Hot Shot: Nicki Minaj Goes Gold In The Philippines

Published: Thursday 12th Jul 2012 by David

While there’s been an effort by some Pop sects to downplay her commercial success, there’s no denying Nicki Minaj‘s pull on charts the world over.

Not sure what we mean?

Well, watching her latest single ‘Pound The Alarm’ rise 118 UK spots in the space of two weeks in the UK, its predecessor  ‘Starships’ break the US chart record for spending the most consecutive weeks in the Top Ten, the Rapper welcomed more good news hours ago.

For, in what extends her lead as Pop’s highest selling debutante, the MC’s first album ‘Pink Friday’ has been certified Gold in the Philippines for shipments of 10,000 copies.

Awarded with a Gold plaque during her visit to the nation, her latest feat arrives before the launch of her UK arena tour this winter.

A tour, which will make her one of the only Rappers of any genre to headline at London’s 02 Arena.

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  1. the real xoxo July 12, 2012

    i was just listening to “autobiography” from her mixtape days… what happened to this girl?

    • lm July 12, 2012

      nothing happen her,are you sure she is the one something happen to.

      • Listen July 12, 2012

        Growth, it’s called growth.

      • Luna July 12, 2012

        exactly. Life changes you change.

        Lace Front Wigs Are the Leading Cause of Forehead Cancer in African American Women http://goo.gl/Hnr6p …LOL funny but so serious

    • truth July 12, 2012

      she turned into a pissy b**** THAT’S what happened to her

      • the real xoxo July 12, 2012

        i wouldnt call it growth. she went from lyrics like
        “now all i want is peace and get drama, finally understand the true meaning of karma”
        to
        “i aint paying my rent this month, i owe that”

  2. checory July 12, 2012

    LOL… they always find something to post about her.. i get a laugh everytime..

  3. KANG !!! July 12, 2012

    SHE STILL A FLOP !

    • WELL DAMN! July 12, 2012

      She’s not a flop bew bew, flops don’t make history on billboards. A flop is someone who drops music and it never charts–> (Lil’Kim).

      • >So disrespectful_ July 12, 2012

        well if this is nicki doing bad in you,er sights a flop as you and others is claiming,then i would love to see her doing good,i because she is doing baa as you claimed and still manage to sold out an arena 21,000+ then imagine what she would have done if she was doing good.

        https://twitter.com/philconcerts/status/223238131476987904/photo/1/large

  4. NAVYSTAN July 12, 2012

    ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER NICKI ”ACHIEVEMENT’ POST….#WHOOMP WHOOMP……..POST A ACHIEVEMENT THAT REALLY COUNTS PLEASE F*****!…NEXT>>>>>>

    • Lax July 12, 2012

      This!

  5. Lisa July 12, 2012

    10,000 copies.Wow,Big deal.LOL

  6. Os July 12, 2012

    every success ads up,keep doing you nicki.

  7. nicko July 12, 2012

    F*** U HATERS !! NICKI U’RE THE BEST , SO SMART , SO BEAUTIFUL , SO STRONG , I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE U <3

    • truth July 12, 2012

      stfu, h**

      • THE LEGENDARY LAX July 12, 2012

        U STFU HATER..If u dont like her…stay out her post..U MAD

  8. nicko July 12, 2012

    STOP HATING CAUSE ITS ALSO GOLD IN AUSTRALIA !

    • nicko July 12, 2012

      Oh No…….PTA is gold in Australia

  9. She by sheree July 12, 2012

    Thats cute for her; didn’t she perform there for a crowd of 20K last night as well? Why didn’t the other half buy it? She doing pretty well; let’s see what ‘pound the alarm’ does on the charts.

    • Beyonce’s Blog July 12, 2012

      The first half didn’t buy it, that’s just for shipments, not actual 10,000 copies sold…lol

    • OpD2 July 12, 2012

      i bet everyone there have the album but not everyone bought it,well you can get it for free on the net,but they had to buy the tickets you can get that for free so all bought the tics to go and see her,they like the album it,s just that some people don’t pas up free bees from the net.

