Nicki Minaj Secures 50th Top 10 Һit on Hоt Rap Songs Chart, Ties for Third Most All-Time
Nicki Minaj Celebrates Major Milestone with “Pink Friday 2″Nicki Minaj’s latest album, “Pink Friday 2,” has brought her a series of significant achievements, including a milestone on Billboard’s Hоt Rap Songs chart. The superstar now boasts her 50th top 10 entry on this genre-specific list, tying her for the third-most among all acts. This impressive feat was driven by the debut of three new tracks from the album, which also premiered at No. 1 on both the all-genre Billboard 200 and Top Rap Albums charts.
Minaj’s latest top 10 entries on the Hоt Rap Songs chart include “Everybody” featuring Lil Uzι Vert at No. 3, “FTCU” at No. 5, and “Barbie Dangerous” at No. 10. These songs bring her total top 10 hits to 50, matching Kanye West for the third-most top 10s since the chart’s inception in 1989. Only Drake, with 133 top 10 hits, and Lil Wayne, with 54, have more.
Here’s an updated list of artists with the most top 10 hits on Hоt Rap Songs:
133, Drake54, Lil Wayne50, Nicki Minaj50, Kanye West44, Lil Baby42, Jay-Z40, FutureBeyond the top 10, Minaj also secured nine additional debuts from “Pink Friday 2” on the Hоt Rap Songs chart:
No. 11, “Let Me Calm Down” featuring J. ColeNo. 12, “Beep Beep”No. 16, “Big Difference”No. 17, “Fallin 4 U”No. 18, “RNB” featuring Lil Wayne & Tate KobangNo. 20, “Pink Friday Girls”No. 23, “Cowgirl” featuring LourdizNo. 24, “Pink Birthday”No. 25, “Bahm Bahm”Additionally, her previous single “Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” which topped Hоt Rap Songs for one week in March, re-entered the chart at No. 22 following renewed interest from the album’s release.
“Pink Friday 2” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Top Rap Albums charts, earning 228,000 equivalent album units in the tracking week of Dec. 8-14, according to Luminate. This achievement marks Minaj’s third album to top the Billboard 200, setting a new record for female rappers.
