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Nicki Minaj Blames Kylie Jenner & Others For Her Album Not Going No. 1
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The queen was denied her crown.
August 20 2018 7:46 AM EST
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The queen was denied her crown.
The end of Nicki Minaj's album release week didn't quite go as planned. After soaring to the top of the charts in 86 countries the Queen rapper was denied her throne atop the Billboard 200, and her list of reasons why includes Kylie Jenner.
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The way album sales are calculated and counted for credit toward the Billboard 200 seem to be in constant flux these days as the ways people listen to music continue to diversify. Streaming, pre-sales, and hard copies purchased are components of the equation, but sometimes the numbers can be manipulated. Enter Nicki's beef with Kylie.
"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," Minaj tweeted on Sunday after the numbers came in. "lol. Im actually laughing. #Queen broke the record of being number 1 in 86 countries. Thank Jesus & thank you to my fans."
\u201cI 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.\u201d— Nicki Minaj (@Nicki Minaj) 1534711416
Minaj is referring to an Instagram link Jenner posted that allowed fans to purchase a package including tickets for a tour without any dates announced along with the album and a small teaser saying fans may see her and her and Scott's baby at a show.
\u201cTravis 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\u2019t have the #1 album this week. I love my fans for the #1 album in AMERICA! I\u2019ll explain on #QueenRadio 4 albums in, #1 in 86 countries \u2665\ufe0f\u201d— Nicki Minaj (@Nicki Minaj) 1534710957
The rapper also put some of the blame on Spotify, claiming they put up less visual publicity for her album to "teach her a lesson" for premiering the album on her Apple Radio show slightly before it was available on Spotify.
\u201cSpotify put drake\u2019s face on every playlist but told me they\u2019d have to teach me a lesson for playing my music 10 mins early on #QueenRadio. Even tho they\u2019ve been giving away my music for free for years & I am one of the top Spotify artists of all time.\u201d— Nicki Minaj (@Nicki Minaj) 1534712865
\u201cMy 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!!!!!!\u201d— Nicki Minaj (@Nicki Minaj) 1534713113
\u201cMy label didn\u2019t want to defend me for fear of Spotify trying to teach Ariana a \u201clesson\u201d too!\u201d— Nicki Minaj (@Nicki Minaj) 1534713310
\u201cDo you know how many women get systematically blackballed out of their positions in an office building & can\u2019t fight back?????\u201d— Nicki Minaj (@Nicki Minaj) 1534713975
After the rant Minaj clarified that she wasn't mad, just being sarcastic. Mad or not, Minaj clearly needed to vent, and vent she did.
\u201cPeople are calling me thinking I\u2019m huffing & puffing. Omg y\u2019all this is sarcasm/dry humor. Yikes. I\u2019m having the most iconNIC time. Come let me kiss you. \ud83d\ude29\ud83d\ude18\ud83d\ude18\ud83d\ude18 Who\u2019s coming to the secret show? When people call me & hear me crackin up laughing they seem so puzzled. Loosen up \ud83d\ude05\u201d— Nicki Minaj (@Nicki Minaj) 1534718944