Five years ago today,
Rihanna
released her critically-acclaimed album,
ANTI
. Her third Grammy-nominated album took her career to new heights, which she has since exceeded.
ANTI
received six Grammy nominations, including Best Urban Contemporary Album, and Best Recording Package for the
album’s deluxe edition.
In celebration of its fifth anniversary, fans took to Twitter to share their favorite track from her eighth studio album.
“Rihanna hopped on
ANTI
and said “SEX WITH ME SO AMAZINGGGGG”. She’s really it, like she is just it,” tweeted one fan.
”
Sex With Me
” is Rihanna’s provocative
ANTI
track, which received over 345,009,000 download streams and 344,000 digital song sales, according to
Billboard
. The song also peaked at #8 on
Billboard’s
Hot R&B songs chart and topped the
Dance Club songs
chart in 2017.
Yet, the
Drake
-assisted collab ”
Work
” was the most streamed song from her “masterpiece” album, landing more than one million download streams and almost two million in digital sales. It also topped
Billboard’s
Hot 100 Songs of the 2010s.
“Every song on
ANTI
sounds so different but the whole album sounds so cohesive. Rihanna really created a masterpiece!”
wrote
one fan.
While another
said
, “Especially ”
D
esperado
” and ”
S
ame Ol’ Mistakes
.
Five years [and] no drop. She still got the music I need lol.”
As some celebrated, many asked the repeated question the entire world wants to
know
, “RIHANNA WHERE IS THE DAMN ALBUM?!”
Since 2016’s
ANTI,
Rihanna has yet to release a full-length album,
partly due to expanding her massive Fenty empire.
By Rachel George
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