  10. Ratedxxx(TEAM “REAL” BAD BISHES) July 12, 2012

    congrats to her…

    what people fail to realize that not every country is the same, when it comes to album sales, or going gold/platinum

    countries like the Philippines, brazil and so forth, are not huge countries, so it doesnt take that much to go gold if ur a huge star..

    I dont know about nicki being a force in the pop world…in the hip hop world yes, since theres no competition….

    I’m not knocking her hustle in the pop world, but to say shes a force, nope..

    • KANG !!! July 12, 2012

      Gurl bye, The h** is a flop, just like the b**** on your Gravatar 😆

      • THE LEGENDARY LAX July 12, 2012

        lmao that was funny lmao

  11. I Judge Flops July 12, 2012

    SEE WHAT POP SINGLES DO FOR YOUR CAREER?
    See what HAPPENS WHEN YOU SELL OUT ON YOUR HIP HOP ROOTS?

    anyway SAM THE F** KEEPS TALKING ABOUT THIS “world arena tour” YET THE TICKETS HAVE BEEN ON SALE FOR FOREVER NOW… AND THEY STILL NIT SOLD OUT.

    FLOP FAKE H**.

    STOP POSTING EVERYTIME THIS S*** SELLS A RECORD, IT MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE A PRESSES F**

  12. Benron July 12, 2012

    But…. are you going to make a post about how talk that talk is platinum in 8.

    Or a post that 4 just went platinum in Barbados with 6,000 copies sold. Why do you exxagerate minor acheivments #SMH

    • LORD July 12, 2012

      Barbados أنت التاني؟؟؟

    • LORD July 12, 2012

      in English:

      For God’s sake, @BEN.

      BADBADOS???

      Congrats tho

      • Benron July 12, 2012

        I was kidding…

  13. ShadyBitch July 12, 2012

    LIKE I SAID BUM B**** STATUS! THE B**** COULDNT EVEN SELL 10,000 COPIES!? SMFH! NICKI STOP F****** SHIPPING ALL OF THESE F****** ALBUMS IF YOUR FAKE ASS CANT SELL THEM! .NET I SEE YALL BROKE B****** STILL RIDING NICKI MINAJ ASS! TRY AGAIN! AND DONT COME BACK UNTIL THAT B**** HAS A GRAMMY!

    • KANG !!! July 12, 2012

      GOD BLESS YOU 😆

      • ShadyBitch July 12, 2012

        :*

    • FAF July 12, 2012

      CAN KIM???

      • ShadyBitch July 12, 2012

        YEA! I COULD S***! YOU COULD TOO! ANY B**** CAN SHIP AN ALBUM, THE TRICK IS SELLING THEM! AND NICKI COULDNT EVEN SO THAT SO…. NEXT!

    • OpD2 July 12, 2012

      why so mad i doubt nicki is you,er problem you mad b-tch go take care of you,er problems no one wants to carry you,er baggages.

      • ShadyBitch July 12, 2012

        B**** TAKE YOUR YOUNG ASS TO SUMMER SCHOOL! YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LACK OF EDUCATION BECAUSE THAT WAS THE WORST COMEBACK ANY F***** HAS EVER GAVE ME B4! BYE B****! YOU,ER IS NOT A F****** WORD B****!

  14. BKMEKA July 12, 2012

    way to go pop singer !!!
    and who gives a f abt going gold in the philippines..come on now
    this webiste will post anything abt this clown smh

    • FAF July 12, 2012

      & YOU’LL COME TO NICKI’S POSTS TO SLOP UP THE NUTT FROM HER D***… GTFOH

  15. That B*tch July 12, 2012

    I wonder why TGJ continues to call her a rapper yet at the same time they just called her “POP’S highest selling debutante”. Can you guys make up your mind?
    It’s clear Nicki is now a pop artist.
    Anyways I won’t hate on her achievements….regardless of how she achieved them (crossing over to pop).
    Congrats Nicki

  16. WhatyouSay July 12, 2012

    They only shipping her albums,because her label know she can’t sell them.

