Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday 2’ Debuts at Number One

Nick Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 has debuted on the high of the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Dec. 23), as Billboard studies. It’s her third album to hit Quantity One, behind 2012’s Roman Reloaded and 2011’s Pink Friday — making her the feminine rapper with essentially the most chart-topping albums thus far.

Pink Friday 2 debuts with 228,000 equal albums earned in the USA within the week ending Dec. 14 per Luminate. Not solely has she made historical past as essentially the most chart-topping feminine rapper so far, however Pink Friday 2 marks the biggest week for a rap album by a girl within the 2020s, and it’s additionally the most important for an R&B/Hip-hop album by a girl this 12 months. Its vinyl gross sales are additionally spectacular, with 25,000 copies, marking the biggest week for a rap LP by a girl since Luminate started monitoring gross sales electronically in 1991.

The album incorporates a bevy of artists, together with Drake, Lil Wayne, J. Cole, Future, and Lil Uzi Vert, amongst others. The album was preceded by three lead singles, together with 2022’s “Tremendous Freaky Lady,” “Crimson Ruby Da Sleeze,” which arrived in March, and “Final Time I Noticed You,” which was launched in September.

She expanded on the 22-song set with the announcement of 4 extra songs, together with a “Beep Beep” remix with 50 Cent. In March, Minaj will embark on a tour via North America, which kicks off March 1 in Oakland, California at Oakland Area, and it runs via the spring culminating at Moody Heart on Could 12 in Austin, Texas. She then heads to Europe for a string of summer season dates.