Despite wielding an accompanying campaign that’s left a few heads scratched and a few egos bruised (see: Tidal), it appears Rihanna‘s ‘Anti’ will still get the last laugh.
As if launching its official lead single, ‘Work,’ to the top 10 of Hot 100 was not enough to make Sam seethe, he’ll be equally disappointed to learn the diva’s 8th opus is headed straight to the top of charts based on official chart sums.
The news comes ahead of the set’s physical premiere in brick and mortar retailers, but after industry analysts predicted it would only move 95,000 its first full week. Proving them wrong like only she can, tuck in below to find out what the songstress’s newly unveiled projection is set to hit:
175,000
(130,000 pure sales)
The set could earn upward of 175,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Feb. 4, which may power the set to a jump to No. 1 on the chart dated Feb. 20. Of that sum, perhaps 130,000 could be in pure album sales.
Anti, which is Rihanna’s eighth studio album, arrived on the chart dated Feb. 13 at No. 27, after being available for only a fraction of the charting week.
Should the album meet or exceed the predictions listed above, it’ll guarantee the placement of her second #1 album on the Billboard 200 as her nearest competitor, Sia‘s new album, is not even on track to pass the 90k mark.
Work Rih!
Great look Rih!
Who gives a f*** damn TGJ get off off this Anti sh* t for real this ish is getting old like 2015 no one even has her album! No radio station is playing the music.. No site trending it EVER except this site! Move on!
Now why you lying so hard when three different radio stations have for the past two weeks been playing Work like com on now smh.
Jealous
Awww…funny how in that gif Rihanna was laughing at little Ariana Grande…Ariana went on to sell 169,000 copies (PURE SALES) of My Everything and debuted at #1…maybe Rihanna should go buy some big white boots too?
http://giphy.com/gifs/ariana-grande-gif-gifs-L8ZIQGpV9RRh6
lol 🙂
Congrats music ICON!!
Navy already knew this. However, I’m getting my LIFE at how genuinely shocked the hive is at this news! Kiiiiiiiiiiiiii ultimate kiiiiiii
The DELUSIONAL space that y’all created and been dwelling collectively in to for the past week has been SHATTERED by reality. ANTI is number 1.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaa…
The hive will remain perched SEETHING and SLEEPLESS again while We catch our beauty rest and While dreaming big like iconna!
Loooool
Riddle me this l! Riddle me that…
They fight to chat and chat to FIGHT..
Lawd knows they’re not really BRIGHT…
but now they’ve been forced out of the dark and into the LIGHT…
Guess what Stan base is losing Sleep TONIGHT?!
Hahahahaha
Back to…
Zzzzzz
Great? 175k? Loooooooooool. Make that 130k and for a star as big as her. I can’t.
1.5million sold! Don’t over look the Samsung copies and tidal downloads out of convenience. Had Rihanna released her album in a traditional manner we all know her first weeks sales would’ve been much great. no I don’t believe she would’ve went plat first week but moving over 300k in the US alone would’ve been met easily. All of this without even having physical copies out!
You must have forgotten that 1 million of the them were given out for free lol
Ok but Ariana sells this much and still barely hits gold I’ll wait for the real number
Cuz y’all done gave about 4 diff ones
Maybe fRih can finally crack this list after her 58473636383737 other albums failed to this decade
http://www.billboard.com/photos/6436436/20-best-albums-2010s-half-decade/1
Maybe she can crack this list with that ICONIC ALBUM ROLL OUT ????
Look at my QUEEN sitting at #1
#80,000—->#460
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6443462/best-artists-of-2010s-so-far
175k? Aww how cute lol.
This is a real kiiiiii
May 15, 2015 at 9:16 am
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If Rihanna releases the album on iTunes instead of Tidal, it will sell 500K first week! Rihanna sold 200K when she released an album, so of course this release is going to be big after almost 3 years. #WaitOnIt
The Slavi are rejoicing over these numbers even tho they talked about ArtPops #s Gurl the jokes write themselves!
