To Mark Nicki Minaj's 'Pink Friday 2' Release, a Look at the Most Successful Female Rapper's Legacy | Daily Music Roll

To Mark Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday 2’ Release, a Look at the Most Successful Female Rapper’s Legacy

Author : Jennifer Stone

Nicki Minaj released her newest album ‘Pink Friday 2’ on 8 December 2023, this marks her first studio album released in 5 long years. Let’s look at her legacy.

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If we ask you who is the best female rapper that you have ever heard? So many of you would say it is Nicki Minaj. This is true in most cases, as the rapper is considered the most successful female rapper by the audience. By her 133 chart entries on the Hot 100, she is also the best-selling female rapper of all time.

Nicki Minaj

It is time to assemble for Barbz as Nicki has just released her first studio album in 5 long years, ‘Pink Friday 2’ on December 8th, 2023. It is the sequel to her Billboard 200-topping 2010 debut album ‘Pink Friday’. To mark this long-awaited comeback of the Queen of Rap, let’s take a look at her legacy.

Charting on Billboard

On this highly rated and one of the most important charts in the world of music, Billboard music chart, Nicki Minaj has officially entered a massive total of 133 songs. Here are the top 10 charting tracks on the Billboard Hot 100 –

  • Super Bass – This song comes from the deluxe version of her debut album Pink Friday (2010) which was officially featured in the movie StreetDance 2. The track peaked at no 3 upon being released in 2011 and spent a total of 39 weeks on the chart, the rapper’s most weeks spent on the charts.
  • Say So (Doja Cat Featuring Nicki Minaj) -This is the rapper’s first no 1 hit on the chart of Billboard Hot 100. The power-packed remix track from Doja’s album spent a total of 38 weeks on the chart.
  • Starships –   Released in 2012, this song featured in Nicki’s album, ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up’, which peaked at the position of no 5. This song became one of the biggest hits of her career spending a total of 31 weeks on the Billboard charts.
  • Bang Bang (Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj) –   This track is a single that is absolutely a pop dream come true. Featuring Jessie J, Nicki Minaj, and Ariana Grande, this track went on to become a trademark song for the female rapper. Released in 2014, this song peaked at number 3 and spent a total of 31 weeks on the chart.
  • Girl On Fire (Alicia Keys Featuring Nicki Minaj) –   Alicia’s ‘Girl On Fire’ has already become a global smash hit upon release and its Inferno Version with Nicki Minaj became an even bigger one. Released in 2012, this collaboration peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and spent 30 weeks on the chart.

Minaj at number 1 on Billboard Hot 100

Nicki Minaj is not considered the best female rapper of all time without any solid proof and her having three number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 speaks for itself. Apart from ‘Say So’ with Doja Cat, she also went number one with ‘Trollz’ where she collaborated with 6ix9ine. Released in 2020, this song spent a total of 4 weeks on the chart.

Her biggest accomplishment came in 2022. She went number 1 with ‘Super Freaky Girl’ and the song spent 25 tracks in the charts.

Major records were broken by the Queen of Rap in recent years

     Super Freaky Nicki

Nicki Minaj’s ‘Super Freaky Girl’ debuted at number 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in its first release week. This placement has helped Nikci break yet another record, she became the first female rapper to have a solo song at the top. This record was previously held by Mrs. Lauryn Hill that she occupied with her 1998 release ‘Doo Wop (That Thing).’ Since the release of ‘Super Freaky Girl’ in its first week, the song got 21.1 million streams and 4.6 million radio airplay audience impressions along with 89,000 digital copies sold.

Longest Charting Female Rapper

Nicki Minaj

2023 has been an iconic year for the rapper’s career as she started this year with a bang. The 40-year-old rapper has broken the record of Missy Elliott as she became the longest-charting female rapper on Billboard Hot 100. On January 4th, ‘Super Freaky Girl’ moved up two spots bringing it to a 20 weeks stay at the charts. This track was a catalyst for the rapper reaching 14 consecutive years on the Billboard Hot 100. With this, Minaj broke the ‘Lose Control’ rapper’s record as Missy Elliot previously held this spot for 13 years and became the longest-charting female rapper on the Billboard Hot 100.

Most No. 1s on R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song sales

With the release of ‘Last Time I Saw You’, Nicki Minaj breaks the record of having the most number 1s on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital song sales chart. She suppressed Canadian rapper Drake by scoring her 25th chart-topper on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Simultaneously, the rapper also landed her fifth top 10 debut on the same charts, giving her a historic mark on the genre’s sales chart.

The relationship with Grammys

The Queen of Rap is not only commercially successful but has inspired several artists throughout their lives. She inspired several talents regardless of their genre to come forward and pursue rao music as a career. Despite her success along with her invaluable and undeniable influence, she has never won any Grammy, music’s biggest honor.

Nicki Minaj

Throughout her career, she has released several blockbuster hits and songs that should have won the rapper countless awards, including Grammys. She also has some of the best musical crafts of all time, arguably, making her a worthy lyricist. Her not winning even one Grammy has fueled the audience to go against the awards, and the rapper herself fought with them publicly. Her beef with the Grammys started years ago, which might be the reason she never won an award, nor will she even win.

