Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday 2’ Goes Gold, Breaks Spotify Record 2 Days After Its Release
Nicki Minaj‘s fifth studio album Pink Friday 2 has had major success upon its Dec. 8th release.
The project arrived on Minaj’s 41st birthday and has since become RIAA certified gold, selling 500,000 equivalent album units, according to Chart Data. Additionally, the “Red Ruby Da Sleeze” icon has broken Spotify’s record for biggest album debut by a woman rapper in 2023, with a reported 41 million streams since PF2’s release.
Elated to see her hardworking pay off, Minaj took to X excitedly writing, “Barbz, Look,” while sharing the album’s newest accolades.
Pink Friday 2 boasts musical assistance from J. Cole, Lil Wayne, Tate Kobng, Drake, Lourdiz, Lil Uzi Vert, Skillibeng, Future, and Tasha Cobbs Leonard. Minaj has also announced that the album will add four additional tracks this week, including a remix to “Beep Beep” with fellow Queens rapper, 50 Cent.
Nicki teased the collab on Friday (Dec. 8), while responding to Complex‘s opinion on the best tracks from the project. “Well wait til they hear Schfifty Schent verse on it next week. #GagCity we here,” she responded on X.
The following day, Minaj also tagged 50 asking for his verse. “Send that verse in sir [sigh emoji] #QGTM,” she responded to a birthday post made by Fif.
PF2, which is a follow up to her 2010 debut album Pink Friday, will receive an accompanying tour starting May 1 in Oakland, Calif.
Minaj announced the official tour dates today (Dec. 11) on Instagram, including the major cities of Las Vegas, Atlanta, New Orleans, Philadelphia, New York, Washington D.C., Houston, and Dallas before heading to Europe.
The tour concludes June 7 in Berlin.
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