Nicki Minaj is leaving her mark with The Pinkprint.
Her third solo album was released yesterday (December 15), and it appears the project is flying off the shelves. According to Hits Daily Double, The Pinkprint is expected to sell between 155,000 to 165,000 in its first week.
Although the estimated figure is less than what her previous album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, sold during its first week (253,000 copies), the projection still places The Pinkprint among the highest selling Hip Hop albums of the year.
Minaj’s debut, Pink Friday, sold 375,000 copies in its first week, according to Billboard.
Both Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded and Pink Friday have been certified platinum.
If the projections are accurate, The Pinkprint could potentially join Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded as Nicki’s only two albums to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts.
To date, Rick Ross’ Mastermind has the highest first-week sales for a Hip Hop album in 2014, with 179,000 copies sold.
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Major flop lol hahahahaha
Target, Walmart & some best buys stock albums on tuesdays, when most albums are released. So the stores are just now getting them today. Know something before you speak on it. & btw, many ppl who’s had 20K first week sales went on to sell 20M. You’re welcome.
She lost 220,000 sales from her first CD release. That’s a flop dumbass
I don’t know what people are expecting these days, those aren’t bad numbers eithe way. Rick Ross still has the best first week of the year though? That’s crazy
^Uhh, no. J Cole had the best first week of the year.
A major flop is Igloo Azalea who sold 11,000 albums in her first week. People don’t buy albums these days like they used to. They buy singles. So this is a major success from Nicki. Stop hatin’
How is this a success for Nicki when her newest album is about to sell less than Pink Friday and Roman Reloaded? Smells like a flop.
“& btw, many ppl who’s had 20K first week sales went on to sell 20M.” Name them, I’ll wait..
2014 Forest Hills Drive just sold 361,120 copies. Update yall shit. Nicki Minaj gonna sell almost less than half of what J Cole just did. That is not “flying off the shelves.”
Damn. Nicki’s on a decline.
Nobody buys albums. Let alone trash albums.
Wheres nicki and Cole at?Cant see none of them?
You’ll see Cole tomorrow.
“To date, Rick Ross’ Mastermind has the highest first-week sales for a Hip Hop album in 2014, with 179,000 copies sold.” And J Cole’s about to top that tomorrow.
Its funny how you counting record sales,but when Em releases a solo album and smashes the competition record sales doesnt count.Then its all bla bla bla and some more bla bla bla bla
Nah, I’m all for Em, man. But Cole’s gonna sell more than Shady XV, don’t hate.
Well thats a given,Shady xv is after all just a compilation album,so he better sell more.Had em released a solo album it wouldnt have been competition at all in any way or form.
The Flopprint, lol. I’m gonna laugh if D’Angelo sells more than Nicki.
How is that a flop? It’s the second best sales week for hiphop this year only behind mastermind. Album sales have declined big this year so nicki still did well.
It’s a flop because it sold less than previous records, so Nicki isn’t doing well. And The Pinkprint is not hip-hop and Mastermind doesn’t have the best numbers for 2014 hip-hop, that goes to J Cole.
You mean like how eminem flopped when shady XV only sold 130k? Lol. At least nicki aint falling hard. Oh and drake still dominated j Coles pop ass.
this is not a hip hop album. she spends all day whoring out to the mainstream only to alienate herself and sell nothing. taylor swift went platinum. that’s genuine mainstream.
Eminem ShadyXV is a compilation album, if its a solo Eminem album it will sell 500k plus first week with ease, like MMLP2 sold 792k first week. But who cares about sales, its the content of the album that counts.
Like Don said, Shady XV is a compilation, not a solo Eminem album, so that’s not a flop. Nicki is falling off hard. Also, Drake didn’t dominate anyone and J Cole is not pop, he’s hip-hop.
