Contrary to popular belief, one doesn’t always need a note worthy chart position to score what is otherwise… a smash hit.
Sure, while most songs that that come under category usually come with a Top Ten position to show for its troubles, there are some cuts- especially those of Hip Hop persuasion- that succeed in pulling in mega numbers without chart glory.
Now, in cementing her status as one of 2012’s highest selling acts, Nicki Minaj continues to surprise the world with fresh stats pulled on her single ‘Beez In The Trap‘. A single, many had written off as a commercial failure.
Despite peaking at #48 on the Hot 100, ‘Trap’ sits pretty with sales of 783,286 units sold since its April 24th release.
US digital sales: @nickiminaj Feat. @2chainz, Beez In The Trap 783,286.
— Chart News (@chartnews) December 14, 2012
Going some way to explaining why her team have been a little ‘lazy’ with regards to pushing her singles, it is one of the only singles to be released by the Rapper not to have sold 1 million US units within the year of release, with ‘Starships‘ boasting sales of over 4 million units and ‘Pound The Alarm’ which hit the 1 million mark last week.
‘Va Va Voom’:
What’s more interesting however, is that the Hip Hop heavy cut has outsold Madonna‘s 2012 release, ‘Give Me All Your Luvin‘- which the Rapper also features on. Mind blowing, considering its Superbowl 2012 backed push, ‘Luvin’ is yet to hit sales of 600,000 units, marking a commercial low for both Minaj and Madonna.
US digital sales: Madonna Feat. @nickiminaj & @miauniverse, Give Me All Your Luvin’ 573,780.
— Chart News (@chartnews) December 14, 2012
‘Roman’s Revenge’:
Catch Nicki on FOX’s ‘American Idol‘ when it hits US screens January 16th.
congratz nicki i loue u and your the f****** best
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWNNNNN sam…zzzzzzzzzzzz
There are a lot of strippers in the US and they need an anthem to twerk to. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdF1NTJsKvQ
Tho Madonna’s sold more records than Nicki full stop, what’s the point of this?
Credit where credit is due, b**** sold this much with a RAP song so I’ll give her props for that.
B**** look @ yo name…nuff said
Umm…
Mercy is 2 million sold…
Clique is over a million sold…
No Lie is over a million sold…
The Motto is over 2 million sold…
N***** in Paris sold 3 million…
This is a flop especially when her previous rap singles on her first album out performed and out sold Beez In The Flop…
Good for you girl. I was under the impression that everything other Starshit flopped. Clearly i was wrong.
B**** stop changn yo name. No one believes u. U a icki stan changn yo name saaaaaaaad
B**** stop changn yo name. No one believes u. U a icki stan changn yo name saaaaaaaad!
Madonna’s Give me All Your Luvin’ has sold more than 1,434,000 worldwide.
Go drink powered milk then – No1 cares
BUSTED SAM!
either way Nicki is on both tracks soooo….
Yey congrats Nicki =)
Ppl label her a flop but her stat her either equal 2 or better anybody else who has come out this yr minus adele but whi hasnt adele slayed si nick keep doing ya thing and let these bums stay pressedt
girl shut up
Let me go check who has the highest grossing tour of ALL TIME for MALE and FEMALE? It seems to be that a certain Queen M is on top…..the oddity of it all. Meanwhile some tour seats elsewhere remain vacant.
http://2.bp.b*******.com/-fSUloMKhYXQ/TzJ2DD97hDI/AAAAAAAAAWA/9oKx7yXdIf8/s640/gif+madonna+queen+give+me+all+your+luvin.gif
Not me stanning for Madge so hard these last couple of weeks from YouTube to blogs. What is happening to me? Its all that b****, @s******’s fault. SMH
Lol.
LMFAO , you wasn’t here when madge stans were on full force in here , you kind of late to the party considering that !
right @s****** ? 😉
Nicki is very accomplished, no one can deny that about her.. And if you cannot salute her accomplishment’s just as an observer, your a hater a straight up hater.. Yes 2012 hasn’t been full of positive things for Nicki,:
Yes, Her Album Didn’t Sell 1 Million Units in the U.S
Yes, She’s Not Grammy Nominated
Yes, The Wigs Are Sometimes Too Much
Yes, Most Of Her Music Doesn’t Always Have A Meaning
Yes, She’s Neglected Hip-Hop For A Short While
Yes, She’s Displayed A Poor Reaction On American Idol Towards Mariah
But, for each negative of Nicki’s there’s 2 More Accomplishments of her’s, Nicki has Accomplished thing’s in less than 5 years, THAT MANY HIP-HOP ARTIST WILL NEVER ACCOMPLISH IN THEIR WHOLE CAREER.. The B**** is the perfect example of hustling , coming from nothing to becoming the first female rapper too ever be on the Forbes List & transitioning from being an underground artist to a best selling international artist.. Nicki Minaj has made it, keep on hating!
