65 million units sold worldwide may make Nicki Minaj one of music’s more bankable belles, but the rapper has a long way to go before making a splash quite as big in the world of fashion.
Fortunately, her journey to that point has been made far easier this year, thanks to an endorsement by the world renown Roberto Cavalli who called on the rapper to become the new face of his company.
Good news below…
After learning of her success with the alcoholic beverage ‘Myx‘, Cavalli reached out to the ‘The Night Is Young’ performer, proposing a deal which would see her become the face of his spring/summer 2015 campaign.
He explained:
I chose Nicki Minaj because she embodies the exuberant and modern femininity of the Cavalli woman. In recent years we have become accustomed to women castigated in clothes that hide their body shapes. With this campaign, I wanted to send a strong countertrend message. I wanted a sensual woman who is aware of her body – who is not afraid to show her curves. Instead, she makes them her strength
The campaign’s shoot was shot by Francesco Carrozzini, who joined the rapper in welcoming the news via ‘Vogue Italia’ today, doing so before her third studio album ‘The Pinkprint‘ tops the ‘Billboard 200.’
Once it does, Minaj will join Beyonce and Alicia Keys to stand as one of 7 Black female artists to secure two or more US #1 albums, and extend her lead as the only female rapper to do so.
Roberto Cavalli is so beyonce circa 2005. But in no way am I surprised. Nicki is tacky and dated, so she’s the perfect representation.
But you can’t afford.
I’m sure broke ass Rihanna can’t either. #NevaToppingForbes #360Deal
Excuse me but will Iggy ever make the Forbes list RIH has every time so your try hard read was really a self drag. Especially as seeing That Rih was in the top 10 this year on Forbes and #4 in 2012. So please bish don’t try it
Slay Nicki, she looks beautiful.
You mean she is photoshop in HD.
I’m just ready for Iggy’s 2nd album. I know mama pen game is super sharp.
It’ll flop with less than 30K, so why bother? lol
LOL TRY 15K LOL.
Time is ticking Nicky. I can tell that she’s trying to become a mogul because, well let’s face it, she’s in her 30’s and about to become a “wrinkle face b1tch”. Oh the karma.
So once you hit 30 you automatically morph into a wrinkled face b****? Lol
Well Beyonce did ki
65 MILLION?!!!!!!!!!!
THATGRAPEJUICE PLEASE STOP WITH YOUR LIES AND YOUR MINAJ OVER APPRECIATION!
GIMME A BREAK! Nicki Minaj has not sold 65 million records!
65 million singles and albums sold is actually accurate for her. Surprising I know.
Read that THOT to fifth!!
No read truth simen for filth honey!!! Heeeeyyy booooo
Do your research cunnt yes she has
Google is your friend sis *sips tea*
I also hear she’s the new face of flop so get it girl.
65 million what? Pounds of make up she’s worn for the past 5 years? You definitely don’t mean sales.. Of ANYTHING. This is reaching. Probably the most reaching you’ve done in years. Stop.
No. 65 million records sold. Can’t you thots read? Do your research.
I wouldn’t want her to be the face of my brand when she’s doing tamar Braxton numbers kii
Check her out on forbs those are the only numbers that matter. you tried tho
Nicki HAS actually sold 65 million records (singles and albums).
Honey anything with Nicki name on it is a fail. They could have gotten Lana atleast her album sold more than Nickis current one.
Then explain MYX? Mind you, do you think the marketing team at Cavalli picked her without doing their research? They know EXACTLY how much she’s worth.
her name on that forbs list, last time i checked that’s not a fail sis.
So you didn’t know this clown sold 65 million? Yep, this is the state of today’s music.
you mad? stay mad lmao
“…doing so before her third studio album ‘The Pinkprint‘ tops the ‘Billboard 200.’”
Actually, Sam, Billboard already reported that Taylor is a lock for #1 next week. Pentagon or w/e will be #2. Onika will settle for #3 or #4 based on how J. Cole does.
Ultrashitty gold yet? Ciara 2nd album went platinum unlike Lanas.
Almost a decade ago f*****.
Has Cedric’s 2013 album scanned Ultraviolence’s first week yet?
You better stan rosie
65 million what? Ass shots? yall got to be kidding me lol
65 million records????? LMAO! That idiot can’t even count to 65 yet alone sell 65 million. She’s a flopppp
Laughing at b****** who didn’t know she’s sold 65 million units. Starships sold 7 million, Superbass sold 8 million worldwide and that accounts for 15 million units by themselves so why is it so hard to believe?