    • YEP! July 12, 2012

      Exactly…they are trying to make room in the warehouse to store CD’s for the rest of FLOPcmb…they cant keep Tyga and Baby albums out back int eh shed anymore…the roaches are getting to them

  17. Wow July 12, 2012

    Gold in Philippines >>>>>>>>> 10,000 y’all brag about it? LMFAO #ICantGoOn

    • OpD2 July 12, 2012

      listen to PAUL you might learn something.

      • Wow July 12, 2012

        F*** piracy. Thousands of people live in that country. S*** dont sell lmfao.

      • LORD July 12, 2012

        Yeah guys…….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        I don’t see anything funny here!

        She went GOLD in PHILIPPINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        Don’t you know that THOUSANDS and thousands live in that country?

  18. paul July 12, 2012

    I live in the Philippines and, with all the piracy going on in this country, reaching that status is ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. I swear. So yeah. Gratz Nicki.

    • YEP! July 12, 2012

      But she SHIPPED 10,000 which means 9,999 copies are still in the store…but i am sure she thanks you for her 1 purchase.

      • Mickie July 12, 2012

        LMAOOOOO.

      • paul July 12, 2012

        LOL. I pirate. I don’t buy CDs or singles.

  19. Ratedxxx(TEAM “REAL” BAD BISHES) July 12, 2012

    are people still surprised that she went from hip hop to pop?

    hello, rappers dont really sell that much, unless ur name is lil wayne, kanye, drake, jayz, eminem..ur not going to make that much paper in the hip hop world.

    i think thats one of the reason nicki went to pop, because thats where the money is at..I’m not mad at her and her team…I would do the same damn thing..

    • the real xoxo July 12, 2012

      at the detriment of losing all integrity and quality music? this is why music is s*** these days. people care more about the artist rather than the music.

      • Ratedxxx(TEAM “REAL” BAD BISHES) July 12, 2012

        when she was a rapper, was she making quality music?

        when has record companies cared about selling quality music? its all about the money….

        there are people who are still making quality music, but not as popular as the ones who are not….

        so instead of complaining why dont you support those who are making good music versus those who only cares about the money

    • Gilberto July 12, 2012

      “hello, rappers dont really sell that much, unless ur name is lil wayne, kanye, drake, jayz, eminem”
      So why did her debut album sold 3 times more than her last album? LOL. After seeing Super S*** smashing on pop radios and her name getting famous between white kids, she recorded more generic pop hit to appeal these people. It worked, Nicki Minaj increased her popularity globally. But she turned her back to her real fanbase.

      • Ratedxxx(TEAM “REAL” BAD BISHES) July 12, 2012

        I fail to see your point….we all know for a fact the majority of rappers and r&b singers doesnt sell that much worldwide..or even state side, unless u become mainstream..

        I dont listen to nicki’s music so i wouldnt know how much her first album sold, frankly dont care either….

        i already stated everthing u just wrote..nicki went pop because thats where the money is at..if she stayed hip hop i doubt she would be as big she is now.meaning money

        i even stated in the hip hop world she was a force, because she has zero competition….