HHDX…J COLE holds the crown for first week sales in Hip HOP for 2014..plus,..it is way better than NICKI MINAJ or RICK ROS..BOTH of them are also more POP than J COLE….J COLE did it w/out making a radio friendly hit song….#COLE WORLD 2014
I bought all 3. But I’ve been listening to KRIT’S New album Cadallactica so Ive only had time to listen to the albums mentioned once but I do like Ross’s album I like all 3 singles he put out. I have to listen to Jcole some more b4 I comment. Nikki I’m only going to listen to a few tracks because I’m a guy and can only relate to so much of that shit. But she can spit better than a lot of guys (Just asgoodifnotbetterthanJcole, so that’s why I fucks with her. And one last thing. J cole has songs with missy Elliott and TLC so one could argue he’s just as POP. I don’t consider Rick Ross pop at all. His music just has mainstream success. I think every artist wants there music on the radio that doesn’t make them”pop”. When an artist changes their sound/style to fit radio that’s when they’re “pop”. But anyway I have all 3 albums I don’t just listen to one artist that’s lame
You’re wrong about everything, retard.
Bitch aint doing Cole #s tho!! FUCK YOUNG MONEY HA!
Weak a@# niggaz hating on a Woman like Nikki! smh. Jcole ain’t doing Kendrick Numbers tho. Kendrick would rap circles on this guy. I hope he doesn’t “Let Nas down”. again lol
This is because bitches don’t know how to DL music. They still buying CD’s. Lmao.
with that kind of lackadaisical attitude, you are ripe for being destroyed by a competent female. then you will really look stupid.
And Pinkprint is indeed hiphop. Roman Reloaded may have been pop but this and her first album are hiphop. Regardless, all of them are dope
No, The Pinkshit is not hip-hop and neither is Pink Friday. All of Nicki’s albums are pop and they all suck.
How can she call herself hiphop when dr luke produced almost half of the album.
Because she has bars and hooks what a dumb question.
No, she doesn’t have bars and hooks,
I’m taking this website off my bookmarks
fake boobs, fake aSS and all that dick suckin record executives couldn’t push 190K and Mastermind ain’t no highest first-week sales for a Hip Hop album in 2014 cuz J.cole did 361K
j.cole was released in 2013 dumbass
@LMAO You stupid fuck. J. Cole JUST released an album. Where do you live? Under a rock?
j Cole was released last week my friend wake up!
Any album that sells over 150k in its 1st week isn’t a flop because the way music is sold today is different than 3 or 4 years ago. Eminem went from 10 million to 2 million. Record companies are focusing more on single sales than album sales. Also streaming has been included into single and album sales now. The game has changed.
Don’t pull up statistics from fucking ass you fucking dumb ass. When the fuck did eminem ever sell 10 million first week? are you a retarded bitch or something? and don’t go on correcting my grammar and punctuation marks
sorry to inform you but I don’t talk to people that don’t have good grammar because they can rarely form a cognizant thought. shoo. go away silly bird.
this moron thinks peppering his words with cuss words will give him credence. i agree don’t bother to waste your time on this nephilim.
To be clear I’m talking about Eminems album sales not 1st week sales. The MMLP and The MM Show both sold over 10mil. His las album sold 2 mil sorry to confuse your dumb ass A F. All that cussing doesn’t makes you look tough just bitch made for being an internet thug.
150K is a flop for an artist who sold 375K with her first album and 253K for her second. Other people’s sales are not an excuse for a flop.
Lil Wayne fans didn’t have anything else to buy so they bought J Cole’s album. Lol
No, the Lil Wayne fans are buying Nicki’s album.
Dunno why but I think she look so sexy in that pic
Fist J.Cole outsells Yeezus, now Nicki? He can’t seem to lose.
I love her new album and how every song is about cunnilingus. The things I would do to her and any beautiful down to earth girl.
All you moron’s talking shit about Nikki fake this and fake that. Anybody who’s straight and has a dick. Would fuck Nikki Minaj with any questions asked, As much as she wanted you to in any area she wanted you too. So quit talking shit cause you all look like idiots. None of you would run Nikki out of your bed so quit with the bullshit and come real with it.