They should be worried about the floppage there en route instead of using her asss and curves. The end is near. Time is ticking Nicki. Her 14 minutes is almost up.
*that’s
Yes. Even after exposing her genatalia to the public on her music video and Brazzers calendar she can’t scan Rick Ross’s first week.
Nicki Minaj sold about 57 million SINLGES & 7-8 million albums…
7-8 million albums?
PF: 3 million ww
RR: 1.5 million ww
That would equal 4.5 m correct?
Those are us sales only lol
Do your research thoroughly before you drag so you don’t look stupid. Flopnika has sold 65 million because she sold out and that’s a DAMN shame cos Kim is better.
Kim is better at changing her face every 5 months you mean
So you were dragging her all this time and didn’t know she sold 65 million? Her new album is gonna flop but she has sold 65 milli.
She slays Lana thats for sure
Both slaughter S******’s dead ass.
Britney outsold both their discography with one album ugly d***.
And how much has S****** Jean sold? Clinging to the past, typical S****** stan.
and how many did flopna sell?
Nicki is Lana,Ariana, and Tamars lesser.
LOL DO ANY OF THEM HAVE 2 PLATINUM ALBUMS LIKE NICKI? I’LL WAIT LOL.
Onika has 66 singles, 12 promo singles, 3 albums, and at least 500 other features so it’s pretty believable that she sold that many records. The question is how many of those are solo.
Who cares how many are solo tho beside you stan? she still got paid for all of them.
She has sold 65 million records from her OWN records…features don’t count please get educated
Um Lana fans like Rosie need to stfu because Nicki is still more of a success than your neverbeen fav.I dont even like Nicki but when you stan for Lana the lesser your opinion is invalid.
Did Britney graduate from kindergarten yet?
Will lana ever become relevant?
S****** cannot sell more than Ariana Grande first week, let alone 110K, in 2014, it cannot properly sell out a theatre in 2014, it cannot dance in 2014, it cannot sing in 2014, it can barely even walk in 2014, it cannot buy things without it’s dad’s permission in 2014, it cannot leave the house without its dad’s permission in 2024, it cannot breathe without its dad’s permission in 2014. A S****** stan literally has no room to drag in 2014.
Wow, I didn’t know she sold that many records.
Rosie is so jealous of mainstream acts lol she wish Lana got the same attention as the other girls
…but S******’s theatre residency was barely half full this year. Tell me why so called “icon” can’t sell out a 4K capacity theatre but Lana can sell 8K seats at one venue in a few minutes?
Rosie throws shade at mainstream acts because Lana tried to be mainstream and FAILED! Iggy came slaying out of the gate and has more top tens in one year than Lana has in two! #AndThatsWhyShesMad
Don’t make me drag Iggy before her arena tour does worse than artGRAVE.
Grave? Isn’t that where Lana’s relevancy in pop culture lives?
Has the New Classic scanned 600K worldwide yet?
Rosie is so bothered lmao
Onika stans are obviously mad at my presence. The Pinkshit probably won’t even outsell Ultraviolence in the US with all that promo. That’s sad.
Lanas career is sad didn’t she perform at a cemetery ? What a flop
wtf prismatic stop it, stop it i say Lol.
You can’t even compare them though Nicki is a rapper and Lana is…. well we won’t even go there.
These Lana stans need to know their place ain’t one checking for that flop that’s why Ultraviolence still isn’t gold after 5 months lol
Prismatic stop it, stop it i say, Lol i am rolling in laughter.
Kii at this same illiterate Gravatarless f** coming up with 10+ emails just to respond to me. Stan down for your queen bb.
F*** DAT HOEE LANA!!!!!!!!!!!
She a depressed mess i can’t with Rosie tryna come for Nicki when no one outside tumblr knows your fav. FOH! No wonder why you cling the hive but tbh we don’t really f*** with you anymore.
The illiterate Barbs, with their poor grammar, have been terrorizing everybody while their queen hasn’t even sold 10 million albums worldwide. Yes Barbs… let it sink in. Time’s ticking. I’m ready for a new female rapper. Don’t even try me with Iglo.
and how may albums have you sold tho?
She’s out here calling herself ‘The Queen of Rap.’ Biitch please. She ain’t queen of shiit. This why her downfall will be so painful.
Oh b****, she is the queen of rap because she has earned that title because of her content, creativity and impact on pop culture so what you think is irrelevant.
