“Pound The Alarm”: Nicki Minaj Single Rises 91 Spots In A Week

Published: Thursday 28th Jun 2012 by David

The last two weeks have given Nicki Minaj much to celebrate.

Celebrating the UK leg of her ‘Pink Friday‘ world tour last week, Monday saw her become the first female Rapper to announce her own headlining show at London’s 02 arena.

So, as if that wasn’t enough, the MC has enjoyed a mind blowing sales boost in the country.

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Indicative of her ever growing commercial pull, her new single ‘Pound The Alarm‘ rose by a whopping 91 spots on the Official Singles Chart, in a single week.

Now perched at #61, the single is likely to become her fastest selling single in the nation, set to rise even further with the release of it’s music video, reported to emerge in coming weeks.

In the same amount of time, her sophomore LP ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ soared by 16 chart positions while her Chris Brown assisted cut ‘Right By My Side’ slipped 12 places to #82.

Quite interestingly, the bulk of her sales rise is believed to have taken place on Saturday 23rd June.

This, the day she took to Radio 1’s ‘Hackney Weekend’ to deliver a set of her most popular material, which includes the 5x Platinum ‘Starships’ and the 4x platinum release ‘Super Bass‘.

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  1. Stephanie June 28, 2012

    Nicki is a self loathing retarded B****

    • truth June 28, 2012

      chiiile i CO-SIGN!!

      • Latrell4Bey June 28, 2012

        but she still gettin money…so if a self loathing retarted b**** can get money then u shouldnt have a problem gettin as much as she does…

      • Jayla June 28, 2012

        Agree Latrell4Bey… The hate on thi site for this woman is unbelievable

    • EJ June 28, 2012

      WTF?? I Really Don’t Understand The Hate…Nicki is doing the damn thing! She is on her way to becoming an Icon! I’m very happy that she was able to expand her fanbase outside the US and be able to SELL OUT arenas over in the UK. I don’t understand how you can’t salute her success in the music industry?

  2. joker June 28, 2012

    ohh wow. 91 spots to 61? this like walking a flatland. now climb up the rocks. hehehe.

    btw. why she always looks like that? horrible. i know her audience. it’s clowns. 😀

    • truth June 28, 2012

      BRWAAAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

    • Minajesty June 28, 2012

      do you know how stupid you sound. You’re mocking a single that rose by almost 100 places in seven days? Girl choke on this article, spit it out and feed it to whoever you stan for.

      We good on this side.
      ARENA TOUR BETCHES!!!!

      • Buffy June 29, 2012

        Holla at me when PF:RR actually SCANS platinum. Until then, sitcho YOUNG, uneducated, failed abortion ass all the way DOWN.

  3. Shaytan June 28, 2012

    That Grape Juice needs a name change: NickiPussyJuice.Net. You guys will turn anything into a story. 12 Nicki post a day is kind of redundant

    • Kissy_Minaj June 28, 2012

      Y U Mad tho? She’s showing these b****** how to do this! Lol

    • Latrell4Bey June 28, 2012

      y click and comment then? PRESSED! y even come to the site? Oh okay

  4. jjjj June 28, 2012

    NO words.

    I just… laughed. TShitJuice.

    • truth June 28, 2012

      cause it’s funny!! lolol #61…b**** please!! thsi h** is a TOAL AND COMPLETE FL-LOP!!

    • QueenOfTheNavy June 28, 2012

      of course you have no words. There’s nothing to say. She’s winning.

      • Buffy June 29, 2012

        Winning with less than 600,000 sales of her latest “album”?

        A multitude of ki’s.

  5. truth June 28, 2012

    ummm…isn’t that a POP song??? isn’t she angry because NO ONE takes her seriously as a RAPPER??? well i wonder whyyy??? Pop b**** #lilkimQUEENOFRAP

    • DaHotNig June 28, 2012

      It’s okay you coke w****! While tragedy anne (lil kim) is running around looking like Captain Crunch and touring the local fried chicken spots, Queen Nicki is TAKING OVER THE WORLD! Go suck your mother’s dry rot p**** h**!

      • paul June 28, 2012

        At least Kim has credibility and hasn’t had to steal someone else style and look to do it and everything your fave is doing, Kim has done…do your homework sweetie…Kim was the first to sit front row, Kim was the first to go crossover (WITHOUT SELLING OUT)! Kim always respected the ladies that paved the way for her! I don’t care what the f*** she looks like…when that piece of trash Minaj can spit a rhyme like Kim does on Get Money, Quiet Storm, Benjamins, Lighters Up and so many others then dare to mention the Queen’s name! Remember it’s better to fail in originality than succeed in imitation. At least Azealia Banks is half original and her look is CRAAAZY and that b**** did have the crowd rocking.

