year, released the album artwork, and YET her slaves are still claiming that she hasn’t promoted her album… Mind you, the blogs were talking about r8 since 2013 and it’s been nearly 3 years of the nazi’s pouring their blood, sweat + tears into defending her Coke-addled-hœish- antics. ???????????? I CANNOT and WILL NOT.
I’m living for your avi of that homely Christmas Queen! If Rih makes me wait any longer, I’m gonna have to give her a tongue lashing on instagram, although she might block me, because this foolishness is so unnecessary. I’m getting more and more pissed every single day the album is teased. I’m scared at this point that she might not do so well, but then again the WHOLE world us waiting for the album, so she just might do 1,000,000 in the first two weeks. Call me crazy if you want, but that’s what making people wait so long does to you.
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I’ve been enjoying that gem Calvin Harris made with Ellie Goulding called “Outside” lately. I still think “Lights” is one of the best singers released in 2011, though.
chileeeee… The festive season is nearly here and I’m ready to play MC’s Xmas album throughout December. AIWFCIY is a classic!
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As for R8, I think too much money and time has been invested in it. It’s not even a big deal if it flops (though the more arrogant members of her fanbase will be seething), she should just drop it with one last single and release another album next year. I understand that she needed a break to live her life, but she should have sent her druggie BFF Melissa back to the islands and spent time perfecting her technique. She should keep her dating life under the radar and focus on her craft, rather than the tabloid drama to promote her album.
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Ohh and I love me some Ellie Goulding… she’s a sweetheart and has some cute bops.
WAIT A MINUTE!!! Where the hell is the NAVY????!!! HAHAHAHA. I see they went into hiding like their FAV. After talking all that shiiitt for the past 2 days LMFAO!!! They must be stocking the shelves with ADELE’S 25 prior to the Nov 20th release hahaha!!!
Woman, take your ass back to Def Jam. At least on that label they would push your singles to the top of the charts. Also, what big brand. Puma? Stance socks? Please, the majority of roc nation has Puma and socks deals. This woman released three singles this year. Promoted at the Grammys, I-Heart, Kimble, the whole month of March for March madness and nothing. Now that Adele, Sam, ID and Beiber releasing she doesn’t have a chance because she doesn’t have Def Jam behind pushing her singles. I’ll give it to her and roc nation. Their PR team is top-notch. Too bad the public ain’t falling for the “trying to make it perfect” excuse.
Chile…… I literally just read that “Hello” just scanned platinum in three days. Adele is queen. Period. And, what’s worst is that she is Queen effortlessly. 0 gimmicks. Not in the media for scandals. Not rude to her fans. The list goes on and on.
Baby, RiRi just need to drop this album like a damn mixtape, call it a day, and move on to focus on her other ventures since that’s where her coin is going to come from now.
This might be a little reaching, but Britney will be shaking in her boots when she finds out that Adel Unmatched that first week record from her and debuted in the U.S. with 2,000,000+ copies, probably without streaming too. Now, that would be a fire-breathing dragon that came to burn everything down to ashes. I’m here for Britney getting at least one more #1 on the Hot 100, though.
Sam throws such a unnecesary shade at Rihanna I wish Beyoncé competed with Adele and he reported it.
another day, another post about ANTI full of people not here for it.
When beyonce is a flop for selling 300k first week and rihanna is a hit for selling 200k… that says a lot about their standing. #GRANDMABEYLOGIC.
You tried. If Beyoncé is the hottest artist of the world. Why haven’t seen her have a diamond record in the US or number ones or exhorbitant sales? Not a Rihanna stan, but those feats should be easy for a ”big” artist like her.
thanx ThatPussyJuice for pumping additional hype around this album, unknowingly
Adele came through like a hurricane and even over shadowed Taylor Swifts slayage… Of course they had BETTER be rethinking a strategy for this supposed release.
Notice how the Navy have been sleeping with the crickets in every Rihanna post as of late? No shade, just stating facts.
It’s Roc Nation. They can’t do nothing right UNLESS it’s Jay’s album. She should had and still should get as far away from him, he does nothing for anyone’s career but his own. Ask the old Def Jam rappers how he did them when he was president.
I’m still gonna purchase. Whenever it comes out…
Beyonce isn’t even on ROC NATION. she started her own label PARKWOOD. Rih has WESTBURY (or whattever). They both facing the same label struggles & poor bey is MANERGERLESS & still breaking records so there’s NO EXCUSE for rih floping esp after 3 years of recording.
