Nicki Minaj made quite a splash with her latest album Pink Friday 2, and this week’s Billboard 200 chart reflects its enormous success. The sequel to her debut album Pink Friday easily hit no. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and set several major records along the way.
With 228,000 equivalent album units earned during its first week, Pink Friday 2 topped the Billboard 200 chart, becoming Minaj’s third album to do so. Pink Friday and Pink Friday: Reloaded achieved the same feat, helping Minaj become the only female rapper with three No. 1 albums in the US.
Pink Friday 2 also earned the largest streaming week of Minaj’s career, with 129,000 SEA units earned, equaling 169.87 million on-demand official streams. The album also earned 92,000 equivalent album units in pure album sales, including 25,000 vinyl copies sold, for the largest vinyl week for a rap album by a female artist in history.
Pink Friday 2 was released on December 8, and it serves as the sequel to her debut album from 2010. It was preceded by singles “Super Freaky Girl” and “Last Time I Saw You” and features a total of 22 tracks on the standard edition, including collaborations with J. Cole, Lil Wayne, Drake, Future, Lil Uzi Vert, and 50 Cent.