        And check your fact boo! Kim played in front of 50,000 strong in LA last week with no album or record label or backing behind her. That’s how Queen’s do!

        But anyway good luck to your fave the female Vanilla Ice – she is winning FOR NOW!! Come see me when she is 17 years in the game and is on her legendary s***!!!!

      • OpD2 June 28, 2012

        well the ragedy b-tch heard nicki bin planing a south africa tour for sometime now,now ragedy busted annie is going down there too,wtf is that shady b-tch is up to,the b-tch just wont stop riding nickis wave she nees to let nicki have her moment alone.

      • EJ June 28, 2012

        I find it funny how Paul keeps talking about what KIM USED TO DO…

        NEWS FLASH! Nicki broke all her records!!! haha

      • paul June 28, 2012

        By selling out and copying…ever heard of Gwen Stefani, she copied her too. I wouldn’t have a problem with Nicki if she wasn’t so disrespectful…we can all play innocent but she came at Kim first and blatantly ripped her style off. Azealia came at Kim so did Foxy but you know what at least they are original. Don’t steal someone’s image and then brainwash your fans to trash on her too, it’s a disgrace without Kim Nicki or Eve or Azealia or Trina would be here…you need to respect what she DID and what she continued to do after big died…this is a woman that held her own on a track with Biggie Smalls…Nicki could never ever! At the end of the day Nicki has had to make pop songs like Pound the A;arm, and Starships which are crap and if you are a REAL hip-hop fan it is bad and it is reductive. She has no credibility and Kim has -whatever you say about how she looks or what clubs she is playing in herr music speaks for itself and that’s something that no one can take away from her. Nicki broke records by selling out and creating bad music that is something not to be proud of and that’s why she is walking around fuming because like Jay Z said first I had the streets and then I had their hearts…Kim’s got that and Nicki is fuming because she hasn’t.

        But good luck to you Mama make your music do you, but you will never be considered a legend ever and Kim’s Hardcore was considered one of the best albums of the last decade by countless music journos and blogs… Sorry but both Pink Fridays will never ever.. oh yeah and thanks for keeping the spot warm until the Queen Bee comes out of hibernation! We’re done here!

  6. Raz @RomanAZolanski June 28, 2012

    Slaynika!!!!! : -)

  7. Owen June 28, 2012

    NickiPussyJuice.Net…..#DEAD

  8. TheUltimateShade June 28, 2012

    *giggles*

  9. QueenOfTheNavy June 28, 2012

    I can hear the haters hitting their keyboards from here.

    You can downplay what you want, but how many songs do you rise 91 places in a week. This idea that the song is doing well because its Pop is nul in void because there are many Pop songs on the chart that never make it to top 40.

    If you don’t know let me tell you that music doesn’t buy itself, Nicki has a growing fan base in the UK who SPENT THEIR MONEY to buy the single. It wasn’t free, she didn’t buy itself, THE PUBLIC did.

    You don’t have to like her, but to hate on her chart power is foolish when the charts can’t be contested. She’s selling worldwide and so now you have to choices….

    Accept or ignore.

    You guys want to see her lose but she won’t. My suggestion to the hater is this..

    Pick an act and support them. It feels much better than hating on someone who’s going to win whether you hate on them or not.

    • Nicki’s Lacefront June 29, 2012

      I support Adele. When is Nicki seeing a DIAMOND album? When is Nicki seeing PLATINUM for PF:RR? When will Nicki take that wretched lacefront off her scalp? Doesn’t she know she’s still a n*****?

      • Kween Ebony June 30, 2012

        Your Stupid AF! Nicki can’t sell a diamond album because she has all odds against her! No matter how many pop songs she does. The world will always see her as HIP-HOP! And hip-hop albums don’t go diamond Just Saying.! And to show much how much you know PF:RR is platinum you dumb f***! “We ship platinum, them b****** is shipping wood.”!

  10. Godyonce June 28, 2012

    If I were a boy rose 65 spots to number 3. She did it on a far more important chart without selling out 😀

  11. Benron June 28, 2012

    Sam, thats THE UK chart. which consist solely off of sales.OF COURSE SHE WOULD JUMP 61 SPOTS WITH HER NEW SINGLE. Most people probably debut at #1 on here with their BIG singles!

  12. IT’S ALL GOOD!!! June 28, 2012

    Sell out.