As forecast last week, Lady Gaga debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with her new set, “ARTPOP.” It sold 258,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
They’re a bunch of walking contradictions
OH NO. the girls are pressed. FRIH gave her album away for FREE, to 1 million people and still doing 175+ lets not b******.
WOOOWWWW… I LOVE that you saved this. You really are a thirsty low life huh? Furthermore, the album is still selling near 200K after she gave O N E M I L L I O N copies away along with a leak. And I KNOW your roach ass on the Navy vessel was the first person to get the coupon to download it.
They don’t want to acknowledge the fact that NO other artist would’ve sold this many, Not even Bey, after giving 1Mill away for free.
Yawn! 4 was leaked ONE MONTH before its release date and still sold over 300k first week sales.
@Hail B*tch. Did Beyonce also give out ONE MILLION copies away too! No, that sh*t was just corny.
Bitxh??? Well excuse you miss thang! But like I said Beyoncé album was leaked a month in Advanced and regardless of how many times it was illegally downloaded it still sold above 300k. CheatAnna was only leaked for not even a day and still did poor numbers. All these worldwide hits and #1s in the US and she sti can’t go above 300k ?????? Not to mention The Uk which is her biggest music market she is going to debut at #5 lmfao. Lets not forget Jay Z who has only 1 #1 to his name (excluding his #1 hit collabs) and is a rapper at that! Gave away 1m and still went gold in 1wk. The excuses y’all use!
I think people are REALLY forgetting about the 1 million downloads. Hell if anyone gave out 1 million copies for free, their first week sales wouldn’t be huge
I don’t care what’s going on with this album anymore stop f****** talking about it. Ok it’s number 1 who care ain’t nobody else out anyways so I’m sure she would be number 1 ? This whole era is annoying and I want it to go away!!!
Did you know that b****** were shown in the “Shaka Zulu” show on Centric? It was considered indigenous nudity, but I was still upset as hell about it. I don’t like to see any black women objectified like that.
Spill the tea RASHAD!!
Drag ha (Sam)!!
lol I can’t even lie ANTI has been the star for 1 week now. It has been all people talk about, whether it’s to hate or congratulate.
Congrats Rihanna. I like the album and the success is well deserved even if not well received by some.
Well deserved? Like that platinum plaque that SAMSUNG bought for her?
So lets all forget the fact that a huge number of people who downloaded the album for free would’ve never spent money out of their own pockets to buy the album on itunes, or driven to the store and bought it. forget the fact that when something is free even non-fans will download it, if nothing else for pure curiosity. Forget the fact the album can’t be returned for those who don’t like it, because it’s free – Had I bought this on iTunes without listening to it first, I would definitely have requested a refund after hearing it (yes, they now do refunds if you don’t like an album
To be fair though this type of marketing strategy was never tried nor tested before.
There were no historical data to use to make any accurate predictions around the possibility of success.
The album was given away for free. This girl has a huge heart.
This could have totally blown up in her face. It seems like she experimented and it paid off.
Has a huge heart? She scrapped the whole album and essentially sold out for sales, once again!
Tyler no one has the energy to argue over this black beauty’s success. Beyonce and Rihanna are both affecting change in the music industry. Celebrate them.
Just say congrats and move on instead of making the entire hive look pressed. Just chill.
The music on Anti is undoubtedly cohesive and it takes you on a journey.
I love Work.
Good job riri
@Love
If I wanted ur b**** ass opinion I would have asked for it
I don’t trust anything about this era! The way it’s set up, I wouldn’t be surprised if she bought her own copies… She’s not above that, ask Samsung!
Right!!! Why was Adele selling 95k last week but this week 40k??? Gurrrrl her payola is doing the most lmao!
Girl… My only questions are.. Why does the biggest pop star in the whole wide world need a deal with a corporate? Why does the most ANTIcipated album ever need a deal with a corporate?
