Peruse of the updated Billboard’s Song Sales chart sees Rap Queen Nicki Minaj reigning with her latest single, ‘We Go Up.’
Released March 25, the Fivio Foreign-assisted track comes as her fourth drop in less than two months and followed the warmly received tunes ‘Do We Have a Problem,’ ‘Bussin,’ and ‘Blick Blick.’
Accompanied to Hot 100 success by some history-making measure (i.e. ‘Problem’ made Nicki the first female rapper to have 20 top 10 hits, ‘Blick’ made her the second female artist to have at least 65 top 40 hits, and more), the bops – reportedly set to line the GRAMMY nominee’s forthcoming fifth studio album – set the tone for ‘We Go Up’ to go and do the same.
Ahead of the release of its official music video, look inside to see how the new song’s impact was felt on this week’s hit list.
Shooting to #1 on real-time iTunes sales charts just hours after its release, ‘Up’ managed to maintain its stronghold on the tally over the seven days that followed – a feat that helped it land atop Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart as the week’s top-seller.
Here are the numbers that powered the placement:
- Sales ≈ 12,400 digital downloads
- Streaming ≈ 6.1 million U.S.-based streams
- Radio Airplay ≈ 300,000 audience impressions
Billboard’s Top-Selling Songs of the Week
Arrival at the digital chart’s summit comes with a number of record-setting or record-breaking feats for Minaj. Those feats include, but are not limited to:
- Following last week’s reign of ‘Blick,’ Minaj becomes the first female rapper song leader to replace herself at #1 on the chart
- She extends her record as the female rapper with the most #1 hits on the chart (11 total). Among all artists, she is now is a three-way tie with Eminem and her ‘Swish Swish’ sister Katy Perry for fourth place. Only Taylor Swift (23), Rihanna (14), Justin Bieber (13), and Drake (13) have more chart-toppers on this tally.
On the Hot 100, ‘Up’ – her 123rd hit on the chart – premiered at #58 and extends her record as the female artist with the secondmost appearances in the hit list’s 63-year history.