First off congratulations to Rihanna on her new album, Anti, going platinum after just one day after it was released. Even though the album was leaked TIDAL is saying it’s because of a system malfunction. The streaming service is saying that a “system” error is the blame for Anti’s leak. Check out the rest of the story after the jump.

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Many thought it was a publicity stunt for the album, but according to Tidal’s director of Marketing, Grace Kim, it was a system error, not a stunt.

“Look, we know what happened here, in the sense that unfortunately we still rely on systems, and there was a system error. But I don’t think it hurt it at all.”

Although the album was leaked do to a system error it still went platinum having been downlowaded 1.4 million times in just 15 hours. Tidal has said that none of the free downloads will count towards Anti’s sales on the Billboard chart.

“There were conversations [with Billboard] early on when this promotion and partnership started, but ultimately it became about giving music directly to the fans. While everyone would’ve loved to have it count, the thing that we’re focused on here is that it’s No. 1.”

Rihanna remains grateful to fans for their support of her album. She tweeted

“You guys legit made me the happiest girl in the world!! I’m so grateful that you appreciate the #ANTI album! It’s the most rewarding feeling.”

Congratulations Rhianna from everyone here at IFWT! Comment below and let us know what you think.

Source: Vulture