Very important questions indeed. But to help you out a bit. When we compare fRih to Taylor, Katy and Gaga she is at the bottom. All three have accomplished alot with less. Gaga has 28 million albums sold with 3. Taylor has 40m with 5. Katy has 2 Diamond singles and is i think 4 or 5 for most singles sold in the US with 3 albums.
Wow
Congratulations Rihanna.
OH NO not a icky fan… when was the last time nicki sold platinum. Oh once with her debut…. can we say flop?
Whats funny is Una outsold the shitprint and RR combined WW.
Not the king of rap getting bodied by a basic pop b****.
Lmao the self drag and desperation to make fRih seem mighty. Nicki is a rapper! fRih a a popstar. If Onika flops big deal no other female MC is doing her numbers.
LOL elf drag? I wish i could drag Hymm For The Weekend up the iTunes Chart, but alas, flops will be flops…
Can your fave surprise us with a hit single.. waiting anticipating.
#460…
460 still clocking onica on a sales front b****!
Call me when your fave gets her second platinum album…
She’s released three and only sold platinum once.
fRih has 7 platinum albums. Read it and weep.
But wasn’t Rashad hating alongside Sam against ANTI? How fast they change their tunes to throw Sam under the bus lol
I said the same thing, this little pink and purple piece of a blog is trash!
Slay rih she would have done 300k+++ if they didn’t give the album away and if the physical album was in stores which is what I’m waiting on.
About to be double platinum soon. Lol! Her reign indeed! Just watch those Tour shows sell out just before she begins it. She knows how to control her brand and her career.
2015- Rihanna’s ANTI will flop. She is scared to release.
2016- ANT is numeral uno (1), has 1 top ten hit, has broken 2 records.
Pls stop posting on this slayage. It really wasn’t expected and these sleepless nights are catching up. Ugh lol
Can we stop comparing artists for just a minuteminute bey n rih are the only two black pops stars we really have right now gosh
I don’t understand why the Hive and Navy can’t get along for God sakes smh. We have TWO BLACK WOMEN at top of the MUSIC SCENE while the others are all white and ya want to bit Bey and Riri against each other? for what I ask. Then you wonder why our blacks R&B acts -> “Monica, Jazmine, Tamar,Ciara, Tank, ect” ain’t being supported or shown credit due. Now I’ve seen the shade between Taylor and Katy stans but not like the Hive and Navy with lethal jabs. In the 90s Whitney, Mariah, Janet,Toni, TLC, Destiny Child, Brandy, Aaliyah, Monica,Mary J. ect were all able to coexist without fan bases starting a fuss while getting along and seeing their fave all succeed at the same time.
1st week sales are a joke. According to the Navy Rihanna is the most marketable celebrity on earth (its been reserched). Yet these sales say otherwise.
Her 2nd week sales will drop down even lower. Physical sales will not help. Adele will slay the Grammys and her album will be back on top. This album will not see 2 million not time soon. Subtract Samsung million purchased albums and this is what you have 175-200k at best!
According to the NAVI. B**** that survey was done by an independent body who surveyed investors and brands. My b****’s brand is booming. Like why so pressed?
Focus on your flop fave baddie bey. hoepfully she can SURPRISE us and make an appearance on the BBHot100.
Isn’t it funny beyawnce is KANG and the Coldplay single is flopping.. Pray for it i do pray the Super Bowl gives it the well neeeded life it need.
POC> BASIC BEY FEATURES
Stay mad!
#460
#Samsungpurchasedmyalbum
#175k
#Basicsales
#CopiedBeyoncesurpisealbum
#Egginyourface
#strugglefor2millionworldwide
YASSSS 460ANN, ICONA
fRIH, Hurrah hurrah!
Like who sells 460, FENTY SO SNATCH and still out here scalping the peasants..
My fave is the shadiest, drags for days.
I just wish i was in the iCONIC 460 group
@FRESHNAVI
You can shade Coldplay and Bey all you want. You just salty because she didn’t make the “talent list” in order to perform at the Superbowl. Incase you got forgot “Anti-Princess of Chin Chin” was a LUKE WARM charting song for Coldplay as well. #STAYMAD
#460
#175k
#Samsungpurchasedmyalbum
#NotinvitedtotheSuperbowl
Again as should be expected of all hive members youre talking s*** again. POC charted well in the US and is PLATINUM in the UK.
