Nicki Minaj’s week is definitely off to a “super” start.
Minaj’s track, “Super Freaky Girl”, which samples Rick James’ 1981 classic “Super Freak”, debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It is the first single female rap track to top the charts since Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop”. That Thing)” returned in 1998. Hill’s first and only solo album, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,” also reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart.
James’ original release never made it to the top 20, peaking at 16. Then in 1990, MC Hammer sampled “Super Freak” for the Grammy-winning “You Can’t Touch This”. But when Emmy topped the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart, the song only reached eight on the Hot 100.
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The Billboard Hot 100 factors in total consumption through digital downloads, streams, and radio airplay. 89,000 digital downloads of “Super Freaky Girl” recorded the biggest digital sales week of any track this year.
Artist, born Onika Tanya Meraj, Twitter reacted after milestone,
After retweeting accounts announcing the feat, Minaj simply wrote “You did it,” with a holding-back-tears emoji. The tweet was directed at Minaj’s fan base, affectionately referred to as “Barbies” or “Barbaz” for short.
According to a release, “Super Freaky Girl” will be on Minaj’s fifth full-length album, “coming soon”.
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Coming Up Sunday – Minaj’s gig as one of three guest hosts for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. The five-time VMA winner will co-host the awards show with LL Cool J and Jack Harlow in Newark, New Jersey.
Minaj has also been nominated for two VMAs and will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Past recipients have included Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and Janet Jackson.
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In addition to the original track, Minaj gave fans a remix featuring her alter ego “Roman” and an acapella version of the song. She debuted “Super Freaky Girl” during the premiere episode of her show “Queen Radio” on Amp, a new live radio app from Amazon. The song was co-produced by Dr. Luke, a music producer who has been in a legal battle with Kesha since 2014. He has worked with Minaj in the past and was behind Doja Cat’s “Say So”, which featured Minaj and was on top. Hot 100 in 2020.
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