TVC E, MUSIC – Rihanna’s new effort ‘Anti’ has been certified with the Platinum status by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The Barbadian bombshell released the album first on Tidal and then on iTunes but Billboard magazine has refused to recognize the platinum status.
As part of a $25million deal with Samsung, Anti became available as a free download on Jay Z’s Tidal this week, making it to go platinum instantly.
The free download is the reason Billboard isn’t interested.
“Billboard has a well documented policy of not counting free albums towards the charts,” a Billboard spokesperson told. Digital Trends,
Physical copies of the album will go on sale Feb 5th.
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