True but that isn’t saying much. Most of us would bang anything that has a pulse.
i would not simply for the fact that she is severe damaged goods (abortion, childhood abuse, crack addict father) and is extremely masculine. even if she was 10x physically hotter these things would still make her unattractive for me. i guess it’s not du jour for men to have dignity anymore.
but even if i would, what does that have to do with her music? am i going to jerk off to her music? not likely.
My dude, wtf does wanting to Fuck Nicki have to do with sells. Hell yeah I’d smash in a heartbeat! That doesn’t mean her music is sweet! FOH
Damn, Nicky. She’s been showing twice as much ass, titties, and monkey and selling half the records. Might be time to figure out a new angle before you find yourself leaking a sex tape for promo.
i feel sorry for her becuase she can’t make good music but is still trying so hard. i almost want to pity buy the album. but im not going to because it’s wrong to encourage this sort of thing.
She’s the highest selling female rapper ever! Anaconda is 2x platinum her album will be #1 next week. She’s winnig
Sorry she is winning not winnig lol
Wrong. Nicki is not the highest selling female rapper and her album won’t be number one. She’s losing, not winning.
Yes she is the highest selling female rapper ever. If not who? What lie are you about to tell?@PAC
Bruh, she’s not the highest selling female rapper ever. Her combined album sales don’t even put her close to the top.
Lauryn Hill’s “Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” alone has sold way more than all of Nicki’s albums combined.
If she isn’t the highest selling female rapper then who? Everyone says she isn’t but cant name anyone. Lauren Hill had one album and got sued for not writing all the songs nope not her I didn’t say highest female album. If we’re talking just albums its Missy. But total music sales meaning digital sales singles, albums, features, streams, everything. Nikki is #1. The same goes for Rihanna. While Beyoncé sales more albums. Rihanna is the current highest selling female artist because of those same reasons.
That is not what you said. You said highest selling female rapper and Nicki isn’t even close to being number one, that goes to Missy and Lauryn. All of that other bullshit you mentioned doesn’t count. Nicki isn’t the best selling female rapper and Rihanna isn’t the best selling female artist.
That is not what you said. You said highest selling female rapper, nothing else. Nicki isn’t even close to being number one, that goes to Lauryn and Missy. All of that other bullshit you mentioned doesn’t count towards sales. Again, Nicki isn’t the highest selling female rapper and Rihanna isn’t the best selling female artist. Get your facts right next time.
Well Iggy has been selling twice as much tits, azz, and cracka and she cant even sell 60,000 in the first week
You can deny it all you want but its true. Nikki is the highest selling female rapper ever and her Album will be number 1 next week. Missy has 4 platinum albums, lauren Hill has 1 diamond album. I didn’t say She sold more albums than anyone there is a difference. I said higest selling female artist ever we live in the digital age now not the 90’s so music is sold differently. Downloads and streams count as sells now. But we can start with her albums. Pink Friday and Roman reloaded are platinum plus so we can go ahead and take Missy off the list. Where she beats Lauren Hill his because she sells outside the U.S. No Nikki has never went diamond but she has released 65 platinum and gold singles most as a featured artist. Superbass and Starships did over 8 million in sales each just to give you an example. Singles weren’t being sold back then like they are now or it would be Missy no doubt. I don’t totally agree with how they count all sales but on paper nikki is the highest selling female rapper. I’m not getting into the name calling cuz I don’t do the internet thugging. Google Nikki minaj Discography and any other female and you will see for yourself Check RiRi’s too
Funny how you try to change what you clearly said. Nothing you said was true. Nicki isn’t the highest selling female rapper, not even close. Downloads and streams don’t count as sales. Missy and Lauryn still sold more than Nicki, all that other shit you mentioned is bullshit. On paper, Nicki isn’t number one and neither is Rihanna. It’s you who’s internet thugging.
I didn’t change shit Nikki is the highest selling female rapper ever. There you happy now.
Yes streams and downloads count as sales Do you really think 1 million people walked into Best Buy and bought Taylor Swift? Or 370’000 walked in and bought J Cole. His album had over 15 million streams that counted for over 10’000 album sales. Anything bought on ITunes counts as a sale you sound really clueless saying downloads don’t count as sales most people buy and download to their phones and tablets.