  13. OpD2 June 28, 2012

    gratz to her she doing her thing,as to what up top there said you can hear the haters keyboard from here.

  14. Lax June 28, 2012

    It’s a poor dog that don’t wag it’s own tail, nicki has a right
    to say who she’s with Freedom of Speach!!

  15. the real xoxo June 28, 2012

    i was impressed until it said it was pound the alarm, one of the most generic songs ive heard in my life.

  16. monstarebel June 28, 2012

    Yaaaaaas nicki b**** u better SLAY!!!!!!!!! this song will be in the top 10 soon mwahaha!!! RiRi Katy &Nicki SLAYS UR FAVS WHOLE LIFE!!!!

  17. Latrell4Bey June 28, 2012

    One Of My fav songs Of The album! Go Nicki Go Go Nicki!

  18. ASAP (As Sincere As Possible) June 28, 2012

    This “achievement” is just as big as her platinum album which has barely sold half a million.

    Anyway, ‘Pound The Alarm’ is one of the standout tracks on her album and, alongside with ‘Beautiful Sinner’ and ‘Starships’, it’s one of the few songs on the pop half of her album that are decent. I hope she doesn’t delay the video like she did with ‘Starships’.

    (Btw, she performed ‘Pound The Alarm’ in one of the biggest festivals of the UK which is organized by Radio 1, the biggest radio station of the country and broadcasted by B**, one of the most powerful networks. Anything BUT a significant sales surge would be a flop)

  19. LOLO June 28, 2012

    The video with the little girls was so sweet………. yay nicki for being there

  20. THE GREAT LACEFRONCE. June 28, 2012

    FLOP FLOP FLOP!

    LOL @ her album sales

    She is DONE. OVA

  21. Lash June 28, 2012

    Lmao..mi thought it would be like top 5 or sumin…hahaha

  22. I Judge Flops June 28, 2012

    YAWN

    NOT IMPRESSED.

    & i shall tell you why.

    I would really call Nicki the QUEEN OF HIP HOP , if she was “selling all these records” doing “Hip hop” Music. Instead she took the Katy/Rihanna/Gaga route and makes Pop Records and stamps “Hip Hop Artist” on her bio so that she can say she is breaking all these records. If “Champion” or “Beez in The Trap’ goes #1 on the Uk Singles/ Us hot 100 or any main pop chart then I WILL BE IMPRESSED.

    I’m not giving this s*** praise because she makes Ke$ha songs and goes #1. “Pound the Alarm” is a generic pop single that I would expect from Ke$ha or Rihanna. Nicki is a “pop” artist , so with that said I’m not impressed by her numbers. She is flopping as far as hip hop is concerned.

    She sold out to sell records and didn’t stay true to the “hip hop culture”

    SO WITH THAT BEING SAID. FLOP FLOP FLOP

    • Ke$halicious June 28, 2012

      God$ha would neva

    • llj June 28, 2012

      exactly! you know how long i been saying this! she’s a pop artist all she did was add a little rap to it so she can break records in the femcee community ,but her so called rap songs flop and the pop songs are hits, how you a so called hip hop artist and those songs fail but a generic pop song with some dubstep sky rockets? cuz its hot right now, so hip hop artist nope and never was.

    • Kween Ebony June 30, 2012

      Okay I have a question… If shes a pop artist now then why not just judge her as such. Why she dissing her talking about she not hip hop just judge her as a pop star!

  23. NICK June 28, 2012

    SLAYING LOVE ME SOME NICKI YESSSS!!!

  24. nico June 28, 2012

    Its has not been released as a Single so shut up haters ! GO NICKI ! QUEENICKI !

  25. LTM June 28, 2012

    It jumped up an impressive 91 postions to #61. I cant!!!! Call me when its top 40

    • Kween Ebony June 30, 2012

      I guess that Super Bass is a flop to then!? Because it started off at the bottom at every chart and worked it’s way up! Soooo BOOM Baby bye! #Dismissed The fact it has not been released as an OFFICIAL single! Is the point yall forgetting!

  26. Ke$halicious June 28, 2012

    Only at #61? FLOP!!!

    • Kween Ebony June 30, 2012

      The fact it has not been released as an OFFICIAL single! Is the point yall forgetting!

  27. ENOUGH ONIKA June 28, 2012

    Huh…only “news worthy” on TGJ….

  28. Yea i said it June 28, 2012

    aint this same place where rihanna sold 20 mill and said the uk is nothing but yall going crazy if bey or nicki chart at any position, 61 at that!

  29. Lifestyle Magazine June 28, 2012

    Of course it did. Did u expect anything less from Nicki?