Her reign is so strong even her haters have high expectations for her. Why else were you happy when you found out she was only doing 170k. YOU expected more from her because YOU knew she is capable of doing more because YOU know how big her brand is.
Think about that and get back to me.
Lol Sweety, the people and/or the media is/are the ones that give you a title. She’s the self-proclaimed queen of rap which doesn’t mean shiit. And yes, people expected more from her, seeing that she’s ‘the queen’ and all, but she’s declining – like a plane taking a nosedive. Yes darling, the truth hurts. Don’t seethe. It’s not good for the heart. Don’t be ignorant either.
I won’t drag Lana because she has taught me that your era can slay even if you don’t start off with first week sales that slay so I won’t go in on her too much. This is Nick’s best album and the response to it has been great, sure she shoulda sold MUCH more but I know that it will be one people look back and love even if it doesn’t sell another copy because it is REAL to and for her.
Unlike some other people I know Nicki knows how to write her own songs and promote them so when she is ready to snatch and slay with sales she will do what she needs to do make it happen.
word.
Like I don’t even want to drag Iggy but if this one birch who doesn’t even know how to add a Gravatar wants me to…
But what can you say about Iggy when she has three or four hit singles and an arena tour? Does Lana have any of those?
But why has her album barely outsold UV by ~10K copies when it was out three months before? Why the UV outsell The New Classic in a month worldwide? Why did Reclassified only sell 14K first week? Lana is about to tour venues of 10-20K+ capacity (many venues are larger than Iggy’s ~arenas!!1~) and tickets are selling well but no one cares for Iggy’s tour. The box scores will be a kii.
Serious question! If Lana is so big and popular why can’t sell singles or even get on radio? People always get at Iggz acting like doing that is easy but if it was Lana wouldn’t be touring graveyards.
Who was her opening act? The grim reaper?
1. We all know Iggy pays for play because the washington post exposed her on the verge deal.
2. Iggy’s going on a joint tour with a guy who’s been selling out venues since the early 2000s so how many of those tickets is she going to sell HERSELF?
3. Your stupid ass never wondered why Iggy can slay with a song but flop with the album?
Why are ALL of the venues in Lana’s next tour larger capacity than almost every half-empty arena Iggy will play next year?
Half-empty? I didn’t know the tour had started yet. Better check that imagination Rosie cos soon you’ll be imagining Lana having a number one single. #ItWillNeverHappen
Lets keep Lana out of this. She’s such a good soul. This post is about Nicki so lets keep it 100. You either congratulate her or drag her. I prefer the latter. *Sips Tea*
Or we can drag you, i much prefer to drag you, the nobody.
And the self-drag. Iggy can get all her songs playing on the radio every 5 hours and can get more promo than Lana’s entire era yet UV did 4x more than TNC first week. Not to mention 13x more than Reclassified.
MTV gave Iggy her own show, did SNL call Lana back after the last time?
Didn’t Lana sell five times more than Reclassified with BTD after she went on SNL?
Has anyone else seen Iggy’s performance on SNL? Ok, that’s how you do a performance. Lana? Not so much and that’s why she’s struggling for relevancy and is being slayed by FKA Twigs. How long did the Ultraviolence era last? Two months? Less? Ok, glad Interscope knew they had to pull the plug on that s***.
She’s mad she got Iggz’ leftovers in the NA video.
Gratz Nicki keep doing your thing sista and thanks for a great album.The pink print.
And i don’t wanna hear that iggy doesn’t write her own songs cos Lana doesn’t either.
And this something you’ve accepted?
Haha at this Iggy stan making up s*** now. Lana is the main writer on EVERY song she has ever recorded. Every single one. The first writer credited on every song in her discography. Meanwhile Iggy has to suck off T.I. for a few bars.
And DEATH at FOR twinks. The FOR twinks who sold 9K first week and is only semi-relevant for f****** the guy from Twilight? Who is twinks slaying? A few white bottoms from Twitter? FOH.
What a messy post. Anyway, my queen looks gorgeous. The Slay Print is her best album to date. I’m not too concerned on her first week sales because the singles choices were a bit messy. But the album will do good in the long run.
Please tell me why Igloo Australia stans are even talking? Death at their delusional asses thinking Nicki was “scared” of releasing on the same day as her fraudulent ass. We all saw how that turned out.
*Plays “Win Again”*
She stays grinding. Respect for that