• Nicki Minaj's 'The Pinkprint' Tops 'Billboard's' R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart: Third Record in a Row for 'Anaconda' Rapper

    Although Nicki Minaj's "The Pinkprint" is stuck behind Taylor Swift's 1989 on the "Billboard" 200, it recently hit No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It is the "Anaconda" rapper's third effort to take the top spot on the chart, following 2012's "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" and 2010's "Pink Friday." It is also her third album with "pink" in the title."Anaconda" and "Only" hit No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs list — "Anaconda" spent six weeks on top. "Bed of Lies" featuring Skylar Grey and "Feeling Myself" featuring Beyoncé are just now starting to make some moves on the charts.Minaj has been all over the headlines recently for differing reasons. She killed it on "Saturday Night Live" earlier in the month. The rapper has also been involved in a public back-and-forth with ex-boyfriend Safaree Samuels.

  • Taylor Swift First Artist to be Number One on Billboard's Artist 100 List for 10 Consecutive Weeks

    Taylor Swift is the first artist to be on top of the Billboard Artist 100 list for 10 weeks straight. The chart, which was introduced in July, tracks data from other Billboard lists like the Hot 100, Top Albums Sales and Social 50, all of which Swift has dominated with her new release, '1989.' Her record will be a tough one to break considering Sam Smith only topped it for three weeks straight and Ariana Grande only clocked in two.

  • Nicki Minaj 'Trini Dem Girls' Mentioned Metta World Peace and He Is Really Excited

    Former American basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers, Indiana Pacers, and Sacramento Kings, among other teams, Metta World Peace, formerly known as Ron Artest is really, really excited. So excited in fact he can't sleep. What is he excited about you may ask? The hottest female rapper in the world in his mind, Nicki Minaj, mentioned him in a song on her new The Pinkprint and he is freaking out about it. He got a shout out during the first Minaj verse of her Caribbean inspired tune "Trini Dem Girls" featuring Trinidadian rapper Lunchmoney Lewis.

  • Taylor Swift Continues Reign on 'Billboard' 200 with '1989'; Nicki Minaj's 'The Pinkprint' Hits Number Two

    Taylor Swift's "1989" moved back into the No. 1 spot on the "Billboard" 200, bringing its total, nonconsecutive weeks at the top to six. It sold 375,000 copies last week, bringing the total for the year to 3.34 million. The record is on pace to overtake the "Frozen" soundtrack, which sold 3.46 million so far. Nicki Minaj's "The Pinkprint" sits comfortably at the No. 2 spot, "Billboard" notes.Swift is tied with Mariah Carey for total weeks at No. 1 with 30. Only one other woman has them beat with 46: Whitney Houston. The Beatles are still in first for all artists with 132 weeks at No. 1.Pentatonix has the No. 3 spot with "That's Christmas to Me." Minaj was able to crack the top 10 recently, and D'Angelo's new "Black Messiah" hit No. 5. "The Pinkprint" did not perform as well as the artist's previous effort "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded." The former sold 244,000 in its first week while the latter hit 253,000 — it also debuted at No. 1.

  • Beyoncé's '7/11' Remixed by French Montana, Detail [LISTEN]

    Bronx rapper French Montana has teamed up with producer Detail for a remix of Beyoncé's recent single "7/11," which you can check out below. While the original track is a hard-hitting club banger, this remix replaces the synths with an airy acoustic guitar line and some piano. Instead of rapping, French Montana sticks to singing for this remix, since Beyoncé did plenty of rapping herself in the original version.You can check out French Montana and Detail's remix of Beyoncé's "7/11" here:The original "7/11" was released as the lead single from the platinum edition of Beyoncé's self-titled album, which was released last month on Nov. 24. You can check out her great DIY music video for the song here:

  • Nicki Minaj's 'Rolling Stone' Cover Surfaces, Magazine Calls Her "Mad Genius, Manic Diva" [PHOTO]

    Nicki Minaj has been featured on the cover of numerous magazines this year, and Rolling Stone is apparently next in line. An image of the upcoming cover surfaced today (via RapRadar), which features The Pinkprint femcee in a thin white tank-top with her breasts partially exposed. It is reportedly the cover of the publication's January 2015 issue and is the first time Minaj has graced the cover of the iconic music magazine solo.

  • Tyga Reveals New Release Date For 'The Gold Album'

    The latest rapper to have his album release date pushed back is Tyga, whose upcoming album The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty was most recently set for release today, Dec. 23, though that obviously hasn't happened (it was originally set for Nov. 18). Instead of dropping the album today, however, Tyga took to his Twitter account to announce that the album has been made available for pre-order, and revealed its actual release date: Jan. 27. You can pre-order Tyga's The Gold Album right here.

  • Safaree Samuels Says He and Nicki Minaj Are Cool Following Twitter Beef

    Safaree Samuels and Nicki Minaj appeared to go at each other pretty hard on Twitter recently regarding their very public break up. While they never addressed one another directly, it was clear early on that the dispute had to do with their relationship (or lack thereof). TMZ tracked down Samuels down and asked him about the beef.

  • Nicki Minaj, Sylvan Esso, Drake All Included on Noisey's Top 25 Songs of 2014 List: Who Got Number One?

    "Noisey" released its end of the year collection of the top 25 songs from 2014 recently, and there is a great mix of hip-hop, punk and indie rock tracks. Big names like Nicki Minaj, St. Vincent and Taylor Swift were included alongside Sylvan Esso, Beach Slang and Body Count. Atlanta's own iLoveMakonnen topped the list with his tune "Club Goin' Up (on a Tuesday)" featuring Drake."The success of 'Tuesday,' which went from just-slightly-more-than-homemade weirdo artifact to Drake-featuring radio smash to Grammy-nominated late night show performance material, was as improbable as having a wild party on the slowest night of the week right under the nose of your parole officer. But it wasn't unwarranted," "Noisey" wrote about the top song.Check out the full list below."Club" hit No. 2 on "Pitchfork's" list of the 100 best tracks of 2014 behind Future Islands.

  • Nicki Minaj and Safaree Samuels Fight on Twitter: 'Anaconda' Rapper Claims Ex Is Trying to Blackmail Her

    Nicki Minaj has been in the public eye recently because of her third studio effort "The Pinkprint." The album is the "Anaconda" rapper's most personal to date, and it is full of references about her ex-boyfriend Safaree Samuels. The two have been nice to each other during interviews, but things hit a boiling point recently when they had a back-and-forth on Twitter, "Vibe" notes.Minaj took to social media, saying that Samuels was trying to blackmail her by selling personal videos filmed while they were still together."Anything you don't appreciate will be taken. God sees your ungrateful evil soul. I gave and gave and gave. Threatening me? Blackmail? Jump," she tweeted.Most of the tweets appear to have been deleted — you can see screenshots of them over at "Vibe" — except two:
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