Nicki Minaj’s Super Freaky Girl debuts at No. 1 on Billboard

Hip-hop sensation Nicki Minaj is having the time of her life as her new single, Super Freaky Girl, debuted at the top position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. After Lauren Hill in 1998, this is the first time that a female solo hip-hop artist has managed to achieve this feat.

Minaj has herself taken to Instagram to share the news with her fans:

Super Freaky Girl’s debut at number one on Billboard has become the first time that Minaj has managed to reach the spot “as an unaccompanied artist”, according to Billboard’s official website. This is also the first song by a solo female performer to debut at the chart’s peak position in 2022.

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Minaj’s song Trollz, on which she collaborated with rapper 6ix9ine, had earlier debuted at the top of Billboard Hot 100 on June 27, 2020. Another song, Say So, on which Minaj joined forces with Doja Cat, also debut at number one on May 16, 2020.

Minaj now has under her belt 21 songs that have debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with Super Freaky Girl being her second song of 2022 to achieve this feat. In February, the track Do We Have a Problem?, on which Minaj performed with Lil Baby, debuted at the second position on the chart.

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Luminate, a provider of music sales data, has reported that within the first week of the song’s release (August 12 to August 18), Super Freaky Girl recorded 21 million streams and 89,000 downloads.

Minaj, 39, is currently having the time of her life. Post the success of Super Freaky Girl, she is set to perform at as well as host the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards alongside hip-hop legend LL Cool J and Jack Harlow. Minaj will also be awarded with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the event this year.