Billboard Milestones
Billboard's #1 female rapper of the decade. — 2010-2020
Billboards Videos of The Decade
• #13 - Anaconda
• #56 - Stupid Hoe
Billboards Top R&B/Hip Hop Artist of The Decade
⁃ #4. Nicki Minaj
Billboard’s Top Female Hip-Hop/R&B Albums
⁃ #4. Pink Friday
⁃ #10. Roman Reloaded
Billboards Top Female Hip-Hop/R&B Artist Of The Decade
⁃ #2. Nicki Minaj
Billboards Top Artists (2010-2019)
⁃ 7. Nicki Minaj (2011)
⁃ 6. Nicki Minaj (2012)
⁃ 10. Nicki Minaj (2015)
Billboards Top Socials 50 Artist of the Decade (2010-2020)
⁃ 9. Nicki Minaj
Billboard named Pink Friday and MBDTF releasing on the same day one of the moments that defined the decade
One of the Biggest Jumps in Billboard History with “Chun Li” (92-10)(+82) — April 2018
Only Artist To Score A Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 9 Years Straight.
'Tusa' by Karol G & Nicki Minaj makes history becoming the first all-female collaboration to spend ten weeks at #1 on the Billboard Latin Pop Airplay Chart.
“Super Bass” Named The #1 song of 2011 By Billboard
“The Pinkprint” is the 1st album by a female rapper to spend 100 weeks on BB200.
First Female Artist to Spend 1300 Cumulative Weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.
First Female Artists to simultaneously chart 7 Tracks on Billboard before her Debut Album “Pink Friday”.
Nicki Minaj’s “Starships” was the first song in history to spend its first 21 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart within the top 10.
"Tusa" is the first song by two lead female artists to debut at #1 in Hot Latin Songs chart history.
Longest Charting Female Rap Song to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Super Freaky Girl” [25 Weeks] — January 2023
The Female Rapper with the most consecutive years charting a single on the Hot 100 (2010-2023), breaking a tie with Missy Elliot (1996*-2008). — January 2023
Biggest female rapper of the decade on both the Hot 100 singles chart and Billboard 200 albums chart. — June 2019
Pink Friday made its debut on Billboard 200. With 375K sold, it earned the top sales week for a female rapper this century and later went #1. — December 2010
Roman Reloaded' debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. It made Nicki the first and only female rapper with two solo #1 albums. — April 2012
Third Woman to debut #1 on the Hot 100 unaccompanied by a music video after Ariana Grande & Beyoncé. — August 2022
For the first time this century, three solo Black female artists have reached #1 on the Hot 100 consecutively. (Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé, Lizzo) — August 2022
First female rapper to debut at #1 on the Hot 100 this century (since Lauryn Hill in 1998). — June 2020
“Super Freaky Girl" reached #1 on the Australian (ARIA) singles chart for the first time this week. It becomes her first #1 and the first solo female rap song to reach #1.
First Solo Song by a Female Rapper to Debut #1 this century on the Billboard Hot 100. — August 2022
First female rapper in history to debut multiple songs at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. - August 2022
“Princess Diana” becomes the first chart topper by two co-billed women in the list's 34-year history on Billboard's Hot Rap Songs Chart. -
Beam Me Up Scotty (2021 Re-Release) debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 — Highest debut & peak for a mixtape of all time. —- May 2021
‘Pink Friday' is the First #1 female rap album of the century on Billboard 200 Chart.
'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded' debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. It made Nicki the first and only female rapper with two solo #1 albums.
"Say So" reached #1 on the Hot 100 in 2020. It marked the first time a collaboration between two female rappers topped the chart and was the first ever #1 hit for both Doja Cat and Nicki Minaj. — May 2020
First Female Rapper to reach 100 Billboard Hot 100 Entries. —- November 2018
First Female Artist to earn 100 entries on the Billboard Hot 100. — November 2018
First lead female artist to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2022. — August 2022
First female rapper to earn a milestone ten #1 hits on the Billboard Rhythmic Airplay radio chart. — July 2023
6th All Female Collaboration to Hit #1 on Billboard.
FIRST artist in HISTORY to have hit #1 in all of Billboard's Hip-Hop/ R&B, Pop, Dance/Electric, Reggae, Gospel and Latin charts! 👑
Nicki Minaj’s “Pink Friday” remains the Biggest Debut by a Female Artist since 2010.
First Female Collaboration in HISTORY to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs Chart
Billboard staff ranks Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass” as the 13th the best pop song of all-time.
Billboard staff ranks Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass” as the 3rd the best pop song of this century.
The 100 best deep cuts this century by billboard: (Nicki Minaj is the only Female Rapper on the list):
⁃ 31. "Get On Your Knees"
⁃ 57. "Livin' It Up"
⁃ 84. "Girls Fall Like Dominoes"
“Trollz” is the 40th song to ever debut #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The ONLY rapper to have a top five hit on every one of their studio albums.
10th Longest Charting #1 female Debut on the Billboard Hot 100. (25 Weeks).
Nicki Minaj ranked as Billboard's #1 Year End Top Female Rap Artist for 2023.
Nicki Minaj is #1 on the Year-End R&B /Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales Artist Chart.
Nicki Minaj ranks as the #1 Rap best-selling digital artist of 2023 according to billboard year end charts.
The female rapper with the most Billboard 200 #1 albums. (3)
'Pink Friday 2' becomes the female rap album with the most charting songs in Hot 100 history. (17)
First female rapper with No. 1 albums in two different decades. (10s, 20s)
Nicki Minaj now holds the biggest first week sales in two different decades by a female rapper. (10s 375k; 20s 228k)
Pink Friday 2's songs garners Minaj's largest streaming week ever. (169.87M on-demand)
2020s decade's biggest streaming week for a rap album by a woman. (169.87M on-demand)
2023's largest streaming week for any R&B/hip-hop album by a woman. (169.87M on-demand)
The biggest sales week for any rap album by a woman in the 2020s decade. (92k copies)
Largest sales week for an R&B/hip-hop album by a woman in 2023. (92k copies)
'Pink Friday 2' earns the biggest vinyl sales week for a female rap album in Nielsen history. (25K)
Largest week for a rap album by a woman in the 2020s decade. (228k)
Biggest week for an R&B/hip-hop album by a woman this year. (228k)
First female rapper to have four albums open with over 200K units.
Nicki Minaj becomes the first female rapper to chart 12 solo songs from a single album on the Hot 100 with 'Pink Friday 2'.