When wa sthe last time Fossil had a platinum single in the UK?
COME THRUUUU BIH
LIKE FLOP FLOP FLOP
What kinda sub par slay… how basic?
lol… Anti is a flop….
Poor members of the hive must be so bitter. Is that EGG ON YO FACE ?
Girl hush! Rihanna is the “so called biggest/most marketable star” yet her basic ass cant even do a quater of a million first week (250K)? This Samsung purchased era is over and this will linger to go 2 million worldwide!
LOL. But Bey is Queen and she was chosen to perform aat the SHS instead of RIh but yet still the single is flopping. the song should be CHARTING, isnt bey the KANG..
FOcus on your flop fave boo.
Have you ever sold 200 million units, no? Rih Has
Are you the digital artist of the generation? Rih is
Are you in the History Books with the legends? Rih is
How many #1s.. How many top 10’s
How many units sold WW.
How many #1’s in the Uk
two tours grossing upwards of a milli. Fashion Icon like the lsit continues…
Baddie bey is just a tired little hasbeen popping her c****** for a camel. bye now!
In all fairness I never knew it was even possible to close a deal that epic in the music industry.
She did good and she certainly knows how to steal the spotlight. This is really something climatic.
Beyoncé is the so-called ”King B,” yet Adele outsold self-titled total sales in the U.S. in ONE WEEK. What a kiii!!! Isn’t your fave supposed to slay?
@FRESHNAVI
Arouns the same time Rihanna had a album go double platinum in America. The struggle for Anti to reach 2 million is gonna be real lol!
I’m screaming!
Not fRIH 460 shitting on her haters…
Like b**** “Didnt anyone tell you i’m a savage, white horse and a carriage”
I’m crying even after giving it away for free my fave is still slaying. i wasnt ready.
The slayage is too REAL
Queen
Flop b****.
Can we all stop with the relentless Beyonce/Rihanna comparisons and bashing? Can’t these two successful black women coexist as they have for so many years? This is so unproductive. I love both of their music and want to see them both succeed on their own terms.
The blog posted the success of Anti near midnight so that they can say that the hives are having sleepless nights. Lol
Although to be honest no one is forced to comment.
This should be interesting.
The Navy call ANTI slayage YET they dragged tf outta ArtPop but I’m sleep…..
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FLOP, with $25 million dollar promo, $5.99 discount, and doing the up most, she couldn’t even outsell Bangerz, I can’t.
And ArtFlop is already swan diving down the iTunes charts faster than an Ashanti CD in 2012. I can’t.
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HailBeysus continuously clocks the Navi and I’m here for it.
They make it waaaay to easy lol!
Congrats Rih!! Can’t wait to see her perform at the Grammies & the Brits! & Ellen tomorrow! The album is still being played everyday, I love it so much !
P.S. – Bey will interviewed at the press conference tomorrow afternoon !! Can’t wait to see that
fRIH is about to scalp us bald with em performances hunty!
My QUEEN is just EVERYTHING
I love her but honestly this album is the worst from her,,i have listened to it since Monday but there is still something lacking in it, It has no climax whats so ever and No her vocals have not improved, her vocals in Diamonds, stay,hell even lost in paradise slays any song on this album. I like about 3 songs on this album and this is the first time that has happened when i listen to her album, And that screaming in Higher was just out of this world… I dont care about the roll-out coz it doesnt affect me as a fan but to think l waited for this long for such lackluster album is really sad. Hopefully there is part 2 to this album…..Anyway congrats Rih on you predicted number one position. As for you Rishad,kii, i hope you dont get fired for dragging Sam like that coz God knows you and David are the only sane people on this blog.
Well ok then miss RiRi.
I’m sonically amazed at the production of Anti and how well It flows. I ain’t mad at you!
Congrats. I’m just glad to see young black people succeeding on such an international front.
