Nicki Minaj announced this week that she’s pushing her album back to August 10th. Fans were disappointed that they’ll have to wait two more months for the highly anticipated project to be released it looks like the Queens rapper knows what she’s doing.
Nicki Minaj has reportedly tied with Beyoncé for the most entries in the top 10 R&B/Hip-Hop Billboard chart.
According to a report from Billboard on Friday, “Chun-Li” now sits at the No. 8 spot on the chart as of May 26, marking her 30th entry on the list. Nielsen Music recorded a 10 percent rise in plays for “Chun-Li’ during the week ending on May 20.
The only artists with more top 10 hits than Nicki and Beyoncé are Drake with 58, Lil Wayne with 54, Chris Brown with 48, Jay Z with 35, Usher with 32, and T.I. with 31. Earlier this year Beyoncé past Nicki for the title when “Top Off,” with DJ Khaled, Jay Z, and Future, marked her 30th entry into the top 10 chart. Beyoncé has had 12 songs make it to No. 1, the only female artist to do so.
Nicki’s first entry into the chart was back in 2010, with her feature on Ludacris’s “My Chick Bad,” which reached No. 10 that year. Nine of Nicki’s hits have reached the No. 1 spot.