It all started during her 2012 Grammy performance where she took the stage at the 54th annual ceremony. She performed “Roman Holiday”, a fan-favorite, and a massive hit of that time. However, the performance sparked some controversies, especially as it displayed ruffled feathers that depicted an exorcism. Now this would not have been a big deal if the timing was right, but it was just days after the death of the great Whitney Houston. According to the artist, the team at the Grammys wanted her to cancel the performance partly due to Whitney’s passing along with the controversy it could cause. It was especially Ken Erhlich who Nicki said wanted her to cancel because it could upset catholic churches. So it did as The Catholic League issued a statement showing their dissatisfaction. Later while discussing Minaj’s performance, the Grammys said it to be ‘Disappointing’.

Nicki Minaj

This long-buried drama was recently brought up when a fan asked Nicki why she never won a Grammy, to which the superstar replied that she was bullied by the Grammys and by Ken in particular. She also explained why did not call off the performance saying that she worked really hard and her fans were excited to see her performing. If fans thought that this apparent beef had ended, her most successful song ‘Super Freaky Girl’ was moved from the category of rap to pop. showing her disappointment once again, the multi-talented rapper wrote on Twitter, “I have no prob being moved out the RAP category as long as we r ALL being treated FAIRLY. If SFG has 2B moved out RAP then so does Big Energy! ANY1 who says diff is simply a Nicki hater or a troll. I’d actually LUV 2 c a more street record win- male OR female! IJS rightIsRight 🫡”.

Top-ranked Spotify Songs

Spotify, the biggest audio streaming platform on the internet is also dominated by the rapper and her insanely impressive discography. Let’s take a look at her top 10 Spotify songs.

Nicki Minaj

Top 10 songs of the Rap Queen

    10. Starships

This song came out when the EDM explosion was taking over pop music and Nicki joined the forces with just the right amount of excitement. ‘Starships’ is definitely something drastic, an unexpected turn for a hip-hop artist to make which ended up upsetting some of the hip-hop fans, even some of her own. Once the controversy died down, it was 100% sure that Minaj had carved a completely different lane for Hip-hop and the track became an international smash hit.

   9. Turn Me On

David Guetta and Nicki Minaj have always delivered some of the iconic, most remembered songs in history and one of them was the 2011 release ‘Turn Me On’. The decision to let Nicki Minaj have the sole billing on this track proved to be a masterstroke which also let the rapper show off her singing skills.

   8. High School

One of the many brilliant and creative talents of the best female rapper is her ability to infuse different genres. She infused the Dance Hall genre into rap when she released ‘High School’ with her mentor Lil Wayne. It is only midway through the track that the artist tapped into her roots, and produced one of the most entertaining hip-hop songs ever.

      7. MotorSport

This track almost feels like something out of an alternate universe as it features both Nicki and Cardi B. known for their infamous feud as the leading female rap superstars, both came together to join Migos for their ‘Motorsport’ in 2017. This song features fierce verses from both rappers that will continue to remind the rest of us of how beautiful it could have been.

   6. Feeling Myself

The release of this long-awaited collaboration between Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé came after the surprise release of Minaj’s third studio album ‘The Pinkprint’. Both artists came together with a handful of witty, somewhat cocky, and energetic performances that started a beautiful friendship between the ladies. The duo rekindled their magical chemistry on the remix of Queen Bey’s “***Flawless” and the world has been waiting for another splash since.

  5. Bang Bang

This is an absolute dream come true for both the pop and hip-hop genres and anyone who doesn’t get it, well there is no hope for you, or you hate fun! The balanced work between Jessy J and Ariana Grande’s lusty vocals and sultry proclamations with Minaj’s sassiness is the reason why this song still slaps all these years later.

    4. Make Me Proud

This 2011 release track was featured on Drake’s album ‘Take Care’ which showed off a beautiful relationship between not only friends but musicians. Drake went on with a vibe that he was absolutely proud of her before letting Nicki steal the show completely.

   3. Side To Side

There is a reason why all these years later this song is considered the benchmark. ‘’Side To Side’ is the perfect fruit of one of the industry’s most successful relationships, between Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj. This is where the partnership of these two gorgeous and talented ladies reached its pinnacle and gave us a saucy, and fierce track that we can never forget.

     2. Anaconda

Featured on her third studio album ‘The Pinkprint’, Minja went back to her Hip-hop roots to give us something we will forever cherish. The track is fun and filthy, which makes it completely unforgettable. This song is also not that far from the pop genre, showcasing how blurry those lines have become, all thanks to the rap queen herself.

    1. Super Bass

This is one of those tracks that made Nicki, the Nicki Minaj. Released as the lead single from the deluxe re-release of her debut album ‘Pink Friday’ this song became synonymous with her. The track is a full showcase of her talents, and what she is capable of that allowed her fierce femcee to coexist with her creative nature as a pop powerhouse.

Now with the ‘Pink Friday’ released and gaining massive support both on the charts and streams, we can only imagine Nicki has come back for her throne, and for good this time!

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