Global InformationPink Friday information
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| Studio album by Nicki Minaj | ||||
| Released | November 22, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2008–2010 | |||
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| Length | 50:46 | |||
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Pink Friday is the debut studio album by rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on November 22, 2010, by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Universal Motown Records. After signing a recording contract with Young Money Entertainment in 2009, Minaj began planning the album that same year and work continued into 2010. Minaj enlisted a variety of producers whose efforts resulted in a primarily hip hop, pop and R&B album, which sees additional influences from electronic music. The album features guest vocals from Eminem, Rihanna, Drake, will.i.am, Kanye West and Natasha Bedingfield.
The album was promoted with eight singles; "Your Love", "Check It Out", "Right Thru Me", "Moment 4 Life", "Super Bass", "Did It On'em", "Girls Fall Like Dominoes", and "Fly". "Super Bass" peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and entered the top ten worldwide, while five other singles peaked within the top 40 on the Hot 100. Minaj also supported the album with a five-date promotional concert tour during October 2010. After a much anticipated release, Pink Friday debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, selling 375,000 copies in its first week, marking the second highest sales debut for a female rapper since Lauryn Hill. The album later peaked at number one, becoming Minaj's first number one album.[1]
The album received mostly positive reviews from critics, however some were ambivalent on Minaj's exploration of pop.[2] Internationally, it also charted within the top 20 in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.[3] As of February 2018, the album has sold two million traditional copies in the United States.[4] The album has been certified 3× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined album sales, track sales, and song streams equivalent of three million album-sale units. Pink Friday was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012, alongside Minaj's other nominations for Best New Artist and Best Rap Performance for the single "Moment 4 Life". A sequel to the album, Pink Friday 2, was released in 2023.
- ^ Caulfield, Keith (December 2010). "Kanye West, Nicki Minaj Score Big Debuts on Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
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- ^ "Rewinding the Charts: In 2011, Nicki Minaj's 'Pink Friday' Was Red-Hot". Billboard. February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.