  20. ShadyBitch July 12, 2012

    IM NOT DONE BECAUSE YALL F****** AT thatgrapejuice.NET ARE STARTING TO GET ON MY F****** NERVES! CHANGE YOUR SITE NAME TO NICKIMINAJDAILY.NET OR SOMETHING BECAUSE ALL U CHOSE TO DO IS NAME ALL OF NICKIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT THE THING IS THATS NOTHITHING! SHIPPING 10,000 COPIES MEANS NOTHING! SHE DIDNT SELL 10,000 ALBUMS F*****! YALL F****** WANT TO TAKE ABOUT HER DOING THE 02 ARENA BUT THAT B**** HAS YET TO SELL OUT ANY ARENA SHE HAS ANNOUNCED SO… NEXT!!! F****** YALL SHADE EVERYBODY FOR EITHER NOT DANCING GOOD ENOUGH OR NOT SINGING GOOD ENOUGH, BUT THATS THE DEFINITION OF NICKI MINAJ! THE B**** IS TONE DEAF AND SHE COULDNT DANCE IF HER LIFE DEPENDED ON IT!!! SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST UNTALENTED ARTIST THAT EVER LIVED… THAT THE RECORD SHE BROKE! POST THAT F******! YALL SHADE EVERYBODY BUT THIS H**, BUT THIS H** DONT CREDIT YALL WEBSITE NOT ONCE SO YALL JUST END UP LOOKING LIKE DRAG QUEENS BECAUSE NO1CURR! YOUR F****** I TELL YOU FAGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTSSSSSSSSS! GO SUCK FRANK OCEANS D*** AND STOP POSTING UNLIMITED S*** ABOUT NICKI AS IF YOU F****** WERE ACTUALLY INTO P**** OR SOMETHING! THIS IS A WEBSITE RAN BY MEN YET THE BACKGROUND IS PURPLE AND PINK AND ITS CALL THATGRAPEJUICE… YOU CANT GET ANY GAYER THAN THAT! AT THE END OF THE DAY YALL WILL NEVER HAVE A SHOW OR A CREDIBLE WESITE! YALL WILL REMAIN F****** THAT POST S*** ABOUT CELEBRITIES YOU DONT F****** KNOW AND POST YOUTUBE VIDEOS IN A FAKE ASS NEWS STUDIO AS IF YALL REALLY WENT TO COLLEGE TO BE A NEWS BROADCASTER! YALL F****** NEED TO GET THAT GED AND ENTER INTO COMMUNITY COLLEGE (BECAUSE THATS ALL YALL CAN AFFORD) AND GET A DEGREE FOR THIS S***! F******!

    • FAF July 12, 2012

      ALL THIS TO SAY U LOVE HER……. WOW I DIDN’T READ IT BUT THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT!! xoxo

      • ShadyBitch July 12, 2012

        YOUR A F*****! YOU HAVE ALOT TO SAY FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS 4 D**** SHOVED IN EVERY HOLE IN YOUR BODY!

      • Lax July 12, 2012

        @SHADY….Preach i will pass the collection plate!

    • OpD2 July 12, 2012

      what is wrong with you,are you sure that the grape is the problem here…because as far as i see you.er probs is far beyond the grape..on another note f-ck you and on another note grape and rap up is the few out there that shows nicki love..just because they are not roasting nicki like n b-tchie and other,s out there you all are mad.no everyone hate nicki you people needs to understand that and get the f-ck out of here and go to them other sites with that were they support that 24 hours nicki hating train…you running on here with you,er armchair warrior self with you,er caplock loaded and sh-t like you think anyone is sacred of you you wan,t someone to bus you,er stinking face open you f-cking p-ssy 2ss b-tch.

      • ShadyBitch July 12, 2012

        F***** BYE! ONCE AGAIN I WILL TELL YOUR STUPID ASS TO GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU CANT WRITE ONE F****** REPLY WITHOUT RAPING THE SPELL CHECK OPTION ON THIS F****** WEBSITE! TAKE A F****** SEAT BECAUSE THE BULL S*** YOU TALK ISNT EVEN WORTH COMING OUT OF A BULLS ASS! GO SUCK NICKI MINAJS’ C*** AND WHEN SHE SQUIRTS KEEP YOUR MOUTH OPEN SO YOU CAN CHOKE ON HER C** B****! #NEXT!!!

