Rihanna Pushes Two Albums Back To The Same Chart — And Right Next To One Another
Nearly a decade after her last album, Rihanna sees Anti and Good Girl Gone Bad return to the same ... More chart together, and next to one another. HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 18: Rihanna attends the FENTY x PUMA Sneaker Launch Party at NeueHouse Los Angeles on December 18, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by)
Rihanna hasn't released a new full-length album in more than eight years – this is one of the most-talked-about topics in pop music – and yet she continues to be found regularly on the Billboard charts. Fans have been eagerly awaiting a follow-up to Anti for nearly a decade, and while the singer has dropped hints and made promises, a new project still hasn't materialized, and likely won't for some time.
The superstar keeps a pair of projects on the charts this time around. Anti and Good Girl Gone Bad are both still present, and the similarities between their placements are uncanny, which points to fans consuming them in similar ways and numbers.
Two Rihanna Albums Return to the Same Chart
Both of Rihanna's studio efforts this week find a home once more on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Anti, her most recent full-length, is back on the tally at No. 48. Not far behind that set comes Good Girl Gone Bad, which returns at No. 50.
Rihanna's Albums Climb Side-by-Side
As was the case last week, Anti and Good Girl Gone Bad are sitting next to one another on the Top R&B Albums chart. Both projects make modest gains on the genre-specific tally, inching up by just one space each. Anti advances to No. 14, while just beneath it is Good Girl Gone Bad, now at No. 15.
Rihanna Slips Slightly on the Billboard 200
The similarities continue over on the Billboard 200, where both Anti and Good Girl Gone Bad also settle this frame. While they don't move together in perfect lockstep, the trajectory is the same. Anti drops two spaces to No. 142, while Good Girl Gone Bad falls five rungs to No. 146.
Anti Has Hit No. 1 on All Three Charts — Good Girl Gone Bad Hasn't
Of the two Rihanna albums currently charting, Anti is the bigger commercial and critical success. It has reached No. 1 on all three of the charts it currently appears on — the Billboard 200, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and Top R&B Albums rankings.
Good Girl Gone Bad, despite standing out as a defining moment in her discography, hasn't managed to conquer any of those same lists. It peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, rose as high as No. 3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums tally, and stalled at No. 4 on the Top R&B Albums roster.
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