There's no success to deny. I really like the album, it's one of my favorites from this year, but I would drag my fav if Samsung bought her a platinum plaque.
The public and her peers love it, she's got an 8 week #1 off of it and looks like Needed Me is going to smash and she gave away a ton of free digital copies. Look at Rihanna's status, still as high as ever and only going higher. So there isn't snowball's chance in hell any sane person would call ANTI a failure when it's actually a critical and commercial triumph for Rih and excelling where the majority actually use to consume: streaming