Launch party: Rihanna and Justin
Bieber were both spotted leaving 1OAK in West Hollywood after
celebrating at a private birthday party on Thursday night
Despite both wearing baseball caps it didn't take fans outside long to figure out who was emerging from the club.
The pair were swarmed by followers - or as swarmed as their minders allowed - as they left the celeb haunt.
Her new album was downloaded 1million times within 14 hours of its release.
And while Rihanna didn't make a penny from it, there was still plenty of cause for celebration on Thursday night.
The 27-year old was spotted partying with Justin Bieber at West Hollywood hot spot 1Oak for a friend's private birthday party the night of ANTI's unveiling.
Spotted: Despite both wearing baseball caps it didn't take fans outside long to figure out who was emerging from the club
Nice guy: Justin, with his
unmistakable new platinum hair peaking out and neck tattoos on show,
stopped to shake hands with a few admirers en route
Altruism: Rihanna surprised her fans
when she gave away the eagerly awaited record for free, hours after it
began streaming on Jay Z's Tidal service, supposedly by accident
Posting
a picture of ANTI's now well-known artwork, the singer announced the
move to her fans - the navy - writing: 'A gift to my navy! #ANTI is
available right now!!!'
She
also officially released the deluxe version of the album on iTunes with
three bonus songs including Goodnight Gotham, Pose and Sex With Me.
On Wednesday, the chart-topping singer finally unveiled the first track from her latest offering.
Via
her social media accounts, she uploaded the link to her new song -
Work, featuring Drake - alongside the cover photo, which sees the star
posing topless.
Nice view: The pair were previously spotted out together In 2011 at NBA All-Star Game at the Staples Center in LA
Game on? They sparked romance rumours when they engaged in some heavy flirting while sitting next to each other courtside
She captioned the smouldering image: ‘FIRST SINGLE #WORK ft. @champagnepapi from #ANTI out now.’
Following the post, the Umbrella hitmaker's song immediately shot straight to number one in 70 countries worldwide.
It's
not the first time the Rihanna and Bieber have been spotted out
together. In 2011 they sparked romance rumours when they engaged in some
heavy flirting while sitting next to each other courtside at the NBA
All-Star Game at the Staples Center in LA.
Blonde: The 21-year-old debuted his
new hairstyle when he rocked up to Bryson Tiller's concert at the
Wiltern theater earlier that day
Hitting the high notes: ANTI reached 1 million downloads in 14 hours after its release via collaboration with Samsung and Tidal
OOPS! Thirteen songs from the singer's
eighth studio album began streaming on Jay Z's streaming service on
Wednesday evening, just hours after she had debuted her new single, Work