Nicki Minaj Breaks Another Record!! Best First Week Sales for a Female Rapper EVER
Nicki Minaj’s debut album, Pink Friday, just finished its first official week on the charts. The numbers have rolled in and not only are they good enough in theirself to silence the naysayers (375k)…but she’s broken records once again! The first record she broke this year was being the first female solo rapper to hit number one with no feature since 2003 (that was Missy Elliott.) Then she had 7 simultaneous songs in the Top 10. Now she becomes the best selling female rapper’s debut week in HISTORY! There was only person who has sold more, Lauryn Hill with 422,000 on the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, BUT she was not put in the hip-hop category, thus making Nicki the first! Missy comes in shortly behind with 260,000 on Under Construction. Says Nicki of this feat, “I am in the company of 2 amazing groundbreaking women & for that, I am beyond grateful. S/O to Lauryn and Missy. #PinkFriday” Congrats Nicki! That’s awesome!
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what the fck are you talking about? lauryn hill is a female rapper just as much as nicki is. you try to take kims title thats alright. but not your fcking with lauryn hill? bitch please, go get more ass shots or something..
She’s stating a fact. Not opinion. The retailers did not place The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in the rap genre. Thus making her not qualify for the record. SMH people quick to jump at Nicki
Kim ain’t a bad bitch. A bad bitch doesn’t let anyone take her title. Nicki is the new sheriff in town, you better join the wave! #PinkFriday
that’s right silence the haters mamma,let the numbers speak for ya.
I LOVE NICKI MINAJ ALBUM …GO BITCH!!! AND YEAH , DONT BE ANGRY AT NICKI FOR IT , THATS THE INDUSTRY WHO DIDNT PUT LAYRUNS ALBUM IN THE HIPHOP/RAP CATEGORY , AND IM SURE NICKI WOULDNT HAVE CARED IF SHE WAS SECOND TO LAYRUN ! THAT WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN AMAZIN!
dont be mad yall nicki is stating nothing but the truth lauryn album was put under r&b/ soul like mary j blieges not hip/rap …congrats nicki
Hey Hoe learn to read they didnt say Lauryn HHill wasnt a rapper, her album wasnt categorized as rap album for the fact that she didnt rap on every song, she sang most of that album.
I’ma bad bitch…I’ma I’ma bad bitch. It’sssss BARBIE BITCH!
get it nicki!! pink friday …Wow im surprised no lil grimlin stans are in here ? Oh thats cuz nicki just dropped the BIGGEST DISS TRACK EVER!! its called —> SUCCESS!
Well,that is amazing. Go Nicki.
Congrats!! Two thumbs up!! Hands down!!!
Okay, numbers don’t lie. Ahem….her album was 3.99. Lil Kim, Missy nor Lauryn Hill sold their album for that price. She practically gave it away. How much money did she make per album???? Hmmmm
She just bought her mother a house. I’m sure she’s doing JUST fine. And that was one outlet that sold it for 3.99. itunes had it for 12 and so did other places. damn people just can’t be happy for the girl. SMH
Congrats to Nicki Minaj for the impressive 1st week sales. She should go platinum by the spring, 2011.
On a side note, unfortunately for most of the tools posting here, there is a lot more to hip hop than record sales. The spirit of hip hop never rested in record sales. I would even go out on a limb here & say that more than 50% of the people who buy albums are detached from the essence of hip hop. Some of the best lyricists go unnoticed due to not having a powerful label behind them or the loot to “purchase” radio air play.
Think about the best battles in hip hop history. They were never about record sales. Record sales is just one variable in and of itself. Although correlated at times, no conclusion can be made in regards to record sales and lyrical skills. Fact of that matter is, Kim released an entire song at Nicki. Plenty of lines that would have had a crowd roaring if they were actually on the same stage battling. I am not a Kim fan by any means. But her diss track definitely warrants a response from the pink barbie.
I just hopes she not going to be another broke famous rapper. Aint nothing funny when your fame it’s more than your change….hahahaha. #moneymatters
Congrats Nicki…you’ll be around for a looong time
Her fans are so delusional, she can brag all she wants, the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill has sold over 22 million copies worldwide alone no deluxe editions just one album, that is a massive achievement. One thing for sure Nikki wont reach those number NEVER EVER, her sales are going to drop because her music is garbage (98 percent image and 2 percent talent). First week sales do not determine success of an album. She tries too hard to be in the same lane as Lauryn Hill.
nicki aint fucking with kim , lyricaly kims a beast she learned from the best, nicki is a actress. you think this show can go on for 10 years . #thinknot
I wanna say FUCK all yah nicki minaj HATER’S……..
All y’all kim fans can suck a dick just like she do hahahahahahahaha kim is a has been she done and she funny looking hahahahahahaha
@texas raised bitch u got problems if u think nicki c n kim period….
Real talk I always like nicki B4 da ass,da deal, & da wigs….but she can’t fuck wit kim now say sum n else….
#black Friday!
Nicki is like the Lady Gaga of hip hop. That’s why I would never buy one of her albums. Plus, I’m a guy. So yeah….
For anyone hattin on Nicki and saying Kim better the latest song from Kim is in regards to Nicki, that bitch cant get Nicki off the brain wonder how many albums she bought
Everyone getting at Nicki oh she trying to be like Kim so the fuck what. Nicki is what’s hot right now. That’s what I hate about bitches they never want to see you do better for yourself. Nicki looks wayyyyy better then Kim. Kim was a hoe and she dressed like one too. Nicki looks nice and classy. The only kim can shut shit down and prove herself is if she start back again. She’s just running her fucking mouth. And that comeback she did for Romance Revenge was GARBAGE.
fuck this shit
i don’ like nicki minaj
she gots on ma nerves lately. chika you ain’ no shit.
then guess what i flashed you out the toilet…
ppl just riding yo dick, you ain’t no shit…fuck that shit
talking bout shit you ain’t never seen, don know if you live in dreams and imaginations…pimp slap yo fake boobs and shit
holl@DeDon yo i teach you how to do that
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