And this is AFTER a million downloaded albums. I think it’ll crack the 200K mark. I’m not sure if the pest have enough room for more eggs on their faces.
Actually we do! The only reason you cheering about 175-200k is because the reality of her being a BAISC album seller has hit you in your face. More importantly stop saying her album was downloaded…. Samsung bought them weeks if not months ago.
I remember a few weeks ago you said you thought Rihanna could do 500k. Hmmmm I wonder what happened to that belief?
(Beep beep beep) Gets out truck. ????? “I got a whole truckload for ya Marsha!’
That girl is think he slick saying 1 million people *downloaded* her album lol! He is to embarrassed to call a spade a spade. These are her real numbers and the eggs will continue to drop from the Navy’s face!
Gurrrl he is delusional! Marsha needs to take her medication that Alzheimer’s is taking over faster than we thought.
They Siad it would go number #1..
It Will.
They said it would FLOP..
It has not…
They Say it will Struggle to go double plat…
We’ll see, i its one thing the NAVI Loves is to prove the HIVE wrong, wait on it.
Basic sales and you will deal.
175… Adele would never
175k… Beyonce would never
175k… Taylor would never
BEYingSLAYED is Lower level type basic seasoned with a touch of irrelevancy sprinkled here and there! Heyyyy COLDPLAY
175k is slayage? If Artpop is flop (+200k) then Anti is utter tankage.
It’s amazing how they cheer for Basic sales yet the bash everybody elses like Rihanna got Mariah or Celine Dion type sales to her name lo1!
Lmaoo still low
YAAAAAAAAAY
CONGRATULATIONS RIHANNA.
I’m so happy for you.
I LOVE the album and I have faith that this era will continue to do well.
YAAAAAAS
Oh the Navy with their gutter low standards o can’t ????
Remember when (KingMark111) said last week he thought Rihanna could do 500k. Now they over hearing cheering because she will (ATLEAST) scan 175-200k. If this had been anybody else the drags from the Navy would be epic. Now that it’s them they are in denial. Clinging to Samsung purchased albums are their only reply!
Navy= Walking Contradiction
That was before the leak, million downloads and the day early release. Right after that I said 200k, even when the predictions came out I still stood by my 200k. But again, pest can’t read, so why bother?
@StrechMark111
I can read very well. I’m not here for your excues! Last time I checked Rihanna was the digital queen and the most marketable celebrity on earth. 175k is basic and way to low for someone of her caliber. If Bey’s album “4” can leak 3 weeks in advance and still sell 310k, Rihanna should be able to sell triple of that after less than a week!
Blah im tired of hearing THESE two black woman. When I see these woman i don’t see color. I see a successful woman selling R&B at good levels and out lasting her peers (Beyonce)
I see another successful woman who is selling pop music but is really supbar when compared to her contemporaries regardless of a gazillion hits (Rihanna)
Agreed! I’m always happy to see Black people male or female win. However the shade we throw is always more to the Stan base than the artist themselves. What Rihanna did with this album was very smart & busy $avy for everyone involved. However the shade comes from them knocking Jay, Gaga, and Bey for their inovate release only for Rihanna to copy and paste thier s***… THEN FLOP!
@HailBeysus but why is it always coming from black stans? we cannot not discredit this argument. It hold too much truth than being opinionated. You say you don’t see color, then please enlighten me on why the hate of both Stanbases when they’re fave (Bey and Riri) are technically on the SAME TEAM ( ROC Nation/ Tidal)cause that doesn’t make sense at al, and we rarely see whites,Asians, and Hispanic stan participate in things like this especially while their faves are succeeding at the same time -> Sam, Adele, JT, JB, 1D, Katy, Ariana, Gaga, Taylor, Selena ect.