  30. Team Ya Momma June 28, 2012

    TGJ can go to Hell……*flop Journalism NO DOUBT* CATCH A MUTHA F***** V**** B******!!!!!!!

  31. haterzstaypressed June 28, 2012

    Why is Nicki’s v***** being mentioned here? Why is she being called a s***? I notice that when a woman (no matter whom) is winning, she is demeaned sexually. Why is this? I can understand valid criticisms like the album isn’t good is Pink Friday… or it’s too commercial, or it’s not selling the way it should. Fine those criticisms are sound ones. However, I’ve noticed (especially coming from Lil’ Kim fans) that recently on many blogs, y outube and TGJ, Nicki’s is being sexually demeaned and harassed. Is it a form of control? Or reverse psychology because of Kim’s colorful past? Is it because you can’t come up with a VALID reason to dislike this girl? It’s a b**** move to constantly define someone as a w****, s***, etc because you don’t like them. Seriously …

    Nicki, you are seriously doing your thing. You ain’t going nowhere and you’re doing your thing. Unlike other female rappers AND r&b singers you are stepping outside the box. Keep doing you and let these haters stay steamed pressed! You have clearly WON.

    #teamwinning

    Have several seats and a bucket of chicken. STAY PRESSED!

    • Os June 28, 2012

      Co-f-cking Sign.

    • Ya Mammy June 29, 2012

      What is she winning? A SCANNED & CERTIFIED platinum plaque for PF:RR? Probably not. Respect from her peers? Nah she’s not winning that. Longevity in her career? Never.

      • Kween Ebony June 30, 2012

        LMAO! Yall no NOTHING! Do your research first! SMH yall start talking and don’t know what yall talking about! PF:RR has been CERTIFIED PLATINUM!

  32. BLACK MADONNA June 28, 2012

    GET EM NICKI !!!

  33. Lee June 28, 2012

    S/O to Pound The Alarm climbing the charts even though it hasn’t been released as a single yet!!!

  34. QueenSize June 29, 2012

    I don’t want to hear nicki say she is a rapper while performing another pop track. She is a pop artist plain and simple.

  35. PrettigurlrockD June 29, 2012

    I think if u gon drag riri in the mud u could at least do the same for nicki. She’s not any better. Well she is a little smarter and writes her own songs tho.

  36. Ya Mammy June 29, 2012

    It’s funny to see the boldness of the Barbz in this post but they were SILENT when TGJ schooled them on sales and how the game works.

    A multitude of ki’s.

  37. MR_DOESNT GIVAFUK June 29, 2012

    Chart Success yup. Not denying that. But the first rap act?????? pwahahahahahahaha, This b**** is 6 bars from being just as POP as Katy Perry except Katys wigs are better.

  38. carol June 30, 2012

    Nobody buys her sh8t. Nobody! i am so sick of these foreign negroes receiving affirmative action treatment when

    • ^^^^H**^^^ July 27, 2013

      nobody huh? so it rose 91 spots on its own? b**** i need your ass to go to school because your the dumbest h** I’ve ever seen.. TGJ proved you wrong before you wrote the comment.. stay in school sweetie.. it’ll do ya some good

  39. Kween Ebony June 30, 2012

    I HATE HER! But every time she do a interview you know I run to see! She make me so sick it make me vomit! But that’s why spend my time online leaving comment!- Even after all of yall hate she still RISE above it all and keep doing her! She talking about y’all haters in this song STILL I RISE! No matter how much hate you send her way she going to keep striving!

    • Kween Ebony June 30, 2012

      THE LINK TO THE SONG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnx8tQd_pxA

      Still I rise
      Still I fight
      Still I might crack a smile
      Keep my eyes on the prize
      See my haters, Tell them hi!

      HI 90% of users on this website.!

  40. StefStef July 1, 2012

    People are so dumb. Nicki already said her true calling is acting. And she is apparently a very good one since she ‘acted like’ she was a rapper, broke all kinds of records, then flipped and went pop. Nicki is gonna make all this Pepsi and tour money, start acting, get endorsements and watch these rap b****** duke it out for the endangered female rap species that she alone revived. Think Queen Latifah, not Queen Bee LMAO

  41. naseem April 8, 2013

    lol you pathetic haterz… plz take a seat if i recall “Pink Friday: was a rap album and it did great… whats wrong with experimenting?? she wants pop she can do it.. who are your you to say she can’t?? and 91 spots in 7 days that’s impressive and your all too p**** s*** to accept the fact.. plz die 😀

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