10 Years of Rihanna's ANTI: 10 facts about the making of the iconic album (a thread) 🎈

1. "Love On The Brain" was the first song commissioned for the album in spring 2014. Rihanna was set to debut the song live at the BRIT Awards in February 2015, one month after releasing "FourFiveSeconds," but pulled out at the last minute due to illness.

2. While majority of the album was recorded in 2015 — after the release of "FourFiveSeconds," "Bitch Better Have My Money" and "American Oxygen" — six songs recorded in 2014 made the final cut: "Kiss It Better" "Love On The Brain" "Higher" "Never Ending" "James Joint" "Goodnight

3. "Same Ol' Mistakes" was the last song added to the album. Rihanna recorded it in Paris in January 2016, while filming for 'Valerian', just a few days before the album's release. Additional recording for "Pose" also took place during her sessions in Paris.

4. Several songs that were originally intended for ANTI but didn't make the final cut were released through various projects, between 2015 and 2017: - "Sledgehammer" (Star Trek Beyond soundtrack) - "Nothing Is Promised" (Mike Will Made It album) - "Lemon" (N.E.R.D. album) - "As

5. In an interview with NME in September 2015, Rihanna named "Love On The Brain," "Just Feel It," and "Higher" as key tracks on the album — with "Higher" being her favorite. "Just Feel It," which surfaced online in 2018, was removed from the tracklist at the last minute.

6. ANTI was still being mastered 'mere hours' before it was leaked on Tidal, on January 27th. The initial release date was January 29th.

7. Rihanna employed a revolving team of engineers to work on her tracks and vocals over the 18 months she spent working on ANTI, at a cost of more than $300K, according to billboard.

8. Rihanna rented a mansion in Malibu during the last few months of 2015 to finish the album. Her bedroom was located near the vocal booth. Speaking on the Malibu sessions, she said: "We rented a house in Malibu for a couple months and did MUSIC! Every room, every couch, every

9. The artwork for ANTI was created in March 2015 — nearly a year before the album’s release. Initially targeting a June 2015 release, plans were later pushed to September, then November, until its January 2016 release.

.Rihanna's "ANTI" re-enters the Top 40 of the US Apple Music chart for the first time since her Super Bowl halftime show (2023).

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.Rihanna's 'ANTI' returns to the top 50 on this week's Billboard 200 following its tenth anniversary. It earns its biggest sales week in nearly 3 years.

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.Rihanna reacts to Céline Dion jokingly saying that ‘Love on the Brain’ should have been hers: “She’s Céline Dion, she can have whatever she wants of mine.”

.Rihanna officially becomes the female artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify (105.9 million), surpassing Taylor Swift. Her last album was released 10 years ago.

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wishing the baddest of birthdays to our favorite bad gal Rihanna 👑