  21. noflyzone July 12, 2012

    The b**** should sell in the philippines , she havent called them nappy headed h*** like she does black women

    • YEP! July 12, 2012

      What does this have to do with Lil Kim…*SIGH*

      Lil Kim stay on yall brains…Lil Kim never shipped and got her PLATINUM SUCCESS…Lil Kim SOLD MULTIPLATINUM…so sit!

  22. JohnVidal(RIP Whitney-truegreat) July 12, 2012

    I couldn´t care less about B****** like Rihanna, Nicki Minaj or Britney Spears (crap for the most part). But why the hell do people who attacks them and this site need to use such an ignorant vocabulary everytime? You are truly sad racist and homophobic people. So sad. I´m glad you are a minority nowadays in the Western world

    • Lax July 12, 2012

      @John plain and simple all of us did not go to Harvard
      and many of us or from the caribbean and other countries
      and out english isn’t real sharp.

      • JohnVidal(RIP Whitney-truegreat) July 12, 2012

        Mine is not either. I was refering to the insults, not to the people who don´t have a fluent English. I made it clear when I said racist and homophobic people

  23. LORD July 12, 2012

    If you can say it with a straight face, “NICKI MINAJ goes GOLD in PHILIPPINES”, dislike this comment.

  24. WHYBhi5 July 12, 2012

    Congrats to Nicki on this accomplishment. Bear in mind its 10,000 copies SHIPPED. Whats the figures on how many sold?

    • YEP! July 12, 2012

      500 copies sold

    • Mickie July 12, 2012

      12 copies

  25. Ratedxxx(TEAM “REAL” BAD BISHES) July 12, 2012

    I’m not even a big fan of nicki..but i dont understand why people are being so harsh because she went gold in a small ass country..

    I can always tell who doesnt have any type of education, or cant comprehend words for s***.

    how many huge artists have went gold for shipping over 500k in the U.S…not sold, shipped..? and got praised for it

    • Lax July 12, 2012

      @RATED,,,Countless others and i don’t see what all
      the fuss is about, after all many of the pop artists mix many different genres of music. And if you pay close attention to many of the award shows often times one artist will be picked two times for the same catagory!

  26. Gilberto July 12, 2012

    Some people here are so stupid. Is that so hard to understand that every country has a different market? Getting a GOLD certificaton in Philippines is the same as going GOLD in France, Japan or United States!
    GOLD certification is 500k in US because the volume of albums being sold are high. This means that there are more people buying records. Philippines doesn’t have the US market! If going GOLD in Philipines were that easy, they would have changed their rules.

    • Lax July 12, 2012

      @Gilberto,,,so true! and you know we don’t agree on jack shyt! But u r telling the truth.

  27. YEP! July 12, 2012

    OOOOOOOOH 10,000 copies what an accomplishment…LOL

    MYA and Nivea sell more than that overseas… TGJ #SIT

    This is the only site that reports this nicki shyt…this is not news…

    you should just be a nicki Fansite and call it a day

    • Cassie July 13, 2012

      Agreed, TGJ posting about stupid crap like this is just contributing to itself being more of a joke.

  28. udontknowme July 12, 2012

    Congrats Nicki! I used to leave in the Philippines and I know its really hard to sell real copies!

  29. udontknowme July 12, 2012

    live*

  30. YepYep July 12, 2012

    Yes, TGJ staff, but has she gone plastic in Swaziland yet? Inquiring minds want to know….

  31. Mickie July 12, 2012

    Why would she shipped units of her first album, 2 years after the release date?

    She should have shipped her new one.

  32. Lax July 12, 2012

    Good for nicki and what is all the fuss nicki is a working girl, and perhaps
    people or doubting her just as they do many others, and yes you know who
    i speak of. All of these artist caters to their fan bases and that is just how
    things is in life. Why can’t they all be successful no matter if they went tin
    can or card board.

