Nicki Minaj's 'Pink Friday 2' Breaks Records, Tops Billboard 200

The album marks the largest one-week sale for a woman this decade and the biggest debut for a R&B/Hip-Hop album by a female artist this year.

Nicki Minaj's latest album, 'Pink Friday 2', has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, making her the female rapper with the most No. 1 albums in history.
The album sold over 228,000 equivalent album units in its first week, marking the largest one-week sale for a woman this decade.
'Pink Friday 2' also had the biggest debut for a R&B/Hip-Hop album by a female artist this year, with 25,000 copies sold on vinyl, the largest week for a rap LP by a woman since sales data was electronically collected in 1991.
Minaj is the first female rapper to top the US album charts this year and the first to score No. 1 albums in two different decades.
Minaj has also announced a 2024 world tour, kicking off in March.