[52], Pink Friday was released on November 19, 2010,[53] debuting at number-two on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 375,000 copies. [282] The music video was viewed 19.6 million times in its first 24 hours of release. [209] The next day, her collaboration with American singer Meghan Trainor entitled "Nice to Meet Ya" was released accompanied by a music video. [59] The song serves as the third single off the album, released as a single on December 7, 2010. [265] Minaj has been called the "black Lady Gaga" because of her colorful costumes and wigs. She became an intricate lyricist. [133], In September 2015, it was announced that Minaj would executive produce and appear in a scripted single-camera comedy series for ABC Family (now Freeform) based on her life growing up in Queens, New York. Although Minaj was rapping in songs such as "All I Do Is Win (Remix)", she promised to introduce Nicki, Roman and Onika on her first album.

of Nicki’s biggest tracks such as ‘Chun Li’ and ‘The Night is Still Young’ [334] A "Pink Friday: Special Edition" was released in April 2013 and a deluxe edition version of the fragrance, titled "Pink Friday: Deluxe Edition", was also launched in December 2013. [132] At the 2015 BET Awards, Minaj won her sixth consecutive award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, becoming the female rapper with most wins in that category. [374], Disagreements between Minaj and rapper Remy Ma originated in 2007, when Ma took note of Minaj's freestyle record, nicknamed "Dirty Money", from her mixtape Playtime Is Over (2007). [409] Her husband registered as sex offender in California in 2020, having been convicted of attempted rape in the first degree in 1995 in New York. [81] Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times commended its "minimal, bouncy hip-hop tracks" for highlighting Minaj's "charm and achievement", but wrote that the "disjointed, artistically confused" album "drives off a cliff" with "dance pop songs as simple as they are generic". [123][124] Upon release, the album received generally positive reviews from critics. [407] She announced that they had officially married on October 21. [202], In June 2019, Minaj released her first solo song of 2019, titled "Megatron".

1 on Billboard 200, Nicki Minaj Debuts at No. Onika Tanya Maraj (born December 8, 1982, in Trinidad and Tobago but now lives in New York City, New York, United States), better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian-American, rapper and singer-songwriter signed to a joint venture between Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment and Universal Motown. ", "Nicki Minaj Doesn't Need Your Advice or Input", "Envisioning Black Girl Futures Nicki Minaj's Anaconda Feminism and New Understandings of Black Girl Sexuality in Popular Culture", "Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' Is the Fiercest Take on Female Sexuality of the Year", "Nicki Minaj, Feminism and the Message Behind 'Anaconda' | The Young Folks", "Shocked and outraged by Nicki Minaj's Anaconda video? Minaj made her film debut in the 2012 animated film Ice Age: Continental Drift.

", "American album certifications – Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday", "Nicki Minaj Reacts to Going Number One in 2020 — Again", "Billboard's Top Artists of the 2010s Decade", "Nicki Minaj quits the rap game: 'I've decided to retire & have my family, "What Is Rapper Nicki Minaj's Ethnicity and Nationality? The lights [383] A fragment of a diss track called "Tragedy" was released in response by Minaj in April 2011. Club thought that The Pinkprint is "the closest Nicki Minaj has ever gotten to balancing her tendencies". His words were our words in our conversations all the time. It is, however, included on the Target version of the album. 1 Each", "Megan Thee Stallion & Beyonce's 'Savage' Surges to No. [373] After numerous requests, Minaj later on deleted her tweets. One of my main criticisms was simply that I would have liked a bit more representation of her latest album on the show’s set list, but beyond this the show was truly a great experience, and for my friend who had never been to a concert before, it was a great introduction to the world of arena tours.

2", "Nicki Minaj's 'The Pinkprint' Debuts at No. [300][301], In 2019, Minaj pulled out of headlining a concert in Saudi Arabia after "women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, was detained and arrested for speaking out against the Saudi regime." [66] The incident attracted protest from the Parents Television Council. Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart and number 37 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. [267] Minaj has cited Alexander McQueen, Gianni Versace, and Christian Louboutin as her favorite designers. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart", Australian Recording Industry Association, "Super Troupers!