    Nicki can’t fade kim and kim can’t fade nicki, deal with it and keep it moving
    no one cares if you don’t like nicki and loves talking shyt and the same for kim.
    Just like beyonce can’t fade Rihanna and Rih can’t fade her so people have to support and follow their fave and i guess keep fighting it out on the grape and
    ‘that is a lot of fun now isn’t it….
    I want them all to be successful and keep us entertained because they all bleed
    when they or cut and hurt when they or in pain just like all of us. The only different
    is they or loaded with $$$$ and we all or from month to month and when it all boils down i believe the month to month people or far more happier then the millionaires or!

    • Ratedxxx(TEAM “REAL” BAD BISHES) July 12, 2012

      many people who are complaining she turned her back on her fans, would have done the same thing, if they had the chance..

      as a rapper nicki didnt do anything for me, as a pop star she still doesnt do anything for me…

      but im going to give the bish her props for her hustle..doesnt she still rap, she just more of a pop star than a rapper

  33. who cares July 12, 2012

    If yall kno the TGJ is joe 4 nicki minaj why yall all come 2 the site go 2 another site the praises yall fav but half yall probably kim stans and that b**** aint doing s*** worth reporting but some vlog she aint came out wit the song that shes been promising yall 4 months or the EP that been coming since christmas or maybe guyana released the song that she was suppose 2 be featured on go 2 that c** guzzling f** from the island that used 2 work here site he could use the comment cause i never see comment on his site

    • I Judge Flops July 12, 2012

      THE SONG STILL FLOPPED THO 🙁

      • youMAD?stayMAD July 12, 2012

        “Fly” actually went platinum h**! something your fav artist won’t know s*** about!

    • ENOUGH ONIKA July 12, 2012

      The plane in the video is suppose to represent Nicki’s career and her grieving over the mess she made and the hundreds of people she took down with her. Great example LAX, on point with that one.

      • DenimJunkieKidd July 12, 2012

        lol can i ask why you dislike this woman so much??

  34. IOTA July 12, 2012

    I’ll be so glad when Nicki stops paying yall to post about her because this s*** is irrelevant and not even close to newsworthy

  35. WELL DAMN! July 12, 2012

    s/o to Nicki for doing it way bigger than any other female rapper EVER… including Kim, and Nic is just 1 grammy away from erasing Kim’s entire existance in the game. No more interviews for Kimmy. LMMFAO!

    • youMAD?stayMAD July 12, 2012

      this!

    • Cassie July 13, 2012

      -_- Please stop being delusional

  36. aishaaguilerakeys July 12, 2012

    Lol! Really, Sam ?!

  37. ENOUGH ONIKA July 12, 2012

    She could’t get platinum in a small country?? With her alleged “star” power, she went Gold…..”SHIPPED” 10,000……and this is once again news to TGJ…..

  38. Ugh July 12, 2012

    But what’s her status in Kazakhstan?

  39. Aunt.dot July 12, 2012

    she sold 10,000 copies to a country that occupies 100+million population..
    #LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Aunt.dot July 12, 2012

      oh maaa bad.. the c*** *boldfont*”SHIPPED” *boldfont* 10,000 album….HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHA

      #LMAO!!!!! OMAGAWD THIS IS just f****** tooooo funny!

    • youMAD?stayMAD July 12, 2012

      and how many have you sold? oh okay! shut the f*** up!

      • Aunt.dot July 12, 2012

        #LMAO!!!!!! … yeah because i sing for a living right? great analogy there genius. then again its coming from a cuntminaj fan.. not surprise..! HAHAHAHAHH!

  40. Ride4U July 13, 2012

    Lmfao! This b**** is washed….her career falling downhill faster than tila tequila. She needs someone to pinch her and let her know its not a dream that shes a flop flop flop!.

  41. Sarah July 13, 2012

    And? How is this a great or even relevant achievement lol? TGJ, please post something actually newsworthy because this is a complete waste.

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