-Super Bowl With Madonna
-A World Wide Album That Sold Past 1.5 Million
-Getting An 18 Million Dollar Pepsi Endorsement
-Winning A VMA & 2 AMAs (& Grammy Performance)
-An Arena World Wide Tour That Sold Out
-12 Million Dollar Pay Day With A.I
-5 Million To Host A New Years Party
**Drops Mic, Because I Could Go On For Days**
Nicki Is Winning & She Will Continue Too in 2013 With The Pink Print…
sorry boo! not 18 m with pepsi did u mean 3m? google is ya friend!
girl just stop talkn…FOREVER
Wow everyone is really throwing mad shade at Nicki Minaj, I’m starting to think people are being paid just to throw shade at Nicki.. Like She’s being paid 12 million dollars or more just to give her thoughts & opinions, while all her Naysayers post negative comments about her shortcomings of 2012..
-Yes Roman Reloaded Hasn’t Sold 1 Million In The Us..
-Yes Nicki Isn’t Grammy Nominated This Year..
But what About Everything Else She’s Accomplished??
-Super Bowl With Madonna
-A World Wide Album That Sold Past 1.5 Million
-Getting An 18 Million Dollar Pepsi Endorsement
-Winning A VMA & 2 AMAs (& Grammy Performance)
-An Arena World Wide Tour That Sold Out
-12 Million Dollar Pay Day With A.I
-5 Million To Host A New Years Party
**Drops Mic, Because I Could Go For Days**
Nicki IS Winning & She Will Continue Too in 2013 With The Pink Print…
B**** pls
Honey, she isn’t that important for people to be paid to hate her……gosh some of you.
I Love Nicki Minaj & I know for a fact that this isn’t going to defeat her, Nicki is a lot things but she’s never been a quitter & she won’t be turned into one.. What I love about Nicki & Hate also is that she’s isn’t scared of being ridiculed, for doing things that will put her in a negative light in many people thoughts “She is the definition being fearless”.. Even as a fan I never will understand how she has the courage too do things even Wear things, that will cause black lash.. Most Importantly, Her Last Album wasn’t Hip-Hop orientated what so ever, Roman Reloaded was experiment inside & out.. The Pop portion of the album went hard, but the Hip-Hop side lacked Nicki’s Rap Skills.. The Re-Up was dope.. The Pink Print Will Win A Grammy..
But Congrats on the Beez In The Trap Sell’s.. Song Is nice to Drive Tooo
Even Though Nicki didn’t get Grammy Nominated, She Has Been Successful At Award Shows This Year.
This Year Alone Nicki has won:
2 AMA’s
1 VMA
BET AWARD
3 BenBoard Music Awards
4 BMI Urban Awards
1 MOBO Award
And Many More.. She’s Is counting her blessings..
2 Deluded hoez
Goood for my boo Nicki I love her so much xoxo
Croak b****…sam lied
@Monstarebel,,,,Cosign!
YAAAASSS B****
I WIN YOU LOSE MUAHAHHAHAHA
OH S*** IM A BAD B****
H** sam lied…look it up
SHUT UP
SAM DIDNT LIE CHECK THE CHARTS B……….
YOU ACTING LIKE THEY CAN MAKE UP NUMBERS
NO BOOO BOOO THIS AINT PAYPAL I GOT RECEIPTS GO LOOK FOR THEM
Just look at Nicki GO!!
He lied b****…resear,h it
Umm, not hating but, this post is pointless. Nobody thinks beez in the trap was a flop. Generally it is seen as one of the albums highlights. And it is a hip hop song so top 10 hot 100 wasn’t exactly written in the stars. But it was a favorite track so people bought it! Everyone loved the song so… Only Nicki, Rita, and occasionally Beyonce get these ‘minor happenings’ posts. It really is sad. Next week Nicki Minaj will get another praise for outselling Lady Gagas perfume in Swaziland. And I will read how amazingly impressive that should be considering only 1% of the population there could afford to purchase a fragrance. Nobody was here for Madge in the US this go round. Just because she outsold a 50 year old woman 30 years after her peak is not something to warrant a post. Unless of course you wanna help boost their achievements against a certain other person.
*DEAD*
lol
So grand ma Madonna performed GMAYL with 2 features on Superbowl and still flopped????????
She should take pension, and yes is a FLOP I don care about her previous stats. She shoulda taken a pension a long time a go
Flop granny!
what about Ice by Kelly Flopland????
…………………..
??????
what the f*** does that have to do with anything?
#reaching
Sam Maddona sold over a milli while icki has yet fo REACH a milli…pls stop lyn
Let’s not talk about Madonna and sales bro , especially if you wanna put her against that maraj clown …………
ITS FOR ONE SONG SO RELAX
Judging by the comments, the barbz clearly care about sales more than quality.
One of the worst rap songs of 2012.
in your opinion.
Quit being delusional. It’s fact.
The true delusion lies in the fact that you think your opinion is shared by everyone.
LOOOL! The barbz are really feelin themselves right now!
IM NOT MASTURBATING BUT IM FEELING MYSELF
LOOOOL!!!
Congrats Nicki!! YMCMB 4 Life!!
YESSSSSSSS NICKIIII!!!!
Stay Mad Haters!
For a strictly rap/hip-hop song, especially one that is by a female rap artist and didn’t get any promotion whatsoever 700,000+ is excellent. It went GOLD. Nicki is doing very well for a rap artist and it’s hard as hell for female rappers to succeed. Even if she does POP… she is still rapping. Had she just been a singer doing all these POP songs, every single would sell 5 million+ worldwide and so would the album.