It’s Sunday and the the first week sale numbers are out for Nicki Minaj’s “Queen” album. A lot of people thought the album would land at #2, behind Travis Scott’s highly-anticipated “AstroWorld”, and it did. Via Billboard, “Queen” garnered 185,000 equivalent album units of which 78,000 were in traditional album sales. Nicki took to twitter to send out some Donald Trump-like tweets to fans about why her album was really #1, even though the sales say otherwise. Instead of Nicki just celebrating her first week sales, she blamed Travis’ babymama, Kylie Jenner, and their newborn baby Stormi for supporting Travis. Inadvertently, she threw Drake under the bus by shading Spotify. She says Spotify wanted to punish her for playing her album early on Queen Radio, but they let Drake play his album on Apple early and his face gets posted all over Spotify’s playlist. I don’t know which person in her camp is encouraging all of this behavior, but Nicki really needs to put the phone down. Your album still did well and other artists would kill to go #2. She needs to go on another social media hiatus because these rants and interviews she’s been doing lately aren’t helping her career at all. Take a look below for her tweets.
Travis sold over 50K of these. With no requirement of redeeming the album! With no dates for a tour, etc. I spoke to him. He knows he doesn’t have the #1 album this week. I love my fans for the #1 album in AMERICA! I’ll explain on #QueenRadio 4 albums in, #1 in 86 countries ♥️ pic.twitter.com/CiYEuczgm3
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) August 19, 2018
My first album sold 400K. No one is doing that with debut albums now. So I’m so grateful. I lost out on 12 hours of sales and did 200K in one week after I was supposedly cancelled. I bit my tongue last #QueenRadio but I won’t On Tuesday. I love you guys so much
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) August 19, 2018
I looked at the numbers the Carters, Kanye, Nas, etc recently did. Travis sold 200K in his first week of clothes alone. I spoke to him last night & he said he’s been selling clothes b4 the music. Billboard says they’ll change the rules cuz of this, so it should be changed now!
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) August 19, 2018
I put my blood sweat & tears in writing a dope album only for Travis Scott to have Kylie Jenner post a tour pass telling ppl to come see her & Stormi. lol. Im actually laughing. #Queen broke the record of being number 1 in 86 countries. Thank Jesus & thank you to my fans.
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) August 19, 2018
Spotify put drake’s face on every playlist but told me they’d have to teach me a lesson for playing my music 10 mins early on #QueenRadio. Even tho they’ve been giving away my music for free for years & I am one of the top Spotify artists of all time.
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) August 19, 2018
Spotify had to teach me a lesson but rewarded the man who has had an Apple radio show the longest; inadvertently helping the Apple platform the most. Oh I can’t wait for #QueenRadio on Tuesday. They took away my promotion they had promised for the 1st cpl days b/c of this. #Queen
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) August 19, 2018
My music went up on Apple so I played it. I assumed it was on Spotify & Tidal at the same time. Spotify said that Apple tweeted fans advising #Queen was up & therefore they had to teach me a lesson. But PRAISE BE TO GOD!!!!!!
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) August 19, 2018
My label didn’t want to defend me for fear of Spotify trying to teach Ariana a “lesson” too! https://t.co/1dAdbcbWVd
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) August 19, 2018
Do you know how many women get systematically blackballed out of their positions in an office building & can’t fight back?????
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) August 19, 2018
