Nicki Minaj is ready to drop her first album in nearly five years, announcing the release date to her forthcoming fifth studio LP.
After releasing a string of one-off singles in the years since 2018âs Queen, Minaj will finally give her Barbz what theyâve been waiting for later in 2023.
â10/20/23 The Album,â she announced in a well-received tweet thatâs received over 100k likes as of this writing.
You can view the post below.
10/20/23
The Album đżđâ Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) June 5, 2023
Queen arrived in August 2018 and featured appearances from Eminem, Foxy Brown, Future and more. It debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 185,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.
In 2019, Nicki Minaj released the platinum-selling one-off single âMegatron,â followed by both the Lil Baby-assisted âDo We Have A Problemâ and the record-breaking âSuper Freaky Girlâ in 2022. Sheâs also recorded a handful of high-profile collabs, including the recent chart-topper âPrincess Dianaâ with Ice Spice â which led to Minaj becoming the rapper with the most No. 1 hits on Billboardâs Digital Song Sales chart.
As she began her album rollout in 2023, she dropped the teaser single âRed Ruby (Da Sleeze)â as a warm-up in March. She later promised that this will be her best year yet with her upcoming album and tour, vowing to âraise the bar to new & unreachable heights.â
As part of a recent Twitter conversation with her Barbz, the rapper proclaimed that the tentatively-titled NM5 will be the âbest thing that comes out of 2023â and that it will be hailed as âgenius.â
She also reprimanded those same Barbz over the weekend after they apparently made her Twitter experience a bit more x-rated than she was looking for.
âBarbz why is there yet another penis on my TL?â she tweeted on Sunday (June 4). âLucky Iâm in a good mood. Yâall know thatâs usually an automatic flag on the play & comes with an immediate unfollow. Yâall got 5 mins đ since yâall wanna be fast in the pants.â
In other Nicki Minaj news, itâs been revealed that the Queens native will appear alongside Ice Spice, Lizzo and more big names on the soundtrack to the forthcoming Barbie movie.
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Barbie: The Album is also expected to boast features from Charli XCX, Dua Lipa, Kali, Khalid, PinkPantheress, Ryan Gosling, Tame Impala and the Kid LAROI. Check out the full lineup here.