After a string of so-so selling collaborations with lesser-known performers, Nicki Minaj has seen her supporters propel her first solo release in years to glory by storming iTunes with traditional purchases.
Fantastic news below…
The dual release of the jams ‘Barbie Tingz‘ and ‘Chun-Li’ took place towards the end of the last chart week meaning their debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 were powered by only a few hours worth of sales and streams.
This week, the rapper finds herself enjoying the full benefit of being an act whose music impacted the charts before streaming data was factored into chart positions.
For, her cultivation of a music-buying base has seen her cast a hot pink shadow over her Spotify-dependent peers and see sales of the aforementioned ‘Li‘ soar by 117% in the last week.
The Hip-Hop track’s sales spike was fuelled by efforts launched by her supporters on social media to prioritise sales over streams in their bid to bag a new hit for the star before the unveiling of its parent album.
Where the fuck is the Barbz that tweeted on #NickiDay??? We need to stream/tweet/buy like what we did on #NickiDay.. WE JUST NEED 45K pure sales for getting #ChunLi to the top of 100 B. @NICKIMINAJ will be so proud of us..
SO GO AND STREAM/BUY
Chun-Li: https://t.co/FezkwowM1Q… pic.twitter.com/44Gc50SUAB— ItsDaiv™ (@DavidFSalvatore) April 14, 2018
With this organic increase, ‘Chun’ can now boast of being the fastest-rising track in the U.S. this week…a feat made even sweeter when coupled with the gains it has made on Rhythmic radio.
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Flop
Stop it David. The song made a sales increase because it was on sales for the whole tracking week, versus the prior week when it was tracked for just one day of sales. Even after a whole week, the numbers still aren’t impressive. You tried it! ???
I mean at this point it doesn’t matter she’s a legend bc she fought for streams a law which passed and will make anything she drops be RIAA certified platinum
Plus
Her natural sales will still outsale any female rapper today
A legend with no classic records? I think not.
Her songs still soared because of PURE SALES. So stop it with the jealous hating.
Love the fact that she’s doing this with 2 raw rap tracks. No singing or pop melody. Just straight hip hop.
Where the folks at who swore these tracks wouldn’t chart?
Chun Li will be top 10 for sure. She really needs to drop a sick visual and BOOM!!!!
Honey she’s flopping
I’ve been saying the same. By a sick visual something cinematic with her referencing more on the Street Fighter concept of the actual Chun-Li thrown in the mix would be a killer. For some reason I don’t know if Nicki team works and thinks like that honestly
Uhhh, she does sing on Chun-Li, and does her usual pop runs in both tracks. I hate Barbie Tingz, but Chun-Li is a bop, minus the singing part.
That’s nice! Go head niki.
Yall really keep tryna make this a hit
Didn’t yall did that with Cardi B to make her get a 1# song to spit Nicki, so why yall mad that sam the few who are supporting Nicki, not everyone is going to hate Nicki as some of you be trying hard to happen.
The desperation lol…these shenanigans never worked in the past Barbz…Queen Aretha just shifted in her seat ? and let out a holler when she heard what the Barbz were trying to do lmao ?
So what position is that wack song at now?
The same position your mom was in when you were mistakenly brought into this world. On Top!
D&mn Meme!! ????
I had to
Comment on that reply ??
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omg cardi b is overshadowing nicki , wtf bye nicki u tried
,, y’all was disrespectful to Nikki when you thought that other b**** was gone blow….. y’all need to show some respect
Nicki Wil be another Wayne. In a few years begging for her money. These records she’s bragging about are being bought by birdman same with Wayne and drake. Jay did the same with Rihanna until the masses accepted her. Unlike Rihanna though Nicki career has taken a fall, r*** case association, shether, now the lil kim cries without a valid reason.
Admit it or not she would have not sold that much had she just released it without mentioning Cardi. Nicki is smart she uses beefs as promotion. It didn’t work with Remy that’s why she went in hiding and back to the drawing board. I would have respect it had she released it without the unnecessary beef comments.
You will never respect Nicki no matter what, she will be ok thought she survived this long without you are others respect or support.
Notices her tracks are falling down the charts especially on iTunes!! Tricki Garbagh IS A FRAUD !!
14 on i tunes already that was fast fall lol
These tracks are forgettable and fit right in the scheme of her past work. No growth- same ol same.. impressive only to the basics, literally nobody from the hip hop community will note these regurgitated tracks
lmao all these corni fans mad cuz queen nicki ended her streaming-dependent a** lmfaooooo
Girl
lmao all these seething haters in here, where is corni’s flop singles at on the charts since yall wanna come for nicki’s PURE SALES???? lmfaooo
Cardi has 13 songs on billboard hot 100 hater as we speak
And they all have drop tremendously ????
I will never understand how some of you hate Nicki so much it’s ridiculous lol like no matter what she does y’all will always try to discredit her and it’s really sad. Keep doing your thing Nicki, you prove people wrong every single year
B I t c h
Seems like alot of planning, if the songs were any they would be poppinbg on the charts period!\
try again! These didnt make the cut!
Notice how he tries to compensate for this song but doesn’t mention how the other song is clinging on for dear life. Neither song is poppin so they made up this article to make it seem like she’s still that chick. Well newsflash: she’s not.
Clinging for dear life? ????. It’s in the top ten.
#16 on iTunes, CARDI#15 I like it, hollering ? Go Cardi
All her songs droped tremendously on bbh100????
I haven’t heard either single on the radio since they debuted, and no one outside of the Barbz seems to be here for them. Nicki needs to go back to the drawing board…
bubblegum pop records like Nicki’s will chart over actual rap records
She just did #10 bbh100 b****