Say what you want, Nicki is doing BIG things.
Releasing your debut album the same week as a Kanye West album has to be stressful, but Nicki Minaj's highly anticipated debut album did score the No. 2 spot. Pink Friday moved 375,000 copies, taking the second spot to Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy which sold 496,000 copies. Pink Friday places Nicki as the second-highest first week sales of any female emcee. She falls behind Lauryn Hill who sold 423,000 copies of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill the first week.
For those keeping score in the Lil' Kim VS Nicki Minaj battle, Lil Kim’s highest first week sales was in the year 2000 with The Notorious KIM pushing 230,000 units.
Nicki already made history three times this year. With "Your Love, " Nicki became the first female hip-hop No. 1 to hit Billboard's rap singles chart since Missy's "Work It" in 2002. And she's also the female rapper with the most chart entries in one year on Billboard's 100 — she's had eight so far despite most entries being features.
Congrats!