Nicki Minaj Scores Billboard Chart Topping Record

Nicki Minaj scores a Billboard record, making her mark in hip-hop and Billboard history. The "Truffle Butter" rapper became the first female artist to have four songs simultaneously chart the top 10 of Billboard's Mainstream R&B/Hip-hop airplay chart.

According to Billboard, Lil Wayne and Drake previously achieved this record, quadrupling in the top 10 in multiple weeks.

Minaj's chart success stems from her hit "Truffle Butter" landing her 2-1 on the chart, her single "Feeling Myself" featuring Beyonce rose to 11-10 on the chart, her feature on Rae Sremmurd's "Throw Sum Mo" also featuring Young Thug landed at 4-3 and lastly "Only" featuring Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown slipped down to 8-9.

Billboard reported that Minaj is the first woman as a lead, to have three simultaneous tracks in the top 10 of the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop category. Although Beyonce, Ashanti and Rihanna have obtained three simultaneous top 10s, the singers were not lead artists on all three songs.

This chart topping success comes in the midst of her European leg of The Pinkprint tour with Trey Songz. She recently announced the tour's North American dates beginning, July 17, on Instagram.

Last month, Minaj spoke with Vogue just months after the release of The Pinkprint. The rapper shared how her breakup helped inspire the album.

"I've gotten such great feedback that it's only really inspired me to do more music. I never connected with people on this level," Minaj told Vogue. "I think Pinkprint opened me up to so many more people who probably didn't understand me before — it's just such a real album that anyone who has ever gone through any kind of relationship issue can understand. And I think that the overall production is so much greater. Everything shows so much growth."

The Pinkprint sold 553,000 since its December release, according to Nielsen Music via Billboard.

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