Yes, you did change. Nicki is NOT the highest selling female rapper at all. She’s not even close to being number one. And again, downloads and streams don’t count as actual sales.
Showing double the ass & tits and still a diminishing career is ahead of her. lol The beginning of the end!
Again, how is she flopping? Yes her album sales pale in comparison to her past 2 but that’s because 1. Her album was more hiphop than pop and 2. Album sales have tumbled significantly. J Cole sold maybe half of drake.
Again, The Pinkshit sold less than the last two records, that’s how Nicki’s flopping. And no, her album is more pop than hip-hop. And you can’t use low album sales as an excuse for her flop, especially when there’s rappers still selling big numbers. Just accept the fact that Nicki is falling off.
Lol she is flopping though. As much as she’s been around, single after single feature after feature she still isn’t selling as well as she did before. Thats flopping my friend. You definitely can’t use generally sales for hiphop albums as an excuse considering J. Cole just moved 350k which is more than he ever did.
she’s been promoting this album for MONTHS, released like 4 singles i believe(maybe 5 if u include pills n potions months back), made all kinds of TV appearances and still sold only 165,000. Granted 165,000 aint bad but as an artist of her stature Im sure her and her label for hoping for at least double that considering the promotion involved. quite simple really
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Again, The Pinkshit sold less than the last two records, that’s how Nicki’s flopping. And no, her album is more pop than hip-hop. And you can’t use low album sales as an excuse for her flop, especially when there’s rappers still selling big numbers.
Its funny how the quality of her work has actually gotten slightly better, but yet her album sells are actually going to be significantly lower. Lol I guess it was the gimick that helped her move copies. Now that it has died down so has she, although she’s been all over the place. J. Cole sold over 350k with little promotion and no single. What an ironic world we live in.
He ain’t have no promo or singles but him being involved with the black lives matter thing clearly helped his album sell
Everyone says she’s not the highest selling female rapper ever but no one can tell me who is. Funny how trolls operate.
I’m pretty sure dude gave you an answer. Lauryn Hill’s album sold more than all of Nicki’s album combined. There’s also Missy Elliott. and Lil Kim.
Well I’m waiting on who is. And it ain’t no Gd Lauren Hill
You’re delusional as fuck.
And You’re old and stuck in the 90’s just take some time out from trolling and google it
Trolling is all you’re doing, you delusional fuck.
Looks like ur trolling me you old delusional fuck. Stop being an internet thug
The irony. LOL
LMAO 165,000 is NOT flying off the shelves…..she’ll be lucky to go gold with strictly album sales (not that streaming and itunes bullshit). ONLY chance she has to go platinum is if she re-leases it a bunch of times under ‘deluxe editions” like she did Pink Friday and totals up all the sales that way.
165,000 isnt bad but for an artist of her stature Im sure the numbers are disappointing. she released, what, like 5 sinlges, was all over social media, all over tv, and still did those low numbers?
The numbers aren’t in yet she still has the rest of the week people. I think if she outsells iggy’s 1st week she will be happy
this shit aint even hiphop mann fuckouttahere
J cole album is good but it’s only doing so well cause he preaching to the black people. Propaganda people. PROPAGANDA he probably really does care but that is easily telling people to support him cause he supports people.
Nicki haters are all over the internet talking about her album is flopping. Just because she MAY sell less than her previous albums she’s flopping? That logic makes no sense. Her sales are on par with what others are doing in the hip hop game AND for a female rapper she’s still leading. SO what are ya’ll talking about? I know you hate her but be fair. I mean really.
Think about this for one second, Anaconda which is a junk song has been certified platinum already. If she can sell 1 million of a junk song her album has a huge chance because there are a lot of good quality songs on there.
How does it feel to be wrong, Stanley?
j cole did 375,000 first week – wrong information in the article
240’000 in her 1st week. Not bad Nikki you’re still the queen. All you haters saying she would only do 150k eat crow!!!!!! Haters never win.
240k in the 1st week. Congrats Nikki you’re still the queen! So much for 150 lol haters never win.