Beyonce’s first release on her own label was “4”. That was the era where Bey had “confusion”, “no real lead single”, “lackluster responses to her *new sound*”, “delayed release date”, “image concerns”, etc… Beyonce was also just coming back into her own after having a baby.
Honestly, I see all types of parallels between the two. It’s just that Rihanna’s “baby” she birthed was her many fashion projects and her own ‘Fenty’ fashion brand that we see now with her Fenty Creepers for PUMA.
I expect the same type of era for “ANTI” that we saw for “4”. Rihanna’s gonna take a dip. BUT, after she gets her footing steering her own ship and learning from mistakes, and learning herself, her team and her capabilities even more, the NEXT era is gonna go AWF! Trust!
“DELAYED RELEASE DATE”? PAUSE! 4 was anything but delayed it came just weeks after the first televised performances… was leaked 3 weeks prior and. Still stayed #1 for 2 weeks str8 durng adele season. Rih on the other hand is facing the worse setback of her career and that is ADELE on TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE. this album will not be going plat or #1 and that’s fact!
Naw, “4” wasn’t delayed though. It came out on release day as planned, DURING Adele season. And really, I don’t see any parallel between the Queen’s “4” era and “ANTi.” Bey released “4” regardless. Win, lose, or draw. Most importantly, it remains my favorite album from her. She delivered a high quality album.
In fact, 4 > BEYONCE.
Yes, the surprise release was great but NO ONE can do that again & expect the same Bey impact.
Nope, I don’t see where you’re going with this comparison at all.
Lol 4 was not delayed. It went as scheduled. It was even leaked before the release date she still debuted over 400k which is more than Rihanna has ever done. The album’s lead single was Run The World (girls). Beyonce’s album was received poor either. Its a universal critically acclaimed albums. She continued that success with “BEYONCE” her second universal critically acclaimed album.
I think ANTI is gonna be dope! I like the concept. Rihanna’s always gone against the grain and defied other’s expectations of what a Pop Princess, young Black woman, super-star celeb, and cultural influencer should be.
Honestly, with the “anti” concept Rih has going, she should just go ahead and release a double album. Seriously. They said she had recorded so much music already and we’ve seen just how different her sound varies for this album with the singles and snippets she may as well divide them into two categories that depict her different sides/perceptions of who she is/personas/ideas/aspirations, etc and have those discs depict her “anti” concept in storytelling song-form.
I mean, she has enough of a legacy already to warrant a double disc release of new music. And if she’s trying to transition to a new sound, she could use this release as her vehicle for that and just go full out “new sound” on the next one.
RiRi, darling, give us the album.
Nov. 13- Justin and 1D
Nov. 20 – Hurricane Adele, then tropical depression Adele, then tornado Adele, then thunderstorm Adele, then hail storm Adele, etc….
Drop the album, believe in the material, and enjoy the era. If it underperforms, no big deal at all. If it flops, SO WHAT!!!!!!!!!
Loud is her biggest seller but < Rated R.
I think of some of my favorite "flop" albums in relationship to this:
1) The Velvet Rope- Janet Jackson
2) Erotica- Madonna
3) Around the World In A Day- Prince
4) Mama's Gun- Erykah Badu
5) Scarlet's Walk- Tori Amos
These are STATEMENT albums. All albums that have been vindicated. All hailed as classics.
I hope ANTi makes a statement. Let the stans sort out the "sells" rubbish.
“The Velvet Rope” was a flop when ut went 3x platinum??? Ummm…ok. Whatever floats your boat
No, “The Velvet Rope” is certainly not a flop (hence why I put the word flop in quotation marks) but each album represents a more challenging album than the one that preceded it sans Tori because ALL of her albums are challenging.
janet, Like A Prayer, Purple Rain, and Baduizm all came before the albums I mentioned and they were monster sellers. On their next albums, each artist took a risk, regardless of what they would or would not sale. That’s my point.
Rihanna needs to release her music without thinking about the charts, especially at this point in the campaign. As long as the music is amazing, that’s all that will matter in the end.
Even Chris Brown is releasing next month wtf is she so afraid of? She released 3 singles, the album cover and the title and still I see tumbleweeds and hear crickets. She’s setting herself up for failure so she might as well just drop it within a week or two.