Again it doesn’t always come from BLACKS. Also im not black im Native American. When i see social media like Billboard Facebook. Its not just blacks, i can honestly say i see mostly Latinos arguing over Lady Gaga vs Bey vs Rih. Maybe you only see what you want to see idk. (Im not trying to shade so lets keep it civil on this thread lol) I know fair skin has a higher advantage than dark skin. I just refuse to take part in a self segregation system. Everyone wants to be equal. I see culture, i see people, i see a way of life, but i don’t care if your black or white unless you’re ignorant and racists than ill say hurtful things lol! So why continue to separate yourself from the rest?
Where is The Carter 6? lol, oh the karma.
Where is Rihanna’s 500k you said she could sale?
Oops! #clocked
Ultraviolence 182,000
The Pink Print 198,000
Bangerz- 270,000
4- 310,000
@HailB-minus
Thy cup of bitterness hath officially overdloweth
You Tyler slay hive Molly rich and all the other stanbases were running up and down this post last week to repeatedly express how amazed and appreciative they were at the direction of Rihanna’s album.
No u trying to convince yourself it was always crap to u because anti is number 1. Grow up!
Im going to need you to take 100 steps back bitxh! First I never praised this hoeees album. Infact i actually said she lacked musical direction. Second i never said anything about the album until yesterday. Ive just been busy laughing at this hoeee. 3Rd i said her albums was GOOD FOR HEE STANDARD’S AND IT WAS SOLID! I gave it a 7/10. Fourth I can give credit where its due but I will continue to drag laugh and scalp for all the shiiit the Seamen Swallowers spoke on my fav. Now back the fuxk up and act like you know!
I don’t even like Rihanna. So why tf would I be amazed by her album????
Yall swear man most of you people must not have s*** popping off in ya real lives. No one had a thing to say when the biggest rapper Jay-Z did a similar deal with his last album. Or do you haters not even know that?! Get a grip and DEAL! She is that GIRl! #SheWon #SheWins
Exactly rihanna stays winning. Must be hard hating outside of the music charts when your face can’t get in.
but why are the submarines still even trying?
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they said Artpop was a flop for selling 258k. and here you have Riherppes selling 175k yet she is slaying? the jokkes write themselves TBH. kiii
Come on Adele, block this flop from the #1 spot!
She will after the week following the Grammys. People are just itching for reason to help their blue eyed sould diva get back to #1 again.
Hahahahaha I just woke up to this post and the SEETHING within!!
Riddle me this! Riddle me that!
Chat to chat, fight to fight… Which Stan base WILL be losing sleep tonight? *files nails* daa-da-dee daa-da-dumm kiiiiii
anybody seen @Centurion lately???????????? 😀
Heard he flatlined when he saw #460. He needed to be resuscitated 4x. Poor thing needs prayer. Lets all send and say Prayer for Centipied.
It amazes me how much time I designate to uneducated trolls on this blog. First and foremost, Rihanna gave a million copies of her album away for free, and her die hard fans, the ones on Twitter who immediately saw the link, downloaded it. Therefore, the album would have at the very least done 300K with a surprise release and no leak. Moreover, Rihanna’s sponsorship deal with Samsung is nothing short of epic as a business deal. Fvck first week numbers when your brand is so powerful that a tech giant knows your marketing power. On top of all of such, she’s still selling near 200K which is nothing short of epic. Yes, the rollout was messy, but is transparent, clear capital W for Westbury Road Records. Now any mutherfvcker who wants to challenge me on the acumen of this business deal, go look at the statement of your personal checking account then get back to me.
Samsung bought those albums weeks if not months ago & they all collectively came up with this plan to make the public think it was a gift to help her save face. I will agree and say that if she released it traditionally she could have at least done 250-300k which isn’t bad considering how messy the roll out was !
Its a flop kids
Such low standards the navy has. Ya’ll really calling this a slay í ½í¸ªí ½í¸ªí ½í¸ªí ½í¸ª
Low, unimpressive numbers. After 4 years, she should be selling upwards of 300k+. Like I keep stressing, Rihanna is a major popstar. There is no excuse for this failure.
opening and the physical copies are not released yet? that’s not bad at all
Lol y’all stayed UP to SEETHE!!! The kiii
Get it RIRI!
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