Nicki Minaj Wants Your Respek On Her Name: “The First Female Rap Album To Do It”

New York rapper Nicki Minaj knows she put out more than just a solid album with Queen. The hip-hop diva has come forward to acknowledge the boundaries it pushed just seven days after dropping.

Last night, Nicki went to Instagram to show off some major accomplishments Queen has already achieved.

As things currently stand, Nicki’s LP is going head-to-head with rap star Travis Scott‘s Astroworld for the top Billboard 200 chart spot.

On next week’s Billboard 200 albums chart, Nicki Minaj’s new Queen and Travis Scott’s reigning champ Astroworld are vying for No. 1, according to industry forecasters. Those in the know suggest that the two sets could each earn around 160,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 16. (Billboard)

Based on early estimates, Nicki should have no problem beating out competition from Trippie Redd and Jason Mraz.

Nicki Minaj’s Queen rules the new-release roost this week. Let’s take a look at how this and two other new sets are looking.

Nicki Minaj (YMCMB/Republic) 135-150k total activity, 45-55k album
Trippie Redd (TenThousand) 66-71k, 13-15k
Jason Mraz (Atlantic) 28-32k, 24-27k

Nicki currently has the #1 album and #3 track (“Barbie Dreams”) at iTunes and the #2 album and song at Apple Music. “Barbie” is #16 at Spotify U.S. (HITS Daily Double)

Earlier in the week, Minaj unleashed her new “Ganja Burn” music video.